The development of design spirit channeling and the emergence of blessed weapons had the potential to power up all of the high-end expert mechs of the Larkinson Clan.
The massive changes would alter a lot of plans and force numerous people to adjust to the new developments.
After a bit of thought, Ves decided to take it step by step and invite Gloriana and Ketis to his lab to share his latest results and obtain their feedback. fгeewebnovёl.com
Both women had already been working on their own design projects when Ves called them over, so they both wore pristine white lab coats as they entered his workplace.
"So what new toy have you made that warrants our attention?" His wife asked as she came close and stared down at the work table where Ves had placed a few objects. "Is this what you wanted to show to us? They aren't different from any other transphasic products aside from the fact that they are alive."
Ketis stepped forward and briefly swept her gaze over all of the gear before settling her attention on the basic sword that Ves had made.
Her face scrunched in disapproval as she picked up the weapon and swung it around a few times. The edge produced sharp slicing sounds.
"You should have called me over sooner if you wanted to make a sword. This sword is too crude and its balance is off. I don't even know why you still bother to design and make it yourself when my services are available."
Ves twitched his mouth. "This isn't a serious end product, Ketis. It's just a test object that I have cobbled together in order to demonstrate my latest advancement. Before I explain any further, can you tell what is special about this sword and the other gadgets that I have made?"
Both his wife and his former student accepted his challenge and began to examine the test objects with utmost attention.
Ketis continued to observe and probe the sword that she had picked up while Gloriana opted to study the luminar crystal pistol that Ves initially made.
It was difficult for them to ascertain any obvious changes at first. Neither of them possessed a strong affinity towards life and their spiritual perception wasn't as good as his. Combined with the fact that they didn't really know what they should be looking for, it did not surprise Ves that they failed to come up with an answer.
That soon began to change when Ketis gave up relying on her own senses and called up her companion spirit.
"Sharpie, come here and familiarize yourself with this sword."
A miniature version of Ketis flew out of the floating greatsword that followed the swordmaster around.
"Sharp! Sharp!"
Sharpie's tiny form floated around the mystery sword for a moment before diving forward so that she could take residence inside the weapon.
The blessed sword began to glow with power as Sharpie spread out her energy and explored every nook and cranny.
It did not take long for Ketis to notice the differences. Her expression became more inquisitive as she gathered a few clues that showed how this sword differed from other comparable weapons.
"Interesting." She finally spoke. "This sword has too many shortcomings in my opinion, but it bears an undeniable charm that is typical of your style. This is exactly what a mech designer like you would have come up with. You just can't let go of your dependence on relying on external sources of power to improve the performance of your works."
As Ketis shared her opinion, Gloriana used the same trick and called up Alexandria to study the luminar crystal pistol on a deeper level.
The red companion spirit soon fed her with the necessary information.
"Oh. I understand now as well. You found a way to increase the connection between one of your design spirits and the products that you have made, isn't that right, Ves?"
Ves nodded in confirmation. "That's right. Would the two of you like to give them a try? I can guarantee you that you will be astounded by their performance."
Neither of the two women adopted a skeptical attitude towards his claims. Ves may be a little crazy and ridiculous at times, but he had a long history of making real gains.
"Let me go first." Ketis impatiently said. "Do you have a practice target for me to test this blade?"
Ves already anticipated her request. "Sure. I've already called up ten of them that you can destroy at your leisure."
"Good!"
She moved over the the testing area where a number of humanoid bots were ready to do their jobs.
The bots all wielded swords themselves. Together with the extensive combat programming that Ves had downloaded into their memory banks, they could give any soldier a considerable challenge.
Of course, Ves did not expect that any of them would be able to last more than a second in front of Ketis.
Aware of this discrepancy in power, Ketis pulled Sharpie from the experimental sword and began to show a lot of restraint when sparring against the practice bots.
So far, nothing special happened.
"This isn't enough." Ves told Ketis. "You need to reach out and communicate with the weapon in order to draw out the power of its design spirit. Try your best to request the Phase King to enhance your attacks."
"I will try."
Half a minute passed by before Ketis finally succeeded in activating her blessed weapon.
Her arm swung the one-handed sword to perform another casual slash that the practice bot should easily be able to block, but this time the move produced a different result!
"Ah!"
A bright flash of light exploded from the sword as the Phase King's powerful presence seemed to descend upon it for a moment!
Though Ketis managed to uncover the true ability of the sword, she did not expect the explosion of might that this simple-looking weapon had unleashed!
Much to the surprise of the two women, the sword slash whipped out an exaggeratingly large and imposing spatial blade that not only cut cleanly through the practice bot, but also continued to slice forward and cut up the next three practice bots that Ves deliberately placed behind!
The bottom part of the spatial blade even struck the deck below and cut up to half a meter through the reinforced alloy before running out of steam!
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