The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5214

Innovation was never easy.

If the Carmine Conscript could easily forge a Blood Pact with a relatively ordinary human individual, then Ves could have sold his design application a lot easier.

He wouldn't have designated the Carmine System as his main research direction in his quest to realize his design philosophy if this was the case.

One of the reasons why he had not been in a hurry to design further Carmine mechs and conduct experiments of this nature was because he did not have much confidence in his chances of success.

The first two successful results happened under special circumstances. Most mech pilots lacked the strength and advantages of Venerable Jannzi and Venerable Benjamin.

What happened just a moment ago was fully predictable. Ves felt sorry for Leon Di Maggio, if only because his name would likely be forgotten.

Only the candidate who succeeded in forming the Blood Pact deserved the right to go on public record!

The unfortunate death of Leon did not douse the enthusiasm of the members of the secret panel.

The two Masters continued to study and analyze the data for several more minutes before they were ready to proceed.

"Let us leave the Carmine Conscript aside so that we can study it in greater detail." Master Xena Wintress suggested. "This peculiar machine can still provide us with a wealth of data that we can use to improve subsequent implementations of this tech."

Master Goldstein nodded in agreement. He also did not forget about keeping the inventor of the Carmine System in the loop.

"We should transfer a copy of our research and analysis to Professor Larkinson here. We will have to depend on him to develop his Carmine System to maturity."

The remainder of the testing session did not proceed nearly as bombastic as before.

The first activation of the Carmine Raider proceeded without a hitch. The circumstances for this test were much more similar to the first one.

In fact, the conditions were even better despite the fact that they were testing the Carmine System on a demimech as opposed to a full-sized machine!

Curiously enough, the Carmine Raider was actually weaker than both the Carmine Trooper and the Carmine Raider.

Its smaller size and scale directly caused a proportional reduction in the strength of its spiritual foundation.

Ves found this to be a curious interaction, and one that he should keep in mind for his future projects.

This ultimately meant that the pilot had to put in a greater effort to form a Blood Pact, but this did not turn out to be a problem for Pilot Krio Delamar.

Blessed with A-grade genetic aptitude and benefiting from an existing man-machine connection, Delamar did not come close to putting himself at risk when he smoothly forged a Blood Pact with his compact little demimech.

"I feel good..." The man spoke with wonder. "This demimech is far smaller and weaker than anything else I have piloted before. It... is interesting. This is unprecedented. Is this what a living mech can do? The Carmine Raider is eagerly obeying my commands. I have never piloted a mech that actually has emotions. I am enjoying this novel experience!"

The man did not exhibit any indication that he was still suffering from a chronic lack of motivation. Pilot Delamar was fully enjoying his new toy!

They even tried to see whether Delamar was able to pilot his Carmine Raider after shutting down the neural interface.

"Ah! I can't hold out for long. I can feel... my connection with my new living mech is under jeopardy."

Interestingly enough, the new and relatively fragile Blood Pact between the Carmine Raider and Pilot Krio Delamar did not fall apart right away.

It actually managed to endure for a significantly longer time before it exhibited gradual signs of deterioration!

Even though it became clear that the two newly bonded partners were still not ready to fight together by relying on the Blood Pact alone, Ves became encouraged by the noticeably better performance at this time.

It not only provided greater proof of his assumption that stronger spirituality could strengthen the Blood Pact, but also indicated that not every candidate had to wait a long time before he could do anything useful with a Carmine mech.

Master Wintress, the Mace of Retaliation and Master Goldstein all valued the data they obtained from this test. They were much further ahead than before now that they obtained the proof they needed to make comparisons and make more informed decisions.

Much to Ves' relief, the three envoys did not see the need to push the pilot to his limits.

"That is enough, Professor Larkinson. We can suspend this experiment. We can conduct any subsequent tests with both the Carmine Trooper and the Carmine Raiderby ourselves."

"Krio Delamar has great potential. If he does not suffer an accident in the following months, he can serve as an adequate trainer as well as the commanding officer of a new and separate demimech unit."

Poor Leon. The three high-ranking Survivalists had already dismissed his unfortunate passing and showered much greater attention on Pilot Delamar.

Ves could easily understand the difference in treatment. Genetic aptitude was still paramount to the mechers.

Anyone whose genetic aptitude reached A or higher was a high-quality piloting talent!

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