312 Return (1/2)
Her friends greeted her with full compassion after they've heard the news that she was now the Chief Engineer…
She hadn't expected this as well. This happened so fast considering that she only arrived here on the Moon Base about two months ago.
Traceless Hands or Wallace had started mass recruitment of talented Mana Technicians or even licensed Magic Engineer to bring in outer space.
It was completely different from the first recruitment that almost all magicians who had passed were capable combatants.
”Thank you, everyone! Let's work harder and make this place even better…”
Zhilina didn't have huge aspirations when she applied here. She was just curious about the magnificent spacecraft, the mysterious Moon Base, and the rumored foreign beings…
However, even since she lost during the international young magician's competition, she studied even harder and achieved a level that could be compared to Arcane Artificers at a very young age. Due to her background, she didn't need to formally take license examinations and was still recognized by her country.
Every time that she remembers her creation during the Battle Royale, she would just chuckle to her pathetic previous self.
Of course, she felt embarrassed at first when she remembered her Turtleback Wolf being completely destroyed by Wallace's Red-Eyed War Beast.
'Hmph! It doesn't matter. At the very least, my automaton was destroyed by someone who's truly incredible…'
It was her consolation after being the first one to be eliminated in that competition. She heard a lot of news about Wallace after that competition…
The young man became an apprentice of a Grand Arcanist, he became a successful businessman, and most of all, his shocking identity as the same person who made the virtual world possible.
After this, he even surpassed all the other powerful countries and won the Space Race by himself. It wasn't too bad losing to a person like that.
”Congratulations! I heard that you became the Chief Engineer… We'll surely meet a lot more times with this…”
Another young lady came forward as she greeted Zhilina.
All the other magicians surrounding Zhilina suddenly turned silent and made whispering noise…
”Isn't she the ace pilot of Providence's First Mech Knights Division?”
”That's her…”
”She looks really young…”
”Mhmm… She's definitely a superb pilot since even the famous Adept Mages from different countries had lost against her.”
This young lady doesn't have the air of arrogance even though she was being admired by her fellow magicians. She even felt a bit awkward with this but she had to continue. She wanted to get close with the technicians in front of her…
”Hilda! Thank you! I heard that all the pilots were busy with their training…”
”Ah… It's fine. I have some business with Sir Wallace and I already completed my training.”
”Right… You're the ace pilot, after all.”
Hilda only smiled at this. Each combat spaceship has three divisions of Mech Knight pilots. She was assigned at the Providence Battleship and was recognized as an Ace pilot after a series of examinations.
In the end, she received the Radiant Knight as her personal Steel Knight to command the first division.
She was also one of the few magicians who has been allowed to communicate with the Arians at the Lagrange Point.
Wallace had mostly selected Mana Technicians in charge of communicating with this foreign race as it would be beneficial to them. However, he allowed other outstanding combat magicians in order to learn their unique method of combat.