The Mech Touch novel Chapter 1116

Ves could not entirely describe what he experienced at that moment. An enormous sense of nirvana overtook his mind as he blanked out for a time. Even Lucky became affected by the abnormally strong pulse of spirituality that emanated from the first production mech at the moment of completion!

In fact, not just Ves, but Ketis and the mech technicians standing next to the feet of the mech had been swept up in the spiritual ripple that expanded from the mech.

For a moment, every single worker at the Mech Nursery inadvertently paused!

Although their moment of inattention lasted for a short time, the pause led to a fair amount of mistakes and defects on the manufacturing floor! A lot of mech technicians quickly cursed as they were forced to throw away their work and redo the same procedure again.

As for Ves who sat in the very epicenter of the phenomenon, he simply didn’t know what he just experienced. What had just happened? Why did he suddenly blank out?

Only a vague impression of what just transpired remained in his mind. For some reason, Ves felt as if he had just resonated with Qilanxo. Some of her thoughts and impressions that he had become familiar with by hosting her spiritual fragment in his mind had come to the fore again.

Love. Protection. Survival. These words and more encompassed the ideals that Qilanxo had long strived for. Even though she was an exobeast, a Sacred God as every bit as sentient and alive as any human!

And now, what Ves believed to be an echo of this great entity now lived onwards in the Aurora Titan design!

As the first production mech of this new design, the mech that Ves just augmented with the Ardent Wish was perhaps the greatest reproduction of the Aurora Titan of all times!

"This mech embodies the greatest strength of the Aurora Titan!"

If Ves presented the Aurora Titan to others, they would probably think its greatest strength was its supreme defensive capabilities and directed energy weapons.

They weren’t wrong. The spec sheet of the Aurora Titan made it clear that the design revolved around defense.

Yet that did not make the mech special in Ves’ eyes. Instead, the element that excited his design philosophy the most was its very potent spiritual nature.

Not only was the Aurora Titan’s X-Factor already ludicrously strong, but the addition of the Ardent Wish amplified this remarkable property to even greater heights!

For a moment, Ves feared that he may have moved too quickly and went a little overboard. Even though he wasn’t a mech pilot, Ves already felt as if he wasn’t alone in the cockpit of the recently-completed mech!

"Meow!"

Lucky hissed with agitation as he perceived a great threat. An enormous predator was eying them right now!

"It’s okay, Lucky! There shouldn’t be any danger around! It’s just a mech!"

No matter how much he tried to coax Lucky, his cat remained poised against danger.

"Let’s go out."

In order to prevent Lucky scratching up the interior of the cockpit with his powerful energy claws, Ves grabbed Lucky and quickly exited the cockpit.

He met Ketis, Chief Cyril and the mech technicians just in front of the recently-completed mech.

"That is something." Ketis said simply.

"It’s a very emotional moment for all of us to complete the first production mech." Ves replied smoothly, trying to downplay the unusual moment that occurred as a purely psychological phenomenon. "With how much care and attention we put into its fabrication, it’s not usual for us to be swept by the jubilation of completing it. We should all be proud of what we accomplished!"

While most of the mech technicians looked like they bought his story, Ketis remained a bit more skeptical.

"Uh-huh. Whatever you say, Ves."

Once Ves calmed down from whatever happened, he arranged the mech to be shipped to the testing ground. Even though the Aurora Titan was a spaceborn mech, it could be activated on the surface of a terrestrial planet. It could even go out for a walk, though it wouldn’t be too healthy for the mech to go on a sprint.

For now, it was enough for them to see if the mech would activate and function properly. They could ship the mech out into space and into the hangar bay of the Redfeather light carrier sometime later.

Ves, Ketis and Lucky arrived at the testing ground first and waited until Melkor, Jannzi, Rhode and Chette Larkinson all arrived.

The moment the beheld the first production mech, they exhibited the same reaction as Ketis upon the mech’s completion.

"This.. this.. what is this?"

"What an amazing machine!"

"Why am I not piloting something as remarkable as this mech?" Rhode whined.

Ves patted Rhode’s back. "You’ll get your turn someday when I came around to design a landbound striker mech."

Even the normally inscrutable Melkor looked visibly moved at the first production mech. "When I initially heard you describe your next mech design, I didn’t think you could pull it off very well. Now.. regardless of its faults, there is no way this mech will fail to turn heads!"

"A mech as remarkable like this should carry its own name." Jannzi said. "What’s its name, Ves?"

Just as Ves tried to wrack his brains for a suitable name, a strong impression already formed in his mind.

It appeared the mech had already chosen its own name for itself!

"It’s called the Shield of Samar. It is the title of a great beast and a protector of the Ancient City of Samar."

Ketis recognized the name. She immediately turned to Ves for an answer, but Ves did not elaborate any further. It was already dangerous for him to say this much because he divulged something he shouldn’t have.

Even so, Ves wanted Jannzi to know some of the context behind the name in order to facilitate her bond with her new mech. The Shield of Samar was the most spiritually strong mech that Ves had ever made or seen.