28 – Start developing enhanced suits!
There was no one in the academy who didn’t know Ed.
From the entrance ceremony, he captivated everyone with a speech that inspired the pride of the nobility, and in the first evaluation match, he overturned the inferior power difference with a meticulous strategy and easily subdued Max Sigmund with a weapon he had never seen before.
Not only that, but in the second round of evaluation, she fearlessly touched the Minotaur King, and showed a crazy performance that cut him in half from 20m in the air and killed Isabella, who was considered the strongest cadet.
So, everyone’s expectations were bound to come together.
Edgar Fix.
What fresh stuff will this madman show you next?
“Abtention.”
“!?”
But the next move was abstention.
He gave up the match, saying that his gauntlet was broken and he could not fight.
Ed’s opponent, Lucas, came to Ed and expressed his regret.
“I was looking forward to it because you said you were my opponent, but it’s a pity that you withdrew. Even without that gauntlet, you would be able to fight me more than equal.”
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Lucas, the only son of the Grand Duchess of Elmar.
He was very sorry about not being able to face Ed.
As Ed’s popularity rose rapidly thanks to yesterday’s second game, if he beat Ed, he could raise his status and dampen Ed’s momentum at the same time.
“hahahaha. Whistle is overrated. Without the gauntlet, you’re not even an opponent. To be honest, even if I had the gauntlet, I don’t have the confidence to handle Prince Elmar’s magic at this time.”
So Ed said something that Lucas would have liked to hear.
What matters to him is his status and reputation.
As much as he brought his gang, he humbled himself and moderately raised Lucas.
“Also, it seems that I am overrated for my skills. I am satisfied with this level.”
And, once again, he humbled himself.
I’m busy preparing for the ‘destruction’ scenario that will happen in the distant future, but that’s because it’s not the time to show off my pride.
Moreover, as his status as a commoner, it was the right thing to do to show overwhelming results in action, but humble himself in words.
“Hmm. I can’t help but say it that way. Then let’s promise the next one.”
Having listened to what he wanted to hear, Lucas patted Ed on the shoulder twice and went back.
Ed muttered to himself as he leaned against the back of his chair as soon as Lucas was gone.
“The S class has already been confirmed, so there is no need to fight.”
Why did Ed abstain against Lucas?
It’s because, as he said, there is no need to fight anymore.
Since he had already scored a lot of points in the first and second games, Ed had already passed the standard score for the S class.
So, the 3rd and 4th games to be held in the future were just lined up for ranking competition, and had nothing to do with class assignment.
“Perhaps Isabella will win first place again this time.”
Isabella, who was defeated by herself in the last match.
But Isabella was able to get out in Game 3.
The second match, which was originally held in a tournament format, was a ‘fake tournament’ designed to bring out the maximum potential by pitting two cadets with similar skills, and at the same time, to put pressure on the end if they fall.
In the end, in order to advance to the 3rd game, the sum of the points obtained in the 1st game and the 2nd game was important.
Anyway, for this reason, Isabella went up safely to the third round, and as Ed predicted, she will be ranked first in this class evaluation match.
For now, no cadet can stop her mind attack.
“It’s pointless after all.”
However, it was pointless to set up such a line with Ed.
For Ed, it was more important to survive the disaster that would come one day than to prove his skills.
Moreover, now that I had fallen in love with several major NPCs, including James, I wanted to save all of them if possible.
In the first place, the direction of play in ‘El Pandor Runeterra’ is to prepare for disaster by awakening as many NPCs as possible.
“You have to become stronger.”
To do that, you have to be stronger than you are now.
The reason he was able to kill the Minotaur King was because he understood his weaknesses and his own strengths, but there were still many shortcomings in interpersonal warfare.
In particular, there are several monsters in the S-Class, including the 4 sons of dukes, so it is important not to fall behind if you want to build a relationship with them.
What do you need to do to do that?
“suit.”
The answer was definitely a suit.
It is to fill the whole body with equipment with the same performance as the ‘Plasma Ray Titanium Alloy Gauntlet’.
But there is still a lot of work to do to get there.
Currently, he is unable to properly make even the ‘superconducting mana क़ fusion engine propellant’.
The propellant used to kill the Minotaur King some time ago was only a prototype.
Because of this, it was not possible to fly freely, and the output was not stable.
