A few days later, Billy received Jean at his house. While things have been peaceful lately, he is still as busy as ever, so he rarely visits. Still, he always has a reason.
"Thank you for your hard work," Jean said. "While I kept a secret that you and your party were the ones responsible for destroying the dungeons, most governors realized that you are involved somehow."
"Is that so?" Billy asked.
"They were also curious about how you did it and they pressed me for details, but since I didn't know anything…" Jean said. "It was easy to ignore those questions. Regardless, today I came to inform you that some states are requiring your help on looking for the bandit who attacked the temple city and the samurai capital. You have heard of those incidents, right?"
"Yes, but it is useless… The thief can't be caught and I am guessing that they won't show up here again any time soon," Billy said.
"It seems that you know more than anyone else about this," Jean said. "That makes things simple, but I need to have some idea to reply to those invitations."
"I suppose there are a few things that I can share…" Billy said and then took a deep breath. "I have been looking for the bandit as well, since he got on his hands on some powerful relics, but they probably are busy somewhere else. There are no traces of them in this part of the world."
"In this part of the world… Do you think that they are in lands unknown to us?" Jean asked. "Like beyond the ocean?"
"That is my guess considering that their crimes only happened every few months, they probably take a lot of time traveling," Billy replied.
It was better to keep some information hidden, at least for the time being. Besides, learning about a new continent wouldn't change much when it comes to the life of the people of that continent. After all, they hadn't developed the technology to make boats travel for weeks or months. Billy also has to explain to others how come he confirmed the existence of other lands, and now that the continent was enjoying the peace as a whole, many troublesome people might bother him with their interests. It was surprising that no one asked for Billy to sell his magic carts, but he was quite sure that Jean was receiving requests for those, and he was ignoring them.
"I see… I don't that it is wise bring those news to Galatea followers and the samurai, at least not yet," Jean said. "Sooner or later, they will confirm that is the case with the number of such thefts decreasing. Still, considering that they lost some centuries old relics that represent the history of their lands, I find it hard to think that they will give up."
"That is to be expected, Nevertheless, if they ask anything, I will give a hand as long as it isn't unreasonable," Billy said.
"I am pretty sure that they will ask you to help on building some ships, or at the very least, they will hire some mages to help with the task," Jean said.
While helping them separately might be a pain, giving them some tools to develop boats might help… Billy didn't know how things would proceed, so he might need the backup of his allies. However, he also didn't know how would be their approach regarding new lands… Billy didn't want to develop weapons en mass for that world, and he didn't want to help anyone start an age of invasion of foreign lands either. It was another aspect of that world where Billy had to be careful…
In any case, Billy received the daily report from Icarus while he was working on his armor. Thanks to that, he confirmed several times that they didn't have ports in that continent, so perhaps he could slow down on helping the maritime sector of the world.
"Icarus said that the continent is around twenty thousand kilometers away from our western coast, but maybe I should check things on the opposite direction once this armor is finished," Billy thought. "If I don't find anything after flying for ten or so hours, then this world is truly stupidly massive."
While Icarus didn't give the details, Billy realized that his speed was a lot more efficient when he tried to control it. That was why despite having the power to control acceleration, he still could travel around without stopping, even though he didn't have many skills that improved his mana regeneration.
In any case, Billy finished the second model a bit sooner than expected, thanks to the fact that he already knew what to do. He also added a few extra features like the ability of the armor to protect Billy from the weather. It would cool him down in hot weather and keep him warm in cold ones. Billy also added the feature of easily removing the cores. Without them, the armor was basically a massive pile of heavy trash. It offered a defense in exchange for all mobility of the wearer… Still, before Billy could test the new armor, he received the news that Icarus was returning since he had used all the memory Crystals. With that in mind, he called Lucyna to see things with her own eyes as well.
"You returned awfully fast," Billy said when Icarus showed up.
"Well, that core thing that you gave me is really useful to recover mana, so I sped up a bit," Icarus said. "Anyway, they are here."
Billy accepted the memory Crystals, and then he guided those two to one of his many underground hideouts. At that point in time, they felt like pointing as to why he was obsessed with "those, but the atmosphere wasn't ready for that.
Regardless, as soon as they found the room Billy made to use the crystals, they frowned when he smashed a crystal, and then it emitted a blue wave that covered the whole area and then emitted something like a 3d blue painting…
