Industrial Cthulhu, starting from the island lord

Chapter 707 Leap Over Castel
Seeing Beatrice ascend to the heavens, the banshees below gasped in amazement:
Wow, she really took off!

"Amazing!"

Will there be aerial fountains?

"The parachute actually worked properly?"

"No, I don't think it might be a parachute."

The banshees seemed to enjoy watching the drama unfold, while Gaia and Zoe were filled with nothing but terror.

"Wait, how did Monica end up in the sky?!"

"She shouldn't be able to unlock gears above I, right? Doesn't that require the consent of all passengers?"

"Wait, are we still considered passengers?"

Zoe and Gaia exchanged a glance, their expressions gradually contorting.

"Could it be that Beatrice gave her authorization!?"

In the air, Beatrice clung tightly to the parachute lines, a mixture of excitement and terror in her eyes.

"Monica, are we going to descend like this?"

Above her head was a rectangular umbrella that had just been opened, which was slowly swaying downwards.

Monica was beside her, controlling the parachute lines with two hands and manipulating something behind her back with the other two.

"Pull the seatbelts, yes, pull both at the same time!"

Beatrice's seatbelt was still fastened properly, even though the car was gone, the seatbelt still bound her to the seat.

Beatrice mimicked Monica's actions, fumbling around in the seatbelts on her shoulders for a while before pulling out two loops.

"what is this?"

“Come on, follow me and watch my moves!” Monica waved the pull ring in her left hand. “Pull this!”

"What is this?" Beatrice pulled the ring along with her.

"accelerator."

"Eh?"

Beatrice froze for a moment, then a violent shove came over her. Before her surprise could fade, she was swept away with a long string of screams.

The banshees on the ground gasped in unison and emerged from their hiding places, startling Zoe.

"See, I told you, Monica would never equip a car with safety features."

So that one.

"It's a paraglider!"

"Powered paraglider?"

"It's hard to say. It could also be a drag chute to prevent it from flying too fast."

Beatrice screamed as she streaked across the sky, feeling as if her heart was about to leap out of her chest, while her soul sang along with the howling wind.

Fear, repression, regret, resentment—all the negative emotions seemed to have been left behind her; in the air, there was only screaming and freedom.

"How about that! Isn't it amazing!"

“Yes!” Beatrice shouted back, then hesitated for a moment, looking down at the distant land below, and asked through gritted teeth, “Monica, do you think I’ll die?”

"No, as long as you fly fast enough, death can't catch you!" This was followed by Monica's laughter. "Alright, that's about it. Grab the right hand!"

Beatrice paused for a moment, then nodded with an expression that was both like crying and laughing.

She was born a noblewoman and carried the burden of her family's mission from a young age. As she grew older, she was burdened with even more shackles.

Logically, she should have loathed such a wild sport, but she felt a strange flutter in her heart.

To be able to enjoy freedom, even for just a moment.

She pulled hard on the right handle.

Where do we land?

"That depends on how high you fly. Are you ready?"

"What preparation? Isn't this the brake?" "No, this is ten times the throttle."

Beatrice froze for a moment, and before she could even scream, she was sent flying.

The wind whistled past her side as she suddenly lunged forward, startling the seagulls around her. Beatrice, however, clung tightly to the seatbelt—which did provide a degree of safety, as it was secured with parachute lines.

"Don't worry! I've done the calculations; a superhuman's body can handle it!"

"Really?!" Beatrice felt like her tongue was tied in knots.

"Really, if you're really scared, you can press the button on the side of your seat!"

Beatrice immediately wanted to press the button, but hesitated just before her finger touched it, and looked up suspiciously: "These buttons aren't some kind of 20x speed-up thing, are they?"

"How could that be!" Monica exclaimed, happily wagging her tail as she flew. "I wouldn't hurt you!"

"Oh." Beatrice pressed a button and waited for a moment, but the speed did not decrease at all.

"Why didn't it slow down?!"

"This isn't a brake, so why is it slowing down?"

"Then what is this?"

"The top one is for seat ventilation, the bottom one is for seat heating, the one on the side is for seat massage, and the one in the back is amazing—it's zero gravity!"

Beatrice froze in mid-air. After a while, she asked in confusion, "How can it be zero gravity?"

"You're in mid-air, so how can there be zero gravity?"

Hughes, watching the live stream in the Banshee group, finally couldn't hold back anymore.

He was quite concerned about Beatrice's arrival, and originally planned to speak up and stop the banshees if they came to cause trouble again.

Surprisingly, the banshees were quite sensible and didn't come out to scare Beatrice; they were rather restrained.

You should know that they didn't act like this when they dealt with the Silent Sanctuary.

Hughes thoroughly enjoyed watching the live stream when they scared the priests at the Silent Church that day.
The banshees didn't cause any trouble, but Monica did him a huge one.

Hughes immediately opened Monica's private chat: "What are you doing! How did you suddenly get to the sky?!"

"I obtained permission from all the passengers as requested."

"Gaia and Zoe agreed?"

"They're not in the car," Monica said somewhat guiltily. "But Beatrice agreed!"

"Did she agree to let you go to heaven?"

She gave me permission to step on the gas.

Hughes covered his face: "Don't tell me this, put her down quickly, she's a patient!"

"This is my newly developed shock therapy, don't worry."

Okay, quickly tell her where the brakes are! Make her slow down!

"The brakes are on the car, of course."

"In the car?" Hughes was taken aback, watching the live stream of the banshees. The stream was being broadcast by Nini, who had thoughtfully zoomed in on the image so that Beatrice and Monica's faces could be clearly seen.

However, the two of them only had a seat on them and couldn't see any car.

Where's the car?

The car is on the ground!

Hughes was completely stunned: "No way, you're flying through the air, leaving the car on the ground! How are you going to control the flight?!"

"It's controllable. Look, the pull ring on my left is the throttle, and the one on the right is the 10x zoom."

Hughes covered his face, hung up on Monica, and connected to the Banshee's duty room.

"Check Beatrice and Monica's locations!"

"Okay. They're in District 17. The church's anti-aircraft machine guns are locked on. Should we shoot them down?"

"What?! Don't cause trouble. Wait, Area 17?"

(End of this chapter)