Chapter 81: Ikaros' Little Adventure
“It’s an imp.”
After watg the dark shadow disappear, Fina finally spoke in a low voice. She stared at the pce where the imp had vanished, her expressioremely serious.
“How could it appear here?”
“Maybe it’s because this pce has a e to hell?”
“Definitely not, Mr. Alex.”
Fina quickly dismissed Alex’s specution.
“The goddess sealed this nd, and the demons were wiped out. There’s no way any demon, even the lowest-ranked imp, could e o freely unless summoned by someone…”
As she said this, Fina's eyes widened, and her voice grew quieter.
“Well, it seems we know how that thing got here.”
Seeing Fina’s expression, Alex pced his hand on the hilt of his broken sword. Si wasn’t possible for the imp to just appear out of nowhere, it must have been summoned by someone. And in this cursed pce, the only people daring enough to summon a demon… must be those cultists.
“Ikaros.”
“Yes, Master.”
“Stay hidden, follow it, and see where that ugly thing is headed. Be cautious, keep your distance, and only do le surveilnce. If you enter danger, retreat immediately. o fight—your safety es first.”
“Uood.”
At Alex’s and, the invisible little angel who had been hiding in midair immediately took a. She g the dire the imp had gone, spread her wings, and flew off in pursuit.
As the vanguard of the demon army, imps weren’t particurly strong but were very ing and alert creatures. Generally, trag such a monster would be extremely difficult, but for Ikaros, it was simple—her cloaking camoufge could block all forms of dete. Furthermore, as an artificial angel, Ikaros didn’t need eyesight to locate her target; radar sing was enough to loto it.
So, while the imp stantly looked around, on guard against its surroundings, it had no idea that a little angel was hidden within the clouds above, quietly trag it using her radar.
This just goes to show—teology is the ultimate productivity force.
Though Ikaros' tech ractically bck teology at this point.
Following the imp, Ikaros soon arrived at a massive ruin deep within the Dark S. It had once been a bustling city, but now only broken walls and rubble remained.
“The things built by these ground-dwellers are always sile.”
Seeing the structure before her, Ikaros snorted softly. Alex might not uand her ins, but Ikaros knew very well what humans were like in her world. She knew what they had done, what they were doing, and what they wao do. To Ikaros, no matter the world, humans never seemed to ge.
But… this wasn’t Synapse.
At this thought, Ikaros reached into her chest and pulled out a silver card, frowning as she sighed. This was a universal card, a standard tool for artificial angels. With this card, they could ect to Synapse and summon various objects of different natures, such as a quantum transformation mae capable of altering all forms or a dream portal that could enter someone’s dreams. However, unfortunately, this wasn’t the world of Synapse, so Ikaros couldn’t summon anything with the card here.
This made Ikaros feel a bit frustrated. As an artificial angel, her purpose was to fulfill every and given by her master, as only by doing so could she find value in her existence. Artificial angels needed a master. Fortunately, her current master didn’t seem overly harsh and was quite kind to her—unlike…
At this thought, Ikaros’ body trembled. She closed her eyes and shook her head, trying to clear her mind before turning her gaze back to the ruins in front of her.
Though the ruins were several thousaers below her, for a multi-purpose eleic warfare angel like Ikaros, specializing in reaissand infiltration, this distance was meaningless. She could even see every bde of grass on the ground and the details of a bee colleg ar from a flower.
Of course, there were no flowers or bees here—just cultists rummaging through the ruins.
What were they looking for?
Ikaros adjusted her frequend could vaguely hear the cultists muttering words like “fragments” and “core.” Not only were they digging, but they also had several creatures simir to the imp she had been trag, searg through the ruins. Unfortunately, the city seemed vast, and their efforts felt like a drop in the o.
Very soon, Ikaros saw a cultist dig up a strange object from the ruins. It looked like part of a statue, and the cultist appeared quite excited. Holding the fragment reverently, he approached a figure in a bck robe not far behind him and offered the piece. The bck-robed figure accepted the fragment, exami briefly, and nodded in satisfa. The cultist then turned and resumed digging.
“Is that it?”
Ikaros watched as the bck-robed figure carefully pced the fragment into a wooden box. She sed it lightly and immediately detected that there were many simir energy signatures ihe box. It seemed these cultists were doing a det job of colleg these fragments.
Hmm… although Master’s orders were only to scout, I ’t just sit idly by.
Ikaros had no idea what these cultists were pnning, but she khey were Alex’s enemies, and whatever they were doing was certainly not in his best i. Therefore, she had to stop them from achieving their goal.
Although Ikaros appeared small and cute, she was still an angel, specifically a multi-purpose eleic warfare angel. Alex might not think she was very bat-oriented, but to Ikaros, fighting was also part of her duty.
Of course, charging in foolishly like an idiot was something only α and △ would do. As a β-type bat angel, Ikaros had her own way of handling things.
“Energy wave s… firmed. Wide-area radar activated…”
The focus rings in Ikaros’ eyes began to rotate as she successfully recorded the energy fluctuations from the fragments in the wooden box. Using that as a baseline, she began sing the entire ruin. Through energy resonance, she quickly located several more fragments hidden within the ruins.
The entire process took less than ten seds—fast, effit, and effective.
“Perfect.”
Ikaros nodded in satisfa. She then cast a disdainful g the cultists still toiling away on the ground before turning and flying off in the opposite dire.
Using energy resonance, Ikaros swiftly found another fragment. However…
“What oh is this thing?”
As she stared at the rge fragment buried in the dirt, Ikaros furrowed her brow. Its appearance resembled half the head of some terrifyi, though nothing in Ikaros’ memory banks matched such a creature. But that wasn’t important. What was important was that, despite her excitement upon finding it, Ikaros quickly realized the fragment was rger than her entire body.
“Well, this is troublesome…”
Ikaros gnced around nervously. Above the ruins, she could see imps flying bad forth. Although the fragment wasn’t particurly heavy for Ikaros—artificial angels were much strohan humans—the sheer size of it meant that taking it might attract the attention of the imps. Wait…?
At that moment, Ikaros' eyes fell on a dull, dirty-looking gem embedded in the forehead of the statue fragment. It looked like nothing more than a discarded piece of gss, but her radar s revealed that most of the fragment’s energy emanated from this small red gem.
That’s it!
With that realization, Ikaros hurriedly moved to the fragment, reached out, and pried the grapefruit-sized gem from the statue. After a quice around, she restored her invisibility and silently flew bato the sky, making her escape.
(End of Chapter)
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