“This...”
Susie looked up at Lan Qingyou in disbelief.
Originally, she had thought that Lan Qingyou's ability to fly in the air was due to the broom beneath her, which surely had some ‘special additions.’
But the other party had simply tapped her, and she had levitated instantly, unable to even feel her own weight.
It seemed it wasn't a matter of the broom at all.
Magic, magic eyes, or a talent—any of them were possible.
Regardless, this single move was enough to show just how powerful the other party was.
As expected of the Clan Leader...
Because she lacked an anti-drop enchantment, the hoisted Susie could only press one hand against her witch's pointed hat to keep it from being blown away by the wind, allowing herself to be carried by this Origin Witch who was younger than her.
Whatever.
Let it be.
There was no one else on the vast plains to see her, so it wasn't exactly a loss of composure.
Even if someone did see, she could just kill them.
Killing someone silently was child's play for someone like her, the Witch of Poison.
Ultimately, it took the two of them about half an hour to arrive above a three-story wooden shelter.
At this moment, a group of people who looked like traveling merchants were organizing carriages outside the wooden house.
It was unclear if they had just arrived or were preparing to leave.
Inside the house, another group of people was reveling. It seemed... they were throwing a party?
“Are you sure this is the shelter of the Huang father and son?”
From the air, Lan Qingyou looked down at the thriving scene below and turned to Susie in confusion.
Susie had said earlier that the father and son were barely hanging on, yet here were merchant caravans coming and going?
“I'm not sure about that, but these people shouldn't be from our Golden Plains.”
Susie’s expression remained calm despite Lan Qingyou’s questioning, though a look of contemplation entered her eyes.
“Is that so? You’re sure?”
Seeing her certain tone, Lan Qingyou was naturally curious.
While she didn't know how many people had been in the Golden Plains before, it was certainly more than a dump like District 666.
The fact that Susie could assert they weren't locals with such conviction was interesting.
“I’m sure. And if I’m not mistaken, these people didn't even use the Adventurers' Guild's teleportation circle to reach the Golden Plains.”
Susie nodded.
“Meaning they walked here from another region?”
“Uncertain. They might have come through a different teleportation circle.”
Hmm?
Lan Qingyou raised an eyebrow.
True, the Adventurers' Guild wasn't the only one with teleportation circles.
Setting aside those like them who had discovered the composite steel plates, there was no telling how many the Kalim Supreme Council had distributed internally.
Who could say if some of those circles hadn't leaked elsewhere?
“Sit tight, I’ll check.”
Lan Qingyou placed Susie behind her on the Magic Broom.
While being carried, Susie hadn't felt much besides a novel sense of weightlessness.
But once she was placed on the back and regained her freedom, she discovered a very serious problem.
She was afraid!
Yes, now that she wasn't being held and could move, she found herself somewhat terrified of the two or three hundred-meter height.
It wasn't a phobia of heights like Gu Xiaobei's, but rather the simple, uneasy instinct of a land-dwelling creature with nothing solid beneath its feet.
As a physiological reaction, she wrapped her arms around Lan Qingyou’s waist.
With Lan Qingyou as an ‘anchor,’ Susie’s heart finally felt a bit more at ease.
Meanwhile, Lan Qingyou’s body stiffened for a moment when she was hugged.
Friend, this gesture is a bit over the line.
Turning to see Susie’s pale face, Lan Qingyou swallowed the complaint she had been about to make.
As expected, ‘flying freely’ wasn't for everyone.
Forget it, they were both adults; there was no need to overthink it.
Lan Qingyou put on a calm front and nodded to her. Then she pulled out her card, downed a mana potion to restore her mana points, and opened the Open Chat mode in the group.
The Tower: “@Justice, have the council members over there been assigned private teleportation circles?”
Justice: “What do you mean?”
The Tower: “I just want to ask if anyone besides our villa members has access to teleportation circles other than the ones in the Adventurers' Guild.”
Although there weren't many composite steel plates, almost everyone in the group had a teleportation circle.
They were either gifted or sold among themselves.
This was mainly for the convenience of future restocking or discussions.
Even The Fool, Hells Mo, who was constantly traveling, had one for convenience. It was easy to see how something as rare as a teleportation circle had become commonplace within the Tarot Villa.
High Priestess: “What! Teleportation circles are being distributed privately?”
The Sun: “Damn it, that’s my source of income. Who the hell dares to touch it?”
It was said that cutting off someone's path to wealth was like killing their parents.
The teleportation circles had been sold to the Supreme Council by a few members with the intent of long-term profit, and the contracts even included the names of every council member and the dungeon participants from that time.
And now someone was telling them that people were lining their own pockets and taking the items for themselves?
Every teleportation circle was essentially a money bag. It was one thing if they used it themselves—after all, it benefited them.
But if others were using them, wasn't that smashing everyone's rice bowl?
Justice: “No, no, absolutely not.”
Seeing the group suddenly explode with activity, Chu Yuan wiped a bead of sweat from his brow.
No joke, if this group started a riot, god knows what would happen.
With teleportation circles gradually spreading, it made travel convenient, but it also meant these people could appear anywhere at any time.
If they got the right intel, they could potentially wipe out the entire Supreme Council.
This was also why the Supreme Council only allowed Chu Yuan to be their point of contact.
On one hand, Chu Yuan was the founder of the Tarot Villa; on the other, they were wary of the researchers within the villa.
Their power and strength were undeniably immense.
The Tower: “Is that so? Then don't hang up yet. Wait a moment.”
After receiving the answer from Chu Yuan’s side, Lan Qingyou sent the message. Then, under Susie’s astonished gaze, she aimed her card at the shelter below.
Thump!
Instantly, a giant boulder weighing about six tons appeared above Susie’s head.
At the sight of the thing, Susie’s pupils constricted violently. Driven by instinct, she immediately raised her vine staff, ready to act.
However, just as she was about to strike, reason told her that Lan Qingyou was the one who had done it.
“Don't be nervous, Susie. It's just a small show,” Lan Qingyou said with a smile, supporting the boulder with one hand.
Then, like a basketball player taking a shot, she accurately hurled it toward the shelter below.
The moment she threw it, Lan Qingyou severed her connection with the boulder.
So here's the question.
Known: The boulder weighs approximately 6 tons. Height: approximately 280 meters. Question: How much energy is generated at the moment the boulder impacts the ground?
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