Mortal Realm.
Dawn Kingdom.
A carriage raced along Kingdom Avenue.
Bonnie Sun-Chaser, a high-order elf and high-order Druid, sat inside the carriage, her eyes full of anticipation as she watched the scenery beyond the window.
In order to gather intelligence, she had joined Graycastle Empire's Self-Charging Magic Array research team over a minor matter and spent roughly half a year there.
Now, the Self-Charging Magic Array research team had nearly come to a standstill. Though research was still ongoing, barely any effort was being put into it. Believing she had fulfilled her promise, she did not join any other projects and instead chose to leave.
As an elf, she would not be barred from entering most countries.
So, she chose to visit the long-renowned Rost Territory.
She wanted to see what the territory that had ushered in a new era was truly like. She wanted to spend a long time in the birthplace of Magitech Science. She wanted to see what the newest Magitech Devices were really like...
Traveling with her was another mage, someone she had met in the Graycastle Empire. That mage was highly skilled with runes and exceptionally talented; though only in her twenties, she was already infinitely close to becoming a High-Order Mage.
"What's that?!"
Bonnie Sun-Chaser was suddenly startled awake by her companion's cry. Looking in the direction she pointed, Bonnie saw a giant beast made entirely of gears and steel speeding down the road, moving far faster than their carriage.
What surprised her even more was that beneath the beast were several wheels that looked snow-white.
They did not seem particularly sturdy.
The contrast between the two was tremendously striking.
Bonnie knew about Tractors, and she knew about tanks as well. Yet those steel beasts all shared one problem: they were slow, relying on