Chapter 3732 - Single Empowernt
"This is too absurd! How can a single expert ch empower so many chs at once?!"
"This is our legion commander's unique strength! No, this has beco the strength of all of our Living Sentinels from now on. Alone, we are weak. Together, we are strong!"
"The Minerva is a masterwork expert ch, rember? It's not comparable to the more normal chs like the Dark Zephyr. Even the Bolvos Rage piloted by that arrogant Cross Patriarch doesn't have as much potential."
Everyone in the expeditionary fleet was utterly impressed by the strength and capabilities shown by the Minerva.
All of the prior expert chs were impressive in their own right, but few of them showcased their full capabilities in battle so far, so it was difficult to comprehend their charm.
The Minerva was different. Its signature ability was not only wide-reaching, but also imdiately clear to see. Everyone could understand the weight of the expert ch's combat effectiveness after seeing hundreds of Sentinel chs beat the crap out of their Avatar counterparts!
Fortunately, the Avatars didn't suffer from this ordeal for long. Commander Casella Ingvar had already expended a lot of her willpower today and still needed to save her strength for the last sequence of tests.
The Minerva quietly retracted its Command Field without any warning, thereby depriving the Sentinel chs of Casella's guidance and strength!
Most of the Sentinel pilots were caught off-guard. The deprivation was so abrupt that they could not adjust in ti before the steady Avatar chs quickly took advantage of the disruption in rhythm to regain their dominance!
Ves twitched as he saw the results of this abrupt move. The Sentinel ch pilots clearly needed to train this scenario more often in order to avoid getting stunned during an actual battle.
"Alright, that's enough. End the sparring session. We're not here to see ordinary chs fight."
Most of the Avatar and Sentinel chs retreated. Since both sides controlled their attacking power well, they did not incur any significant damage.
At most, the Sentinel chs occasionally created accidents due to failing to adjust for their sudden boost in power.
Given her previous exertions, Ves gave Commander Casella a few minutes to catch her breath while he discussed the current results with his fellow colleagues.
"What do you think?"
"Strong." Gloriana answered. "I already expected our latest masterwork ch to be powerful, but what Commander Casella can do is a real ga changer. What is even more promising is that this is only the beginning. Once Commander Casella grows into her power and once we perform a few upgrades on the Minerva, she can truly dominate the battlefield!"
Juliet Staros had another opinion.
"The Minerva shouldn't be used to amplify the Sentinels. It is a force multiplier that can strengthen the combat effectiveness of any ch unit after sufficient practice and acclimatization. However, why should we use the Commandeering ability to boost our weaker ch units when we have much stronger ones at our disposal? Think of what the Minerva can do when it fights alongside the Penitent Sisters. When all of their Valkyrie Redeers charge alongside the Minerva, they can tear apart any enemy ch formation!" Pa nda
Novel That was an interesting thought and one that Ves took seriously.
If Commander Casella could strengthen an ant and an elephant by the sa proportion, then only a fool would apply to the ant!
However, Ves did not think the difference between the Sentinels and the other ch legions was this wide. The previous mock battle showed that the Sentinel chs could still burst out with battle power beyond the level of an elite ch unit!
Sure, the Avatar chs could exert even greater strength after being Commandeered, but their alignnt with Commander Casella was not that high.
Ultimately, Casella and the Living Sentinels belonged to the sa camp! Their relationships and affection ran deep due to Casella's successful attempt to revive the ch legion after a crushing defeat in the past.
Hardly anyone in the Larkinson Army rembered the first-generation Sentinel Commander. Compared to the accomplishnts of Magdalena Larkinson, the latest rising star of the Larkinson Clan contributed a lot more to the Larkinson Clan!
Now that she had finally gained an expert ch that could properly amplify her strength in battle, Commander Casella was about to take off even more!
Ves frowned in thought.
"Does Commander Casella have a boyfriend?"
Gloriana imdiately pinned her husband with a suspicious stare.
"Why do you ask?"
"I just thought it would be nice if she was like Venerable Joshua or Venerable Tusa. If she has married soone and started a family, she can potentially raise children who can follow in her footsteps if they develop genetic aptitude. With her personal tutelage and guidance, it is not impossible for her to raise a successor that can inherit her talent for Commandeering chs."
His wife rolled her eyes. "I've studied and talked to her extensively. Commander Casella is a dedicated woman who takes her responsibilities seriously. She spends much of her ti leading the Living Sentinels. She was even willing to sacrifice her practice ti in order to make sure her ch legion is well-run. Starting a relationship is much further down her list of priorities. Even if she is interested in finding a partner, there are not many people in our clan who can handle an expert pilot and a legion commander."
She was right. Although Casella could always hook up with an average guy, Ves doubted that such a relationship could stand the test of ti.
"Well, this isn't really relevant to the current field test, so let's set it aside. Before we begin with testing the Minerva's second resonance ability, do you have any further comnts?"
When Ves saw that no one had any desire to say anything that couldn't wait, he turned around and issued a few instructions.
