As the 【Gate of Transcendence】 was about to be used, Violet put down the playing cards in her hands and stood up, moving to the simulated window reflecting the outside scenery. She intended to truly experience this spatial transcendence technology from another world.
The little dragon girl, by her master’s side, looked curiously around. It seemed she was also quite interested in this new technology. Edwina, Leila, and others crowded around, pointing and discussing the approaching pillars on the projection screen.
“Space transcendence, huh... Speaking of which, it’s been a while since I last saw Lilya. After handling this matter, should we... Well, maybe it’s better to think about it later.”
After all, saying things like “I’ll return to my hometown and get married after this battle” sounded a bit too much like flag planting. It was better left unsaid.
Just at that moment, including the position where Violet stood, all the magical projection screens suddenly plunged into darkness!
Miss Edwina was initially puzzled, then quite speechlessly held her forehead, and the heavy holy knight armor on her emitted a light rustling sound.
“Hey, hey, nothing unexpected is happening again, right? Is our journey a bit too fraught with difficulties?”
“I think... it shouldn’t be? Look, Lady Violet doesn’t seem to react much.”
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Following Leila’s somewhat uncertain speculation, the priestess nodded without hesitation.
“Well, I have a bit of knowledge in spatial theory. This is probably because our location has entered an unstable gap required for spatial transcendence, causing the temporary failure of projection magic. It should restore once the transcendence is complete. Edwina, you’re a bit jumpy.”
“Ahaha...”
Always obedient to Violet without contradiction, the embarrassed Holy Knight chuckled while shifting her gaze back from the window.
“You’re absolutely right. However, that startle... what bird, I don’t quite understand. Is there some profound meaning behind it?”
“Startled bird?”
Since there was still some time before the transcendence officially began, the priestess explained the meaning of this idiom to Edwina, along with the story behind it.
“Oh! Miss Violet, you are truly eloquent and vivid in your metaphors!”
Praising genuinely, the miss holy knight, while extracting a thick notebook with the words “Quotations” written in the common language from her six-winged emblem on her chest, placed it on the table and fervently began writing.
A significant part of the Holy Empire consisted of humans, so within their country, the Human United Kingdom language, originating from the human race, was quite widely used. Even without translation glasses, Violet could understand what Edwina wrote.
This behavior felt somewhat bizarre, but considering it was Edwina doing it, Violet, though unable to fully comprehend, could accept it.
Religious individuals probably had some peculiar quirks that might seem abnormal to others, but in most cases, this person’s logical thinking was quite stable.
Before long, a strong sense of weightlessness and floating suddenly struck everyone in the cabin. Even with Edwina’s strength, she stumbled backward unprepared.
“What’s happening now?!”
After stabilizing her body with some effort, the Holy Knight quickly returned the peculiar “Quotations” book to her emblem, then had a moment to exclaim.
“It seems like the transcendence has begun.”
This feeling of spatial disturbance was quite similar to the one they experienced when they were at the Fragrant Residence on Spryce Island, transferring to the underground auction.
In theory, long-distance transcendence like this should impose a more intense physical burden. However, perhaps because they were within Leviathan’s offspring, most of the spatial pressure was offset by the powerful magical beast itself, making the sensation surprisingly lighter.
The Azure Sky Kingdom had indeed made thorough preparations, and it seemed that there shouldn’t be any unexpected events during this transcendence.
All the magical projection screens were in darkness, and the people inside naturally couldn’t discern the external situation. Although Violet could investigate through the emission of SP power, she was currently inside Leviathan’s offspring, surrounded by spatial gaps. Causing unnecessary trouble by meddling with it was something she decided against.
At this moment, Xiao Guang suddenly frowned without any warning.
“What’s wrong?”
Violet, noticing this, turned her head slightly. Ordinary things wouldn’t elicit such a reaction from the proud dragon girl.
The look of confusion was fleeting, and the little dragon girl soon relaxed her eyebrows, honestly answering.
“Master, something just passed by us. Going in the opposite direction, the smell is somewhat familiar, but the 【Gate of Transcendence】’s speed was too fast to judge. The other party should have directly transversed using their physical body.”
“Somewhat familiar?”
Making Xiao Guang feel familiar wasn’t an easy task. Besides having interacted with her, one needed the strength to leave an impression on the mighty dragon lady. Could it be...
“Did the other party notice us?”
“I cannot confirm, but it seems unlikely.”
“Hmm...”
The recent little incident did not lead to any surprises during the transcendence. About thirty seconds later, everyone felt a slight weight, and on the specially crafted crystals around the cabin, clear images reappeared.
Blue sky, white clouds, and the familiar towering pillars and winged soldiers maintaining order behind them. However, even Edwina immediately realized that they had left their original location.
This place should be one of the endpoints connected to the 【Gate of Transcendence】 on the Estini Island.
Compared to the 【Invisible Spatial Portal】 from 【Illusory World】, which is more convenient and has a longer teleportation distance, the 【Gate of Transcendence】 developed by the Azure Sky Kingdom has another significant flaw.
This device can only transmit in one direction, meaning it’s divided into a “starting point” and an “endpoint.” To complete a transcendence, both must work in coordination.
The “starting point” cannot be used as the “endpoint,” and vice versa.
Therefore, in this city—Violet forgot to ask its name—the 【Gate of Transcendence】 here cannot allow beings to transcend elsewhere or return to the Estini Island. Due to certain technical issues, it’s also impossible to establish new “starting points” in this location.
So, the target Xiao Guang sensed just now should have entered the spatial gap from another island’s “starting point.”
From this perspective, the advanced spatial magic in the 【Illusory World】 indeed surpassed this world by far. If it were Violet’s friend from the game, she probably could easily accomplish the same feat with just herself.
Although she was only level 100 and had not met the conditions for a breakthrough, when it came to control and manipulation of spatial magic, she was undoubtedly the strongest among the players Violet knew, without a doubt.
That’s a bit off-topic, so let’s return to the main point.
In this city, where the priestess didn’t even remember the name, the expedition did not stay for long. After confirming Leviathan’s offspring’s condition and rechecking Sigrid, who was in charge of all internal cabin personnel, they continued their journey towards the next destination.
According to the itinerary obtained from Felina, the expedition needed to perform three large-scale space transcends on the way to the Sky City. This would shorten the originally planned six-month journey to less than a month.