However, if Venerable Isobel or more precisely Kiroshi got added to the picture, Ves believed that he could figure out a solution to effectively transfer the companion spirit's strengths to the expert mech on a temporary basis!
"It would be like dual cultivation!" He realized!
The Eternal Love Dual Cultivation Method taught him the basic framework of cultivation through cooperation.
It did not offer him a lot of useful references though as it was explicitly designed to work with two extremely similar practitioners.
The Promethea and Kiroshi were far too divergent from each other to make that work.
Nonetheless, Ves could borrow a few tools from the Eternal Love Dual Cultivation Method and combine it with bits and pieces from all of the other cultivation science he learned!
He did not have time to develop an entirely new cultivation method that fully enabled the companion spirits of mech pilots to synergize with their mechs at a more profound level, but now that he stumbled upon on the right idea, he would definitely flesh it out after the current operation came to an end!
For now, he needed to lower his ambitions and create a more practical combat technique.
"I have an idea, Isobel. Would you care to listen?"
"Always, sir."
He briefly explained his general thoughts. Even if Isobel was not proficient in cultivation herself, she was still able to follow his simple description.
She looked uncertain, and so did her companion spirit.
"Ya?"
"What you say makes sense, but its not enough to make my mech stronger, sir. Trying to give the Promethea access to Kiroshi's power sounds like trying to set a piece of metal on fire."
Ves smiled at her. "That is why we need to come up with a more specific fighting application that essentially tells Kiroshi and the Promethea how to channel both of their powers in combination. Hm, let's go somewhere more private. I want to show you a trick."
The mech designer led the expert pilot to a nearby work office that just happened to be empty.
Once Ves locked the hatch and activated his jamming suite, he raised his armored hand and unleashed a small firebolt that splashed against the metal bulkhead!
Bang!
"What?! How?!"
Venerable Isobel Kotin initially reacted with alarm when she thought that they were under attack.
Once she processed what she had just witnessed, she grew shocked when she realized what actually happened.
The patriarch summoned a small amount of fire out of nothing and actually managed to leave a slight scorch mark on the bulkhead!
Venerable Isobel was close enough to know that Ves managed to do this by leveraging the E energy radiation in the air as opposed to employing a secret weapons module built into his combat armor.
"That... is a spell." Ves replied with a smile. "Don't ask me where I learned it. The short story is that I am a bit ahead of most people when it comes to figuring out ways to draw power from exotic radiation. That is how I have been able to give your Promethea and all of our other living mechs a way to strengthen themselves. Right now, I want to teach Kiroshi how to perform this spell. I don't have time to teach all of the theories and techniques required to perform it properly, but I think I can make your companion spirit perform a bootleg version of this spell if I quickly teach her the bare minimum."
"Ya yaaaa?"
Kiroshi looked absolutely befuddled.
"You're teaching my companion spirit as opposed to myself?" Isobel doubtfully asked.
"That is correct. You are an expert pilot, Isobel. If my understanding is correct, you won't be able to pull off tricks like this by yourself. You will only be able perform a similar ability when you interface with your Promethea, but the underlying nature will be different because the power you express will largely be a manifestation of your willpower and the true resonance between you and your battle partner. What I am looking for is to unlock Kiroshi's own power. Her nature is different from yours. She is much more suited to absorb and leverage the ambient fire energies in the environment."
"I... don't quite understand..."
"That's okay. Let's begin the lesson. If my suspicions are correct, it won't take too long before Kiroshi can spit her own fireball."