The Mech Touch
Chapter 7190: The Power of a Throw

Chapter 7190: The Power of a Throw

Ves had never thought that phase whale bones possessed such potential.

It was amazing when he thought about it. Did the phenomenon described by the Divine Harpoon apply exclusively to phase whale bones? What about the bones of phase lords? Could they also be used to make weapons that could be turned into extensions of the wielder’s true body?

He had a huge amount of technical questions, but this was not the time to engage in an academic exchange.

The third duel had commenced. Though Ves and the Divine Harpoon had just forged an agreement to limit this fight to a throwing contest, that did not necessarily mean it was safe!

Ves and the Dark Apostle had no references to the new technique that the Divine Harpoon was about to demonstrate.

It could be weak. It could be powerful. It could fall somewhere in between. The uncertainty about this new phenomenon gnawed at Ves.

Did the Dark Apostle enjoy enough protection to withstand at least three harpoon impacts?

If the Divine Harpoon simply tossed them over like normal, then Ves did not have much concern.

The spatial barrier and all of the physical armor were no joke. They could seriously resist enough attacks to stall a troop of mechs as well as a warship.

However, they were not that strong against enemies that got close enough to use a space suppressor of transphasic weapons with a high content of phasewater.

Each of the harpoons were inherently made out of bones that integrated phasewater from the very beginning. Subsequent processing added in reinforcements and supplements that strengthened it even further and added hyper materials to make them more remarkable.

Now, the Divine Harpoon held one such weapon in his arm.

A trail of chains made out of processed phase whale bones connected to the back of his raiment.

This was the chain that the Divine Harpoon might use to prevent the escape of an enemy he successfully managed to spear.

Right now, it wasn’t necessary for the Divine Harpoon to hunt his enemy down, so he readily detached the chain so that the harpoon turned into a strangely shaped javelin.

Unlike Ves, the R&D team that worked for the other Ascended Giant did not decide to integrate an atlatl mechanism into the bone harpoon.

The Divine Harpoon preferred to throw his weapons in the most classical and primitive fashion.

He held the harpoon just behind a high-friction band that was wrapped around the center of the shaft.

He began to assume his stance.

His throwing posture was impeccable. He looked like the very model of an armored athlete as he bent his body back in an exaggerated fashion that spoke of bone surgery and augmentation.

He began to call upon the power of his phasewater organs one by one.

At the same time, he communed with his harpoon so that he was able to align it to him, or the other way around. Ves was not sure what was going on. He needed to gain access to the other man’s experimental logs and research data to be absolutely certain.

Still, Ves and the Dark Apostle were easily able to sense how the fabric of space twisted and contorted itself to amplify the Dark Harpoon’s mass, strength and other properties.

His weapon also enjoyed the same benefits, though some of the weirder effects only partially stick to the bone armament.

The more the Divine Harpoon gathered his strength, the more imposing he became.

He did not possess a large collection of phasewater organs, but each of them had been chosen to help him withstand punishment while also allowing him to throw incredibly powerful spears.

Even without his latest trick, he had already earned a reputation for being strong and unpleasant to duel against!

After all, few phase lords were in a mood to challenge a martial god who was able to spear your body from a distance!

Ripped formed in the space around the Divine Harpoon. Those ripples also emanated from the harpoon.

It was as if the weapon had come to life for a brief moment!

Ves tried his best to rely on his true body’s spatial senses as well as the sensors and scanners of the Dark Bulwark to make sense of all of the effects.

The standard effects were easy to identify. The harpoon did not change in size, but became a lot denser. Its structure became reinforced. It gained a warp bubble that allowed it to soar through space faster. It also gained greater resistance against hostile spatial effects.

However, that was not the extent of the enhancements. There were anomalous data readings that Ves couldn’t figure out because it overlapped with readings from other effects.

The tip of the harpoon shone in a menacing light. The space directly around the spear started to shake at a higher frequency. The hyper materials integrated into the harpoon absorbed more E energy radiation.

When the Divine Harpoon had completed his preparations, he helpfully issued a warning to his opponent.

“Get ready. I am about to launch my first harpoon.”

The Dark Apostle nodded in acknowledgement and braced himself for the impact that was about to come.

Demonic Possession Spearmanship did not teach its practitioners how to build a physical shield that could reinforce its defensive power by channeling darkness energy.

Neither did it impart any techniques on how the wielder could actively strengthen this capability to the limit.

However, Ves was a mech designer who had become accustomed to adapting strange and alien solutions to his works.

He resorted to recycling common solutions, filling in the gaps, taking inspiration from other fields and making up for the remaining with pure guesswork.

The Dark Shield therefore began to harmonize with the darkness energy under the careful direction of Ves and the Dark Apostle.

Not all of it proceeded smoothly. Despite the abundance of darkness energy siphoned from the environment as well as the Blinkyverse, much of it spilled past or went to waste as the novel implementation of hyper technology remained crude.

