"You two, step into that circle," I said to the pair. Hippolyta and Jeanne are the two girls who will be participating in this field expedition.
Honestly, I would prefer if those fools hand the girl over without any need to exchange blows… Well, more like, beat them up, as the loadout I've prepared for them will kill them off without any much of a hassle, and most importantly, I will be going there in the middle of the day.
Still, the possibility of them handing over that Tepes girl is small to none existent, mainly because of their pride. Quinella did several million calculations on this and there is around a 87% chance of them saying no.
"Okay…" Both Jeane and Hippolyta stepped into the circle. Soon enough they started to get scanned.
"So...umm… What is this light?" Jeanne asked curiously as she looked at the light starting to rise from the circle.
"I am taking your measurements. After the scan is done you will receive your S.P.B.A. army gear," I said to them as I checked the readings on the two girls.
Quite simply learning their three sizes and checking their weight too… I am using any opportunity I can to learn those.
A few presses later and I realised that they were going to look like Mandalorian bounty huntresses.
Kinda hot on its own.
"You mentioned this before but what is the S.P.B.A?" Hippolyta asked as she looked at her hand, seeing the light washing her over. Going up and down her whole body.
"Scientifically Prepared Biological Army, S.P.B.A for short, are my soldiers who will be doing the grunt work for me. Their job mainly consists of collecting stuff for me. From Sacred Gears to samples. Depending on the situation." I clarified what my grunts do for me. Nothing much, just some handymen.
"Wait...you didn't mention war… you are not planning for them to fight your wars?" Artemis asked with some confusion as she heard my explanation.
"Have you ever heard of something called 'precise orbital bombardment'?" I answered her question with another question.
"Why lose soldiers' lives when you can just shoot the enemies from space… as expected of my Lord Husband." Hippolyta instantly understood what I meant. It took some time for Artemis to process what I meant but she eventually got it nonetheless.
"The gun-shaped station in space… but, it can't shoot everywhere, can it?" She asked with realisation. There was some fear underneath that question.
"It can… even the Underworld or Heaven… or any smaller dimension linked to Earth… I can shoot anywhere. Even realms connected to other Pantheons…" I said with a shrug as I looked at the final product of the armour.
My gaze went to Hippolyta who had stars in her eyes while Jeanne looked slightly baffled hearing me talk about my Apsos-class Station capacities.
Artemis and Atalanta looked pale like paper realising that I could most likely nuke Olympus with nothing but my word.
Only Le Fay had a poker face. I can assume she is the only one in this place apart from Latia and Quinella who checks the logs on the projects…
"Well, the armours are done. Check them out."
With a hand motion, I showed them the full 3D image of the armours. They looked like classic Mandalorian armour only the difference was that it's a female version. Meaning the chest piece and the armour itself is much more slender.
The left shoulder plate has the regular S.P.B.A. letters on it, while the right shoulder plate has the original emblem I've prepared for them.
For Hippolyta, it was a Greek female warrior with a spear. There are also some different colourings on the armour. A third colour of red has been added to the original dull silver and blue.
For Jeanne, it was a symbol of the original French royalty used back in the hundred years war. Symboling her identity as the reincarnation of Saint Joan.
Her extra colour is a golden yellow which fits quite well in my opinion.
"Oh...OH… my gosh… I am gonna look like a Mandalorian Bounty Hunter!" Jeanne clapped her hands in happiness.
"Wait… you only now realised that Master's Army is based on the Mandalorians?" Le Fay asked while facepalming.
"Hmm? I never paid much attention to them. I only realised it now that I saw myself in this." She shamelessly shrugged her shoulders. I could only snort in amusement.
Jeanne reminded me of those gal girls who only care about certain things. The rest can just go fuck itself…
Kind of makes her perfect for me and perfect to be a Saint. Assuming in her very first life as Joan of Arc, she was a devout Christian who only cared for her country and religion.
Now in this one? Well, she only cares for me. The signs are already there, that she is quite in the hots for me. And of course, having fun… I bet she won't even bat her eye when we are going to lay waste to the entire Vampire nation…
"And who are these Mandalorians you are talking about? They sound quite similar to Ares' pet project…" Artemis said with a sigh.
"Pet project?" Everyone except Atalanta looked curiously at the Moon Goddess. I included as she mentioned the word 'project'...
"Yes. Back in the day around what you humans call the Bronze age. Ares 'descended' in one of the cities which you all call Sparta. He created a society around the whole martial prowess and war." The Goddess said with a shrug.
Well, it's good to know that Sparta was a pet project of a war god…
"So my dad was the one who created Spartans? Good to know…" Hippolyta said with a not caring shrug herself.
While the rest like Le Fay and Jeanne looked on with some disbelief. I too, to a certain extent, after all, Spartans are part of humanity and its overall culture. So, knowing that Ares did something akin to a research or test project is something else entirely…
"Right… So yeah, you can say that the Mandalorians are based on Spartans which are in the fictional world of Star Wars. A famous franchise in western culture." I explained to Artemis.
