The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5282

Context was important.

Ves did not hold any interest in meddling in the affairs of the Rubarthan Pact in the past, mostly because he lacked the power to make a difference.

That had changed since his return from the Survivalist conference. He not only gained the power to exert influence on the first-rate colonial superstate, but also possessed a solid reason to intervene in the ongoing Rubarthan power struggle!

From the moment he revealed that he possessed a notable connection to the Destroyer of Worlds, he had already been regarded as a participant in this great game!

The fact that he was the inventor and the supplier of numerous revolutionary innovations such as companion spirits and kinship network massively boosted his value to the Rubarthan superstate!

All of this made it untenable for Ves to remain out of contact with the Rubarthans.

Fortunately, he recognized this new reality fairly quickly. He was not opposed to establishing a relationship with the Rubarthans so long as he gained enough benefits.

However, Ves needed to think carefully about wading into the ongoing power struggle between the Rubarthan princes.

It was not necessary for him to pick a side and back one of the princes.

After all, even the god pilots themselves would not explicitly back any of the princes. It would go against their official duties to wield their outsized power that could not be stopped by others.

It would only take a slight amount of effort for them to decide that none of the princes deserved to rule the Rubarthan Pact and ascend to the throne themselves!

According to the current rules of the game, the god pilots would only be able to provide implicit support at most. It was up to the princes themselves to leverage this advantage in their own ways.

In any case, Ves still had the option of maintaining relative neutrality so that he could maintain a healthy distance from the intensifying fight between the different Rubarthan princes.

This was why his latest move presented so much risk and danger.

The Inferno Spear Prince approached Ves as a member of the Rubarthan Military Council for at least two official reasons.

The first one was to clarify Ves' relationship with the Destroyer of Worlds.

The second one was to inquire about commissioning a kinship network for the Rubarthan Pact.

It was actually really significant that the Inferno Spear Prince was the one to establish initial contact with the famous new tier 3 galactic citizen.

Even if Prince Antonius did not want to spook Ves by pulling him into the vortex right away, the powerful Rubarthan never expected that the Larkinson Patriarch would propose to intervene on his own initiative.

What truly caught Prince Antonius and his staff off-guard was that Ves not only expressed the intention of wading into this imperial mud fight, but also proposed an enormous gambit that would have enormous implications for the entire Rubarthan Pact!

The Inferno Spear Prince no longer regarded Ves as a novice to high-level affairs anymore.

The fact that this second-class Senior Mech Designer took the initiative to propose a scheme that would eventually tilt the balance in the favor of the Destroyer of Worlds and the prince that earned her favor made it clear that Ves was qualified to act as a player in this great game!

"I see now why you are known as the Devil Tongue." The senior ace pilot as his eyes betrayed a lot more wariness and vigilance than before. "As the mech designer who managed to ensure the downfall of the Polymath, it is clear that your reputation as a destabilizing influence is not a fluke. Do you know how unnerving it is for you to set your sights on our colonial superstate? It might be better to keep you out of our affairs entirely."

Ves smiled in response. He recognized that he had managed to hook the Inferno Spear Prince. For all of the man's vigilance, there was no way he could remain unmoved to this offer!

When it came to proposals, the most important part was determining who benefited the most.

While Ves would definitely benefit from having one of his pets become the guardian animal of the Rubarthan Pact, the Inferno Spear Prince also stood to make a lot of gains!

In the political struggle between the Inferno Spear Prince and the Smokestack Prince, the former's accumulation and support base were too meager.

Once the latter managed to gain the implicit support of a god pilot, the former would fall too far behind!

This meant that the Inferno Spear Prince was on a timer. He needed to find ways to strengthen his position and ensure that he remained competitive enough to keep his imperial ambitions alive.

What Ves proposed was to find a way to strengthen the position of the Destroyer of Worlds in the Rubarthan Pact.

Perhaps it sounded a bit absurd, but Ves genuinely believed that as long as he could convert the Rubarthans into cat lovers, he could grant such an enormous advantage to the Inferno Spear Prince that his chances of winning the power struggle would become almost assured!

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