Chapter 6538 Ambition of a Swordmaster

Chapter 6538 Ambition of a Swordmaster

When Ketis left the Hemmington Cross and returned to the Spirit of Bentheim, her mind remained filled with thoughts.

The decision to accept the offer to take charge of the Cross Mech Corporation's Design Department was not an easy one to make.

She was bound to make a lot of enemies by coming over as an outsider and booting a Master Mech Designer out of his leadership position.

Yet... Ketis felt incredibly tempted to do it anyway.

She felt that she could gain a lot if she accepted this challenge. She needed more practical leadership experience, the kind that she could not gain in the Larkinson Clan. The problem with leading Swordmaidens and Heavensworders was that they already revered him from the onset. There was no challenge in winning over their loyalties, and there was no need for Ketis to go out of her way to prove her qualifications.

It was too easy.

While that made it easy for Ketis to run her own departments, it also meant that she never really learned how to manage people properly.

Once she expanded her organizations in the future, not everyone would be blindly devoted to her as her fans and followers.

She knew that she could only regard herself as a true leader if she was able to ensure the compliance of those who did not have any prior reasons to follow her commands.

Trying to lead a foreign and maybe hostile group of underlings was the best way to polish her ability to command people!

As long as she was able to learn from this rare opportunity, she would become qualified to occupy even greater leadership positions, just like her former mentor.

As a Journeyman and a swordmaster, Ketis felt inadequate.

She knew that she could attain greatness as long as she became a Star Designer and a sword god, but the time and effort it took to reach those exalted ranks was far too exaggerated.

There was little point in dreaming how easy it would be to cut down her enemies, design bestselling mechs and gain the allegiance of billions of people with only a modest amount of effort if she reached the ultimate ranks of those professions.

She still had a long way to go before she became a god in human form!

Ketis had to form her plans based on her present capabilities. That caused her to grow a little glum as there was not that much she could do under the present circumstances. With massive alien warships and gigantic phase lords bearing down on red humanity, a single swordmaster could never make a meaningful difference on a conflict of this scale. The only way for Ketis to make herself useful was to contribute to society in different. ways.

One way to do so was to work as a mech designer and publish lots of strong and useful swordsman mech designs. She had already taken steps to do so, but there was always room for improvement.

Another way was to take advantage of the rising trend of systematic cultivation and give the masses an affordable way to become a lot stronger by spreading the virtues of traditional swordsmanship.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

She wouldn't be able to accomplish these goals by herself.

If she wanted to become a great figure on par with the likes of Ves or the existing legends of red humanity, then she needed to be more proactive and do more than her basic routine.

"I shall see to it." Gloriana promised. "The Cross Clan is quite powerful and filled with fighters who have stood by us in the past and present. I always found it perplexing that we did not work harder to assimilate the Crossers into our clan. We would greatly benefit if we can subdue the Crossers and turn them into our vassals. Patriarch Reginald Cross is a remarkably strong combat asset, and Saint Linda Cross appears to be an excellent woman who possesses the right combination of strength and intelligence." Gloriana was delusional if she thought that the Larkinson Clan could actually convince the Crossers to surrender their allegiance to the Larkinsons! "Patriarch Reginald and Saint Linda have far too much pride in their clan and heritage." Ketis coughed. "The only feasible way for them to do so is if the Cross Clan has perished or suffered too many losses to sustain itself. Other than that, the two powerful Crosser ace pilots will never pledge their loyalty to others."

The female Senior Mech Designer looked a little disappointed, but not too much. Ace pilots had their own pride and were often bound by existing commitments. "Reginald and Linda may remain unyielding in the present, but anything can happen in the future." Gloriana said in a hopeful tone. "If the Crossers are met with disaster, then I

hope the goodwill that you have built within the Cross Clan is enough to convince its survivors to take refuge in the Larkinson Clan. That way, we will stand to gain a large batch of thugs and raise our combat power even further."

Anything could happen in the future. Patriarch Reginald Cross and Saint Linda Cross all appeared to be strong enough to hold their own on the battlefield, but the native aliens were not completely helpless in combat.

With more and more experimental 'Saint Piercer' weapons appearing in the hands of

phase lords, ace mechs had to endure greater risks whenever they confronted the native gods on the battlefield.

Even the Larkinsons had to endure the same risks. It was fortunate that the Dark Zephyr Mark III was so fast that it was almost impossible for enemy phase lords to land a solid

hit on the highly elusive machine.

The Dark Zephyr Mark III may be deficient in attack power, but his ability to survive on the battlefield likely ranked at the top among all other junior ace mechs! Besides, the Dark Zephyr actually gained a lot of teeth now that it had borrowed the tier

3 Destroyer spear.

This should make it much easier for Saint Tusa Billingsley-Larkinson to earn more merits

than Patriarch Reginald Cross!

Just as Gloriana wanted to bring up another topic, a preprogrammed alarm suddenly

sounded from Ketis' comm.

The swordmaster briefly froze.

"What is the matter?" "The Heavensword... has been detected on approach to the Viola Magnifica System." Ketis explained as she quickly brought up her comm to verify the notification.

Gloriana vaguely understood the significance of this event. "I will leave you to handle the arrival of this powerful relic. It would be great if you can subdue it and bring it under your control. If our clan can control the power of an ancient but functional grand work, then we will instantly be able to bring ourselves on par with the likes of Terran ancient clans and Rubarthan principalities!"

It was way too premature for Gloriana to think about how controlling the Heavensword would elevate the rank of their clan!

Ketis first needed to ensure that the Heavensword would not run roughshod over

herself!