After reassuring the passengers, the captain shut off the communication Magic Array and turned his blue-gray eyes toward the crewman in charge of the Mana transmission system.
"Savage, how long can our remaining Mana last?"
"If we keep the airbag shielding at full power the entire time, including the backup Mana source, we can hold out for around ten minutes, Captain."
Savage was a young man with carrot-colored hair and lively brown eyes.
After adjusting the ratio of Mana output to make the most efficient use of every bit of Mana, he swiftly reported the situation to the Captain.
"Ten minutes?"
The Captain in the white cap nodded, and the furrow between his brows eased slightly.
That was still acceptable. Although there were many ravens, by his estimate, the airship would completely break free of the Iron Feather Raven flock's encirclement in less than three minutes.
Once this voyage was over, he would immediately go to the Chamber of Commerce president. No matter what, he had to get the airship's standard defense system reinstalled!
But at that moment, a crewman suddenly appeared at the doorway.
"Captain, the Shipboard Mage has an urgent situation to report!"
"Speak!"
While doing his best to keep the airship accelerating and breaking away in the direction where the raven flock was thinnest, the captain turned slightly toward the hurried crewman, his tone urgent.
"The mage says the Iron Feather Raven flock is acting very strangely! In his judgment, something seems to be chasing them from behind!"
Swallowing hard, the crewman hurriedly repeated the Shipboard Mage's words.
"What did you say?!"
Upon suddenly receiving this news, the Captain's expression changed as well.
"Gods..."
Ordinary flying Magical Beasts simply could not drive such an enormous flock of Iron Feather Ravens into flight.
Either it was a large