Flat Escardos was tinkering with his halo, trying to wrap it around the teleportation anchor point.
Originally, this magecraft required the caster's and user's magical wavelengths to be synchronized.
But now that it had to be used on an inanimate object, that method was clearly useless. They had to approach it from another angle.
Time passed second by second as Touko took out a pocket watch.
The hands were slowly turning. Lorelei had given her this watch before leaving.
If the hand pointed to twelve, it would mean the full moon had arrived. No matter what, the teleportation circle's coordinates had to be set by then.
It was currently pointing at ten, meaning their group had two hours left.
Subtracting the half hour needed to activate the teleportation circle's coordinates, they might not even have an hour and a half.
Flat Escardos said, "I did it. I can finally place the halo on an inanimate object."
It was exciting news. At the very least, they could now set up the teleportation circle's coordinates in relative safety.
Flat Escardos said, "Though I succeeded, activating the teleportation circle's coordinates will inevitably cause a fluctuation. It'll definitely draw the attention of the other Dead Apostles."
A piece of good news had barely arrived before it was followed by bad news.
If it was certain to attract the Dead Apostles' attention, then there was no way to hide that fluctuation.
Touko asked, "What exactly will the fluctuation look like?"
Flat Escardos said, "Since they're coordinates, we need to send out a signal and transmit it to the signal receiver on the other side in order to establish the location."
"The process is roughly this: a beam of signal light will be fired from the coordinates toward Earth, then received by the Clock Tower. That