Rebecca's chirping and cheerful voice was still ringing nearby, but Maggie just smiled, looking down at the joysticks with different functions and the slightly rudimentary meters and rune disks.

These days, the joysticks and the instrument cluster have been memorized by her, and she knows them so well that she can pinpoint any button and lever in front of the driver's seat, even with her eyes closed.

Tyr, who had been fighting against the Sandman for a long time on the side, also arched over at this time, Miss Kraken saw that this side was finally ready to take off, and seemed to lift her spirits, she raised her head and looked at Maggie sitting in the cockpit, and the tip of her tail poked on the ground next to her: "Don't forget to take pictures after you go up - of course, if you crash all of a sudden, you should protect yourself first......"

Before he could finish speaking, several technicians next to him rushed up and dragged the non-verbal kraken aside.

Maggie looked at it all with a smile.

She felt a slight tremor from the rune modules and mechanisms beneath her body, and she could feel the large, complex machine waking up little by little.

Steel, crystal, magic material, leather, wood, cloth...... These inanimate substances are combined into a complex shell in the skillful hands of humans, and the dragon that can't take off sits in this complex shell, ready to use it to fly into the blue sky.

The shell is supposed to be something that gives people a sense of security, but this "shell" has presented only danger in the experiments so far, as most new technologies are in the experimental stage: it is unstable, full of defects, full of problems that even technicians cannot predict, it is not safe at all.

When it was still a small-scale prototype, the anti-gravity ring of this "flying machine" went out of control more than once, and those verification anti-gravity rings destroyed the walls and roof of the laboratory, and also burned the rune substrate on the test bench, and as the project progressed to the later stage, the small-scale verification model became a large-scale testing machine, and the entire project was transferred to the "special laboratory" in the suburbs, and tested on this open field.

The surrounding technicians had already stepped back, Maggie closed the lid of the cockpit, and then pressed down the main joystick in front of her, and the power ridge, which had been preheated and charged, began to release magic to the anti-gravity ring, and more powerful tremors came from underneath her.

After the relocation of the test site, there was no threat to unrelated people around the project, but the risk to those involved in the test was still significant, especially the test pilots.

The combination of the proven, anti-gravity device and the fumbled "dragon wing" device is unstable, and for a human without wings, it is a great but too risky move to hand over oneself to a testing machine and use these rudimentary devices to challenge the blue skies.

Of course, testers can choose a mage who has mastered the art of flying, so that at least if the machine crashes, they will have a chance to return to the ground safely on their own, but as a testing machine, the problems faced by this craft are far more than just crashing - explosions in the air, loss of maneuver, maneuver and mana can put the lives of mages who have mastered the art of flight at risk.

Maggie believed that Rebecca and her technical team would be fearless even in the face of these challenges, but she volunteered to step up and serve as a test pilot.

As a dragon, she is physically very strong and extremely resistant to all kinds of magical damage, even if the aircraft explodes, she has a chance to survive, and as for falling in the air - although she can't take off on the ground on her own, she can at least glide and land in the shape of a dragon during the fall. Without a doubt, she was Cecil's most suitable test pilot.

In the past several test flights, she has already "crashed" like this three times - and in one case was quite seriously injured. If it wasn't a humanoid dragon like hers who was being tested at the time, but a normal human, the project would have claimed at least three lives by now.

Maggie took a deep breath to calm her nerves, then grabbed the main joystick in the center of the console and pulled it up slightly.

Underneath the inverted cone-shaped anti-gravity aircraft, countless runes on the surface of the metal anti-gravity ring suddenly lit up, and a low humming sound came from inside the ring and the cone of the aircraft, accompanied by a little gravel and gravel near the machine gradually floating into the air, the aircraft temporarily named "Dragoon" detached itself from the ground little by little, and began to rise slowly in a steady attitude.

"The anti-gravity ring is stable, the power ridge is stable, the dragon wing device is stable, and the magic wing is all right," Maggie glanced at the console, reporting the situation familiarly, and continued to pull the lever upwards, "I'm going to start accelerating up." ”

The speed of the aircraft's ascent began to gradually increase, and the half-moon-shaped magic energy wings on both sides of it slowly unfolded under the action of the mechanism, stretching into a plane on both sides, while the "dragon wings" on both sides of the cockpit stretched out at the same time, and the light blue dragon wing runes lit up one after another, flashing with a faint light.

This time it will work out – it's smoother than any time.

The corner of Maggie's eyes swept to the "dragon wings" devices on both sides of the cockpit, and in a trance, she felt that the metal wings made of dragon wings really seemed to be an extension of her body, she held the joystick tightly, as if she could feel the heartbeat of the machine, she felt the air flowing outside, she felt the wings stretching in the wind, she felt ...... The sky is calling itself.

She took off, flying higher and higher.

The ground references on either side of the cockpit were sinking, and the viewing window below the front of the cockpit had opened, and she saw that the huge signs on the test floor were moving away from her, so she gently pushed the joystick, and everything in her field of view began to recede.

Maggie laughed happily.

Rebecca looked up and saw a few glimmer particles escaping from the wings on either side of the Dragoon, and then the heavy machine sped through the sky like a light bird.

She remembers that the last time the vehicle crashed in this step - the dragon's wing structure caused a deadly tremor as it changed propulsion, the body tore, the power ridge was unbalanced, and it plummeted from hundreds of meters in the air, Maggie turned into a dragon-shaped glide in mid-air and landed, and the wreckage of the aircraft crashed into an open space at the edge of the test site, smashing a magic monitoring tower.

