He could have saved it up for another device. One of the candidates he had in mind was a compact space-faring shuttle that was just small enough to fall within the limits of the Inventorize Ticket.
The reason why he decided against it was because such a shuttle did not fit in every situation, especially when he was indoors.
In contrast, there were many situations where he could use his Unending Regalia.
That wasn't the whole story, though. The truth was that Ves mainly chose to Inventorize his Unending Regalia because it had been with him for numerous years.
The heavy use of Unending alloy had turned it into a living product that was exceptionally capable of storing and channeling his energies.
After several years of intermittent use, it had become an extraordinary relic that had undergone a subtle transformation process that was similar to the willpower baptism phenomenon of powerful mech pilots.
Perhaps the differences weren't too big at this time, but that would certainly change in a decade or a century later.
The Unending Regalia in its current form was not worthwhile for him to Inventorize, but the good thing about technological products was that they could constantly change!
As long as Ves continued to take care of his trusty suit of combat armor, his Unending Regalia would eventually become so powerful that he would thank himself for making it available to him at all times!
In any case, one of the quirks about the Inventorize ability was that he could 'physically' send it to the System Space where he could store it, wear it or even work on it with the help of the Workshop of Creation!
"How much can I upgrade my Unending Regalia once I have mastered puelmer technology?"
By a lot, he supposed. An enlightenment fruit that was worth 850 Ascension Points definitely encompassed a huge quantity of technological know-how!
Since the puelmer race was the Red Ocean's version of the MTA more or less, mastering a portion of puelmer technology essentially translated to understanding a small but incredibly powerful slice of the best of what the new frontier had to offer!
What Ves especially paid attention to was that most of the major alien races were almost just as technologically advanced as first-rate states!
Even though puelmer technology was still inferior to the best of human technology, it was still far more advanced than what he had mastered up to this point!
"I am primarily a second-class mech designer. The reason why I can't design first-class mech is because I haven't learned nearly enough variations of high technology to get started."
Ves would be able to get a lot closer to becoming a first-class mech designer as long as he ingested the Puelmer Mid-Level Transphasic Weapon Principles enlightenment fruit!
Even if alien tech was still a lot different from human technology, Ves was confident that he could fully convert all of the alien standards, principles and theories into human equivalents over time!
It was a lot easier for him to do this than to learn all of the different forms of high technology related to first-class weapons from scratch!
"That reminds me. This enlightenment fruit should also supplement my understanding of phasewater technology."
Transphasic weapon systems were intricately intertwined with phasewater. Aside from the phase whales, the puelmers probably possessed the greatest understanding of technology derived from this powerful exotic!
Ves could skip many decades of difficult learning as long as he redeemed this enlightenment fruit and absorbed all of the precious knowledge contained within.
His mind wouldn't even get overloaded as the System would ensure that he integrated the fruit as smoothly as possible.
His eyes grew sharper as he thought of the most important implication of absorbing this powerful fruit.
"If I learn everything that a typical puelmer mid-level weapons engineer is expected to master, then I can probably figure out a viable way to resolve the current crisis."
The puelmers knew much more about offensive technology and phasewhater technology than him. They also managed to rise up and achieve parity against the mighty phase whale race.
It was not that big of a stretch to assume that the puelmer race managed to develop or most likely steal weapon designs that were particularly effective when employed against the phase whales!
"There is no way the puelmers have lasted this long without finding a way to restrain the phase whales from going too far! All I need is access to what they know so that I can design and make an effective weapon that can stop that unclean whale from teleporting us all into hostile territory!"
Ves felt tempted to exchange the fruit right away, but he constantly had to pull himself back for fear of going way past his budget.
If he spent 850 AP in one go, how could he have anything left to obtain vital resources and rent enough days in the Workshop of Creation to produce an effective weapon?
The fact of the matter was that he simply didn't have enough Ascension Points to obtain everything on his wish-list.
This frustrated him to no end. A compelling source of hope was dangling right in front of him, but he didn't dare to pluck this extravagant fruit for fear of running out of resources and time!
"Wait… if I don't have enough Ascension Points… is it possible for me to earn more, preferably during my current stay in the System Space?"
That… was an interesting idea.