"Teri, Teri-"
"Rumble-"
Under the incredulous gazes of Sumeru's people, the bizarre Dr. Ratio statue spun its head wildly, using its pair of ten-thousand-meter-long cat ears as propellers to haul itself into the air from the city center.
Amid the sand and dust it stirred up, the giant statue slowly spiraled upward, gradually leaving the ground behind as it flew toward the desert.
At that moment, Nahida, Buer, and the others stood on the platform of the Sanctuary of Surasthana, looking up at this absurd scene with twitching mouths.
"Young people these days really are more energetic. I never could have dreamed of a way to travel like this."
Buer truly had not expected that, as bizarre as Theresa and her extraordinary companions were, their creations would be just as bizarre.
She had seen plenty of Khaenri'ah's field-tiller robots, and she had also seen the giant robots slumbering in the desert.
But this was her first time seeing one spin its head wildly, using the ears on top as propellers to defy gravity and fly...
"Uh... not all young people are like this. Most of them are still pretty sensible, right?"
Nahida thought about Tighnari, Collei, Alhaitham, Sethos, and the others. They were all quite sensible, and even Cyno did little more than tell a few bad jokes.
But these Descenders alone were each more bizarre than the last, each more adept at ridiculous antics. Yet they also happened to be incredibly powerful, leaving most people with no choice but to watch their antics helplessly.
If Nahida ever encountered the universe's Path lunatics in the future, she would probably have to admit that, compared to some of those crazed Path lunatics, Theresa and the others were already showing considerable restraint.
At that moment, the Dr. Ratio statue ignored the stunned,