"So that's how it is."
Shion's explanation made everyone breathe a sigh of relief, easing the tense atmosphere somewhat. After all, if they truly only had twenty-four hours left, investigating the Lostbelt and determining the cause before resolving it all in such a short time would have been nothing but a fantasy.
"This trip to the Britain Lostbelt has another purpose besides investigating the cause of the collapse: Rhongomyniad. If possible, we hope to obtain the right to use it. This is for the sake of defeating the Alien God," Sherlock Holmes continued.
"That concludes the briefing. The submersible has entered the dock. Since this operation came so suddenly, ask Miss Da Vinci about the specifics once you board the ship. Please be careful, everyone. I look forward to hearing about the interesting things you find. I will continue observing the Seventh Lostbelt, so do your utmost. After all, if you fail, Earth and this base will be magnificently wiped out with a boom in twenty-four hours."
"Miss Shion, we will definitely succeed."
After Ritsuka declared this, the group immediately headed for the docks. They took the submersible to the Dimensional Border Battleship, which had now been fully materialized through the hard work Da Vinci, Captain Nemo, and the others had put in during this period.
"All right, everyone. The Storm Border is a large vessel, so for now, it cannot enter the Lostbelt through a Hyperspace Dive like the submersible can. However, it now possesses powerful propulsion and a magical barrier. According to our investigation, the wall of light surrounding the Britain Lostbelt is the same kind of existence as the end of the world in the Sixth Singularity—a dimensional rift.
"So the ship can use its powerful propulsion and magical barrier to withstand the dimensional friction between the