Ten minutes before the Lighthouse fell...
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On a high mountain west of Dragonbone Village, Shattered Star wore a lightweight combat outfit, a sleek modern longbow slung across her back and a dozen arrows in her quiver. She was intently watching the sky tens of thousands of meters ahead through a pair of tactical binoculars.
The Lighthouse was moving toward Dragonbone Village. Since White Elder couldn't step away from monitoring Mark's ritual, he'd asked her to take care of the necessary arrangements, such as keeping an eye on the Lighthouse and making sure the Awakened on watch were prepared and alert.
After giving instructions at a border outpost, Shattered Star was still a little uneasy. So she'd personally brought a few members of the Awakened patrol to this spot to keep watch at close range.
Of course, it wasn't really close. The target was tens of thousands of meters in the sky, while they were on the ground, at least several kilometers from the spot directly beneath it!
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Annie had eaten her fill and had nothing to do, so naturally she'd come along too, tagging along with the group for the fun of it.
After waiting a while, Annie looked at the Lighthouse in the distant sky and silently made a few calculations. Then she pursed her lips in disdain and sighed.
"That stupid flying pot lid is way too slow!"
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"It's only fifty or sixty kilometers from Dragonbone Village, but it's just drifting along so slowly. Can it even manage five kilometers an hour?"
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"Even people walking are faster than it!"
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Annie had thought they'd soon get to skip ahead to the Lighthouse battling Dragonbone Village, with both sides killing each other until the place ran red with blood or something. But from the