Southwest of Valentine, in the fjord, which has been given the name "Fleet Bay" by the Empress, the slender and beautiful floating ships like white swans slowly rise into the air, and the golden ornaments pulled from the bow to the stern of the ship are rushing like the dawn, adding a bit of luxury. The golden bow of the six-winged archangel is like leaning forward, and the entire floating ship is like a phantom pulled out by the archangel flying through the sky.

At the bow of the ship, the Empress in a white dress and a golden crown leaned on the railing, looking at the other floating ships that accompanied the Prince of Familia as it was raised.

Baron Encourt Tennison, director of the floating ships of the Engineering Department of the Imperial Legion, explained in high spirits: "All floating ships are equipped with propeller propulsion and steering systems, which not only achieve the design goal of 200 kilometers per hour, but also greatly enhance the maneuverability!"

"The Floatship uses a magic furnace powered by magic oil, which can fly directly from Valentine to Aroma, and consumes one-third less magic crystals than before. ”

"The hull of the floating ship is wrapped with a layer of copper on special wood, which not only strengthens the protective power, but also attaches defensive spells to key parts! ”

"Twenty-four flame blast magic cannons allow this class of floating ships to conquer a fortress with a single ship! In accordance with His Majesty's instructions, some nine-fold live-ammunition magic cannons, ray cannons, and a large number of magic machine guns have been added, which can effectively deal with the threat of fast targets. ”

"The floating ship can also carry four flying boats or planes to drive out enemy flying boats and planes, and at the same time take on the task of transportation and temporary liaison with key personnel. ”

"Each floating ship is equipped with a special magic communication system to meet the requirements of the fleet's communications. In addition, it is equipped with the Imperial Divine Magic Communication System, which can be directly connected to Valentine's Imperial Commander's Headquarters. ”

The Empress's expression was not as satisfied as the last time she came to inspect, and she frowned and said, "You saw the mobile fortress over there, right?"

Encourt's cheeks twitched slightly, of course he saw it, and he was deeply shocked. The magic guide craftsmen of the whole world lost sleep that night when they saw the huge magic guide creation in the mirage.

"After all, it's something that can only crawl slowly on the ground, and no matter how big it is, it can't help a floating ship flying in the sky. ”

Encourt recounted the conclusion he came to after a sleepless night: "Just as airships and airplanes pose a serious threat to dragons and floatships, this is the age of the sky, the age of speed." ”

"I don't understand why His Excellency Prell spent so much energy and resources to build a big guy who can only walk thirty kilometers on the ground every day, and has to overhaul it all day the next day, and has to modify the terrain when it encounters complex terrain, and the only explanation is ......"

This conclusion was reached by Encourt with his own energy, and he was convinced: "He wanted to do something to prove that the magicians could do whatever they wanted with him, that he could turn some crazy but meaningless ideas into reality, otherwise he would not be able to keep them." ”

The empress nodded and shook her head: "Maybe there is such an intention, but Li Qi is not the kind of person who can be coerced. He has been developing airplanes and magic guide cars, we all thought that he had limited resources, could only build small things, and could not afford to develop floating ships, and the mobile fortress was just a gimmick for him to confuse everyone, but I didn't expect him to really make it. ”

"Didn't you think about what he wanted to do next? What if we let such a mobile fortress fly? In front of this big guy, our floating ship is as weak as a griffin facing a dragon. ”

The United Communications Network was full of similar words, and if it weren't for the Empress, Encourt would have laughed out loud.

He tried to resist the urge to spray blood, and carefully explained: "Your Majesty, the unity of man and God, under the will of God, it is not surprising that any miracle has been created. But in the main plane, mortal power is limited. ”

"I've also discussed with some friends what conditions this Mobile Fortress must have if it can fly, the first of which is that there must be at least 100 Legendary-level Floating Furnaces, which means that at least one team of Legends must be on standby to control these Floating Furnaces. ”

"When I introduced the Prince class just now, I also said that we use floating core crystals to carry flight and levitation respectively, and a prince-class floating ship needs to use twenty sixth-level floating core crystals, each of which can drive a hundred tons of weight. ”

"The magic planes on Prell's side use floating crystals that can't carry flight skills, each plane doesn't weigh more than ten tons, and it can't rise more than 20,000 meters. ”

"His mobile fortress weighs about 50,000 tons, and if you use sixth-level floating nuclear crystals, it also reaches the target of driving 100 tons each, and you still need 500 pieces, which is ......."

