Mobility was extremely important to ace mechs, particularly when they were primarily designed to fight up close.
It was impossible for the Master Mech Designers in charge of developing the Neo Amadeus to neglect this aspect!
The transphasic flight system of the Neo Amadeus might not be as good as that of the Mars, but the transphasic sword just happened to possess an extra function that more than made up for this difference!
Though Ves was incredibly surprised at how the Neo Amadeus was able to speed itself up, Master Benedict did not look too surprised.
"This is what ace mechs are capable of, Ves. Don't blindly apply the model of expert mechs to this classification of machines. Compared to your Everchanger, the Mars and the Neo Amadeus are much more versatile in how they manipulate their capabilities to achieve more diverse outcomes. The reason why there is such a major difference is because their ace pilots have matured their power expression to a much higher degree."
Ace pilots had taken a major step towards transitioning into energy-based lifeforms. The more they distanced themselves from their mortal limitations, the more they became proficient at harnessing the powers granted by their more developed domains!
To people like Ves, it was incredibly silly to think that allowing a sword to cut through space could increase the speed of a machine.
The Neo Amadeus had taught him a big lesson that he should never apply too much common sense towards any ace mech!
Right now, the Neo Amadeus was slowly gaining on the Mars due to the speed advantage it had bought. While Saint Jeremiah had to exert more willpower in order to do so, it was more than worth the effort as long as his ace mech succeeded in reaching his target!
Saint Jeremiah didn't find it worth it to harass the Mars by launching its other swords. It was better to focus entirely on maximizing the speed of his ace mech so that it could get close enough to swing its sword at the Mars.
Of course, Patriarch Reginald had no interest in letting his opponent have his way.
"Take this!"
The ARCEUS System fired concentrated laser and positron beams at the transphasic sword in the hopes of damaging it or at least interfering with its operation.
The Mars also fired its shoulder-mounted gauss cannons at the enemy ace mech's leading sword.
Unfortunately, no matter how much the Mars attempted to knock down the sword, it remained completely undamaged and continued to perform its function with not a single sign of stability.
Patriarch Reginald gained a much greater impression of the quality and power of the weapons of the Neo Amadeus.
The overall mech frame didn't appear to be extravagant, but the developers of the ace mech allocated a lot of funding, resources and attention to equip it with the best possible swords that the Gauge Dynasty could supply!
This was bad news to Reginald as the three swords enabled Jeremiah to express his power in many more powerful ways.
Their importance to the Neo Amadeus was just as great as the Decapitator to the First Sword!
Reginald recalled that Saint Jeremiah had once gone on an exchange to the Heavensword Association in his early career.
Though the Gauger ace pilot had never openly visited the Heavensword Association again, the man must have doubtlessly inherited a fair amount of traditions and methods of the sword fanatics.
"Those swords need to be taken care of." Reginald concluded. "I'll be in trouble as long as Jerry is able to make use of all of them. I need to find a way to knock them out of his grasp."
That was easier said than done. His powerful ARCEUS System that possessed the power to destroy entire city districts failed to inflict any meaningful damage to the enemy's transphasic sword!
The main reason why the Mars kept firing its integrated energy weapons over and over was because it took a lot of effort from Saint Jeremiah to mitigate the incoming damage.
The fight between the two ace mechs turned into an attrition battle for the following minutes. Though the actions of both ace mechs seemed repetitive, that was because the ace pilots knew that the real fight would only begin once the Neo Amadeus fully caught up to the Mars!
It was strange to see the two ace mechs fighting at a fairly low intensity when the battle much below had become a lot fiercer!
The Minerva and the Blade Chaser Mark II tried their best to fend off the aggressive assault from the Arma Tensar and the Fila Tensar.
Commander Casella Ingvar had turned herself into a major nuisance by Commandeering a lot of Rifle Warriors that struck the mechs of the Sundered Phalanx with greater power and precision than normal.
The command-oriented expert pilot had little choice but to retract her presence from her fellow Larkinson mech pilots in order to empower her brother. It was only when the Blade Chaser Mark II received a large power-up that the Ingvar siblings reluctantly managed to hold their own against the Tensars.
Elsewhere, Venerable Jannzi entered into the most difficult fight of her career so far. Her difficulties began when the Skorpion Commando along with a bunch of other elite mech units had boarded several special combat carriers and warped behind the Larkinson fleet and launched a lightning attack!
"You have completely degenerated as a knight mech pilot!" Venerable Jannzi accused as her Shield of Samar struggled to block the Skorpion Kommando's venomous tail strike. "Whatever noble spirit you used to possess in your bones has completely rotted away."
"How naive! I like destroying you idealistic dimwits the most. Sacrificing your own life to save the lives of an ungrateful bunch of people is futile. We are demigods. We are better than the mortals that you profess to serve. Our value is infinitely greater than the plebeians that expect us to work ourselves to death so that they can live their petty little lives!"
The two expert space knights designed in completely opposite styles furiously collided against each other as their pilots attempted to win their ideological argument by force as well as persuasion!
As these intensive duels and battles continued to progress, the Neo Amadeus almost managed to catch up to the Mars by this time!
Saint Jeremiah Gauge grew more active and excited as his powerful machine was on the verge of reaching its most optimal range.
Their Saint Kingdoms touched each other first.
Two different bubbles filled with true resonance began to press against each other like a pair of balloons.
Neither ace pilot wanted their Saint Kingdoms to give way first. The two powerful men entered into another ego contest as they urgently channeled more power into their domain fields.
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