Ketis had sowhat unwittingly unleashed a new frenzy among red humanity. Everyone who was far-sighted or quick-witted enough knew what this ant.
Superdinsional materials had beco the new rage.
Beyond phasewater, beyond hyper materials, superdinsional materials had beco the new wonder material that red humanity sought to rely upon to defeat their alien foes and gain supremacy in the Red Ocean.
The new fever had spread far and wide in this forrly undisturbed dinsion.
By using the Dinsion Blade to open a tear to the Blue Dinsion, she had forever broken the peace and stability that had reigned in this seemingly lifeless domain.
She was almost afraid of what would happen once the tear in space finally sputtered out. People would be demanding her to open up another dinsion breach. They would claim that it was 'for the greater good, and their words would ring true more or less, except it would also serve their selfish purpose.
Ketis was ready to bear this burden.
She did not ask for this responsibility, but she did not eschew it either. She felt a sense of purpose and duty that went beyond her own wellbeing and the wellbeing of her clan.
Red humanity needed to survive in order to provide a better future for herself, her husband, her children and everyone she cared about and did not care about.
This was what she fought for. This was the reason why she was willing to misdirect. everyone about the true reason why she was able to create the dinsion breach in the first place.
By giving the public the impression that she was only able to create a dinsional tear by borrowing the power of the Heavensword, the authorities would more easily accept that she was not able to do so again so easily.
Because she had no agency in the act. It was all up to the Heavensword, and no one had the right or the courage to command an ancient grand work.
In fact, the real reason why she was not able to create an identical dinsion breach was because she had just squandered her last Ascension Points.
She could not afford the whopping 200 AP price to create a new tear in space!
To that end, she hoped that everyone but particularly the Larkinson Clan harvested as many superdinsional materials that they sought in the 24-hour tifra.
As Ketis continued to stand on top of the original shuttle that brought her here, she glanced at the chs that had continued to act as an honor guard of sorts.
The machines no longer comprised the cheap and shabby second-class demichs that had been fabricated in a hurry.
The Red Association's much better and stronger first-class demichs had insisted on guarding her as well.
What also stood out were the larger and more formidable full-sized first-class multipurpose chs.
The chers had found a way to build a temporary fortification inside the Blue Dinsion and set up enough materializers to fabricate full-sized chs with the help of imported materials.
The machines were not on par with proper first-class multipurpose chs, but the ones the RA managed to materialize in a hurry were nonetheless a lot stronger than the smaller demichs!
Though Ketis thought that their protection was unnecessary, she did not voice her opinion.
She knew she was banking too much on the Heavensword's protection. She recalled Ves' warnings about relying too much on the strength of an external object and knew she was growing too dependent on the powerful relic.
The only sword that she could truly trust above all else was her life blade.
It was too bad that her Bloodsinger was too weak and inadequate to help her in tis like these.
Yet word about superdinsional materials gave her hope that she might be able to change the truth about her weapon.
The Bloodsinger was inadequate compared to the Heavensword for all sorts of reasons, but the most basic one was that the material composition of the forr was equivalent to garbage compared to the latter.
If the Larkinson Clan was able to gain enough weapon-grade superdinsional materials, then Ketis may be able to reforge the Bloodsinger and turn it into a weapon that was truly worthy for her grip!
Even if the new version of the Bloodsinger still fell short of the Heavensword in terms of artifact spirit and other qualities, at least her life sword had made a significant. amount of progress.
To that end, Ketis inquired about the spoils that the Larkinson Clan had obtained up to this point.
Venerable Vincent did not mind acting as a ssenger and courier. He regularly flew around to keep an eye on what others were doing and to pass information around.
When he next stopped by Ketis' position, the blue island that she was staring at had almost disappeared.
Shuttles and makeshift mining demichs had devoured all of the rock and dirt. Soon enough, there would be nothing left as greedy humans did not let off a single grain of
blue sand!
"Hello again, Vincent."
"Heya. I see you haven't moved. Don't you get tired?"
"I need to stay here."
"Sheesh. You are taking this way too far. There is nothing to see here. Why don't you
take a break and eat a al? Don't you need to visit the bathroom?"
"No need. My suit of combat armor takes care of everything"
"Tell about what the Larkinson Clan has gained."
"The spoils are great, but not as huge as everyone was hoping for. Don't get wrong. The patriarch and many people are still happy, but they couldn't help but wish for
more."
"Please elaborate."
"Well, this Blue Dinsion is largely empty if you discount this blue mist." The demich waved his hand and disturbed the mist that looked blue when illuminated by external light sources. "This place is only sparsely populated with these strange cone-shaped islands. Many scout shuttles and scout demichs have traveled further away in an attempt to explore and map this location, but all they have found is more blue mist as well as a blue island here or there. As far as these islands are concerned, there is plenty of structure-grade superdinsional material to go around, but very little of the higher grades.
