"As for these things on me—"
Olbins shook the gleaming metal ornaments scattered across his Academy Uniform.
"Whoosh—"
Under Anvis's slightly surprised gaze, all the metal ornaments abruptly expanded, interlocking over Olbins's body to form a fully enclosed construct armor with a distinctly fantastical style.
Mysterious Inscription Circuits flowed with faint light across its layered, sturdy metal structure. Deep within the chest section was an external mana source shining with a pale cyan glow.
A layer of head armor fitted with various observation spells and devices enclosed Olbins's face. While protecting his entire head, it left the antennas atop it exposed.
"This was inspired by the emerging field of Magic Construct studies.
"I attended several advanced construct courses before and, based on the concepts behind Magic Constructs, designed an independent modular construct armor set."
Olbins's voice was slightly distorted through the amplification Magic Array of the construct helmet.
At the same time, he took a few steps and briefly displayed the details of his armor to Anvis.
"I have to say, this thing really is quite good. Its protection rating is much higher than that of ordinary experimental protective gear.
"When handling certain materials, I can work with my own hands instead of having to do everything through a layer of experimental equipment.
"Like that helmet, the blueprints for this have already been handed to your contact—"
Looking at the construct armor on Olbins, which emitted Mana Fluctuations close to the Fourth Rank, Anvis paused slightly.
This equipment suddenly reminded him of something Olbins had developed in the future.
At the peak of Magic Construct development, the most commonly deployed war-type Master Control Alchemical Spirit: Hive Mind.
Few people knew that the prototype of Hive Mind had also been developed by Olbins—
In the beginning, construct forces had been far