Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 5)

Vol 5/ Chapter 62: Shaming the Empire

"Contact us? How did you know we're here?"

When I heard that, I frowned. We came to this Earth base by pure chance! Even if they wanted to find us, shouldn't they look outside the base? How did Reider know for sure we'd be here?

"He didn't say exactly... He told me to stay in the Earth humans' area as much as possible. There'd be a big chance of seeing you all. Looks like His Majesty was totally right!"

Egil looked super impressed. In his mind, Reider was like a genius god. But for us, this was even weirder. Could it be true that this System dog emperor really came back from the future?

"So why are you telling us all this now? You want us to help the Empire kick out the humans from other worlds?"

Adrian didn't want to think more or hear useless stuff. He looked Egil up and down and asked impatiently.

"Oh, I'm not sure! His Majesty Reider just told me to make sure you talk to him directly. He'll tell you the rest himself. But..."

Egil quickly explained. He put his hand in his pocket, but suddenly stopped like he remembered something. He looked troubled and asked me:

"Is Cyra here too? His Majesty wanted to talk to her first. But I've been watching you all since you came to this shelter, and I still can't tell who's Cyra. I only know you're Feliciana, and there's someone called Reed, who's also on the list. I guess that kinda fits what His Majesty wants? So..."

"What do you mean 'kinda fits'?"

I couldn't help rolling my eyes. Was my identity not good enough for that dog emperor? But I could tell some details from what Egil said. He found Adrian and me only because he heard about us from our talks before.

"Cyra's not with us. She's not in this base either. If she's your only target, you can leave now!"

Adrian told him to get out, annoyed. But I still couldn't figure out why the Empire's emperor cared so much about Cyra.

"Of course not! If that's the case, you talking to His Majesty should be okay too!"

Egil was shocked. Afraid we'd kick him out, he quickly took out something about the size of a jewelry box and put it on the table.

"What's this?"

He opened the box. Inside was a crystal ball thing, like a glass marble. I'd never seen anything like it. I knew it wasn't just a normal glass ball, so I asked Adrian for help.

"This is a magic communication pearl, right? It's like a smaller version of the old crystal balls. But the Empire's magic tech is pretty amazing. They might have added some extra functions!"

Adrian knew a lot. He recognized it right away.

But crystal balls are not easy to carry, so usually only armies and cities have them. When you use it, you can see the other side's scene inside the crystal ball through magic elements. The downside is the picture looks a bit twisted.

"If they can make it this small, isn't it like a magic version of a mobile phone?"

To be honest, I was getting annoyed with Egil saying "kinda" all the time. But the Empire's magic communication pearl really made me curious. No wonder he could sneak it past the Earth people's checks and bring it into the base. I reached out to take the "glass marble" and have a closer look.

But when I touched it, I realized the glass marble was actually part of the whole box. I couldn't take it out! Egil quickly came over to help.

"That's not how you use it. Just turn the pearl once and put a little magic power in to start it!"