Rebecca's chirping and cheerful voice was still ringing nearby, but Maggie just smiled and lowered her head to check the joysticks with different functions and the slightly crude instruments and rune plates.
Over these days, these joysticks and instrument panels have been firmly memorized by her. She is so familiar with them that even with her eyes closed, she can accurately find any button and button in front of the driver's seat. Pull rod.
Tyr, who had been fighting against the Sandman for a long time, also came over with an arch at this time. Seeing that Miss Siren was finally ready to take off, she seemed to be refreshed. She raised her head, Looking at Maggie sitting in the cockpit, the tip of her tail poked at the ground next to her: "Don't forget to take photos after you get up there - of course if it crashes all of a sudden, you'd better protect yourself first..." < /p>
Before he finished speaking, several technicians swarmed over and dragged the mute siren aside.
Maggie looked at all this with a smile.
She felt the rune modules and mechanical devices beneath her body were trembling slightly, and she could feel that this huge and complex machine was waking up little by little.
Steel, crystal, magic materials, leather, wood, cloth...these inanimate materials are combined into a complex shell by the skillful hands of humans. The dragon that cannot take off sits on this layer. In a complex shell, it is ready to fly into the sky.
The shell should be something that gives people a sense of security, but this "shell" has only shown danger in the experiments so far, just like the status of most new technologies in the experimental stage: it Unstable, full of bugs, full of problems that no technician could predict, it's not safe at all.
When it was still a small-scale prototype, the anti-gravity ring of this "aircraft" went out of control more than once. Those verification-type anti-gravity rings damaged the walls and roof of the laboratory and also burned out. Through the rune substrate on the test bench, as the project progressed to the later stage, the small-scale verification model turned into a large-scale test machine, and the entire project was moved to the "Special Laboratory" in the suburbs, and in this area Test on an open field.
The surrounding technicians had already retreated. Maggie closed the lid of the cockpit, and then pressed down the main joystick in front of her. The power spine that had completed preheating and charging began to release magic power to the anti-gravity ring, and even more A strong tremor came from underneath him.
After moving the test site, the project no longer poses a threat to unrelated people around it, but the risks faced by those involved in the test are still very high, especially the test pilots.
The proven anti-gravity device and the fumbled "dragon wing" device are both unstable, and the combination of the two is even more so. For humans without wings, handing themselves over to a machine Testing machines, using these crude devices to challenge the blue sky is a great but too risky move.
Of course, testers can choose mages who have mastered flying, so that at least they will have a chance to rely on their own power when the machine crashes.The force returned to the ground safely, but as an experimental machine, the problems this aircraft has to face are far more than just crashing - problems such as mid-air explosions, loss of control, and runaway magic will also put the lives of mages who master flying skills in danger.
Maggie believed that Rebecca and the technical team she led would be fearless even if they faced these challenges, but she still volunteered to serve as a test pilot.
As a giant dragon, her body is very strong and extremely resistant to all kinds of magical damage. Even if the aircraft explodes, she has a chance to survive. As for falling in the air - although she cannot Taking off under her own power from the ground, she was at least able to glide down in dragon form as she fell. There is no doubt that she is the most suitable test pilot for Cecil.
In the past few test flights, she has "crashed" like this three times - and once suffered serious injuries. If the person conducting the test was not a humanoid dragon like her but an ordinary human being, then this project would have claimed at least three lives by now.
Maggie took a deep breath to calm down her slightly nervous mood, then held the main joystick located in the center of the console and pulled it up slightly.
Under the inverted cone-shaped anti-gravity aircraft, countless runes on the surface of the metal anti-gravity ring suddenly lighted up, and a low humming sound came from the ring and the interior of the aircraft's cone, accompanied by the machine. Some gravel and gravel nearby gradually floated into the air. The aircraft, temporarily named "Dragon Cavalry", gradually broke away from the ground and began to slowly rise in a steady manner.
"The output of the anti-gravity ring is stable, the status of the power spine is stable, the dragon wing device is stable, and the magic wing panels are all normal." Maggie glanced at the console, reported the situation familiarly, and continued to pull upwards Pull the lever, "I'm going to start accelerating my ascent."
The aircraft's ascending speed gradually accelerated, and the half-moon-shaped magic energy wings on both sides slowly unfolded under the action of the mechanical device, stretching to both sides. A flat surface, and 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 faintly.
It will definitely work this time - it will be smoother than any other time.
The corner of Maggie’s eye glanced at the “dragon wings” devices on both sides of the cockpit. In a daze, she felt as if the metal wings made to imitate the wings of a giant dragon had really become 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 her wings stretching into the wind, she felt... the sky was calling her.
She took off, flying higher and higher.
The ground reference objects on both sides of the cockpit were sinking, and the observation window at the front and bottom of the cockpit had been opened. She saw that the huge signs on the ground of the test site were moving away from her, so she gently pushed the joystick, and her field of view Everything in it starts to recede.
Maggie laughed happily.
Rebecca raised her head and saw "Dragoon"Some shimmering particles escaped from the wings on both sides, and then the heavy machine was like a light bird, speeding past in the sky.
She still remembered the last test. It was at this step that the aircraft crashed - the dragon wing structure produced a fatal tremor when changing the propulsion mode, the body was torn, the power spine was unbalanced, and it plummeted from an altitude of hundreds of meters. Maggie turned into a dragon in mid-air in a thrilling way. After gliding to land, the wreckage of the aircraft fell into the open space at the edge of the test site, destroying a magic monitoring tower.
