Chapter 1463 - High Altitude Drop (1/2)

Translator: Henyee Translations  Editor: Henyee Translations

Good controlled his joystick while focused on the plane in front of him.

It’s really… dark.

Sky, clouds, ground—aside from the flickering light fixed before him, he was unable to see anything. And from prolonged staring, even the tail lights seemed to become hallucinatory.

Am I really moving?

Or more accurately speaking, have we been stationary all this time?

Good lowered his visor and rubbed his sore eyes—at this moment, he noticed that his gloves were already sticky.

I’m actually perspiring…

When was the last time this happened? Most probably while chasing after the specters…

He took two deep breaths and silently recited the King’s words.

The darkest period is precisely right before the dawn.

Before Dawn…

“Let’s talk, otherwise I think I’ll choke.”

At that instant, Good thought he was hearing his heart calling out to him. But he quickly reacted, because it was Finkin through the communications!

“Hey hey, using the transmitter to talk is breaking protocol!” Another familiar voice sounded—Hinds.

“Her Highness stated that we cannot use the transmitter to talk while in battle, because it might interfere with important information. But we aren’t even close to the battlefield yet. The Devilbeasts can’t fly at night,” Finkin replied. “Furthermore, I am using the team frequency; Her Highness won’t hear us.”

“…” There was a short silence over the receiver.

“Fine, I have to admit, hearing your voices is truly great.” Another one joined in. “Lads, what do you want to talk about?”

“Anything is fine, but can everyone make a count as to how many tail lights can all of you see? To be honest, I can’t make out which ones are the lights and which ones are the stars.”

“That’s right, anything is fine.”

“I see six large lights.”

“Four here.”

“Then you should be at the flank of the formation, be careful not to get break out of formation.”

Very quickly, the frequency became crowded; obviously the flight in the darkness to unknown territory had placed immense pressure on everyone—compared to flying in the day where they could at least tear through the clouds and see them coming for them, they were still able to find their way back alone if they got lost. However, not only was a night flight difficult to determine that they were moving, upon being separated from the formation, it was also impossible to find Eleanor Skycruiser just with their naked eyes.

Upon hearing the cacophony of his squadron mates, Good relaxed without realizing it.

“How’s it; does chatting keep all of you relaxed?”

The princess’s voice suddenly cut in. At that instant, the frequency went silent.

Without question, someone must have reported the situation to Her Highness.

“Erm, Your Highness, it was my fault—” Good toughened his skin and spoke up.

“No, what I mean to say is that if this is effective, I can chat with all of you as well.” Tilly had no intent of blaming anyone. “But don’t forget to stare at your squadron mates and give less trouble to Maggie and Lightning.”

Everyone was mildly stunned, but cheered after.

“As you command, we will not lose our targets!”

“Your Highness, rest easy. It feels like I can see much clearer now!”

“Enough, if you want to suck up, you have to do it Graycastle style; do you think you’re some owl now?”

Roars of laughter came out, and even the bombing squadron joined in.

“Your Highness, this is Kun Peng; can I ask you a question?”