The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4133

Chapter 4133 Initial Weapons Test

Patriarch Reginald did not appear to be in a hurry to wipe out the bots that unloaded enough firepower to threaten a capital ship!

The volume of fire was incredible. Even if the drones and battle bots weren't particularly strong on an individual basis, their numbers exceeded that of a full mech regiment at the moment!

This meant that the new Saint already displayed the ability to effortlessly resist the firepower of a full ranged mech regiment!

It did not even look as if Patriarch Reginald was breaking a sweat during the ongoing bombardment!

His Saint Kingdom or domain field remained remarkably stable. No matter how many mosquitos attempted to pierce this large spherical energy field, if Reginald did not want their attacks to pass through his zone, he could impose his will onto reality and make it happen!

"Amazing." Gloriana uttered. "This is the most distinguishing difference between Venerables and Saints. It is not surprising to regard the former as preparatory ace pilots."

An expert pilot was highly limited in their ability to distort reality by leveraging his force of will. They heavily relied on their mechs to amplify their strength exertion through resonance, and they only managed to do so reluctantly and in a limited fashion.

Ace pilots on the other hand possessed an abundance of power and control. Their domain fields were not only larger versions of resonance shields, but they also marked a territory as the exclusive property of the ace pilot.

These characteristics had caused the mech community to refer to these extraordinary energy fields as Saint Kingdoms.

Every Saint was a ruler of his own domain!

In general, there were two effective ways to overcome the insane defenses of a Saint Kingdom.

An opponent could rely on another ace pilot to compete against an opposing one on an equal basis.

If ace pilots were hard to come by, then the only other way to overcome a Saint Kingdom was by relying on massed firepower.

The latter was the more common if stupidest means of breaking open an ace pilot's defenses.

Right now, two whole minutes had gone by and the Saint Kingdom around the Mars still didn't show any signs of destabilizing!

"This is ridiculous!" Ves gasped. "I get that Patriarch Reginald is really strong now, but the Mars is still an expert mech!"

Professor Benedict did not look surprised, though. "You know just as well as I that the Mars already straddles the line between expert mechs and ace mechs. Most of the tech and the materials that we have invested into it already meets the standard of an ace mech. The greatest shortcoming of the Mars at the moment is that it is lacking in ace mech-grade resonating materials. The ones that we have put into our mech are mainly attuned to the strength of expert pilots."

There were different ways to categorize resonating materials. One of the most important ones was to determine which kind of high-ranking mech pilot could best leverage their extraordinary properties.

The majority of resonating materials were expert mech-grade. That meant that they were effectively utilized by expert pilots as long as they were compatible with the specific materials.

There was a higher grade of resonating materials that were not so easy to make use of. Expert pilots who attempted to resonate with them would find that they were trying to squeeze water from a stone.

Even if they were compatible, the difficulty of resonating with ace mech-grade resonating materials was too great at their stages!

This was also the main reason why Professor Benedict did not choose to integrate any ace mech-grade resonating materials into the current iteration of the Mars.

It did not matter if Patriarch Reginald's chances of breaking through were high. He would not have been able to resonate with the Mars to begin with when he activated the mech for the first time!

None of these considerations applied anymore. The current reality was that Reginald had advanced to ace pilot. This meant that the current configuration of the Mars had already fallen behind the times!

"You'll need to replace the old resonating materials with ones that are suitable for ace pilots, right?"

"That is correct, Ves. This will be an incredibly difficult technical process. First, I need to obtain the right materials, but they are much rarer and they are also far more demanding as a rule. Trying to integrate them into the Mars without ruining its configuration or breaking its masterwork state will be one of the most difficult upgrade projects that I will be embarking upon in my career as a mech designer."

"Do you need any assistance?"

"Hahaha. No." Professor Benedict firmly shook his head. "These matters are far beyond your level. In fact, many of them go over my head as well. Only an exceedingly small proportion of mech designers possess the qualifications to develop ace mechs."

"Will you be able to accomplish all of this by yourself, then?"

"Not a chance in hell, but who says that I will be alone? I have already formed an arrangement with the Unbounders. While it will still take years to elevate the Mars into a proper ace mech, I will get it done eventually."

Without the help of Ves and his fellow colleagues, it seemed. That was a pity. He would have liked to take part in this interesting endeavor.

Meanwhile, the new Saint apparently had enough of testing the strength of his new domain field.

After letting the bots expend their firepower towards the Mars without any clear results, the Mars finally began to make its first offensive move!

Ves completely threw every other consideration aside and leaned closer in order to observe the powerful expert mech closely.

"The Mars is priming the ARCEUS System!"

Ten powerful integrated energy weapon modules charged up at once. With two on the wrists, three in the chest, two on the lower legs and two at the sides of the head, the Mars had more than enough weapons to unleash devastation!

Different from the Olympus Mons which was primarily geared towards melee combat, the Mars was a hybrid mech that excelled at throwing up massive firepower from a distance.

This meant that its threat radius was extremely wide. As long as any opponent was within its line of sight, they turned into eligible targets to the Mars!

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