Wallace tried to plan his new magic structure that evening. He was aware that his attempts to gain enough reputation to partic.i.p.ate in the compet.i.tion hadn"t gone unnoticed to his cla.s.smates.He purchased a bunch of alloys and ores as his new mana artifact design requires a better quality equipment.
Only 29 days left until the selection for the compet.i.tion on the last month of the year. Once a partic.i.p.ant was selected in their academy, they would still have a month of preparation before the start of the compet.i.tion, they will receive special training and privileges during this time.
If the academy will select the partic.i.p.ant right now, no doubt that Wallace would be selected. But there are still remaining days left so he can"t be relaxed and has to maintain a good performance.
Wallace entered his new workshop that is connected at the left side of this house. The interior was painted white and gray at the edges. There were stacked boxes and piles of metals on the floor.
Wallace created a s.p.a.ce at the center table and put the artifact forging box on top of it. This forging box was an old one inherited from his father. Unlike the school"s box, this one was an older design but was well maintained by Wallace.
"Should I first create a much better mana stabilization array?"
Wallace pondered a bit. His mana affinity has increased a bit thanks to the first reward he received before and felt that he was able to control larger amount of mana. And maybe due to the changes on his body, it continued to affect his improvement in mana affinity.
Due to this, he needs to adjust his own array. Although any mana stabilization array out there would control the flow of his mana to the forging box, just like Gilbert told before, it would be better to use your own array due to compatibility reasons.
Of course, it doesn"t mean you"ll be able to perform to the best of your ability as those professionally made array can be found to be better that what you can create. Not all rookies were like Wallace who has a good grasp on this array.
Wallace started adjusting his array and mana gathering formation to better suit himself before he started the forge.
***
A week has pa.s.sed and some changes occurred as Ross introduced his newly created mana artifact and was even published at the local newspapers. There were several articles introducing the new mana artifact.
"A top student at the Leonhearts Academy, a descendant of a legend, Ross Schien has submitted his new mana artifact at the NMTI. Another 5th gen artifact that has a grade rating of A..."
"Arcane Sword - A new mana artifact designed by Ross Schien, an uprising star in the field of artifact forging..."
It"s unusual to have a second year student in school create their own original mana artifact and magic structure. At most, students and newly graduates are expected to only be capable of replicating a pre-designed mana artifacts. So this news was immediately noticed by many people.
Although it was surprising to many, after they learned the person"s background, they attributed it as him being a descendant of Aeolia Schien.
***
Wallace got a hold of the news as Gilbert told him about it this the morning on their cla.s.s.
"Isn"t Ross amazing? I wish I could accomplish that as well. Someday, I"ll make my own."
It was Gilbert, he was referring on making his own artifact. He was chatting with Wallace as they have free time between their subjects.
Wallace was also checking out this new artifact featured. He used his laptop to check the Arcane Sword made by Ross. Although the complete attributes wasn"t published due to confidentiality reasons, it was enough to have a some grasp on its capability.
It is a 23 inches dull short sword, silver hilt and handle. It was designed that the blade wasn"t so sharp but with the usage of magic structure imbued in the mana artifact, it could unleash sharpness that could cut almost anything.
Another notable thing is the shimmering purple gem attached on the sword just above it"s hilt. Base on it"s description, it allows the user to control lightning and fire element. Of course, the two element could not be used at the same time but it"s transition was quick. If the magician"s mana control was superb, they could transition elemental attacks with only 2 seconds as a buffer.
Wallace observe the mana artifact and absorbed all the information in the articles he read.
"It seem"s that Ross is going all out. This is definitely his attempt to secure his position as partic.i.p.ant... but it seems to be a bit rushed. There"s still some flaws on it."
Wallace was muttering and Gilbert heard this.
"Really? Where? Haha.. Maybe because he"s in hurry? Who knows, he probably thought that you might be selected as partic.i.p.ant instead."
Gilbert commented but did not really wait for Wallace to answer him. As they continued chatting, Wallace noticed that Tracy was looking at him from time to time.
She was seated 2 desk in front of him so whenever she looked behind, Wallace could notice her in his peripheral vision.
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Wallace wasn"t too concerned about it as he ignored the girl. A few moment before their instructor arrived for the next subject.
Wallace heard a familiar sound in his mind. It was notification from the pathfinder.
[ The compet.i.tion is near! Make your presence known once more.
Mission : To be selected as a partic.i.p.ant on the upcoming academies compet.i.tion
Mission Reward : 2x Mystery Box and a small increase in mana affinity. ]
Wallace checked the new mission. It was aligned to his goal so he just nodded upon reading the new mission from the pathfinder.
"21 days left before the selection. I still have some time." Wallace thought he could still complete his new mana artifact.
As he was thinking about his plans, it seems that Tracy could not wait anymore and approached him.
Gilbert, who was sitted just beside Wallace saw her proactively approaching them was amused and he immediately went silent. In his mind, first it was the c.u.mmings twins but now, even the top student.
"Do you have some time after this cla.s.s?" Tracy asked Wallace who was now looking at her.
Mark"s eyes squinted as he saw this scene. Although it was normal for cla.s.smates to have a chat, form a group after cla.s.ses and Tracy was even known to be friendly and approachable, he felt that it was different this time.