"After all, creatures like Arnold aren't mechs. What do they understand about mech piloting?"
The standard mechs themselves would also benefit. They not only obtained the influence of a role model, but also had a greater chance of surviving as its mech pilots became more proficient. Perhaps they might even inherit a small portion of the Amaranto's power through constant exposure.
"It's as if they are the Amaranto's children."
Finally, the Amaranto itself would also gain a lot of benefits. Although there was a risk that the spiritual feedback would pollute, distort or unfavorably steer the living mech in the wrong direction, the acceleration in growth more than made up for it! Ves would gladly obtain a living mech that had reached its strength at 100 years in just a fraction of the time!
His eyes shone as he imagined his other living mechs following suit.
The three masterwork expert mechs would become incredibly dazzling existences in his clan!
"They're such a good combination as well."
The neglected concept of prime resonance finally had meaning again. While true resonance was still the basis of any expert mech's power, Ves had always envisioned that prime resonance could become equally as powerful one day!
Unfortunately, prime resonance was always constrained by the inherent weaknesses of the elements involved.
The problem with prime resonance was that it centered around spiritual energy instead of powerful resonating material.
Mechs did not possess a high capacity for spiritual energy. Without incorporating any P-stones or other spiritual storage materials, they simply couldn't contain a lot of spiritual energy.
Even if Ves did find a suitable material to implement in the mechs, he would still have to pump them full of spiritual energy which wasn't always abundant.
However, it was different when the living mechs grew by themselves. If a masterwork expert mech like the Amaranto grew a dozen times faster than before, then its spiritual foundation would continue to grow stronger and more complex at a rapid pace, all without hitting any barriers!
Once the Amaranto's spiritual foundation became a hundred times stronger than now, prime resonance would no longer be a joke. As long as Venerable Davia Stark was strong and courageous enough to resonate with this powerful mech, then…
"This new form of resonance will truly be able to compete with true resonance!"
Ves almost went wild with euphoria as he imagined how much more powerful his expert mechs could become!
Though he did not dare to imagine that expert mechs such as the Everchanger would be able to compete against actual ace mechs, they should be able to obtain a pretty heavy advantage against other expert mechs!
He did not forget his fundamental purpose. The ultimate goal of doing all of this was to provide a better service to his mech pilots. He had to be careful that he did not pursue power for its own sake.
"This shouldn't be a problem. Stronger high-order living mechs will directly benefit their pilots as well as the side they are fighting for. There is little reason to reject this new method."
This could be the edge the Larkinson Clan needed in order to survive the Red Ocean after the MTA's 2-year protection period had passed!
Ves turned his attention back to the original matter that had prompted him to develop this brilliant new idea.
The best way to confirm his theories and to see whether this premise had a future was to test it out in reality.
"I'm sorry, Gloriana, but I have to pursue this side project!"
Ves planned to put his current schedule on pause and reserve a few weeks to develop the variant he had promised to the MTA mech pilots.
Properly speaking, the best course of action would be to design a completely new original mech from scratch. This way, he could integrate this new purpose into the design from the beginning.
"I can't wait for so many months."
He didn't think he needed to go for that for his first attempt at implementing this brilliant new idea. He just wanted to obtain a proof of concept that he could use as a model for a more serious implementation in the future.
The Quint was a good choice to start with. While it was a valuable mech to the Larkinson Clan, the three masterwork expert mechs were far more precious.
This made the Quint the most disposable high-order living mech to Ves.
"I'm sorry Quint, but you're going to be my test subject for this experiment."
The goal of his variant was two-fold. Not only did he want to see whether it was possible to accelerate the growth of the Quint by providing it with spiritual feedback, he also wanted to meet the demands of the MTA mech pilots and provide them with guidance from a mech that was famed for nurturing several expert pilots.
Since the Quint was originally based on the Bright Warrior Mark I Version B model, he called up its design and began to envision the changes he needed to make.
"For starters, it needs a new name. let's call it the Enlightened Warrior." Ves decided.