The Queen of Scrolls never admits defeat

Chapter 462 The Magic Carriage
"It's time to leave!"

Lilith, Sylph, and Vasita looked at Greta's stall below, their feelings mixed.

Having secretly watched Greta journey from the Black Forest to where she is now, they have developed different feelings for this human girl whom they only know.

“Suddenly, I felt like a sapling that hadn’t even grown up yet, and I had to let it experience the wind and rain on its own,” Sylph said.

“It felt like I was saying goodbye to the other little witches and the headmistress when I graduated,” Vasita said.

“But we can’t watch over her forever; we have our own things to do,” Lilith said. “Let’s go!”

She contacted the flying carpet and prepared to set off again.

"Wait!" Sylph said, "Let me give her one last blessing!"

She took out her wand and cast a luck spell on Greta, hoping it would make her journey smoother from here on out.

When she graduated, she was originally going to bless the other little witches, but she was unexpectedly kicked out of the school and only managed to complete the blessing at the bonfire party.

Vasita was inspired: "I'll have one too!"

Lilith followed closely behind.

Moran smiled and shook his head, saying he wanted to test Greta, but still used a luck spell on her.

Greta, who had a stall by the roadside, suddenly felt a warmth in her heart, as if she could accomplish anything.

"Hello, how much are these magic cards?"

Suddenly, someone started asking about the price at the stall that had been deserted, and Greta quickly began to introduce the products.

Lilith controlled the flying carpet to fly north, circled over the woods north of the village, found a suitable place to land, took out the burrowing mushrooms, and set up an underground mushroom camp.

However, villagers must frequently visit this forest, as I haven't seen many magical beasts.

In this situation, having the vampire vine guard the camp would only make people think there was something wrong here and attract unnecessary attention, so Lilith didn't let the vampire vine come out and brought it into the mushroom camp with her.

Moran, Sylph, and Vasita slipped through the small door into Lilith's mushroom house and entered her tent.

A huge map of the Duchy of Lance has been hung on the wall of the living room.

Moran flew a small red flag and planted it near Greenwood Town, a border town in the northeastern part of the Pallouf territory of the Duchy of Lance.

"This is where we're going next."

Moran said, "To the east of Green Forest Town is the Elf Forest, and to the north is the Kingdom of Elvis, the country of the half-elf lord who caused the war in the Elf Forest."

Due to the war with the elves, the environment in the eastern region of the Elvis Kingdom is not very stable. The capital of the Elvis Kingdom is also in the east, near the war zone.

My grandmother said that recently, many mage apprentices from Elvis who did not want to participate in the war have traveled south from here to seek refuge in the Duchy of Lance.

This is the most suitable place for us to enter the Duchy of Lance.

In a war-torn country, the presence of three extra people is insignificant.

If anything comes up later, it won't be easy to investigate.

"Greenwood Town?" Lilith checked the route planning function on her flying broom:
"The straight-line distance from Riverside Village to Green Forest Town is more than 5,000 kilometers. At the speed of the flying carpet, flying for 12 hours a day, it would take about five days to get there."

“However, we have to detour around Parluff City on this route. All the cities in the Magic Duchy have anti-flying magic arrays,” Moran said. Lilith replanned the route: “How about this route now? Every night, there are woodlands far from towns where we can set up camp, and it doesn’t fly over any cities. But it will take an extra day.”

Moran glanced at it and said, "It should be fine."

She also recorded this route in her flying broom route planning map.

"These next few days, everyone should familiarize yourselves with the effects of mage spells. After entering Greenwood Town, we'll be going to the magic department at the government center to test our spells," Moran instructed.

"Got it!" ×3
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Six days later, on a rainy evening, deep in the woods north of Greenwood Town, a carriage was parked.

Inside the car, Moran had just received praise from her friends.

"Moran, this carriage is so luxurious!" Vasita said, lying in the carriage. "The four of us could lie down and sleep without any problem! We could even turn over."

Lilith and Sylph squatted by the control panel at the front of the carriage.

There was a disc engraved with alchemical arrays, and on the disc, a small wooden horse was pulling a small carriage.

Lilith studied the runes on it:
"When did you make this? The fluctuations in these runes don't seem like the work of a witch!"

Sylph stared at the little rocking horse on the disc:
"Such a large carriage, is it all moved by this little wooden horse?"

Their carriage only had one compartment; there were no horses outside.

After Moran placed a magic gem in the center of the disc, the little wooden horse on the disc started moving, and the carriage seemed to be pulled forward as well.

"It is indeed a product of human alchemy. I found the alchemical blueprints in the books my grandmother sent me, and I made it based on the blueprints."

The blueprint is called [Carriage Power Core (Low-level)], and the disc and the metal rods extending from it to the four wheels are the main body.

They control the movement of the wheels, propelling the entire carriage forward.

The little wooden horse pulling the cart is actually a fairly realistic steering wheel and dashboard, um... it serves to show speed and control direction.

Such carriages are quite common among mages in the Magic Empire; even intermediate-level mages can afford them.

It is said that there is an even more advanced [automatic carriage power core] that can achieve automatic cruising, just like our flying broom.

The lower-end models we're in have to be operated manually.

A person needs to sit on a cushion in the corner of the control panel, open the lookout, and while looking at the situation ahead, hold the pony to control the direction of the carriage.

When a monk travels, he usually takes several apprentices with him, who take turns controlling the situation.

Moran looked at his three "apprentices": "Who of you wants to give it a try? It's getting dark, and the rain is getting heavier. We need to get to Green Forest Town quickly."

"I'll go first! I'll go first!" Vasita was very interested and took the lead in sitting in the driver's seat, placing her hands on the small wooden horse and sticking her eyes out of the lookout.

At the front of the carriage is a prominent arc, with the lookout point located at the most prominent part of the arc. From here, one can have a clear view of the area in front of the carriage.

"Pushing the little rocking horse forward is accelerating..."

Before Moran could finish speaking, he leaned back, and Vasita pushed the little wooden horse to the front of the disc.

They were in the woods, and Moran hadn't even adjusted his body before he quickly pressed a safety valve next to him to stop the car.

(End of this chapter)