A mage? A spell engineer!

Chapter 166 It's really not easy to see you.

"What can we do?" Rorschach thought of a group spell: "If we get close to the city, can we gather the town's mages to cast a group spell? Use a large-scale [Feather Fall] and [Levitation] spell to stabilize the crashing plane."

"That's the plan on the ground, but it's very difficult. The mages haven't received training in group spellcasting, so they might not be able to succeed. And if they fail..." The accompanying mage thought of the emergency regulations and his face turned pale—if the airship goes out of control and threatens the city or other important areas, each country has the right to shoot it down in advance!

Saving is difficult, destroying is easy.

Even if he manages to escape using his magic, the guild and airship association will likely blacklist him, and he'll never have a chance to rise again.

They are now in a dilemma. If they let the airship fall, it will not be able to reach the city, but if it accelerates its descent from high altitude, it will inevitably leave the other passengers with no hope of survival.

Choosing to slow the descent would allow for the use of the [Featherfall] spell on the passengers as they approach the ground, ensuring their safe return. However, this would cause the airship to crash into the city, and there is a risk of it being destroyed as it gets close to the city.

The trolley problem of another world, where he is both on the train and on the tracks. Fortunately, Rorschach has the ability to protect himself and is not burdened by the responsibility of an accompanying mage, so he calmly considers a solution.

"There's still a window of opportunity." As long as we descend gently before reaching the city, it'll be fine. Rorschach was inside the empty air bladder, its inner walls now filled with blue channels that seemed to sense Rorschach as they shimmered.

As Rorschach tried to expand the scope of his "magic control," the potion, which seemed to shimmer with blue light, felt naturally close to him, similar to the activated earth element in the "Earth Shaping" spell.

So, a "mapping"! Rorschach rearranged the entire air sac's circuits and runes according to his own will. The accompanying mage stared in disbelief at the changes taking place in the vast space. The young man in purple robes before him had already demonstrated abilities beyond his comprehension. Controlling the ether and circuits of the entire space—this was a power only a great mage possessed, wasn't it?

Rorschach modified both the inner and outer walls simultaneously. Due to the large size and considerable mass of the airship, especially the gasbags, the [Hovering Technique] itself had its limits in terms of weight and height. Furthermore, the [Feather Fall Technique] was too weak to counteract the gravitational potential energy that was currently accelerating the airship.

If Rorschach hadn't spent some time taking classes and researching with Professor Poincaré, he wouldn't have been able to complete the on-site calculations for the topological array by twisting the runes on the outer wall into the "Rorschach's Delay Spell" array.

While distorting the entire circuit, he constantly adjusted it by relying on the magic circle conversion function of the panel. This was equivalent to using the panel to force himself to multitask, and all the energy and magic power he consumed were pumped into his body to stimulate and replenish it with ether.

The advantage of the [Slowness Spell] over the other two spells is that its effect, namely its ability to change momentum, is positively correlated with the amount of ether it consumes, and can directly stop the downward momentum.

The outer magic array was completed, and the acceleration was close to the critical value, but it was not enough. It seemed to be just a little bit short, but Luo Xia knew that his condition would only go downhill. Being a little short meant that he would still accelerate his fall. He gritted his teeth and saw the last hydrogen balloon.

A bold idea took shape in his mind. He originally wanted to reconstruct the [Feather Fall Technique] on the inner wall, but the consumption was too great, so the blue light barrier lit up on the inner wall.

"Sir, do you know how hot air balloons work?"

Bart had come to the capital's airport specifically to pick someone up, but he received an urgent mission: the guild was gathering all the mages near the capital.

At the same time, the management organization of the resident monks was also recruiting, which forced him to go.

"Unlucky" Bart accepted the quest along with the other mages, but he stared wide-eyed at the writing board, the guild members' words echoing in his ears:

"An airship bound for Munnik from Valuana has gone out of control and is expected to crash in the city in half an hour. We need to attempt a rescue, if that fails..."

He solemnly issued the order: "For the safety of all the city's residents, shoot it down immediately if we fail!"

Bart numbly followed the entire team to the outskirts of the city, onto the planned flight path. They were now atop a small hill, their mission to collectively cast a large-scale levitation spell at the closest possible moment to the airship, preventing it from crashing.

This is an impossible mission; they intended to destroy the airship from the very beginning!

Bart was tormented by the thought that his friend Rorschach was on the airship! Had he learned the magic to fly? This guy was strong in theory, but when it came to practical skills, he was no match for Bart. Bart dared not consider the worst-case scenario.

If you have to witness your friend and the airship crash together, or even participate in shooting them down yourself, then the joke of fate is too cruel!

The transceiver used for communication by the interception team suddenly received a signal, and the core crystal vibrated as it received a message from the airship:

"Decelerating and attempting an emergency landing, unable to turn, attempting an emergency landing!"

Then they soon witnessed a scene they would never forget—a rare and awe-inspiring sight even for a mage:

The burning airship skimmed low over the forest, the mournful sound of its deformed steel frame startling flocks of birds into flight, while the behemoth slowly descended, its body also containing flames, with blue fluorescent light maintaining its shape between the alternating flames.

From the end of its abdominal cavity, passengers were thrown out one by one. However, these people were obviously blessed by magic. They waved their limbs but fell slowly and landed steadily after a while.

Like a giant beast.

After clearing out most of the passengers, the colossal beast of burning bones crashed headlong into the hillside where the mages were, where it remained forever.

"Water! Put out the flames quickly!"

Fortunately, there were enough mages standing on the mountaintop. Countless water bullets struck the wreckage, and someone summoned a rain cloud, causing a torrential downpour that extinguished all the fire. At the same time, the blue light barrier that had supported the entire airbag structure dissipated.

Rorschach crawled out of the area that had been the center of the air sac and saw Bart charging towards him at full speed. Rorschach was covered in ash, and his purple robes were unrecognizable under the heat and dust, but the cane he was leaning on was as shiny as new.

"I knew you hadn't learned the magic of flight!"

The two hugged tightly. Luo Xia never expected that his reunited friend would say such a thing.

"I know [Levitation] and [Feather Fall] now, can you trust me?!"

Inside the investigation room, the accompanying monk slumped wearily on a cold bench as two investigators questioned him:

"According to your recollection, the airbag was deliberately sabotaged."

"Yes, I've already said it twice: I spotted a masked man setting up the last sabotage device, and then he escaped before he finished setting it up."

"Of the five airbags, four were detonated. One of them had only one layer of protective magic array activated. I had to use magic to restrain the explosion so that it could escape successfully. Then the dwarf master who was closest to the airbag came to help. After that, the power system was locked down."

"You mean, the saboteurs took advantage of the absence of the engine room, moved from the gasbag to that spot, and locked the rudder? In other words, his original plan was just to trigger an explosion to crash the airship, and the attack on Munik City was a last-minute decision after the initial plan failed?"

"I am merely stating the facts I have observed; I cannot refute or affirm your reasoning, sir. Oh, no, what we have seen may not even be the truth."

"Such an uncooperative attitude will only be detrimental to you."

"I'll resign the moment I get out of this godforsaken place. Thanks to the other intermediate mage, there were no casualties in this incident. That's all I wanted to say."

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Sorry for the late update, but it's the third update! The protagonist, who has been avoiding travel, has finally arrived in the Kingdom of Bain, which is not currently his! Staying in Valuwana for too long is getting boring; it's time for some excitement on the road.

(End of this chapter)