196 Spaceships Return Part 1 (1/2)

Wallace was silent after receiving the mission as he clearly understood what the Pathfinder wanted him to accomplish.

A Celestial Fragment was now in his possession and this item could either help him learn Chasm Trample or Astral Core Formulation. Unfortunately, the fragment was not enough to complete the learning process. It is only capable of triggering the method to learn the skill. For Chasm Trample, he still needed to be in a special place to fully learn it while the Astral Core requires four other types of immensely powerful energy so he could form the core.

That's right, aside from the power coming from the fragment, he planned to use thermal energy, mana force, nuclear energy, and aether force.

Apparently, he already made a huge progress in creating a field where nuclear fission is possible, although the field was small with a size of a room, it was enough to create a space for nuclear energy . For thermal energy, he could easily manage to prepare one using his Laser Focus. Then for the Mana Force, it would be quite easy for him. Ever since his Arcane Baptism, he already had a very strong foundation with regards to Mana.

With that in mind, the missing Aether was the only one left. He wanted to use a bit of Aether to complete the formulation of the Astral Core that he wanted. Right now, within 19 AU as Avalon said, no other source of Aether can be found aside from the remaining Aether within the spaceship.

”I guess... I'll delay the blueprint for the artifact for now... or should I postpone this mission for next week instead?”

Wallace was feeling a bit undecided on what to do first but after he carefully weigh the situation, he decided to immediately visit the Araceli Island. He was worried on what could happen in his spaceship in the next several days. Who knows if the Aether would just suddenly run out?

It would be a tragedy if something unexpected happens while he was trying to create an artifact that should not really be his focus.

He then contacted the Headmaster about his changes in schedule advising him about his disappearance in the next few days.

After this, he immediately sorted out all his necessary equipment and weapons that he should bring in his journey. His Lotus Mech Frame was also included.

He considered for a while and decided to bring four Elysiums with him.

”Mhm... This should be enough for now. Anyway, I should try to avoid fighting head on.”

Wallace looked at the case containing several explosives that originally came from his spaceship. He still had a lot of them left so he decided to maximize it's usage in this operation.

It seems that everything was settled.

'Did I forget something?'

In truth, Wallace was bit nervous since he didn't have that many battle experience. His experience was more on a simulation program and using drones to fight enemies. His real tough muscle fight was here in this world. Although he knew that he was strong, he was aware about his lack of strong battle sense that can normally be seen from only the battle hardened soldiers.

Sigh~

He had one more check within his Spatial Bag and after confirming that nothing was missing. He quickly disappeared.

Void Phasing Step!

Through the help of this skill, he sneakily smuggled himself to Montego. Though he still took about four hours before he arrived at the soil of this country, he felt that it was worth it. He didn't officially use his travel documents since he wanted to keep this journey a secret. He doesn't want anyone to find out that went back to this country.

After a few more usage of his Void Phase, he arrived near the Araceli Island. He didn't dare to physically appear in the island yet so he appeared in a nearby island just about 500 meters away. He wanted to make sure about the status of the island first.

His Divine Sense was carefully sent out to determine this and soon, information about the island came to his mind.

”That guy is no longer here, huh.”

Wallace felt that it was a shame since he wanted to compare his strength to that man. After all, that guy was so difficult to face on the first time they met.

'Urgh... I shouldn't think about that. It's good that there's less troublesome people here.'

In exchange to that man, Wallace noticed that the number of Battle Mage and Adept Mage had increased.

From their ranks, four of them had a mana fluctuation that tells that they weren't ordinary Peak Adept Mages. Although the young man couldn't clearly tell the difference, he was sure that those four were the standing leader of this place.

For his spaceship, it was still safely covered within the dome and spherical glass.

'Eh?'

Wallace was a bit surprised that he could clearly see everything using his Divine Sense. Before, this skill was being blocked by the dome itself. But now, it feels like there were barely any obstruction from him to the Spaceship.

”Was my Divine Sense really that strong now... Or perhaps, is this a trap trying to lure me in?”

He couldn't remove that from the possibility since someone had already infiltrated this place already. They surely made some improvements in their defense of traps necessary given the time they had to prepare.

'Tsk, there's no time for second thoughts... Let's do this...'

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