Chapter 896 - 529: Temperature Changes, Breeding Armor Griffin

Although the Eagle could more or less understand his orders, it didn’t grasp their specific meaning.

Its Wisdom told it that what its master said was probably related to the new contraption strapped to its back.

"Screee!"

The Eagle let out a screech in response.

Then it flapped its wings and took off, quickly climbing to an altitude of over a thousand meters.

This time was just an experiment, so Zong Shen casually picked a direction and had it fly north.

Heading toward the mountains and forests in that direction shouldn’t cause any problems.

The Eagle obediently followed orders, beating its wings as it turned north and began to accelerate.

After about another minute, its Speed increased to the maximum.

At this moment, Zong Shen reached out to pat its neck in a soothing way and said,

"Eagle, get ready, don’t panic."

"Enjoy the feeling of acceleration."

With that, he turned and crawled backward, arriving at the control console of the Magic Jet Propulsion Armor and pushing the jet throttle lever forward.

The propulsion power was also divided into several gears,

from first gear to third gear.

First gear was a propulsion Speed of 60 kilometers per hour, second gear was a propulsion Speed of 90 kilometers per hour, and third gear was the maximum propulsion, at a Speed of 120 kilometers per hour.

Of course, all of the above referred to pure air propulsion Speed.

Because the [Magic Jet Propulsion Armor] could be equipped not only on Flying Magical Beasts, but also on some Special ground Magical Beasts.

It was just that on the ground it could at most increase Speed to 65 kilometers per hour.

Therefore, equipping it on a Flying Magical Beast was the most cost-effective and also the most suitable option.

After he pushed down the throttle for first gear,

the two sets of jet cylinders on the Eagle’s sides both rotated backward, and the turbofans inside began to spin.

Streams of airflow gushed out, forming two white pillars of air.

The Eagle, which was mid-Flying, felt as if an extra force of thrust had appeared out of nowhere behind it, causing its Speed to rise another notch.

The Eagle looked back in surprise.

An acceleration of 60 kilometers per hour wasn’t too abrupt, roughly equivalent to an increase of a little over 10% in Speed.

It quickly adapted to this thrust.

At this point, Zong Shen pushed the lever again, raising the power to second gear.

The two jet cylinders let out a "whoo, whoo" sound.

Two clean white trails stretched out behind the Eagle.

The propulsion Speed rose again, becoming 90 kilometers per hour.

The Eagle’s body trembled slightly; the jump to second gear required it to adapt once more.

It began to adjust the frequency of its wingbeats, and after spending over ten seconds, it adapted to the Speed boost of second gear.

Zong Shen was very satisfied with the Eagle’s performance. Once it had stabilized a bit, he activated third gear acceleration; this gear could raise the propulsion Speed to 120 kilometers per hour.

Combined with the Eagle’s own Speed, this allowed its top Speed to reach more than 700 kilometers per hour.

Bear in mind, the Speed of jet airliners on Earth was only around 800 to 900 kilometers per hour.

One could imagine just how terrifying the Eagle’s current Speed was.

After third gear acceleration, the Eagle’s body briefly went out of control.

The sudden surge of thrust caught it a little off guard.

However, the Eagle was still an Overlord Level Dragon Vein Griffin, and after a rapid series of adjustments, it regained control of its Flying posture.

"Nicely done, Eagle."

Zong Shen moved back to the rear of its neck and gave it a few heavy pats as encouragement.

The airflow swept up by high-Speed Flying made his eardrums buzz.

Zong Shen didn’t mind and continued to maintain third-gear propulsion, just so the Eagle could fully get used to this kind of Speed.

Only after it had completely adapted did Zong Shen choose to shut down the Jet Armor.

This thing consumed ten points of Magic Energy every second; just these few minutes had already burned through several thousand points.

However, the [Magic Jet Propulsion Armor]’s effect on improving Flying Speed was indeed very obvious.

At critical moments, using it for emergency acceleration would definitely have a huge tactical impact.

After the Magic Jet Propulsion Armor was shut off, the two sets of jet cylinders rotated their direction to face downward again, the turbofans inside stopped spinning, and the attached thrust vanished.

By now, the Eagle could roughly understand that what had made it accelerate earlier was this thing strapped to its back.

"Screee!!"

It let out another screech.

Unfortunately, Zong Shen couldn’t understand bird language, and could only sense its astonished emotions through the Contract.

The temporary test was now complete.

The facts proved that the Eagle could perfectly adapt to the Magic Jet Propulsion Armor.

Zong Shen was relieved.

So, he gave the order to return.

There were less than twenty minutes left until noon, and the main force should have already begun assembling.

Going to subjugate the Flame Demon boss was a big deal, and it required meticulous preparation.

Right now, the weather was scorching, and they also had to prepare water skins for each Warrior to carry for rehydration.

All of this required attention.

In addition, a pre-departure mobilization was indispensable, because many new Warriors had joined the Territory.

Zong Shen wasn’t familiar with this group of Warriors, and this collective operation was a great opportunity to build rapport.

As a qualified Lord, he had to blend in with his Subjects.

On this point, Zong Shen was very self-aware.

After all, the Subjects weren’t emotionless Toolmen or NPCs; they had feelings of their own.

Even with Loyalty as a safety net, Zong Shen still hoped to build good relationships with them, so that everyone’s subjective initiative could be brought into play.

The facts proved that this was a very important point.

Up to now, there were still many Lords who treated their Subjects as Toolmen.

This approach was actually wrong.

Those seemingly Ordinary Subjects also had great potential; this could be seen from the changes in Marie’s Talent.

Their acquired changes couldn’t be ignored.

As long as the Lord nurtured them well, the quality of the Subjects would only get higher and higher.