Supreme Magus novel Chapter 1278

Chapter 1278 - Test Drive (Part 2)

"No one is going to believe me unless they see it with their own eyes." After facing an undead army and witnessing Lith’s armies of beasts and shadows, the flying stagecoach was just icing on the cake.

"I should request to be transferred to a simpler job, like hunting Balkor." He said while using his contact amulet to scan the scene unfolding in front of his eyes and calling both of his supervisors.

"What the heck is that?" The Royals and Marchioness Distar said while looking at the DoLorean darting above the Trawn woods.

"A security nightmare." Locrias couldn’t think of a better definition.

"That’s a really interesting concept." Queen Sylpha sounded more intrigued than worried. "It could replace those boring, obnoxious stagecoaches, allowing us to give a breath-taking experience to our guests and a scare to our enemies."

"Indeed. Flight is the dream and the nightmare of normal people." King Meron nodded. "Unlike Warp Gates, only mages can experience it. At least until now. Yet I’m more interested to know if that thing can be weaponized."

"I don’t think it’s a good idea." Marchioness Distar shook her head. "It makes long-distance travel easier for the smugglers and roadblocks useless. Our soldiers already have a hard time patrolling the many roads of the Kingdom.

"Not even if we tripled their numbers could they also check the infinite skies!"

"Do you think we should outlaw its production?" Queen Sylpha nodded. Mages were rare enough to make smuggling by flight a minor issue and those who could use dimensional magic were even rarer.

’I’m proud of her. Mirim needed but a glance to see the dangers lying past the flying machine’s l.u.s.ter that blinded us.’ She thought.

"For the public, sure. I call dibs on the first commission, though. My daughter deserves to get a bit of freedom after being trapped home for most of her life." Just like the magicless Royal heirs, Brinja Distar couldn’t move without a heavy detail.

Flight was impossible and Warp Steps could only lead to coordinates that a mage had personally memorized. Whenever Brinja wanted to visit a new place, it took the elite troops protecting her weeks of planning to not make her an easy mark.

"Then we’ll get the one after that." King Meron sighed.

Meanwhile, Lith gave his family a tour of the Trawn woods, increasing the speed as soon as he felt the tension in the car fading and amazement replaced fear.

"I’ll show you how quick it is to go to Lutia." He said after a full circle back home.

"This is nice, son." Raaz said while still clinging to his armrest, but not with so much strength to turn his hands white anymore. "Yet I’m not used to see the world from above. How I’m supposed to find my way around from the sky?"

"You can just follow the road at first. I did the same when I learned how to fly." Lith replied, following the same path they would use with their carriage but from several meters above the ground.

"Okay, fine. But how do I bring this thing down? I’m no mage and I don’t want to waste your time and money with constant repairs." Even though his brain spun at full gear to find a way to never drive the DoLorean, Raaz couldn’t argue with its results.

Reaching Lutia required half an hour by foot and twenty minutes by carriage, yet they had gotten there in less than five minutes even though Lith had kept the speed lever at the two the entire time.