The shadow of the machine was really closing in bit by bit with the carriage.
From being two car lengths behind, to one, then to half a car length, Heber's body visibly stiffened and trembled.
"What's going on? How can this hunk of metal still speed up?!" Sibangqi tightened the telescope, "Isn't he claiming to be the empire's top reinsman? How can he lose to a big lump of iron?"
The engineers and Dwarf Artisans on the viewing platform had already stood up, even risking a fall by standing on the railings.
Leonardo's face was wax-yellow, yet with a hint of blush.
How beautiful, the chaotic force transformed into order, the waste metals into the hard steel of flesh.
The few Dwarf Artisans beside him were muttering: "Faster... a bit faster... don't break down!"
As the distance between the carriage and machine lessened, the crowds beside the track grew quieter.
The previous jeers had gone, leaving only the sound of hooves and the machine's "klang" sound.
