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Jumping down from the balcony , Nodus landed on the school field and saw no one around. Taking a walk around , he could see some light coming from some window frame and most of them were from another building that was behind the school. 'They have some kind of dorm system here..And all the buildings are built up entirely of stone bricks just like ancient castles..'

With four days left before school starts , Nodus simply wanted to get used to the school field as he mapped out the rest with his watch. 'Tomorrow will be the first exo armor test , I should sleep early and take the day off.'

Arriving earlier than usual , Nodus just missed dinner but it did not bother him as he already ate after the training. After training the Five Heaven-All Gathering , Nodus grail had slightly more condense mana than before as he almost grasped the meaning behind his attribute and the cultivation technique itself. 'The All Gathering should allow me to captivate more mana from the fire elements itself.. but where can I find those elements.' The first few days into his meditation , Nodus dantian formed a globe that was situated far away from his galaxy.

The globe that was in the middle of the dark space had 4 sections that took one quarter each around the globe , just like a 4 rectangles touching each other as it stretched. At the center of the globe was a smaller circle with fiery red orange color while the 4 rectangles were white. 'I am missing something...' The rectangles slowly rotated around the circle while it shot a few blue dots toward the center of the galaxy.

The dots were like asteroids that left a blue dust trail as it travel into the big sun. 'It's like astronomy..' Although Nodus mana gathering speed cycle sped up , it was still far from enough to fill the grail even if he was cultivating for 100 years , but on the good side , he was getting more used to mana based magics. 'Forget it , I will deal with it later.' Unwilling to ask too much from the teachers , the young man went to sleep so he could wake up before the sun rises.

Waking up once again with Kathrina on his arm , Nodus gently rested her head on the pillow and sat up from the bed. "You are awake already?" Before Nodus could even touch the door handle , he turned around and saw Kathrina sitting on the side of the bed. "I have something important to do today so I won't be able to train." The teacher rubbed her eyes and stood up while yawning. "Mhmm.. Then.. Can I come with you?" Nodus looked at her suspiciously , normally she would supervise the two little girls as soon he went into deep meditation. "Don't worry , school is almost starting so I gave Ali and Mimi some times to have fun."

Walking down the marbled road , Kathrina was enjoying the calm atmosphere as she held Nodus hand. "Is it about your shop?" The young man simply nodded with his pointy hat swinging back and forth. "I decided to make my own mercenary group and today they will try out a new armor." The teacher gazed at the young man with a anticipated look. "Then can sister also join your mercenary?" Kathrina chuckled as she joked around with Nodus but the young man still managed to surprise her with his answer. "Mhmm , I actually prepared a new magic tool and... Sister Kathrina would be the perfect person to experiment with it."

The teacher did not take back her words as she gotten even more curious , what tool could be better than her current staff? "I am looking forward to it! But what does the tool actually do?" Nodus revealed a faint smile. "A multi instant casting tool." With the shocking revelation , Kathrina tried to ask more question but Nodus remained mysterious as he told her she would see when they get to the shop.

At the center of the forest , a group of sluggish people who could hardly open their eyes due to the lack of sleep was being stared down by a robust butler. "I know it's earlier than usual but today is finally THE day." With a snap of his fingers , two giant metal box landed from the sky. Boooom! The sleepyheads jumped as they fixed their vision on the two tall metal box. "I..Is it the reward?!" Elli and Amy gulped loudly as they stared at the box with sparkly eyes. "Indeed , based on the scores , Evelyn and Amy , you will be the two first one to wear them." With another snap , the tall rectangle box made a weird sound the 4 panel from each side slammed onto the floor , revealing a thin metallic object that stood on two legs.

The skeleton frame had many openings as it was meant to simply surround the entire body with two or three thin metal bars while the hands were fully covered like a big knuckle gloves.

Amy and Evelyn were staring at the empty skeleton suit curiously as it did not resembles to those heavily armored golems. "These are called skeleton frames , by wearing it will give you a tremendous physical strength , it's only a trial version so the real armor golems will come later." After hearing Bu One introduction , Amy finally jumped in joy as she looked at the android with a pleading gaze. "Stand in front of it with your back facing the frame." The two girls hurriedly stood with their back faced to the frame. "Take a step back." The girls took a step back and went smoothly inside the skeleton frame. "Good now , put your hands in the gloves." Sliding their hands into the knuckles , the girls heard a small start up sound as the bars slowly melted onto their skin and hardened with a perfect fit.

The girls did not look much different other than the fact they had metal lines on their clothes and a pair of metal gloves with square shaped fingers. "Mr Instructor ?" Evelyn who was still calm was waiting for their next instruction with a excited expression. "Resume your training and you lots will watch." The two went out of the metal box frame and crouched down into a push up position. "I don't feel anything.." Evelyn was slightly surprised as she did not even exert any strength to do a push up. "Do it as fast as you can." The two girls were going so fast that the rest of the group could only see a blur. "Woah... won't they get dizzy?" Erica who was still confused about their new obtained power did not see any big differences other than the speed. "Silly.." Lanny and Cucu laughed at the innocent girl while Lili and the rest had a serious expression.

Without a single sweat , Evelyn and Amy stood up with a amazed expression as they ran to the next course , the boulders. With a single leap , Amy and Evelyn disappeared with their god like speed. "Wow! They are so fast!" "Mhmm .. Just one step was enough to leap into the forest.. that's around 20 meters.." Elli and Lili followed up after the two girls who went toward the outskirt of the forest. Feeling a tremor , Elli and co curiously looked at the rising cloud of dust. "Hahaha.. I put too much strength." Amy crashed into the boulder and completely destroyed as she steps out of the cloud. Evelyn on the other hand , did not pay any attention to Amy as she stood in front of the big boulder. With her index finger touching the boulder , she accidentally poked a hole into the hard rock. "Amazing.." Looking at her finger in astonishment , Evelyn decided to try with her hand instead this times.

"Oh my goodness.. They can push that big boulder with one hand.." After the boulders , the group witnessed the forest marathon being done in under 1 hour. Regrouping back at the center , the group surrounded Evelyn and Amy as they threw a barrage of questions. "Are you tired?" " Does it feel uncomfortable?" Amy answered all of their question with a eager expression. "Mhmm , I don't feel tired at all and I couldn't even tell if I was wearing it without these pair of gloves." Looking at the big pair of glove , the rest nodded in a agreement.

"Commander , here you are." The group hurriedly lined up after they heard the android calling out Nodus. "Mhmm , this is Kathrina , she is with me today for the new weapon." The android bowed and walk past Nodus to get the secret weapon from the White Jade. "Evelyn , Amy." The demi demon kneeled in front of Nodus "Commander!" While Amy simply stood infront of him with a dumbfounded expression."Commander?!" With a smile , the girl shouted in a questioning tone. "Mhmm , stand up and.. Tell me about your experiences." With a pause as he switched his vision to Amy , the girl surrounded Nodus as she expressed her joy. "I see.. Then , I have a mission for you two." Nodus gave them a simple mission , to excavate over 100 ores and complete 5 subjucation mission within a week.

"You two will temporally form a team and here is your starter kit." Nodus passed them each a golden chip. "You can start your mission today or tomorrow at most , report back to me at the mansion when you are done." Turning around , Kathrina who remained quiet followed the young man. " The way she described the magical armors.." The young man knew what she was talking about and cleared her confusion. "It's a frame , to prepare them for the real armor in the future." Kathrina brows lifted in astonishment. "You are saying those are just.. trial armors and the real one is even better?" With a nod , the teacher remained silence with a deep thought. 'Won't it mean that he could have a strong army with the special armor..'