The Mech Touch novel Chapter 2803

Chapter 2803 - Uneven Matches

The Epsilon Mosar’s tentacle trap failed!

After the biomech suffered a defeat during the first phase, it was in bad condition. Even accounting for the automatic healing process by dumping it into a feeder pool, major restorations still required a lot of attention and effort.

It was too impractical to restore a biomech to full strength in so little time!

Even badly-injured human bodies required meticulous care to get back to health. While biomechs were much simpler in some aspects, their huge size along with numerous complicated systems meant that even an extremely skilled biomech designer had to invest a lot of work to fix everything!

This was why the second bout between the swordsman mech configuration of the Bright Warrior and the Epsilon Mosar was so unequal from the beginning. The latter had to overcome much more hurdles in order to climb back to strength!

In addition, just like Ves, Dr. Navarro had to ration his time carefully. Perhaps he already judged that his Epsilon Mosar was already a lost cause and only performed a single major modification by turning its legs into tentacles.

If the attempt to entangle the Bright Warrior with its tentacle legs succeeded, then the Epsilon Mosar might be able to achieve an upset despite the long odds!

It was a pity that this didn’t happen.

Instead, the Bright Warrior succeeded freeing itself from this surprising trap! Now that Kelly Gidon had become aware of the threat, she never allowed her mech to be caught in such a compromising position again!

The rest of the match actually took several minutes longer to finish due to the caution she exhibited.

As someone who piloted the Epsilon Mosar before, she was quite familiar with its strengths and weaknesses. With a good mech like the Bright Warrior at her disposal, she expertly dismantled the damaged and bleeding biomech without giving her opponent any chance to make a comeback!

"This mech is quite good!" She exulted.

The Bright Warrior did not exhibit the aggressive glow it showed before, but it didn’t need to. Kelly Gidon was already doing fine by herself.

The Golden Cat’s welcoming influence was warm and gentle without being too overbearing. It was the perfect glow for both strangers and Larkinsons alike since it helped with acclimatizing them to both their mechs and the Larkinson Clan.

Even a Lifer like Gidon felt a yearning to become a Larkinson!

"If I get to pilot mechs like these all day, then sign me up!"

She quickly shoved aside this impulse, though. Although a part of her truly wanted to join the Larkinson and pilot a completely different style of mechs, she was too rooted in her current state. She would have to abandon her family, her friends, her familiar environment and everything she valued.

It wasn’t worth it to leave everything behind.

That did not mean she resented the Larkinson Clan, though.

"This mech is definitely better than any biomech I’ve piloted so far." She whispered to herself.

She piloted numerous biomechs as both a mech athlete and a member of a security company, but none of them possessed the fantastic experience that she was experiencing at the moment.

She even wanted to prolong the fight in order to bask in her mech a little longer!

Still, she had a duty to uphold. Any form of sandbagging would reflect poorly on her. With so many eyes upon her, Gidon could not afford to ruin her reputation!

This was not an unexpected result. The battle had constantly been going downhill for the biomech.

Yet his constantly unfolding disaster pressed a heavy weight on the hearts of the Lifer.

"The Epsilon Mosar had no chance..."

"How come so little of it has been healed?"

"Dr. Navarro is incompetent! Instead of wasting time on turning its legs into a gimmick, he should have reinforced its flight system instead!"

Discontent quickly rose up as the Lifers processed the ugly defeat! Even though the deck was stacked against the Epsilon Mosar from the beginning, the overly optimistic spectators still hoped for a miracle!

Even Dr. Navarro himself shook his head. This was one of the negative consequences for holding a design duel in public, especially one that adopted unusual rules.

"Sometimes, the public isn’t your friend. Remember that, Yelkin."

The teenage student nodded. "Got it. Is this what you had to deal with all your life?"

"It’s more nuanced than that." Frederico Navarro said. "Public opinion can be both a boon and a weapon. It all depends on the circ.u.mstances. Mr. Larkinson has much more experience with generating publicity, so we should be asking him for tips."

The six Masters who attended the second phase of the design duel in person did not say anything as usual. If they communicated at all, then they wouldn’t let anyone else eavesdrop on their conversation. The concepts and theories they exchanged with each other were probably so profound that any lesser mech designer would probably be led astray!

As the second match was being prepared, Ves took the time to check the local security condition.

The spectators may look rowdy, but the armed and armored guards in their midst ensured their behavior remained firmly within the limits!

The aerial biomechs of the Planetary Guards continued to sweep the surroundings for any heavy threats. Their presence continued to act as a powerful deterrence. Nothing less than a full-blown invasion would be able to shake so many mechs on guard!

So far, the situation looked fine, but Ves did not dare to base his conclusions on mere observations.

He turned to Venerable Jannzi, who had kept quiet throughout this period.

"Do you feel safe here?"

"Not really." She gruffly answered as she crossed her arms. "I feel antsy. While I haven’t spotted anything fishy, there are too many unknowns around us. Those Masters over there are all strong in their own way. I wouldn’t provoke them if I were you. We’re also surrounded by lots of biotechnology. Who knows what they can do. My judgement is considerably more limited in this kind of place."

That was a bummer. Ves originally brought Venerable Jannzi along because he wanted to use her as an early warning system.

"What do your instincts tell you?" Ves carefully asked.

"Wash away the shame of the first defeat!" _{freēwēbnovel.com}

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