The four Journeyn had all grown a bit numb at this point.
This was far from the first ti they fabricated a masterwork ch. In fact, when it ca to expert chs, half of the ones they made had climbed the second rung of the craftsmanship ladder.
A success rate of 50 percent was unprecedented among Journeyn as young as them! Each of them was sure that the galactic ch industry would beco shocked if they learned about this explosive accomplishnt!
Ves even suspected that this was why Master Willix and her faction within the MTA weren't in a hurry to issue another batch of masterwork certificates to the Larkinson Clan. Their success was too astonishing. Journeyn simply weren't supposed to be able to make so many masterworks in a short amount of ti. They definitely shouldn't even be able to make masterworks out of expert chs, which was supposed to be a much harder challenge!
While a single unexpected success could easily be dismissed as a fluke, a string of three masterwork expert chs was definitely a pattern! Even the stupidest humans would be able to figure out that the Larkinson ch designers grasped a secret thod!
Ves needed to have a good talk with Master Willix after this. He could not allow the public to know that the Larkinson Clan possessed three masterwork expert chs, which was more than most small states possessed!
When Ves and Joshua floated out of the cockpit, the remaining three ch designers didn't exactly know what happened inside.
Alexandria's design network was still in effect, but the connections had beco a little frayed after maintaining it for so long. The two 'blood brothers' also didn't feel the need to share their inner thoughts to the others.
However, that wasn't important at the mont. All Gloriana cared about was that she had succeeded in making another masterwork ch!
From what she had observed from the outside, she already figured out that Ves used a gem to push the Chira Project across the masterwork threshold. She had expected him to do that when she noticed that the ch suddenly grew stronger and more cohesive all of a sudden.
While Venerable Joshua ignorantly looked on as the Chira Project comprehensively transford in a different and less familiar sense, the four ch designers kept all of their senses focused on the expert ch as it fully settled onto the second rung of the craftsmanship ladder!
This was the sixth ti that Ves witnessed such a profound change. The more he elevated his work to this level, the deeper he ca to understand the nature of chs and what it took to make them more exceptional.
He was already familiar with so of the subtle changes. He had already studied them before and figured out as much as he could at his current level of perception and understanding. There was no need for him to waste further ti on observing these known processes.
Ves instead focused his attention on the other subtle changes that he could only sense at this special ti as recordings were never able to convey the complete picture after the transformation had taken place.
What he was particularly interested in was determining how his design philosophy affected the quality of a ch.
What Joshua had done earlier provided him with greater evidence that improving the spiritual design of a ch directly increased its overall quality!
The implication here was that Ves might be able to pump out masterworks on a regular basis if he could impart each of his chs with better spiritual foundations.
In fact, this rule didn't only apply to himself. This was probably the case for many other ch designers whose design philosophies enabled them to inject their own intangible elents to a ch or ch design.
As long as these ch designers figured out how to improve the application and utilization of their design philosophies to a certain degree, the quality of chs would automatically rise and thereby allow them to climb the second rung of the craftsmanship ladder over and over again!
This was a much more reliable and systematic approach than striving for greater chanical perfection as was the case for so of his earlier successes. This was a brute force thod of making masterworks that could only be achieved through luck and serendipity.
"I see. I understand."
Each ti he created a masterwork ch, his eyes opened a little more. Ves had already created more masterworks than many Seniors and even Masters had been able to make throughout their entire lifetis.
The ability to make a masterwork ch did not depend on purely piling up a lot of knowledge and skill. Experience helped, but the true factor that allowed ch designers like Ves to make strides in this area was to increase the utilization of his existing craftsmanship abilities!
Designing a good ch wasn't the end of a ch designer's work. Only by realizing it into a concrete form would a new ch design truly beco complete.
Knowing how to produce a better machine and how to maximize the potential of an abstract design rounded out a ch designer.
It turned out that Ves had reversed cause and effect.
His ch affinity did not increase because he made a masterwork ch.
Instead, it was more accurate to state that his exceptional efforts in trying to improve his ch craftsmanship naturally increased his affinity for chs!
Each substantial increase improved a given ch to such an extent that they turned into a masterwork.
ch affinity was ultimately a reflection of how much he intuitively understood and mastered the true nature of chs. Perhaps other ch designers had other ans to advance this personal trait, but Ves had always managed to increase his affinity by trying out new solutions.
After six successive increases, he was vaguely able to sense that he was approaching an invisible point.
Although it was still too far for him to figure out anything more, Ves was able to guess that if his ch affinity continued to improve, he would eventually be able to undergo a tamorphosis in terms of his own ch craftsmanship!
During all of this ti, Ves had constantly gripped the handle of the Hamr of Brilliance.
