Ace wasn't in a hurry to meet the visitors outside the mountain's perimeter. He only tasked Avalon to observe the group for now and only instructed it to act once they trespassed his property.
In case they have an evil intention, this would be the first battle that Ace would have after waking up in this body.
It must be remembered that he hasn't completed his Arcane Baptism yet. It means that he doesn't have an Arcane Link and his mana purity was still poor compared to the Adept Mages.
Anyway, he doubts that he'll actually need to take it on his hands considering that Avalon had several improvements already. His previous house has been attacked by several mages before and Avalon managed to hold them off swiftly.
But it didn't stop him to be curious about how he'll fare to the mages here.
