News of the appearance of the Galen ship quickly spread throughout the city, and thousands of citizens flocked to the pier to see what is said to be the largest ship in the world today.

Some people sigh that the time has come for the Castilian to rule the seas!

However, before the Castilian maritime supremacy could be obtained, the true maritime overlord of the Duchy of Stuart once again showed its strength.

The newspapers of the imperial capital and Londinium simultaneously published three cruisers that the Duchy of Stuart would launch at the same time in the second half of the year, the largest of which was the Dreadnought, with a length of 90 meters, a displacement of 2,500 tons, a double deck, and a steam-powered sailboat, which was known as the Galen-class three-masted schooner that crushed Castile for an era.

Jacques, who came back from the morning run, was reading his father's newspaper while eating breakfast, and muttered in his heart: "Next, are these guys going to make steam-powered ships, what is that, ironclads?"

Fat orange said: "Then we must first solve the output and quality of steel, eighty percent of the high-quality steel in the entire Castile is produced in the town of Bronco, the Earl's factory produces less than 1 million tons of steel per year, if you want to build a steam ironclad ship, the emperor thinks that the steel output must be at least ten times more than that." There must also be a large forging press!

Perhaps the Duchy of Stuart could build a steamship with the help of the whole country. But big ships are not much use in naval warfare, and the current way of naval warfare is to throw fireballs, lightning and bows, arrows, and javelins from a distance, and finally rely on jumping gang battles to end the battle, and these big ships are useless without artillery weapons. ”

"Cannon?" said Jacques, "maybe it's already been invented." ”

"Lee Baptiste has long experimented with artillery, and the Emperor has seen his conclusion: for the transcendent above the Sculptor, the usefulness of artillery is limited, unless it is ......"

"Unless what?" Jacques was curious.

"Unless you strengthen the cannonballs with source energy, you can break through the source energy defenses.

The Emperor had only seen a few words in his notes on his adventures in the New World, and was not sure that he had actually invented it.

Lee Baptiste is a cautious and unambitious man, and his notes have repeatedly mentioned that coming to this world is a blessing of 996, so as long as he can enjoy life in peace, this kind of research that can change the world, he probably won't do. ”

Jacques was confused, "The blessing of 996?"

......

At the awakening ceremony on September 1, another group of children were tested and favored by the obelisk.

But this did not include Tommy next door, and Madame Pompidou's high-pitched voice was loud for two hours before finally stopping.

Jacques was a little envious of Sammy, who was adrift on the sea, how quiet and wide the sea was.

At noon the next day, in the cafeteria of the academy, there was a new face next to the long table occupied by the Minority Alliance for a long time, Natasha Packett, a third-year student of the Water Awakening.

Natasha didn't wear a hat, short shoulder-length tan hair, bangs cut flat in front of her eyebrows, long eyelashes crescent-like eyes, raised her head slightly, and looked at Jacques who was walking with a fat orange on her back with a smile.

Jacques recognized that he had taken classes with the girl, but he couldn't think of any classes, and after two years and four years, Jacques had taken classes with half of the people in the academy, and he really couldn't remember too many faces.

After a summer of training camp, Natasha was already very familiar with several other people, everyone liked Natasha, and Jacques certainly had no other opinions, so naturally, the small group added a new member by default.

Fat Orange leaps from Jacques's shoulder and throws herself into Natasha's arms, happily receiving a massage from her new partner.

The fat cat, who liked to stay in the arms of girls, moaned and whispered to Jacques that he was satisfied with Natasha and that being held by her was as soft as being held by Lily, and that it was much more comfortable to be held by Emma and Alyssia.

Jacques swept the corners of his eyes over the three women, compared them carefully, his face flushed, and he immersed himself in eating.

But at this time, Natasha proposed to learn from Jacques, and she was familiar with the fighting styles of the other people, and wanted to understand Jacques's characteristics, so that she could have the opportunity to team up together in the future.

Jacques had no choice but to accept it.

This chick wants to try my master's catty, don't think that with Fabian's support, I won't dare to hit you!

Jacques's inner drama is domineering, but in fact, this is the first time in two years that Jacques has agreed to fight with someone in the academy.

In the first year, Tutor Lily did not allow it, and after the second year, Jacques became famous on Guardian Virgin's Day, and the other students weighed their strength and did not dare to challenge Jacques.

It is better to choose a day than to hit the day, and at the unanimous request of other friends, after lunch, a group of people rushed to the fighting platform. Among them, Alyssa is the most positive, Jacques always feels that Alysia has a trace of cunning in her eyes, and even Emma's smile is not so pure!

Gossip news always spreads the fastest, I heard that a riding spear to knock over the eight Awakened peak "chaos boy" Jacques Renault is going to go to the fighting platform with people, hundreds of students came out from everywhere, gathered in front of the fighting platform and waited for Jacques to play, Fabian also intimately found Jacques's usual wooden sword and shield, and helped him buckle the leather chest guard.

The three girls were still changing their equipment in the locker room, and Jacques was standing alone in the center of the 100-meter-square fighting platform, and the number of spectators around him was increasing, and there were already more than 200 people! At this time, Jacques wanted to charge 50 livres per person for the performance!

Finally, Natasha slowly walked out of the locker room, dressed in a smart blue linen short-sleeved shirt and long pants, a leather chest guard that pressed the softness that Fat Tangerine liked tightly, knee-high leather leggings, long leather gloves, long boots, and holding a wooden round shield and a short-handled hammer.

Jacques thought to herself, seeing the posture, he is really a healer, he pays more attention to defense than attack, can he withstand my collision? The little girl really doesn't know how powerful the Great Demon King of Jacques is!

Wait, why is Alyssa also fully armed and carrying her big axe?Emma is dressed the same, and the Mithril whip is ready!

Jacques looked at Fabian on the sidelines, who pretended to turn his head to look away. Looking at the smiling Alicia again, Jacques finally knew who was behind it.

I haven't been able to beat me in training lately, so I'm bringing two supporters to bully people!

I promised to fight before, but I didn't say how to fight, and I didn't even say that it was heads-up! Now Jacques wants not to fight, that is, he admits defeat, loses to three little girls, and it is still a shame to say it, and others don't know how tough these three little girls are.

Half a month ago, the team with them as the core easily defeated the team representing the highest level of the awakened under the age of twenty in the capital city of Lante, and Alyssa and Emma both overturned two eighteen- and nine-year-old strong guys by themselves!

Can't fall into the reputation that the Great Demon King Jacques has accumulated so hard, and at this time Jacques can only play hard, well, he doesn't have to play, he is standing in the center of the fighting platform!