"So you're saying your previous user was a wizard."
"Not at all, Honorable Wizard. My master was merely an ordinary, enhanced human." The blue phantom shook its head and replied.
"While traversing the Star Sea, Sodaliyak City encountered a star sea storm, forcing it out of super-high-speed navigation, and ended up meeting a wizard."
"In that moment of extreme peril, my master initiated a spatial contraction, attempting to enter the subspace unknown dimension for concealment before the wizard could enter Sodaliyak City."
"Just as it was about to succeed, my master was enveloped by a ring of light and vanished from the Sodaliyak City control hub in an instant."
At this, the blue phantom's tone turned somewhat gloomy. Evidently, this mass of electronic current had already evolved its own personality and emotions.
However, neither Velin, Tadius, Kyle, nor Xuemiyya completely believed the blue phantom's words.
"How long did you stay in subspace?"
"According to our calendar system, about three thousand years have already passed."
At this question, Velin turned to look at Tadius and asked, "Lord Tadius, do you want this metal city?"
"You're willing to give it to me?" Tadius asked with utter surprise.
"Consider it an exchange for the magic city you built," Velin responded with a smile. "As for that favor from you, I'd like to keep it, after all, it is the favor of a legend."
Watching the young man's modest demeanor, Tadius looked somewhat suspicious.
Had it been back when they first met, he would have believed this young man was sincere.
But now, he had to keep his guard up a little more to avoid being led in circles.
Still, the prospect of studying a creation from a planet world, one capable of flying through the star sea, was undeniably tempting.
Seeing the hesitation