"So your soldiers are indirectly based… once again, from my pantheon… good to know…" The Moon Goddess said with a twitchy eyebrow. She was quite annoyed... Most likely on the fact that it was not related to her in any way… again…
"Yes. The best kind of warriors." I said with another shrug. Honestly, Mandos are cool, especially the true bounty hunters. With the Jetpacks, flamethrowers…
Right… I need to note this one down. Since I have the Rangers, let's make bounty hunters too…
I quickly pulled out my phone and typed it down, saving it in the notes. And with a quick swirl of my hand, it was back in my lab coat pocket.
I then pressed on the hologram and the ground slightly opened. The gears came out, placed on a pedestal.
"Here it is. Your gear has been crafted." I said to them as I walked over. Both of my hands were in my pockets as I looked at the gears placed in front of me.
"...How fast was this created!?" Hippolyta asked with wide eyes.
"All of my facilities are automated, sweetheart. Aurora runs everything. I stopped making things with my own hands just around the time I beat you three." I said with a shrug. I don't recall past inventions that much, but it was around the time when I finished Freedom Mark I… that was the last time I did something with my own two hands.
"I see… this… well…" The redhead, from the looks of it, was speechless, so were the other two newcomers. Only Jeanne quickly approached, almost leaving an afterimage of herself as she appeared in front of the armours.
"Sweet God… this looks almost exactly like the armour the Mandos are wearing!" She lifted the helmet and checked it out. She could see her reflection from the helmet showing just how polished it was.
"Try putting it on, and check how superior it is to any Mandalorian ones." I said that with a proud tone. Hell, the Star Wars tech level was already quite lacking towards holograms!
The girl listened to what I said and she quickly put it on.
Gasp
"You put Realitus tech inside!? Damn this is like not wearing a helmet at all!" She exclaimed realising what was put in the helmet.
"Precisely. I know that neither you nor Hippolyta like helmets, so I improvised and decided to put some of my Freedom tech inside the helmet." I said with a shrug.
"Freedom tech? Is that your winged armour that you had?" Hippolyta asked with a curious look as she inspected her helmet.
"Have, not had. The Scale mail you saw me in before is mark II. The one I have at the moment is Mark IV… the final edition."
"Whoa! Mark IV? When? How? I remember Quinella just bragging about Mark III like it was yesterday!" The blonde removed her helmet and quickly called a holographic window with her finger and went through several menus until eventually found something.
"...Damn… I only checked last week! You already have the model done!? And this one… you removed all the safety features?" She asked with disbelief.
"Well, yeah. All the systems which were to keep the wielder safe were converted into offensive capacities.
According to the simulations, I could circle the globe in less than 10 minutes."
"That's nuts… that kind of force could turn a regular human into flesh paste…" Jeanne said with a weird look. She couldn't believe that I would create something like this…
Well, this was me taking all the limiters off and checking just how fast the energy wing technology truly is without any limiters placed on it.
This is my final Freedom. Before I fully switch to my Strike Freedom. The next generation of Scale mails.
"Indeed. So, it's not meant for regular people to wear it."
"The...files says that even Ultimate class beings are not recommended to use for more than 2 hours. How is that even possible? Does it drain magic or something?"
"The OS. Aurora Borealis works with the armour for maximum response time. In other words, it would drain magic as the body would need to keep up with the response time. I had to upgrade the Triangle Diamond reactor for that kind of response power."
"...I see… this is nuts… officially, this is nuts…" She said while shaking her head.
"It is for my use only." I clarified to her. No regular human could even push this thing above 1% of its maximum performance.
"Do you even need a scale mail in the first place?" Artemis asked me from the side. She was just behind Jeanne reading over the same thing the blonde was.
"For the first run? Yes. After that? No." I simply said to her,
"Adapt to it? I see…" Hippolyta said with realisation. She probably knows my ability to adapt the best.
"Correct. After that, I will switch to a different model."
"Still? But, you are like the 3rd Strongest Being… maybe even 2nd… why do you even need this?" Artemis said with a baffled tone.
"I could ask the same… Why do you need a bow? You can just punch the wild animals out? Or why wear clothes if they offer no augmented protection?" I said with a snort.
"The answer is obvious… preference. Do you think I will fight someone again like Superman? Quinella goaded me because she knew what I disliked. Someone I wouldn't mind punching the very face out of, and erase an entire celestial body underneath its foot.
So far no one else exists in this world that would make me do it again. That's why I will be switching into something else or even sending someone else to do the grunt work." I explained to her. She slightly paled. Nonetheless, the Moon Goddess got the message loud and clear.
"Now, go and change your clothes into this." I motioned with my chin at the armours.