469 One Month 

In the blink of an eye, a whole month has passed since the escape from Long Bay Correctional Facility!

This month, Vicente focused most of his time on improving his smithing skills, having studied the 3rd-grade theory of his profession on his own and improving the robotic armor he and Benson had developed earlier.

With a much higher level of not only mana but also understanding, he easily fixed many of the flaws in his armor, reaching the 3.0 version a few days ago, something that perfectly met Benson's goals.

Vicente used the last fraction of the mineral that Benson and he had won in the bet weeks ago and made the final and most advanced version of the robotic armor.

He now had three pieces of armor, one of each version. However, due to a lack of materials, he would need more time to replicate the 3.0 version.

He had also produced more Mage-killing firearms over the weeks, adding to his family's ever-growing supply.