The Mech Touch novel Chapter 1085

Before Ves did anything, he first addressed the consequences of his week-long fasting session.

Once he drank a lot of water and filled his belly with the contents of a nutrient pack, Ves took stock of his gains from this Mastery experience.

"I gained far more than I expected." He concluded.

First, he fulfilled his primary objective. Witnessing Eloise Pelican piloting the Valiant Warden space knight extensively gave Ves an incredible amount of small insights about the rigors of piloting a mech in space.

What Ves appreciated the most was that he watched Eloise pilot her space knight during uneventful patrols and an incredibly pitched battle. The contrast between both of them gave Ves a strong learning experience. Some features were much more important during battle!

The second benefit did not need any repeating. Learning some of the actual mechanics behind apotheosis and complete resonance changed Ves’ perspective on expert pilots forever. They no longer posed a mystery to them now that he understood where their force of will emerged from!

"I was right! Spirituality is the key!"

Ves also advanced his fundamental understanding of spirituality by a substantial degree. He learned that spiritual energy consisted of meaning and possesses all kinds of attributes and imprints.

This was important, because learning that these properties existed meant that Ves could one day manipulate them just like Qilanxo’s spiritual fragment aptly demonstrated!

What did that mean? As long as he found a source of compatible spiritual energy, he could infuse that into the emotions and desires of a mech pilot that aligned with the attribute of the spiritual energy!

As long as the fusion succeeded, the force of will that emerged would be enough to elevate that mech pilot into an expert candidate or expert pilot!

"If I can replicate the process myself, I can produce artificial expert pilots!"

The magnitude of this astounding ability could not be overstated! Such a secret was so explosive that everyone would fight for it! The weight of this secret surpassed even that of the Mech Designer System because the latter only benefited a small number of people while the theories that Ves developed could potentially empower every mech pilot in the galaxy!

"I shouldn’t be too eager to apply what I’ve learned." Ves instantly decided.

While he wanted to experiment with what he learned in order to elevate the likes of Melkor, Melinda and Raella Larkinson to expert pilots, it would be too conspicuous for them to advance to experts all of a sudden!

Ves could not afford to give anyone reason to suspect he possessed the secret to elevating mech pilots into expert pilots!

"This ability doesn’t only come with galaxy-spanning implications, it’s also exceedingly dangerous!"

He readily admitted that he could not come close to replicating the feat. The skill and precision demonstrated by Qilanxo’s spiritual fragment showed a mastery of manipulating spiritual energy that Ves didn’t even knew was possible!

Even though he understood the basic mechanisms of what he witnessed, it was like seeing a musician play an instrument up close. Just because he knew how it worked in theory didn’t meant he could pick up an instrument and play it like a master of the craft!

"This is yet another possible application of spirituality in the galaxy that I can learn one day!"

Until that happened, Ves did not intend to mess with it carelessly. If he recklessly inserted foreign spiritual energy into the mind of a random mech pilot, there was a great chance that the spiritual energy would fail to take hold and disappear into the imaginary realm.

If Ves forced the merger of incorrectly attributed spiritual energy with the emotions and desires of a mech pilot, then he might even inflict major harm!

"There’s so much still that I don’t know." Ves muttered to himself as he sought out Lucky. "What makes spiritual energy capable of affecting reality so strongly? How is it generated and where can I find it? Can the attributes of spiritual energy be converted to other attributes in the same way that their personal imprints can be exchanged?"

So many new questions emerged from his mind. The uncertainties that popped up would keep him busy for a very long time, he guessed.

In any case, it appeared that Ves had not been the only beneficiary of the Mastery experience. He concentrated his mind and turned his mental focus inward.

Resting in the center of his mind space, Qilanxo’s spiritual fragment pulsed and glowed with strength. While Ves noted that its activity level had diminished a bit due to its donation of spiritual energy, what remained took on an even more complex and multifaceted quality than before!

Aside from the miniscule influence of Ves’ base model and the remnants of Venerable Fontain’s stolen spiritual energy, the fragment gained two more influences!

Ves immediately recognized the additional flavors. It seemed that Ves was not the only entity who harvested benefits from his Mastery experience this time!

The strong protectiveness and maternal love of Venerable Eloise Pelican almost entirely displaced the influence of Venerable Fontain. It gained a lot of prominence because it shared much in common with Qilanxo’s own spirituality!

Underneath this notable influence, the echoes of the Valiant Warden also resided. Its presence gave the spiritual fragment a much greater fit with space knights!

For a moment, Ves didn’t know whether he should celebrate this new development. The spiritual fragment had become more complex, but that also meant it became more muddled and less focused. Only the sheer might of Qilanxo’s overpowering imprint on the powerful spiritual fragment kept the pieces together.

"You intervened for a reason, right?" Ves asked the fragment. "Why did you decide to make a move?"

The fragment pulsed once but remained dormant afterwards. It was as if the previous exertion exhausted it quite a bit, forcing it to enter a period of hibernation in order to recuperate.

Ves eventually shrugged. There was no way he could force the powerful spiritual fragment to open its mouth.