Ascension Plan
The legend was true. Moving up a level really did make for a better experience.
As expected, neither the others nor Su Gao's volunteering was stopped, and Lord Stos didn't ask to come along this time like he had before.
For one thing, they didn't have a definite goal. They were merely trying to find a breakthrough.
For another, after what had happened last time, leaving Aiko and A Kai here again clearly wasn't a safe idea.
In the end, the Old Man chose to stay behind and hold the fort. He watched as the two partners, who had performed astonishingly well throughout, quickly disappeared into the passage and entered the upper level of the ship once more.
Fu Qian's earlier judgment was confirmed immediately.
Standing higher up, he could still clearly "see" the giant spire outside, but the Old Man and the other two were no longer in sight, nor was anything of the level below.
It wasn't that the ship had actually turned transparent. Information was simply being conveyed through the illusion of sight.
But regardless, at least the view was a little clearer.
Always one to look for the bright side, Fu Qian leisurely followed beside Su Demigod, enjoying the view from the ship's middle level.
Also, the Mal Brothers' act of feeding themselves to the ship earlier hadn't been mere theatrics. Even on this invisible second level, the damage from before had been repaired.
And the feathers left behind by the Angel Lord had already been burned to ashes by the Old Man, so the whole level looked much tidier now.
Unfortunately, that was all.
Just as the Old Man had said, the ship and its passengers seemed to be no more than witnesses to history.
No matter how grand or uncanny the world