All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 174

87. Let’s Do a Little More – 2

In any case, he had averted a potential crisis on the continent.

“I only ever receive help from you.”

“I didn’t help that much.”

“No, I always feel like I’ve received help from you.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. You said it before, didn’t you? That spilled water can be wiped up and refilled.”

Rakid rose from his seat with a wry smile.

“I’m thinking of refilling that water from the throne.”

“Are you going to walk a thorny path with such a burden? How admirable.”

He was about to embark on a path that was never going to be easy.

Ian smiled, liking his spirit of taking on a nearly impossible task.

“Myaah~ Myamya~.”

Myaene, on Ian’s shoulder, cried out as if to cheer him on.

“The only regret is that it will be harder to see Myaene now.”

Rakid stroked Myaene’s head and said in a calm tone.

“Thank you. And thank you for everything.”

“You’re welcome. Then, I’ll be on my way.”

“Alright. I won’t see you off.”

As Rakid returned to his seat and resumed his work, Ian said his goodbyes and went outside.

Keith was waiting outside.

“I don’t know how to thank you for this.”

“They say to always give thanks generously.”

“Of course, I will. If you need anything, contact me anytime…”

Keith hesitated for a moment, touching her lips, then gave a bitter smile.

“Are you not thinking of leaving the Academy and returning to the Scarlet Kingdom?”

Ian laughed at her question.

“Would I be?”

That was the answer.

Keith shrugged, and Ian walked past her.

Watching him walk away, Keith clicked her tongue in regret.

“I should have somehow maintained a friendly relationship back then…”

* * *

There had been a great commotion, but in any case, the work in the Scarlet Kingdom was over.

Returning to the Academy, Ian resumed his usual routine.

“You need to adjust the angle of that crystal ball.”

“Like this?”

“No… Never mind. I’ll do it.”

Instead of the hesitant worker, Ian finished the fine-tuning of the crystal ball.

It didn’t seem any different from what he had done, but what could he do? He sighed internally. As the worker went to do other work, Ian once again devoted himself to the fine-tuning.

While he was working, Haryun entered the Enchantment Practice Room.

“You’ve almost finished this side too, huh?”

The Enchantment Practice Room, built in the western area of the Academy where there were only abandoned buildings, had been expanded to be four times larger than the existing practice room.

One might wonder if it was necessary to make it this big.

“I’m really looking forward to what will be made here.”

“Keep looking forward to it. Something unimaginable will come out.”

“Haha. You’ve always exceeded my imagination. Ah. And Instructor Aranse asked me to confirm whether you’ll be participating in the Hero Festival?”

“I’ve said it before, what would I do participating there?”

“I was wondering if you had changed your mind.”

There was no reason to participate in the Hero Festival when there was nothing to gain.

Ian, thinking that he should just let the kids play and get to work, answered, and Haryun was disappointed.

“Why? Do you want to win? But with your current skills, Class B can win without any trouble, right?”

Balado had become a Master, and Branch and Widia were also on the verge of becoming Masters.

Besides them, others were also stimulated and working hard.

And the mages weren’t just using simple magic.

“I know that.”

“Then why?”

“Just because. I’m sad that I can’t do it with you. Ah. And you know that we’re having an exchange with the Empire Academy next semester, right? Are you going to skip that too?”

This exchange was from Fredon Academy to the Empire.

Haryun, thinking that he would not participate then either, picked up the documents, and Ian shook his head.

“I should go to the Empire once, so I’ll participate.”

“Really? Then I’ll tell them that.”

Haryun made a note on the documents and left.

As he left, Ian focused on adjusting the crystal again.

When Ian returned to the dormitory after finishing the adjustment work in the Enchantment Practice Room, Aranse was in the lobby.

He was talking to the Class B students, and he raised his hand lightly when Ian came.

“Welcome.”

“What’s going on that you’re talking with such a serious expression?”

“It’s about the Hero Festival. You said you wouldn’t participate, right? You don’t need to worry about it.”

Then that’s fine.

As Ian sat on the sofa, Oerina poured tea and handed it to him.

“Everyone at the Magic Tower is really looking forward to the Enchantment Practice Room. It seems they want to use it no matter how high the usage fee is.”

That was because the practice room being built at the Academy was much larger than the one at the Magic Tower.

And the magic installed there, as well as the materials and equipment, were better than those in most laboratories.

So quite a few mages wanted to use the practice room.

Ian, hearing the story of the Magic Tower, chuckled.

“Tell them to wait. I think I’ll be working here even during the vacation.”

Wilbald, who was eating cookies next to him, was startled at those words.

“Huh? Then aren’t you going?”

“Where?”

Haryun sighed at the puzzled Ian.

“I told you before. The Salt Marquisate [a territory ruled by a marquis] is also famous as a resort. I decided to treat you this time.”

“The Emerald Beach and Emerald Island of the Salt Marquisate are so beautiful that even the royalty of each country want to visit them at least once.”

“The cost of using it for a day is quite high. And he’s paying for it.”

Everyone seemed to be quite looking forward to it.

Aranse, listening to their story, frowned.

“It’s good to talk about going on vacation, but shouldn’t we think about the Hero Festival first? Kids.”

“Ahaha. Still, if we analyze our strength, we’ll be the winners.”

Of course, that was true.

But who knew what might happen in the world.

“The only variable would be an intrusion from a demon…”

“I really hope that happens.”

Ian, sipping his tea, said, and Grajin smiled.

“And the written test…”

He glanced at the students with low written scores.

Bala, Bakbare, Branch, Widia, and a few other students subtly avoided his gaze.

“Wow~ The tea tastes amazing!”

