6909 Strange Urge
What a brilliant gift!
Though Ves was unclear how useful a single Radiant particle may be, anything that had been imbued by the willpower of a god pilot should not be too weak or useless!
Ves instantly figured out the cleverness behind this choice.
The Devos Ancient Clan clearly wanted to show off its wealth and power.
It could not give the Larkinson Clan a low-value trinket.
That would not only disrespect the Larkinsons, but also paint the Terrans as misers who suffered so greatly from the ongoing war that they could no longer bestow any generous gifts.
Therefore, the gift had to be an item of real substance. It most definitely needed to be universally recognized as valuable.
The problem was that most choices of gifts were of great value to the Terrans themselves.
There were likely those who thought about gifting the Larkinson Clan with a World Tree Seed or a capital ship.
Unfortunately, both were strategic assets that the Terrans urgently needed for their own war efforts. Giving one of them away as a gift would do more harm than good.
A will-infused Radiant particle therefore served as a much more clever gift.
On the one hand, it was a rare high-end material that possessed a lot of remarkable and mysterious properties.
Even though the container only contained a single particle, the fact that the Light of Sol saw fit to impart a fraction of his divine will into it immediately raised its value by at least a million times!
Whole Destroyer weapons were not worth as much as this single Radiant particle!
12:18
Ves had never even heard of Radiant particles before. He did not even know that the god pilot who made them could also extend a measure of his incredible power to one of the particles.
The Devos Ancient Clan not only gifted him with what could only be a microscopic super-class material, but also granted him the knowledge and awareness that this wonder existed in the first place!
The Terrans had unveiled a small part of the curtain.
Ves grew a lot less upset about the heavy revelation from Master Laila Rebecca Devos and became fascinated by the rare and precious particle presented by the hosts of the banquet.
Even though it was abundantly obvious to him that the Devosans sought to smooth over any hard feelings by bribing him with a literal shiny, they understood him too well!
Their plan worked!
As a mech designer, how could he remain unmoved when he stood to receive a magnanimous gift that could give a rare and powerful boost to one of his mechs?
Ves felt a little frustrated by how well the container isolated the fluctuations of the Radiant particle. He could not sense anything but the barest hint of light in its purest form.
Despite the miniscule amount of matter contained within the cylinder, Ves had the inexplicable sense that if he let it out and placed it on his hand, it might actually be able to destroy his true body!
Whether this was a real possibility or a silly illusion, Ves was not sure. He needed to get his hands on it and head straight back to his lab in order to research the hell out of the mysterious particle!
Only by understanding its properties would he be able to formulate plans on how to convert it into a useful application!
As the transparent window of the container continued to shine the particle's remarkably bright radiance among the gathered people, the Devosan leader briefly shared a bit more information on the remarkable particle.
"Unlike our rivals, we are graced by only a single god pilot. We are fortunate that the Light of Sol happens to be one of our more qualified god pilots to respond to the crises that the Terran Alliance is struggling with. Not only is he able to move from star system to star system faster than any other god pilot, he is also able to generate Radiant particles that can be used to upgrade the performance of our senior ace mechs."
That actually sounded like a great way to leverage the power of a god pilot.
One of the biggest constraints to god pilots was that they could only directly project their power in a single star system.
This was why certain god pilot tried to expand their capabilities and use their God Kingdoms as a means of producing rare and precious resources.
Certain god pilots were much more compatible with this approach than others.
For example, no one expected the Fist of Defiance to produce anything particularly rare and precious.
He was a meathead that happened to be stubborn enough to defy death when traversing the road to no return.
His relatively direct and uncompromising personality reflected his strong focus and dedication towards fisticuffs. He cared little for anything else and did not have the patience and the affinities to produce special particles or super-class materials.
The Evolution Witch was the opposite in this regard. Her direct combat capabilities was not as domineering as that of the Fist of Defiance, but she made up for it in many other ways.
Due to the characteristics of her God Kingdom, the Evolution Witch was in a much better position to will all kinds of organic materials into existence. This turned her into one of the most important sources of high-quality biomatter.
The Light of Sol probably sat somewhere in between. He was clearly a more combat-focused god pilot, but his strong affinity with the light element enabled him to generate the so-called Radiant particles in his God Kingdom.
Now, one of them had entered his possession. After the Devosan leader completed his brief introduction, the container floated towards the Larkinson delegation until it finally stopped in front of Ves.
He stood up and bowed his head in gratitude.
"I thank the Devos Ancient Clan and the Light of Sol for bestowing me this divinely touched gift. I am not familiar with the details concerning Radiant particles, but I am eager to study this sample and incorporate it into one of my mechs. I will definitely do this precious material justice."
Numerous Terrans smiled.
"That is good to hear, Professor Larkinson. We will transfer additional documentation to you so that you understand how the Radiant particle can be applied to different parts and systems. Since you are already familiar with Destroyer technology, you should be able to find many parallels between Destroyer particles and Radiant particles. They may not behave the same, but they are of the same root, so some properties are universal to their kind."
The remainder of the banquet went by without any other notable events. No Terran casually spoke of the secession plan. Many of them were so engrossed in their own power plays and political maneuvering that they were not worth his time to engage.
His wife did not hold the same opinion. She avidly spoke with the female Terrans of high bearing about inconsequential topics.
Master Laila Rebecca Devos had not shown up again. She had already completed her mission and had no compelling reason to stick around.
Ves actually felt restless the longer the evening dragged on. He frequently looked down on the precious cylindrical container that he had placed on his lap.
12:21
Although he had closed the transparent window in order to avoid flashing the Hymn of the Trees with a bright light show, he still felt tempted to tear the container apart and hold the Radiant particle in his hands.