"Actually, there's no need to rush...... Let's take our time at our own pace—"

Perhaps after listening to this sentence, after that night, Yuna in the form of a maid never took the initiative to launch an "attack".

So after the relationship became closer, the rhythm of the two people's lives returned to a calm daily life.

In this regard, although Nolan occasionally misses the picture of Yuna wearing a short skirt and erotic lingerie late one night, he does not regret his original decision.

As a somewhat perfectionist person, he wanted to complete the ritual in a gentler and more romantic way, at least not to make her cry anymore.

I believe that what Yuna is looking forward to should be such a scene.

As for how the relationship between the two should develop in the future, it's good to let it be.

As long as two hearts are together, you will never get lost.

Next, let's take time to find the best way to get along with each other.

In this way, the full and busy days passed day by day, and half a month passed before I knew it.

Half a month can be said to pass in a time of peace, but in a time of civil war, when all sides are nervous and every second counts, this length of time is enough to change many situations.

Take Linfeng City as an example, after more than half a month of development, many projects have begun to bear fruit.

The Alchemy Society of Linfeng was indeed fully supportive of the City Lord's Mansion, and the president, Fast, even shared the list of alchemists in his hand with Noren.

So under the Society's propaganda and recruitment staff's visits, almost all the alchemists in the city were invited by the City Lord's Mansion.

Tempted by the heavy reward, in just half a month, more than half of the total number of free alchemists officially signed contracts with the alchemy factory, which can be regarded as exceeding the target.

As a result, the productivity of the Alchemy Factory increased, and Sky Knights' training equipment and flying devices began to be mass-produced.

These devices and devices have greatly improved the efficiency of screening, and now there is no need for Nolan and Yuna to personally supervise the screening and assessment of the Sky Knight.

Want to become a Sky Knight? Go for a spin on a 300-meter-high hot air balloon, then sit on a spiral ladder and roller wheel for a few minutes.

Isn't that dizzy? Then get your hands on the flying gear and get hands-on to see if your flying talent is really that strong!

After that, the military department will add up the results of these rounds of tests and rank them according to the total score.

This ranking gives a rough indication of how talented each person is at flying.

Because of the improvement in screening efficiency, Nolen finally decided to issue the assessment qualification to all knights in the Linfeng army who were above the third rank.

After all, as long as he has the physical fitness of a third-order knight, the pilot can theoretically control the Sky Knight's jetpack and other alchemy weapons completely as he wishes.

For Sky Knights, personal supernatural abilities are secondary, and talent for flying and handling equipment is the most important.

Two days ago, the military department had just finished the first batch of auditions for the Sky Knights, and Nolan personally reviewed it after getting the ranking of the results, and set a minimum standard for the assessment results.

This standard is still quite strict, and among the more than 1,000 candidates currently signed up in the Linfeng Army, only about 100 people were shortlisted.

Now, these hundred or so people have joined the reserve team of the Sky Knights.

Nolan plans to give them a month of flight training, followed by another assessment, and the top 20% of the students will be awarded the title of "Sky Knight" based on their results.

They will be the first full members of the Sky Knights.

And as for such a strict restriction on the number of people, there is also a reason.

The Sky Knights will be under the command of Nolan, and he doesn't have the energy to take care of more people now, so for the time being, only a part of the elite will be selected to be cultivated first.

After the first phase of the Sky Knight can take charge of himself, let the members of the second and third phases recruited in the next phase be handed over to these seniors for training, so that a perfect cycle can be achieved-

That's what he intended.

In addition to the training of the Sky Knights, the Sky Knights' future flight base "Sky Boat" and the "Air Supply Warehouse" that can provide support in wartime have also been put into production, and it is expected to be completed within a week at the earliest.

At the same time, when Linfeng City was vigorously developing the "Air Force", Flamel on the other side of the Linfeng Mountain Range also received good news.

With the support of Flammel's powerful alchemy technology and deep resources, in just half a month.

Not only have prototypes of the "tank" been manufactured, but they have even passed a series of tests.

The speed with which research has developed is jaw-dropping, and one cannot help but sigh that Flamel deserves to be called a veritable alchemy city.

Just a few days ago, Flamel had planned to transport a prototype tank to Peak, where Noren would put the finishing touches on it.

As long as Nolan has no other guidance, Flamel will immediately set up an assembly line and start mass production of the first generation of tanks!

"Calculate the date, today is the day when the prototype tank will be delivered, right?"

On this day, Nolan pinched his fingers in the office, and couldn't help but have some anticipation in his heart.

Forepeak provided Flamel with all the defensive and offensive armaments, but it was impossible to make a proper tank with arms alone.

The load, the layout of the space, the power delivery and even the suspension system of the tank will affect the performance of the tank and the driver's handling experience.

Once scaled up from an individual weapon to a medium to large strategic weapon, it becomes exponentially more difficult to manufacture.

Some time ago, when he was designing a skyboat, he encountered all kinds of trivial problems.

Therefore, he was curious to see how much Flamel would hand in in the end, and perhaps he could get some unexpected inspiration from it.