The main reason why it was not a bigger waste of energy was because the Dark Shield’s conversion into a D-arm solved some of its flaws!

With the active intervention of a Minor Demon that desperately wanted to live, the D-arm finally managed to produce an additional surface layer made of condensed darkness.

The Dark Apostle was ready to meet the incoming attack.

Both human phase lords remained still for a moment.

Then, the Divine Harpoon wound himself backwards a little bit further before instantly lunging forward as if to hurl the most important projectile in his life!

The leader of the Faceless Giants held nothing back as he anchored his foot onto the fabric of space and used it as the base to add more force and velocity to each limb connecting to the harpoon!

It was like watching a masterwork biomechanical construct in motion.

The Divine Harpoon executed a close to perfect throw by imparting his projectile with as much kinetic energy as he could squeeze out of his throwing form!

This near-perfect harpoon throw translated into a monstrously powerful attack when thrown by a phase lord.

The projectile instantly cuts through space with even greater force and momentum than the Dark Apostle’s prior spear throws.

Although the harpoon lacked the blessing of a sacrificial spear, the augmentations imparted through the Phase Whale Bone Alignment Technique turned it into a different kind of deadly polearm!

Even with the benefit of plenty of forewarning, the Dark Apostle still experienced a spike of fear and panic as this harpoon soared straight in his direction!

Fortunately, the harpoon traveled way too quickly for him to succumb to his weaknesses.

Before he could even register the fact that an incredibly sharp and powerful harpoon was looking to impale him, it had already arrived and smashed through this energy defenses by relying on a combination of brute force and spatial shenanigans!

It was as if a needle shattered a mirror! Two mirrors even!

The Divine Harpoon had no need to get close and use his space suppressor to weaken the Dark Apostle’s energy defenses because his harpoon already possessed the power to pierce through such protection!

Ves could not believe how easily the empowered harpoon had managed to breach both layers of defense!

The only consolation was that they had put up a good amount of resistance. The harpoon already expended much of its kinetic energy as well as other mixed energies.

By the time the tip of the harpoon closed in on the Dark Shield, the cloying layer of darkness immediately weakened and sapped its energies further.

The tip of the harpoon eventually went on to dig a shallow groove onto its surface.

Even this was a remarkable result given how tough the transphasic hyper shield had become after its conversion into a D-arm.

Everyone reacted with shock at this result.

Even his own Faceless Giants had no clue how extensively their own strategos managed to improve his harpoon throwing technique.

It made a certain amount of sense for the Dark Apostle’s explosive spears to be able to produce such violent explosions. Ves’ application of hyper technology and E-technology was grounded in familiar principles that just happened to be utilized in different ways.

What the Divine Harpoon managed to do was more impressive. He had discovered and weaponized a familiar class of organic materials. He infused them with strength and power that was normally reserved for the bones of his own true body!

If he chose to divulge his theories and his experimental logs to the rest of the Phase Lord Department, then he would make a massive contribution to red humanity.

This discovery could change the value of human phase lords on the battlefield. Although it sounded as if this method was not applicable to mechs, it was already amazing enough if all human phase lords harnessed this new capability.

What was even better was that there was a possibility it could be combined with the Sacrificial Spear Throwing Method!

Though Ves knew that it would not be easy to convert phase whale bones into a hyper material that could absorb an excess amount of E energy, Ves saw no reason why it couldn’t be done.

This was merely a difficult engineering problem rather than trying to realize a miracle.

Everyone’s evaluation of the Divine Harpoon improved.

This took place even when it became clear that his extraordinary technique had taken a lot out of the Ascended Giant.

He clearly looked a little more fatigued than before.

This made it clear that he specialized in throwing harpoons. He probably went as far as sacrificing opportunities to strengthen his close quarters combat capabilities in order to be of greater use to his phalanx.

Ves belatedly realized that the Divine Harpoon managed to hoodwink him and his alter ego.

What a devious old man.

The altered dueling terms favored the Divine Harpoon a lot more than Ves thought.

The man was able to draw upon his advantages without any concern that Ves would run up and exploit his extensive period of vulnerability after making a large exertion.

The Dark Apostle grinned. “Impressive. My turn now.”

Figures. Though Ves felt concerned about entering a contest that favored his opponent a lot more, the disparity between the two sides was not completely uneven.

Ves felt grateful that he made a suggestion to being along a shortened version of the Dark Tooth.

At this moment, the Dark Apostle retrieved the aforementioned weapon from his back.

The spear still bore the scars of the previous duel, but Ves personally confirmed it was sound enough to pull off the Sacrificial Spear Throwing Method.

“Be careful, old man. Just as you did not hold back, I will not hold back much either. You can rest assured that I will not draw upon my Worclaw energy to best your old butt. I will not make use of it because I am being stingy, but because I do not think I need to rely on it to win this throwing contest. Two exploding spears are enough.”

“Brave words, young giant. I hope you can back up your confidence with your mediocre throwing technique.”

Mediocre!

What the hell!?

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