This was the first ti Ves created a companion spirit for an existing demigod.
He truly had no idea what the results might be before he created Emma.
It turns out that companion spirits derived from active expert pilots were much more powerful and useful from the start!
Part of that was because Emma was not just a pure spiritual entity, but also gained a lot of might and substance due to integrating the extraordinary willpower of an expert pilot.
Another part of that was more specific to Venerable Irene Mox as her domain was largely centered around destruction.
The intrinsic power she gained after she completed her apotheosis gave her the ability to amplify the might of her expert ch's explosive attacks.
This was not a surprise. Expert pilots who dedicated themselves to artillery chs often developed similar capabilities.
Although this ability could be extrely potent, there was one major downside.
It was most effective at increasing the power of explosive warheads at closer ranges!
The further an explosive shell or missile traveled, the harder it beca for the expert pilot to maintain a state of true resonance on the munition.
This was also one of the reasons why an expert ch as powerful as the Iron Hedgehog was limited to firing specialized shells.
Not only did every projectile have to be tougher and more resilient in order to endure the greater power of the Iron Hedgehog's cannons, they often incorporated resonating exotics as well.
The weaker projectiles only integrated a small amount of generic resonating materials.
The stronger ones integrated larger quantities of more specialized resonating materials.
While it was possible for expert pilots to resonate with projectiles without any resonating materials, it beca a lot harder to keep them empowered once they flew into the distance.
The cost to keep an expert ch ard with serious projectile weapons was not low, but it was often worth the investnt!
Expert ch-grade physical weapons often inflicted considerably greater damage than energy weapons!
This was an especially crucial factor in fights between expert chs. Their resonance shields and resonance-empowered armor systems could resist a lot of attacks under normal circumstances.
By empowering attacks with greater resonance, it beca easier to 'cancel out' the defensive resonance effects of the enemy.
Even so, ch pilots such as Venerable Irene Mox were long accustod to seeing their projectiles lose extraordinary power as soon as they were launched.
This was why Emma had beco so special. Venerable Mox quickly realized that embedding her new 'companion' to a shell could essentially circumvent this restriction!
Ves watched with awe from Irene's mind as she controlled Emma with greater and greater enthusiasm.
Each ti the orange cat rged with a shell, she fully maintained her awareness and continued to radiate Irene's willpower right until the mont the warhead finally detonated!
"This is truly amazing." Irene said as a living explosion once again reford inside the cockpit of her expert ch. "I have never imagined that it would be so easy to channel my full power onto a warhead that is launched over a hundred kiloters away. I have heard that even ace pilots struggle to make this happen."
Miew!
As Emma continually launched out of the barrel of a howitzer, the newborn spiritual cat did not look weak or exhausted in the slightest.
Ves grew more and more interested in the strengths and weaknesses of a companion spirit directly ford out of the force of will of a strong expert pilot.
Blinky flew in front of Irene again. "Does it hurt whenever Emma blows up along with the explosive ordnance she is attached to? Does it take effort to reform your cat next to you? How many tis can you keep this up in your estimation?"
It took a few seconds for Irene to address these questions. She had beco incredibly engrossed in exploring the new options that Emma introduced. If not for her growing gratitude towards the purple cat, she would have remained silent.
"I feel that Emma is born for this. It is in her nature to explode and release her power, so it doesn't seem to hurt her at all." Irene steadily replied even as she formulated her next targeting solution. "It doesn't take much effort to remake her body either. This is all new to , so don't ask how this works. Doing all of this is slightly draining to . I do not know how often I can launch these kinds of attacks, but I feel I can easily do this over a hundred tis."
That was fairly amazing! Emma not only complinted Venerable Irene perfectly, but also provided a significant boost in combat effectiveness.
This shouldn't be surprising in hindsight. Ves recalled that he heavily needed to limit the strength of the companion spirits he bestowed to his children when they were still growing in Gloriana's belly. They were far too young and weak to support anything stronger, and their intrinsic spiritualities also made for weak ingredients.
In contrast, a solid mid-tier expert pilot such as Venerable Irene Mox could start off with a much more powerful companion spirit from the start. Her force of will also made for an excellent main ingredient because it was not only extrely powerful, but also exhibited a perfect fit with its source!
Ves looked forward to granting companion spirits to all of his Larkinson expert pilots as soon as he concluded this Mastery experience. He needed no more testing and verification to know that this spiritual augntation would permanently transform the combat power of his own champions!
As Venerable Irene continued to make use of Emma, she and Ves soon figured out the limitations of her ability to amplify the explosive power of warheads.
"Is there a way for you to split Emma up so that you can empower multiple warheads at the sa ti?" Blinky asked.
"No." Irene shook her head. "I have tried my best, but I only have a single cat."
