"Where are you?"

Xia looked around, except for some rocks and sparse trees, there was no way to hide a large ship that could sail far at sea.

"You'd better say hello to those Imperials first, or I might be a target for warships."

The voice said embarrassedly:

"Although this ship is croaking, it can't withstand the bombardment of the magic cannon, you must know that those warships are all top-quality goods......"

"Okay, then you wait a minute."

Xia flew to the deck of the flagship.

The soldiers on the ship had already received orders from the commander, and no one stopped her, and after arriving at the captain's room, Natsu saw that the blonde naval commander was arguing fiercely with Duragal.

It was said that it was a quarrel, but in fact it was just a one-sided complaint by the great sage, and the blonde man just listened politely, wiping the splattered saliva on his face with a handkerchief from time to time.

"Oh! My Royal Highness Princess, why are you here? ”

Noticing that someone was coming in, Duragal glanced at the hatch and immediately greeted him, with a smile on his face:

"Have you changed your mind and want to invite me aboard?"

"My ship hasn't arrived yet, but it's already in the nearby waters, so please inform the others and don't open fire."

Xia said calmly.

"Rest assured, I'll keep it safe."

Elio immediately picked up the communication device and personally issued instructions to the ships.

"The sea is very vast, and it will probably be a long time before the ship arrives, shall we take advantage of this time to have a pleasant afternoon tea?" Delicious pastries and juices in the cabin ......"

Although he was ignored, Duragal still spared no effort to be courteous by his side.

"If nothing else, it should have arrived."

Natsu motioned for the two to follow him to the deck and took out the communicator.

"Abner. It's time to show up. ”

She signaled to the other side to uncover.

"Whoa......

Not far from the three giant ships, the sea suddenly surged.

Then a bulge rose from the surface of the sea, and a behemoth rose from the turquoise sea, emerging from a round top.

"Enemy attack-!!"

Although there was an order not to open fire, the sudden appearance of such a big guy nearby still made the well-trained soldiers nervous.

The soldiers stood next to the side of the ship with magic guns and crossbows. Place your weapon in a position where you can fire at any time, and as soon as the commander gives the order, you can immediately deliver a rainstorm of blows.

"Abner, is that you?"

Xia didn't expect that the sea ship he commissioned the Chamber of Commerce to build actually came out of the bottom of the sea, and asked the half-dwarf on the other side of the communicator with a little surprise.

"Huh, how's it going? Captain; It's a treasure we've rebuilt with the latest legacy technology. ”

Alberner's voice was full of pride:

"The maximum speed at the bottom of the sea can reach 100 kilometers per hour, and if you add the drag reduction effect of the magic array and the acceleration propulsion device, it can completely exceed 150 kilometers! This is a speed that most surface ships cannot reach. ”

"That's my ship."

Xia said to the two who were surprised:

"With the latest technology of the dwarves, it is possible to sail underwater in a short time."

"Underwater?"

The blonde man and Duragal looked at each other. I think it's a little unbelievable:

You must know that the Imperials, who have always prided themselves as the leaders of legacy technology, have never seen such a strange object that can sail under the sea, and even if similar theories have been put forward by scholars, they have to be stranded for various reasons.

One of the biggest obstacles is that due to the advent of airships and the fact that there are few deep lakes and rivers on the mainland, "diving boats" have become chicken ribs, and no one is willing to invest in research.

"Bang dang!"

The round roof of the boat opened with a lid. Out of it jumped two dwarves in light metal armor.

The two dwarves looked solemn and held two thick magic guns. Stood on both sides of the lid.

Then a short, muscular man climbed out of the boat, holding a trademark shield in his hand, and waved his hand far away.

"Captain, you're still as beautiful and heart-wrenching as ever."

Ebner was clearly better at flattering than he was on Necronomicon Island, and he moved his shield to the side. Bow down to Xia Shili.

He is now the supreme head of the Golden Warhammer and holds honorary titles in various countries, but he still has a heartfelt reverence for the silver-haired princess.

"You know I don't like to hear that."

Xia frowned slightly and said:

"And it looks like we only met a while ago...... How long can this ship sail under the sea? ”

She and Abner are old friends, so they speak very directly, and they are not afraid of misunderstandings at all.

"This. You can only dive for about a day. ”

Ebner touched his head with some embarrassment:

"The main thing is that we don't have a strong magician, and we can't use the sea water to effectively create fresh air, otherwise we can sail in a closed space for a long time."

"Aha! I knew that as long as Her Royal Highness the princess was here, those imperial mongrels would not dare to open fire. ”

A voice came from inside the boat.

Then I saw a person cowering and showing his head, cautiously looking at the surrounding environment, and found that there was no sign of being attacked, so he jumped out boldly with confidence:

"Your Royal Highness! Your most loyal bodyguard, one of the best adventurers on the continent, a navigator...... The Great Genius of Wind Magic—Merlin! I would like to extend my best regards to you. ”

The speaker took off the pointed magic hat on his head and performed a skilful aristocratic manner.

"You're the ...... of the stupid trio"

Natsu still has a slight impression of this noisy guy.

"Stupid? No, no, no...... We are the glorious trio that the mainland is known for! ”

Merlin shook his head again and again, waved his hands and said:

"Originally, it was supposed to be a group of five, but the Arcane Mage is gone, and this guy Ebner refuses to join......"

He glanced at the depressed Abner, who glared at him fiercely:

"Don't count me and Sadonan in that stupid combination of yours!"

"Okay."

Merlin shrugged his shoulders:

"Your Royal Highness Princess, in fact, he is just a little shy......"

"Let's go down."

Natsu didn't listen to him anymore and led the way into the upright hatch.

After coming below, I found that the space inside this ship was quite large, completely different from the narrow space of ordinary submarines, so wide that you could even practice swords in the passage.

"We've cut back a lot of unnecessary equipment."

As soon as he talked about the ship he had supervised, Albert's spirits suddenly grew:

"Usually, the exterior of the hull is covered with a magic shield, which is powered by a high-grade magic crystal, and the power of the shield can be increased by about 20 times when encountering danger, which is enough to deal with the attack of the giant sea monster!"

"However, the number of magic crystals that can be carried is limited, and once they are exhausted, they can only be maintained by magicians."

He said with some regret:

"Almost no one among the dwarves wants to be magicians, so we can only recruit humans and half-elves with good morals, alas! There are simply too few trustworthy helpers. ”

Hearing the word half-elf, Natsu's body trembled slightly. (To be continued......)