310 Orange II (1/2)
The customs of the Galactic Federation and Meredith Empire, the two superpowers of the galaxy, were different.
Because of this, Ace immediately identified himself to the Arians so they could relax a bit in front of him.
”I'm Wallace Ravencroft… I'm not from the Federation or the Empire right now… But you can say that I'm leaning towards the Galactic Federation. You don't have to be too wary of me. I don't intend to do any harm from you people…”
He decided not to use ”Heather” in the meantime as Captain Heather's Zymeth Spaceship was known throughout the galaxies. Ace wanted to avoid getting connected with them at this time until he managed to gain their complete trust.
Ace has already removed his bio-armor so they could clearly see his face.
”Wallace? Ravencroft?”
The Arians behind Shreguc muttered softly as if they were trying to recall someone with that name.
Their memories were good but they couldn't remember any outstanding person with such a name.
Anyway, they were still surprised seeing a human here and have many questions in their minds. It was the same for Ace. He planned to discuss something with them that might be helpful when the other forces of the Empire had finally arrived here.
After all, they only wanted the destruction of the relic, which was believed to be the ”Cube of Paradox” based on Avalon's deduction. Their goals were entirely different from the Empire itself.
”I'm Shreguc Stoutsnarl. I'm the Captain of… Ugh… I'm now only managing this warship called Omen. May I ask if you're a servant of the Xeno Collective?”
”Servant?”
Ace realized that they were still thinking this way. He couldn't blame them as no one really tried explaining the details to them.
Veda used them as test subjects while Avalon just used them as a labor force to build the fortress.
These people couldn't decline because their weapons and all other types of advanced equipment were confiscated. Aside from that, they were also guarded by several Mech Frames and automatons.
They were obviously prisoners or more like workers for the ”Collective”.
”I guess we'll have a lot of explaining to do…”
If Ace wanted their full cooperation, he must also try to gain their trust so that they wouldn't work half-heartedly. He wanted them to become even more productive today and in the future.
While this was all happening, the magicians were getting used to their spacesuits not worrying whether it would be damaged or destroyed completely.
”Wind Enchant - Haste!”
”Earth Enchant - Protection!”
”Prime - Focus Shot”
”Archon – Earth Bind!”
”Rock Storm!”
”Ice Blade”
”Petrification!”
As they got used to the control of their mana, they started casting Grade 2 spells, and finally, several Magicians cast their Grade 3 spells.