By the way, it killed Tier who was sleeping in the sun under the tower.
The scene at that time was really shocking - especially when many technicians on site did not know that the Kraken race could be resurrected, it really caused a big mess.
" It's flying..." Rebecca raised her head, muttering softly as she thought about some random thoughts in her mind.
"And it doesn't look like it will fall..." Tire He also raised his head and poked the ground with the tip of his tail, "It really scared me last time. I was just sleeping when I heard a loud bang, and when I opened my eyes again, I was in the Baishui River. It's soaked in..."
Rebecca: "..."
Maggie's heart was jumping for joy, but her hands were steadier than ever.
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She held the joystick tightly - the fluctuations in the airflow, the attitude adjustment of the aircraft, the subtle touch feedback from the dragon wings, these incredible feelings were transmitted to her through the transmission of metal, through the transmission of these joysticks, and finally In her hands, she gradually felt a sense of embracing the sky.
Although there was a shell made of steel and other materials in between, she was as satisfied as ever.
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She saw the farmland passing far and far below her, and saw the small model-like spiers and houses receding in the field of vision, and in her heart she thought about what Rebecca had promised, There is no doubt anymore.
Dragon, after all, yearn for the sky.
But the dragons of the Holy Dragon Principality are not allowed to fly even if a few of them are "slightly deformed." Those who have relatively healthy wings are also prohibited from getting close to the sky.
Because genetic defects are a major sin, and the exiles will have to pay for this sin in their lifetimes. Deformed wings are not worthy of embracing the sky, which is a blasphemy to the sky.
But how can a creature born with wings resist the urge to fly?
Almost every year, there are irresistible young dragons who challenge the taboo, even if their deformed wings cannot take off. They are also willing to use gliding to soar into the air for a short period of time. Every year there are deviants secretly jumping down from the Dragon Leap Cliff. Except for a few lucky ones, some other dragons will be captured by the patrol cavalry of the Dragon Blood Archduke, and some will be captured due to lack of experience. And after the terrible gliding, they fell seriously injured, and some...
will choose to flap their wings with all their strength, glide all the way from Longyue Cliff to beyond the boundary, and fly into the human world.
Maggie smiled happily and pulled the lever hard, flying towards the sky.
If you still have the chance to go back, I must advise those friends to try this.
Infinitely more fun than gliding!
Maggie now can't help but begin to look forward to the other "sky-hugging thing" that Rebecca promised.
What will Wings of Steel... look like?
......
Gawain, who returned to Cecil City, immediately summoned Veronica/Ophelia, who happened to be visiting the magic arsenal in the city.
Bright sunshine poured into the spacious study. Veronica, holding a platinum scepter, walked into the room with a calm expression. The sun shone on her pale golden hair, and the light rippled slightly. It was unclear whether this halo was the holy light lingering around her.
In front of Gawain, the ancient disobedient lowered his head slightly: "Your Majesty, have you summoned me?"
Gawain hummed, but the first time he raised his head, he noticed To the platinum scepter in Veronica's hand.
Before getting down to business, he couldn't help but think of another thing he mentioned when talking to Bertila:
The bridge between man and God, the same belief The "chain" phenomenon caused by the target.
The other name of the platinum scepter is "the bridge between man and God."
Gawain had known this name for a long time, but it was not until he talked with Bertila that he realized that this "bridge" had another possible meaning.
"...Does that scepter really establish a connection between humans and gods?" He asked in a deep voice.
Veronica lowered her eyelids slightly: "Yes, of course."
"...It should be very difficult to control this 'chain'."< /p>
Veronica raised her head in surprise. She looked at Gawain's deep gaze and seemed to have a smile: "It seems that you have a deeper understanding of the gods."
“In the eastern area of the Holy Spirit Plain, at the nest location of the All-Death Society, the contest between the power of false gods and mortals gave birth to a huge plant, whose body is a high-ranking member of the All-Death Society. The dean is also my old acquaintance, Bertila," Gawain said unhurriedly. "From her, I learned some knowledge about rebels and gods."
"... …The rewards are often unexpected.”
“Indeed,” Gawain nodded, “Do you have any impression of the names Philna Baishuang and Leerna Baishuang? ?”
Veronica’s calm expression was obviously still for a moment.
Afterwards, she said leisurely: "It's such a long-lost name... Did you also hear it from that Bertila?"
"Since you know, then It seems that this information is correct - in the past hundreds of years, the two elves, Fierna White Frost and Leerna White Frost, have been important members of the Death Society of All Things. If I guessed correctly. , they should be the ones we have discussed..."
"Those who disobey the plan'Ghost'..." Veronica said softly, "Yes, the White Frost Twins are rebellious people. I know them, but I really didn't expect that they would hide in the Death Society of All Things for so many years, and they would actually be among human beings. Social activities. "
"Tell me about them," Gawain nodded. "If my information is accurate, then these elven sisters are probably still alive. After escaping the disaster of Gondor's destruction, they Having escaped the destruction of the Society for the Death of All Things, they are likely to continue their activities and may become a threat. "
"...First of all, I want to emphasize one point," Veronica organized her thoughts and said softly, "Strictly speaking, the White Frost Twins should be said to have been 'two sisters.' Now they... should actually be counted as one individual. ”