Science/Magic

Just like Headmistress Wave said, the sudden apparition of Machine Revolutio's headquarters shocked Academy City.

Many students of the city quickly became interested in it, and for several days after that, the tower became the source of many rumors.

Thanks to that, many people learned about how the tower came to be.

And they also learned it was the headquarters of a club, the Golem-Making Club.

No, it should be called Machine Revolutio now.

After this information spread through the city, curiosity about Machine Revolutio sprouted in the hearts of many students.

In fact, not just students, but also many teachers showed a great interest in this club, including demigods.

However, as Headmistress Wave said, she made sure that nothing untoward happened.

Thanks to her intervention, no demigod came to bother Bloed, allowing him to complete the tower and prepare for the War of Clubs peacefully.

Bloed was grateful for that. After all, although he certainly wanted to spread the fame of his club, a few days of peacefulness were welcome, mainly because he needed to prepare for the War of Clubs.

In the meanwhile, Bloed took care of some other things.

For example–

"They are so cute!" Gina's eyes glistened as she looked at the two beautiful birds in front of her.

They were Bloed's last work. A pair of metallic birds he created for Gina.

They were not the only ones he created, though. Nearby, Sara was holding a metallic eagle with a serious expression and Aya was playing with a metallic cat.

These were mechanical pets Bloed had created for them.

Just like Bloed's Tito and Liu Ying's Liu Liu, the new metallic pets also had the function to transform into armor and boost the defensive and combat capabilities of the user. They could be considered first-rate armors even comparable to demigod artifacts.

The first two Bloed made were Sara's eagle and Aya's cat. Sara's pet was called Shi (Bloed thought that the name was a bit too cute for an eagle, but Sara's seemed happy with it), and Aya called her cat Lily.

Both pets focused on agility, unlike Bloed and Liu Ying's ones that focused more on defense and strength. Bloed designed them taking into account the combat style of the two girls.

As for Gina's pets, they were a bit different.

Instead of one, Bloed built two pets for her. They were a pair of metallic sparrows. Gina called them Kiki and Niko.

One of them was designed as armor, but unlike the other pet-armors, Gina's one was focused completely on defensive power, without any boost to her physical abilities.

As for the second bird, Bloed gave it great attacking abilities compared to Oculus.

The reason he did it this way was that Gina's combat power was practically zero. Thus, the two pets could increase her safety in case of an emergency.

Actually, Bloed would have liked to give her even more pets, but unfortunately, two pets were the limit that Gina could control. And even that was outstanding compared to Liu Ying, Sara, and Aya who could barely control one.

After all, none of them had a talent like Bloed's Enhanced Brain Capacity, which allowed him to control many more thought-controlled machines than normal.

"How is it? Do you like them?" Bloed asked.

"They are amazing!" Gina replied with shining eyes. "My hero, I love you!"

"Yeah, yeah, I know. You repeat the same all the time."

"… I think you are not taking me seriously." Gina pouted displeasedly after seeing Bloed's lukewarm reaction, but she quickly forgot about it to play with her two new pets.

It was the same for Aya. She was stroking her cat silently, but the small smile on her face showed how please she was with it.

In fact, she had long been envious of Liu Ying's Liu Liu; not only because it was very cute, but also because it was a gift from Bloed.

So now that she received a gift as well, she was over the moon.

But of the three, Sara's reaction was the most unique.

"… I'm almost thirty percent faster now. Plus, my explosive speed increased a lot as well. Mm, this armor will be very useful in the future."

Different from Gina and Aya, she had ordered her pet to turn into armor mode instantly and was now busy testing its performance.

Bloed could not help but think that Sara was obsessed with strength.

Actually, he had noticed it before. Perhaps it was due to her experiences as a child and the time she spent in the training camps of the Arkavel family, but Sara's desire for strength was borderline crazily. Of the group, she was the most obsessed with training.

Whenever she had a bit of free time, she spent it training her mana or her combat techniques.

Even Liu Ying, who also trained like crazy, fell a bit behind her.

"It looks like all of you liked the pets," Bloed smiled when he saw the three girls' reactions.

"It's great!"

"… I like it."

"It's much better than my previous armor."

"Great." Gina, Aya, and Sara's answers satisfied Bloed. "Get used to them quickly. The War of Clubs will start soon and we need to prepare for it as much as possible."

"… About that, my lord, don't you think we need more people. I think that with our current strength, we will have trouble preserving the rank of our club. I heard that some of the clubs aiming for the top one hundred places have five or more A-Ranks."

Bloed fell silent.

As the club leader, he also knew about this problem.

The only people in the club with decent combat capacity were Sara, Liu Ying, Aya, and him. Regina could not participate because she was too strong, and he did not know if Elwha was going to participate.

Normally, the ideal would be to recruit more members. One or two A-Ranks would be perfect.

Unfortunately, Bloed knew that currently the club had nothing that could attract A-Ranks.

In these conditions, the War of Clubs would be difficult.

However–

"You don't need to worry. Everything will be alright. We just need to do our best."

"But, if we lose, this tower–"

"I told you, you don't need to worry. Even if we lose it, I'm sure we will manage to recover it in the next war of clubs. Let's just do our best."

Sara stared at Bloed for several seconds and nodded.

In her mind, however, she swore something.

No matter what, she would not let her lord lose this tower.

Even if she had to die to achieve that.