Chapter 349 - Explosion (1/2)
The legend of Mana Calamity is quite mysterious and one couldn't really tell what kind of disaster will happen with it.
However, as far as they know, it would result in massive destruction of land or surroundings… It would also create strange phenomena that couldn't be explained just like the Illusion of the Venarian Town.
Lewis and the other Mech Knights were unsure how Wallace is planning to trigger the calamity but they can sense the strange vortex of mana happening…
”We have to retreat now!”
Their mission to freeze the fleet and cast Mana Spell to try to invade their internal structure can be considered a success already.
If they try to force themselves to further damage the gigantic spacesh.i.p.s in front of them, they would be in extreme danger.
Even right now, they can feel that the Imperial Flagship is still exuding a threatening aura even after being covered by the black ice.
”We haven't destroyed all their sensor craft yet!”
”Tsk… Avalon… Where are the other sensors?”
[ Six More Sensor Spacecraft remaining… ]
Beep!
Avalon quickly showed the coordinates of the remaining sensors. They were a bit far and even if their cannons or bullets can reach them, it will just be nullified by its energy barrier…
”Frostbite Seal…”
”Frostbite Seal…”
Lewis cast a Grade 2 Mana Spell that is not meant to destroy the spacecraft but to block or hinder its sensors instead. After all, these spacecraft doesn't seem to have the capability of defending themselves from external attack, and at most, they could perhaps dodge projectiles…
However, dodging a Mana Spell would not be easy if the target doesn't have its own Mana Spell.
'That should be enough…'
Lewis didn't stop moving after casting those spells. He has to quickly leave the place and gather at the rally point that was designated to them…
As he wonders about the current situation of Wallace's trick to destroy the Invader Spaceship, he felt a force of mana pulling him in from the vortex that the young man has created…
'This is going is crazy…'
”Activate your full thrusters, everyone…”
He doesn't have time to explain but he wanted his team to move faster. Perhaps, even Wallace is not that clear about the devastation that the Mana Calamity can do… However, he hoped that no one from their side would be implicated by this.
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Ace watched the Invaders destroy all the projectiles they sent to them using their turrets and other CIWS.
They did not hesitate at all and this is what he expected as well. They have been throwing unknown spells to them that could hardly be defended so they have to be careful not to let any of their projectiles get hit their spaceship again or something weird might happen as well.
His Excellence stopped moving continued firing at the enemy after he threw out the Sealed Mana Artifact.
Of course, the five Invaders that were chasing him became cautious and fired their Hadron Cannon followed by their missiles and beams…
Boom! Boom!
[ Shield Integrity: 58%... 57%... ]
[ Mana Reserves: 71% ]
The shield's power is steadily decreasing and it is not a good sign for them.
However, Ace felt the vortex of mana acc.u.mulating amid the Invaders…
It is a similar situation with Providence on the other side.
”Good… We just have to hold on for a bit more …”
Ace knows that the Empire's A.I. would have a hard time detecting the Mana since even Avalon took quite a long time to get used to it.
Their A.I. would also have trouble analyzing Mana since they were being mixed by their Advanced Tech as well… Unless they have a larger sample, they wouldn't discover this immediately…
[ Shield Integrity: 29%... 27%... ]
As soon as their mana reserves reached the 50 percent mark, Ace noticed that the vortex of mana created by the destruction of the Sealed Mana Artifact has taken effect…
”Avalon… We need to retreat… Now!”
Ace gave his command as he understands their situation clearly… The Mana Calamity that he wanted to trigger would most like affect 10 to 15 kilometers in radius…
And this information came from Wallace himself who had made a connection with Aeolia…
”How about the survivors of Omen IV?”
[ The rescuing Mech Knights were still dealing with the Mech Frames. They are not trying to kill the Magicians but to capture them alive with their equipment… ]
Avalon replied.
Ace had a grim face at this as he remembers the Empire's aim based on the information they've gathered…
It is to create the perfect gene optimization fluid and it requires the blood of the Magicians from their planet…