The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5141

After Ves concluded his insightful talk with Master Laila Devos, his teaching assistant bounced into the room and congratulated him on his success.

"You have managed to thoroughly convince the students over the course of a single lecture." Alexa Striker cheerfully spoke. "It is difficult for a second-class mech designer like yourself to attract sufficient interest from so many of my fellow Terrans. They are all accustomed to receiving their teachings from the accomplished Seniors and Masters of the Terran Confederation. You mainly managed to capture their attention by employing your novelty to good effect."

"Novelty wears out sooner or later. I will have to make sure I can actually teach stuff that my students are interested in. My subsequent lectures won't be nearly as bombastic."

"I have full confidence in your teaching ability, especially after I have witnessed you speak in front of nearly the entire Eden Institute. Please inform me if you experience any difficulties. It is my job to assist you in your teaching duties. If there are any difficulties that I cannot handle myself, I can contact the appropriate people to resolve your problems."

"I would be happy to receive your assistance on certain matters." The projection of Ves replied. "The battle at my end has just concluded. I expect I will be extremely busy in the next few days. Aside from that, I will probably be absent for the next week since I am obliged to attend the upcoming conference organized by the Survivalist Faction."

Miss Alexa and the school administration had already been informed about this well in advance. They had all adjusted the class schedule to take his temporary absence into account.

Incidents like this were not all that unusual in mech universities. Master Mech Designers wore many hats at the same time and assumed a lot of different responsibilities.

While these mech designers always placed a high degree of importance in spreading their teachings and philosophies, their core work mattered a lot more to them in the end.

This was why it was generally tolerated for professors to be absent at times. As long as they properly arranged their schedules in advance, the students would probably be grateful for gaining extra time to catch up on their other studies.

Of course, Ves did not intend for his students to forget about his courses entirely when he was away. He already intended to assign a lot of homework and reading material to make sure they accumulated the requisite understanding to take part in his future classes.

ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm Ves and Alexa continued to chat about related matters. Now that the semester had begun, both of them had to allocate a certain amount of hours of their time on school-related duties.

"Master Laila Devos informed me that you have rejected the opportunity to expand your classes for this semester."

"That is correct. I'm glad that my first lecture proceeded so well, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. To be honest, I kind of like it when I can interact with my students in a smaller and more intimate classroom. It is quite nerve-wracking to speak in front of tens of thousands of students all of the time. I also don't want to disappoint too many Terrans if I stumble later on. Don't forget that all of my courses are completely new and untested. I prefer to fine-tune them over the course of a semester when the stakes aren't as high."

The teaching assistant understood his legitimate concerns. Ves could not afford to botch his first stint as a professor. If he botched this precious opportunity to pass on his wisdom in front of hundreds of smart and talented Terran students, it might take decades before he could stand in front of a class of first-class mech design students again!

"Personally speaking, I am looking even more forward for you to begin your first lecture on Introduction to Living Mechs." Alexa Striker commented. "It is remarkable that those expert mechs that have demonstrated so many different powerful capabilities in the previous engagement have all spawned from your mind. Even among first-raters such as myself, it is challenging to design a large quantity of highly diverse mechs that excel in vastly different areas. The 'Amaranto' and the 'Promethea' are both expert rifleman mechs, but their differences are too many to count. Is this truly a product of your design philosophy?"

Ves smiled and nodded. He always liked it when other mech designers appreciated his work and design philosophy.

"It takes a lot of creativity, knowledge and inspiration to design so many varied mechs. A broad and flexible design philosophy helps a lot, but it takes more than that to produce good works. I can tell you that if a mech designer yearns to work with as little restraint on the scope of his output as possible, specializing in living mechs is a good choice. Even the most modest and initially weak living mechs can grow into formidable powerhouses as long as they live long enough. This is especially the case now that we have entered the Age of Dawn."

Alexa vigorously nodded in agreement. "I believe you. Those expert mechs are only a few years old, correct? It is frankly a miracle for them to be able to cripple shielded alien warships by relying on their own power. I cannot even imagine how astoundingly powerful they can become once they have aged for an entire century!"

"Hehehe, all good things come in time. It's a pity that both of us will probably grow a lot older by the time we can see so many living mechs realize their greater potential. Right now, even my Amaranto is nothing more than a juvenile as far as living mechs are concerned. I'm not even sure whether red humanity and us will be able to survive the successive onslaughts from both the indigenous aliens of the Red Ocean as well as the more frightening natives from Messier 87."

Ves along with every other red human had largely become preoccupied with the counterattack from the original inhabitants of the dwarf galaxy.

The Red Cabal and its broad coalition of aliens was just starting to build up steam in their galaxy-wide offensive against the relatively small population of humans that occupied their stolen lands!

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