While the Students, that is, Josec, Harry, Buern, Estelle and Jason journeyed on the sea with Master Andrea, Master Fencer and the other Masters had arrived in the Continent Of Thunderstorms. It was a very large continent and storm clouds loomed ominously above them. Some of the engineers met the Masters at the port.
"Are you making any progress?" Master Kyem asked them after everyone had exchanged pleasantries.
"So far so good. It's been quite uneventful so far. Our only worry is that this is a rather large continent with numerous towns scattered all about it. The very reason we said there was no need for you to rush here" the engineers said.
"No, we have to be here. It may be that thanks to the size of the continent and the current scale of your efforts, your actions may not have come to the attention of Raichuu yet" Master Fencer said.
"That may be true. We only recently began to set up the lightning rods but once we did, we noticed something quite interesting" the engineers said.
"And that is?" Master Fencer asked.
"From the doodle Harry sent us concerning the Mutating Several Layered Zone Of Absolute Defense, it would appear that the diagram was of a 'Rainbow' from the side view however, when we began to work on the plan using the doodle as a reference, we realized that the plan of the diagram portrays a 'Ripple'" the engineers said.
"A ripple?" Master Colette asked.
"Here, let me show you" the engineers said and began to lead them towards a town.
At the outskirts of the town were several giant poles positioned an even distance from one another.
"To protect the entire town, we ensured that the innermost circle of rods formed a perimeter around its outskirts. We'll be setting up more conducting rods an even distance from the innermost defensive rod formation. And that is what we'll do for all the Seven Layers" the engineers said.
"Seven Layers?" Master Ayumi asked.
"Well, our initial intention for limiting the number of layers to seven was to humour Harry however we also realize that Josec needs enough Defensive Layers if he is to respond to Raichuu's unpredictability effectively" the engineers said.
"That makes sense and indeed, once all the rods have been set up, they are going to give the impression of a ripple" Master Fencer said.
"'A Rainbow Ripple' or 'Rainbow Ring'" the engineers said with a laugh.
"However, we didn't arrive here alone. Representatives of the botanists and interpreters of literature are here as well. I believe they also have with them a letter from the King Of Avalon" the engineers said.
The engineers led the Masters into the Town to an inn. In the inn, they were met by the representatives of the engineers, interpreters of literature as well as the botanists. After exchanging pleasantries, the three representatives began to converse with the Masters.
"I'm certain our subordinates informed you of the nature of the plan regarding the Mutating Several Layered Zone Of Absolute Defense contained in Harry's doodle" the representative of the engineers said.
"Yes, we were informed and have seen for ourselves that it takes on the form of a ripple" Master Ayumi said.
"It is in some ways similar to the design of the Summer Domes and irrigation channels we implemented in the Continent Of Deserts especially once we scale up our efforts" the representative of the botanists said.
"However, if we apply the definition of a ripple to the nature of the technique, there is the connotation of expansion and evolution triggered by something quite insignificant" the representative of the interpreters of literature said.
"It's hard to believe that all of this began from a doodle that was thought to be quite ridiculous" Master Fencer said with a laugh.
Everyone laughed as well.
"As humorous as that sounded Fencer, we should finish listening to the representatives before cracking any jokes" Master Colette said.
"Indeed, the image of the 'Rainbow' is transformed into the image of a 'Ripple' when the technique is viewed from an eagle-eye perspective but that is not all" the representative of the engineers said with a slight chuckle.
"That is not all?" Master Fencer asked seriously.
The other Masters listened attentively.
"The image of the 'Rainbow' transforms into the image of a 'Ripple' once we factor in the role of the engineers which is to raise up the lightning rods. However, when we drew a diagram factoring in Josec's role which is to control the overall structure of the Defensive formation, the image transformed yet again into what appeared to be a 'Flower'" the representative of the engineers said as he raised an image of the plan containing Josec's role.
The Masters stared at the image seriously.
"Fencer" Master Colette communicated telepathically with Master Fencer and the other Masters.
"Yeah I know Emma. That isn't the image of a flower. It's the image of the Dragon Zone from Ryu's homeworld" Master Fencer communicated with the rest of the Jo-lan Masters telepathically.
"You look so serious. Is there something we should know?" the representatives asked.
"Dr Albane wouldn't like us saying anything more concerning this. I am certain you are on the right track and will eventually develop a comprehensive understanding of the diagram" Master Fencer said.
The representatives sighed.
"We understand" they said.
"Here is the letter from the King" the representative of the interpreters said and handed a letter to Master Fencer.
The letter stated that the Kingdom Of Avalon had received a large shipment of books from the Phoenix Clan and had already begun to integrate the language of Jo-lan into the educational curriculum of the allied continents. Meanwhile, the leaders of the Continent Of Thunderstorms began to inform their citizens about the efforts of the engineers. Everywhere in the allied continents, the Defensive Formation began to be implemented in every possible interpretation. The Knights of the various kingdoms began to set up sentries and the leaders began to implement a network of information exchange that allowed them to communicate with the leaders of the alliance. All of this was going on as the engineers of Avalon simultaneously began to set up the lightning rods.