The Mech Touch novel Chapter 6604

Chapter 6604 Rising Scores

From the moment Ketis chose to form a so-called Life Sword Pact with the Bloodsinger, it was as if everything fit into place.

All of the years she spent on nurturing an intimate emotional bond with the weapon paid off all at once.

The continuous willpower baptism had already enabled Ketis to impart a strong imprint of herself onto the weapon.

Combined with her meticulous care in maintaining and upgrading the greatsword, the Bloodsinger had long evolved past its starting point as a standard-issue CFA weapon!

As Ketis boldly treated herself as her first and only test subject for her newly conceived Life Sword Pact, the Bloodsinger began to glow and vibrate as if it was explicitly answering her offer!

The minor vibrations generated by the Bloodsinger rapidly rose in frequency, causing the weapon to produce a harmonious humming sound!

The newly bonded weapon sung to its new life partner!

Although the Bloodsinger did not undergo any physical transformation, the weapon most definitely became stronger in other ways.

When Ves observed the formation of a Life Sword Pact, he took note of several interesting observations.

First, the Bloodsinger had not actually formed a Life Sword Pact with Ketis herself, but rather her companion spirit!

Even if Ketis and Sharpie were ultimately two sides of the same coin, they still counted for two separate beings as far as pacts were concerned,

It made sense. Sharpie was the swordmaster side of Ketis. The companion spirit also spent a lot of time inhabiting the blade in order to subject it to willpower baptism. It was hard to disassociate them from each other.

Aside from this interesting development, Ves also took note of the Bloodsinger's accelerated evolution as an artifact.

One of the theories he formed on artifact cultivation was that it was only possible to practice it in the first place if the object in question was alive, at least in a very minor

sense.

It was usually enough for it to possess a spiritual foundation.

However, in order for the practitioner to benefit from this form of cultivation, the artifact needed to be powerful enough to drag the human up to its level.

That did not happen all that much in this case.

The Bloodsinger was a fine weapon, but it was never designed as an artifact. Ketis had yet to turn it into a masterwork, which could have helped a lot in this circumstance. This ultimately caused the weapon to provide much less help to Sharpie than was ideal. While the new Life Sword Pact caused Sharpie to become more complete and fulfilled, the companion spirit did not appear to have grown all that much stronger.

At most, the formation of a life Sword Pact had plugged a few flaws and caused Sharpie to strengthen her foundation as a swordmaster.

Ketis looked happy, though. She did not regret her decision to bond with her personal greatsword even though there were vastly superior arms within her reach.

If Ketis chose to form a Life Sword Pact with the Heavensword, the difference in power between the two would have been so enormous that the grand work may have been able to boost Sharpie's cultivation to a sword saint in an instant!

Yet it was exactly because the gap in power between the two was so great that Ketis prudently rejected this offer.

When a mortal attempted to form an intimate contract with a god, there was no way that the latter would be able to retain his sense of self.

The relationship would turn from a bond of equals into a slave contract due to the enormous power disparity!

The Heavensword was pretty much a god among swords. The only reason why Ketis would want to form a pact with the ancient relic weapon was if she was willing to sacrifice her future cultivation as a swordmaster in order to gain an instant boost of power.

Perhaps she might have been tempted to choose the latter if red humanity had already entered into an unstoppable decline, but that was not the case at the moment.

Ketis still possessed enough optimism for the future to bet on her long-term development.

In this regard, forming a Life Sword Pact with a personal weapon that was not too strong was most conducive to her growth prospects.

The difference in power was minimal, so Sharpie's cultivation did not explode to the point of compromising her existing foundation.

Now that Ves understood Ketis' calculations, he applauded her prudent choices. The decision to form the very first. Life Sword Pact with a weapon in modern times turned out to be quite safe.

As Ketis slowly recovered from forming her life-changing pact, she slowly opened her eyes and held the humming Bloodsinger as if she was trying to communicate with the evolving artifact.

Ves certainly had no reason to offer too much doubt and criticism. He did not want to burst her bubble and ruin a good thing.

Confidence was a vital quality for expert pilots to trigger their second apotheosis. Without a strong belief in their own infallibility, how could they possibly dare to break a barrier that few of their peers had ever surpassed?

The same should apply to swordmasters as well since they were also willpower

cultivators.

"Okay." Ves said. "According to your own model, you should be able to earn a high score in both the Earth and Man categories, if not now, then in the near future. That leaves the Heaven category. What do you intend to do in order to raise your score in this aspect?" Ketis deliberately raised her arm and reached behind her back so that she could unsheathe the Heavensword.

The grand work eagerly leapt into her palm and began to release a soothing white glow

from its blade.

"I am the bearer of the Heavensword. I can already channel a portion of its powers. I have also received a few lessons and hints from the blade. I have witnessed its past wielders in action. I have observed Dise's masterful manipulation of metal energy and observed her breakthrough. Do you think I can possibly fail to raise my Heaven score after gaining all of these advantages?"

The answer was obvious. There was no need for Ves to make a fool of himself.

"I will become a sword saint." Ketis stated with absolute certainty. "The only question is how soon I can attempt my breakthrough. If I am successful enough, I will be able to breakthrough while I am still inside the System Space. If not, I will most definitely be able to do it shortly after leaving it. The faster I progress, the more ready I will be to defend my family when the aliens make their final push.""

"Are you confident you will be able to fight back against the native aliens in a meaningful way after becoming a sword saint?" Ves questioned.

"Not with the Bloodsinger." Ketis readily admitted and casually swung the grand work in her hand. "My life sword still needs more time to grow. I will make use of the power of the Heavensword if it still approves of me. A good sword should not remain unused. Now that I have chosen my life sword, the threat posed by this sticky relic weapon has diminished. The only remaining issue is that I do not think I can make enough of a difference if I am still a swordmaster. I have to become a sword saint and form my own domain in order to become qualified to tap more power from the weapon and become strong enough to defeat a phase lord,"

Ves truly hoped that she was not being overconfident about her optimistic predictions. _{freewebnøvel.coɱ}

"You will definitely make a strong statement about the strength of your reformed swordsmanship if you are able to beat a phase lord without a mech. Does this mean you have sworn off the possibility of piloting a Carmine mech?"

Ketis frowned for a moment. "I feel it is... inappropriate. I have already formed a Life

Sword Pact. Even if it isn't precisely the same as a Blood Pact, there is enough overlap that I fear that I am no longer permitted to establish one with a Carmine mech. I am okay with that. All I need to attain godhood is a good sword."