Earth's Greatest Magus



"There, our target is just an Interceptor-class ship. It does bear the mark of Golden City unfortunately," said the third magus of the Raven faction who was in the group, Magus Ante. 

The middle-aged man was a fighter at the Half Moon stage, and a staunch follower of the faction.

"The ship is currently flying at an impulse speed. Should we engage now?"

"No, we will continue closing in as planned," said Cyrus after a moment's contemplation.

The ship that the Raven faction was currently using was a Nova-class ship, a slightly larger type above the Intercepter-class which had a hanger that could accommodate 30 people. It has thicker hull armor plating, higher shield capacity as well as weaponry, making it a much more powerful ship by comparison.

However, it also had its own drawbacks; one of them being slower speed. If it had to catch up with an Interceptor-class ship, there was no hope for it to be able to do so. Thus, the Raven faction planned to approach the other side by acting as if their ship required assistance, waiting for their moment to finally act swiftly and decisively.

"Interceptor ship, we are Raven Zero. We are currently in urgent need of assistance."

[Negative, Raven Zero. Please on route to the nearest outpost]

"Please, we really need immediate assistance. We are closing in."

As soon as their ship reached close proximity to their target, Cyrus immediately ordered to scan the number of people on board. This way, they would be able to gauge how difficult this job would be.

"There seems to be only five people on board. Three of them are magus."

Although there was no way of knowing what stage the magus were at from the ship, the Raven faction master wasn't too worried. After all, there were 5 magus in his group. It's a little risky but the job had to be done.

Even in the unlikely event that all three were peak Full Moon magus, he could force them down with the ship's superior weaponry, and force them to surrender.

The only worry that was on his mind was that if the ship managed to escape, which would mean he would receive disastrous consequences from Golden City. 

"Do not fire until we reach point blank distance!"

Magus Cyrus then turned to Emery and the others saying, "Get ready. Do not fuck this up!!"

The plan was simple. First, they would disable the ship by firing their ship's engine. Then, they would board it to get the cargo that the pirate king wanted.

Since the Raven faction's Nova-class ship lacked the ability, the only way to board the ship was to fly directly into space and forcefully open the hatch. For that to be possible, a space suit was required – one that was similar to what Emery wore during the battle of Novus.

However, they apparently did not have enough space suits. Because of that, both Emery and Armand were given the [Space Walk Elixir] instead, which would increase their body's resistance to outer space.

This was of course very dangerous, especially for Emery whose body still did not have the magus' Immortal Body. Even with the potion, he estimated that he would only be able to hold out in space for about 10 minutes.

Despite that, what occupied his mind the most was what he should do to handle this situation.

In an ideal scenario, he would assist the crew of the Golden City ship and inflict a loss upon the Raven faction. 

But then, he changed his mind and decided that the best and safest course of action was to let the Raven faction do the crime. After that, he would secretly take the ship's logs to give as evidence to the authorities later.

That way, he would be relatively safe from any suspicions.

As for the crew, Emery could only pray for their fate. He had no responsibility to help them, especially if doing so would jeopardize his own goals. 

With that, he waited for the Raven faction to finally take action.

As the ship drew closer, another voice came over the intercom.

[Raven Zero, do not come any closer. I repeat, do not come any closer]

"Master, they are activating their warp engine. They are leaving!"

Knowing that it was now or never, Cyrus ordered action.

"Focus all weapons on their engines, Shoot now!!"

All five magus and the dozen or so saint-level Raven warriors readied themselves as they saw laser beams shoot from their ship toward the Golden City ship.

[Raven Zero, you are attacking the Golden City envoy ship! I repeat…]

In truth, the Raven faction master was anxious as soon as he heard the word envoy. However, he knew that this was not the time to hesitate. Since the shot had already been fired, he could only continue.

Under the bombardment of the Nova class ship's weapons, the Golden City's Interceptor-class ship was wrecked in no time. When the ship's engines were damaged and it drifted slowly through space, it was time to board.

It was at this moment that a figure flew out of the Golden City ship. The other party was a Full Moon magus as he cast a Tier 6 spell that blocked the Raven ship's attacks from inflicting more damage.

"Keep firing!! Don't let him take a breathe!" Cyrus ordered.

The magus was able to dodge some of the beams. Unfortunately, since he couldn't just leave the ship unguarded, his movement was limited which meant there wasn't much he could do. Nevertheless, it took the Raven a minute of continuous bombardment before the magus was finally wounded.

"Master, our weapons are overheating!"

The Raven faction master wasn't worried. Now that the ship had been taken care of, he ordered Emery and the others to fly out and board the ship. While Cyrus himself dealt with the injured Full Moon magus, Emery was forced to follow Magus Ante.

"You two go in first." He said, trying to use Emery and Armand as human shields against the other magus inside.

As expected. Once the two went inside, what awaited them was another Full Moon Magus ready for a life and death battle, however behind the man was a Crescent Moon stage one, a beautiful woman who was raging with the attack.

"How dare you attack a Karat faction ship?!" She said

To his surprise, Emery recognized her. The woman magus was the manager of the Devildom Auction House and what he later knew to be a family member of the Golden City's founding family, the name was Tessa Karat.

It seems the Raven faction was just making a big mistake.