“I like the cookies~.”

Grajin, pointing at them pretending not to hear, said bitterly.

“Wildi, Haryun and I will somehow take charge of raising their scores.”

“Really? That’s a relief then.”

Aranse clapped his hands lightly in relief.

“Anyway, I think you’ll prepare well for the Hero Festival. It would be better to win the Hero Festival and then play, even if you go to play.”

The students nodded at Aranse’s words.

Whether they did or not, as Ian sipped his tea, Widia hugged Myaene and said.

“By the way, Ian. It would be nice if you could go too.”

As Ian was always busy, she hoped he could rest comfortably at the resort for a few days.

As the other students also urged him, Ian ate a cookie and replied.

“I’ll see how it goes.”

* * *

Time flowed as always, and when the days got a little hotter.

The Academy’s festival, the Hero Festival, began.

Lower, Intermediate, and Advanced.

All the students of the Academy were busy moving to win the Hero Festival, but Ian was busy with other things.

“Yes. That side. A little more… Good.”

“Hmm. This is amazing.”

The Academy’s furnace was much better than the one in Dwarven City.

Perhaps that was why many dwarves came to visit for observation.

Ian, who started working with them, began to make what he had only thought about until now.

Of course, the dwarves who came to observe and were caught ended up helping in the process.

“To think there’s a way to refine like this. I’ve heard the stories, but you’re really amazing.”

Dwarf Krendel, who had been caught and continued to work after bringing black lava from Dwarven City, was impressed by Ian’s method.

A method of maximizing the heat of the black lava inside the furnace to remove impurities and mixing various materials to create alloys.

All were methods that even the dwarves admired.

He never thought he would see such technology after coming to deliver black lava.

He looked at the various parts piled up next to him and asked.

“But what are you planning to make with this?”

“I’m going to make a guardian for the Academy’s defense facilities.”

“Like the ones in the Forgotten City?”

“It should be better than that.”

The iron plate hardened in the mold is pressed hard by the hydraulic press.

Ian, who received the flattened iron plate, examined it once and placed it next to him.

“Hmm… To make it like this using devices. As a craftsman, it’s a bit of a disturbing method.”

“But using devices makes the completion uniform, so it’s better.”

Krendel was disappointed, but there was nothing he could do.

His words were not wrong.

“Anyway, all the necessary parts are made… What are you going to do with that?”

“It needs to be moved to the Enchantment Practice Room.”

“Really? Screnda!! It’s all done!”

“Huh? Really? Let’s go!! Brothers!”

He moved the parts with the dwarves from Dwarven City.

When he arrived at the Enchantment Practice Room, there were quite a few mages and alchemists.

“You have to enchant all of this, right? And you have to enchant the processed monster materials too. It’s going to be hectic.”

“I’ll leave this to you. I have other things to do.”

Ian, who passed the work on to them, entered the personal laboratory prepared in the practice room.

And he carves a delicate magic circuit into the magic sphere he received from the Magic Tower.

That alone took more than three days.

As all the mages and alchemists worked hard, Ian gathered all the materials together.

And he started the full-scale assembly.

“No, what is this…”

He had stayed up all night for several days, but he couldn’t blink an eye.

Because Ian was assembling the enchanted iron plates and parts, the alchemy and reagent blends, and the enchanted muscles of the monsters at an amazing speed.

The patterns engraved as they were assembled formed magic circles, and the magic circles, which were evidence of enchantment, overlapped to create new magic circles.

All the magic circles were assembled and formed a balance that was almost beautiful.

“Ooh… Like that.”

“That’s how it is?!”

Dwarves, mages, alchemists.

They admired Ian’s work.

After wiping, tightening, and oiling, he finished the assembly, took a breath, and stepped back.

“You worked hard.”

He took a sip of the drink Screnda gave him, wiped the sweat, and looked at the finished product.

Not only him, but everyone who was here, who had suffered for days without being able to sleep properly, was pleased with the work.

What was completed was a golem that resembled a person wearing armor.

It was smaller than a normal golem and different in that it was entirely silver.

If classified, it would be right to classify it as a golem.

“Ooh… The magic circles are connected like that… This is amazing. If you make golems like that, you can reduce the weight and strengthen the output….”

While the mages and alchemists were talking, Ian raised his hand for the final work.

System is running.

Security module is running.

User authentication and suitability test in progress.

-Wee-ing! Clang! Clang! Clang!

The silver armor moved, and light shone from the magic circles engraved on the whole.

Then, a blue light flashed in the eye area.

-Cheeeeeek!!

White smoke was emitted, and the enchanted and processed monster muscles and tendons were tightened.

Then, the silver armor clung to the body.

“Wh, what?!”

As everyone panicked, the golem, transformed into a sleek warrior, said.

“User authentication is complete. Object registration name: Alpha. Mission: Academy Guardian.”

The blue light on the face shone on Ian’s body.

The golem scanned him and quickly knelt on one knee.

“Master Ian Brandon has been identified. Performing mission.”

“Ian. But what is that?”

They had made it because he told them to, but everyone didn’t know what it was.

They had seen the blueprints, but it was beyond their level of understanding.

So Screnda, who was the closest to him, stepped forward shyly and asked, and Ian said confidently without hiding anything.

“7th generation slave. Model name BS Improved Titan. You can think of it as a kind of guardian.”

It’s a guardian of the Earth Federation in the 23rd century.

“Re, really? I don’t know what it is, but. Anyway, I’m glad you made what you wanted.”

He had been working hard for several days to make that.

As he was about to say something in relief, Ian smiled and tapped Titan.

“Now, let’s make ten more of these before the vacation.”