Like Lucia's coming of age, Lightning's promotion was gratifying, but it also brought some trouble to Roland.
"Anyone in the community was injured last night?"
The next day, after listening to Barov's report, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
"Yeah, Your Majesty..." The other party's complaint came from the other end of the telephone, "A hapless guy was about to go to the toilet, but he was frightened by the explosion and broke his leg, and two guys rolled off the bed and knocked After breaking his head, a large group of panicked residents came to the city hall early in the morning, asking if Neverwinter was attacked by demons or demonic beasts, and the people below took a lot of effort to persuade them away. Your Majesty, Can you tell me something before this happens in the future?"
Even through the receiver, he could imagine the other party's mourning.
Probably the boss himself was frightened too, and stayed up all night until dawn.
"How is the wounded now?"
"They've all been sent to the medical hospital. It's no problem to save their lives, but the people are still talking about it. There are still people in the central square guarding the bulletin board and other announcements. This must be caused by the witch's ability? If you inform me in advance. If so, I won't bother you with such trivial matters as the aftermath."
"I understand, but things related to magic power are inherently unpredictable, it's not that I don't trust you." Roland reassured, "The announcement said that I'm researching new weapons, and there will be similar phenomena in the future. , let everyone not panic. When there is an enemy attack, the alarm shall prevail. By the way, the medical expenses of those injured will be paid by the city hall. "
"As ordered... Your Majesty." Barov said aggrieved.
Roland shook his head helplessly, then hung up the phone.
I don't know why, the old boss has been feeling more and more clingy recently. Although the government affairs are handled well, the tone of "Your Majesty, this minister has dedicated all the light and heat to you, you can't live up to the minister" still remains. Gives him goosebumps.
On the contrary, the conversation with the Pearl of the Northland is much easier.
I don't know where she is now.
Taking back his distracting thoughts, he looked at Lightning who was standing in front of the desk with his head drooping, and asked with a half-smile, "You should have heard what you said just now, right?"
"Ugh..." the little girl said in frustration, "Your Majesty, I was wrong, please punish me for two sets of exercises."
Roland turned his gaze to Maisie on top of her head again, and the latter turned her gaze away with difficulty, pretending that it was none of her business, "Goo"
Although the members of the expedition team were intimate, Maisie resolutely chose to remain silent in front of the mountain of comprehensive exercises.
He finally couldn't help laughing out loud, "Haha... Well, raise your head, this can't be considered your fault, after all, I agreed with you to fly, and I should take the responsibility."
"Really, really?" Lightning suddenly raised his head, his eyes sparkling.
"Of course, you didn't know that it would cause damage, and the damage was not too big, so the exercises and whatnot."
Since the flight path at the time was heading towards the Impassable Mountains, her impact on the residential area was very limited. Except for the partially cracked windows of the castle and the diplomatic building, the other buildings were basically intact. When passing above the kiln area, the lightning has already climbed to a certain height, and its impact is further reduced, making it difficult to cause further damage.
"Your Majesty, you are so... so good!" She seemed to regain all her vitality in an instant, and Maisie spread her wings in relief.
Seeing that one person and one bird were about to pounce, Roland quickly raised his hand to stop them, "But flying at high speed is really so magical? You only flew for less than a quarter of an hour yesterday, right?"
Speaking of this, Lightning was a little embarrassed and said, "I was also very surprised. At that time, I wanted to leave some magic power for testing, but I tried to speed up a little to see where the limit is. I didn't expect the magic power to be very strong. It was quickly consumed and almost fell from the sky."
"Can it be faster?" Wendy, who was recording on the side, immediately caught the key point.
"Yes," Lightning said confidently, "As long as the magic power is enough, even the wind in my ears will disappear. I even feel that there is nothing that can stop me from continuing to sprint."
"Where's Maisie? She was squatting on top of your head?"
"Goo!" Before Lightning could answer, Maisie had already turned in a circle, "Too fast, dizzy, goo in my arms!"
Is this saying that it was uncomfortable to fly too fast, so I was held in my arms? Roland found that his comprehension of pigeon language was greatly improved, and he could automatically complete the blank sentences in the middle.
"Just dizziness?" Agatha, another witch in charge of the ability test, said, "Didn't you feel the change in the airflow?"
"Hmm..." Lightning thought for a while, "Although I was wearing goggles at the time, the wind seemed to disappear suddenly when I was halfway through the flight."
"What do you think?" Roland looked at the Ice Witch, "Is such a branch ability recorded in the federation?"
Although most of the magic power was consumed by lightning unexpectedly, the actual ability measurement part was temporarily put on hold, but today's Witch Union has established a systematic evaluation process, plus inherited the experience of the Federation, even if it does not use the ability, pass Inquiry and the detection of the balance magic stone can also draw a rough judgment.
According to Lightning, it only took her about three minutes to cross the desperate mountains and fly into the wild land, which usually takes about half an hour. The thunder in the night sky can also confirm that this evolved ability makes her qualified to chase sounds.
Regarding the concept of sound barrier, Roland didn't bother much. Agatha's learning ability has always been the best among witches. After a little explanation, she understood why Lei Ming started.
Although there are many creatures in nature that can reach the speed of sound in a short period of time, and humans have faced the challenge of the speed of sound with flesh and blood under 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 at all must be related to the newly awakened branch ability.
"I think it should be the coherence of magic power." Agatha pondered for a moment and said, "This kind of branch ability often appears in witches whose main ability will bring danger to themselves, so there are also many records left. It usually expands into A cocoon that wraps the witch in it, while keeping the environment inside the cocoon in a normal state. Just maintaining it requires a lot of magic power, and the greater the difference between the internal and external environment, the faster the magic power consumption, in other words... "
"Lightning consumes mana in a short period of time not because of flight, but because of branching ability?" Wendy replied.
"That's right," Agatha nodded, "Most of the branch abilities were born to assist the main ability, such as the Book of Magic of the Scroll, and Lucia's Color Block Vision. Without them, the effect of the main ability would be great. At a discount, it will even be difficult to play. The same is true for the coherence of magic power. Compared with being seriously injured, flying less is already a compromise."