Like Lucia's Day of Adulthood, Lightning's promotion was gratifying, but it also brought some trouble to Roland.
"Was there anyone injured in the residential area last night?"
The next day, after listening to Barov's report, Roland could not help but raise his eyebrows.
"Yes, Your Majesty..." The voice of the other party came from the other side of the phone. "An unlucky guy was going to the toilet, but he was startled by the explosion and broke his leg. Two other guys rolled down from their beds and hit their heads. Early in the morning, a large group of panicked subjects came to the City Hall and asked if Neverwinter had been attacked by demons or demonic beasts. It took the servants a lot of effort to persuade them to leave. Your Majesty, can you tell me before something like this happens in the future? "
Even through the phone, Roland could imagine Barov's plaintive look.
Perhaps the old director was also scared out of his wits and waited for dawn the whole night.
"How are the injured now?"
"They've all been sent to the hospital. Their lives are not a problem, but the subjects are still talking about it. There are still people guarding the bulletin board in the Central Square, waiting for the announcement. This must be caused by the witches' ability, right? If you had informed me in advance, I wouldn't have bothered you with such trivial matters. "
"I see. But things related to magic power are unpredictable. It's not that I don't trust you." Roland comforted him. "Just say on the announcement that I'm developing a new weapon and there will be similar incidents in the future. Don't panic. If there is an enemy attack, follow the alarm. By the way, City Hall will pay for the injured people's medical expenses. "
"Yes... Your Majesty," Barov said aggrievedly.
Roland shook his head helplessly and then hung up the phone.
Roland did not know why the old director had become more and more clingy recently. Although he handled the government affairs well, the tone of "Your Majesty, I've dedicated all my light and warmth to you, you can't let me down" still gave him goosebumps.
On the contrary, the conversation with the Pearl of the Northern Region was much more pleasant.
Roland did not know where she was now.
Putting aside his distracting thoughts, he looked at Lightning, who was standing in front of his desk with her head down. He asked with a faint smile, "You should have heard what I just said, right?"
"Woo …" The little girl said dejectedly, "Your Majesty, I was wrong. Please punish me by doing two sets of exercises."
Roland looked at Maggie, who was above her head. Maggie looked away with difficulty and pretended that it had nothing to do with her. "Coo —"
Although the members of the Exploration Group were very close, Maggie chose to remain silent in the face of the comprehensive exercises.
He finally could not help but laugh out loud. "Haha... Alright, raise your head. This is not your fault. After all, I was the one who agreed to let you fly. I should be the one to take responsibility."
"Re-really?" Lightning suddenly raised her head, her eyes sparkling.
"Of course, you don't know that doing so will cause damage. Plus, the loss won't be big, so you can skip the exercises."
As the flight route was in the direction of the Impassable Mountain Range, her impact on the residential area was very limited. Except for the cracked windows of the castle and the Foreign Affairs Building, the other buildings were basically intact. When passing above the furnace area, Lightning had climbed to a certain height, and her impact was further reduced. It was difficult for her to cause any more damage.
"Your Majesty, you're really... great!" She seemed to have recovered all her energy in an instant. Maggie also spread her wings in relief.
Seeing that the bird and the human were about to pounce on him, Roland quickly raised his hand to stop them. "But does flying at such a high speed really consume so much magic power? You flew for less than 15 minutes yesterday, right? "
Hearing this, Lightning suddenly felt a little embarrassed and said, "I was also very surprised. At that time, I wanted to save some magic power for testing, but I tried to speed up a little to see where the limit was. I didn't expect that my magic power would be consumed so quickly, and I almost fell from the sky."
"Can you still go faster?" Vendy, who was taking notes at the side, immediately caught the key point.
"Yes," Lightning said confidently, "as long as there's enough magic power. At that time, even the sound of the wind in my ears disappeared, and I even felt that nothing could stop me from continuing to sprint."
"What about Maggie? Was she squatting on top of your head? "
"Coo!" Before Lightning could answer, Maggie had already turned in a circle. "Too fast, dizzy, in my arms, coo!"
"Is she saying that I felt uncomfortable flying too fast, so I was carried in her arms?" Roland found that his ability to understand pigeon language had greatly improved, and he could now automatically fill in the gaps in the middle of the sentence.
"Just dizzy?" Another witch in charge of the ability test, Agatha, said, "You didn't feel any change in the airflow?"
"Well..." Lightning thought for a moment and said, "Although I was wearing a pair of goggles at that time, the wind seemed to have suddenly disappeared halfway through the flight."
"What do you think?" Roland looked at the Ice Witch and asked, "Is there any record of such a derivative ability in the Union?"
Although Lightning had accidentally consumed most of her magic power, causing the ability test to be temporarily put on hold, the Witch Union had now established a set of systematic evaluation procedures. Coupled with the inherited experience of the Union, even if they did not use their ability, they could still make a general judgment through questioning and the examination of the Stone of Measuring.
According to Lightning, she only took about three minutes to cross the Impassable Mountain Range and fly into the Barbarian Land, a distance that usually took about half an hour. The sound of thunder in the night sky could also prove this — after her evolution, she was qualified to chase after sound.
As for the concept of the sound barrier, Roland did not waste time explaining — Agatha's learning ability had always been outstanding among the witches, and she understood the cause of the thunder with a little explanation.
Although there were many creatures in the natural world that could reach the speed of sound in a short time, and human beings also faced the challenge of the speed of sound with their flesh and blood under special circumstances, it did not mean that this process was easy to achieve. There was no doubt that the reason why Lightning was not affected in the slightest must have something to do with her newly awakened derivative ability.
"I think it should be 'Magic Resonance.'" Agatha pondered for a moment and said, "This kind of derivative ability usually appears in witches whose main ability will bring danger to themselves, so there are many records of it. It usually expands into a cocoon and wraps the witch in it, while keeping the environment inside the cocoon at its normal state. However, maintaining it requires a lot of magic power, and the greater the difference between the inside and outside environment, the faster the magic power consumption. In other words... "
"The reason why Lightning used up her magic power in a short time was not because of flying, but because of her derivative ability?" Vendy asked.
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