261 Ace in the Academy (1/2)

Ace woke up early in the morning and confirmed that Avalon was still working non-stop on the construction site.

Well, it was not really Avalon itself but it was the automatons controlled by the A.I.

It only had to supervise them since those automatons were already programmed on what it had to do. Even Veda helped in placing independent artificial intelligence to help the construction.

After all, Avalon's processing speed would be consumed by so much if Veda just watched everything on the sideline.

Anyway, if Ace found any unacceptable deterioration in any parts of the automaton, he had to immediately repair them to avoid causing trouble.

These automatons were working not only in the construction of the site but they are also exposed to a massive amount of mana that can deteriorate some parts of their internal system.

'It looks fine here... How about those working on Mech Frames...'

Ace confirmed after checking the status of some automatons.

The source of the massive amount of mana in this place was the mana stones he had to gather or purchase for the sake of strengthening the spaceships and Mech Frames.

He couldn't gather enough mana just by waiting for it naturally or by using a mana gathering formation. If he did that, the amount of mana within the place will continuously be eaten up until it became unstable in the mountain.

He didn't want that to happen as he wanted to use this place for a longer time.

In fact, the automatons weren't just powered by electricity as some of them were using Mana Stones as the battery.

This was the main reason why he always had to check these automatons. They require maintenance to ensure their effectiveness.

He also confirmed that some of the printers were working fine and continuously creating the important parts for the VR Pods.

The other printers were, of course, creating the outer parts of the combat ships he needed to assemble.

He didn't want to overly rely on the energy shields or mana shields for the protection of the spaceships.

He wanted to make sure that the outer layer of the warship was tough enough to bear the lasers and missiles from the empire. This would only be possible if the metals he was using was imbued with mana formation and array.

”Alright... Everything seems to be fine... Avalon, take care of this place in the meantime.”

After Ace cleaned himself and ate his breakfast, he quickly went to the Academy to attend his classes.

”Eh? Is that you, Wallace?”

The question was asked by Gilbert, it was his close friend and classmate. Because Wallace had been so busy with a lot of things, he had been unable to get in touch with them.

It was a perfect cover for the changes that have happened in his body.

But this question made Ace a bit alerted.

'Haaa~ I must calm down. Miya didn't mind my changes, then it should be fine with the others.'

After getting to this point, he answered confidently.

”Hey! I've only been away for a few weeks. Why do you have to ask that?”

”Oh? You definitely have the same voice, but...”

”But?”

”You looked better, I guess. Haha!”

It was Ace's first meeting with Wallace's classmate.

They were just outside the Academy so the two went in together and just barely made it in time before the class started.

”Wallace... I heard from our instructor that you'll be out for a longer time. But here you are attending classes? What's going on?”

It was asked by Ericka after one of the subjects was finished. His other classmates were also curious about this celebrity's life. He was instantly popular because of him being an apprentice and there was even a rumor that he was working for Traceless Hands, a mysterious magic engineer who created many magic spells and magic technology available for the public.

Instructor Elaine was not present at the moment and the one supervising their class was another instructor of the academy.

It was Garen, their homeroom instructor during their second-year. In truth, he was also curious about what truly happened to him since their headmaster already advised them to excuse him for the classes.

After his class ended, he immediately left and went to the headmaster's room to report the situation.

”Eh? Who told you that I'll be out for a long time?”

Ace asked his curious classmates.

”Isn't that what the headmaster decided?”

”I'm not too sure but we were told to expect that you'll not be present in these coming days.”

”We were told that you will be excused to classes due to some project you had to complete.”