"Avalon! Record everything!"
Ace imdiately instructed his A.I.
The Mana-Based Observers that they've sent to monitor the fleet can still be controlled by Avalon even with such a great distance.
[ Affirmative ]
Ace nervously went to the Moon Base's headquarters as he wanted to see the live feed from various observers.
He's acting like this as the information about the strength of the fleet is extrely vital.
If they know the Empire's strength, it would greatly help them in calculating the result of the battle once they faced each other.
Of course, Ace didn't dare to put an ambush this early as the fleet might decide to stop their stealthy activity and just force their way to the Magic Earth.
It would be better if the fleet just continued with their current pace to let the people on Earth have more peaceful days to continue their research in improving themselves.
It didn't take long before Avalon managed to identify the ch Fras that they have…
[ We have identified 3-types of ch Fras. ]
"What are they?"
[ Dragon's Warrior, Serpent's Marauder, and Wolf's Sledger. ] Avalon replied.
Ace can easily rember these three powerful ch Fras of the past…
They are ch Fras that could easily contend against his Lotus ch with a Radiant Wave Technology.
"I expect that they've made enhancents with these chs already…"
[ That's is correct. Although the fra still looks the sa, we can see so additional weapons and improvent in its speed. ]
"Very well… That's still acceptable. However, I want to make sure that they do not have any technology related to mana."
[ No signs of it. Since they are also unable to detect the Mana-Based Observers, we can assu that they do not have anything against Mana. Do not be paranoid, Ace. ]
"Hahaha… You're right… Mana isn't sothing they can have for themselves."
Ace laughed at himself for thinking too much as he let Avalon monitor the ch Fras from the Empire.
It seems that they are exploring the asteroid belt and it's sothing that would take a very long ti.
***
[ Empire's Fleet ETA: 18 days ]
Ace woke up from his sleep after a sudden sound of alarm…
He imdiately asked Avalon for a report.
[ A disturbance caused by unknown energy. The energy seed to be trying to enter the Moon Base but with the several layers of Magic we've placed with the help of Veda, we managed to stop it. However, it caused so damages to so of our equipnt and exhausted 13% of our Mana Reserves. ]
"What? 13%?! Where did that co from? Have you identified the source?"
Ace was shocked to hear the amount of Mana that was used since 13% of their reserves should be equal to firing their Satellite Cannon by 30 tis…
[ No. We tried to locate the source but there are no traces. I couldn't trace Mana so I asked for help from so magicians stationed here. ]
"Tsk… Is it from the Empire's Fleet? No, that's impossible… Wait--- How about the missing Celestial Being?!"
[ Unlikely. There's no way we can stop the power of a Celestial if we used Wallace's report as a reference. ]
"Is that so?"
Ace tried to think but he doesn't have an idea.
[ In any case, if the attack didn't co from space, we might consider checking whether it is an attack from the surface. You should be aware that aside from gaining followers, you also gained enemies after taking over the moon. ]
Avalon reported truthfully. Well, he wouldn't be surprised if he has so enemies wanting him to fail.
After all, he truly accomplished a lot of things and perhaps robbed other businesses' source of inco.
In the anti, Ace instructed Avalon to fix anything they needed to fix and get a supply from Earth as soon as possible.
This sudden attack that wasn't from the Empire wasn't in his calculation.
After all, the people from the Earth don't even have a thod to break through the barrier-like atmosphere… There shouldn't be any way for them to attack their Moon Base at all.
"Sigh~ Another problem occurred. I can't even trace the source of the attack. I just hope that they won't attack us when I'm dealing with the Empire…"
Ace thought for a while as he considers whether to ask his friends on Earth for help about this.
Perhaps if he asked Yumi, Lacus, and Miya, they might be able to help him narrow down the list of possible suspects…
'Tsk…'
As he's about to call Yumi regarding this, a call ca to his communication device. It's from Wallace.
"Hey, Ace… Sorry… I think I caused you a lot of trouble. It was my bad." Wallace imdiately said after Ace accepted the call.
"Huh? What are you trying to say?" Ace had a bad feeling about this.
"Well… I managed to evolve my Void Phase and I tried moving to your Moon Base to surprise you but… I didn't know you've set up such strong defense that my ability was thoroughly canceled! What in the world is that defensive array? Are you trying to catch a Celestial Being? I don't think that even smashing an asteroid in your base would destroy it…"
Wallace praised Ace's defense set up but the latter is not having it…
"You… You've destroyed a lot of precious devices due to that!"
Ace blurted out but he imdiately took control of himself.
He took a deep breath to calm down as he slowly explained to his other self the damage that was done.
Although the damages are repairable, they still disrupted their work and wasted their precious ti.
In the end, Wallace apologized as he explained to Ace about his current strength and plans.
"Alright… Your Void Phase is aweso… However, instead of going here to surprise , deal with the 6th Gen Mana Artifact or perhaps the 7th Gen Mana Artifact. Help Aeolia or sothing… I don't think that 5th Gen is enough…"
Ace replied as he explained the recent information he got from Avalon.
"Ho~ Those three ch Fras… Don't worry, I'm sure that our ch Knights can handle them… However, you're right… I'll make so arrangents with Aeolia to teach the 7th Generation. In the anti, you should practice A.O.T.L as well... Who knows, it might help you later in the war."
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