After a few weeks of idling around on the island, Magnus and Leman Russ finally received a mission briefing. It instructed them to accompany Operators Liskarm, Franka, Jessica, and others to Columbia, where they would respond to a plea for help from Blacksteel International, an organization that partnered with Rhodes Island.
Franka was Blacksteel International's specialist in biological protection and personnel safety. Liskarm was an employee of the Blacksteel International Private Security Consulting Company, while Jessica was a Blacksteel International dispatched operator.
The three of them had received training and professional support from Rhodes Island. After Blacksteel International's headquarters in Columbia issued an emergency mobilization order, they had to answer its call.
Besides the newly recruited Magnus and Leman Russ, the Rhodes Island operators included Blaze, an elite operator who had just returned from leave. She was full of passion, and her Originium Arts could rapidly heat the air in an area, much like her temperament.
Leman Russ admired Blaze's weapon. After seeing so many short, feeble swords and clubs in this world, the chainsaw wreathed in heat that Blaze wielded had left a deep impression on him.
Since Columbia was a long way from the Rhodes Island landship, the group traveled in an aircraft capable of soaring through the sky.
After spending so long in this other world, Magnus had used his exceptional social skills to acquire a wealth of cultural knowledge. He understood the technological state of Terra's nations.
The automotive industry, developed on the foundation of Originium industry, was quite comprehensive, with a large number of specialized vehicles produced for both private and public use.
Yet the achievements of Terra's nations in creating aircraft were the one thing that left Magnus deeply puzzled.
No one ever mentioned anything about fixed-wing aircraft to Magnus. No matter how subtly