Rebirth Of The Noble Mage Behind The Scenes
Chapter 155: Origin of the Crow Flock

Chapter 155: Chapter 155: Origin of the Crow Flock

After appeasing the passengers, the Captain closed the communication Array, his blue-grey eyes turning towards the airship crew member in charge of the Magic Power transmission system.

"Savage, how much longer can the remaining Magic Power support us?"

"If we keep the gasbag protection at full power, including the auxiliary Magic Power source, we can maintain for about ten minutes, Captain Sir."

Savage was a young man with carrot-colored hair and spirited brown eyes.

At this time, after adjusting the ratio of Magic Power output to ensure maximum utilization of every ounce, he quickly reported the situation to the Captain.

"Ten minutes?"

The Captain, wearing a white airship cap, nodded and his furrowed brows relaxed slightly.

This duration was somewhat acceptable. Although the swarm of crows was vast, by his estimation, it would take less than three minutes for the airship to completely break out of the iron-feather crow swarm’s encirclement.

As soon as this voyage is over, he must find the Chamber of Commerce Chairman first thing and insist on reinstalling the normal airship defense system!

But at that moment, an airship crew member suddenly appeared at the door.

"Captain Sir, the Mage aboard has an urgent matter to report to you!"

"Speak!"

While stabilizing the airship’s acceleration as much as possible and breaking away from the thinnest side of the crow swarm, the Captain slightly turned his head towards the crew member who had hurried over, his tone urgent.

"The Mage Sir says, the state of the iron-feather crow swarm is very abnormal! According to his judgment, something seems to be chasing after them from behind the crows!"

Swallowing hard, the crew member quickly repeated the Mage’s words.

"What did you say?!"

Upon hearing this sudden news, the Captain’s complexion changed as well.

"By the gods—"

To be able to chase such a large flock of iron-feather crows, regular flying Magic Beasts simply couldn’t do it.

It was either a large group of carnivorous flying Magic Beasts of Fourth Rank or higher, or it was a big fellow of Seventh Rank or above!

But either case meant they were in for some significant trouble!

Devil take it, he had run this route for so many years, how could such a big problem arise today?

....

"Lord Anvis, a large number of grey-winged terror birds have appeared in the distance, do you need me to take action?"

In the room of Anvis, the door was knocked, Jom walked in.

"A flock of grey-winged terror birds?"

Upon hearing the news, Anvis was somewhat speechless.

Although the Divination had shown there would be some setbacks, he hadn’t expected that this so-called setback would come to fruition so quickly.

He knew about the grey-winged terror birds, a gregarious type of flying Magic Beast whose adult strength could reach Fourth Rank, without a fixed territory.

They usually feed on other Low Rank birds and Magic Beasts and sometimes eat Magic Power-rich plants and wild fruits, a kind of omnivorous species.

However, as a gregarious flying Magic Beast of Fourth Rank and above, grey-winged terror birds are actually not common, especially on the airship routes.

You see, Mechanical Airship routes are not straightforward, as they must dodge territories of many powerful flying Magic Beasts.

A mature route has been repeatedly tested to ensure it can avoid the vast majority of dangers before it can truly be put into operation.

And to encounter a flock of grey-winged terror birds hunting iron-feather crows on a route that had been safely navigated for many years.

This probability was almost like winning a big lottery after buying tickets for many years.

Anvis found it hard to imagine just how unlucky this airship was today.

"Chase them away, Jom, but try not to cause too much commotion."

Anvis nodded and gave the instruction.

After all, these birds still had to be driven away.

Just relying on the airship’s own defense system, and the accompanying Fifth Rank Mage, it was sufficient to shoo away the iron-feather crow swarm.

As for the flock of Greywing Terrorbirds following behind, even the mage himself would probably have to make an early escape.

"By the way, inform the Captain to remain calm, the situation is still under control."

.........

Meanwhile, in the control room.

"The Magic Detection Device has detected a large number of high intensity magic power reactions! Suspected... a swarm of Fourth Rank flying Magic Beasts!"

Seeing a large cluster of dense red dots on the magic detection device, the crew member responsible for detection was panicking, his voice shaking.

Upon suddenly learning of this nightmarish news, everyone felt a sense of despair.

"What, what do we do, Captain?"

The redhead, Savage, asked in a murmur-like low voice, a question that everyone wanted to know the answer to.

The blue-gray eyes of the person in question stared fixedly at the screen of the detection device, hands wearing white gloves spasming as they clenched tightly, then slowly opened again.

As the situation had reached this stage, the Captain himself had become calmer.

"There’s no other way, proceed to emergency forced landing—"

"But, Captain, according to the flight map, the forest depths below is the territory of High Rank Magic Beasts."

The redhead, Savage, could not help but speak out.

The Captain by then had already taken off his white captain’s cap, neatly placed on the airship’s control console, and upon hearing this turned his head, glancing over at him.

"No need to worry, you can always trust the security strength of the ’Giant’ Mechanical Aviation Chamber of Commerce—"

After a quip that came off like a cold joke, he walked to the console and shut down all propulsion systems.

Just as he was about to push the gas release switch of the airbag all the way to the end, a deep voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

"Stay calm, sir. The situation is still under control."

The Captain’s hands froze in place, and he asked internally.

"Who are you?"

"Someone who prefers to remain unseen—"

After saying that, the voice disappeared from his mind.

Then, suddenly, the area around the airship cleared up, and the sky full of crows fell like raindrops.

The pale golden sunlight that had been obscured by the flock of birds returned to the silver-white surface of the ’Silver Spotted Flower’ airship.

In the distance, a group of menacing giant birds with gray-black wings nearly ten meters long, with strange scaly dragon-like heads, suddenly paused in their tracks.

Then, as if they had seen some kind of natural predator, they let out mournful cries, turned around, and quickly fled away from the airship.

In the display of the Magic Detection Instrument, a multitude of dense red dots suddenly paused, and then quickly began moving away from the airship.

Seeing this, a crew member who had inadvertently noticed the change in the red dots couldn’t help but rub his eyes.

Then he suddenly burst into an excited shout!

"They’re leaving!"

Hearing his shout, other crew members also looked incredulously toward the screen.

Once it was confirmed that they were indeed moving away and not coming closer, the atmosphere in the control room instantly erupted.

"They’ve left?"

The Captain nodded and also let out a long sigh of relief, placing the captain’s cap back on.

"Return to your posts and press on—"

.........

Stepping out of the grand air harbor dock of Delas, Anvis took a deep breath of the damp air mixed with the salty scent of the sea breeze.

At the same time, he noticed something—his own feedback from fate suddenly increased by about a half-unit.

(Gur—→Recommendation ticket)