Arrival

Deep in a remote region controlled by the Hermetic Society, a twisted Light Screen suddenly appeared in the darkness of space. It trembled like rippling water, then countless spatial rifts of varying sizes tore radially through a small area of spacetime—a massive black-and-red warship "fell" out of the shattered warped space and into the material universe, then accelerated toward the verdant homeworld nearby, "Sacred Realm."

The High-ranking Priest standing in the control hall of the "Dark Star" cruiser let out a long sigh of relief. The system alarms in his ears gradually subsided, and sweat slightly dampened his robe, but joy at the imminent completion of his mission slowly rose in his heart.

Another white-robed Priest beside him also let out a long sigh of relief and exclaimed thankfully, "The superluminal core is stabilizing. Praise the sages—I almost thought we were going to be lost in hyperspace."

"Check the containment chamber," another voice called from the side.

"Everything is normal in the containment chamber. That force-field case is still running—the 'Angel Catalyst' inside has finally quieted down."

"I never thought it would interfere with the engines so badly... It was completely isolated from its surroundings, yet it still shifted our course without us realizing it..."

"That's probably the power of the Angel Catalyst. A truly highly active catalyst should be like this."

"Is that so?"

"Without a doubt. The real deal packs a punch..."

Hearing the conversation behind him, the High-ranking Priest in a white robe trimmed with gold wore a faint smile.

During the transport of that "Angel Catalyst" from the border Star Gate back to the homeworld, the ship had encountered one mishap after another in hyperspace—from strange noises picked up by the antenna system to dangerous deviations and "field oscillations" in the superluminal engine. The journey had