Hard Work Will Never Betray Me

It took us about 20 minutes to ride along the forest road. The forest around us was gradually becoming dense. I could tell that we were approaching of the Demon Forest.

"It's dark. ......"

"It's creepy."

　I can't tell what kind of  monster it is, but I can hear it all over the place.. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't curious as to how dangerous this forest is.

"Mmm, there's an enemy 2 kilometers away. Let's get down."

"Roger that, ."

"The wyverns are here."

　I was the first to notice the wyvern's presence and warned   them , as I had increased the range of my sonar since we were in the danger zone. I   left buffalo and got into a fighting stance, while walking down a narrow forest path.

"It's ...... quiet now."

"The wildlife must have sensed the wyvern's presence and fled. We're close."

　The distance was less than 500 meters. Perhaps it was the nature of flying, but the speed at which wyverns move is not bad. The fear of suddenly appearing out of nowhere and being attacked before we could even react. This was one of the reasons why wyverns were so feared.

"Can we do this again?"

　Lily looks back at me and asks.

"Yes, but if there are more than two of them, I'll  help ."

"Yeah, okay."

　No matter how strong they are, Lily and Mei  still beginners . It would be better to gain some combat experience now that Evan is out on their own.

"I see it!"

Mei , holding a gun , shouted. It seems that the wyverns have recognized that we are the perfect prey, neither running nor hiding, and they are flying in a straight line towards us.

"You will be exposed to the massive firepower of my gun !"

　--Damn, damn, damn!

　Mei 's three shots hit the wyvern without missing, and the wyvern screamed in pain.

 "Grrrr!"

"'Grrrrrrrr!

"Fall in!"

　--Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang!

All of these attacks hit the wyvern, causing it to steady damage.

"Grrrr... ......"

"I'm sorry.　It's wobbling!

　Perhaps the gunfire had taken its toll, but the wyvern was already looking like it was having trouble flying. It is gradually losing altitude.

"I think wyvern scales are pretty hard. ......

It's probably harder than steel of the same thickness (otherwise they wouldn't have bothered to make it into armor material. It's a valuable material for armor, which means it's lighter and stronger than iron.) You can see how powerful May's gun  is, because it can easily penetrate through it.

　--Dang!

A wyvern approach. When Mei hit  it's head with a slamming blow, the Wyvern turned head back and cramped for a few seconds, then fell down and stuck.

"............ Amazing, Mei took it down by herself."

"I was out of my element."

　"There was no  life creation sign in the sonar. The sonar is already completely silent.

"This time, I was able to get a lot of attacks in because of the distance. It doesn't work like this every time."

"It's amazing, though. The wyverns are not so weak that they can be defeated by chance.

　The weapon is amazing. No matter how well-trained a professional wrestler , he can't beat a schoolboy with a gun.

　But I think what's really great is not the gun, but the person who  handling it. If you're not good with a gun, you won't hit it properly. A gun that can't reach it's target  is no different than an unarmed gun. How you use a weapon is important.

　In that respect, Meo  was as proficient with her invention, the gun , as she was with the special forces of the army in her previous life. This is why she was able to defeat a strong opponent like the Wyvern without suffering a single scratch.

"Good for you, Mei. That's  your share, so put it in your inventory."

"Of course I will!"

　I said this as I looked at the corpse of the wyvern that  she had killed, and then I suddenly realized something.

"What is it?"

"What's going on?""

　Mei, who was about to put the wyvern away in her inventory, asks.

"No, I thought about that when you two killed the other one earlier. Isn't a wyvern a little too heavy to fly?"

"Oh, ......, you're right. It's strange when you think about it. Normally, if it was this heavy, it wouldn't be able to fly properly.

　Mei , who had built the M-1 rocket plane, and I, a former Japanese who was familiar with airplanes, were the only ones who could notice  this 

　Why do birds fly? Why can airplanes fly in the sky?

　The answer is simple. Because they are light.

　It is true that a passenger plane is very heavy if you only look at its weight. However, compared to the thrust of a jet engine, it is not that heavy. In fact, compared to other means of transportation such as cars and ships, the power-to-weight ratio should be quite small. It is no surprise that 10 horsepower per kilogram is faster than 1 horsepower per kilogram.

　But that doesn't seem to be the case with the Wyvern.

　A wyvern. They're so big that even a layman would have the impression that they can't possibly fly. Two meters high, three meters from head to tail. With their wings spread out, they are three meters across.

　But its body was very large. You could even call it a "skeleton. Anyway, it was heavy. It was so heavy that it would be impossible to fly with such wings. It must have weighed several hundred kilograms to a ton.

　Even the famous pterosaur, Pteranodon, which was 7 meters long, weighed only 20 kilograms or so, so  you can see how heavy the wyvern is as a reptile.

　 Long story short, there is no way that a wyvern can fly, physically speaking.

　But in reality, wyverns are flying through the sky. What does this mean?　Even in a fantasy world, the laws of physics are still working.

"The more I think about ......, the more it doesn't make sense."

"I don't get it.

　Is it possible that the law of universal gravitation does not work only  on wyverns?　It's a magical creature, so could that be possible?

"Isn't it possible that the wind is amplified by magic?"

　And then Lily interrupted me "

"So I was thinking maybe they use wind magic to amplify the wind when they flap their wings. We mages do something similar, don't we?"

"That's it ahhhhh!"

　For better or worse, this is a perspective that we, who were too obsessed with scientific and physical perspectives to break free from our preconceived notions, could never have gotten even if we had stood on our heads. The answer came from Lily, who is naturally from another world and is familiar with magic.

"It makes sense, doesn't it? Because even though it's heavy, you can amplify and create a wind that exceeds it.

　I think  is that it is about 3 to 4 times greater.　A slightly fat individual might be amplified 5 to 6 times.

"That means..."

"What?"

　It seems that it is not necessary for wings to grow directly from the body in order to fly. In short, you can use magic to generate the necessary amount of wind to fly.

I'm  using the North General's Bushinryu Ura, which is a masterpiece of magical materialization, to partially activate the outer form of the "General's Armor," only on my back. I imagine several pairs of magical wings on each side

　And the image of continuously releasing shock waves from its wings at a constant intensity with its unique magic [Shock] - .......

"--'Flying Wings'!"

"What?"

"Huh?"

"...... is ready!　I'm the  first human who flying in  the sky!"

　I was now floating a few dozen centimeters above the ground and I flew with a bang!

"You are flying !

"'No, don't be surprised  Mei . You're the one who flew first."

　Don't tell me you've forgotten the M-1 we used to rescue Lily six years ago.

"That wasn't me flying, it was the M-1. That's a different !　I'm witnessing biological evolution right now!"

　Please don't treat people as if they are the ultimate life form, living for tens of thousands of years on their own and constantly evolving.

"It's not like I grew wings. It's magic. If you try hard enough,  yo can do that tooo."

　I don't know if I have enough magic. But it's not impossible in theory t he point is that   you need to use magic  power materialization, wind magic, and some other magic that can be used for flight. For me, it was just a [shock].

　On the ground, Lily and Mei are jumping up and down and screaming.

　I thought to myself as I floated a few meters above the ground, "Maybe the best part of this trip to defeat the wyverns will be  flying wings." 

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