Of course, he was more than willing to surgically implant a PPS if he ever managed to obtain one, but he was not all that desperate to amplify the size of his true body any further.
His previous 'duel' against the clone of the Subjugation King had already taught him that size was not everything!
Ves had watched enough footage of phase whales and phase lords in action to understand that he seriously fell behind compared to the aboriginals.
Not only did the aliens spend a lot more years on honing their fighting skills and their spatial abilities, they also developed their phasewater organs.
A typical phase lord like the Trampler of Stars could easily smack Ves around because the powerful nunser had added specialized phasewater organs to his body while upgrading his existing organs as well.
Ves really needed to follow suit if he wanted to increase the utilization of his own phasewater concentration.
Until he managed to get this done, Ves felt it was best to reject any further ideas about advancing his phase lord cultivation any further.
Ves went back to his original goal. He had already settled on improving his design capabilities.
Since there were still far too many choices available to him, he urgently needed to narrow his scope.
"Do I want a boon that will help me in the short term, the long term or both?"
Ves preferably wanted to obtain a reward that would help him in the coming years, but also remain relevant in the years to come.
Trying to have it both ways was a greedy choice that vastly limited his options, but Ves did not mind that this time.
It was better for him to pursue a more difficult goal if that helped to filter out 90 percent of his available choices!
"Upgrading the Blinkyverse is no longer in consideration." He decided.
Blinky never really played a useful role during the design phase of a project. He was able to contribute a lot more during a fabrication run, but it was not as if his assistance was mandatory.
His companion spirit was a bit of a generalist in that he possessed a range of different abilities. This turned him into a versatile all-rounder that could help out in many different situations, many of which had nothing to do with mech design.
The only other reason to upgrade the Blinkyverse was to begin the process of converting it into a material space.
Though Ves felt tempted to acquire his own portable pocket space that constantly expanded its capacity over time, it did not provide as much help to his design activities as he wished.
That was reason enough to rule out this option.
"Let's see what is left. Expanding my domain with another core element is an attractive consideration."
His current domain centered around life and mechs. There was nothing wrong with that, and he was sure he could achieve greatness by relying on them for a long time.
However, he could think of many reasons why it would be a good idea to increase his elemental proficiency.
Gaining a specialty in the fire attribute would help make all of his mechs more powerful. It would allow him to create Bloodfire Pacts with greater ease and may also allow him to produce Carmine starships in his newly acquired shipyards. He could also power up his luminar crystal weapons along with every other hyper energy weapon that he chose to integrate to his products.
"In short, acquiring a specialization in the fire attribute will satisfy both my short term and long term needs."
However, Ves could make similar arguments for many other possible elements.
The water element had a powerful amplifying effect on phasewater. Ves even theorized based on a lot of academic guesswork that it might even be possible to synthesize phasewater so long as he developed a high enough mastery in both the water and the space attributes!
Aside from that, water was the element that aligned the closest to organic tissue. Ves would have a much greater justification to design biomechs or cyborg mechs as he could more easily amplify the effectiveness of any machine with organic parts.
The decision on whether he should choose to specialize in the water element hinged on how much he valued phasewater technology and biotechnology.
If he was willing to incorporate both of these fields into his core design philosophy, then gaining a specialization in the water element was a justifiable choice!
"There are also other elements that I have yet to consider…"
Aside from that, he could also choose a boon that did not relate to his domain. He needed to narrow his scope even further before he was ready to make his final selection.
"I'm getting closer, though."
Ves was determined to make the most of this life-changing decision!