reax;
The hot air balloon was flying at an altitude of more than two thousand meters. This was the distance Lightning measured by flying vertically.
As long as she raised her head, she could see the clouds close at hand, like a ball of loose cotton. However, if she wanted to really touch it, she would have to fly several hundred meters higher.
The whole hot air balloon was painted with alternating blue and white patches, and from a distance, it looked exactly the same as the sky. She had also put on camouflage clothes, and even the "East Wind No. 1" was the same. According to His Highness's request, this surprise attack must be sudden and covert, so the First Army had not yet arrived at Silver City's pier when they disembarked, and walked to the back of the nearby mountain.
Under the supervision of Sylvie, the team's route avoided all eyes, and from beginning to end did not attract anyone's attention. After the camp was set up, the "Cloud Gazer" slowly lifted off the next day, and began to carry out the dropping mission.
Counting the time spent on the road for a week, today was the beginning of the autumn.
The white shadow flying in front of the hot air balloon was Maggie. Because it was inconvenient to observe from the basket, she took on the task of guiding and scouting. After transforming into a white-tailed goshawk, even if she was high up in the sky, she could still quickly distinguish the road connecting the town and the carriages running on the road. In this regard, the eagle's eye was much more useful than the telescope.
Fortunately, the other side can't correct the landing point of the bomb, Lightning thought, otherwise I really would have nothing to do.
"Are you tired?" Anna asked while lying on the side of the basket, "Come in and rest, there won't be any demons here anyway."
The little girl shook her head, "At this speed, I can fly for a whole day."
"Are you a little nervous?" Vendy also came over.
"Not at all," she curled her lips, "I have practiced many times, and besides, the palace is so big, it's impossible to miss."
"Is that so?" Vendy smiled, "In any case, don't try to be brave, His Highness said that safety is the first priority. Moreover, what happened when we went to investigate the Devil's Town was not your fault. "
"What, I …"
The other party said in a gentle tone, "Anyone can see that you've been depressed these days. However, it's not that you're afraid of fighting, it's just that you're not good at it. If it were me, I might not be able to do better than you."
"Indeed, Nightingale has the reflexes and skills that most witches don't have," Anna also comforted him. "You should come in and rest for a while, it will take a lot of magic power to adjust the falling point of the bomb."
Seeing that both of them said so, Lightning answered softly through her nose and flew into the basket with her head down. Before he landed, he was pulled into Vendy's arms. "No one will blame you, so you don't have to blame yourself, understand?"
"En!"
After a morning's flight, Maggie flapped her wings and returned to Cloud Gazer, reporting to the three witches: "Graycastle King's City is just ahead, we're almost there."
Lightning flew out of the basket and raised the telescope. Just as His Highness Roland had said, King's City's magnificent walls could be clearly seen even in the sky. It was like a thin cyan line, crookedly outlining the scope of the city. In the center of the gray color, the fingernail-sized white spots were particularly eye-catching.
According to the plan, they should first drop leaflets, and then drop Easterly No.1. However, after several tests, they discovered that it was impossible to control the direction of the falling paper at an altitude of two kilometers, even if a heavy object was added. If they dropped it at a lower altitude, it would be easy for them to find the target. After all, Cloud Gazer was huge, plus there were constantly papers falling from the sky, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, it would be very difficult to hide. uu2;
Therefore, His Royal Highness finally canceled the leaflet part, and instead handed it over to Theo to spread the news. They only needed to drop the bomb above the palace.
Vendy manipulated the airflow, so that the basket was firmly suspended above King's City.
"Are you ready?"
"Pull up the valve," Lightning nodded.
Then she only heard a buzzing sound, and the heavy bomb had already left the basket, falling straight down. Due to the sudden decrease in weight, the hot air balloon suddenly rose up a bit.
Regarding the next steps, she was already familiar with them.
Under the effect of the airflow, the parachute at the end of Easterly No.1's tail was opened, and Lightning quickly caught up with the bomb, starting to correct its trajectory little by little.
King's City was no stranger to the witches of the Witch Cooperation Association. During their journey to the Barbarian Land in search of the Holy Mountain, they had hidden in the city's slums for several months. First, it was to collect food, and second, it was to attract new blood. During this period, Soroya and Echo had joined the Witch Cooperation Association. Although Lightning had never personally experienced this, she had often heard them mention it. Compared to other cities, King's City was very strict with the arrest of witches. In the outer city square, witches were executed almost every month. Therefore, the time they stayed here was the shortest, because for every day they stayed, they had to bear the pain of their sisters' death.
Lightning didn't have any good impression of this bustling capital. If she could throw the bomb at Timothy's head and completely end his rule, she would be very happy to do so. If Roland had been the one to govern the Graycastle Kingdom, these tragedies wouldn't have happened.
She now had a chance to correct her mistakes. uu3;
The wind whistled in her ears, and the scene on the ground continued to expand. Little by little, the details of the inner city palace appeared in front of Lightning's eyes.
Compared to the low houses that the civilians lived in, the scale of the palace building was much larger. Its main body was composed of a dome, a banquet hall, and a high tower castle. The rest of the auxiliary buildings such as stables, barracks, warehouses, and so on were all available. Taking into account the castle's steep walls and complex roof structure, it wasn't easy to trigger the fuse, so His Royal Highness finally chose the palace hall as the target.
With a sharp decline in altitude, the parachute quickly reached the point of release. Lightning pulled the mechanism, allowing the parachute to detach from the body of the bomb, and at the same time, quickly climbed up with it in her arms.
Before leaving, His Royal Highness had repeatedly told her that she must rise to a high enough safe position before the bomb hit the ground, and that she must not look back at the explosion. But the little girl still couldn't restrain her curiosity, and couldn't help but lower her head.
She saw a dazzling flash of light at the top of the palace hall, and then it rapidly expanded.
The incandescent light quickly turned into a bright orange-red, and then disappeared into the rolling smoke. This process lasted less than a breath, and then a deafening explosion suddenly exploded in her ears, almost making her lose her balance.
It wasn't that Lightning hadn't seen the roar of gunfire on the battlefield, but compared to those terrible weapons that shot iron balls, the sound of Dongfeng No.1 was ten times louder than all of them combined.
Smoke violently spewed out from the pillars and windows of the palace hall, engulfing the outer courtyard and corridors. Soon, the dome, with the bomb as the center, showed several cracks.
Lightning couldn't help but stop, holding her breath as she stared at the last moment of the palace hall.
These black lines were like wanton flowing ink, and in an instant, they covered the entire roof, and then the roof was no longer able to support itself, and collapsed with a loud bang, raising an even stronger smoke.
Under the amazing power of Dongfeng No.1, the palace hall collapsed. To be continued. ,,, your support is my greatest motivation.
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