The Mech Touch novel Chapter 5337

Ves grew incredibly concerned at what happened today.

While he was glad that Vulcan finally obtained a comprehensive cultivation method that should allow him to unlock his full potential, he was less pleased with a number of its implications.

When Cynthia originally explained deity cultivation to him, she described it as an inherently unequal means of gaining power and longevity.

A lot of cultivators that posed themselves as gods ruthlessly exploited and extracted every possible resource out of their believers.

When one party was much more powerful than the other, the former usually got free reign to do anything he wanted!

Without any effective form of resistance, the ordinary folk could do little aside from hoping that their supposed god would be merciful enough to let them live a decent life.

Ves had expressed a lot of contempt towards deity cultivators at the time. These were beings that gained strength from the suffering and sacrifices of the weak. It took a cruel and selfish heart for them to treat their fellow people as cattle to be butchered as well.

He never expected that he, or at least an incarnation of his, would be put into the exact same position.

Sure, his mother may have hoodwinked Vulcan into cultivating the Metal God Method without fully understanding all of the repercussions of this decision, but that did not change the fact that he had become a potentially exploitative deity cultivator himself!

A part of Ves felt upset that the inadequacies of the Heart of Steel would give Vulcan little choice but to let his subjects become exposed to the machinations of the Iron Resonant Crucifix Crown.

Another part of Ves actually felt relieved that his mother had been ingenious enough to implement such an amazingly promising defense mechanism!

When it came down to it, Ves did not want Vulcan to get manipulated by the crown.

Allowing this dangerous artifact to warp the cognition of a bunch of dwarves that he didn't really care about was ultimately better than letting it corrupt Vulcan outright!

Ves tried to soothe his guilty conscience by making excuses for himself.

"It's not as bad as it sounds." He thought after a few minutes. "A bunch of weaklings can hardly do any damage. I would be concerned if it is allowed to whisper in the ear of another Star Designer, but this obviously won't happen."

There was another factor that eased his concerns.

"More people can spread the burden."

A greater quantity of worshipers could dilute the intensity of any attack. Any strike that was fatal to Vulcan could be diverted into so many willing subjects that hardly anyone got harmed in the end.

Of course, this meant that it became imperative for Vulcan to spread his faith as much as possible.

The more followers he gained, the greater his defensive buffer!

The opposite was also true. If enemies purposefully targeted the dwarves and anyone else who believed in Vulcan, his incarnation would quickly be deprived of a lot of layers of protection!

It was in Vulcan's best interest to protect the dwarves and any other worshipers from powerful enemies who sought to undermine his basis of power.

In other words, Vulcan and worshipers had entered into a mutually dependent relationship with each other.

From the moment Vulcan engaged in a proper form of deity cultivation that amounted to more than passively collecting spiritual feedback, he had assumed actual responsibility over the dwarves.

Vulcan had to become the God of Dwarves in truth. He needed to make sure he kept watch over the dwarves and respond to any threat that targeted their lives or faith!

The shepherd could not afford to lose all of his sheep!

Perhaps this was one of the goals that Cynthia tried to accomplish. She knew about his reluctance towards deity cultivation and created this relationship in order to force him to embrace this approach.

It worked.

Now that the deed had been done, Vulcan had little choice but to persist with the Metal God Method and see it through the end.

Only when he reached the 7th stage would he be able to bear the crown by himself.

"Besides, who says that this relationship needs to remain one-sided for the most part?"

His design philosophy was Mutual Growth for a reason. It represented his original aspiration and his ideal.

He would not be a good mech designer if he let his incarnation stray into the wrong path.

As far as he saw it, there was still plenty of room for change.

Currently, Vulcan gained a huge advantage over his worshipers by turning the latter into his human shields.

The best way to compensate the dwarves for their 'service' was for Vulcan to grant them benefits in return!

So long as Vulcan helped out the dwarves enough to bring their relationship back into balance, neither side should have any further reason to feel exploited.

"A fair and equal transaction is better in the long run."

Neither Ves nor Vulcan could ever treat the dwarves as their slaves. These hardy people deserved a lot of respect and appreciation for the help that they could provide.

If Vulcan was destined to become a god, then Ves would make damn sure that he became a stellar example of a proper deity!

In no way should Vulcan ever be allowed to become a stereotypically evil god who usually got defeated by a band of brave adventurers or whatever!

Ves ultimately felt a lot better about himself. The weight on his heart had disappeared once he resolved to keep his incarnation on the right path.

"I am not my mother." He affirmed to himself.

He had already spent enough time among his mother to determine that she was not a product of a modern human society.

She possessed norms and values that were not that typical in different states. Her perspective on cultivation, power, hierarchy and the Big Two showed that much of her cognition had been shaped by a society outside of conventional human society in the Milky Way.

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