Chapter 89: The Beginning of a Missed Encounter

As the jump was about to commence, Miss Vilyric laid down her cards and approached the simulation window reflecting the outside, eager to experience this space jump technology from another world.

Little Dragon Daughter, slightly curious, peeked beside her master, looking equally interested in this new technology. Edwina, Leila, and Renée also crowded around, pointing at the increasingly close stone columns on the projection screen.

“Space jump, huh… Speaking of which, it’s been a while since I last saw Liliya. Maybe once this is all settled, I could… ahem, maybe I should keep that thought to myself.”

After all, saying something like “Let’s go back and get married after this battle” felt like planting a flag—best not to say it out loud.

Just then.

All the magical projection screens, including the one where Miss Vilyric stood, suddenly plunged into darkness!

Miss Edwina was momentarily stunned, then in a rather exasperated manner, she held her forehead, her heavy Holy Knight armor making a clattering noise.

“Hey, hey, is something going wrong again? Are we just unbelievably unlucky on this journey?”

“I don’t think so… Look, even Miss Vilyric isn’t reacting.”

Following Renée’s uncertain assumption, the Priestess quickly nodded in agreement without hesitation.

“Well, I dabbled a bit in space theory, this should be because we’ve entered the unstable gap required for the space jump, causing the projection magic to temporarily fail. It should recover once the jump is complete, Edwina, you’re being overly cautious.”

“Ahaha…”

The usually obedient Holy Knight Princess, never one to argue, awkwardly laughed while shifting her gaze back from the window.

“You’re right, but what was that ‘cautious bird’ thing? I don’t quite get it—does it have some deeper meaning?”

“Cautious bird, huh?”

With some time left before the jump officially started and feeling idle, the Priestess explained the meaning of the idiom and the story behind it to Edwina.

“Oh! Miss Vilyric, that’s quite a vivid metaphor!”

As she sincerely praised, the Holy Knight Princess pulled out a thick notebook with “Mottos” written on the cover in a universal language from the six-winged emblem she only used to store important items, leaning on the table and scribbling away.

A large part of the Holy Empire consists of humans, so within their borders, the United Kingdom’s language, which originated from humanity, is also quite commonly understood. Even without her translation glasses, Vilyric could comprehend what Edwina was writing.

This girl was recording the meaning and story of the idiom “cautious bird,” along with the context when the Priestess had mentioned it.

Honestly, such behavior felt a bit weird, but considering it was Edwina doing it, Vilyric couldn’t help but accept it, even if she didn’t understand.

Clerics probably all have their fair share of quirks that seem a bit off, so it wasn’t something to dwell on—usually, this girl’s logic was pretty stable.

Before long, a sudden intense feeling of weightlessness and buoyancy engulfed everyone in the cabin, causing even Edwina to stumble backward unexpectedly.

“What now?!”

After finally stabilizing herself, the Holy Knight Princess quickly returned that strange “Mottos” notebook back to the emblem, having time only to exclaim in surprise.

“It seems the jump has started.”

This sense of spatial disorder felt very similar to the time at the Island of Spris when they transported to the underground auction.

Normally, such long-distance jumps would place a heavier burden on the body, but perhaps being inside the Son of Leviathan allowed most of the spatial pressure to be mitigated by the powerful magical beast itself, making the experience feel lighter.

Indeed, the Kingdom of Azure has come prepared; it seems this jump should go smoothly.

All the magical projection screens were in darkness, leaving everyone inside unsure of what was happening outside. While Vilyric could probe with her sp powers, she was inside the Son of Leviathan, and with the outside being a spatial gap, going haywire could lead to unnecessary trouble. So, after considering it, she let the idea go.

At that moment, Xiao Guang suddenly furrowed her brows without warning.

“What’s wrong?”

Noticing this, Vilyric turned slightly, knowing that ordinary things wouldn’t provoke such a reaction from the proud giant dragon girl.

The puzzled expression faded quickly, and Little Dragon Daughter relaxed her brows and answered honestly.

“Master, something just brushed past us. It moved in the opposite direction, smelled somewhat familiar, but it was too fast to determine; it likely passed through in a physical form.”

“Familiar?”

Getting Little Guang to find something familiar wasn’t easy; aside from having made contact with her, it would have to possess enough strength to leave an impression on the giant dragon girl. Could it be…

“Did it notice us?”

“Uncertain, but probably not.”

“Mm…”

The earlier incident didn’t cause any unexpected issues for the jump, and about thirty seconds later, everyone felt a sinking sensation as the specially designed crystals around the cabin revealed clear scenes once again.

Blue skies and white clouds, with the familiar towering stone columns and large groups of winged soldiers maintaining order behind them; even Edwina immediately realized they had left their original location.

This must be some destination connected to the “Jump Gate” on the Island of Estin.

Compared to the “Invisible Space Portal” from the “Fantasy World,” which is more convenient and able to transport over greater distances, the “Jump Gate” developed by the Kingdom of Azure had a significant flaw.

This device could only operate in one direction, meaning it was divided into a “Starting Point” and an “End Point,” requiring both to work in tandem to complete a jump successfully.

The “Starting Point” couldn’t serve as an “End Point,” and vice versa.

So, this city—what it was specifically called, Vilyric had forgotten to ask—its “Jump Gate” couldn’t allow beings to jump elsewhere or return to the Island of Estin. Furthermore, due to some technical principles, establishing a new “Starting Point” here was impossible.

Thus, the target that Little Dragon Daughter sensed must have entered the spatial gap from the “Starting Point” on another island.

From this perspective, it’s evident that the high-tier space magic in the “Fantasy World” is far ahead of this realm. If it were one of the players from the game, they could probably easily replicate what these two “Jump Gates” do all on their own.

Although she was only lv100 and hadn’t met the breakthrough conditions, when it comes to mastery and operation of space magic, among all the players Vilyric knew, she without a doubt was the strongest in that department.

That was a bit of a tangent, so let’s return to the main topic.

In this city, which the Priestess couldn’t even remember the name of, the envoy team also didn’t linger too long. After confirming the status of the Son of Leviathan and sending someone to check all the cabins, Sigrid led everyone to sail towards the next destination.

According to the itinerary obtained from Philena, the envoy would need to undergo three major space jumps on the way to Sky City, shortening what was initially a six-month journey to less than a month.

   

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