The expert pilots of the Larkinson Clan processed the outcome of the Battle Fordilla Zentra in their own ways.
Each of them gained different experiences from the battle. Some achieved their goals with brilliant splendor while others suffered a complete letdown.
Venerable Tusa and Venerable Stark had plenty of reasons to be happy about. They each shone brightly during the different phases of the battle and played a crucial role in tipping the balance in the expeditionary fleet's favor.
Many clansmen expressed their gratitude and admiration to them wherever they walked.
"You're my hero, Venerable Tusa!"
"I want to catch up to you!"
"Thanks for saving my brothers out there, Venerable Stark."
In the close and brotherly culture of the Larkinson Clan, the clansmen did not feel too distant from their heroes. They all spoke towards the expert pilots without much reserve.
Venerable Stark did not respond too much to these remarks. She was not a Larkinson and she had her own reasons to fight.
As for Venerable Tusa, he fully enjoyed the recognition that he finally received. This time, he played an essential role in taking out the formidable Gauss Baron! Its quick and decisive elimination had lifted a huge weight off the Larkinson Army's shoulders and eventually led to the defeat of the Slug Rangers!
Other Larkinson expert pilots felt more mixed. They did not consider their battle performance to be stellar this time. Their actual effectiveness had fallen short of their prior expectations.
Venerable Dise did not blame herself too much. She faced difficult odds and was happy that she managed to hold back three dwarven expert mechs by herself long enough for the rest of the clan to grasp the key of victory elsewhere on the battlefield.
The Swordmaidens and Heavensworders fully supported and celebrated her performance. The battle formation attack she pulled off was legendary and her rapid improvement in swordsmanship while under siege had caused her to become an even greater hero to the sword fanatics!
In contrast to the dark-skinned expert pilot, Venerable Orfan was less than pleased by the role she played on the battlefield.
"My Riot got beat up and I couldn't do anything about it!" She complained.
This battle was her debut as a proper expert pilot. The power of the Riot was absolutely incomparable to her previous Bright Spear Prime, yet she thought that her contribution this time wasn't that much better.
Compared to what Tusa and Stark had accomplished, Orfan felt that her battle performance did not match up to her title as Venerable! freёwebnovel.com
Of course, her disappointment was a lot less dramatic than what the remaining two expert pilots in the Larkinson Clan were going through.
Venerable Jannzi was practically invisible in the last battle. Though she loved her Shield of Samar more than anything else, she deeply experienced how much of a gap there was between her prime mech and an expert mech.
"If my mech was closer in power to the Gatecrasher, I could have saved thousands of more lives…" She muttered.
The performance of the Venerable Orthox De Massie and his high-tier expert mech completely impressed her. Though the two were too far apart to exchange blows with each other, Jannzi was still able to sense the old dwarven expert pilot's amazingly solid and condensed will.
Orthox possessed a much more developed heart and will to protect his fellow people! In comparison, Jannzi felt as if she was a toddler looking up at an adult.
She was glad that she was able to witness and examine a stronger and more developed defensive expert pilot in battle. To her, it didn't matter whether Venerable Orthox was a dwarf who fought on the wrong side. Their ideals and convictions were similar enough that she was able to learn much from Orthox's example!
"His journey is not my journey, but all roads lead to the same destination." Venerable Jannzi realized as she rewatched the footage of the Gatecrasher in combat. "Venerable Orthox is a truly selfless protector who has given up a lot of other choices in order to perform his only duty."
Despite his age, history and status within the Vulcan Empire, Venerable Orthox eschewed many of the honors and luxuries that a war hero like him was entitled to. It was clear that he only focused on progressing his strength and making sure his expert mech was good enough to keep up with his desire to protect his fellow dwarves.
Jannzi recognized that as admirable as Venerable Orthox might be, he wouldn't have become nearly as impactful in battle if he did not pilot an excellent expert mech!
The quality and performance of the Gatecrasher truly stood head and shoulders above the other expert mechs. Not even the Gauss Baron and the Paravad was able to measure up against the most powerful expert mech of the Molten Hammers.
Venerable Jannzi did not like it that her future ability to affect the battlefield was also contingent on the power of her expert mech.
The better the machine, the better her performance.
The better her performance, the greater her ability to fulfill her own duty!
After a lot of contemplation, she set Venerable Orthox as a target. Though her battle approach was not as offense-oriented, she wanted to achieve the same degree of strength and impact in battle as the dwarven expert mech!
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