Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 5)

Vo 5/ Chapter 34: Sneaking In(Part 3)

We didn't see anyone on the platform. It was empty! But there was a small door at the back leading to another room. Through the window, we could see a very big round table inside.

This place was clearly for meetings. Besides the door to the outside platform, there was another door going to other parts of the building.

"We've been running around but haven't found any useful info!" I said, sitting down on a chair at the round table, feeling a bit discouraged.

We'd walked almost 2 kilometers since leaving the warehouse, but we hadn't found even a tiny bit of info about Reed or the angels! Everyone in this base was busy with the surprise attack on the Republic. I couldn't think where else to look for.

"This means they probably don't have any problems!" Adrian's voice came from the chair next to me, which suddenly moved on its own. He was quietly comforting me. "If they were really caught, someone would be talking about it!"

He had a point. If they were killed, it would cause a big fuss. People in the base would be discussing it. But now it's like nothing ever happened. Plus, I didn't think that was likely anyway.

If I wasn't worried about causing too much trouble in the base, I'd almost want to grab an imperial soldier and ask what's going on! Of course, we might end up doing that. We can't go back empty-handed, right?

"Looks like someone's coming this way," Cyra suddenly warned, looking at the door to the inside. I was surprised - I hadn't heard any footsteps.

But soon I understood why. In the hallway leading to the building's interior, about 50 meters away, there was a fairly strong aura of light element energy slowly coming towards us. Based on experience, this was probably a human mage. But because his level was much higher than normal magicians, we could sense him from quite far away. With our wings hidden, Cyra and I probably only seemed like level 2 or 3 magicians at most, so we had many advantages in hiding.

"Hide on the outside platform!" Adrian said, pulling me along. We quickly went back out the way we came in.

Luckily, the windows between the platform and meeting room were see-through. We could watch everything happening inside, but they couldn't see us!

"Oh, there's three of them!"

When they got close to the door, we realized it wasn't just one person coming!

Besides the magician we sensed earlier, there was another light magician with him! But this magician's level was much lower - we could barely sense him even when he was very close. As for the last one, I couldn't sense any aura from him at all. He was probably just a normal human.

"You wait outside first. I have important things to discuss with our ally's envoy," a man's voice ordered. The weaker magician stayed outside the meeting room door, which then closed. A young man dressed very casually and someone wearing a white cloak entered the room.

"Haha, I didn't expect the Empire to be even more reliable than the rumors say! So, now that you've seen my sincerity, will you consider agreeing to my request?" the person in the white cloak laughed as soon as they entered, eager to make his request. But I felt something strange about the voice, like something wasn't quite right.

"That voice was changed by magic. That person probably wants to hide their identity," Adrian whispered in my ear, answering my question.

Just as he said, this mysterious person in white didn't plan to show their true face from the start. Not only were he covered in a cloak, but also wore a mask. Now even the voice was fake. Probably no one could recognize who he was.