"Good job so far, commander. For the final series of tests, we want to explore your application of the resonance ability associated with Pecker Carbon. This resonating material behaves opposite to Talasmir, and that is interesting to us. If our guess is right, resonating with Pecker Carbon will allow you to infuse a lot of concentrated strength on an individual ch and ch pilot. Since you are concentrating so much power in a single ch, this can potentially be highly dangerous."
"What do you have in mind, patriarch?" The tired Sentinel Commander asked.
"Well, it already helps that you are nearing the end of your limits. We have two choices here.
We can try to start with testing your Single Empowernt resonating ability by starting off with strong chs and hope that they are sturdy enough to withstand any accident.
We can also begin by testing your second resonating ability on a weaker ch, perhaps one that is piloted by a volunteer or by no one at all. Since we already confird that your influence works on living chs, maybe we can be extra safe by letting you resonate with an AI-driven ch."
Commander Casella frowned. "You are in charge of this field test. I will defer to your arrangents."
"Alright, then let's start with an expert ch." Ves decided. "I am incredibly curious whether your Command Field can positively affect another expert pilot and expert ch. I have several different theories but they conflict with each other."
The potential of letting the Minerva empower an expert ch was not light!
What if the expert command ch was able to lend its strength to the Amaranto?
The high-powered shots fired by the latter could smash through any enemy expert ch!
What if the Minerva and the Shield of Samar banded together?
Venerable Jannzi's resonance barrier could block even more powerful warship volleys!
What if… Commander Casella and Patriarch Reginald Cross tead up? Whether the latter is piloting the Bolvos Rage or the Mars Project once it was finished, the top-level combat asset of the expeditionary fleet would be able to demonstrate strength that surpassed the level of a high-tier expert ch!
Ves even ca up with an interesting thought.
The resonance strength of an expert pilot asured between 1 to 67 laveres.
If an expert pilot happened to grow his strength up to 66 laveres. If Commander Casella empowered him to the extent of boosting his resonance strength by 20 laveres, what would happen?
Even though the lavere scale was not linear as far as he knew, it should definitely be possible to push the expert pilot's effective resonance strength beyond 67!
The problem was that a resonance strength that was higher than that was always considered to be the territory of an ace pilot!
Would the empowered expert pilot be able to display the power of a genuine ace pilot or would he get stuck half-way? What if sothing unintended happened that could cause the hapless high-tier expert pilot to suffer an accident and fall into a coma?
There were way too many questions and far too few answers. This was why it was so important for him to conduct all of these tests and collect a huge amount of data.
They soon proceeded with the test by putting the Everchanger back in front of the Minerva.
Though Venerable Joshua complained about being used as a test dummy yet again, Ves had good reasons to make use of him. He not only got along with everyone, but was an inherently adaptable expert pilot. The sa applied to his expert ch.
Therefore, if the Minerva was able to empower any expert ch, then the Everchanger was the most likely candidate!
"I am about to start. Get ready." Commander Casella warned everyone.
She concentrated her mind and will and tried to resonate with the Pecker Carbon that was integrated into her expert ch.
The sensations were quite different from resonating with Talasmir!
Whereas Talasmir made her feel as if she was inflating her mind to ridiculous proportions, Pecker Carbon made her think as if her mind was being crushed by another person's hands!
Though Casella was eventually able to get accustod to the strain, it was still difficult for her to compress her Command Field in a single point without practice.
"Ah!"
She soon discovered another problem.
"I can't do this, sir. I can feel that Joshua is welcoming , but I am unable to push further. The two of us are like water and oil. We can't mix together."
"Oh?" Ves slightly frowned. He was afraid of this. "Keep trying for a minute, but don't try too hard. If you haven't obtained any results, then let us try our luck with the other expert chs."
They had no luck on the latter. No matter whether it was the Dark Zephyr or the Shield of Samar, the other chs actively repulsed any foreign intrusion no matter whether it was benign or malignant.
From the vague and imperfect descriptions given by the expert pilots, Ves managed to confirm one of his hypotheses.
"Expert pilots possess incomparably strong willpower. This can produce a strong and highly individual field around themselves that form the precursor of their domain fields. Among equals, they will not allow anyone to encroach on their territory. Therefore, no matter how much Commander Casella tries to infuse them with her strength, the other expert pilots cannot tolerate such an invasive intrusion."
From what Ves understood about the nature and role of extraordinary willpower, he believed this was the most likely explanation.
The point was that Casella had no chance of empowering any expert chs.
Though this was disappointing news, Ves did not linger on it for too long.
"If expert pilots don't work, what about expert candidates? Soone call the B-Man forward. Vincent Ricklin is an excellent test subject for our next attempt!"
When the Minerva applied its Single Empowernt ability on Vincent and his new custom hybrid ch, the results were finally different!
After only a moderate amount of effort, Commander Casella was able to latch on to the expert candidate, theory enabling her to channel a larger proportion of her effective strength to the B-Man!
"Whoa!" Vincent gasped as she could feel a much stronger lady pumping his head full with power! "This is better than a one night stand!"
The B-Man's codpiece was heating up from the vastly elevated energies channeling through its thick and sturdy fra!
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