Chapter 6341 Respect Your Weapons

Chapter 6341 Respect Your Weapons

Admiral Gori Tensen of the Bluejay Fleet was not happy with the accident caused by the Dark Zephyr's first attempt to wield the tier 3 Destroyer spear.

The damage could have been much worse as the highly potent Destroyer spear possessed the capacity to produce a much greater and more concentrated outburst of destructive energies! n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Such an incident could have caused the spear to transmit a beam of concentrated destruction energies that could have easily punched through multiple transphasic energy shields and pierce through dozens of meters of strong ship-grade alloys!

That would have been enough to pierce through the bulkheads of the cargo bay and penetrate adjacent compartments, some of which held important functional systems or valuable supplies!

Fortunately, none of that occurred. The outburst remained fairly tame and only nearly inflicted grievous damage on the Dark Zephyr.

The damage to the bulkheads and underlying electrical parts was not light, but it was not that important. The spacers assigned to the heavy cruiser came in shortly afterwards and began to conduct repairs to restore the broken components and fill up all of the gaps in the bulkheads.

As far as Ves was concerned, his cousin's ego suffered the greatest blow from the recalcitrant weapon.

The ace pilot had shut down his ace mech and left the cockpit shortly afterwards so that he could cool his head in an empty ready room.

Saint Tusa's head hung low as he sat on his bench without changing out of his custom piloting suit. The morose air produced by his diminished domain field made it clear that his mood was anything but good.

"Meow."

Lucky decided to keep Tusa company. The gem cat acted like his cute self and repeatedly nudged the pilot's side in order to beg for pets.

Sadly, Tusa was not in the right headspace to appreciate Lucky's companionship.

"Meow..."

Ves sighed before he approached and lifted Lucky in his arms.

"You are taking this way too hard, Tusa. You are not like the Terran ace pilots who have been wielding Destroyer weapons of escalating tiers step-by-step. You only had a short time to train yourself in their use. It is unreasonable to expect you to be able to harness a tier 3 Destroyer spear with so little preparation. It is actually quite impressive that you managed to hold it for a short time without actually harming yourself in the process."

"That was because my machine and I were fast enough to push away from the spear before it produced a backlash." Tusa said in a bitter voice. "That wasn't supposed to happen. I was supposed to be able to maintain a grip on it at all times. It was easy enough for me to do so when my mech did nothing but hold it still. It was when I started to swing it around that my control started to slip. The more the spear is moved, the more the Destroyer particles become agitated. That is how I lost control over it. They became too active and violent for me to keep them in line."

The revelation surprised the Larkinson ace pilot. Despite how much time he spent with his own living mech, he never once treated the Destroyer spear as a living object. He automatically assumed that it was just a lifeless weapon just like any other product made by others.

Now that his perspective on the Destroyer spear changed, Tusa began to frown as he understood a little better why he did not deserve to wield the weapon in battle.

"That partially explains what happened." Saint Tusa said. "I really screwed up, didn't I? My approach towards the Destroyer spear should have worked if it was an unthinking and unfeeling object. If it was actually alive, then... I must have disrespected it a lot by assuming an arrogant stance. I tried to force it to acknowledge me by ignoring all of the expectations and requirements that it has set onto its wielders. Maybe a sincere Terran ace pilot who has learned how to respect Destroyer weapons for his entire career will be able to wield it without any danger."

"I think so as well." Ves agreed. "Respect is the key. Even though this tier 3 Destroyer spear is not alive in the same way as a living mech, it is best if you pretend otherwise. Don't try to dominate. Try to cooperate instead. Befriend it. Seduce it. Make it like you. It will take more effort, but it is probably worth it. In fact, I don't think you should use your primary domain in your new approach."

Tusa caught on quickly. "Are you telling me to rely on Blackwing instead?"

"Why not? I mean, you already botched your introduction with the Destroyer spear by trying to impose your freedom on it. Letting Blackwing take the lead and use his shadow domain to ingratiate himself to the spear may yield better results. The shadow element falls under negative energy. The same goes for the destruction element. Take advantage of that to build a bridge between Blackwing and the spear."

"This... do you think it will actually work? It sounds as if you are underestimating the intelligence of a very powerful weapon."

"No, I don't think so. I'm the expert on life here, remember? I am very certain that the powerful weapon is not too alive. That means that you should not be able to distinguish Blackwing from yourself. So long as you present Blackwing as a separate existence from yourself, everything should be fine."

Such a deception would never work on a typical human, but it may be different for the tier 3 Desetroyer spear!

In fact, Ves did not have total guarantee that it would work.

There was another possibility that he declined to share with Saint Tusa.

Ves came up with an alternative theory about the behavior of Destroyer particles.

It may be that his previous theory was right and that the tier 3 Destroyer spear acted much like an organic cell that exhibited the basic traits of life.

However, there were also higher orders of life, usually exhibited by large multi-celled organisms.

One of the theories that Ves entertained in his mind was that Destroyer particles actually came from a much greater whole!

This alternate explanation had many implications. One of them was that every Destroyer weapon might be connected to a much more powerful living being, one that not only served as the original source of Destruction particles, but was still able to exert at least a small amount of control over them no matter the distance!

Though Ves had no solid proof that could back up this spurious theory, it might explain why people other than Terrans and authorized people were able to crack the secrets to Destroyer particles and produce their own Destroyer weapons!

If his guess happened to be right, then it became even more important for Tusa to treat the tier 3 Destroyer weapon with respect instead of the opposite!