The moment Professor Russell said that, everyone cried out in shock, "What? The Zero Field Generator is broken?!"
Estelle shook her head vigorously. "We were already in a complete mess, and now the Zero Field Generator is broken too... No way! Doesn't that mean we'll never be able to leave this awful place?"
Uchiha Madara said softly, "Estelle, don't say so easily that we can't leave here. What if a miracle happens?"
Professor Russell laughed heartily. "Joshua still has the bearing of a great general. That's the situation now—the Zero Field Generator is broken. But we still have the lights on, don't we?"
After thinking for a moment, Estelle said in surprise, "Could it be that Orbments can function normally in this floating city?"
Professor Russell nodded. "That's right. It seems that the Orbal Shutdown Phenomenon wasn't merely an ordinary shutdown of orbal energy. It looks more like some kind of 'external rejection' phenomenon. It doesn't reject Orbments within this floating city, but it does reject Orbments from outside it. That seems to be how it works."
"I see..." Uchiha Madara nodded. "No wonder Professor Russell and the others could still use their Orbments when ours stopped working. They must have grasped the source power of the Gospel, making this floating city regard the Orbments in their hands as belonging to it."
"That should be it." Professor Russell smiled faintly. "And that's the good news I mentioned. Here, we can use orbal energy freely! That means your Tactical Orbments can be used without equipping a Zero Field Generator!"
Uchiha Madara was overjoyed. "That's great! Fighting is incredibly frustrating if we can't use magic!"
Estelle smiled as well. "I see! We can finally fight them fair and square!"
At that moment, Zin spoke up. "I think this expedition should be divided