Chapter 45: The Kite
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The wind is often much stronger above the turbulent river than on land, and when the crude handmade kite lifts off under the wind magic, it is driven by the powerful river wind, and it automatically floats higher and farther without the power of magic. The other end of the kite string is firmly tied to a boulder on the riverbank, which weighs several thousand kilograms, which can completely suppress the pull brought by the kite.
It didn't take long for the 1,500-meter-long kite string to reach the end, the rope stretched diagonally to the river, and the huge kite became a small pattern in the sky, and the two people on the kite became two small black dots that were difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. Catherine flicked the rope that tied the kite, and the string made a thumping sound as the bowstring was plucked, apparently stretched to its tightest limit.
"Almost, ignition. Catherine looked at the kite in the air and waved behind her. Dora lit the pyre, which had been prepared long ago, and the pyre, mixed with fresh branches and leaves, quickly heated up under the scorching flames, and a large amount of gray-white smoke rose from the top of the pyre, and the smoke rose vertically, meeting with the wind in the air, and being blown northwest by the river wind.
"Alright. Catherine took one last look at the sky with a worried gaze, then walked over to the magic circle and sat down without looking back: "Leave the rest to them, we just have to wait." ”
"Senior sister, it's a little troublesome. With the good eyesight brought by the gold-level physique, Dora seemed to see something, pointed to the kite in the sky and said, "I hope I saw it wrong, you see." ”
"Flying Monsters?" Catherine immediately understood the meaning of Dora's words, and although she asked so, she did not expect Dora's answer, but followed Dora's gaze. Sure enough, in the direction of his gaze, several small black dots appeared in the distant sky, and they were rushing towards Pennis and Vivien in the air at an astonishing speed. Catherine shook her head: "I didn't have a telescope, I couldn't see what it was, but I believe they can handle it." ”
"Huh?" Dora looked at Catherine in surprise: "Sister, aren't you worried?"
Catherine smiled faintly and did not answer, her heart had already flown to the two in the sky.
There was a strong wind at an altitude of several hundred meters and nearly a thousand meters, and the wind was blowing from diagonally below, right on Vivian's face. Vivien fixed herself to sit on a specially made shelf under the kite, although she was not blown off the kite, but the force of the wind made it difficult for her to even breathe, so she had to spend her magic to create a windproof barrier to alleviate it. After solving the problem of breathing, Vivien had the strength to turn her head to face Pennis, only to find that Pannis was very cleverly straddled his shelf, twisting his head sideways, so that the wind could only blow to the back of his head, and he didn't have to face the dilemma of breathing at all.
"Why didn't you tell me in advance. Vivien wanted to say this to Pannis, but as soon as she spoke, her voice was so overshadowed by the wind that she couldn't hear herself. In desperation, as long as I curiously looked down for Catherine's location, but I couldn't find it in the sky. Fortunately, a thick smoke rose from the riverbank, and the smoke represented their location, and they only had to land on the opposite bank.
The lighter the weight of the teleportation object and the more precisely the magic array is depicted, the smaller the consumption of mana and the farther the distance of teleportation. Just like the magic circle she once laid out in the Weeping Cave Laboratory, it was an extremely precise magic circle, which once took her nearly three days to complete, and that level of magic circle could almost reach the limit of 300 kilometers of magic transmission, and with the upper limit of her magic power, she could completely use that magic circle to teleport hundreds of kilograms of objects at a time. Of course, the one that Vivian is going to use now is a temporary portrayal, and the performance is completely incomparable with the carefully prepared magic array, and a teleportation of ten to twelve kilometers at a time is already the limit, and if the distance is farther, the two ends of the magic array will not be able to achieve synchronization, and the teleportation magic will not be effective. Therefore, according to Catherine's position, finding a landing point with a straight line distance of no more than ten kilometers is the most important thing now.
Seeing the column of smoke rising, Vivien was surprised to find that Pannisy did not move, so she had to tug at the corner of Pannis's clothes and point to the smoke below. Pannis turned his head, his eyebrows furrowed, and instead of looking at the pillar of smoke, he pointed to the sky and shouted something.
Vivien couldn't hear Pannis's shout, but it didn't prevent her from following Pannis's line of sight, and she also found a black dot in the distance that was rushing quickly in the air, the black dot flew extremely fast, and the visual speed was enough to reach a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, and in a few seconds, the black dot had become larger in Vivian's eyes.
"What kind of monster is that?" Vivien shouted, but to no avail. But Pannis saw Vivian's problem clearly through his mouth, and leaned close to Vivian's ear and shouted: "That's rock eagles, there are five of them, they are magical beasts in the mountains to the west, and they fly very fast. We've got to go down right away, I'll do some magic, I'll control gravity and direction, you're in charge of watching, and when they're in range, they'll attack them with magic, and move to cast spells, and I remember you're perfectly fine. ”
Vivien nodded, smiling and giving a thumbs up.
