Dozens of defense personnel wizards arrived on the 55th floor; they then landed, got off their broomsticks, and carried it in their right or left hands. Not far before them, several wizards wearing suits covered with lab coats and loafers, some wearing suits covered with overcoats and loafers, and some wearing mechanic uniforms, waiting for the defense personnel’s arrival. On the other hand, Daganzo was still in his place on the 56th floor and kept observing them. Daganzo’s expression turned curious as he thought.
“The Defense Personnel have arrived, they came must be to get the new device….”
Daganzo appeared to realize something; he then was surprised as he thought.
“Where is the Researcher Leader? I thought he will welcoming the Defense Personnel?”
Daganzo’s expression turned astonished. The defense personnel walked up to the people wearing lab coats and then stopped in their tracks with curious expressions. One of the wizards wearing a lab coat said.
“Welcome to the factory, defense personnel. Please follow me to get new tracking devices and briefings.”
The wizards wearing lab coats walked towards the wide main corridor of this floor; the defense personnel then walked after them. Daganzo, who was watching, took the broomsticks leaning against the railing beside him as he thought.
“They’re began to move….”
Daganzo got on his broomsticks, then rode it to fly across the open area in the center of this building and landed on the 55th floor. Daganzo got off his broomstick and carried it in his left hand; he walked after the defense personnel from behind and carefully blended in with them.
Inside the library building, Alton and Furano were standing guard behind the wall at one of the windows of a row of open classical-style windows at a regular distance from each other in one of the library sections on the second floor with several groups of single sofas, long sofas, short tables, and carpets, lined up before the row of these windows. Furano, who was also wearing her cloak, watched the night sky covered in Glass Walls magic spell while being alert with her handgun of the spellcaster. Before Furano, Alton also stood guard behind the wall near another window while watching the night sky and alert with his soul dagger. Sometime later, nothing happened, making Alton and Furano look slightly bored observing. Alton turned to Furano with a curious expression.
“Doesn’t the situation feel quiet?”
Furano turned to Alton and nodded.
“Who knows where the First Earth wizards are, this area is probably far from their patrol area.”
Alton nodded; he then put his soul dagger into his waist bag while leaning his body forward on the bottom part of the window.
“It seems we don’t need to be too cautious yet.”
Alton looked at the night sky, slightly lost in thought. Furano was slightly surprised and looked at Alton curiously.
“You’re right; if they try to break through this building, we’ll notice their arrival.”
Furano put her handgun back into the holster and then sat on one of the long sofas nearby. Furano put her elbow on the sofa’s arm and propped her chin with her right hand while watching the night sky outside the window beside her. Alton turned to Furano, stood leaning against the wall, and watched her curiously. Alton smiled cheerfully.
“I am happy to be with you.”
Furano was surprised and turned to Alton. Alton appeared to remember something.
“Oh right, I want to go for a moment.”
Alton walked away at an accelerated pace and went down the stairs before the open hallway railing to the first floor. Furano watched Alton leave curiously; she then smiled.
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On the other place, the Defense Personnel and Daganzo walked through the main corridor on the 55th floor, busy with factory employees wearing mechanic uniforms. Not long after, they arrived before a tall wooden door decorated with beautiful carvings. People wearing lab coats entered this room, and the Scout Division walked into the room following them, as did Daganzo.
Behind the door is a spacious factory room resembling a hall, with a ceiling that combines the height of two building stories. Before them were four levels of long conveyor belts almost reaching the hall’s ceiling and lined up in two rows. Dozens of phoenix automatons were being assembled using mechanical hands with tips resembling the tips of pliers and had glowing magic spell writing patterns. These automatons were being moved by the conveyor belt and assembled quickly as they passed through several groups of mechanical hands in turns at regular intervals. One of the groups of mechanical hands assembles the automaton’s metal skeletons, then the machines, then the outer layer of the automaton’s bodies, to form a metal statue of a phoenix standing with its wings folded and head bowed. Even though they were assembled quickly, it took some time for these automatons to be finished being assembled in one of the groups of mechanical hands. The finished automatons passed through a tunnel twice the size of their bodies, heading into the next room.
Two other lines of conveyor belts assemble pocket watches similar to previous tracking devices used by Department of Defense personnel. These pocket watches move into open metal crates at the end of this conveyor belt. One of the men wearing a lab coat said.
“Please take a new pocket watch, and put your old ones in the place provided.”
These defense personnel stood in several lines leading to the metal crates at the end of the conveyor belts. They took one of the new pocket watches and put their old ones into another metal crate beside it. Daganzo lined up in one of these lines as he observed his surroundings carefully. Until finally, Daganzo got one of these new pocket watches. After all the defense personnel present got a new pocket watch, one of the wizards wearing a lab coat gave further instructions.
“Okay, please follow us to the next room.”
Several people wearing lab coats walked out of this room, followed by the defense personnel. Daganzo walked after them with a curious expression.
They walked through the corridor and arrived at the next room’s tall wooden double entrance door. Wizards wearing lab coats opened this door and invited them in. The defense personnel entered this room, followed by Daganzo. Behind the door is a dimly lit hangar-like room that combines the height of two building stories, and double metal doors lead out of the building. This hangar is divided into several parts by walls with slots for placing a phoenix automaton statue all over it.
At the end of this room, several tunnels were connected to the factory room next to it. The automaton in statue mode that has just arrived is taken by mechanical hands attached to pulleys connected to the room’s ceiling and then placed them in one of the empty slots on one of the walls. The defense personnel looked around them with curious expressions. One of the wizard defense personnel’s expressions turned curious.
“What exactly are those statues?”
This wizard’s comrades around him also looked curious. One of the wizards wearing a lab coat said.
“The statues you see displayed on this wall are magical automatons, which can be activated using the new pocket watch you got. After you activate this automaton, the automaton will detect you as their master until the automaton deactivated. You can summon them at any time to your location with summoning magic spell, and they will assist you until you told it to return to the hangar or deactivate it.”
The defense personnel’s expression turned curious, and they discussed these automatons with their comrades around them. The wizard with the lab coat resumed speaking.
“Are there any questions?”
The defense personnel looked at each other with curious expressions, and no one asked questions. The wizard in the lab coat continued speaking.
“Alright then, now you all please try activating your pocket watches by pressing its side button as usual,”
Each defense personnel opened their pocket watch and pressed the button on the side, as did Daganzo. A glowing magic circle with a shape resembling clockwork with clock hands appeared on their pocket watches. The wizard in the lab coat continued speaking.
“Now you press that button once again.”
The defense personnel and Daganzo once again pressed the button on the side of the pocket watch, and grains of light that formed a stone-like light floated above the magic circle. The wizard in the lab coat continued speaking.
“Now you put the pocket watch on one of these automatons. You can choose either one.”
These defense personnel looked around them in a bit of confusion; each of them then walked over to one of the automatons and placed their pocket watches in the slots on this metal statue’s chest; several defense personnel rode their broomsticks to flew to the phoenix statue located in higher positions. Daganzo’s expression turned curious; he then chose one of the statues in the bottom row on the wall. The stone-shaped light entered these statues when their pocket watches were installed in the slots on the Phoenix statues’ chests.