129 Chase! (1/2)

Beetham Tower now turned into a restricted area in Hope 101.

The Tower where only high ranking army officers and the people that Leo could trust can enter had become heavily fortified that there are even a wall made of cement currently being constructed around it, teams of armed soldiers constantly making their patrols along with four military post with their own AMV Foxhound stationed at its Northwest, Northeast, Southeast and Southwest of the building.

At the highest floor of the tower, Leo was standing just at the doorway and observing the members of the Magic Corps doing their routine training.

The floor was had been renovated or more like it was literally cleaned up. The entire floor had became bareback with almost nothing on it except for mats and the training dummies at other end of the floor.

And at the other side of the room are people currently meditating on their own mats. There are a total of fifteen people sitting crossed legged meditating. Seven adults and the rest are all kids around seven to ten years old. Among the kids are Jacob, Olivia and Jess who is Amanda's niece while the rest of the kids are especially handpicked as they are the most talented and have good morals among their generation and the two adults are Arthur and Aria.

The atmosphere of the Earth is already slowly changing like it was regressing to the atmosphere back in the Ancient Times and this only confirmed that magic truly existed back in the ancient times with the slowly emerging mana in the surroundings.

”It seems their training is going well” Leo rubbed his chin as he observed the people meditating.

Along with Leo's stats rising, his senses towards the different elements on his surroundings had also become more distinct now and that is the reason why Leo could feel the mana around them even though it is only feeble for now.

”Yes” a bespectacled man beside him nodded while looking at the people inside with sparkling eyes. It was Alastair who was an Engineer/Mechanic turned Scientist and Researcher.

He is really interested in this so called magic so he has been here for the past few days observing how they train and at the same time also eager if they could really wield magic like Leo said they would.

In actuality, Leo is having complicated feelings right now. He doesn't know if he should be happy with this achievement or feel bitter instead.

Why?

Well...because he's now bankrupt again. It's because the System scammed him!

Leo thought he only need to spend thirty thousand defender coins to buy a book that would immediately let the people who learned it sense and gather the mana in their surroundings but.. No!

It was actually a freaking pill like those medicinal pill of that of an alchemist and it freaking cost thirty thousand defender coins each!

Now, he was only left with a meager seven hundred seven defender coins left!

While Leo was walking down the flight of stairs, he was also mumbling to himself ”System, do you know that you're really a f*cking bastard for scamming me like that?”

[...]

”Hey, the installment of the Gun Turret has always been delayed for quite a while now but because I expect to actually conquer the inner City of Manchester. This time I don't plan to install it on the wall back at the Stronghold but here instead. Is it possible to that?” Leo asked excited at the thought of finally installing that big gun.

[It's possible but your galvanized wall won't be able to hold the weight of the turret so you will need to at least build a sturdy platform where it would be installed] the system replied.

”Of course, I know that I'm not an idiot. I was just asking if it's possible to install this kind of items outside the walls of the Stronghold”

[The Guard Statues are installed outside the walls of the Stronghold]

”...” the corner of Leo's eyes and mouth twitched when he heard that like the System was implying to him that he should stop acting all smart around it.

Leo just ignored it in the end and just hurriedly exited the building and once he was outside the restricted area. What greeted him was a bustling scene on the street with people here and there doing their thing.