Chapter 375 - Invitation ( Part 1 ) (1/2)
Wallace finally saw the familiar spacesh.i.p.s.
There's one Conqueror Starship similar to the one in his dreams, three Invader Spacesh.i.p.s, and one Conveyor Spacecraft.
On the other hand, the forces of the Seiji Alliance were nowhere in sight.
'Why is it like that? What happened in that meeting?'
The young man couldn't understand why they just left like that after their confrontation…
He took a deep breath before halting the five floating islands in his control.
”Avalon, we'll monitor from here for now.”
[ Affirmative. ]
The floating islands weren't just covered by invisibility array but the clouds were also helping them to cover themselves.
Aside from that, the Mana that is covering the whole spaceship
Wallace had a bad feeling about the decision of the Seiji Alliance to completely leave the place after the negotiation.
'No… Perhaps, the empire already received what they wanted? Isn't that too simple?'
The young man was unable to comprehend their decision. Nevertheless, he wanted to ensure that he'll be able to deal a critical blow once he started to act.
This is just like what happened in outer space where Ace's ambush wouldn't easily work the second time.
”Avalon, connect me to Ace.”
[ Affirmative. ]
The young man doesn't want to be impulsive because his actions here would certainly affect the Empire's succeeding actions against the planet.
Aside from that, he also wanted to see what the Seiji Alliance would do… Were they told to return to their base to get sample magicians to experiment? Perhaps, the empire wanted to have specimens like what Veda wanted?
There's also a chance that Seiji actually returned in order to organize their fleet and conquer the mainland together with the aliens…
If that happens, Wallace wanted to expose them to all the other nations before exterminating them to set an example to those magicians who wanted to betray this planet and ruin it together with these aliens.
***
Ace was seated at the captain's bridge when he was suddenly notified by Avalon.
[ Wallace wanted to have a private conversation with you using Veda's Terminal. ]
”Mhmm… What's going on? Put him through…”
Ace replied as he relaxed on his seat… They were trying to stealthily dock the Providence to the Moon Base… Aside from that, they are readying their Chronos to be sent out on a mission.
The six of these small-size spacesh.i.p.s were already on standby so once the elite magicians have returned, they can quickly start the mission to survey the place where the Excellence was destroyed, and of course, to destroy the remaining Conqueror Starship they immobilized.
This is why they were currently busy.
[ Ace, we will be inviting the Imperial Flagship. I want you to force them to descend. ]
Wallace's voice was heard from the terminal… This is only an audio link since they are just using the Terminal at the moment.
”Alright, I'm prepared for that…” Ace replied.
His fleet of remaining Mech Knights together with a 10 Small-Size spaceship aside from that, Ace is ready to sacrifice his Transcendence Battleship.
This is the strongest spaceship they have that is meant to protect the Moon Base at all costs…
”Just notify me before you send that ”invitation” you'll send to the Empire.”
[ Of course… You'll have to see it directly… Hehe… ]
Wallace replied with a mysterious smile. They ended their conversation with this as they both have to complete their preparation.
'I'll have to try and destroy their main engines… But this will be a suicide mission.'
Ace thought for a moment… The problem here is that aside from having Aether's power together with the excellent piloting skills of Avalon, they also have to fully utilize their Mana Spells to gain an advantage instead of just fighting on equal footing.
However…
'Who's ready for such a mission?' He asked himself…
”What do you think, Avalon? Who should control the mana spells and artifacts within the spaceship?'
[ You can just ask for a volunteer. I'm sure that there would be some of them willing to do this. Besides, they still have the Nodes with them. It should help them survive for a while even after facing a disaster… That's plenty of time to use escape spells. ]
In the end, it seems that it is the best option that he has.
”Alright, let settle this once and for all.”
Ace said as they continued with their stealthy move and docked that Providence within the Moon Base…