The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5025

5025 An Old Soldier

Ves almost completely froze as he continued to hover in front of the chest of the Dawn Star Project.

The Golden Cat did not make any movements either. She was powerless to help Benjamin Larkinson restore his fighting intent and will to survive.

Both of them could only pin their hopes on Emma, the companion spirit and second personality of Divine Irene Mox!

The new cat clearly did not like being summoned to this strange workshop on a strange ship just to complete an errand that was completely unrelated to her life.

Nonetheless, she was still willing to lend a hand, if only because she had been summoned and could help out an old man.

Emma disregarded the lack of a neural interface and the oddities surrounding the Carmine System and focused solely on the essence of Benjamin Larkinson.

She could instantly tell that he used to be a proud and motivated expert pilot. I lis fall from grace happened a long time ago and his body deteriorated ever since.

Though the aspect of Emma possessed a lot of powerful capabilities for her size, most of them involved empowering projectiles and amplifying destructive forces!

Destruction was always easier than creation.

The Destroyer of Worlds never really dealt with situations like this in the past. Even she could not put a broken will back together.

That didn't mean that Emma was helpless, though.

She decided on a different approach.

Instead of mending Benjamin's broken will directly, she instead began to commune with the old man's unconscious mind.

Power steadily flowed from the possessed fragment to the sleeping but connected Larkinson.

This power did not infuse Benjamin with any power. He wouldn't be able to absorb any of it as Emma's divine strength belonged exclusive to her and her principal! Anyone else who attempted to absorb this highly evolved form of willpower would instantly blow themselves apart!

Instead of risking a nasty head explosion, Emma made sure to keep tight control over her power. She only exerted herself in order to exchange her own thoughts and memories with the dormant Larkinson.

Emma began to share portions of Divine Irene Mox's legendary career.

Spanning over two impressive centuries, Irene Mox rose up to become an expert pilot, an ace pilot before ultimately making the ultimate breakthrough after passing several life-and-death tests!

She had been born as a second-class citizen of the Quillim Principality, but once she proved her strength and talent in spades, the New Rubarth Empire took her in and invested a huge amount of resources in her development to facilitate her eventual evolution to god pilot.

The battles she fought with the Rubarthans along with the generosity they extended to her caused her to develop a strong affection for her adopted first-rate superstate.

Even after she reached the ultimate rank and attained godhood in a special form, Divine Irene Mox continued to respect her vows and promises to the New Rubarth Empire and served as its protector in the times to come!

There was no way to properly describe and summarize the career of such a powerful and long-lived human legend.

Where there were other god pilots who lived much more eventful lives than Irene Mox, she had definitely experienced more than her fair share of hardships!

The arduous battles, the camaraderie that she built up after fighting alongside many friendly mech pilots, the support she received from the mech designers responsible for designing her powerful machines and other factors had enriched her life and fulfilled her ambitions as a mech pilot!

Though Emma only shared a fraction of Divine Irene Mox's life and career to the ailing Larkinson, no one in the Larkinson Clan had ever experienced anything close to such a long and fulfilling journey!

The life of a god pilot was indescribably glorious to other people, but had an especially strong effect on people who possessed the ability to pilot mechs!

A small flame began to ignite in Benjamin's heart. Though he understood on a fundamental level that he was nothing like the Destroyer of Worlds and had no way of replicating her impressive life trajectory, he couldn't help but envy the life of a much more successful mech pilot.

Even when Benjamin remained functionally unconscious, his heart could not be denied!

As the old Larkinson continued to get immersed in Divine Irene Mox's impressive life experiences, the man no longer felt content to remain envious.

Benjamin may have retired a long time ago, but he still retained a fraction of the pride as an expert pilot.

He did not want to imitate or copy the Destroyer of Worlds.

He wanted to forge his own legend!

His body grew hotter as his mind began to become more active.

"Mieew!"

Emma became encouraged by his progress. Her fiery eyes glowed brighter as she continued her efforts to revive the burled strength of a fellow mech pilot!

For the first time in many decades, Benjamin started to feel young again.

His eyelids shook as his consciousness not only began to rouse to life, but also developed a strong desire to return to the glory days when he was fighting his enemies in the cockpit of his Ember Star!

The more he became exposed to the priceless experiences of a god pilot, the more he thought that he too possessed the potential to serve in a similar capacity!

"Grandfather..." Ves whispered as he could sense a fundamental change taking place inside the cockpit.

"Nyaaaa!" Goldie grew more encouraged to the point where her tail started to swish as fast as a propeller!

Once Benjamin reached a critical point, he fully regained his consciousness and opened his eyes!

No longer did his eyes look placid and gentle.

The stimulation he received from the Carmine System and the powerful Emma had completely ignited a fire in his heart!

It was a fire that he always thought had become extinguished from the moment the doctors informed him that his brain had become incapable of interfacing with any mech.

Yet as he began to regain more and more awareness of his own condition, he could feel through the newly established Blood Pact with the Dawn Star Project that he could actually exert control over the latter!

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