It turned out that the Mech Trade Association was a lot more meaningful to humanity than Ves thought.
He previously thought it was a cabal of former cultist rebels who successfully overthrew the Five Scrolls Compact and became the new overlords of human civilization!
Once they gained a taste of power, they eagerly took advantage of being on the right side of history and transformed the MTA into a perpetual blood-sucking octopus that continually harvested other people's wealth!
Though Ves did not invalidate this negative perception of the MTA all of a sudden, the latest revelations put the powerful organizations in a much more favorable context.
Of course, he was well aware that he was getting a one-sided retelling of history.
If he filled up a number of gaps with the secret history centered around the Five Scrolls Compact, he gained a better understanding of the true purpose of the Kingdom of Mechs.
This insanely powerful evolvable spiritual construct could not have been made without having access to the greatest powers and heritage of the Five Scrolls Compact.
The thirteen Progenitors of Mechs had to be high-ranked members of the Compact, and ones who all turned their coats no less!
Ves also bet that they all belonged to the lineage of the Metal Scroll. He even guessed that at least one of them may have been the so-called Holy Son or Daughter while the others may have been that person's trusted entourage.
If this speculation was accurate, then they must have certainly played key roles in the grand conspiracy that led to the destruction of the Great Temple!
His eyes minutely widened as a huge implication came to mind.
What if the creation of the Kingdom of Mechs held direct relations to the fracturing of the Metal Scroll?
What if the Progenitors of Mechs took advantage of the power of this once-mighty Sacred Scroll to create an enormous reality-warping construct that matched or exceeded it in power?!
As his imagination began to run wild, Ves had the feeling that he had touched upon the essence of the secret history that led to the turning of a brand-new age!
The downfall of the Great Temple and the rise of the Kingdom of Mechs must have been the defining event that birthed the Age of Mechs!
This mystical kingdom made an enormous difference to human civilization upon its emergence.
This was because it warped reality to a degree that was more powerful than any god!
For perhaps the first time in human history, relatively average people throughout the galaxy who had no relations to the Five Scrolls Compact at all gained the ability to harness extraordinary power!
Mech designers and mech pilots no longer had to read obscure magical books or undergo a life-threatening blood sacrifice ritual or anything.
They just needed to study a lot of science or train to become a highly specialized vehicle operator in order to transcend their own humanity!
Each person who worked directly with mechs in either capacity could remain completely ignorant of spiritual engineering while still having hope of evolving into god-like beings one day!
The revolution the Kingdom of Mechs unleashed upon human civilization completely changed the rules!
What primordial humans?
What exclusive bloodlines?
What rare talent?
What exclusive access to secret knowledge?
The creation of the Kingdom of Mechs and as well as the Mech Trade Association completely changed the game!
This was especially the case when the Mech Trade Association openly entered human society and engaged with much more people than the Compact could ever brainwash!
The new kids on the block completely defeated the ancient and highly outdated organization like the Five Scrolls Compact!
Perhaps mechs, mech pilots and mech designers weren't so powerful at first, but the Kingdom of Mechs ensured that they could grow much faster than their adversaries!
After all, the conditions to train a powerful spiritual sorcerer was too harsh.
In comparison, the Kingdom of Mechs granted any individual in the vastness of human space the chance to rise up and become insanely powerful champions or makers as long as they possessed at least a modicum of spiritual potential!
This was why the Age of Mechs had become an unstoppable trend.
The story was no different from an old market leader getting beaten by a new competitor that sold better products and employed better business strategies!
The former may have been more powerful once, but it had grown too stale and inflexible due to the weight of traditions and an absence of forward-thinking leadership.
Four centuries after its birth, the emergence of uncountable mechs, mech pilots and mech designers had caused the Kingdom of Mechs to grow powerful beyond imagination!
With around a hundred god pilots and Star Designers taking care of this collective treasure of humanity, it sounded extremely unlikely that the Five Scrolls Compact could tear it down.
Although the Compact had undoubtedly licked its wounds and restored its strength over the years, how could its cultists ever exceed the quantity of powerhouses produced with the help of the Kingdom of Mechs?
It was impossible for humanity's former overlords to topple the MTA in a direct confrontation!
Ves began to wonder whether he had any special connections to the Kingdom of Mechs.
If the Metal Scroll truly played an indispensable part in its creation, then perhaps Ves and maybe the Polymath may be able to gain extra privileges!
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