When Debit found Markan Ferros, he was in a meeting with some of the other Iron Fathers.

Judging by the number of people and the equipment involved, it was supposed to be an informal small meeting, but as for what they were discussing, Debit standing in the doorway had no idea.

For the Iron Hand Warband, as in the meeting convened by Rika Fujimaru on the Claw of Destruction, it was rare for the parties to communicate directly through words. The most typical is the Council of Steel that will be convened in the eyes of Medusa when the warband encounters an important event that requires decision-making: the forty-one Iron Fathers - who have undoubtedly undergone sufficient nerve enhancement surgeries and implant enhancements during their previous military careers, so that they can directly connect the brain chain for direct communication of brain signals and withstand an incredible amount of data. During the session, they will connect themselves to the giant Iron Throne through direct spinal slots and nerve connection helmets, colliding directly with the minds of others in their consciousness, and a great deal of arguments and mutual coordination will be done at an incredibly fast speed.

And now, in the seemingly casual, unequipped room in front of Debit, five Iron Fathers, including Markan Ferros, and a member of the Mechanics Cult stood in a quiet circle. From the perspective of normal humans with no enhancement modifications, it seems that they are just standing there and doing nothing, but the exchange of information is clearly going on between the six of them through some kind of wireless transmission protocol.

Debit thought for a moment, picked up the datapad again, typed two lines on it, and silently circled in the direction that Ferros was directly opposite and held up what he wanted to say to him.

Almost the next second he did so, everyone in the room turned their heads toward him at about the same time. If you were to feel this uniform gaze in a different person, you might feel a strong sense of unease, but Debit is Debit after all: he is unmoved.

The two lines he wrote on the tablet were: "What is the relative position of the planet Jerick to Medusa?" What is the state of the "Fist of Steel"?

Markan Ferros emitted a mechanical sound that presumably meant a "sigh" from inside his helmet, and then asked, "The mission of the original body?" ”

Debit nodded.

"Your Excellency wants to leave the Medusa system in the near future?" There is a clear hint of disapproval in this question of Feros.

"Mimir's Treasury." Debit explained briefly.

Among the attendees, the one who clearly belonged to the Mechanics immediately let out some shrill beeps of unknown significance, causing all the other Iron Fathers to look neatly in the direction of the person again. After a few short seconds, the beeping gradually subsided, and the Iron Fathers had apparently made some decisions in the communication link that Debit couldn't perceive. Ferros left the meeting and took Debit from the room by the way, and the remaining five seemed to have something else to discuss.

Debit didn't ask what they were discussing, and neither did Ferros. The above things were ignored by both parties as irrelevant information, and they directly began to explain the next question: "Regarding the preparation of the Fist of Steel, the current estimate is that it will take 85.68 Terra standard hours. If all goes well. ”

The "Iron Fist", the flagship of the 10th Legion during the Great Expedition, the Queen of Glory class ship gifted to Ferus Manus by the Emperor, and the undoubted warband relic of the Iron Hand. At the end of the Great Expedition, when the fallen Fogham came to persuade Ferus to join the commander, the massive battleship was damaged and had to be refurbished on Medusa's ring. When the Iron Hand Primordial raised its forces for the Istartan system, the magnificent ship was still unable to recover enough to be ready for battle.

At that time, no one expected that after she anchored on the star ring, she would not set sail again for 10,000 years.

The reopening of this battleship, which has been mothballed for a long time, is also one of the collateral effects of the "Return of the Original Body" on the Iron Hand Warband. Regardless of the mood of those performing the work, the work itself was well advanced—the emotional issues were of the interest of Rika Fujimaru, and to the Warband Monks of Debit and the Iron Hand, they were only concerned with the end result.

"What about the factors that might cause 'things not going well'?" Debit asked, trotting all the way behind Fellos, who was striding forward.

"Clan disputes." Feros didn't sound like he cared about it, "Don't worry about this, it's our own internal problem, and I'll find a way to coordinate it." ”

"So, about Jerick's location—"

"—that's the problem." Philos sighed, "I don't know. I also asked the others who had just been there, at least none of the six of us knew. ”

“……？” Debit looked confused, "But, Mr. Ferrus probably won't build the Mimir Treasury in a place that no one knows...... Wait a minute. ”

"That's what you think." "My guess is that it was because it became the location of Mimir's Treasury that it was deliberately erased from the records and erased from the collective memory of the warband for thousands of years. ”

Debit seemed to want to turn away: "That is, it is very likely that only Mr. Ferrus himself remembers the coordinates of this planet now?" But that must have been 10,000 years ago. In the course of the movement of celestial bodies, 10,000 years may not represent anything, or it may be a time long enough for the planets to be destroyed. Even I can't guarantee 100% that the passage to Jerick is safe. ”

"Don't rush it – I'm just saying it's gone in the record, but the planet itself is definitely still there." "Maybe it's an unobtrusive name, maybe it's just a meaningless number." It should have little development value, so the warband's activities in the nearby star sector have not been particularly noticed in the past 10,000 years, but since it exists in the Medusa star sector, it must be recorded in the warband's star map. ”

Phyllos continued to move forward, and his ultimate goal was the archive in the fortress that contained the star map data. But just as he was carrying Debit through the hallway between the nameplates of the various archives in the hallway, the latter suddenly stopped in front of another door that read "Historical Archives" in low Gothic:

"Will this room contain archives from 10,000 years ago, from the Great Expedition?" Debit asks Phyllos a question.

The Iron Father had to pause and reply, puzzled, "Of course similar records exist, but they won't be placed in such a 'periphery' data room. Most of those ancient historical records are kept as sacred relics by think tanks - what do you want to look for on them? ”

"'Jerick' was included in the history of the empire." Debit replied, "Perhaps it will record the origin of the name itself." In this universe, any 'name' has a strong symbolic meaning, and the name 'Jerick' is clearly derived from some ancient myth - I am a little worried about what it actually symbolizes. ”

He paused, then added, "It's like the Medusa system, or rather, the Steneros system." If all the planets in the galaxy were to be called in Medusa's native dialect, it would be easy to see that the names of the planets were derived from another ancient mythology, and some of the symbolism in them, I think, had already been fulfilled. ”

Feeos, who didn't understand the connection, frowned in confusion under his helmet.

Miwoo (six o'clock)

(End of chapter)