"That's a sha. Your Iron Hedgehog has 8 howitzers, so you won't be able to maximize their firepower in this way. I think that once all of this is over, you should issue a request to your superiors to commission a brand-new expert ch that takes advantage of your new capability. I do not think your higher-ups should refuse because this is an extrely powerful 'talent' that can change the outco of entire battles."
Ves already guessed that this was likely the household ability of the future Destroyer of Worlds!
He felt infinitely proud for playing a decisive role in facilitating the eventual ergence of a strong god pilot! His contributions to human civilization were so enormous that the MTA should award him with a trillion MTA rits!
Of course, there was no way that Ves dared to claim any credit for this accomplishnt. If Divine Irene Mox made an earnest effort to keep Emma confidential throughout her later career, then no one should ever be able to find out that he had sohow managed to travel back in ti.
In any case, even if the current Irene was way too far away from reaching her god-like level, she had already beco a greater existence on the battlefield!
The observation data transmitted from the front showed that the Bontue vanguard chs already started to show signs of deflation. The terror of getting instantly killed by a suprely powerful explosion gripped the hearts of every enemy ch pilot.
Irene was able to do a better job at suppressing the enemy with a single super howitzer attack than with eight regular artillery discharges!
"Maybe… you are right." The expert pilot spoke as she continued her efforts to take down one enemy ch after another. "My Iron Hedgehog isn't as good for anymore. I would gladly trade away 6 of my howitzers in order to get a supersized artillery cannon that can fire shells that are twice as large and powerful."
Ves already ca up with a lot of interesting ideas for an expert ch that complented its expert pilot in several different ways, but it was a pity that he wouldn't be able to stick around long enough to contribute to its design.
"Are you able to empower the physical rounds of your gauss cannons in a similar way? Will they explode or hit harder or sothing?" Blinky asked next.
The enemy chs hadn't co close enough to make it worthwhile to fire the gauss cannons, but Venerable Irene Mox already ford a guess based on the available information.
"I can probably harden one gauss round at a ti so that they will hit even harder, but that is all. This will be helpful when I need to attack tougher enemies. The shells empowered by my cat may look drastic, but much of their destructive forces are dispersed over an area."
Ves agreed with Irene. This was simple physics.
Soon enough, a new developnt took place.
An expert ch showed up and quickly raced to the front in order to slice apart the friendly scout chs that played a crucial role in marking the coordinates and movent characteristics of the advancing Bontue chs!
"That expert swordsman ch can slaughter all of the scout chs on our side if left untouched!" Blinky warned!
Although the Quillims deployed other expert chs at New Kreon, none of them accompanied the scout chs for fear of getting defeated in isolation.
The Quillims were actually uncertain how many expert chs the Bontue defenders had at their disposal. It also remained unclear whether the Bontues were willing to assign them to this vanguard troop.
The appearance of the Blue Amazon answers many of these questions. It was a known quantity to the Quillim ch Army, so Venerable Irene Mox quickly gained access to an intelligence on the expert ch and its expert pilot.
She didn't have ti to go over it in detail, though. Several of her Quillim comrades had already died in a short amount of ti. Each of them had played a crucial role in giving her enough vision on the distant enemies to allow her to land her attacks without fail!
Miew miew!
Emma quickly rged with another shell in a howitzer that was ready to fire.
Once Irene formulated a quick targeting solution based on the movent patterns of the Blue Amazon, the artillery cannon fired once again!
BOOOOOOM!
Irene and Emma put a bit of extra effort into this attack, so the resulting blast just managed to reach the enemy expert swordsman ch!
Once the powerful explosion faded, the Blue Amazon looked pristine, but that did not an it remained comfortable.
"Its resonance shield has taken a slight hit." Blinky said. "It will take dozens of more glancing blows to push it to its limits, but you can strip the resonance shield much faster if you can land your shells closer to the Blue Amazon's position."
This was already a fairly good result!
Irene nodded. "I know. Stay quiet and let concentrate. My new target is much harder to pin down."
A howitzer fired again. The Emma-embedded shell managed to strike fractionally closer to the Blue Amazon despite the latter's best efforts to evade the attack.
Even so, its resonance shield still looked as if it could withstand a lot of abuse!
The following attacks produced mixed results. One strike even missed as the enemy expert pilot successfully read Venerable Irene's attack!
Even so, Irene did not break her concentration. She grew more and more intense as she started to get a better feel of her distant adversary's movent and evasion characteristics.
"It's ti."
One of the howitzers of her expert ch started to load a different explosive shell than the ones that ca before.
The shell was larger and covered with brighter markings. Its mass and shape were slightly different, indicating that it contained a substantially different warhead!
Once Emma began to rge with it, the special shell glowed with much more true resonance than before!
This was an expensive projectile that was specially designed to damage enemy expert chs!
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