Before long.
The seat beneath him gave a slight shudder, and though there were no windows, Colin knew that the Flying Airship had taken off.
He looked around more carefully.
Grey-blue smooth steel walls, equally hard and cold grey-blue ceiling...
If it weren't for the grey-white carpet underfoot, the soft brown couch he was sitting on, and other furnishings that were not exquisite but still comfortable, this place would give off the vibe of a closed prison.
Lifting the hem of his Wizard Robe, Colin took a Pocket Watch from his shirt's front pocket.
It was exactly eleven o'clock in the morning.
According to what the white-robed Wizard had said… it should take about four more hours to arrive at the Holy Flame Kingdom's Royal Capital Lane.
Indeed… no matter the world, when it comes to speed, aviation is always among the top modes of transportation.
Colin silently praised to himself.
He put away the Pocket Watch, his thoughts stirred, and he stood up to carefully check his surroundings, with Magic Power swirling in his hands.
After observing a complete round, there were several obvious witchcraft fluctuations at some points on the cabin walls.
But he wasn't surprised.
The white-robed Wizard had specially informed him before leaving that almost every place on the Flying Airship was closely monitored. He advised him to avoid using witchcraft as much as possible, or it might cause unnecessary trouble.
Sitting back down on the couch, his thoughts moved again, and he took out two Storage Rings with different designs from his pocket.
He began to concentrate on erasing the Spiritual Imprints originally left by Anthony and Ivan.
Though witchcraft was monitored in the cabin, its main function was to detect witchcraft fluctuations, which did not hinder him from sorting through the items he had obtained from Ivan and Anthony.
As for the brown bracelet and the triangle shuttle, he had already figured out their specific functions last night, and even understood their names well.
This was mainly because these standard Witch Tools all had a simple explanation inscribed within them.
He now finally understood why Anthony was so certain that he was only an Advanced Apprentice…
It turned out that the disguise effect brought by the Audric fake crystal on his chest had been exposed by the Trojan Bracelet Type 2.
Yes… through the Trojan Bracelet, he had also learned the true name of the White Crystal Pendant on his chest.
As for the Extreme Shadow Triangle Shuttle—
This black triangle shuttle was also a standard Witch Tool that was selling well in the Miracle City.
Its function was simple yet powerful, to reduce friction during flight, thereby increasing the flying speed.
It was a rather good Flying Witch Tool for Apprentices.
So, as he thought and erased the Spiritual Imprints, time passed without his noticing.
Suddenly, a sensation like popping bubbles came through, and the two Storage Rings in his hand immediately felt no longer cold and unyielding.
Colin spread his spiritual power over them, rebranded them first, then stimulated the Magic Power towards the Storage Ring on the left.
A space about five meters by five meters appeared in his mind… with roughly the same height as well.
He probed the other one next.
The space inside was smaller, about three meters by five meters, and its height was only about two and a half meters.
Compared to the Storage Ring Erica had given him, these two rings combined were not even half as large.
He knew the longest side in his Storage Ring was nearly twenty meters, and the shortest was also ten meters.
An hour later.
Colin had sorted through everything inside the Storage Rings.
It was no wonder that Ivan and Anthony, who had retired in Yili Kingdom, had only a little over seven hundred Magic Stones between them.
However, Colin considered another possibility.
It might be that the two of them spent all their wealth on the Trojan Bracelet and the Extreme Shadow Triangle Shuttle.
Perhaps because they saw no hope for the future, they spent their savings on these two Witch Tools for reconnaissance and escape and chose a small country to indulge in pleasures.
In addition, there were two books, one was a Life Transformation Technique with peculiar effects, and the other was a health maintenance notebook…
That unnamed Life Transformation Technique was obviously Anthony's collection, the effect of which could make ordinary women acquire the strength of a Basic Level Knight while also becoming fair-skinned, beautiful, shapely, and sweet.
As for the health maintenance notebook, just as its name suggested, it was a notebook on health maintenance, with the main topics involving diet and daily health care.
Other knowledge like witchcraft… there wasn't a book.
To this, Colin wasn't particularly surprised.
If Anthony and Ivan had given up on advancing further as Wizards, then they wouldn't learn new Wizard knowledge.
And if they weren't learning any new Wizard knowledge, then given the limited space in the Storage Ring, they naturally wouldn't carry books on knowledge they had already mastered.
After all, for Advanced Wizard Apprentices, as long as they had already mastered the knowledge, there was basically no need to review… carrying the books or not didn't matter.
Besides, what could be considered useful were some Apprentice-period Magic Crystals, such as the Fireball Technique… but the power was average and not much use for anything significant.
After categorizing the useful items into his own Storage Ring, Colin leaned back on the couch and rested with closed eyes.
Two hours later.
Knock, knock, knock—
The steel door was knocked upon.
"Your Excellency, we're nearing Holy Flame Capital Lane," came the voice of the white-robed Wizard from outside the door.
Renee opened the door for him.
"Good afternoon," Colin stood up from the couch, walked to the door, and greeted politely.
"Good afternoon, Your Excellency," replied the white-robed Wizard with his ever calm demeanor.
He paused and then continued,
"Our observations indicate that war is breaking out in Holy Flame Capital Lane. To avoid unnecessary trouble, the Flying Airship will enter stealth mode and will not land."