Chapter 79 (1/2)

When Wu Yan & company boarded the deck, Ikaros stopped for an instance and her iris changed from indigo to deep red and back in a blink of the eye. It happened so fast it’s like nothing happened and all is but an illusion.

Wu Yan noticed the instant she stopped and he turned his head back.

“What’s the matter? Ikaros.”

Lifting her head she answered.

“Master, there are lifeforms with significant danger rating!”

“Dangerous lifeforms…”

They exchanged glance and Mikoto walked over to her side.

“Ikaros.”

Pulling at her clothes to get her attention, she asked her.

“What you mean is that you detected strong individuals on this airs.h.i.+p is that correct?”

“Yes!”

She returned her gaze on Wu Yan. The manner with which she does this one would think that if she didn’t see him for even a second she’s afraid he would disappear.

“Ikaros, how strong is the individuals you detected?”

He whispered by her ears.

She still has her sights on him as he said this, she stopped for a bit before continuing.

“Quant.i.ty: 3, Strength: A, Danger: unascertained, recommending master to give dispatch command!”

Twitch his eyelids he hurriedly stopped her.

“Erm, I think it’s best not to act rashly, we will keep an eye for any change for now!”

“Yes! master…”

After she went back into expressionless mode, Mikoto and Hinagiku asked him.

“The number is 3 that’s clear but what did she mean when she gave her judgements on strength and danger?”

“I see, in her settings, strength with an A rating means they’re on the same tier as her, that is to say in this airs.h.i.+p there’s 3 tier 8!”

he said with a serious expression.

“The tier 8 have finally made their appearances…”

She exclaimed, tier 8, that’s her goal for now, with the strength she has now they’re existences she looks up to.

“I thought there were some miscalculations when we didn’t see any tier 8 but it seems they were hiding.”

she said after a fruitless scan of the airs.h.i.+p.

He grinned.

“Well that’s understandable, they’re tier 8, the ace in the hole the auction firm has managed to round up for a treasure hunt, being tier 8 why would they want to stand together with everyone else on the plaza?”

“3 tier 8 huh, Ikaros do you know their specific level ?”

Mikoto grumbled before asking her.

Shrinking her pupils without changing the colour of her iris she scanned the surrounding before reporting to them.

“Undefined, specific strength cannot be identified, scanning for position, no coordinates at the moment.”

“Stop it Ikaros, if you can’t find them then don’t. They will appear sooner or later!”

He said while grinning and rubbing her forehead.

Turning to look at him she stared blankly before responding.

“Yes, master…”

“Hmph…”

protested the two jelly waifus.

Beaming he regrettably retracted his hand.

The airs.h.i.+p floated up while they are engrossed in conversation. Stopping in midair the airs.h.i.+p spun around, probably to determine their direction. It then adjusted itself and set sail towards the south.

“This is incredible, it’s my first time in an airs.h.i.+p…”

She’s standing tiptoe in curiosity.

“Actually, this is my first time as well…”

He said wryly laughing while carrying Lirin who jumped into his arms from G.o.d knows when.

“That’s a given, I have never seen a s.h.i.+p floating in the air before, well, except for a certain s.h.i.+p that reports weather daily, and you being from a more technologically behind civilization couldn’t possibly have seen it either…”

Speechless, what she said is correct, his scientific world could only be described as so relative to Mikoto’s world who are 30 years into the future.

Seeing as he’s not going to say anything, a bit unamused she looked away.

“And, what’s next? Should we wait until we arrive or do we go find the 3 tier 8 right now?”

He pondered a bit before responding.