The notification caught Grey completely off guard. When he advanced to Phase II before, he had done it thanks to a quest. But this time he got Phase III for doing… nothing?
It seemed that Grey was underestimating himself a bit too much. In order to receive Phase II, he had defeated a Vessel of Chaos and crafted a Vector Class mech.
What was an Old One if not a Vessel of Chaos? And while he hadn't crafted anything beyond the Vector Class just yet, he had advanced far enough in his understanding of mechs to draw a Command Class blueprint to a 100% SA-index.
The only thing stopping him from making the Command Class mech himself was lack of materials and the lack of personal strength. Functionally, in the eyes of the Prometheus Spirit…
He had already met that threshold.
Why would he not be worthy of Phase III?