"Prepare the Feather Potion and the Light Technique. Pannis shouted: "If the kite gets out of control or eventually breaks, I will let you drink it, remember to protect yourself, I will buy you enough time, you can rest assured, I will not die." ”
Vivian was stunned for a moment, biting her lip, trying to make her mouth shape appear clear: "You promised the eldest sister." ”
"I repented. Pannis's face did not change and he shouted, "The man's words are so unbelievable. ”
Vivien's eyes flickered, and she was silent for a moment, then suddenly covered her mouth and laughed. This time it was Pannis's turn to be stunned, for a few months of knowing each other, Vivien had been hiding in the corner alone most of the time, even with everyone, she was the most non-existent one. Usually absent-minded and indifferent when communicating, I have never seen her smile so unscrupulously, with a mature charm that is extremely incommensurate with her age.
Pannis didn't look too much, silently took a few deep breaths, turned around resolutely, drew his sword and cut the rope that tied the kite. Losing the pull of the rope, the kite turned from static to no longer hovering in the air, and began to fly towards the dense forest in the distance. In Vivien's stunned gaze, Pannis, who had cut off the kite string, untied the safety rope that held him in place, grabbed the kite frame above his head with both hands, and moved to the center of the kite little by little against the strong wind, re-fixing himself to the main support column in the center...... The balance between the left and right of the kite, which had been roughly calculated, immediately changed, and the kite tilted slightly to one side, and the direction of flight changed from flying straight to circling over the Naramia River in an arc.
"It's going to go down. Pannis, knowing that Vivien couldn't hear it, shouted anyway. The earthy yellow shimmer flickered in Pannis's hand, and the whole kite slowly became heavier, and the huge wind force gradually became unable to fully support the weight of the kite, and the two of them began to slowly descend on the kite circle.
Several rock eagles in the distance simultaneously detect the intention of their prey to land, but they don't seem ready to give up, but instead increase their speed to a higher level, wanting to get their prey before it lands.
Instead of looking at the rock eagle again, Pannis left all the battle to Vivien, and he concentrated on constantly changing the weight of the kite, making it light and heavy, so as to ensure the speed of the kite's descent and not cause the kite to break down and cause a catastrophic event.
"Little bird, little bird, happy little bird. Vivien sat calmly on the stand, humming softly in her nose the ballad she had heard in her childhood bedtime stories, with an incomprehensible smile on her face, sometimes estimating the distance of the rock eagle, sometimes glancing at the preoccupied Pannis, not knowing what was going on in her mind.
"Fly all day, fly on the sea. The rock eagle got closer and closer, Vivien still maintained a smiling expression leaning on the kite, seemingly lazily raised her hand and took out a crystal bottle, the gloved right index finger reached into the bottle and dipped it, when pulled out of the bottle, the liquid part of the glove was immediately corroded and destroyed, and the skin under the glove became charred. But Vivien didn't have any expression of pain, as if her fingers didn't belong to her at all, and she drew in the air with her corroded fingers, and seven or eight light blue pentagram and hexagram stars appeared out of thin air, appearing in a row around her from time to time, hovering around her body, unaffected by the movement of position.
"Fly freely, fly in the trees. Vivien's finger tapped lightly on a pentagram, and an ice arrow shot out of the circle. The rock eagle in the distance quickly changed direction and dodged the attack of the ice arrow.
"Little bird, little bird, fly and fly. Vivien didn't look down, her left hand leisurely tapped the kite's stand to beat the hypnotic nursery rhyme she was humming, but her right hand was like playing a piano, a few fingers were dancing and touching on each circle with agility and accuracy, and all kinds of colorful low-level magic rained out from each circle, forming a barrage in the air, splitting his head and covering his face to scatter at the rock eagle who was chasing after him. The five rock eagles let out a panicked chirp, each dodging and stumbling into a mess. After the barrage, the two rock eagles were seriously injured in their wings and could only reduce their speed to give up the pursuit, while the other three rock eagles, who were not so injured, still followed closely behind the kite, and several times tried to get close to the vulnerable kite, but they were forced back by Vivien's spell in time.
"Be careful. Pannis suddenly let out a loud shout, and Vivien suddenly realized that it seemed that the wind was getting lighter and lighter, and the shouting could already drown out the wind.
"We're going down. Pannis said, pointing downward. At this time, the kite was still more than fifty meters above the ground, and it had just crossed the Nalamia River in its position, and flew towards the forest a kilometer away from the river: "Drink the feather potion, you don't need a light body technique, and you will jump directly as soon as you enter the forest after a while." ”
"And what about you?" Vivien shouted as well, "How are you going down?"
"I jumped too. Pannis replied, "Don't worry, you won't die." ”
You really can't fall to death. Although the physique and endurance of ordinary people are several times that of ordinary people, they can withstand a fall of twenty or thirty meters at most, but that is only on flat ground. Now in a forest with a height of thirty or forty meters, it is difficult to be fatal if you fall from a height of more than fifty meters, through the buffer of tree trunks and branches, but it is inevitable that you will suffer some damage. Vivien was aware of the situation, so she didn't talk nonsense, and immediately took out a bottle of feather potion from her coat pocket and poured it into her mouth. But before he could drink the potion, he was pulled by Pannis: "No, no, you can't drink the feather potion, now jump directly." ”
Vivien didn't ask why, didn't hesitate, just let go and threw away the potion, untied the safety rope on her body and jumped down with Pannis, just after being stuck in the air, the three rock eagles who had been waiting for a long time lost the threat of magic and swooped down on Vivien from three directions.