Train (4)
Whoooooo!!
As I climbed the roof of the train and arrived at the front, letting the loud wind noise pass through my ears, I felt the wind blowing harder.
Perhaps because it was the first car to break through the night wind, the vibrations swaying here and there were especially louder than the train car I was in.
Lennok immediately fixed himself with the magician and calmly raised his magic power.
“Dabi. Could it be a computational aid?”
What we have to do now is something that cannot even be attempted without some precise calculations and quantified results.
While sharing Lennok’s sense of magic, she needed a calculation helper to compare the information she received as a standard and assist in judgment.
[Sure, let’s start.]
“Okay.”
[Magnetic Control]
The most basic magnetic control magic. Although it is a common magic used to pull or push metal by maximizing magnetism, one of the basic properties of magical power.
Today’s Lennok could do something with just this basic magic.
After fixing the mana in the body with his left hand, he spreads his right hand low and swings it.
Wood Deuk!!
At the same time, the track in front of the train twisted slightly and soon began to bend slightly to the left.
Deed deed!!
A strange sound resounded as the railroad tracks that were anchored to the ground bent, but the rusty and old railroad tracks were easily pulled out of the ground and bent in an instant.
The direction of the train began to change little by little along the curved track.
Heading towards the fork in the road that diverged just before.
[Inclination angle 27 degrees. Turnover rate 41%. Stiffness 178%. Splicing error 10%. Train operation is normally possible.]
“Huh…!!”
Dudududuuk!
It’s not over here yet.
He succeeded in changing the direction by bending the railroad track right in front of the train, but as a result, he cut off part of the railroad track and forcibly created a new road.
After the crooked railroad is over, the wheels of the train will be stuck on the ground, and it’s a matter of seconds for this old means of transportation to overturn.
Although it is an old train, the speed is not slow and there is not much time to think.
Less than 5 seconds remain until the train that fails to overcome its inertia crashes into the bare ground where the railroad tracks are cut.
But Lennok turned his right hand backwards with a calm face, bending his fingers strongly.
Woooooo!!
His powerful mana, which covered a radius of several tens of meters, reached the last track the train passed by.
The moment Lennok enveloped a section of the railroad with his magic power, he pulled the railroad forward with all his might using the magnetic control.
The railroad track torn off the floor rotates dozens of times in the air and lands right in front of the train.
The train’s wheels made dramatic contact with the new tracks and moved forward vigorously.
Kaga Gak!!
“next.”
There is no time to rest. Repeatedly tearing down the railroad track once passed by and laying it in front of the train to make a new road.
In other words, Lennok is directly manipulating the direction of the train by laying the tracks directly on the bare ground.
It’s an idea that wouldn’t be strange if others saw it, even if they thought it was insane.
However, Lennok was directly implementing the idea into reality as he had envisioned it.
Precise assistance through Darby’s powerful calculation ability and sophisticated magic manipulation ability that goes beyond that.
And a bizarre solution created by combining sharp judgment that encompasses all situations.
However, the effect was more certain than anything else.
The train, which had strayed from the road to the Dominion at the fork in the road, began to narrow the distance back to the original track in an instant.
Doo doo doo!!
Remove the railroad that has passed through once, move it forward, and then pull out the railroad underneath again and lay it in front.
No matter how lenok it is, it is an impossible process without pouring full concentration here.
It was not easy to measure the distance because he was concentrating on reducing the range of magic detection.
Lennok, who was breaking out in a cold sweat, asked.
“How far is Dabi left?”
[Combines with the original route around 50 meters. Please be careful of the impact.]
“Wait, 50 meters… … !!”
It arrives in just a few seconds.
Lennog gritted his teeth and slammed his magic into the rails, causing the train to swerve.
At the same time, the train breaks through the darkness and lands on the track that appears in front of you.
Woooo!!
“ha…You should have told me sooner.”
Lennok finally sighed and sat down on the floor.
Darby waggled her tail as she floated out of Lennox’s arms and floated into the air.
[It’s inconsiderate. As I narrowed the magic detection range, my detection range decreased. You may need to keep this in mind.]
“Normally, there was no need to reduce the magic detection range… … Does the fact that your senses are linked to my magical power ultimately boil down to this meaning?”
Lennok murmured as he took a cigarette from the inside pocket of his coat and took a bite.
“It wasn’t easy, but in the end you succeeded in shaking off the intruder.”
In the process, they circumnavigated the agency they were occupying, so all that was left was to destroy the additional forces of the biker gang following from behind.
Seeing Cassia’s mana pulsating from behind, it seems that the battle has already begun with the additional pursuit party.
“I need to make sure we finish here so that we don’t chase them all the way to the Dominion.”
Lennok lifted the rifle he had borrowed from the hairy gunner earlier, and raised his mana as he brought his eyes back to the scope.
It took less than three minutes for Lennok to help Cassia and finish the chase.
* * *
“You have to walk yourself from here.”
Said the engineer with an expression that had gone out of his mind somewhere.
It is not incomprehensible.
Because the commotion that happened last night was not something that an engineer with no magical power could endure.
It would be even more so if you had seen Lennok build the road by supplying the railroad right in front of your eyes.
“Due to the environment of the Dominion, there will be a stop at the entrance. You can get into the Dominion by using the transportation provided there.”
Passengers listened to the engineer’s words and immediately got off the train and stepped on the ground.
There was a commotion in the middle of the night, but as a result, there was almost no direct damage to the train.
The other passengers who were awake at the time were perplexed, but seemed to have somehow understood the fact that the gang had been destroyed.
