Magical Academy: Rise of the Supreme Magic Craftsman

Wallace had been constantly using his Void Phase to quickly return to the city that was under siege. 

As soon as he reached the vicinity of the city, he saw a large group of people covered by black miasma fighting against the soldiers of the city. Magic Spells, bullets, and other projectiles enhanced by magic were flying across the sky as they fought intensely. 

'They're really the same group who previously attacked my house... What do they want anyway?'

Behind the group of the terrorist was a hooded man. He feels like an evil magician with a large red orb grasp in his hands. The orb was black and inside it was a pulsating crimson light as if it was an eye.

'Ahh... This must be the Sealed Mana Artifact: Hallowed Eye. Just by looking at it, it really does look something that must be sealed. No wonder.'

Wallace glanced at the ongoing fight and noticed that the soldiers where being pushed back. 

'That's weird... Our defense forces shouldn't be this weak.'

"Avalon... Do you have an idea on what was happening?"

[ The chain of command was disrupted due to the disappearance of the City Mayor. ]

"What happened?" Wallace knitted his brows upon hearing the report.

[ There was a group of terrorists who had sneakily entered the city and caused havoc within. Many high-ranking officers were deployed to rout them but perished in return. ]

[ They made an assassination attempt to City Mayor and although the Mayor wasn't killed and only his double has suffered, he and the Chief of Police were still injured by the sheer force of the suicide bombers of the terrorists. They were now in hiding and couldn't give orders. No information about the Mayor's current location. ] 

[ Based on the latest information, the defense was currently being commanded by a member of the Lucent Force. Unable to get more information due to the changes in their communication method. ]

"Changes in the method?"

[ ... ]

[ Due to the terrorist's devices similar to an EMP, the Lucent Force took over the command and were using Magic to send orders and communication instead of the police forces' electronic device. ]

"Oh... Makes sense..."

Wallace then decided to give a bit of help to the frontline who was fighting against the same people who tried destroying his house.

He took a distance, about 3 kilometers away, and brought out his Lotus Mech Frame. He then took out a long barrel of cannon from his Spatial Bag. It came from the only offensive weapon installed in his spaceship. 

He couldn't trigger it normally as it was already detached from its power source. So he had to use the Mech Frame's source energy to fire this thing up.

After Wallace has hidden and felt satisfied with his position, he aimed the makeshift cannon to the holder of the Hallowed Eye.

Due to his distance, the young man was sure that the enemy was unable to detect that he was being targeted by a galactic weapon.

Wallace grinned at this. At the moment, he was just waiting for Avalon to complete the calculation to make sure that he won't miss the shot.

Although it was sad to say, he only has to pull the trigger. At the very least, he learned how amazing his A.I was.

Beep!

[ Target Locked. ]

Wallace didn't hesitate as he pulled the trigger. 

Whoozzzsh!

It was a genuine shot from a Positron Impulse Cannon. 

Wallace holds his breath as he wanted to see how powerful this weapon was. He was actually hoping that this Adept he targeted could somehow defend against it. 

Why? Because once the Meredith Empire really came here, he was hoping that there were really some powerful artifacts or Adepts out there that could contend against the forces of the empire. After all, the powerful Arcanist and Grand Arcanist were very few in numbers.

So Wallace wanted to have a better way to calculate the strength of the Adepts and learn how to better help them in the near future.

As for his current simulation in VR Pod, the simulations for Adepts were still imperfect due to his low sample. It will naturally be adjusted by Avalon in due time.

Boom!

A huge explosion disrupted the ongoing battle. This stopped both the terrorist and the soldiers from exchanging fires. The shot caused a powerful shockwave making everyone wobble on their feet. The ground even trembled for several seconds before it stopped.

Even the few fully buffed or enhanced Lucent Force members were shocked at the scene. 

Some of them immediately look at the direction where the shot came from. Although they couldn't see the shooter clearly they noticed a silhouette from afar. Well, since they aimed at the terrorist, although the soldiers were affected a little bit, they can tell that he should be friendly so they didn't bother recognizing them for now. It can be done later after the enemies were routed.

"Take this chance, now!"

"Annihilate them!"

The leaders suddenly found an opportunity as they turned the tables.

Wallace quickly left the place as he achieved his desired results. The holder of the Sealed Mana Artifact was indeed somehow capable of defending a powerful strike like that. The man only suffered by losing one of his limbs and just almost turned to ashes since he was quickly protected by that black miasma.

Wallace even saw him staring blankly at the dimmed Hallowed Eye and glanced at the large crater made by his shot.

Wallace had then noticed that the black miasma that came from the Hallowed Eye and was currently protecting the terrorists were weakened by a huge chunk. This means that the soldiers will be more than enough to handle the enemies. Their morale was boosted and Wallace's job was done.

"Alright, let's go home."

Wallace vanished and reappeared close to his house. But suddenly, he was warned by Avalon about an incoming projectile. It happened so fast as Avalon gave him instructions on what to do.

Since that was the case, he relied on Avalon's suggestion. This super A.I.'s processing speed was beyond him so he trusted him and did what it wanted.

***

The Phantom Squad was looking so happy about their accomplishment this time. They watched the improvised missile they made as it collided to the house's barrier and saw a huge explosion after.

Boom!

A deafening blast was heard as the explosion even formed a mushroom cloud showing how powerful this attack was. It was followed by an aftershock as it even caused a little earthquake cracking the surrounding land.

"Hahaha! Eat that!"

Most of them laughed and some had a grin on their faces as they started to back away and retreat. This commotion had surely attracted the attention of some members of the Lucent Force. They have to quickly get away from this place or they would be captured or killed.

Splat!

"Eh?" They saw that the leader that threw the improvised explosives was suddenly splattered on the ground. And for some reason, his death didn't activate the bomb inside his body.

A huge metal humanoid body was suddenly standing in front of them. 

"W-where did this came from?!"

"Scatter!"

"What was an Iron Knight doing here?!"

"Stupid! That's not an Iron Knight!"

One of them could only say as he doesn't have time to explain. Iron Knights were products from the Northern Continent that could not be revised to avoid degrading its performance. Those things were definitely cute compared to this evil-looking humanoid machine. 

'A custom design? It must be a Steel Knight that was recently popular...'

'Right! There was no report that he already acquired the Iron Knight from his master! This definitely came from a different person!"

A large number of cores coming from fire elemental mana beast were being purchased recently. He guessed that some organizations within this city had successfully created a number of Molten Cores to run a new model of Steel Knight.

'Is this a large automaton? I can't sense a human life inside...'

'It's a waste fighting such a difficult opponent if it is only an automaton. It's a waste of time!'

'I told you! We shouldn't have planned to mess with that place again!'

'Tsk... What's with this place?! There shouldn't be a power capable of acquiring this thing within this City yet...'

They have different things in mind after seeing what was in front of them but they still have something in common... and that was their plan that didn't need to be said - Escape. 

Wallace noticed the difference from the attackers today and from the previous two. They do not possess a large amount of black miasma with them but they possess a threatening amount of energy hidden within their bodies. 

For this reason, Wallace had been careful when he stepped to the man who threw the improvised bomb. He made sure that he didn't have a chance to activate the bomb within their bodies. 

And so, he repeated the same thing to the fleeing enemies. He could fire at them but he decided not to do so to ensure that they wouldn't have a chance to use their bombs and cause more damage in his neighborhood. 

"Urgh... I think this place is a bit unlucky... Should I move to a new place?"