Just as he was able to derive nurous new insights from the Chira Project's masterwork translation, Vulcan was also watching the marvel of craftsmanship reach a more transcendent state.
Vulcan's perception and outlook towards chs was different from that of a human. He was much more attuned to the concept of craftsmanship and was able to derive completely different benefits from witnessing this precious occurrence.
Finally, the masterwork transformation ca to an end. The Chira Project had not only co alive in the truest sense of the word, but also reached a transcendent level of quality that already turned it into one of the most special chs of the Larkinson Clan!
Venerable Joshua felt inordinately pleased that he had the privilege of piloting the best living ch that Ves had developed up to this date!
"It's truly complete now." Gloriana stated while hugging her oblivious baby against her body. "Aren't you impressed, Aurelia? Mommy and daddy managed to make another masterwork ch this ti!"
"…buuu…"
"Oh, you're so precious! You're much cuter than a masterwork!"
Now that the excitent had died down, everyone was thinking about their latest harvests. No one was in the mood to do anything further, so Ves instructed everyone to reset the ch workshop and stow the completed expert ch until they were ready to hold a testing session.
While everyone wearily shut down all of the active machinery and cleaned up the loose equipnt and materials, Ves slowly walked up to Venerable Joshua.
The man of the hour and the recipient of this great success had never strayed too far from his new machine. Even now, Joshua was communicating and getting to know his exclusive living ch. Ves even had the illusion that a sense of harmony had already erged between the two fated partners.
"Joshua?"
The expert pilot turned around. "Yes, sir?"
Ves gestured towards the impressive expert ch. "The Chira Project needs a proper na. What do you think we should call it now that it has co to life?"
The expert pilot turned back to his expert ch and seed to discuss the matter amongst themselves.
Though the Chira Project was a brand-new existence, it was not an ignorant and unknown living ch. Four Journeyn as well as a single expert pilot had all invested their energies as well as a piece of themselves in the expert ch, allowing them to shape its personality and outlook in a certain range.
The living expert ch possessed the highest degree of intimacy towards Venerable Joshua, as it should. It was natural for the new machine to discuss its own identity with its human partner.
"Everchanger." Joshua eventually said.
Everchanger. It was an odd na and one that conveyed a surprising amount of aning.
"…Who ca up with this na?"
"We both did." Joshua responded. "Originally, my ch was fine with calling itself the Chira, but I thought that sounded a bit boring. It's an impressive ch and deserves to be known as such. After a bit of brainstorming, we settled on a na that it can carry with pride once we grow stronger."
Ves was afraid that Joshua and his new ch would copy Venerable Dise's naming sense, but fortunately that wasn't the case.
Although Everchanger was a na that carried an unusual flavor to Ves, it truly had the potential to beco as legendary as the Ouroboros one day.
Although the Ouroboros was ahead by a century, the Everchanger started off with a much more impressive foundation. Ves believed it was not impossible for the latter to catch up to the forr given enough ti!
When Ves shared the new na to the other three ch designers, no one had any objection to Joshua's choice.
From today onwards, the Everchanger beca a permanent part of the Larkinson Clan's heritage of masterwork chs.
The Quint, the Amaranto, the Shield of Samar and now the Everchanger beca the crown jewels that cented Ves' rule over his own people!
As the Journeyn prepared to leave the workshop and enjoy a long and well-deserved rest, Ves looked questioningly at Venerable Joshua.
The happy expert pilot only had eyes for his new battle partner. "I'd like to stay here if that's okay. We both enjoy each other's company and there is so much we can learn from each other. I've waited so long for this. Please allow to enjoy this mont."
Ves reluctantly nodded. "You can stay, but don't activate your new expert ch just yet. We need to follow all of the safety protocols and minimize any chance of accidents. While I am sure the Everchanger doesn't an any harm, we can't predict what will happen if you interface with it for the first ti."
"We understand, sir. We're not in a hurry."
It was quite remarkable how the Everchanger was fully conscious and active even if its systems hadn't co online. Its powerful and highly-structured spiritual components had fused into a living entity in its own right, and did not need to rely on the support of the physical fra of the ch or a connection to a ch pilot to maintain its existence.
Ves even suspected that the Everchanger's existence had moved closer to that of Qilanxo.
If the physical ch ever got destroyed one day, the spiritual entity known as the Everchanger might be able to transcend its mortal limits and beco a design spirit!
Of course, that was just a guess. Ves didn't think about it any further because he didn't want to lose any of his higher order living chs! Only when they remained intact would they be able to provide the greatest possible value to him and his clan!
Most of the lights in the ch workshop shut off, leaving only a single pool of light that illuminated the Everchanger and Venerable Joshua.
The two belonged together.
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