The Mech Touch novel Chapter 6555

Chapter 6555 The Red Association Come Calling

After Ketis concluded her talk with Saint Dise and gained a better idea on how to shape the First Sword Mark III, she left the new ace pilot alone and returned to her own office.

Now that she resolved the most immediate internal concerns, Ketis knew that she needed to address a number of external considerations.

Many outside parties had attempted to make contact with Ketis and the Larkinson Clan to inquire about the Heavensword.

It made a lot of sense as those in the know understood how powerful and exceptional a grand work can be. Even if it was just a sword instead of a god mech or a space station-sized superweapon, its power and more importantly the secrets it might contain may already be enough to reshape the current order in the Red Ocean!

Ketis could not underestimate the intelligence of the dominant players of human civilization.

They already possessed existing case files on the Heavensword, and may even know more about it than herself.

They also understood the implications of the Heavensword entering a dwarf galaxy that was enriched with exotic radiation. The mechers and the fleeters would never assume that the relic weapon would remain as weak and unthreatening as it used to be in the Milky Way.

In fact, the big shots had already guessed that the Heavensword might become even more powerful if it ever ended up in Messier 87, which was the ultimate source of all of the E energy radiation transforming the Red Ocean in the past few years!

In that sense, the value of the Heavensword was inestimably high.

That was not necessarily good news for Ketis. She felt as if she was a kid holding the crown of the New Rubarth Empire. Too many greedy people coveted the Heavensword. Ketis could not possibly defend herself from all of these malicious parties, especially if she did not fully master the power of the relic weapon, which was most definitely the

case.

Only a sword god could fully master and control the Heavensword. Ketis was just a simple swordmaster. When she experimentally held the Heavensword in her hands, she did not feel any measure of control and mastery over the weapon.

The uncomfortable fact of the matter was that the sentient artifact was the dominant partner in their uneasy relationship. All of the power was in its hands. The Heavensword could decide to grant Ketis the power to fight against mechs, but it could unilaterally decide to withhold its might at any time, thereby leaving her helpless and exposed against her enemies!

As a swordmaster, she couldn't tolerate these possibilities!

"This is why I would rather prefer to keep my Bloodsinger." She murmured.

Her trusty Greatsword was currently sheathed in its own floating scabbard. Sharpie comfortably rested within and steadily used her willpower to reshape the greatsword to suit her swordsmanship on a gradual basis.

Having done this for multiple years, Ketis was able to resonate with the custom greatsword far better than any other blade in her hands!

She felt so close and so in control over herself whenever she wielded her favored weapon that she did not want to substitute it with anything else.

Yet... now that the Heavensword had imposed itself into her life, Ketis might not have any other choice to move away from the ideal of a swordmaster who grew stronger while remaining wedded to a single sword from beginning to end.

"That said, it is not bad to become a swordmaster who prefers to select the right tools for the right jobs." Ketis concluded.

There were many variations of swordmasters. It is not necessary for her to make a big deal out of conforming to one template or another. What mattered was that she could draw strength from one and use it to direct the growth of her willpower.

It was not as if the only way for Ketis to advance her swordsmanship was to turn the Bloodsinger into the equivalent of a Carmine mech.

As long as she opened up her mind and no longer obsessed too much about using the Bloodsinger as her one and only weapon of choice, she could live with having the Heavensword by her side.

"Damn. I am already being corrupted by this unwanted guest." She cursed.

She recognized that she was already changing her attitude and approach towards her own swordsmanship and future cultivation due to the addition of an extra variable.

This was probably one of the Heavensword's nefarious schemes. It sought to infiltrate her life and slowly transform into an increasingly more important and indispensable part of her swordsmanship.

Once she had reached the point where she could no longer call herself a swordmaster if she lost access to the Heavensword, then she would have surrendered all of her power to the relic weapon!

Even if she thought she still possessed enough agency to be her own person, in truth she would be no different from a sword slave if this doom scenario ever came to pass!

While Ketis had no objection to this, the problem was that the Red Association and other

organizations based her combat power on the Heavensword as opposed to her inherent swordmaster capabilities!

"I do not think it will be as easy as you think for me to wield the Heavensword against

alien phase lords, ma'am."

The mecher gave Ketis a friendly and encouraging smile. "Please try your best, swordmaster. We welcome any contribution to the war effort. If you are able to exert enough power on the battlefield as one of the energy manifestations produced by your new possession, then you have already done enough. You will be able to earn rich rewards if you are able to help us maintain our hold on this port system. You will be able to earn a large amount of war merits that you can spend on high-quality materials and

exclusive technologies that can help you raise the future ace mech of the latest ace pilot of your clan to a higher starting point."

Ketis narrowed her eyes. The mechers sure possessed a good grasp of her current needs

and motivations.

The emissary was not wrong. Saint Dise had earned plenty of war merits in the last

months and years, but there was never enough!

"I would truly like o see if I can use the Heavensword to hold back a phase lord, but

what you are asking of me borders on fantasy."

"Then let us explore how you can use the Heavensword to turn fantasy into reality." The RA Senior smoothly responded. "The Red Association will never neglect a hero that has helped us hold back the alien menace. I believe that you are currently seeking Master

Mech Designers to help you design a worthy upgrade to the First Sword. I can arrange introductions with several notable and renowned Masters within my faction. As long as you have made enough contributions on and off the battlefield, they will be more than willing to spare a portion of their valuable time to help you design a first-class ace swordsman mech that can meet the standards of our Association. Does this sound more to your liking, swordmaster?"