Traveling through Naruto with Heroes of Might and Magic.

The elven knight on the winged horse was strange; it seemed as if he were one with the horse, remaining steady on his winged horse even in the face of such raging torrents.

As it flew higher and higher, Qingwu could no longer open its eyes.

He gritted his teeth, feeling his internal organs churning, squeezing, and deforming inside his chest cavity.

This was not flying in an airplane, not riding a motorcycle, not even any kind of "flight" he had ever imagined.

To be precise, it's more like... being swallowed by the sky.

Just when he was about to give up...

"boom!!"

The natural energy within his body actively circulated, forming a light blue film on his skin.

"!!" Qingwu opened her eyes as she felt the pressure disappear.

The ground gradually turned into blurry patches of color.

Trees, rivers, training grounds, Hokage Rock—all familiar scenes were drastically compressed and stretched…

It's different, and the perspective is different from when natural energy is attached to the Pegasus.

He saw it with his own eyes!

He steered the Pegasus to stop climbing and switch to level flight.

“This is… the perspective of the sky,” Qingwu murmured.

The sound echoed within the natural energy shield, sounding hollow and distant.

He saw the village where he had lived for thirteen years, now resembling a child's haphazardly arranged building block toy; the Death Forest was a patchwork of dark green; and the training ground was a grid of gray and white squares.

"Higher!"

Qingwu issued the order.

The protective shield formed by natural energy emboldened him.

Pegasus spread its wings and climbed upwards once more.

This time, Qingwu did not close her eyes.

He stared intently down below, watching Konoha shrink further in his field of vision and the horizon begin to bend.

Three thousand meters...

Four thousand meters...

5,000 meters...

Chapter 64 Air Supremacy, the Dawn of Freedom

Within the territory.

Two other Anbu members stood beside Kakashi.

"team leader……"

"From today onwards, I am no longer your captain."

One of the ANBU members had just opened his mouth when Kakashi interrupted him.

After a moment of silence, he asked uncertainly, "Am I seeing things? Qingwu just flew into the sky?"

"I saw it too."

"it's him!"

Two members of the secret service replied.

The scene of the three people looking up at the same time looked somewhat comical.

A moment later, Kakashi turned to look at the [Demon Spring], "Is this the new building that kid put together?"

The two ANBU members exchanged a glance. They didn't know as much as Kakashi did and couldn't understand what their captain was saying at all.

After a pause, Kakashi said, "Go and bring back the brat outside."

"Yes!" A member of the secret service turned and left.

A moment later, Tianzang was brought over.

He rubbed his eyes, which were visible through the mask, with his fist, looking sleepy.

"..."

Kakashi was momentarily dazed; the boy's silly appearance reminded him of an old friend.

Upon seeing that it was Kakashi, Tenzo hesitated for a moment, but ultimately remained silent.

And Kakashi these days isn't someone who initiates conversations.

"Did you see where Qingwu went?" one of the secret agents asked.

Tianzang shook his head; he had truly fallen asleep just now.

Although it was a short time, it was the most restful sleep he had ever had in his life.

"..." Kakashi didn't say anything, and looked up again.

If Qingwu doesn't return within ten minutes, he'll have to go to the Third Generation Head to mobilize the entire village to search for him.

And so, the three looking up... became four.

Five minutes later, a white dot appeared high in the sky.

Kakashi narrowed his eyes, activated his Sharingan, and focused his gaze.

The white dot is rapidly enlarging—no! It's diving!

It was so fast that it left a pale blue trail in the air, like a shooting star falling to earth!

"That is……"

Kakashi's body tensed up involuntarily.

He could sense that the energy contained in that thing was at least at the Jonin level!

And it's too fast!

The white dot is getting closer and closer.

Kakashi saw it clearly; it was a horse.

No, it's a horse with wings.

A pearly white body, crystalline wings, emerald eyes, and a silver mane and tail—it was unrealistically beautiful, like a mythical beast that had stepped out of a myth.

It seemed like someone was about to appear... Kakashi had a guess.

"Yahoo—"

Qingwu, who was piloting the Pegasus in a downward descent, let out a shout of release.

"It sure is him!"

Kakashi's Sharingan spun wildly.

"This kid has come up with something amazing!"

How could a smart man like Kakashi not know the tactical value of air superiority?

Moreover, putting aside everything else, even from a personal perspective, if Qingwu had such abilities during the Chunin Exams, he could have flown into the sky and escaped from Orochimaru.

"Clap!"

Tianzang seemed to have tired of tilting his head back, or perhaps he was shocked, and fell straight backward to the ground.

Qingwu, who was piloting the Pegasus in a dive, also saw the people on the ground.

He made the Pegasus land slowly.

Pegasus carried him to a light landing, as if not raising a speck of dust.

Qingwu dismounted, his movements a little clumsy, but still steady.

"Kakashi...Captain!"

We used to call him "senior," but now we have to change how we address him.

Kakashi stared at Qingwu, about to speak, when he suddenly looked up again.

The three white dots rapidly approached.

However, it was the other three Pegasus riders who were left behind by Qingwu's dive.

"And there's more than one!!"

Kakashi was greatly alarmed and asked urgently, "How many of these can you make?"

Tenzo sat up, supporting himself with his hands on the ground. He looked at Kakashi in a daze, not understanding why this usually indifferent man was so agitated.

Qingwu knew what Kakashi was thinking. "These are the only ones we have right now. Summoning them requires just as much energy as summoning the Drywood Guardians."

He shrugged: "And I can only communicate with one of the Deadwood Guardians right now."

The recruitment price for the Deadwood Guardian is currently unknown.

However, judging from the increasing recruitment of tier 1, 2, and 3 units, it shouldn't be too exaggerated.

"..."

Kakashi was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "What a pity."

He had just been thinking about how much of an impact a well-organized air force could have on Konoha, since these strangely shaped Pegasus riders could carry people.

“Yes, that’s a pity,” Qingwu added.

He would never hand over what he had, at least not without a substantial benefit.

Moreover, the high recruitment cost of intermediate-level troops makes it impossible for him to "mass-produce" them for the time being, and the main force of future battles will most likely still be the cheap primary troops.

Just like in a game, as time goes by, the basic units that are "more cost-effective" will never be removed from the battlefield.

Because their loss wouldn't bother the lord.