Everyone piled their belongings at the back of the carriage, then took their seats one after another, leaning against the chair backs to ease their nerves.
Professor Medea summoned an enormous crystal ball over a meter in diameter in the center of the carriage. The crystal ball's viewpoint rose high into the air, bringing everything within a thousand meters of the carriage into view.
Complex magic circles blossomed one after another beneath the carriage, while black incantations gathered into a dragon and coiled above its roof.
The Aerodactyl transformed from the Mountain Giant Sword sat on the driver's board like a coachman, squinting at the two lovey-dovey Fox Heart Fires.
Once all the spell barriers had activated, the fully armed Pumpkin Carriage suddenly took flight.
The flames of the Fox Heart Fires swayed as they towed the Pumpkin Carriage toward Saint Marian's skies like a meteor.
A passage through the barrier opened silently, and the Pumpkin Carriage, now completely concealed, abruptly drove inside.
Professor Jones, Eve, and the others who had remained behind at various places throughout the academy raised their heads slightly to watch the fleeting gleam high in the sky, silently offering their blessings.
May this journey bring only victory, never defeat.
Saint Marian Academy was situated on the kingdom's northern border, essentially neighboring the territory of the northern duke.
But the Northern Lands were vast. Even crossing them from end to end, reaching the location of Mount of Gods was not something that could be done in a short while.
Moreover, the Northern Lands had a unique environment. The Cold Current Ice Sea hung high overhead, and even griffins and wyverns found it difficult to cross, so they usually had to take a detour.
That would take even more time.
But with the situation so urgent, the