As Ves retreated to a safe enough distance, he shrunk his body down to human size but continued to float in the open.
There was still a risk that he could get hit by an errant shot from a powerful weapon, but he was confident that he could withstand an errant blow.
Ves refused to back off any further because that would make it harder for him to observe the performance of his latest work with all of his senses.
"Mrow~!"
Blinky, having returned to his fluffy purple cat form, hovered alongside Ves and observed the powerful flows of E energy around all of the machines.
The Dark Zephyr attracted a lot of freedom and shadow energies. The living mech's Saint Kingdom had massively increased his effectiveness in absorbing and harnessing the power of exotic radiation.