By the way, he stoned Tyre, who was sleeping lazily in the sun under the tower.

The scene was really shocking - especially when many technicians on site didn't know that the Kraken race could be resurrected, it was really a big mess.

"It's flying......" Rebecca muttered softly, tilting her head and thinking about what she didn't have in her head.

"And it doesn't look like it's going to fall......" Tyre also tilted his head, and the tip of his tail poked the ground again and again, "I was really scared last time, and I was asleep when I heard a loud 'clang', and when I woke up, I was soaking in the whitewater river......"

Rebecca: "......"

Maggie's heart was pounding, but her hands were steadied than ever.

She clutched the joystick - the fluctuations of the air current, the attitude adjustment of the aircraft, the subtle touch of the dragon's wings, these incredible sensations were transmitted through the metal, through the conduction of these joysticks, and finally transmitted to her hands, so that she gradually had a real feeling of embracing the sky.

Although there was a shell made of steel and other materials in between, she was more satisfied than ever.

She watched the farmland pass far and wide below her, saw the small model-like minarets and houses receding in view, and there was no doubt in her mind about what Rebecca had promised.

Dragons, after all, yearn for the sky.

However, the dragons of the Principality of the Holy Dragon are not allowed to fly by birth - even if a few of them have relatively healthy wings, they are forbidden to go near the sky.

Because genetic defects are a great sin, and this mortal sin must be paid by the exiles for generations, and the deformed wings are not worthy of embracing the sky, which is a blasphemy against the sky.

But how can a creature born with wings resist the urge to fly?

Almost every year, there will be uncontrollable young dragons to challenge the taboo, even if the deformed wings cannot take off, they are willing to use gliding to take off for a short time, the Dragon Leaping Cliff has deviants sneaking down every year, except for a few lucky ones, some of the other dragons will be captured by the patrol cavalry of the Dragon's Blood Grand Duke, some will fall seriously after the terrible glide due to lack of experience, and some ......

Will choose to do his best to flap his wings, glide all the way from the Dragon Leap Cliff to the outside of the border, and fly into the human world.

Maggie smiled happily and pulled the lever hard, flying towards the sky.

If you still have a chance to go back, you must persuade those friends to try this.

Countless times more fun than gliding!

Maggie now can't help but look forward to the other thing Rebecca promised, "Embrace the Sky".

Wings of Steel...... What would it look like?

……

Gawain, who returned to Cecil City, immediately summoned Veronica/Ophelia, who happened to be visiting the Magic Guide Arsenal in the city.

Bright sunlight poured into the spacious study, and Veronica, holding a platinum scepter, walked into the room with a calm expression, the sunlight sprinkled on her pale blonde hair, and the light rippled slightly, making it impossible to tell whether this halo was the holy light that lingered around her.

In front of Gawain, the ancient disobedient man bowed his head slightly: "Your Majesty, you summoned me?" ”

Gawain snorted, and the first time he looked up was the platinum scepter in Veronica's hand.

Before getting down to business, he couldn't help but think of another thing he mentioned when he talked to Bertila:

The bridge between man and God, the phenomenon of "chains" caused by belief in the same goal.

The platinum scepter, also known as the "bridge between man and God".

Gawain had known the name for a long time, but it wasn't until he spoke to Bertila that he realized that the "bridge" had another possible meaning.

“…… Does that scepter really create a connection between man and God? He asked in a deep voice.

Veronica lowered her eyelids slightly: "Yes, of course. ”

“…… It should not be easy to control this 'chain'. ”

Veronica raised her head in some surprise, she looked at Gawain's deep gaze, and seemed to have a hint of a smile: "It seems that you know the gods more deeply. ”

"In the eastern region of the Plains of the Holy Spirit, in the location of the lair of the Society of the End of Everything, the battle between the power of the false gods and the power of mortals has spawned a huge plant, the body of which is a high-ranking imam of the Society of the End of All Things, and an old acquaintance of mine, Bertila," Gawain said unhurriedly, "From her, I learned something about the rebels and the gods. ”

“…… Harvests are often unexpected. ”

"That's true," Gawain nodded, "do you have an impression of the names Filna White Frost and Rainna White Frost?" ”

Veronica's tranquil expression was visibly still for a moment.

Then, she said leisurely: "What a name I haven't seen for a long time...... Did you hear that from that Berthira's mouth? ”

"Now that you know, it seems that this information is correct—for hundreds of years, the elves of Filna White Frost and Rainna White Frost have been important members of the Society of the End of All Things. If I'm not mistaken, they're the same ...... we talked about."

"The 'ghosts' of the disobedient plan...... Veronica whispered, "Yes, the White Frost Twins are disobedients, I know them, but I really didn't expect that they would hide in the Society of the End of All Things for so many years, and they would be active in human society." ”

"Tell me about them," Gawain nodded, "If my information is accurate, then it is likely that the elven sisters are still alive, and after escaping the catastrophe of the destruction of Gondor, they will probably escape the destruction of the Society of the End of All Things, and they will most likely continue to be active, and they will most likely become a threat." ”

“…… First of all," Veronica said in a soft tone, "the White Frost Twins should technically say, 'They were sisters,' and now they ...... In fact, it should be counted as an individual. ”