104 The Completion Part 1 (1/2)

Chalice could no longer manage this island alone. An extremely organized ambush within their base could not be coming from everyday pirates in the sea who just know how to find some treasures and rob people in the sea. After he fought with two powerful magicians, he realized that they were holding back to avoid revealing their true identities. Aside from that, he hadn't discovered any nearby vessel where they could have come from.

'Did they swam here?' Chalice absurdly thought but didn't entertain them since it shouldn't be possible to reach here through swimming with all their arrays and formation placed. For now, he had to further increase the defenses of this island especially now that their infrastructures were damaged due to the bombardments of the enemy. Some guards or magicians was even severely injured due to the chaos that has occurred outside.

”Take him to the infirmary.” He said after glancing at Rashid's arm. He realized that the man would probably be one of the weakest Adept Magicians from now on. Missing an arm would affect their mana control and they had to practice in a long time to get used to it.

Even with the help of Adepts he still failed to protect the place. He realized that it would be better to have a deal with the other faction.

Now that the being has retreated within his turtle shell, he might as well let the higher council decide on what's the next plan.

He then instructed the three remaining Adepts to go outside, deal with the remaining intruders and handle the aftermath.

”Also, tell those guys in the ship to lend us manpower here.” He coldly said as he remembered the members of the other faction loitering at the dock.

He noticed that the little girl sent a signal that reached outside a while ago but ignored it due to the situation. Now that he calmed down, he noticed that the intruders were trying to escape.

”So it was an order to retreat?”

As he calculated the distance, there was no way they could reach them. They seem to have heavily prepared for their escape route.

'Anyway, I won't be able to know much with those low-level magicians. They should be able to handle it. As long as we know a bit about their background, it should be enough.'

He hated it when he wasn't aware of his opponent's identity. But due to his weakened state at the moment, he had to let his people handle some important matters.

He let the Adepts do the chase and he guarded the spaceship.

'Why did he take that little girl? Who are these people intruding anyway?'

Now that he had time to analyze the whole situation, he felt that there were too many coincidences that have occurred.

'Looking at it, I can assume that they were all somehow related. Only when this armored being appeared here that all this bad lucks appeared, a little girl with a unique physique, two powerful adepts hiding their strengths, and those abnormal bombardments coming from flying magicians. Are they here to retrieve this spaceship we've been protecting for decades?'

Chalice was, in fact, aware within his hearts that the armored being is related to this aircraft but something was telling him not to give up on this treasure. He couldn't accept that someone will just take this technology out of his reach.

Now that it is still within his grasp he won't let other people take it from him.

***

Wallace wasn't thinking much when he saved Yumi outside. He just can't let her die outside and he'll be needing her assistance at some point since she's a high ranking official of NMTI.

But Wallace doesn't have any plans to reveal his identity yet. There were still about 20 hours remaining for the merge, he had to at least wait for his Pathfinder. He still hadn't received his reward anyway.

Yumi, on the other hand, was also quite nervous. She wasn't sure who this armored being is, she only felt a familiar aura from him. Also, this person saved her from the enemies a while ago so she felt safe around him but not to the point where she'll let her guard off.

Wallace noticed the she was silent and not moving. He put her down and as he was about to ask questions, Yumi beat him to it.

”Thank you for saving me there. May I know how to address you?”

'Should I introduce myself for real?' Wallace thought but immediately denied the idea.

'No... it would be better if I can gain her trust even without revealing that I'm Wallace she was looking for.'

So instead of answering her question, he decided to ask in return.

”Why are you people here?”

”Eh? We're just looking for someone and it lead us to this place.” Yumi answered but deep in her mind, she was extremely excited with the discovery of this technologically advanced aircraft.