Modern Weapons Cheat in Fantasy World

"Woah...it’s so fast," Selene commented, visibly impressed as she could see from out of the window how fast they were going.

"Yeah, I have never ridden something like this before. It’s faster than the griffon too."

"Oh, griffon exists here huh?" Marcus mumbled to himself.

"Sir Marcus, how fast are we going?" Seraphine asked.

Marcus turned slightly toward the cockpit.

"Pilot, how fast are we going? Give us the speed," Marcus said. "And altitude too."

A short pause.

Then the pilot’s voice came through the headset, clear and steady.

"Cruising at two hundred sixty kilometers per hour," he said. "Altitude, one thousand two hundred meters and climbing."

Selene blinked.

"...Two hundred sixty..." she repeated quietly.

Liora tightened her grip on the harness again.

"That’s... that’s faster than anything I’ve ever been on," she said.

Kael leaned closer to the window, eyes narrowed as he watched the ground blur beneath them.

"...And we’re that high already," he muttered.

Seraphine didn’t react outwardly, but her gaze shifted slightly, measuring the distance between them and the ground.

"...And this is normal?" she asked.

Marcus nodded.

"Yeah," he said. "We’re not even pushing it yet."

That made Selene look at him again.

"...Not even?"

Marcus gave a small shrug.

"This is just cruise speed," he said. "We can go faster if needed."

Liora let out a slow breath.

"...This feels unreal."

Marcus leaned back slightly in his seat, calm.

"Get used to it," he said. "We’ll be at the coast before you know it."

Selene looked out again, her eyes following the landscape below as it passed by rapidly.

"What powers this, is it magic?" Selene curiously asked.

Marcus shook his head. "No it’s not magic, it’s called science."

"Science?" Selene repeated, tilting her head to the side, the others were curious too.

"That’s right, it’s called science, specifically the principles of flight," Marcus said. "Airflow, lift, and engine power working together."

Selene kept her eyes on him.

"...Explain."

Marcus gave a small shrug.

"The blades above us spin fast," he said. "They push air down. That creates lift and keeps us in the air."

Liora blinked.

"...So it’s not floating?"

"No," Marcus replied. "It’s controlled movement. Everything here is calculated."

Kael frowned slightly.

"...Then what’s moving it forward?"

"The engine," Marcus said. "It pushes us ahead while the blades keep us up."

Selene looked back at the rotor through the window, watching it spin.

"...No magic circle. No mana flow..."

She muttered it under her breath, like she was trying to make sense of it.

Seraphine spoke next.

"...And this works every time?"

Marcus nodded.

"As long as it’s maintained properly."

A short silence followed.

The Silver Vanguard exchanged brief looks.

"It’s so weird to think that our brightest scholars in the capital haven’t thought of something similar to this. No magic, all powered by nature..." Seraphine observed.

"That’s right. Well, better enjoy the flight for now as in less than two hours, we will be in the Kingdom of Felsis. Well, now that I mentioned it, why don’t you tell me about the Kingdom of Felsis...I want to know some brief information about it."

Seraphine nodded slightly.

"Felsis is not like Renshade; it is a nation where every species can live," she began. "It’s a werebeast nation."

Marcus raised an eyebrow.

"...Werebeasts?" he recalled Leila, she’s a werebeast from a rabbit lineage. He wasn’t sure but the point still stands.

"Yes," she said. "Humanoids with animal traits. Ears, tails, sometimes claws or fangs depending on the lineage."

Selene added quietly,

"They’re stronger physically than humans. Better senses too."

"I see, so they have strong warriors there right?"

"They do," Kael chimed in. "But not stronger than me."

"Is this gentleman here really that arrogant?" Marcus asked the group. "Like come one brother, it’s cringe."

"What did you say to me? What is cringe? Are you insulting me?" Kael said, reaching to the hilt of his sword.

"Woah, I see, you are the type of guy huh?" Marcus chuckled a bit. "Don’t worry, I am certain that I’m not going to win in a physical fight with you. But I have tricks up my sleeves."

Kael narrowed his eyes.

"You’ll see soon enough. Well, if you are that boastful, please I want to see it later against the Red Dragon."

"Now now guys, this is not the time to argue," Seraphine intervened with a calm voice.

Kael didn’t take his eyes off Marcus for a second longer.

Then he clicked his tongue and leaned back.

"...Fine."

Marcus just smirked faintly and shifted his gaze back toward the window.

"Good," he said. "Save it for the dragon."

The tension eased.

Selene let out a small breath.

"...You two are going to be a problem later," she muttered.

Liora nodded quietly.

"...Please don’t fight mid-air."

Marcus chuckled.

"Relax," he said. "I’m not stupid enough to start something up here."

Kael didn’t respond, but his posture loosened slightly.

One hour and thirty minutes later, they were finally in the strait.

Endless blue stretching in every direction, broken only by the faint white lines of waves far beneath them.

Selene leaned closer to the window.

"...We crossed that distance already..." she murmured.

Kael didn’t speak this time.

He just kept watching.

Even he couldn’t deny it anymore.

Then, the pilot’s voice cut through their headsets.

"Contact."

Marcus’s eyes shifted forward immediately.

"Report."

"Radar picking up a large heat signature ahead," the pilot said. "Distance, approximately forty kilometers. High altitude. Moving slow."

"What is he saying?" Seraphine asked.

"It meant that our ride detected the dragon," Marcus said. "Give me the bearing."

"Bearing zero-eight-five," the pilot replied. "Target drifting north-northeast. Altitude roughly two thousand meters."

Marcus nodded once.

"Adjust course. Keep us below its line of sight for now."

"Copy."

The helicopter shifted slightly.

A smooth correction.

Nothing abrupt, but enough that the nose angled toward the direction the pilot called out.

Seraphine glanced at Marcus.

"...Below its line of sight?"

Marcus kept his eyes forward.

"It sees movement in open sky easier," he said. "We approach from a lower angle, we buy time."

Selene narrowed her eyes slightly.

"...You’ve fought something like this before?"

Marcus didn’t answer directly.

"Not exactly," he said. "But the principle’s the same."

Liora swallowed.

"...So we’re sneaking up on it?"

"More like positioning," Marcus corrected.

Kael leaned forward slightly, his gaze fixed outside.

"...Can you see it yet?"

A few seconds later. It appeared. It was bigger than the projection Selene had made.

"Shit it’s huge," Marcus said in awed tone.

"Do you think you are up for the job?" Kael asked loftily.

Marcus simply smirked. "Oh we do."