The Mech Touch novel Chapter 4922

This was the first time Ves created a companion spirit for an existing demigod.

He truly had no idea what the results might be before he created Emma.

It turns out that companion spirits derived from active expert pilots were much more powerful and useful from the start!

Part of that was because Emma was not just a pure spiritual entity, but also gained a lot of might and substance due to integrating the extraordinary willpower of an expert pilot.

Another part of that was more specific to Venerable Irene Mox as her domain was largely centered around destruction.

The intrinsic power she gained after she completed her apotheosis gave her the ability to amplify the might of her expert mech's explosive attacks.

This was not a surprise. Expert pilots who dedicated themselves to artillery mechs often developed similar capabilities.

Although this ability could be extremely potent, there was one major downside.

It was most effective at increasing the power of explosive warheads at closer ranges!

The further an explosive shell or missile traveled, the harder it became for the expert pilot to maintain a state of true resonance on the munition.

This was also one of the reasons why an expert mech as powerful as the Iron Hedgehog was limited to firing specialized shells.

Not only did every projectile have to be tougher and more resilient in order to endure the greater power of the Iron Hedgehog's cannons, they often incorporated resonating exotics as well.

The weaker projectiles only integrated a small amount of generic resonating materials.

The stronger ones integrated larger quantities of more specialized resonating materials.

While it was possible for expert pilots to resonate with projectiles without any resonating materials, it became a lot harder to keep them empowered once they flew into the distance.

The cost to keep an expert mech armed with serious projectile weapons was not low, but it was often worth the investment!

Expert mech-grade physical weapons often inflicted considerably greater damage than energy weapons!

This was an especially crucial factor in fights between expert mechs. Their resonance shields and resonance-empowered armor systems could resist a lot of attacks under normal circumstances.

By empowering attacks with greater resonance, it became easier to 'cancel out' the defensive resonance effects of the enemy.

Even so, mech pilots such as Venerable Irene Mox were long accustomed to seeing their projectiles lose extraordinary power as soon as they were launched.

This was why Emma had become so special. Venerable Mox quickly realized that embedding her new 'companion' to a shell could essentially circumvent this restriction!

Ves watched with awe from Irene's mind as she controlled Emma with greater and greater enthusiasm.

Each time the orange cat merged with a shell, she fully maintained her awareness and continued to radiate Irene's willpower right until the moment the warhead finally detonated!

"This is truly amazing." Irene said as a living explosion once again reformed inside the cockpit of her expert mech. "I have never imagined that it would be so easy to channel my full power onto a warhead that is launched over a hundred kilometers away. I have heard that even ace pilots struggle to make this happen."

Miew!

As Emma continually launched out of the barrel of a howitzer, the newborn spiritual cat did not look weak or exhausted in the slightest.

Ves grew more and more interested in the strengths and weaknesses of a companion spirit directly formed out of the force of will of a strong expert pilot.

Blinky flew in front of Irene again. "Does it hurt whenever Emma blows up along with the explosive ordnance she is attached to? Does it take effort to reform your cat next to you? How many times can you keep this up in your estimation?"

It took a few seconds for Irene to address these questions. She had become incredibly engrossed in exploring the new options that Emma introduced. If not for her growing gratitude towards the purple cat, she would have remained silent.

"I feel that Emma is born for this. It is in her nature to explode and release her power, so it doesn't seem to hurt her at all." Irene steadily replied even as she formulated her next targeting solution. "It doesn't take much effort to remake her body either. This is all new to me, so don't ask me how this works. Doing all of this is slightly draining to me. I do not know how often I can launch these kinds of attacks, but I feel I can easily do this over a hundred times."

That was fairly amazing! Emma not only complimented Venerable Irene perfectly, but also provided a significant boost in combat effectiveness.

This shouldn't be surprising in hindsight. Ves recalled that he heavily needed to limit the strength of the companion spirits he bestowed to his children when they were still growing in Gloriana's belly. They were far too young and weak to support anything stronger, and their intrinsic spiritualities also made for weak ingredients.

In contrast, a solid mid-tier expert pilot such as Venerable Irene Mox could start off with a much more powerful companion spirit from the start. Her force of will also made for an excellent main ingredient because it was not only extremely powerful, but also exhibited a perfect fit with its source!

Ves looked forward to granting companion spirits to all of his Larkinson expert pilots as soon as he concluded this Mastery experience. He needed no more testing and verification to know that this spiritual augmentation would permanently transform the combat power of his own champions!

As Venerable Irene continued to make use of Emma, she and Ves soon figured out the limitations of her ability to amplify the explosive power of warheads.

"Is there a way for you to split Emma up so that you can empower multiple warheads at the same time?" Blinky asked.

"No." Irene shook her head. "I have tried my best, but I only have a single cat."

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