Chapter 152: Three People Travel

The next day, the Priestess left Moonshadow Valley, embarking on her journey to Spirit Butterfly Peak.

Miss Vilyric didn’t take everyone with her; aside from herself, there was only Lulu, the Spirit Butterfly who understood the situation, and the newly recruited Miss Slime. Even the Little Dragon Daughter, who was usually inseparable from her, stayed behind in Moonshadow Valley this time.

The distribution was made this way partly because traveling was indeed inconvenient due to the heavy snow blocking the mountains—more people would only complicate things. On another note, Miss Vilyric was somewhat concerned about the disasters mentioned successively by Mona and Xi Fu Lin. Since the God had clearly stated that great matters were about to occur, it never hurts to prepare in advance.

The reason for heading to Spirit Butterfly Peak was naturally due to the mysteriously sealed clan territory Lulu spoke of and the similarity of that mountain to certain scenes she described, which piqued Miss Vilyric’s interest.

Since the Mirage Gate couldn’t be opened for the time being, they couldn’t just stay dumbfounded in Moonshadow Valley waiting. The Priestess had a hunch that Spirit Butterfly Peak absolutely hid some secrets closely related to what was happening in the Mountains of Ten Thousand Demons.

Miss Vilyric had already gained preliminary confirmation of this during her private conversation with Chief Vanessa of the Moonshadow Clan the day before.

As one of the three pillars of the Mountains of Ten Thousand Demons, the Moonshadow Clan would inevitably be the first to suffer if anything happened, given that Moonshadow Valley was close to the core sacred place. Chief Vanessa and the others left a good impression on the Priestess; Leila and the others were quite powerful, and having them there could provide backup. Not to mention, there was also Xiao Guang, the level 100 Holy Crystal Dragon, as a final insurance.

The Little Dragon Daughter had a contract with Miss Vilyric, and she could be summoned unilaterally at any time. Just in case, the Priestess set up an “Invisible Space Portal” in Moonshadow Valley after obtaining Chief Vanessa’s permission.

Thus, even if things turned out badly, she could receive warning messages from Xiao Guang and rush over to help in time.

After the calamity where tens of millions perished in the southern Wasteland, the Priestess had learned to be vigilant and cautious in dealing with such situations.

After all, in front of truly powerful beings, life was indeed negligible. Even the Pseudo-God-level “Desecration Cocoon” in the Forgotten Land could destroy a city with hundreds of thousands in a single night. Let alone the friction between worlds?

At this moment, the three of them—or rather, three girls who couldn’t really be considered human—were swiftly flying through the cold high-altitude winds.

Miss Vilyric went without saying; Lulu, as a member of the Spirit Butterfly Clan, though still very young by her own standards, certainly possessed flying abilities. As for Miss Slime, Xiao Lan…

“How’s it going? Any discomfort?”

“Well, at first, I really wasn’t used to it, but now I’ve gradually mastered the technique. Miss Vilyric, this ‘Artificial Flight Wing No. 1786’ you provided is incredible. I’ve lived for over a hundred years, but it’s the first time I’ve experienced the feeling of soaring… it’s truly astonishing.”

“Is that so? As long as it’s working out, that’s good!”

Indeed, the wings Xiao Lan was equipped with were the product of Miss Iriush’s days of intensive work, not leaving the house, plus Miss Vilyric gritting her teeth to help her touch and replicate the sample before finally developing the finished product.

The finished product—was none other than the “Artificial Flight Wing No. 1786” that some guy always hung on about. The Priestess had a slight aversion to being involved in such matters, but since she had promised someone, she definitely wouldn’t go back on her word.

Rather, after witnessing the “Multi-functional Travel Assistant No. XX”, Miss Vilyric wanted to see if Iriush could truly create wings that allowed someone to fly freely in the sky without relying on magical power. If she could, it would certainly be a groundbreaking achievement worth noting.

In fact, the Priestess’s impromptu decision to head to Spirit Butterfly Peak was also related to a certain Spirit Doll buzzing with excitement a couple of days ago, bringing her results and insisting on a remote test fly.

Xiao Lan’s arrival happened to align with Miss Vilyric’s intentions.

Thinking of this, the black-haired girl turned to glance at Miss Slime, who was following closely behind, spread her gigantic iron-gray metallic wings, each over four meters long, swaying in the brisk early winter mountain wind.

According to Iriush, this “Artificial Flight Wing No. 1786” was still in the trial phase; it could theoretically achieve stable flight but definitely had its fair share of flaws. However, how to further improve it required more testing to gather data.

Of course, flight testing was undoubtedly very dangerous for most life forms.

If one were to accidentally fall from several hundred to thousands of meters in height, even legendary-level powerhouses wouldn’t fare well. Letting Miss Vilyric or the Little Dragon Daughter, beings of exceptional caliber, conduct the tests could lead to acknowledging hidden problems due to differences in physical quality.

Therefore, this heavy responsibility naturally fell upon Xiao Lan, who could perfectly mimic a biological shape and, being a slime, wasn’t too fearful of physical damage.

In fact, the current flying wings were indeed very rudimentary, not only maintaining their most primitive appearance without any paint but also quite heavy—definitely beyond what an ordinary person could handle.

According to Iriush’s estimation, one would at least need to be at the Earth level to fully disregard the impact of this metal wing’s weight. Additionally, some “auxiliary devices” would need to be worn to achieve stable flight.

That’s what Xiao Lan was fiddling with in her hands, a device that resembled a controller, connected to the wings with metal wires.

That’s right, the flying wings developed by Iriush were not the conventional type, something directly attached to the person to flap with muscle coordination. While they were indeed wings, they were actually controlled by a remote control.

In other words, the flyer only served the role of being attached below the wings, carrying the burden and controlling their movement direction.

Though it sounded a bit funny, it must be acknowledged that Iriush’s idea indeed managed to achieve—free flight in the sky without magic.

After initial tests, aside from being a bit heavy and looking somewhat ugly, there didn’t seem to be any obvious flaws, except…

“Beep beep! Beep beep! Beep beep!”

The controller in Xiao Lan’s hand suddenly let out a series of urgent alarms, but the three girls present didn’t look surprised; they simply stopped in the air with resigned expressions, as if they were already familiar with such scenes.

“Haah… here it comes again?”

Miss Vilyric sighed with a wry smile as she turned to the somewhat embarrassed Miss Slime, who nodded while maintaining the flying wing’s float and revealed the control panel.

As expected, the battery level indicator was already below the red line.

“Sorry, Miss Vilyric. It seems like we’ll have to trouble you again.”

The Priestess shook her head gently.

“There’s no need to apologize; this isn’t your fault, Xiao Lan.”

After saying this, Lulu, wrapped in a thick sweater and holding a small bottle containing the Priestess’s handmade warmth spheres, immediately joined in the complaint.

“Exactly! While it’s truly impressive to allow wingless creatures to fly, this thing can’t take it, can it? We’ve barely set off for an hour, and this is the third time it’s run out of battery!”

   

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