"But my magic can continue to grow through practice, and there is no limit to the number of promotions, right?" Lightning didn't look frustrated at all, "That's great—it's exciting to think about being able to push your limits constantly!

"Battle!" Maisie echoed, holding her head high.

"Yes, I know you're happy, but remember not to speed up over the castle next time and cause trouble for His Majesty Roland. Wendy coughed twice, "And you'll have to save all your mana for the next few days until it's all tested, understand?"

"Yes, Sister Wendy," Lightning playfully stuck out his tongue.

Roland has a different opinion in his heart, although sonic flight can bring unparalleled mobility to the other party, but once the magic power is used, it is easy to fall into a desperate situation. What's more, Lightning's size is much smaller than that of an airplane, and it is still unknown how much damage it can inflict on the devil when breaking through the sound barrier, so it is obviously not cost-effective to use it as a battle witch.

As for the kind of demon slayer who can disrupt the effect of magic on a large scale, it is a nemesis for her.

What he values more is the duration of the opponent's subsonic speed - eight or nine hundred kilometers per hour is definitely a ride in this era, whether it is to develop a map or as a scout, it is much more efficient than simple combat to make up for the blind spots on the battlefield outside the range of Sylvie's detection.

Just as Lightning was about to leave, Roland suddenly stopped her.

"By the way, I have one more question for you," he thought about his words, "what if...... What are you going to do when there are no more dangers in this world after more than ten years?"

"No risk...... Can you explore?" Lightning was slightly stunned.

"For example, every continent has been inhabited, every sea area has been charted, the whole world is unobstructed, and there is no place to call it the unknown—it sounds incredible, but if that happens, do you still want to be an explorer?"

"I see," said the little girl, "what do you mean if the explorers of the fjord have opened up the land and the sea during the War of the Divine Will?"

"Uh...... It can be understood this way. Roland couldn't help but secretly slander himself, he had already said it tactfully enough, but he was still pointed at the core by the other party, and sure enough, his peers were the biggest enemies.

"Unless every one of them is as good as my father, but even so, I'll continue to explore," said Lightning without hesitation, "because there are places that only I can reach, and even my father can't do it." ”

"You mean ......"

Lightning pointed to the top of his head and said confidently, "There is still a big blank space in the sky!"

It wasn't until she said goodbye that Roland couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Should he say that he is worthy of being father and daughter? This answer not only has a tone similar to that of Thunder, but even goes further in momentum - he doesn't know if the fate of the explorer will really be as Thunder said, but one thing is right, in terms of talent, lightning does have a height that ordinary people cannot reach.

"What are you laughing at?" the nightingale wondered.

He stood up and walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the cloudy sky, his gaze as if he had pierced through the clouds and reached the depths beyond—though it was still elusive, someone was already watching it.

"I'm laughing...... It's nice to be young," he said.

......

After dealing with the lightning, Roland left Wendy behind.

"I'm going to add a new department to the town hall," he says, "not only to deal with emergencies like today's, but also to give people a credible channel for discussion." ”

"What do you mean...... It's mostly used to post messages?" Wendy asked.

"That's right, this department is called the Propaganda Department. Roland nodded, "But the way it publishes news is a little different - first of all, it no longer makes announcements through the bulletin board in the central square unless it's an emergency. Secondly, it will not be limited to the place of Neverwinter, and some novel events that occur in various places will also be included. ”

"If you don't advertise it in the square, how can you let others know?" the nightingale pouted.

Roland picked up a scrapped piece of scratch paper from the table and unfolded it in front of the two of them, "So it needs a new means of propaganda - and that's the newspaper." ”

In fact, it is helpless to erect a propaganda board in the central square and send people to preach it repeatedly. In the early days, people's literacy rate was extremely low, and it was a fool's dream to achieve universal reading. In such a situation, word of mouth became the only way to publicize the decree.

However, with the rapid expansion of the city's population and the rapid expansion of the territory, this method could no longer keep up with the actual needs of the people, who used to gather 3,000 people to give a single preaching, which was equivalent to informing the whole city. Now, to meet the same ratio, at least 80,000 to 90,000 people have to be gathered.

Not only did this exceed the capacity of the central plaza, but the pumping of such a large crowd would bring Neverwinter's industrial operations to a halt.

Barov's report made him realize that the so-called "if you don't occupy the propaganda position, the enemy will occupy it" is not just words, and if there is no reliable channel for discussion, all kinds of rumors will brew in the tavern, and it will be difficult to get it back when it spreads.

Now that the popularization of primary education has been going on for two and a half years, and the resources at the disposal of Neverwinter are much more abundant than in previous years, the opening of a newspaper is a matter of course.

If the former is the basis for running a newspaper, then the latter is a powerful guarantee for the publication of newspapers.

What does an official newspaper need? the largest possible circulation, and timely reporting that can guide public opinion, so Neverwinter needs to have a lot of paper, and efficient printing technology.

The problem of paper was easy to solve, and in the central and eastern cities where commerce and trade were developed, paper had spread to upper-middle-class families, and he remembered that Lucia's deceased parents used to run a paper mill in Golden Harvest City. According to the statistics of the city hall, there are many craftsmen who have mastered paper-making technology among the migrants from the east, and as long as those craftsmen are recruited and the production capacity is expanded, the demand for mass distribution can be met.

For Neverwinter, the problems that can be solved with money are not a problem.

Printing was much simpler, with movable metal type and rollers all mature technology, and ink supplied by dark clouds, which was theoretically easier than making paper.

It's just that he doesn't have to go into detail with Wendy, because the technical aspects aside, newspapers have to be written by people, so the most important thing is the people who can gather the news.

Wendy was left behind to allow her to pick out a few suitable candidates - whether it was the Witch League or the Maleficent, she should be the one who knew the best about her sister's abilities.

"I probably understand......" After listening to Roland's explanation, Wendy thought for a moment, "So you need the witch to be involved in this matter, and she can not only find out about the incident in the first place, but also run faster than anyone else to get the news back to the Propaganda Department as soon as possible?"

"Ahem, you don't have to run fast," he almost choked on his saliva, "as long as she knows where the incident happened, she can send the others there." ”

"In other words, she will exist as a propaganda center......? I did think of a good candidate. Wendy smiled, "Your Majesty, what do you think...... What about honey?"