It bothered me a little to see the hairy gunner waking up after a while holding his rifle and looking bewildered… … Wouldn’t it be okay if I wrote it well and returned it?
Lennok thought so and walked in the direction the engineer pointed.
Because of the special topography of the Dominion… … I know it because I heard it from Jenny, but it’s the first time I’m seeing it with my own eyes.
Perhaps the ‘transportation’ the engineer said means something closely related to the topography.
Meanwhile, a familiar voice suddenly came from behind. It was Cassia.
“Thank you for what happened last night.”
“No, I didn’t do it for free.
In the end, Lennok succeeded in receiving the artifacts that Cassia had brought out in front of Lennok’s eyes in return.
As it is an artifact, the performance itself is fine, but as it is an object produced by the research institute itself, it aims for popular commerciality rather than professionalism for magicians.
It is probably because the development trend of the research institutes under the direct control of the city government is basically focused on convenience rather than depth.
Items such as explosive amulets that are simply used as consumables, and items such as antennas that can cast concealment spells in a specific space or replace the role of a communication device.
I wasn’t joking when I said that Lennok would take them all.
Even if I got all of this, I didn’t know if it would cover his ransom.
Of course, even if he didn’t get paid, he would have helped protect the train eventually, but he had no intention of refusing the goods he was offered.
Cassia, whether aware of this or not, said as she walked beside Lennok.
“You’re a much stronger wizard than I thought, right?’
“….”
“I saw what you did to divert the train. Undoubtedly, the user of magnetism-type unique magic… … . If it’s that powerful, it must be a talent belonging to the Mage Tower or a natural talent at the level of special magic.”
After she said that, she pulled out a business card from her bosom and held it out to Lennok.
“I can’t show my face here due to circumstances, but they know everything about me, so I don’t think there’s any need to hide it.”
[Deputy Researcher, Carlyle Institute]
[Akasha Rubenil]
Akashara… … It seems that the name Cassia was appropriately changed from her real name.
“If you come to the institute later, we can show you several projects that our institute is working on. If you’re a wizard like you, the warden will really like it.”
“Hmm, that’s really… … .”
It’s a scene you never want to think about.
I had a desire to sneak in and see what kind of technical support was being put into Rabatenon University.
Akasha looked like she wanted to say something more, but soon she was satisfied with the handing over of her business card neatly and turned around.
Apparently, she was planning to enter the Dominion with another guide as she came to the Dominion under the command of the director of the Bayla Research Center.
It wasn’t until Lennok left behind her receding image that he properly identified the road to the Dominion.
Gooooo-
“….”
An endless plateau.
The landscape, which seems to be connected forever beyond the horizon, is unnaturally cut off at some point, and a distant cliff takes its place.
It is impossible to see the proper scenery beyond the dense fog, but everyone knows that its height easily exceeds several tens of meters.
The name of the sea beyond the cliff located at the tip of the northeastern part of the continent is the ‘Sea of Understanding’.
The special updraft that blows from here creates powerful buoyancy with only a very small amount of horse power.
And the area created by the nature of the Sea of Understanding is-
“It’s the first time I’ve actually seen it.”
“My God, there really is an island floating in the sky….”
It was the Philenom Autonomous Territory, a colony of floating islands.
The ‘special geography’ of the Dominion, which Jenny and Jordon talked about, all stems from this, and it makes us understand the reason immediately.
The colony of countless islands floating in the air above the sea is a bizarre and mysterious landscape that even Lennok has never seen before.
Islands with thick vegetation play in the clouds, and streams of water that fall one after another from many islands slowly disappear into a thick fog.
It was such a beautiful sight that even Darby could sneak up on it and look up at the sky.
[It’s a superb view.]
“…Because of this
unexplored area, it was called the end of the world a long time ago and was also used as a place to observe the approaching apocalypse from the open sea.
That’s why it was also the location of the ‘lighthouse’ where Madrea Palsire, the heavenly dog, lived.
“It would have been nice if it was simply to enjoy sightseeing, but….”
There is a lot to do.
At the same time as finding the location of the drug lord’s safe, he had to meet the next lighthouse keeper to hear an explanation of what was happening.
Is it a coincidence that the two agendas overlapped in the autonomous territories?
How far will this thing go? And for Lennok, whether it’s a good thing or a bad thing, in the end, you can only tell when you run into it yourself.
I suppressed my complicated feelings and looked up at the sky.
Only the scene of the island floating quietly took Lennok’s gaze silently.
* * *
“Now, if you are coming to the Dominion, please come this way!”
A large building located at the edge of a cliff.
In front of a building with a unique exterior that looks like a rest area on a highway remodeled into a different landscape, a young man wearing a hat began to explain to the people.
Looking around, it seems that not a few people are coming to visit the Dominion, except for the others who came by train from the Balkans.
It must have happened because the entrance to the Dominion from the outside was fixed.
If you think so, it is understandable to some extent why the Balkans do not rush into a war with the Dominion.
Considering the unique environment of the floating island colony and the environment of the Sea of Understanding, which can only be accessed using special means of transportation, the war with the Dominion is likely to proceed completely differently from the existing aspect.
“Those who are coming for the first time should listen to me especially!!”
As he continued his thoughts, the young man’s explanation continued.
As soon as the button on the remote control was pressed, the screen lifted, revealing a metal body about 2m in height from the back.
Its slim, streamlined appearance looks like a mixture of half a fish and half a fighter jet.
Small, fin-like wings were attached to either side of the metal body, which appeared to be designed to minimize air resistance.
