The Crimson Magister Chapter 36: V2-C17: Path Toward Capital

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V2-C17: Path Toward Capital Aqua stretched her limbs in the air as she let out a satisfied moan, “That was relaxing, which is quite surprising, may I add.” Aqua smiled as she turned toward the group. She inspected everyone who stood in front of her before she turned heel to face Azure and Sheira again. “Alright, give me some space so I can put these carriages here.” Sheira and Azure nodded as they moved aside. Aqua inhaled deeply as she opened her pocket dimension once again. In an instant, carriages fell one by one. She had made sure their descent was gentle so as not to break their axle. “Ok, now for animals…” Aqua hummed. “Aqua… before you do something insane again. Could you make sure whatever pulls our ride is not too extraordinary?” Sheira grinned as she leaned her head to the side. “I guess. What would you consider normal?” Aqua brought her hand to her cheek and tapped it with her finger. “I think just something similar to Earth Drake, please don’t summon a Dragon Lord or something… I have an inkling you probably could do it.” Azure interjected. Aqua sighed. These two women thought that she didn't have common sense. While it was true that her understanding of what is common differed wildly from their own, it did not mean Aqua was not capable of adjusting. She put her hand inside the spatial pocket and rummaged through. Her fingers wrapped around 3 small objects. These should work well; they will just need a slight bit of illusion. Aqua grinned as she retrieved three small statues. She raised one of the small stone statues towards the sky and inspected it, “These are my own mystic engineering creations. I call them H.O.R.S.E. They are artificial constructs that are capable of pulling an immense amount of weight.” “Aqua… I told you… Nothing too extraordinary!” Azure inhaled deeply. “I guess you have a way to do it, considering your smirk.” “Of course, just like I applied illusion on us when entering Red Dawn, I will apply it to these constructs.” Aqua handed one statue to each girl. “I guess this is as good a time as any to let you feel how Mystic Constructs work.” They inspected their statues. Sheira nodded before she lifted her head to meet Aqua’s gaze. “So, how do we activate it?” Aqua huffed, “For Mystic Engineering items, you merely need a small amount of mana to activate. You can either produce your own or use the World Soul’s mana.” With a nod, the duo of elven girls inspected their statues. Aqua nodded, “Alright, observe how I do it. Then follow my lead.” Aqua slowly closed her eyes as she produced a spark of mana. Then, as it touched the statue, it crumbled much like Airship’s Idol. The ashes swirled and danced around her hand before they rushed ahead in a mass of smoke and dust. The dust colagulated and melted into a liquid of stone and mana, then multiple tentacles burst out of the puddle, the stones flew upward as they covered the tentacles of mana. Soon, the shapeless mass of stone turned into a being that resembled a horse made of marble. Its skin was made of smooth marble, and its joints were connected by pale blue light that gave the floating appearance as if it were floating in pieces. Yet despite its appearance, Aqua only nodded in satisfaction. “This is a H.O.R.S.E. It is an ideal land transportation unit that I had constructed myself!” Aqua placed her hands on her hips as she inspected her creation. “Come on, try it.” Sheira leaned forward as her hands went limp, “Aqua… Didn’t we say nothing extraordinary… What even is that?” “What do you mean? I don’t have anything worse than this.” “Sure… I could have guessed that Mommy would do that.” Sheira nudged Azure, who curiously stared at the construct. While Sheira was bewildered, Azure couldn’t help but wonder about military applications if they were able to produce beings similar to them. After all, they seemed alive despite clearly being made of stone. “How easy are they to make?” Azure approached the first H.O.R.S.E and dragged her hand over its marble s