--The Red Tears.
Unlike the Ashen, with its Victoria Steampunk style that resembled a mad scientist villain's ride from vintage science fiction.
The Red Tears, in a sense, looked like a flying cathedral.
Its geometric design blended Byzantine domes, Gothic flying buttresses, and Baroque reliefs, while the hull's lines flowed like a worshipper's hands pressed together in prayer.
The pearl-white hull had matte gold trim, with its key structures covered in a glassy red coating.
Inside the bridge--
Sephiroth landed on the signal reception platform as a bolt of lightning, returned to human form, and entered the bridge.
"Did anything unexpected happen while I was away?"
"Everything is normal, Lord Sephi."
As Sephiroth walked over and sat in the captain's chair, Laki answered him while brewing his coffee.
"--Come to think of it, are the Heart Pirates still with Babbage?"
"Yes. The original plan was to transfer them to the Glory of Lucifer, but since you weren't here, we didn't move them without authorization."
Laki had been raised as a Shandia warrior since childhood, and both her actions and her thinking tended toward those of a professional soldier.
Her private life was one thing, but at work, she was meticulous to the point of being somewhat rigid.
"Right, I'll contact Babbage."
As he said that, Sephiroth used radio waves to control "Babbage" and give Luo a call.
The Splendid Ash was going to charge straight through enemy lines with the Automated Control Legion. Most of Luo's crew, aside from Luo himself, were essentially ordinary people.
Their fighting strength was probably lower than that of the White Berets responsible for keeping order on Sky Island.
Not long after Sephiroth finished communicating with "Babbage," some messages appeared on the monitor in front of Laki, making her raise her eyebrows.
"Lord Sephi... take