Chapter 6154 The Power of Earth

Chapter 6154 The Power of Earth

The Elegant Rage vanquished the alien swordsman.

The Woodsap mech successfully managed to defeat an opponent that was previously objectively superior in every way that mattered. It did so by gaining an entirely new ability that had massive consequences.

Every observer of the ongoing lightning tribulation became amazed at how much more powerful the Woodsap mech had become!

In terms of performance, the Elegant Rage still performed like a well-made second-class mech in most aspects. Her parts did not mysteriously increase the strength, speed or even the defenses of her cybernetic mech frame.

The mech pilot also did not become a lot more skilled and capable. The intense duel may have polished his fighting skills to an extent, but Simon Jankowski never managed to outfight the alien swordsman that obviously dedicated a lot more time and effort in advancing his swordsmanship.

In the end, the spontaneous improvement applied by Ves made all of the difference.

Even though few outsiders had a way of understanding what was happening inside the cockpit, it was fairly obvious that the Elegant Rage suddenly gained an entirely new ability.

From the moment she launched her thorns into the surrounding forest, everything changed.

The surrounding air grew dryer, colder and increasingly more devoid of life. Every tree, plant and critter that got caught under the influence of a nearby thorn began to lose their lives at a rapid pace!

When people started to notice that an entire forest was getting drained, they began to grow frightened.

This was especially the case when all of the clues identified the Elegant Rage as the culprit of this ecological extinction event!

Even though the damage was merely confined to a forest that the terraformers working for the Devos Ancient Clan planted with little effort, people were still concerned about the implications.

The damage done by a single mech to an entire region was too great. A second-class mech shouldn't possess the capacity to inflict so much collateral damage.

What if more strange mechs like the Elegant Rage became available?

What if more powerful first-class versions of such a mech became common?

If each of these partially wooden mechs possessed the capacity to drain all of the energies that sustained life on the surface, how many planets would get utterly ruined by machines that initially looked as if they were guardians of nature?

Nobody expected that the thorns of the Elegant Rage possessed such a diabolical purpose!

Many discussions broke out among certain circles. These members of high society grew a lot more concerned about Ves had been doing as of late. Why did he invest his time, resources and effort into developing such a destructive machine? Did the Red Association truly condone the development of a mech that had already proven to be an ecological weapon of mass destruction? However, there were also those who believed that the end justified the means. "Mr. Neumann."

"Yes, Madame Gloriana?"

"Please contact the Devos Ancient Clan and tell them that our clan will compensate for the damage done by one of our mechs. We will fully reimburse the cost of replanting new trees and restoring a thriving ecosystem."

"I will get on it, madame. Personally speaking, I believe that the Devosans will not mind the damage. We did not put actual people at risk, and no one outside of the ancient clan holds a claim to these lands."

"I agree with you, but our clan must send a message that we are not damaging the environment because we can." Gloriana explained to Ves' personal assistant over the comm. "We must assume a stance that unambiguously explains that we do not support widespread destruction. The damage is only occurring because one of my husband's experimental projects has met with an accident. The appearance of the lightning tribulation should serve as sufficient proof."

"I see. Very well. I shall convey this sentiment to the Terrans." "Oh, before I forget, tell them that this incident is not over yet. The Elegant Rage may be forced to destroy more flora and fauna in the next wave. Please ask for a list that designates which nearby forests the Elegant Rage is allowed to damage. We do not want our new mech to stumble into an area that holds secret bases or has turned into a hiking destination."

The Devos Ancient Clan graciously hosted the Premier Branch of the Larkinson Clan on the capital planet of their host system.

If New Constantinople VIII belonged to the Larkinsons, then Ves could do nearly anything he wanted on his own planet without needing to account for himself.

However, the Devos Ancient Clan not only had a legal claim on the planet, but invested a huge amount of money, resources and manpower to transform it into a thriving Old Earth-like planet that could serve as a prosperous living space and trading hub for Terrans in the Agamemnon Upper Zone.

her hyper tech, she was finally able to give full play to her advantages of a partially organic mech!

The performance of the Elegant Rage during her wood energy-saturated state was completely different from before.

What stood out to Ves was the incredible display of tenacity and endurance.

The Woodsap mech might not be invincible, but she was able to take a lot of hits and keep going without any concern due to her insane regeneration factor. As far as Ves was concerned, endless tenacity and endurance should be the defining trait of all Woodsap mechs, not just the Elegant Rage.

So long as similar living mechs fought on lush planets with plenty of greenery,

these machines should all be capable of demonstrating combat power that was at least half a class beyond their conventional levels!

A cheap second-class Woodsap mech should be able to compete against an

expensive quasi-first-class mech!

A quasi-first-class Woodsap mech should be able to fight a low-tier first-class multipurpose mech to a standstill!

In fact, the Elegant Rage could have performed at an even greater height if Ves

had made the corresponding preparations.

The Elegant Rage lacked modules and features that possessed high energy

scalability.

For example, if she was armed with an energy sword, it would have been

possible for the Woodsap mech to dump an astronomical amount of wood energy into the weapon.

As long as the melee weapon was capable of containing so much wood energy,

then it had the potential to unleash an empowered strike that inflicted as much damage as a first-class weapon!

Unfortunately, the Elegant Rage lacked such a feature. The closest piece of

equipment that came to mind was the Sprout Rifle, but the alien swordsman never gave the Woodsap mech enough room to draw a ranged weapon. Ves already decided to make sure he remedied this shortcoming for his future

Woodsap mechs.

All future Woodsap mechs and maybe other elemental Carmine mechs for that matter had to be designed with high energy scalability in mind.

They were no longer confined to the power supplied by their static energy

reactors and fixed rate of exotic radiation anymore.

As long as these elemental Carmine mechs possessed the ability to absorb the power of earth from the local environment, they all gained the potential to succeed in winning leapfrog challenges!

The best way to verify this assumption was to witness the Elegant Rage's performance against the next lightning manifestation.

The overall threat posed by the final wave should far exceed the tolerance of mech and mech pilot in isolation!

Only by taking advantage of Nature's Benediction did Major Jankowski and the Elegant Rage possess a realistic chance of overcoming the tribulation!