[A/N: No sleep for 2 days straight. I usually write during this time but I need some sleep so I probably won’t be able to post Chapters early tomorrow. I’ll try but I don’t really know if I can but if I do manage to do it, then yeah, I’ll post on time. Just a heads up.]
Amon stared at the metal pieces and transparent looking crystals that fell to the floor for a moment before making distance.
’Hmm... his items take damage for him? That’s kinda overpowered if he manages to make an armor that has durability in thousands.’ he thought as he looked up at the mech armor.
"Ahhh that sword was a prototype. Very low durability but I didn’t expect it to break from just a few swings." Cabbage said and chuckled as he smacked his fists together, producing sparks, "Well, atleast my armor is complete."
Saying that, he crouched down and all of a sudden, blue flames shot out from under his feet and from a weird looking box that was attached to his behind.
It propelled him up into the air before shutting down.
"Ahahaha! I can’t fly but I can jump pretty high!! Dodge it or you’ll get crushed, Amon!"
Amon just stood in place instead of moving. Seeing the huge mechanical humanoid monster, he took a deep breath and equipped his gauntlets directly from his inventory.
Items stored in the inventory always came back to the place where they originally were, which mean that if Amon had his gauntlets equipped when he put them in his inventory, they’d get automatically equipped once it took them out.
Aura. Blood Enhancement.
’Ninety percent of my health and most of my mana into blood enhancement. Just leave enough to sustain aura for two minutes.’
[Affirmative.]
[Thorn Gauntlets new damage: 1.2xDefence + 1.5xStrength + 39290]
Amon saw his health drop to the red zone instantly while his remaining mana was 10, just enough for an extra minute.
Cabbage dropped down a moment later, panicking inside his armor as he did not wish to kill Amon with his dangerous machine.
But alas, while it was still a completed product, it was far from perfect.
Amon took a step back at the last moment, dodging the stomp before he sent a punch flying straight at the mech suit, his fist connecting right beside the transparent glass.
It went in, denting the metal before it tore through it like it was paper.
"What in the fucking..." Professor Cabbage exclaimed as he stared at the state of his mech suit. Not a single person in the academy could deal such damage to his suit and yet, Amon did it.
With just a single punch.
He watched as Amon pulled his fist back and got ready to punch again, making him panic.
"Wait wait! I give up! Don’t destroy my armor!"
Amon paused and a moment later, he took a few steps back before putting his gauntlets back into his inventory.
Then he watched Professor Cabbage crawl out of his cockpit before he turned to look at Elena who was standing a few meters away from the battle stage, "I need some healing... well... a lot of healing."
Elena nodded and raised her hands up, "I’ll take care of it."
’Life Magic.’ she chanted inwardly as a white glow appeared on her hand while also covering Amon’s body completely.
Amon watched as he health pool went back to full in a mere second.
’She’s... a top tier healer. Damn, just how potent is her skill?’ he thought as he stared at her, clearly impressed,
"Thank you."
"Aw, it’s my pleasure!"
Cabbage managed to crawl out of his machine and checked the damage it took before he let out a sigh, "Luckily, the main components haven’t been damaged."
He then turned to look at Amon, "Kid... you’ve gotten way too strong. Are you an SS rank awakened like the Headmaster?" he asked as he turned to glance at Qingyan who was on his feet, his mouth open wide as he stared at Amon.
The other professors were the same and so were the students. Well, most of the guys atleast.
The girls were a different case as most of them cheered for Amon mindlessly.
He could also hear a few of them asking for marriage.
’Ahh.. youth...’ he thought before he focused on Amon who shook his head.
"I’m just a D rank with a dumb skill. If I didn’t beat you in a minute, I would have been forced to surrender." Amon said and scratched his cheek.
"Ah... so a skill that boosts your damage or penetration by a huge amount huh? It’s probably at a really high rank. Impressive, very impressive. Our academy is very pleased to have you."
"The pleasure is all mine, professor. It was fun fighting you."
Cabbage nodded as he got his students to help him move his mech suit, "Likewise... even though it was a one sided beating. I’ll probably have to make some upgrades to this suit."
Amon just smiled and followed behind Alicia before he leaned against the compound wall and watched the students and Professor Cabbage move their stuff out.
"We’ll have a duel in the future sometime, kid. I’m a pretty competitive person!" Cabbage said as he walked past Amon with a large box filled with various tools.
"I know professor. If you weren’t such a competitive person, you wouldn’t be innovating such war machines. If I’m not wrong with my theory, even a regular human should be able to pilot that mech suit right?" he asked as walked beside him.
Cabbage shook his head, "Not really... at least not this version but that is my end goal. Currently, it runs on mana connection so the bare minimum requirement is to have an FFF rank awakened to pilot it. As long as they have atleast 1 point in mana, it’s possible.
"I’ve tried making one that doesn’t require such connection but the input lag is bad and that can kill a lot of people. It’s also a loss of resources since the mech suit is mostly going to be destroyed if the pilot isn’t able to control it well."
Amon nodded, his thoughts wandering before he frowned, "Isn’t anyone sponsoring your projects? It’s showing so much promise and there’s no one who’s interested in helping?"
"Uhhh I just didn’t bother asking anyone for help. Hmm... should I actually look for sponsors? I’m not really good at presentations and I don’t have any interest in explaining all this complicated stuff to absolute buffoons who are all muscles and no brain."