Chapter 994: Deterrence
Looking at the huge fleet in front of him, Balk was completely speechless. It's no wonder that even the smallest Courier-class cruiser in Jenn's fleet is 300 meters long, while Balk's flagship Monarch is only 60 meters long. In front of Jenn's Executor Star Destroyer, Balk's Sovereign was like a small tadpole next to a whale, with no presence at all. As for the rest of the warships, then naturally, not to mention.
"My lord, what shall we do now?"
"Your Excellency, please give the order!!"
The frightened cries of his subordinates were heard, but Balk didn't know what to say at the moment. He originally thought that even if the other party had a warship, he was afraid that it would not be too different from his side. But now, after seeing these battleships with his own eyes, Balk realized that he was completely far from the other side -- hehe, his main battleship was not even as big as the opponent's main guns.
Now Balk finally understood why the dragon knight before had to disperse by himself, and the other party looked like this, and he didn't know if he could see what was in front of him. If you don't spread out at this time, I'm afraid you will be knocked over by these metal giants directly! Although the other party seemed to be slow, Balk knew very well that it was just an illusion caused by his huge size, and at this speed, he was afraid that it would only be five or six minutes before they encountered the other party.
"Look, my lord!"
And at this moment, suddenly a soldier pointed not far away and shouted, and Balk raised his head and looked in the direction of the soldier's finger, and soon saw four silver-white shiny strange things flying over, they took on a strange form, the top was a complete oval, and the bottom was as if the oval had been cut off, and then two unique quadrangulars, wing-like things stretched diagonally. On both sides of the "wings" and "under the bow of the ship" can be seen hanging something like a magic cannon, which is obviously some kind of aggressive existence as well.
These "metal battleships" are much smaller than the previous ones, but they are not much different from Balk's flagship, most of them are about 30 meters long, which is not particularly huge, but even so, it still shocks everyone. I saw these four strange "metal battleships" silently flying over the First Fleet in formation, and then turned around and returned to Balk. Looking at these strange "metal battleships", Balk didn't know what the other party wanted to do, and couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. And at this time, I saw one of the "metal battleships" suddenly stepped forward, and then it began to flash white light in front of it, which startled everyone at first, thinking that the other party was going to start attacking. But soon, they found out that this was not the case.
"Great, my lord, the other party played a light word, hoping that we can provide each other with a berth........."
Luckily, although it was impossible to get in touch, there was a common means of communication. After hearing the soldier's report, Balk breathed a sigh of relief, and then waved his hand and gave the order.
"Close the magic barrier and make room for them!"
"Yes, sir!"
There is no such thing as an "aircraft carrier" in this world, but the warships of the Magic Empire have a similar function, because they need to use the Wurm Knights to search around, so they will also prepare some empty seats for these Wurm Knights to moor. Therefore, the magic warships of this era themselves also serve as part of the duties of aircraft carriers -- if I insist on saying this, it should be regarded as a combination of a light aircraft carrier and a battleship.
After all, the wurm does not need to accelerate the catapult to take off.
Of course, Balk would not be stupid enough to think that the other party would really "moored" on his own warship, it was half the size of his own battleship, and if it really fell down, then there was only one way to go.
But fortunately, the other party was really not so stupid, the strange metal battleship just stopped over the deck of the monarch according to the soldier's guidance, and then saw a circular revolving door open under the battleship, followed by a beam of light shining down, and then a graceful figure appeared from it.
It was a girl who looked no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, and she was wearing a very strange black bodysuit, which was pitch black except for the strange silver lines on her shoulders, arms, and waist, and she also wore a very strange helmet, which at first glance looked somewhat similar to the helmet worn by the knights, but this helmet looked like it was made of crystal, very beautiful. The girl slowly walked out of the beam, and then she took off the helmet in her hand, glanced around, and then came to Balk.
"Hello, I'm the captain of the Punisher Escort Squad, Maria. Daxter. May I ask you, are you Lord Balk of the First Fleet of the Demon Empire? ”
"Yes, I'm Balk. Griffin. ”
Hearing the girl's inquiry, Balk nodded, and then he couldn't help but look at the girl in front of him with some surprise -- as a mage, Balk could feel that the magic power on the girl in front of him was quite thin, almost the same, was she controlling such a large warship? Or is she just a messenger and the ship is being operated by someone else? But......... If it's a messenger, why are you wearing such a weird look?
"Hello, Lord Balk."
Hearing Balk's answer, Maria immediately raised her hand and respectfully saluted him in a strange manner, and then spoke.
"We are the fleet of the Federation of Passus, and we have come to the reserved place at your invitation, and we ask you to lead the way, and at the same time inform the front, so as to avoid unnecessary commotion."
"I see."
If he had heard this girl say this before he saw these warships, then Balk might have thought that the other party was alarmist, but now that he had seen the terrifying strength of the other party with his own eyes, he certainly would not have such an idea -- you must know that you have to pass through many towns on the way from the border to the capital of the empire, and if you don't explain it in advance, it may cause a large-scale panic. So he nodded immediately, and then spoke.
"Allow us, then, to lead the way for your fleet."
If Balk had some competitive mentality before, now that he had seen this fleet with his own eyes, he had completely put away his arrogant mentality. However, Balk did not give up on himself because of this, on the contrary, he demanded that everyone complete each of his orders with the utmost accuracy and speed, and he wanted to show these outsiders that even if their warships were not as good as each other, their spirits would not shrink and be shaken by this!!
Of course, as for the previous idea of "give them a little color", Balk didn't have it at all. (To be continued.) )