The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5112

Ves exchanged 250 Ascension Points to get his hands on the enlightenment fruit that imparted the entire contents of the Beginner Five Elements Spells Manual.

He spent a hefty amount of points, but got a lot of value in return!

It was impossible for other people to quickly master all of the knowledge and techniques contained within this expansive manual.

Not only did they have to spend a lot of time and effort on studying a lot of new and confusing theories, their learning efficiency was also affected by their own elemental affinities!

Ves was able to perform the beginner spells for all five elements because this benefit was included in the package.

Other people did not have this benefit. Short of being able to pluck an identical enlightenment fruit from the Tree of Possibilities, they could only start learning the spells as long as they possessed a higher-than-average talent or comprehension for a single element.

Ves himself would probably be able to learn a few metal and wood spells if he had to study the manual the old-fashioned way.

It would be a lot harder for him to get started with wielding the power of fire, though perhaps his incarnation Vulcan might have better luck.

All of this showed that talent and affinities were essential for cultivators to do anything related to a specific spiritual energy attribute!

This was also one of the biggest reasons why the Five Scrolls Compact had never been able to produce too many powerful True Gods or cultivators who had gotten close to this height.

Talent and affinity not only determined whether a human could get started in an elemental cultivation method, but also had a large influence on how far they would be able to go by relying on their own efforts!

While cultivators had come up with many ways to improve one's affinity to a specific element over the ages, they always had to pay a hefty price to improve their own conditions.

One of the advantages of the mech designer and mech pilot cultivation methods was that they both enabled their 'practitioners' to develop their affinities as they did their jobs.

The more they did anything meaningful like designing a mech or winning a difficult battle, their valuable experiences and realizations would automatically feed back to their spiritualities, causing them to develop in a comprehensive manner.

It was how a previously average human like Venerable Isobel Kotin managed to develop such a strong fire domain.

She hadn't acquired her remarkable affinity towards fire naturally, but earned it through focused effort while piloting rifleman mechs.

If she had made different choices in her life and settled for piloting swordsman mechs instead, then the odds were high that she would acquire a strong metal-related domain instead!

Ves was not in the presence of Isobel the swordsman mech specialist.

He was in the presence of Isobel the pyromaniac.

Compared to other ranged mech specialists such as Venerable Davia Stark and Venerable Brutus Wodin, there was no one who invested so much of herself in making her flames burn hotter than Isobel!

Her unusual mentality and approach may have given her mixed results so far, but when it came to learning a basic technique on how to leverage her acquired closeness to fire to perform an actual flame spell, the fire domain that she worked hard for granted her an enormous boost at this time!

Technically, Ves was trying to teach Kiroshi on how to cast a simple firebolt, but the companion spirit was Isobel's mirror, so they both put their mind on absorbing his teachings.

Ves had already noticed that Isobel was a little smarter and more academically gifted than other expert pilots. Now that she essentially had two separate but related minds to do her thinking, she picked up on his theories a lot faster than he initially expected!

A lot of expert pilots came across as ignorant louts that only knew how to fight. This was actually a mistaken impression as the better pilots always had to learn a bit of science in order to fight properly in different environments.

Most pilots simply didn't like it when they were forced to sit in class benches and learn boring textbook theories. They would much rather hop into a cockpit and spend their time on practical lessons!

Ves was glad that Isobel Kotin possessed a much higher tolerance for boring theoretical lessons. It was essential for him to impart a basic theoretical framework to Isobel before he actually explained how to execute a specific fire spell.

Two hours of rapid tutoring went by before he began to give Kiroshi specific instructions on how to let loose a ball of fire.

Ves could see and feel the flaming companion spirit exercising her control over fire energy. The speed in which she picked up and applied his lessons was quite frightening!

Eventually, Kiroshi managed to produce an actual result!

"Ya... YAAAAAA!"

A surprisingly large and uncontrolled spray of purple flames swept a part of the office with a huge amount of heat!

If not for the fact that Ves manually disabled the fire detection systems in this space, alarms would have already started to ring due to this sudden release of heat and light!

"Yaaaa!"

Kiroshi reacted with fear and embarrassment at the fact that she unleashed a large spray of purple fire from her breath!

"I apologize, sir! I didn't mean to make it so big!" Venerable Isobel immediately spoke. "I don't know why my companion spirit lost control."

Ves swept his arm at her. "It's okay. It wasn't directed towards me. Even if an accident occurs, a little fire won't be able to harm me through my Unending Regalia. I am much more glad about the fact that your companion spirit successfully harnessed the power of fire energy and converted it into an actual physical manifestation of fire. This is a huge deal, Isobel. It is always the hardest to get started. Once you have successfully converted E energy radiation into another form of energy and matter, you will be able to repeat this feat a lot easier in your subsequent attempts. The fact that Kiroshi has managed to complete this step so quickly means that his fire affinity is... exceptional."

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