Like Lucia's coming of age, Lightning's promotion is a welcome thing, but it also causes Roland a bit of trouble.

"Someone was injured in the neighborhood last night?"

The next day, after listening to Barov's report, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Yes, Your Majesty......" came the other party's complaint on the other end of the phone, "an unlucky man was about to go to the bathroom, but he was so frightened by the explosion that he broke his leg, and two guys rolled off the bed and broke their heads, and in the early morning a large group of panicked lords came to the town hall to ask if Neverwinter had been attacked by demons or evil beasts, and it took a lot of effort for the people below to persuade them to leave. Your Majesty, can you tell me about this before this happens?"

Even through the earpiece, he could imagine the other party's grievances.

Probably the old manager himself was also frightened, and waited for dawn all night without sleep.

"How are the wounded now?"

"They were all sent to the hospital, and there was nothing wrong with saving their lives, but the people were still talking, and there were people guarding the billboards and other announcements in the central square—it must have been caused by the witch's ability, right? If you had informed me in advance, I would not have bothered you with such a trivial matter as the aftermath. ”

"I see, but things related to magic are unpredictable in themselves, and it's not that you don't trust you. Roland reassured, "The announcement said that I am working on a new weapon, and there will be similar phenomena in the future, so don't panic." In the event of an enemy attack, the alarm shall prevail. By the way, for those injured, the medical expenses will be paid by the city hall. ”

"Yes...... Your Majesty. Barov said aggrievedly.

Roland shook his head helplessly, then hung up.

For some reason, the boss has been getting more and more clingy lately, and although the government affairs have been handled well, this tone of "Your Majesty, the minister has dedicated all his light and heat to you, and you can't live up to the minister" still gives him goosebumps.

On the contrary, the conversation with the Northland Pearl was much more refreshing.

I don't know where she's now.

Retracting his thoughts, he looked at the lightning bolt standing at the desk, his head drooping, and asked with a smile, "You should have heard what you said just now, right?"

"Woo......" said the little girl in frustration, "Your Majesty, I was wrong, please punish me for doing two sets of exercises." ”

Roland shifted his gaze to Maisie above her again, and the latter struggled to look away, pretending that it was none of his business, "Goo-"

Although the members of the expedition group were close, Maisie resolutely chose to remain silent in front of the mountain of comprehensive exercises.

He finally couldn't help but laugh out loud, "Haha...... Okay, keep your head up, it's not your fault - after all, I agreed with you to fly, and the responsibility should be on me. ”

"Really, really?" said Lightning, his eyes twinkle as he looked up.

"Of course, you don't know that that doing so will cause damage, and if the loss is not huge, you can skip the exercises or something. ”

Due to the fact that the flight path was in the direction of the Desperate Mountains, her impact on the residential area was limited - with the exception of the castle and the diplomatic building, where the window glass was partially cracked, the rest of the buildings were largely intact. By the time it passed over the kiln area, the lightning had already climbed to a certain height, and its impact was further reduced, making it difficult to cause any more damage.

"Your Majesty, you are really ...... Great!" She seemed to regain all her vitality in an instant, and Maisie spread her wings with relief.

Seeing that a man and a bird were in a posture of pounce, Roland hurriedly raised his hand to stop their actions, "But flying at high speed is really so magical? You only flew for less than a quarter of an hour yesterday, right?"

As soon as he said this, Lightning suddenly said a little embarrassed, "I was also very surprised, at that time, I wanted to leave some of the mana for testing, but I tried to speed up a little to see where the limit was, but I didn't expect that the mana would be consumed quickly, and I almost fell from the sky." ”

"Can it be faster?" Wendy, who was recording on the side, immediately grasped the key point.

"Yes," said Lightning confidently, "as long as the magic is enough—even the sound of the wind in my ears has disappeared, and I don't even think there's anything stopping me from sprinting." ”

"Where's Maisie? She was crouching on top of you?"

"Goo!" Before lightning could answer, Maisie was already spinning in circles, "Too fast, dizzy, goo in my arms!"

Is this saying that flying too fast is uncomfortable, so he is carried into his arms? Roland found that his comprehension of pigeon language had improved greatly, and he was able to automatically fill in the blank sentences in the middle.

"Just dizzy?" said Agatha, the other witch in charge of the aptitude test, "not feeling the change in airflow?"

"Hmm......" Lightning thought for a moment, "even though I was wearing windbreakers, but halfway through the flight, the wind seemed to suddenly disappear. ”

"What do you think?" Roland looked at the Ice Witch, "Is there a record of such branching abilities in the Federation?"

Although lightning accidentally used up most of his mana, causing the ability test to be put on hold for the time being, the Witch League has now established a systematic evaluation process, and with the experience of the Federation, even if it does not use its abilities, it can come to a rough judgment by asking and balancing the detection of magic stones.

According to Lightning, it took only about three minutes for her to cross the desperate mountains and fly into the wilderness, which would normally take about half an hour. The thunder in the night sky confirmed this as well—her evolved abilities qualified her to chase sounds.

Roland didn't bother with the notion of sound impairment - Agatha was always the best among witches, and with a little explanation, she understood what caused the thunder.

Although there are some creatures in nature that can reach the speed of sound in a short period of time, and human beings also face the challenge of supersonic speed in special circumstances, it does not mean that this process can be easily achieved. There is no doubt that the reason why lightning is not affected in the slightest must have something to do with the branching abilities of the newly awakened.

"I think it's 'Magical Harmony'. Agatha pondered for a moment, "This branching ability is mostly found in witches whose main abilities pose danger to them, so there are many records left behind. It usually expands into a cocoon, enveloping the witch while keeping the environment inside the cocoon normal. It's just that it takes a lot of mana to maintain it, and the greater the difference between the inside and outside environment, the higher the mana consumption rate, in other words......"

"Lightning's mana drain in a short period of time isn't due to flight, but to branching abilities?" Wendy continued.

"That's right," Agatha nodded, "most of the branching abilities were created to assist the main ability, such as the Tome's Book of Magic, and Lucia's Chromic Horizon—without them, the effectiveness of the main ability would be greatly diminished, or even difficult to use. The same is true for the harmony of magic, which is a compromise to fly a little less than getting up and getting seriously injured. ”