"To make steel that heavy fly, you need a massive power furnace, hardened materials and heat-resistant materials beyond this era, and a precise control system!"
"Flying is geometrically more difficult than walking on the ground!"
"I'm going to marry him!"
"..."
"Why is she getting more and more unhinged?" Seeing the gears and parts strewn all over the ground, Gavial had felt that something was off. Now, she felt there was one word that perfectly described Zumama's current state.
Possessed.
"Has Gavial returned to compete for the position of Great Chieftain?"
Eunectes raised her head from her marriage-proposal prayer. "But unfortunately, when the shadow of the aircraft falls upon us, none of this will matter anymore."
"?"
"All of Aakhu's people have felt the glory of machinery!"
"The age of flesh and fists is gone forever!"
She really had gone possessed.
Hoshino scratched her head in frustration as well.
"Has it passed?"
Hoshino's tail suddenly went rigid. She stomped the ground with her slender foot, and an almost imperceptible tremor spread out. The earth cracked inch by inch, the fissures extending thirty meters. Zumama braced herself with her tail and regained her balance.
"It has!"
Zumama was still stubbornly talking big.
"She can't be saved." Gavial tossed her healing staff aside and clenched both fists.
"She's a diehard believer in the mechanical descent faction. She's possessed and has fallen into madness. The only way to save her is to shatter the fantasy in her heart." Gavial prepared to throw a punch. This was her attitude toward solving problems.
Hoshino had informed them beforehand that she would conceal her identity as a Hyperion crew member in order to investigate the secret hidden deep within.
"Only machinery and knowledge can save our people!"
"Bullshit!"
As Hoshino watched them argue, the artillery machine