Chapter 519

"Ah! Aaaaaah!"

Combrona let out a miserable scream, like a pig about to be slaughtered.

There was nothing shameful about it. At the same time, at least twenty people were screaming just as miserably.

As for those who were not screaming, more than half of them were actually so frightened that they could no longer make a sound. Only a very small handful—his wife, for instance—remained perfectly calm, treating it as nothing at all.

"AAAAAH!"

People began screaming again, even more terribly than before.

Their screams were accompanied by the dull roar of machinery.

Enormous metal wheels bit tightly into sturdy tracks as the carts sped up and slowed down along rails that rose and fell. Double protection from magic and machinery ensured that even when the carts hung upside down in midair, they would absolutely not fall.

Yet to the passengers, dangling upside down at the height of a small mountain, with only the shoulder restraints and seat belts seeming to keep them safe, was enough to drive anyone mad.

After screaming for a while, the inverted cart suddenly accelerated and came hurtling down at a dizzying speed. The passengers felt as though some enormous force were dragging them, as if they might be flung out of the cart at any moment, but the howling wind rushing at them clogged their mouths so completely that they could not even scream.

Then, as though in an instant—or as though an eternity had passed—the cart came to an abrupt stop.

If this had been on Earth, at least half the people would have suffered cerebral hemorrhages from that jolt. But magic dispersed the terrifying kinetic energy, leaving everyone physically unharmed.

Well, not entirely unharmed. At least five or six people had gone completely limp in their seats, unable to move at