Lynn pushed up the brim of his hat with a (ノ￣▽￣) expression and said, "This junior really is lively. You can tell she's young at a glance. What a little rascal..."
"No... she's an ironwood tree that gained sentience. She's already eight hundred years old..."
"..."
He decisively dropped that useless topic.
"Is it just your squad here? What about Mr. White Night and the others? Are they on their way?"
"We've already set up a Beacon linked to Dark Night City. They can warp or teleport over at any time. It's nowhere near as outrageous as the Mechanical Church's technology, but the technological expertise Sir Awen provided has always been an enormous help to us."
Just as they finished speaking, one blue pillar of light after another ignited like candle flames amid the thick white fog, piercing ethereally into the sky.
Those were Beacons!
Connection to Dark Night City established-signal transmission stable-psionic charging functioning normally- Beacon activated-warp and positioning available-initiating warp!
Humm-
Under Yin Yi's stunned gaze, the clearing in front of the Beacon rapidly twisted like a kaleidoscope. Wave after wave of psionic energy swept down from above, forming humanoid silhouettes across the open ground.
Warp in progress-psionic transmission at maximum-interfacing with reality-all systems normal-prepare for arrival!
Crack-
A sound like a shattering lens rang out.
Those ethereal silhouettes burst into countless tiny fragments of reality. As Yin Yi watched in shock, hundreds of elite Night Doctors wearing Plague Doctor Masks appeared in the clearing before them amid the cracking sounds, leaving her utterly dumbfounded.
Although these Night Doctors wore similar clothing, their bodies were unusually huge, each nearly two and a half meters tall. Their pitch-black lenses radiated an overwhelming sense of pressure, while black, tough tentacles writhed out from beneath the lower