Hearing the empress nod: "It is impossible for him to have so many nuclear crystals, and five hundred nuclear crystals that can operate means thousands or even tens of thousands of scrapped nuclear crystals." Moreover, there are no more than twenty magicians in the entire world who can engrave levitation techniques on sixth-level nuclear crystals, and most of them are on the side of the empire. ”

Encourt nodded without hesitation: "Your Majesty is wise, that's it, we speculate that His Excellency Prell uses a lower-level nuclear crystal, and the number is unimaginably large." So that mobile fortress can't fly, it can only be supported by mechanical legs. With such a foundation, it is impossible to develop the technology to make it fly. ”

"What about making it smaller?"

Kevin Towne, who was beside the Empress, asked, "50,000 tons is indeed terrible, and it will definitely not be able to fly, but what if it is 10,000 tons or 5,000 tons?

"Speed, power, protection", in the face of this earl, Encourt no longer concealed his contempt for the ignorant: "Although the magic technology of the Magic Empire has been lost, some basic concepts have been inherited. The three indicators of the puppet design are also applicable to the floating ship, and the three indicators must be balanced so as not to have fatal flaws. ”

"Not to mention 10,000 tons, to make a 5,000-ton floating ship have the same performance as a 2,000-ton floating ship, not only to increase the floating nuclear crystal, but also to increase the magic furnace. The volume has become larger, and the area that needs to be protected has also increased. If you just calculate the cost, the cost of the Prince-class floating ship is two million gold bushels, and if you can really build a 5,000-ton floating ship, well...... Assuming it is the king class, I believe that the cost is not 5 million for the corresponding tonnage, at least more than 20 million. ”

Encourt squinted his eyes and smiled: "Your Excellency the Earl, if you calculate it this way, if that mobile fortress really wants to fly, I'm afraid it will take hundreds of millions of gold bushels to do it." ”

Kevin was dumbfounded: "How many, how many hundreds!?"

When the Empress issued 100 million gold bushels of imperial bonds, she was nervous for a while, afraid that the empire would not be able to afford it.

The empress pondered for a long time, but her brows still did not stretch: "You just said...... Development, what if Li Qi did not develop the magic technology from scratch, but verified and restored the technology of the Magic Empire step by step?"

Encourt's body shuddered for a moment, this was something that all the magicians had guessed about, and Richie Prell had the magic technology left over from the Magic Empire.

It's really terrifying, in the era of the Magic Empire, tens of thousands of tons of floating ships are not a thing at all, floating cities are ordinary things, and they don't know millions of tons of big guys.

"It's a possibility, but it's not a big deal......

The Empress muttered to herself, thinking of the few encounters she had with the Crimson Lady, who showed no signs of mastering the ruins of the Magic Empire and the corresponding technology.

What's more, the principle of what Li Qi made is actually very simple, that is, adhering to the principle of "letting low-level transcendents use high-level spells", and stacking high-level spells with low-level spells. Before, no one thought about it in this direction, because there was no need for it.

Now, Li Qi has not only made it possible for low-level transcendents to use high-level spells, but also made it much more powerful than high-level spells through the combination of matter and transcendent power. Even the Crimson Lady has learned to combine matter with divine power, gaining power far beyond the level of divine power.

"This is not the way of the Magic Empire", Medi confirmed the Empress's conjecture on the side, "The magic technology of the Magic Empire is very esoteric and obscure, and each Magic Emperor has a different rune system, and the spell ideas used are also different. What's more, the Magic Emperor regards the magic technique as the source of his power, and will never allow low-level transcendents to master power beyond their level through the magic technique. ”

The empress nodded: "Then everyone is for me, and I have brought this magic technology route to everyone's faith." ”

She smiled faintly and said, "Sure enough, it's the faith that brings chaos to the world." ”

Look at the fleet that has risen to the bottom of the clouds, one 2,000-ton Prince-class, twenty 1,000-ton Duke-class, and before that, there were ten Duke-class ships forming a sub-fleet to support Sylvie.

All floatships are slender in shape, which is very different from the old style of sea ships. Fast and strong, it is a new generation of floating ships that appeared on the main plane after the Magic Empire. Even if you fight against more than three times the number of old floating ships, you will not be left behind, which can be called a miracle of magic technology.

