The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7528

Chapter 7528: Potential Prospect

Interviewing Saint Stark and studying the data logs extracted from the Amaranto Mark III yielded few usable results.

Neither Ves nor Gloriana obtained enough information to thoroughly understand or replicate the Death Seeker.

Far too much of it was tied into intangible concepts that could not be quantified into a neat set of numbers and equations.

Gloriana quickly lost interest for that reason.

"It is clear that all of this is tied to your so-called Ascension Runes." She told her husband. "In order to study them properly, we will need to treat the Amaranto Mark III as an artifact. This is tied to a discipline that I am not well-versed in. This should be your domain more than mine."

Ves nodded. "That is somewhat true. I do know a thing about artifacts and traditional craftsmanship with the help of one of my incarnations, but that does not mean I excel at the high-level stuff. I still lack access to deeper and more profound theories on rune studies. This is true strategic knowledge that has become extremely scarce. The few parties that have access to more than a few tattered pages will never let me gain access to them without paying a corresponding price that is bound to be exorbitant."

He did not mention the Mech Designer System, but added it to the list as well. He had not forgotten how many Ascension Points he had to cough up in order to exchange for a particularly pricey enlightenment fruit.

His wife furrowed her brows. "We will need to gain access to systematic knowledge sooner or later. I have a feeling that understanding runes will become increasingly more relevant as time goes on. According to my own understanding, runes are the transistors of E-technology. They are the fundamental building blocks that can manipulate the flow of E energy in a structured and deliberate manner. Using them on an individual basis can already make a small difference. Combining them together to form the E-technology equivalent of a circuit board is the true way of utilizing them. You have already seen how powerful the Death Seeker ability can become. If we can apply such rune patterns on a mech in advance, our clients can readily make use of their power without relying on growth."

That was the dream, yet realizing it was easier said than done!

Ves let out a tired breath. "You already told me that it is not that simple to realize these gains. The lack of help provided by Saint Stark and the Amaranto Mark III has effectively tied our hands. We can derive anything immediately useful. Without this gain, we can’t apply runes onto other mechs and expect them to work as intended in the short term."

In other words, there was little point in spending more time on this new and interesting phenomenon. They could not even offer any substantial improvements to Saint Stark and the Amaranto Mark III. The latter two had to rely on their own efforts to reduce the consumption and increase the effectiveness of the Death Seeker.

"In my opinion, it is better if Saint Stark refrains from utilizing the latest ability synthesized by her ace mech." Gloriana said. "The power of 64 Ascension Runes in combination is clearly not small, and the consumption is far too great. This means that Saint Stark is not strong enough to rely on it, or there is still a large amount of room for optimization and refinement. I believe that both circumstances apply to this case."

"That may be true, but we may not have a choice in the upcoming encounter. The enemy leaders have already shown a penchant for stealth and concealment. We cannot kill what we cannot find. The Death Seeker gives us a costly but effective guarantee that we can always unveil our priority enemy no matter how much it is trying to hide in the darkness. In fact, just the fact that the enemy is aware of this capability may cause the enemy leader to stop bothering with these tricks."

In that sense, the Death Seeker already proved its worth. Casella must be happy about this boon.

"Let us complete our work here so that we can attend to our other duties."

The Amaranto Mark III had undergone a relatively significant sublimation. The mass and volume of her crystalline mech frame had grown and mutated in new and unexpected ways.

This gave the Miracle Couple a minor headache as the design of the current iteration of the ace marksman mech had deviated from their original design for the Mark III.

If they did not want to create complications and mistakes in the future, they needed to thoroughly scan and record the new state of the ace mech in order to establish an up-to-date baseline.

They actually wanted to do more than that. It would be best if they studied the changes in detail to understand exactly what the latest evolutionary process had improved.

After all, if the Amaranto Mark III chose to alter a specific component, then it probably had a shortcoming that Ves and Gloriana had overlooked during the Mark III’s design process!

They had no time to study and appreciate the Amaranto’s comprehensive evolution. This pained them, as they could clearly ascertain that the ace mech had evolved in a distinctly different fashion than a typical masterwork transformation.

Once Ves was done with his current task, he attended a meeting in order to discuss the next steps of the combined fleet.

Saint Commander Casella Ingvar looked calm as she stood at the head of the conference table. Her gaze locked onto the map of the Hypeh-Tekas System.

"We have managed to secure a slight advantage in our latest encounter against the opposing side." She began the meeting. "As far as intelligence is concerned, both the enemy and ourselves have exposed much of our capabilities first-hand. We have revealed some of the strength of our ace mechs and the properties of our energy fields. The deathborn has revealed their ability to deploy death energy formations, their command over the deathborn and the shadow of their presumed leader. In short, both sides gave away information that they would rather keep to themselves, but I am confident that we have managed to hide more of our secrets."

"I hope that keeping us out of the battlefield this time was worth it, woman! My giants do not appreciate all of this cloak and dagger nonsense. Either give us the orders to deploy in the next battle, or we will step out on our own accord!"

"Great! Leave the biggest and most massive targets to us! We are more than happy to chop apart fortresses and phase whales with our superdimensional weapons!"

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