"Asteria, do you know how to make Energy Rifles, fighter drones or fighter robots?" Cale asked nervously. He knew that he could just buy these things in the 'Store', but if he could manufacture them, then he would have a stable production of these weapons of war.
He already bought several dozen, skilled dwarven men, a few months ago and several hundred human workers to help them. Their current task was to replicate the Energy Rifles, Energy Bombs and the Bionic Armors.
They were able to make a few, but it was not on par with the weapons that they should replicate. It's not that they are not skilled, it is just that the making or the creation of these futuristic weapons were too hard without a diagram to follow.
Asteria thought for a moment before she spoke.
"Yes, it's easy. I can draw them for you."
"Yeah, I know it's hard... Wait what?!" Cale perked up his ears and moved near Asteria.
"Can you say it again, Asteria."
Asteria glanced placidly at Cale and spoke in a matter of fact tone.
"It's easy and I can draw them for you. Just give me a pen and paper."
Cale's heart was beating wildly. He could not help but hug the cold woman in front of him. His face was full of smiles as he pulled Asteria in his embrace. The latter did not move and allowed Cale to hug her, but her expression did not change. She only felt an unfamiliar sensation invading her heart.
Cale released Asteria from his embrace before he told her to go out of the Virtual Training Environment with him. He then scanned her body and recalled that he only bought her a fox coat. Those guys Brogen and Vishnu might misunderstand him again. Recalling their foolish smiles, he gnashed his teeth in exasperation.
He then purchased a blue knee-level dress for which has a cold nullifying effect. Cale then gave her the dress and she accepted it with a confused look. The former was speechless after seeing that she did not even know how to wear the dress.
'You have knowledge about many things, you can even draw a diagram of advanced weaponry, but you don't know how to wear clothes? Ay...' Cale glanced at Asteria who was innocently looking at him and sighed while patting her head.
He then removed the fox coat draped over her body and almost had a nose bleed after seeing her naked body again. He might have the soul of a middle-aged major general who had trained his composure through a decade of bloody war, but he was not immune to beautiful women. He hurriedly helped her wear the dress he bought for her and wiped away the sweat on his forehead.
'She's not wearing any underwear beneath that dress.' Cale shook his head and erased the unhealthy thoughts.
Cale was already used to the warping of space and was unbothered about it, while Asteria appeared to be much calmer than Cale was.
Brogen and Vishnu, who were inside the room were surprised to see another galaxy-toppling woman appearing beside Cale. They scanned the woman from head to foot, then glanced at Cale in admiration. They were truly lacking in comparison to their lord!
Cale ignored their expressions and grabbed Asteria's slender arms gently. He then pulled her towards his table and gave her a pen and paper.
"Asteria, can you draw it for me now?"
Asteria expressionlessly accepted the pen and paper before she began drawing. Cale watched her meticulously draw lines and circles here and there. She even wrote what materials should be used to make those things. And she also added the exact measurements of the said parts with lines of explanations written below.
Cale broke out in cold sweat because he failed to understand everything that she had written. He then turned his head away from her drawing and just silently focused on her deadpan side profile.
'What a pity, such a cold personality does not match her beauty.'
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Cale handed the blueprints drawn by Asteria towards the dwarven smiths. All of them gasped in surprise and amazement after seeing the detailed instructions written on the blueprint.
They crowded over the blueprints that Cale gave them as if it was some kind of holy artifact.
Dwarves were known for their physical strength and matchless smithing skills. With the appropriate materials and blueprints, it would be an easy thing for them to make any items.
With Asteria's nearly-perfect blueprint, they will be able to make a lot of that advanced weaponry in less than a month's time.
They excitedly talked among themselves and completely ignored Cale which amused the latter.
"My lord, we will now begin in manufacturing these weapons. Please excuse us." A middle-aged dwarf glanced earnestly at Cale while barely holding back his excitement. His dwarven companions similarly had the same expressions.
Cale rolled his eyes at them and waved his right hand impatiently. "Go leave."
The dwarven men hurriedly bowed their heads before sprinting away. Cale smiled and shook his head before he left.
"The graduation of Earth Alliance Academy's first batch of students is also close by. I wonder how those kids will do after making them go to war?"
Cale muttered to himself after seeing Demetrio coming towards him with an excited look.
"My lord, the graduation of our students will happen in three days' time. You will be surprised by their growth." Demetrio said mysteriously.
Cale smiled and put on a curious look. "I will personally attend the ceremony. Just by looking at your smug look, something good must have happened."
Demetrio awkwardly chuckled and talked with Cale briefly before he left.
"Ah, Demetrio, of course, I already knew what had happened with the S-Class section's students." Cale smiled faintly as he watched the retreating figure of the academy's headmaster.
"Two years had passed by since I was stuck at the peak of the Divine-Class level, but I still failed to breakthrough. Just what is stopping me from advancing..."
Cale sighed and left the manufacturing plant with heavy strides.