The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4268

As the testing session progressed, the prototype Lucid Rage became increasingly more proficient at blocking, trapping and redirecting the weapon of the opposing Second Sword.

Lanie even made the tonfas spin and utilized different grips to control the enemy mech's greatsword to such a degree that it turned into a burden to the Swordmaiden mech pilot!

As long as the Lucid Rage managed to neutralize the threat posed by the enemy weapon, it ruthlessly pressed the tip of a tonfa against the exterior of the Second Sword, causing the armor layers to melt from the heat and energy released by the integrated plasma torch!

Commander Melkor certainly looked impressed, but that didn't mean he was blind. "The combat potential of your Lucid Rage is pretty impressive, but… I'm afraid that most mech pilots won't be able to utilize it nearly as well as Lanie. The skill ceiling of this new design is ridiculously high, but its skill floor should also be rather high. Outside of prodigies like our impressive cousin, it will take years of training to reach this degree of proficiency. I can't imagine many Avatars looking forward to investing that much in learning how to master a brand-new weapon."

"We don't need to go big on it right away." Ves replied. "Start out with a batch of 40 or 80 Lucid Rage mechs and let's see how your Avatars fare with them. I believe there will still be plenty of mech pilots who are interested in taking advantage of its unusual weapons and glow."

"That shouldn't be a problem." Commander Melkor nodded. "If your Lucid Rage can truly elevate the combat skills and fighting consciousness of our melee mech pilots to another level, then I won't be opposed to adopting your new mech on a wider scale. However, I'm primarily interested in adding another offensive mech to my mech roster. I'm not asking for a training mech."

Clang!

It was at this time that the duel had finally come to an end.

After Lanie Larkinson had thoroughly studied the fighting style of her opponent and integrated her use of the tonfas, her Lucid Rage burst out with great concentration and ferocity!

In a rapid series of precise but daring moves, the tonfa-wielding mech not only captured the weapon of the Second Sword mech, but also wrenched it out of the grip of the swordsman mech by leveraging its momentum.

Commander Melkor's eyes grew wide. As a mech pilot, he understood better than Ves how difficult it was to disarm a Second Sword piloted by a Swordmaiden!

"I think this display abundantly proves how useful it can be in a serious duel or battle." Ves smirked. "You can rest assured that all of the performance parameters of the Lucid Rage meet the standard of a fully-fledged combat mech. It is strong enough to wield its tonfas with great force, it is tough enough to endure a few heavy blows, it is mobile enough to outmaneuver other medium mechs and it has enough endurance to last a typical battle provided it doesn't abuse its plasma torch function too much."

Throughout this duel, the Second Sword hardly managed to land a single blow on the Lucid Rage.

The more than satisfactory specs of the Lucid Rage played an important role in this, but without Lanie's indispensable skills and combat acumen, the new design wouldn't have been able to showcase its potential so beautifully!

After the live session came to an end, Ves finished wrapping up the data and went down to the hangar bay to inspect the mechs and their pilots.

"I'll beat you next time, Avatar." The defeated Swordmaiden pilot growled.

"You're welcome to try anytime, Swordmaiden." Lanie confidently smirked.

The young brown-haired kid from many years ago had bloomed into a strong and athletic mech pilot.

Years of learning and training at the Discentibus Mech Academy had forged her into a mech champion who possessed the highest talent among all of the recruits that had joined the Larkinson Army in recent years!

The conditions of the mechs piloted by the two women matched the conditions of their egos.

The Second Sword looked a bit beaten and seared. The tonfas wielded by the Lucid Rage could deal considerable blunt damage and had been responsible for adding a lot of dents and cracks on the surface of the swordsman mech.

Ves felt that if Lanie hadn't been so focused on winning the duel by robbing the Second Sword of its weapon, she could have defeated her opponent faster by targeting its weak points.

The more serious damage on the Second Sword all came from the circular, melted patterns on the armor.

The plasma torch technology that Ves had integrated in the weapons was quite costly to build and directly increased the design budget of the Lucid Rage by a considerable degree.

However, when Ves saw how quickly and effectively the tonfas were able to overcome the armor of the Second Sword, he felt that the expense was worth it as long as the mech pilot was good enough to avoid defeat.

Compared to the Second Sword, the Lucid Rage hardly exhibited any damage, though it was unavoidable for it to show signs of stress due to exerting a lot of physical forces. This was one of the more difficult design problems of this brawling-oriented machine, but the mech was unlikely to break as long as the mech pilot exercised enough control.

The only serious damage it incurred was the sword marks on the surface of the tonfas.

Though Ves had made sure to make them as tough and dense as possible, it was still a bit too difficult for them to remain pristine after getting hacked by some of the sharpest swords that Ketis had designed.

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