To boost the morale of the Magicians, Ace decided to apany them with their gship, the Excellence.
Only two spacecraft would be engaging against the Empire''s forces but they are not underestimating them at all…
There''s a total of 31 Spacecraft from the Meredith Empire and all of them were bigger than Excellence and Providence.
One could just imagine the number of Mech Frames, Destroyers, Marauders, and Enhanced Soldiers inside one of the spacecraft.
However, they at least have some weaknesses that Escanor has pointed out. Of course, Ace was also aware of this but the former decided to create an ideal n out of it.
First, the Empire is not familiar with this territory. They have to be wary as they might encounter unknown entities or other enemies aside from the Magicians, especially after encountering the block of mana when they used a wormhole to enter this star system.
They must have a very strong army but their systems might take some time to gather all the information they needed within a hundred A.U.
Escanor and his team learned a lot after being together with Freya and Avalon.
Another one of their weakness was their inability to respond or detect the Mana Artifacts.
Unless they are being attacked, they should be able to detect the Mana-Based Observers that they have.
It should be simr to the Arians when Ace attacked the Omen IV.
Finally, the Empire is not aware of Wace and Avalon''s existence yet…
It means that they are clueless that Wace has already influenced their objective and even created a space fleet to wee them.
They will be able to give them a surprise as long as they nned their attack carefully.
''There''s two Mech Knights Division with a total of 30 pilots… We also have another 20 Mech Frames under Avalon''s control. The number is extremely smallpared to the enemies. But we have tons of space mines nted and 5th Gen Mana Artifacts… If Escanor is right, this set of Magic should enough to at least damage several spacecraft and clear up any Mech Frames they''ll bring out…''
Ace pondered as he entered the bridge… He made several checks about their operation and didn''t find any problems with it.
As long as the Empire''s firepower is within the limit of their calctions, their Mana Artifacts would certainly y a big role.
That''s right, the key to the sess of their offensive operation is not the Mech Knight Division, the Particle Beam Cannon, or even the powerful Sattelite-ss Canon installed in their spaceships… The key to this was the set of 5th Generation Mana Artifacts that would give them destructive power…
These Mana Artifacts that they''ve prepared are those ''One-Time-Use Artifact'' that are extremely expensive and banned in the market… Of course, Ace was no longer a person that would be intimidated by money and he also has Veda''s widework of information to help him out to connect with the ck market.
"Avalon…" Ace called.
[ Everything is prepared. ]
"Very well… Commence Launch Sequence!"
Acemanded as the Excellence and Providence started their engine…
[ Starting Launch Sequence ]
[ Main Power: Online ]
[ Conduit Activation… Rying Power to umtor… Connection Confirmed. ]
[ Output Flow: Stable ]
…
[ All Excellence''s Systems: Online ]
[ Sealing airtight bulkheads. ]
[ Preparation forunch: Complete ]
"Alright, Avalon… Launch the Excellence…"
Ace gave hismand as the Excellence went out first from the Moon Base followed by the Providence.
He nced at the Transcendence hovering above the Moon Base as it was left behind…
It will be the main battle spaceship that will protect this territory while they''re gone. It is apanied by several smaller spacecraft as they remained in battle stations.
Now that the Empire is getting closer, they have to be alert at all times.
"Avalon, how''s the condition of our pilots?"
[ They made a report that they are at the peak of their condition. ]
"Is that so? Inform them to have a rest whenever they have the time. We will alert them once we''re close to the enemy fleet and once that happened, they would no longer have time to take a rest… So tell them it''s an important order…"
[ Affirmative. ]
***
Escanor and his colleagues were left at themand center watching the two Transatmospheric Battleships taking off.
As soon as they exited the Moon Base''s spherical protection array, their boosters immediately activated as they went to the path of the enemy fleet.
"It''s beautiful…"
"I wish I could''ve joined them…"
"You''ll just hinder Sir Wace… I''m sure that he''ll be sessful even without your help..."
"Ha! I didmand a spaceship from Dorssia Empire several times… I might be useful…"
They allughed at this as they did their best to improve the mood within the room.
Their battle n to fight them head-on may sound ludicrous to others if they considered the number of enemies… But having a Magic ispletely different and Escanor wanted to just show them how threatening the magicians can be…
If they pulled this off perfectly, they will create a mysterious and also powerful impression on the minds of the imperial army.
As Ace shared with them, the Empire doesn''t know their Magic Skills and was barely aware of anything about this.
''Haaa~ But I might be wrong… If the Empire''s forces are stronger than I expected, I just hope that Wace won''t be ming me…'' Escanor silently prayed as he saw two small dots of light in his monitor. The ships are getting further away and there is no turning back in this mission.
Thanks to Avalon, Escanor knows a lot about the empire… However, he was still reminded that there might have been a lot of changes considering the sheer power of the empire.
"Alright… There''s no time to waste. It''s time to work…"
Escanor urged his colleagues to start the task that Ace has left for them.
Apparently, the young man wanted them to work on one of the Lost Arcane Technology to create anotheryer of defense for their base.
It is the Optical Phenomena Maniption technology that Wace has received from Pathfinder! It is now time to use this so-called Lost Technology.