But in front of the mobile fortress that Richie had created, such a floating fleet looked small and fragile. Yes, that thing can only crawl on the ground, but anyone with a bit of brain and imagination will think about how terrible such a fortress would be once it flew up.

Medi saw the Empress's concern: "Your Majesty, there are many options to stop this momentum. ”

The first option, of course, was to go to war directly with the Fergutans......

But this is the most unlikely choice, the empress sighed, this is not just a matter of the main plane, it will shake the entire divine order, at least she will offend the god of death.

For the other gods, the Grim Reaper, who has just recovered to a medium deity, is nothing to fear. But for her, who is also responsible for returning the mortal order, the cycle of life and death is the most fundamental order in the mortal world. To be an enemy of death means to destroy the cycle and, of course, to destroy her order.

"If it's just to curb this momentum, there are two options. ”

Medi replaced "strangle" with "containment", which was in line with the Empress's fundamental approach to the Phillips.

She became interested: "Mentor, please speak." ”

"One is to use Legendary-level technology to build King-class floating ships to ensure that the Empire has an overwhelming advantage," Medi said. ”

Encourt was overjoyed and clapped his hands: "Yes, our empire has the most legends!

Medi's thinking is very clear, since the empire has the most legends, give full play to the power of these legends, in the context of the similar level of magic technology, naturally whoever has more legends is stronger.

Such a technological trend will naturally curb the technical route of stacking high-level spells with low-level spells. Just like airplanes, there are only airplanes, or there are floating ships but they are much worse than the Empire, and they can only compete for the sky below 20,000 meters. And the Empire not only has the most powerful floating ships, but also can develop aircraft, so that the sky is firmly in the hands of the Empire.

Even better, once such a route is verified, the development of magic technology is corrected, and all parties can only compete to see who can better exert the power of high-level transcendents and even legends.

Medi added, "The other option is to settle the matter as soon as possible. ”

This is the political consideration, quickly eliminate Belino and seal the Divine Fall Plateau within the territory of the empire, so that the Fei Gong has no possibility of external expansion.

But when she thought of hermitage, the empress couldn't help but have a headache.

Brinto's side has dredged the spatial passage from Valentine to Linger, but the subspace turbulence is still very violent, and only eight of the ten can come back, and a lot of manpower has been lost.

At the same time, the circulation of the supernatural power of the main plane accelerated, and the corrupt barrier of the fragrance continued to draw power, making the corrupt creatures inside stronger and stronger, even if she took the hand of the entire order, she would suffer heavy losses.

She went to Erika to solve the frozen body of Kailastro, otherwise Kailasdra would never have been able to hand over the Throne of Order to her. The passage connecting the seal to Everia had been destroyed by Everbière, and a complex and large-scale engineering operation was necessary.

This requires a practical and effective grasp of the fragrance......

"Yes, we can't wait any longer. ”

The empress said resolutely: "When these floating ships complete the test, I will personally lead the floating fleet, as well as the necessary legions, directly to Koester and deal with Belino." ”

It's just that if you get rid of Belino, you can temporarily organize a floating fleet, but it's a matter of belonging to Erxiang, and when the time comes, it's very likely that you will have to turn against Romulus or even Richie, so you have to enter the field with enough power to solve all the obstacles.

"Forgive the villain for talking too much, the test alone is not enough", Encourt hurriedly said: "We have to give enough time to the officers and soldiers to master the maneuvering and combat of the floating ship." ”

The lack of training led to a disadvantage in combat, and the board would only hit him, the newly promoted baron, who designed and supervised the construction of the floating ship.

The empress didn't think about him: "I don't have that much time, the legion has already begun to move, and the floating fleet must set off in half a month!"

Ignoring Encourt, who was only promising and sweating on his forehead, the Empress said to Medi and Brintor again: "This floating fleet has exhausted the outstanding talents in the Legion, and the construction of the Magic and Divine Crash School must be accelerated!"

"We need more civilians to grow into transcendents as soon as possible, and as long as they master a spell, they can pull the trigger of the magic guide gun, turn the switch of the magic guide machine, and exert their power on the battlefield and in the rear. ”

Kevin was a little stunned, he remembered a lot of things.

The Empress saw Kevin's thoughts, and said indifferently: "If changes in the world are inevitable, then I will actively participate in them and take such changes into my hands, so as to ensure that the tide of change remains in the direction I want." When it finally calms down, the world will be calm again. ”