Chapter 337 - Space War I (1/2)
The appearance of energy similar to the Cube of Paradox was quite concerning… The 'Sacred Relic', as per his mother's research, have many uses… However, only a method to harness a bit of the cube's power was discovered…
Luckily, the Empire seems to be unaware of how to properly use it until now…
'Well, it's not that easy to study it especially after the death of its main researchers…'
Ace was talking about the first people from the galaxy that has entered the Magic Earth…
It is the team lead by the Prince or Aeolia who didn't manage to survive the rejection of mana in their bodies.
”We have to destroy those two spacesh.i.p.s… Coordinate with the Mech Knights Division. We will be needing their support.”
[ Affirmative. ]
'Mhmm… Their main fleet would recover from their restraints in a few minutes… and the five conquerors in front would be dealt with later on… We don't have much time…'
Ace analyzed the situation quickly… The planted liquified Celestial Blood wouldn't immediately take effect but the corrupted energy would certainly damage the starship's internal system…
”Avalon, what Mana Artifact can they use at this time?”
[ There are three of them. Modified Mirror of Trace, Stealth Armor, Blazing Thunder Spears ]
The Mirror of Trace that was capable of deflecting Grade 4 Magic Spells was modified to be capable of handling advanced tech weapons as well. Theoretically, it could also return a particle beam if they have enough mana reserves.
This mirror made of Ancient Abyssal Glass was just too powerful.
On the other hand, the Stealth Armor that they have also had the latest Archon Series. This is a Mana Artifact that he made in consortium with Vector Organization who made the said Series.
Finally, the Blazing Thunder Spears were Mana Artifacts influenced by Lacus Minerva…
All of them were quite useful but not in terms of dealing with the two Black Sovereign Spacesh.i.p.s.
”Tsk… It's not enough…”
[ All of the powerful Mana Artifacts that can damage the spaceship were installed in the Providence Spaceship. ]
Avalon replied. The Mech Knights weren't meant to fight these gigantic spacesh.i.p.s in the first place… They were meant to fight smaller machines like Mech Frames, perhaps Destroyers, or Marauder Gears of the enemies…
”Haa~ I understand… Let's just try something out… They are still Adept Mages… There should be something we can do.”
[ Affirmative. Just give your orders. ]
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Ferdie Sigma, one of the elite solo players in the Alien Invasion game, was fascinated at the thought of seeing genuine spacesh.i.p.s…
Not just an orbital spacecraft but one that is capable of interstellar travel…
This is the reason why he was so interested in the recruitment at the Mt. Raven before. He met with other players and this was also the first time he realized that he was ranked 15 at their Server Rankings.**
He wasn't playing competitively and was only enjoying the game so he wasn't checking the leaderboard at all…
He was mostly focused on learning the top-secret Magic Structures and mechanics of the Advanced Techs…
He even felt bad about learning them for almost free… After all, they are things that can be used in the real world and would surely benefit them.
Nevertheless, he spent most of his time studying these Magic Structures and Technology while also enjoying the game through the missions that Freya was giving to him from time to time…
When he arrived at Mt. Raven and successfully passed the last examination, he felt truly happy and even wanted to have a Mech Knight similar to the Radiant Knight that he used in the simulation…
He accepted the final interview and agreed with all the contracts given to him… He didn't find anything negative about the contract as it was full of benefits except for the fact that they will be facing real aliens in the future…
When he was 23 years old, he was just working as a Fabricator. At the age of 27, he managed to luckily complete his Arcane Baptism but he was just promoted as a Fabricator Manager since he has no other interests… He was overqualified but he wasn't really interested in researching Magic or becoming a powerful Magician.
Anyway, he's unable to accomplish anything amazing in his life.
However, he was very interested in joining Wallace's cause, to stop the invasion from happening in the real world… It was like fantasy and he somehow wanted to be part of it.
He has many questions about how Wallace managed to prepare on such a large scale like this but it doesn't matter since his reason is genuine… He truly wanted to save their country or the world from destruction and even gave free knowledge and items to prove this.
Ferdie was in the first batch of Magicians that has arrived in the Moon Base. Then, he was assigned as a pilot as expected but he didn't manage to get the Radiant Knight that he wanted, it was given to a genius magician named Hilda.
He wasn't mad or jealous about it as he was soon given a Mech Knight that is more suited for him.