The most important thing in flight is the loss of speed control.
“Hmm… How about optimizing the prototype?”
So thought Ed.
We can’t make a suit comparable to Iron Man right now, so let’s optimize the prototype.
Even if it could not fly freely, it was possible to implement functions such as ‘dash’ if the propellant was used well.
In addition, if a fiber with good elasticity and excellent adhesion was developed, it could be used as a ‘three-dimensional maneuvering device’ together with a propellant.
Instead of ignorantly descending from a height of 20m, you can freely aim at the enemy’s blind spot.
‘great. The primary goal is a three-dimensional maneuvering device.’
That’s how Ed set the goal of a three-dimensional mobile device to increase his immediate combat power.
If you develop this perfectly, you will be able to compete against S-class cadets who are only monsters.
“Next… a reinforced suit.”
And the next thing I thought about was the reinforced suit.
In order to fully utilize the three-dimensional maneuvering device, it was not enough to simply carry a propellant on the back.
Reinforced fiber wire to assist the three-dimensional maneuvering device is absolutely necessary, but a special device was needed to easily shoot and retrieve it.
And since the location of the special device must always be in close contact with the body, a specially made reinforced suit was absolutely necessary.
‘great. Let’s go like this first.’
After finishing the rough idea, Ed started drawing the blueprint right away.
After adding a wire function to the gauntlet, changing the design of the propellant prototype to suit three-dimensional maneuvering, and adding a storage function near the waist, thighs, calves, and wrists to hold various special weapons.
After drawing such a rough blueprint, a suit with a mechanical flavor added to the Batman suit was drawn.
Design-wise, I really liked it.
“Then shall we begin right away?”
Time will be empty.
Ed decided to start developing it right away.
Anyway, for the next 3 days or so, we will go through the 3rd and 4th games, and the cadets will have a ranking match, so I was able to do whatever I wanted for about 3 days.
Ed immediately took the hammer out of his inventory.
***
Three days later, the results everyone expected came out.
Isabella was undoubtedly number one.
Also, it was somewhat expected that Lucas of the Duke of Elmar placed second.
At this point, there were very few people who could block his trait-type spells, and if there was anyone he could match, Enya from the Duke of Cruel was the only one.
However, Enya insisted on kicking and ended up sitting in 5th place.
It was because her foot sword was still in the middle of development, so it was easy to attack because there were too many loopholes or weaknesses.
In the first place, it was something only a monster like Enya could do to climb to 5th place by using the kick sword technique that only appeared in cartoons in real battle.
However, among the 4 prominent ducal families, there was a son who was ranked 9th.
Clare.
Since he mainly deals with buff-specific spells, he couldn’t use his strength in a 1:1 confrontation.
However, the fact that Claire, from the 4th duchy, was ranked 9th was by no means a disgrace.
On the contrary, it was definitely commendable that she, who wielded support-type magic, defeated many strong enemies and ranked 9th.
In fact, Claire herself was quite satisfied with her ninth place finish.
“My daughter… can do at least second place…”
However, the head of the Cruell family, Sword Saint Illya, did not like the current situation.
His own daughter is also a genius in swordsmanship.
This is because it is clear that if he had used the proper swordsmanship, he would have easily won the 3rd and 4th place.
Not only that, Sword Saint Illya predicted that Lucas would be able to defeat him as well.
Although he, being an idiot, judges Enya that way because he has a bean pod, it is because Enya’s 100% power over Lucas is the accepted theory.
In fact, isn’t it the daughter who beat Lucas in friendly sparring every time before she fell in love with sword art?
“Haa… my daughter…”
So, it was Ilaya who let out a long sigh and touched his forehead.
I wanted to see the scene where the daughter who took 1st or 2nd place smiled broadly while receiving the trophy, but that historic moment was gone.
Because of that bastard.
“Well?”
at that time.
Elijah’s eyes narrowed.
The daughter, who had been looking around the whole time, found a guy who looked like a parasitic brother and didn’t follow him.
Moreover, the expression on her daughter’s face after calling him was shocking.
The expression on her daughter’s face, smiling brightly like that, was one she hadn’t seen since she was 9 years old.
Sword Saint Illya narrowed his brows and glared at Ed.
‘That guy… what is he doing? Isn’t the flow of mana normal?’