Magical Academy: Rise Of The Supreme Magic Craftsman

Wallace opened his eyes but couldn't see anything within the dark place he was moved into. He felt weird and noticed that he was not standing on a ground but floating in an empty dark place. 

Although he was surprised, he didn't panicked and instead tried to absorb the situation he was in.

After a couple of breathe to calm himself, he noticed a familiar cube appearing in front of him and started floating within this empty void. The cube was now lighting up with blue and amber color. 

After the Pathfinder notified him that he will be uniting with the Cube, he never really expected to teleport near the item or be transported in this unknown place. 

"Where am I?" 

Wallace asked but he wasn't expecting any answer.

He urged his mind to reach the cube that was probably a couple of meters away in front of him. But instead of him approaching the cube while floating, the cube itself obediently came towards him.

"Hmm.. Is this mission complete?" Wallace asked.

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As soon as alarms was triggered within the dome, the man didn't waste his time as he jumped about 20 ft high from the ground. As he was about to collide with the sturdy wall of dome, a part of the purple wall turned soft as it slowly s.u.c.k.e.d the man inside. 

The man opened his eyes again after being s.u.c.k.e.d and saw the same bright place he had been staying at. The place had well conditioned air, even grass and trees can still be seen in healthy conditions.

The dome had eight such entrances circling around the place and it was connected by steel bridges. At the center of the dome, another large spherical glass was placed where a technologically advance aircraft was being held at. 

The Mana concentration here was so dense that not anyone could easily adapt and work inside. Apparently, there's only six people working within this place. 

There's three more specialist and two battle mage level servants aside from this strong middle aged serving as the main protector of this place.

"Sir Chalice, some existence entered the aircraft. We we're able to capture it on our recordings. After that, the aircraft started to pulsate a bluish glow from it's edges." One of the specialist wearing a silver and black full bodied suit approached Chalice and reported the situation.

"How about the body?" Chalice asked a bit more concerned in one of the important discovery within this place.

"It wasn't touched or anything. The bio-armor was still present and protecting it."

"Hmm.. Let me see the recording." Chalice nodded and said as he tried to calm himself from anger. He can't afford to lose control of the situation. He needed a calm mind to decide the best course of action at this time.

"Should we call the headquarters?" The specialist inquired to this powerful individual. He was only assigned to craft whatever he could at the materials they could get in this place. One example of it was the successful creation of the Cryptic Link Serum which he pioneered. The other two was working on a different project of their own that would benefit their organization.

"What can those old geezers do?" Chalice answered coldly.

"We can get help to increase our external defense. We don't know what could happen." He didn't say that he was worried that there's only a few battle mages and three adepts in this island aside from this powerful magician in front of him. If something went wrong, they'll be needing a lot of hands to work.

He had watched the surveillance outside and saw Wallace's battle with Chalice a while ago and was worried that more of them would come.

Chalice looked at the man sternly but thought about the situation carefully before nodding in agreement.

Chalice let the specialist contact the HQ and went to the observing deck near the spherical glass covering the aircraft.

It was now glowing with a beautiful light like it's about to come alive. The bluish light was pulsating from the aircraft, it was something he had first ever seen together with a certain individual decades ago.

Chalice sighed as he remembered all the work he spent for this project.

It was exactly 24 years ago when Chalice discovered an unusual phenomena within the islands of Araceli.

He found out that the Mana beasts had started to gain more strength, life force, and even show signs of intelligence in some cases. 

He tried to analyze the situation and found some ancient texts recorded about this similar phenomena. 

"This... Perhaps... Are they slowly mutating?" The young Chalice said after reading a book he acquired from the organization he recently joined in. This book was acc.u.mulating dust in the library of their headquarters even if there's low level of restriction to view it. Well, not many would be interested in the book entitled "The Diary of Gate Traveller" as they would rather read books about magic spell and possibly crafting than a diary of unknown individual.

Based on the text, evolution of Mana Beast could only happen with a small chance on places with high density of Mana but there has been a record stating that there were some weird occurrences in the world where the exposure of an ancient relic or lost technology could also trigger this phenomena.

It was never stated how many times this has occurred before but Chalice was sure that he could find the answer if he thoroughly looked within the group of islands.

It took him a month to find the source of the problem. 

In an island few kilometers away from the main island of Araceli, he saw an unforgettable sight that changed his life.

It was a beautiful metallic aircraft as he surmised due to wings it had for flight and thrusters or engine at the back and lower part of it's body. The c.o.c.kpit was dark and he couldn't see through from the outside.

The ship doesn't have wheels or probably hidden as it was docked using an eight claw-like hands to support itself from the ground.

The ship looks damaged and acc.u.mulating dust and moss but it's beauty could not be overlooked. The fine craftsmanship for it's every detail was superb and it was his first time seeing such brilliance. He believed that after cleaning it's outside he would see at least half of it's magnificent existence. It was definitely not something their small country could make.

'Is this the lost technology the the ancient text mentions?'

"Eh? W-What was that?" 

He saw a lying still humanoid figure in black armor that was also acc.u.mulating dust and moss. Near it's figure, several items or probably Mana artifacts were scattered. Apparently, the figure seems to be clutching their c.h.e.s.t. Probably due to a pain caused by an injury or whatever. He wasn't too sure and couldn't bother to think too deeply at the moment.

"Is that... Hahaha! Jackpot! This should be it." Chalice was so happy upon the discovery of this site.

As he was about to reach the site, he was stopped by another person that was also observing the place. Chalice doesn't have an idea about the identity of the old man who suddenly manifested in front if him so he put his guard up and readied for battle. 

"Who are you?!" Chalice shouted as he jumped away from the old man.

Magic was everywhere so he wasn't too surprised about the ability of the old man. He's more concerned in his share of loot with this discovery.

"I got here first! This site is now a property of Z-Company! Leave this place now or you'll be executed."

Chalice warned as he sternly gazed at the old man but the latter was only staring at the aircraft and the black humanoid body near it. 

The old man wore an eyeglass and had an oddly unemotional black eyes within. His l.u.s.trous black hair and arrogant smirk and the robe that belongs to only high level Magic Craftsman was something he could easily identify.

Chalice was chilled upon seeing the figure. He wasn't sure but this person was someone who was supposedly dead. 

'Impossible! M-Maybe they just look the same. That's right. That person even lives in a far country.'