"Eh?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka froze where she stood.
"Activating the Photoid conversion system just now completely overloaded the Artdeissei's power circuits."
"Seventy percent of its mana conduits have burned out. It definitely can't continue in this state. We'll have to rely on this ship for the journey ahead."
Kenneth explained.
"Repair the ship? But my lord Archibald, this is Olympus! The enemy's main base!"
"We don't have Chaldea's workshop, and we don't have any materials, either."
The portly director asked in confusion. No matter how skilled Kenneth was, without materials or a workshop, even the cleverest housewife could not cook without rice.
The portly director was right.
Ritsuka nodded.
"For that, there's an island right nearby~"
Artemis floated in midair and pointed in a direction. "I found something interesting in this world's 'my' memory bank."
"That island nearby may be hiding Hephaestus's workshop."
Ten minutes later, the Chaldea group arrived on the island.
They stepped over scattered stones as they headed toward a cave deep within the island.
They had not gone far when a Kunai flew past Ritsuka's nose and struck the rock wall behind her with a clang.
The Explosive Tag on its end hissed.
Mash raised her shield in front of them.
A petite figure clad in ninja attire emerged from the darkness.
"You are... Chaldea's... Master?"
Chiyome watched Ritsuka warily, her right hand tightly gripping the hilt of her short blade.
Ritsuka quickly raised both hands to show that she meant no harm.
Then she began explaining where they had come from—
Mochizuki Chiyome was utterly incredulous after hearing Fujimaru Ritsuka's words.
No wonder the tremor earlier had directly roused her from hibernation. It turned out Olympus had deployed two Machine Gods.
"Hmm?! Wait, how did you survive against two Machine Gods?!!"
Then, in the very next