270 Space Race Part 1 (1/2)

Aaron hurried to the address given by Wallace and was surprised to see that the place he was at seemed like a hidden fortress.

He can recognize the various defensive spells set around the place and right now, due to the current incident, he saw several automatons patrolling within the vicinity.

”This place seems to be hiding many secrets... No wonder they were interested...”

Hawk suddenly said as his eyes glowed with a green light. He wasn't simply using a mana spell to enhance his vision but he was using a Secret Art to scout the surroundings.

Aaron was again surprised to hear this from him. This man with a code name Hawk probably has the finest appraisal skill in the country and he had seen many incredible things in his life.

It wasn't easy to impress this man.

”Haa~ If you say so... Anyway, I'll explain things to Wallace. I hope that he won't do anything on the group...”

”Hmmm... With his ability to set up this formation and use those automatons, Falcon would have a hard time if he didn't bring his mana artifacts.”

”You really think so?”

”Yes... I don't think that he could handle the young man's Traceless Oscillation without his artifact. It would be a disaster for him if they fought...”

”That spell, huh...”

Aaron had seen this being used during the TMAC when he watched the recordings. They learned that Wallace was the creator of that spell which could easily destroy anyone's mana shell or any defense to leave the magicians unprotected.

”It has been a while since that spell was developed. I'm sure that Wallace improved that thing even more. Especially now that he can get resources from his master...”

”Mhm... That's what I'm afraid of. So we have to hurry.”

Hawk muttered as they drove at the road going up the mountain. They alighted near the formation they could sense as they easily noticed that the defenses were currently active. It would be better to wait for Wallace to receive them as they might trigger the automatons patrolling or those who were observing them secretly.

It didn't take long before a flying automaton that came from deeper within the forest arrived and welcomed them.

”Sir Aaron and his companion, Sir Wallace was waiting for your arrival. Please, follow me... You can also bring your car in.”

Aaron nodded as they went back to the car and followed the automaton.

After a couple of minutes, they saw their guide stopped in the middle of the road so they also stopped the car and went out to know the situation.

”Is it here?”

”We are close... We have to walk from here.”

”I understand. Right, can you also answer questions aside from guiding us?”

”Yes.”

”Then first, what is that tower being constructed?”

Aaron pointed at the Mass Driver that was still not finished building.

Aaron was also sure that the thing he was seeing right now wasn't there before they entered Wallace's property so he knows that there was some kind of spell that was used to deceive their vision. Aaron was impressed with that.

He thinks that the man beside him was probably the only one capable of seeing through Wallace's formation using his Secret Art.

”It's classified information.”

”Then, can you tell me whether Wallace harmed the members of the Lucent he put into custody?”

”Yes, I can answer that. He didn't harm the visitors claiming to be part of the Lucent Force until he was sure about their identities He first wanted to learn their true reason for intruding this place.”

”Is that so? Right, are you using the Float Drive System?” Aaron suddenly asked as he observes the automaton floating stably while guiding them.

The automaton didn't answer immediately.

It was probably processing whether it was fine to answer the question.

”Yes. It's the Float Drive System...”

”Haa... Impressive. I can see that it has gotten more stable than before.”

Aaron complimented the incredible mana artifact. After all, many companies have tried creating flight-capable spells and mana artifacts that would help anyone to fly but nothing came close to the stability and flight speed capability of Traceless Hand's Float Drive System.

Although only a few magic structure crystals were made, it didn't change the fact that it was still one of the best flight-capable systems that have been built.