The following day he was at the meeting hall. It always strange, on the table he was given the same position as An who was the leader of this place. He asked her about it and apparently the people actually think he is the true leader and An us following him.
He didn't understand why until he learnt it was her idea, according to her she isn't technically wrong. It was him who set the foundation of this place and therefore deserves to be it leader.
He tried to turn her down but she told him it would give people hope. She was not as strong or innovative as him. His ideas are what gave them water, food and warmth, it would make people feel safer if they believed they were under his wing.
He doesn't have to participate in anything if he doesn't want to, she can make all the decisions but the position of the Twin Mountains Valley village head was his, she would lead the council as a subsidiary leader.
The other members of the council did not object to this, infact they were eager to agree, too eager she said with an obviously annoyed look.
He eventually agreed to it, now he was sitting at the head of the table with An sitting opposite him and the others sitting on the sides of the long table.
So let start, today we have to design the tournament rules and activities to determine the most suitable leaders. The main focus will be the military but we have to make the others feel included, she said.
We should also make it clear the positions aren't permanent, if you bad at your job or somebody better comes along you will be replaced, suggest Annie.
Won't that cause discontent from the people, it doesn't matter what they think about, if they want to keep their positions they should be the best at what they do or let others do it.
Before the others could object Fabro spoke, I agree with her, if people think they irreplaceable it would cause complacency, he said.
They all turned and looked at him. Okay so that we agree on, positions will change so people have to work to keep them, good. So about the tournament, said An.
The should be a tournament of crafters, military strategy tournament and then the battle tournament, he said. That sounds good.
They left. Balga and the other builders were going to start building the arena today. All the builders were earth attributed so building a stable foundation for a large building was not an issue for them.
Most were muscular men but there were a few women among them, women usually became mages rather than warriors so even among the few women there some still had dainty figures as opposed to their muscular counterparts.
An would go check on the progress every now and then. He walked on the wet stone road of the village towards his workshop. Atoris was there tinkering with the floating core of the flying ships he had been working on.
The ships were also manatech, they weren't actually transport ships but small battle ships that prioritise speed. They looked like a bird with it wings not fully spread.
He had Installed guns on them, so far there were just two and he treated them like they were his children. He ignored the man and went towards his suits.
He had already made over 200 of them, technically he only made 4 and then designed machines with tiny needless like sewing machines that he used to draw the runes for him.
The machines were programmed to draw microscopic runes. He would just put a card with a rune in it and it copy that rune as many times as he desired, it made his job easier.
The body of the suits on the other hand were made by the other smiths. Since they did not need to draw runes they just forged the suits with earth grade metals.
The enchanters are the ones who worked on the weapons though. Atoris had used his earlier guns to made a new model. He used the manatech technology.
He did not just make guns though, spears, shields, bows and a lot of other weapons. He even made railing guns, they packed a lot of power but had a lot of recoil as well so he gave them metal legs to balance on.
Now it was time to test his babies, he obviously could not use them himself as he is too strong. It was the same for the twins Luke. The earth grade suits can rival a master but without intent the effect of their attacks would be lowered.
He swiped his hand and they all disappeared. He went to look for somebody to test the suits on. He found a hunter, it was a brown headed woman.
He called her over. I need you to do something for me. Yes sir, the hunter replied. He had seen this woman before, her name was Mandi if he was not mistaken, she was at the acolyte realm so he gave her the earth grade suits.
They were in an open field out of the village but still within the valley. She got inside the suit. Okay how do I use this..sir? The suit adjusted itself to fit her perfectly like tailor made armour.
Just think about activating it. She did as she was told, with a soft sound the suit glowed blue on it joints, the dim glass on the face also glowed blue. She tried to take a step and disappeared only to appear a 100 metres away.
She tried to stabilize herself and fell on her face. She picked herself up, the suit made a mechanical noise as she moved. THAT WAS FAST,WHAT IS THIS? She shouted. I can hear you, no need to shout.
It didn't even use my own energy, this is great. She said. Okay let continue with the test. They a did a few test like speed, strength and durability of the suit. She fired a few shot to test her aim.
It was not good but something that can be fixed with a bit of training. Okay now try to use your strongest technique. She complied, she pulled a sword on her back, it was also a mech blade.
Great cleaver she shouted, her bladed glowed silver, she swung it at great speed, a silver slash cleaved the ground and forming a 12 metre deep trench that continued in a straight line for 300 metres.
She looked at her blade. So how is it? He asked. Stronger, about 25% stronger than my usual attack, she sounded excited. Good then it time for a real battle test, Yamino showed up behind him as he said that.