"Ah. I understand. The harvest of higher grades of superdinsional materials is not as much as we have hoped." Ketis surmised.
"Yup. We have plenty of structure-grade superdinsional materials to reinforce our bases and headquarters and such, but that is not what people truly want. From what I have heard, our clan managed to harvest a decent amount of hull-grade superdinsional ore, enough to construct a destroyer-sized vessel or strengthen the prow of the Spirit of Bentheim. People are still arguing about whether we should construct the forr or do the latter."
"Has Ves issued a verdict?"
"Not yet. I le is rather divided over the decision. He has a RF Frigate Token that would be perfect for constructing a superdinsional frigate, but he is also very partial to the Spirit of Bentheim. What would you choose, Ketis?"
"The latter." Ketis did not hesitate in giving her answer. "Ves is beginning to waver about his commitnt to retain the Spirit of Bentheim as his flagship. It would be
good for the factory ship to receive a powerful upgrade that would allow her to serve our clan as our flagship."
"Ah. I think a superdinsional frigate would be more useful to us. You know, we don't necessarily have to choose. If you can open another tear to the Blue Dinsion that lasts a little longer, I am sure we can do both and still have enough hull-grade superdinsional materials left over to build a statue or whatever."
Ketis grimaced. "Creating a breach between dinsions that lasts longer than a few minutes demands a heavy price. It is not one that I can cover so easily. My answer to you is the sa as the answer that I have issued to everyone else that has made similar requests. Do not expect to repeat my earlier feat so soon."
It only cost 10 Ascension Points to create a breach lasting for 10 minutes, but 200 AP if he wanted it to last an entire day!
Ketis would have to complete a lot of Missions and maybe even undertake a marathon by herself just to scrounge enough Ascension Points to give everyone access to the
Blue Dinsion once again.
Next ti, she would definitely plan it out. The Larkinson Clan, the Red Three and other participants should already have all of the vehicles and chs ready to invade the Blue Dinsion once again and plunder all of the spoils they could make off with in a 24-hour tispan.
That was the only way to make the most out of the 200 AP he sacrificed to briefly wield the Dinsion Blade!
"Well, moving on, the amount of armor-grade and weapon-grade superdinsion materials we made off with is not that much. So far, we have managed to harvest barely acceptable amounts of armor-grade superdinsional ore. There is not enough to make an entire superdinsional ch, but it is enough to cover its exterior with superdinsional plating. The patriarch has already laid claim on it for use in a future project. I am betting that he is thinking about using it to armor the next version of the Bastion, but I might be wrong"
Ketis personally agreed with Vincent's judgent. There were many other high-ranking chs as well as ace chs that could use superdinsional armor plating, but only one was worthy to be the first.
Venerable Jannzi and the Bastion's performance in the previous battle only reinforced
the belief that the pair were so committed to protecting the Larkinsons that they were willing to sacrifice their lives to fulfill their mission!
Though Jannzi failed to break through in the end, she had demonstrated the truthfulness of her conviction. Everyone treated her with more respect as a result. She more than deserved a powerful defensive upgrade to her expert ch.
"Has there been any objections about his decision to claim all of the armor-grade superdinsional ore?"
"No." Vincent replied. "If there is, I haven't heard about it. I don't have any ears in the
Design Departnt."
Ketis could already guess that Gloriana had opinions about how to best make use of the superdinsional materials.
"What about the higher grade?"
"Ah, the amount of weapon-grade superdinsional ore that we've managed to gather
is much less. However, ch weapons don't take as much materials to build, so there may be just enough to make a really sharp and powerful sword."
Ketis grew more interested. "Enough for a greatsword?"
"No. Just enough for a smaller one like the Everchanger's Heartsword. Ti is not up,
though. Our mining crews are still hard at work trying to strip away more cone-shaped islands. Maybe we'll be able to gather more by the ti the temporary dinsion door fizzles out. If you want to gather enough weapon-grade superdinsional ore to upgrade the First Sword's Decapitator, then you may need to play nice with the Red Three. They are much better at stripping the Blue Dinsion of resources than us. I bet that they have managed to gather more than enough weapon-grade ore to construct 3 superdinsional ch greatswords." That gave her hope of being able to use this unexpected developnt to upgrade the
First Sword's weapon.
She could already imagine the First Sword slicing spatial barriers apart with a single
swing and decapitating lesser phase lords in an instant!
"Good idea. I have already scheduled a eting with the Red Three in order to answer
their questions and talk about the future. I am sure I can close a deal that will make up
for the shortfall." Forging a superdinsional blade beca imperative to Ketis.
She was not satisfied with reforging the Heartsword. The Everchanger already
obtained the Bitter Scimitar anyway. The First Sword had greater need for an upgraded weapon, and Ketis was determined to answer the call!
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