The Mech Touch

6917  The Essence of Duty

Ves became incredibly motivated to work on the Defiled Light Project!

He loved the concept of a weapon that was uniquely suited for his use. The D-arm combined a number of strengths that could empower the energy gun with multiple sources of power, similar to the Instrument of Vengeance.

While Ves was not able to rely on the power of key resonating materials and such, he could still apply other design applications to maximize the damage output of a single shot.

After coming up with this experimental weapon, his combat system became increasingly more clear.

If Ves was forced to enter the battlefield as a phase lord, then the Premier Fleet was probably in big trouble.

If the combination of a handful of warships, 1000 first-class multipurpose mechs, the Superdimensional First Sword Mark III, the Minerva Mark II and support from multiple teams of qi cultivators was not enough, then Ves would most definitely be outmatched one way or another.

He needed to avoid direct combat as much as possible. He already knew from past incidents that his combat skills and fighting consciousness were way below the standard of an average third-class mech pilot.

There was no way he could hold his own against enemies who may have honed their combat skills and instincts for centuries if not millenia.

Ves needed to be smart about this and avoid the enemy's strengths as much as possible. The best way to do that was by adopting a hit-and-run approach.

He constantly reminded himself that he was a mech designer. He was not a mech pilot. He felt no obligation to abide by the rules of honor like most soldiers. If a non-combatant such as himself was forced to take to the field, then he was not going to pretend that he possessed a warrior's heart!

Larkinson or not, Ves intended to fight his battles according to his own ideas.

If that meant skulking about on the battlefield while using his subordinates as cannon fodder, then that was fine as far as he was concerned.

His troops were supposed to be his protectors, not the other way around!

Ves fully intended to act like a scumbag and make it as inconvenient for the enemy to target him as possible. His mobility should be superior enough to make it difficult for enemies to land a strike on his person.