"Arians, huh..."


    Wace had never seen a member of their race before because of their connection with the Empire.


    At most, he had seen their photos and read some books about their creations.


    The most popr on their creations was the Raze Drive that helps not only their allies during interster space travel but also the space pirates on their operations.


    That''s right, the Raze Drive was one of the most affordable technologies that don''t have many restrictions to acquire. As long as one possesses the money, anyone can purchase it themselves. They don''t discriminate people aside from that...


    This was the reason why even though they are the weakest race under the empire''s rule, there was a lot of organization willing to protect their people even if they are outside their territory.


    As the two mid-size spaceship approaches the asteroid, Ace tried to get more information from Avalon about the background of this race. He didn''t want to base all his understanding with them using his stock knowledge.


    "How about thenguage they speak?"


    [ Education is part of their system. Their race speaks all thenguages of the Major Races. ]


    "Very good... Have you found any pattern on their space mines?"


    [ Negative. There was no time pattern or cement pattern. The space mines were just being scattered everywhere. However, it was observed that the release of these space mines was all in a hurry as if they were out of time. ]


    "Mhmm..."


    Ace tried to think of the possible reasons.


    ''Are those space mines expired or something? Instead of cing traps, it feels like they were just throwing it away...''


    It wasn''t like their ship was about to sink and needed to unload things... They were not in the water.


    Releasing those explosive things might also be due to some problems they''ve found on those space mines. It may even be about to explode within their spacecraft and they have to remove it quickly to avoid an internal explosion.


    Anyway, he can only imagine all of this in the meantime while they were still traveling in their direction.


    The two battleships were already cloaked with 3yers of Stealth System so Ace was sure that the Arians would not be capable of detecting them unless he did something that would reveal their location like firing weapons orunching out the Mech Frames or automatons inside.


    At this time, Ace was now wearing one of his bio-armors and was entirely ready for a fight. However, he doesn''t intend to fight in the front lines and was only wearing it for safety and to hide his identity.


    Beep!


    [ The Transcendence is now in line with the Asteroid''s path. ]


    "Very well... Continue in this direction... Let the Excellence stay on its path."


    Ace paused for a bit after saying this. He was making sure that he didn''t miss any detail about their current n to confront the enemy spacecraft.


    "Avalon, have you simted enough?"


    [ 46 Simtions Completed. ]


    "How much energy do you think we need to destroy thempletely?"


    [ 35% of our Mana Reserves and 10% from our Ion-Sting Reactor. ]


    "That much, huh..."


    Ace somewhat expected that obliterating the Asteroid would consume arge part of their energy but to spend so much for a single enemy spacecraft only proves that they were stillcking...


    "I guess we can try topletely immobilize this Asteroid first... Make the Excellence prepare for the istion barrier..."


    [ Affirmative. ]


    Of course, it wasn''t the Excellence itself that would cast the mana spell for the Istion Barrier but it will be the task of the Mech Frames that were mounted inside.


    Later on, they will have to sortie and lead the attack.


    Although Ace asked Avalon to simte the destruction of the asteroid by using their positron ster cannons, it doesn''t mean that he already decided to just fire it on them.


    Apparently, he wanted to capture the people inside or at least let Avalon or Veda hack into their system. Thetter might actually be the best option as they wanted to find urate information.


    The sess of this operation would depend on whether they can immobilize or eliminate all the crews inside the enemy ship.


    If it can''t be done, they will have to change their ns and obliterate the whole thing without any question.


    "Avalon, let''s increase our speed. It''s better to meet these people far away from the."


    [ Affirmative. ]


    The A.I. dutifullyplied.


    The spaceship''s thrusters fully activated. Although it increases the chance of being discovered, it was only by a small amount. They were still within the eptable range.


    In the meantime, Ace rxed his mind after confirming their status.


    He actually felt a bit sleepy. Although his body was gically enhanced, he has been working non-stop in the past few days.


    Now that he was out in space and at thefort of his spaceship, he felt truly rxed and decided to take a nap. Anyway, he was still far away from the enemy.


    The mini-investigators controlled by Avalon were also constantly monitoring the Asteroid and he would be immediately informed.


    Any emergencies in the Earth will also be handled by Avalon and Veda so he wouldn''t be disturbed unless the Arians were already within their sight.


    ***


    "Is there something wrong?"


    A deep voice from a middle-aged looking man echoed within the small room.


    "Master... I''m just worried. I''ve talked to... one of my subordinates at the southern continent a while ago--"


    "You did what?!"


    "Err... Right... I have a special method tomunicate with them. I supposed that yours aren''t working?"


    "That''s right... I''ve been troubled for a while now since I''m unable to contact the Manor... Sigh~ I''m worried that your seniors will be bullied if I did not return for such a long time. It would be worse if they thought that I was dead..."


    "Eh? Master... You are a Grand Arcanist... Who would dare to offend your apprentices or the Manor itself?"


    "Hmph... The powerful ns were capable of doing so... Even your Ravencroft n can offend other country''s Grand Sage..."


    Sir ine shakes his head after saying this. He nced at Wace and noticed that the young man was stunned after hearing his words...


    ''What did my father''s n do to a Grand Sage?'' is what he wanted to ask but an irritating voice was suddenly heard directly from their minds.


    "Come here... I think I''ve evolved your Divine Sense! Hahaha! I''m awesome!"


    The master and apprentice looked at each other after recognizing the voice. It seems that they have to meet the Celestial Being.


    ine already forgot to ask what Wace was worrying about as they went out of their room to meet the Celestial.


    The room they were at was built on the floating ind itself caused by Mana Cmity.


    Right now, their ind was approaching several more floating inds that were parked at the edge of the northern continent like they were some sort of vehicle.


    There was one thing inmon in each of these floating inds except the one that they were riding on, there were people living on it and their numbers aren''t few.


    These people were the natives of the northern continent who had their ancestors worked for Prince Zamphail or Aeolia...