Starry Sky Railway: Opening Performance - Taixu Sword God

"Then...they were beaten by Dan Heng for nothing?" March 7th looked at Dan Heng behind him.

"..." Dan Heng said calmly, "I didn't hit them hard, they should be fine."

Seele crossed her arms and stared in the direction the company employee had fled:

"Just who is this Toppa? Not only can he tame creatures from the Rift Realm, but he can also keep those black-clad guys completely under his thumb..."

March 7th said awkwardly:

"That's a long story..."

"Actually, Belloberg owes a debt..."

“Hmm…?” Seele raised an eyebrow:

"Debt? What does that mean?"

“This…” March 7th hesitated for a moment and said:

"Let Bronya explain it to you."

Seeing March 7th's conflicted expression, Seele's delicate brows furrowed slightly:

"With the holiday approaching, why has the situation suddenly become so complicated? It's really worrying."

Suddenly, March 7th's phone rang.

March 7th hurriedly took out his phone.

Bronya sent a message during the group chat.

Immediately... March 7th silently looked at Danheng beside her: "Why isn't your phone ringing?"

"I...I've turned on Do Not Disturb," Dan Heng said truthfully.

"They really have no social skills at all," March 7th said speechlessly.

Dan Heng's phone never rang. He would only check the group messages when he felt like it.

[Bronya: March, Danheng, where are you now? Are you alright?]

In March, he quickly replied.

[March 7th: Bronya! We're in the Lower District now!]

[March 7th: A bunch of company guys took over the large mining area; Seele and I just drove them all away.]

[Bronya: Oh, I see. You're with Seele.]

[Bronya: Are you alright? Are you hurt? How are you?]

[March 7th: Don't worry, this is nothing, we have the awesome Mr. Danheng!]

[Dan Heng:...]

[March 7th: @Danheng, you finally remembered to check your phone?!]

[Danheng: @March 7th, um.]

[March 7: @Bronya, Sorry, we couldn't convince Toppa...]

[Bronya: Hmm? Did you go find Toppa...?]

[March 7th: Yeah...it's because the interest rate was outrageous. Danheng and I were thinking of trying to persuade Topa to lower the rate.]

[March 7th: The interest accumulated over seven hundred years is just too much no matter how you look at it...]

[Bronya: Thank you everyone for your concern...]

[Bronya: Everyone, let's go back to Cripper Castle. Mother has returned...]

Immediately, March 7th put down his phone and said to the two people beside him:

"Shall we go to Fort Krippar?"

"Seele, do you want to come up with us?"

Seele shook her head slightly, declining March 7th's invitation:

"No need, you can go ahead. I still have some cleanup work to do here, after all, the miners who were evicted are still in the dark..."

“Since Bronya didn’t explain it to me in detail, it means I can’t be of much help with this matter…after all, I don’t really understand those complicated things.”

Have a safe journey.

"Mm." March 7th nodded.

After saying goodbye to Seele, he and Danheng took the cable car back to the upper area.

……

at the same time.

Rivet Town.

Jepard led a large squad of Silvermane Iron Guards and many automatons to block Toppa's path.

Topa stared at the imposing army before him and said helplessly:

"This situation... doesn't seem very friendly."

Jepard's voice suddenly rang out, sternly:

"By order of the Great Guardian, please stop here, Miss Topa!"

“Really…” Topa sighed:

"Why are you stopping me? It's clearly good for everyone if I do this."

Schwarzko stood beside Toppa, watching all this without moving.

He neither spoke up for Toppa nor helped Jepard stop it; he simply watched silently.

"Well, there's nothing I can do about that, I'm sorry."

Immediately, Toppa quickly took out the underlying source code and started it up instantly.

In an instant, the automatons led by Jepard collapsed, then stood up again and launched an attack on the Silvermane Iron Guards beside him.

"Ha, goodbye." Toppa ignored the group and tried to leave with Swallow.

But then, something unexpected happened.

Those automatons, which had already been controlled by Toppa, were paralyzed again.

Then, to Topa's surprise, they slowly approached and surrounded her.

"Hmm? Eh?!"

"Why……"

Toppa stared in horror at the source code in his hand, utterly bewildered:

"It definitely worked just now..."

Then, Toppa discovered that among the automatons, there were two unusual machines... that were sending out strange signals to the surrounding area.

"What is that?!" Topa exclaimed in shock.

The two aircraft were not large, but their bodies were mostly white and they had no legs. They floated there quietly.

If Walter were here, he would recognize it as a mech called a 'Shaman'.

“It seems the executive’s concerns were indeed correct,” Jepard said in a deep voice.

"He said that if the automatons were ever controlled, it would be a real problem... so he submitted a mecha blueprint to the engineering department, and it has indeed come in handy!"

Chapter 390 Fearless

……

Upper area.

Fort Clipper.

When Danheng and March 7th returned, only Bronya remained in the entire hall.

"Huh? Bronya, are you the only one here?" March 7th looked around.

"Didn't they say Cocolia was back? Where is she?"

"After giving some instructions, Mother set off first, leaving me here to wait for you."

Bronya apologized:

"Well... anyway, welcome back."

"It's really embarrassing, and you've all worked so hard for this city."

"Don't be so formal, Bronya," March 7th said with a natural smile.

"It didn't do anything at all."

The two went to the museum and talked to Toppa for a long time, but they couldn't reach a conclusion because he was incredibly stubborn.

March 7th now realizes that it's probably impossible to pay back less money.

Are we really going to tie Toppa up?

But she seems to be just a working-class woman; tying her up won't solve the most fundamental problem.

Bronya said to the two of them:

"The company is moving very quickly. Now there are people from Belloberg everywhere, and they all use the same approach to asset valuation."

"Huh?" March 7th's eyes widened:

"Another asset appraisal? The way they look at me is like they're looking at slaves."

"Mm." Bronya nodded slightly, not denying it.

"For those who default on their debts, the future of our planet has already been bought out."

"However, apart from the large mining area you visited, there were no violent conflicts elsewhere. This is probably because Toppa gave orders not to allow them to harass the citizens at will."