But the impossible soon became a reality.
The bird lowered its height while circling the concrete square, and Horn could already see the driver looking out above. The man-made thing was bigger than a carriage, and he couldn't understand how such a heavy thing could float in the air like a bird.
Others were probably thinking the same thing.
When the iron bird roared over the square, many workers even fell to their knees and made a gesture of prayer.
Even if it's a miracle, it's probably nothing more than that.
"Your sister Andrea is up there," Horford Quinn added, "and the departure date mentioned in her letter was yesterday."
It took Horn a long time to understand the meaning of the word "yesterday".
The moment he reacted, he felt the cold hairs on his back stand up.
Thousands of miles away, one day to come
"Now, this critical point no longer exists" - the father's words reappeared in his ears, and it was only at this moment that he understood how ridiculous his previous thoughts were.
One after another, the artificial iron birds fell to the ground, and when Andrea stepped out of the cockpit, Horford couldn't wait to meet them.
…
A dust-cleaning feast specially prepared for the witches of Greycastle was held in the castle palace. Although no nobles were notified to participate, the news of the visitors descending from the sky quickly spread throughout the entire Radiance City.
Too many people have noticed this extraordinary scene.
After lunch, Horford finally found a chance to be alone with his daughter.
To his relief, this time the other party is at least willing to call him his father.
"Are you leaving this afternoon?" Horford asked rather reluctantly.
"Before the sun goes down, we must reach the border of Cage Mountain and join the First Army." Andrea nodded, "If it wasn't for everyone's first cross-border flight, the Seagull should have arrived within a day. —In that case, there won’t even be time to eat a meal.”
Cross two kingdoms in one day! Even though he had already learned about this incredible delivery vehicle from his daughter's past letters, the words still shocked him a lot. Although he taught Horn before that he didn't recognize the changes in Greycastle, he was actually not much better. Horford sighed to himself before touching his chin and said, "You guys actually made such a big noise on purpose, right?"
Andrea finally showed a smile, "Did you see that?"
"I always feel that the plane doesn't need to hover for so long to land," Horford said helplessly. "If you do it like this, I'm afraid everyone in Nancheng District will hear its roar. Of course, for those aristocrats who have been a little restless recently. It's a great reminder."
"This is just one of the considerations, and the other is to appease the hearts of the people." She shrugged, "I heard that traces of the Devil's Terror Beast have also been found in Dawn. If the residents can know that the Graycastle army also has the ability to fly, panic. It won't spread so easily."
"It is indeed a multi-pronged approach. Was it the idea of the Pearl from the North?"
"No, it's Your Highness Tilly."
When mentioning the name of the parent princess of Wimbledon, Horford noticed an involuntary smugness in her daughter's eyes, as if she was proud. Looks like she actually made some good friends in Neverwinter, Horford thought. He nodded and changed the subject, "By the way, did you really think about inheriting my position?"
"Why are you talking about this again?" Andrea raised her eyebrows. "Didn't I say that I'm not interested in the throne of Dawn? Are you dissatisfied with Horn?"
"He is a qualified nobleman, and he is quite talented in business. If it is just an earl, I think there should be no problem." Horford shook his head, "But the problem is that Horn, like other nobles, places too much emphasis on interests. There are many people in the family who can't understand what I've done, and they don't understand that what I'm doing now is to better consolidate the family's status."
Since he became the Lord of Dawn, the mentality of the Quinn family has changed somewhat, and the adopted son is no exception. As the former Horn, he was determined not to say in front of himself the words "You are not like the Lord of Dawn, but like a servant of His Majesty Roland Wimbledon". Either someone is encouraging him behind his back, or he already thinks of himself as the next king.
The word "Your Majesty" was indeed intoxicating, but behind the power there was an equal risk, and he didn't want Horn to follow Ampain's footsteps.
And there was one more thing he didn't say, and that was Horn's identity, I'm afraid it would be difficult to convince the other two big families.
In fact, the Rosie family and the Tokat family are willing to support themselves, to a large extent because the two heirs are willing to serve Andrea.
"That's what you need to fix," Andrea said nonchalantly.
"If you don't want to succeed me, then I will have to split the throne and pass it on to the other two families to share." Horford pretended to regret.
"Are you willing?"
"What's there to bear," he said half-jokingly and half-seriously, "I can save a lot of trouble then. After the war is over, maybe I can move to Neverwinter to accompany you and enjoy your old age."
This is not just a word of mouth. If Roland Wimbledon can win the battle of divine will, will he still maintain the existence of the four kingdoms? Horford doesn't think so. The Quinn family was able to get to this point only because of the coincidence of the war. If Andrea was on the throne, Roland might not have made any moves, but it would be hard to say if it was someone else.
As he said before, the "distance" used to maintain balance has been broken.
Andrea stared at him for a long time, but in the end she didn't respond, but Horford could feel that her daughter's eyes softened slightly compared to the past. After a while, she said, "The time is up, I should go."
"Remember to take care of yourself." Horford resisted the urge to reach out and touch his daughter's head. "If I have time, I will visit you on the front line."
"...You too." Andrea turned and left the study.
Horford took a deep breath, leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes.
He has not forgotten the decision he made a year ago.
He is willing to spend the rest of his life trying to make up for past mistakes.
…
Four hours later, the flight team landed safely in the town of Thorns under Cage Mountain.
In less than two days, we moved to four cities and spanned more than 1,000 kilometers—this unprecedented line of fire support operation will be destined to go down in history.
Iron Axe, Brian, Edith and others were already waiting for the arrival of everyone at the landing site. After a brief handover, the witches were invited into the combat headquarters on the top of the mountain. It can be seen from the solemn expressions of the staff of the staff that the current situation of the First Army is indeed not optimistic.
Iron Axe spread out a large map on the long table and nodded to everyone, "Then let me explain the current battle situation to everyone."
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