Chapter 497 497 Eastward Bound and Flying

Chapter 497 497 Eastward Bound and Flying

497 497 Eastward Bound and Flying

"The cargo shipment to the Eastern border is ready. Are you done with what you were studying?" Priya asked a few hours later.

"Not quite, but I'm getting the hang of it. I've got the basics down, and I'm pretty sure that I could cast it if I needed to, but the intricacies of the spell mean I would likely be wasting a huge amount of Mana." Wolfe explained.

"What sort of spell are you trying to create?" She asked, not used to Wolfe being uncertain about magic.

"A Storm Front, complete with lightning and Tornados. It looks like it would be devastating as an area attack spell, but the amount of Mana that it is going to take is insane." He explained.

"Well, I'll be coming along on the flight. Maybe you can test it out if the Grand Dutchies get reckless?" She suggested.

That would be a huge mess, but Wolfe needed to see if his spell was going to work eventually, and it might get the Grand Dutchies to get their act together. He had considered targeting one of their cities, but they kept slaves, and it would be a disgrace to wipe out a city full of people who didn't want anything to do with the system they were living under.

They took the next boat full of supplies headed for the staging area and got there just in time to help load the gear they had arrived with into the cargo container of the helicopter for their trip.

"We're loaded and ready to go, boss. Is there anything else that we should be ready for?" The pilot asked as she strapped herself in.

"I say be ready for hostilities at any point during our journey. They said we had a week to clear out, but do you really believe they're that patient? I suspect that they might try something right away." Wolfe replied.

"Got it. We will keep our eyes out. You keep the protective spells up. Do we have a deal?" She laughed.

"Deal. I will keep the spells up and the copter fully charged. Now, let's get out of here so that we can get home before dark."

With everyone so busy today, the crew was a small one, just the pilot and her copilot, Wolfe and Priya. That was enough to make the delivery, though, and then they would rush back to make sure that nothing had gone wrong while they were away.

The helicopter flew high over the hills, not wanting to attract attention from the monsters on the ground, and Wolfe did his best to meditate and refresh his mind while paying enough attention that he didn't miss any large Mana disturbances that might indicate the first stages of an invasion.

There were a few stronger monsters that caught Wolfe's attention, but nothing too out of the ordinary on their way to the drop point. As they got closer to their destination, Wolfe noticed that there were a lot more mundane army vehicles in the area than he was expecting.

The leaders from the east had promised to bring some for trade, but these appeared to still have soldiers in them.

"Swing us wide and out of sight of all the soldiers so that they don't know that we have landed. I don't want to pull an army unit down on our allies' heads." Wolfe instructed.

The copter circled until the enemy was out of detection range, and then came in low to the drop point that the villagers had set. They were already out with weapons ready, but they recognized that the helicopter was covered in a defensive spell right away, marking it as not from the Mundane Army.

Wolfe hopped down as soon as they landed and jogged over to the team leader.

"Sorry for the fright. There are too many soldiers nearby for comfort, and we still wanted to get your supplies to you today. We've got a container full of food, clothes, weapons and as much ammunition as we could make for you." Wolfe explained.

"It's good to see you. As soon as the announcement came in that they needed to be out of the Frozen Wastes in seven days, the Grand Dutchies sent everything that they had into the Wastes to finish up their projects. They've even dug a new pipeline, hoping that their oil rigs can keep running after they retreat.

From what we heard, some overseas Witches showed up at their capital buildings and put the fear of the Goddess into them. I'm not sure of the details; we weren't invited, but they're taking the seven-day warning seriously.

Well, for the most part. They seem to think that autonomous operation afterwards should still be fine as long as they're not directly caught inside the boundary."

Wolfe smiled. "Should we give them a good reason to leave early?"

The local leader shook his head. "No, if they're leaving in a few days, attacking them now would only make them send more troops to secure the facilities before they go and build better defences on them for after they leave.

Our position is to let them do what they're doing, and we will get ourselves properly hidden until they're gone, then return to our normal business until those outsiders actually do something."n--0velbIn

"Well then, what we're giving you today might be perfect. We're expecting them to do something crazy, so we've been dropping off ammunition at every village we can find. I will let you distribute this lot once you feel it's safe enough, but it's for the whole area.

We didn't know that you'd be so close to overrun with the Grand Dutchies force. We were not convinced that they would take a random radio message so seriously. But if they got a visit the same way that we did, it must be important to those overseas soldiers.

They said that the Frozen Wastes were a sacred War Memorial to them. But then they thought that the whole continent was supposed to be uninhabited because they ordered all the humans executed and the Witches to sterilize themselves. I think we all know how well that order was followed."

The man laughed and stroked his beard. "Yes, I can see quite well that there are definitely no humans left on the Continent. My men will get everything inside, and you can get going again before someone comes looking for you."