"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what exactly is that thing Princess Anna is driving...?"

Roland turned around and saw Echo and Soraya running out of the castle as well.

"It's a car! A magic cube car!" Before he could speak, Mystery Moon had already answered, "If you want to experience it, get in line behind me! No cutting!"

"A ca...r?" Soraya repeated the new term. "A steam-powered car?"

"Yup, but the boiler part has been replaced by relics from the Radioactive Race, which is why it could be shrunk down to this size," Mystery Moon shouted out the information she had gathered. "But compared to electric motors, they're still a bit too big. Using Dawn One to power it would be the perfect form for a car... No, at that point it should be called a magnetic car!"

"Who's the one who always complains about how tiring it is to enchant dozens of copper bars?" Lily retorted. "Now you're thinking of taking over cars too?"

"Uh—" Mystery Moon's voice lowered. "I, I haven't been an adult for long, and just because I don't have enough magic now doesn't mean I won't in the future. Maybe my next awakening will allow me to easily enchant a whole bunch of Dawn Ones."

"It's better to expect Doris xiaojie to have a breakthrough in her magical ability than to expect you to evolve," Lily shrugged.

"If you keep nagging, I'm going to steal your Chaos Drink!"

"You wouldn't dare—"

"Haha..." Phyllis covered her mouth and giggled. "Actually, whether it's driven by steam or electricity, it's still called a car."

"Eh? Is that so?" The witches all looked at her.

"Yes, that's what it's called in the Dream World," Phyllis said, unable to hide her pride. "The cars there, the one Princess Anna is driving, are much more complete. Not only do they protect you from wind and rain, but they also have heating in the winter and air conditioning in the summer. They can even be used as a freely moving house. As for driving, they're incredibly fast, even the best steeds can't keep up!"

"Have you... driven one before?" Mystery Moon's eyes were about to pop out with envy.

"Of course," Phyllis said, indulging in the memory. "I once drove His Majesty's car across endless highways. When the speed reached its limit, the roar of the wind almost drowned everything out, and the car body trembled as if it was cutting through the waves. That feeling was truly exhilarating!"

The truth was that the soundproofing of their own vehicles was terrible, and with the suspension of a flatbed trailer, it felt like it was about to fall apart at high speed. Roland couldn't help but rub his forehead. It was clearly just a simple and unadorned minivan, but she had managed to describe it as a luxury car, a contrast that made him feel a little ashamed.

But then again, even the cheapest minivan was indeed much more complete than this magic cube car.

From start to finish, this car only took less than four days to make—it used a front steam engine and a rear hot water tank arrangement, simply and crudely fixing the entire power system to the chassis, with a sofa installed in between, and that was basically it. It had no traditional gearbox, not even an accelerator pedal. Apart from the steering wheel, clutch, and brakes, the only way to control the speed was the air valve next to the seat.

When the Celebration Magic Cube heated the water to a point where it could drive the steam engine, the vehicle could move, and as the steam pressure inside the pipes gradually increased, the speed would also increase. At this point, selecting the opening of the air valve would allow some of the steam to be released from the tailpipe, preventing the steam engine from running over capacity and also indirectly controlling the driving speed.

In other words, to decelerate, simply step on the brakes and clutch, and to accelerate, the only way was to release the brakes and let it gradually return to its maximum speed. At the same time, under high pressure, directly engaging the rapidly rotating gears could cause damage, so once the vehicle came to a complete stop, the air valve had to be opened to reduce the pressure and start climbing up from low speed again.

With such a slow-responding power system, coupled with a chassis with no cushioning and a purely hand-operated steering device, the driving experience of this car was imaginable. But even so, Anna still smiled extremely happily, like a little girl who had received a favorite gift, running around the courtyard again and again, and still not stopping.

Not only Anna, but the other witches who heard the news also showed extraordinary interest in the car, with exclamations and discussions constantly ringing out. This was the first time after the Battle of Taqila that the long-lost laughter returned to everyone's faces.

The only thing Roland regretted was that Tilly was not among the crowd.

Nightingale said that she had been spending all her time training the air knights, and even the number of times she came to the castle had decreased. Perhaps for her, this knot in her heart would be difficult to untie until the demons were completely eliminated.

When Anna slowly stopped the car and asked everyone, "Who wants to try it?", she was instantly surrounded by witches.

In the end, Sylvie, who first noticed the magic cube car and was the first to arrive on the scene, took the lead and became the second driver after Anna.

"How does it feel?" Roland asked Anna, who had returned to his side.

"It's even more fun than I imagined," she said with a smile. "Thank you, Roland. It's so great that you could teach me these things."

Such a sincere answer and that dazzling smile made Roland slightly distracted. After a while, he turned his head away embarrassedly, as if he had returned to the first time he had met her. "Well... I'm glad you're happy."

"By the way," Anna blinked, "If Celine can find a stable way to produce Celebration Magic Cubes, it should also be useful in the Battle of Divine Will, right?"

"Theoretically, yes," Roland coughed twice, pulling his thoughts back. "Compared to other power sources, as long as the water supply is guaranteed, the magic cube steam engine-powered machinery can run continuously. The longer the battle line is, the more obvious its logistical advantages will be."

"Like those war machines covered in armor and with fort cannons on top?" Phyllis interjected with great interest. "If you can build them, even encountering spider demons up close won't be scary."

Indeed, as long as the power met the standards, armored units would no longer be out of reach, especially tanks, which could both attack and defend and had strong firepower, had become the protagonists dominating the land since their birth. Even in its earliest form, it was enough to charge into battle against the javelins and bone needle attacks of the Mad Demons and spider-type mutants, clearing a bloody path for the soldiers accompanying the attack behind.

However, similarly, manufacturing such weapons required a lot of accumulation, not only in terms of technology and practice, but also in terms of the requirements for workers—Anna could not simultaneously take care of the production of biplanes and armored weapons. Directly launching the Land Battleship project was not realistic. In the final analysis, given the limited resources and production level, this part of the work had to be completed by the ever-expanding workers of Neverwinter.

Therefore, the first project that came to Roland's mind was not a tank or an infantry fighting vehicle, but a piece of civilian equipment.

It could greatly improve the efficiency of agricultural farming, saving the kingdom more industrial population. In addition, the technology it used was the same as that of armored vehicles, which was very suitable for accumulating relevant talents, and in necessary times, its production line could be immediately switched to the manufacturing of weapons and equipment.

That was—the tractor.