Chapter 4079 Gloriana's Ambition
Reinventing the concept of a brawler mech and turning the C-Man Project into a new standard of Larkinson expert mechs was not an easy task.
It was so easy for Gloriana to get comfortable with the existing pattern of Larkinson expert mechs and borrow from the existing templates.
However, this was not a good way for her to improve and progress her design philosophy.
Seeing how Ves came up with many innovative solutions and constantly expanded the strength and versatility of his unique design methods, Gloriana felt more desperate than ever to make meaningful progress.
"I can't allow Ves to advance to Senior first!"
The two both took part in the race to be the first Larkinson to advance to the rank of Senior Mech Designer.
Although it actually did not matter too much to the clan whether Ves or Gloriana promoted first, to get ahead of their spouse was still an important point of pride to them both!
Neither of them believed that they were inferior to the other. The best way to prove their high self-esteem was justified was to achieve new breakthroughs through their works!
While it was rather childish of the two of them to work so hard to exceed each other, everyone ultimately benefited from this race.
Both Ves and Gloriana gained additional motivation to work harder and achieve more results than if they worked without taking other people into consideration.
The Larkinson Clan also obtained considerably more goodies due to the competitive drive that the Miracle Couple regularly introduced.
In her attempt to make sure that she did not fall behind her husband, Gloriana put serious effort into turning the upcoming expert brawler mech into a new reference model for her work.
"The C-Man must be qualitatively better than the Minerva and our other expert mechs!"
This was an ambitious goal! Disregarding the fact that roughly half of the Larkinson expert mechs were masterworks, each of them utilized a combination of living traits, powerful resonating exotics and innovative design to stand out among their own kind.
Since Venerable Vincent wanted to upgrade his heavily-damaged B-Man custom into an expert brawler mech, Gloriana first began to examine how the new expert pilot wanted to fight.
To that end, she paid a visit to the newly-built training facilities underneath the surface of the Cat Nest.
The Larkinsons had taken to calling the extensive tunnel complex and underground facilities the Cat Burrow. This was where a lot of patrol mechs and surplus mechs of the Larkinson Clan were being stored.
The Cat Burrow also stored a lot of other supplies and could be turned into a solid underground fortress when needed.
As Gloriana and her guards entered one of the exercise halls, her expression furrowed as she caught sight of a martial spectacle.
"C'mon, Dise! Beat that pretty boy into submission!"
"You can do it, Vincent! Show these stuck-up women what a real man can do in a fight!"
Several hundred sweaty men and women gathered around a sparring ring and cheered the fighter that they favored.
If not for the excellent ventilation and scent neutralization systems in the exercise hall, Gloriana would have been flooded by a mixture of unpleasantly masculine smells!
She quickly schooled her expression as she recognized that it was not the best idea for her to show any disgust towards the Larkinson soldiers.
As she approached the right, she raised herself above the floor in order to obtain a better view of the ongoing sparring session.
Both Vincent and Dise had chosen to confront each other with their own bodies. Aside from wearing thin protective suits that were designed for occasions like these, they carried nothing else that could help them exert more power.
Both athletic expert pilots were so confident in their physical might and skills that they did not think they needed to resort to anything else to win this friendly spar!
"Vincent isn't doing so well." Gloriana quickly figured out as the man in question winced in pain as he fended off a high kick.
The two were fundamentally different warriors.
Venerable Dise possessed too many advantages over her current opponent.
She was older and vastly more experienced in battle.
She followed the brutal Swordmaiden training regime for many years in order to allow her to decapitate fearsome exobeasts in fearsome hunts!
She received genetic treatments that made her body more powerful at the cost of distancing herself from humanity.
She also advanced to expert pilot much earlier than her opponent. This meant that she had exceeded her mortal limits for quite some time, allowing her mind and physique to evolve even further.
All of these factors allowed her to gain the upper hand in the sparring session right from the beginning!
Even so, the dark-skinned Swordmaiden found it quite tricky to end the match in her favor.
The so-called pretty boy was playing hard to get as he danced and moved across the wide sparring ring!
Although it did not actually matter that much when piloting a mech, Vincent was tall and muscular. He also enjoyed some of the other advantages of a male physique.
While the disparity in mass was not that great due to Venerable Dise's unnaturally denser body, she still had to pay attention whenever her opponent made use of his physical advantages!
"Ha! Is that all, Dise? I'm barely aching!" Vincent boasted as Dise kept launching kicks.
That was because he was a boy!
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