The Book of Earth flew level to Magdal's chest. Its pages rustled as they turned, and she slowly raised her head, her eyes reflecting the entire battlefield. Two halos rose on either side of her, as if invisible forces were lifting her long hair. A mechanical, monotonous voice rang out over the battlefield:
"Please select a target--"
Four layers of pale-blue virtual screens, invisible to everyone else, appeared before Her Highness the Nun Princess. The first layer filtered out all the flying dust, smoke, sounds of battle, and spraying blood across the battlefield. The second highlighted all active units, distinguishing friend from foe and calculating their trajectories. The third listed the terrain data of the entire battlefield from left to right—distance and elevation.
When the final screen overlapped the last light curtain, the Gaia Organization's emblem appeared upon it. After rotating counterclockwise by one hundred and eighty degrees, the black-and-white dragon insignias representing Martha and the Twilight Dragon separated from each other, and a vast pale-gray shadow enveloped Magdal's eyes.
Although this was not her first time operating the Book of Earth, Magdal still couldn't help marveling whenever she wielded its power.
"Please select a target, Titan GX-013." The mechanical voice repeated itself.
"I am Magdal." The Nun Princess stubbornly repeated herself.
"As you wish, Lady Magdal." The mechanical voice repeated itself as well.
Magdal's gaze fixed on the exact center of the battlefield.
She briskly called out three readings. The seemingly simple task had been the result of Andria and the others' month-long efforts. Merely to enable Princess Magdal to distinguish coordinates, the War Goddesses had been forced to correct her former misconceptions about the world.
Of course--
Even now, Magdal stubbornly believed that the Path of Golden Flames and the other three Sages had opened up this era—that