In order to get in touch with Flammel's transport team in time, he also specially vacated today's itinerary, not wanting something unexpected to happen.

From morning to noon, and then to noon to afternoon, the City Lord's Mansion did not receive the news of the arrival of the Flamel convoy.

This made Nolan a little uneasy to do things all day.

Is the departure delayed?

Or is there something unexpected going on over there?

Just when he was making all kinds of speculations in his heart, the military department suddenly received an urgent communication from the border of Linfeng City-

"Newspaper to the Lord's Palace: An armed force has blocked the transport route of the Linfeng Mountains, and it has been confirmed that Flammel's convoy was intercepted by this armed force.

"The armed forces are not bandits, but hold the army flag of 'Alto City', so the border troops will report the information to the city lord's mansion and wait for further instructions from the military headquarters.

"Linfeng City, Linfeng Mountain Range Patrol Scout Team stays."

Flamell's convoy was intercepted?

Seeing this news, Noren suddenly got up and solemnly ordered the attendants on the side: "Go and call the city lord and the regiment leader, I will wait for them in the conference room of the military headquarters." ”

Heading to the conference room of the War Department, Nolan looked at the map of the Empire hanging on the wall.

Alto City also belongs to the surrounding cities of the Linfeng Mountains, but it is closer to Shattered Star City, and it is also a force in the Second Prince's camp.

"I see, did you send Alto City to stumble me this time?" Nolan's eyes were contemplative.

As predicted before, Peak City has had a peaceful life in the past half month, but this does not mean that it has really stayed out of this civil war.

Although no official declaration of war was made on Peak, Roderick still sent Alto's troops to block the transportation of Peaking Mountains, intercepting the transportation between Peakhill and Flamell.

But this is inevitably too urgent, this is equivalent to offending the two forces of Peak City and Flamel at one time.

And these two parties are not completely in the camp of the eldest prince, is it really appropriate to offend the two "neutral" forces first?

At this moment, Evelyn and Ryan also entered the conference room one after another.

They had also received this information on their way there, so there was no need for Nolan to repeat it, and the three of them exchanged opinions directly on the border blockade.

"In this case, Roderick seems ready to offend us."

Nolan looked at the two of them, "Alto City's troops have blocked our passage through the Linfeng Mountains, do you have any information to share?" ”

As the lord of the city, Evelyn has more contact with and deals with political affairs, and said in a deep voice:

"It's not so much that Roderick is blocking the passage to Peak, it's that he's blocking Flamell's passage.

"I just got the news last night that a combined army led by Shattered Star City has been found around Flamell, and looking at this movement, Roderick is probably going to start a war against Flamel first."

"Actually start a war against Flamel first." Nolan's eyes moved, as if he remembered something, "Could it be ......?"

"Hmm." Evelyn nodded, "Even with the recent 'tank' project that we worked on, Flamel seems to have made a breakthrough.

In addition, the city lord Bach had a secret meeting with Fred, the court alchemist of the imperial capital, a few days ago, but this secret meeting was learned by the second prince's camp......

"I'm afraid it's because I'm worried that Flamell will mass-produce tanks for the Imperial army, so Roderick has made up his mind to go to war against it."

I see. Nolan suddenly realized that everything made sense now.

Flamel has always been neutral on the surface, not excluding the arrival of guests from either side, which makes it impossible for it to take strict control measures against the city's floating population.

Thanks to this, Roderick's intelligence network has probably completely infiltrated Flamell, and even the progress of the tank's development and who Bach met with is clearly known to him.

And at the juncture when the civil war was about to break out and the tank was about to be developed, Flamel secretly contacted the imperial capital-

This intelligence undoubtedly became the last weight to force Roderick to make a decision.

Can you bet they didn't collude? Rodrik didn't dare to bet anyway.

Slok was the most powerful alchemist under his command, and at the results conference, his proudly modified knight and his full-body plate armor, Praetorian Armor II, were outmatched by the power of the new alchemy weapon.

And now, the tank, codenamed "Tank", will be equipped with the same alchemical weapon and become its enemy.

Once this happens, what should you do to stop the tanks, and at what cost will you have to destroy these torrents of steel?

So, it's not that Roderick wants to do something to Flamel.

Rather, he had to do something to Flammel.

Compared to the remote, less productive city of Peak, Flamel is closer to the center of the empire, and its explosive ability is more powerful.

Even if it is destroyed, it must not be allowed to become an arsenal of the Grand Prince's camp - this should be Roderick's truest thoughts at this time.

And Peaks is working closely with Flamelmel, and while it is surrounded, it naturally has an impact on Peak.

"In any case, we cannot allow our traffic arteries to be blocked."

Nolan said in a deep voice, "There are still a considerable part of the alchemy team sent by Flamel who remain in Peak City to communicate with us technically.

"At the same time, we also have to rely on Flammel's imports for the time being, including other alchemy items, including magic crystals.

"So, we can't afford to lose touch with Flammel, at least not for the time being...... I think so. ”

The room fell silent, and both of them were seriously considering Nolan's suggestion, and then Evelyn also said her opinion:

"However, once war is declared on Alto City's army, Peak City will probably not be able to extricate itself from the war.

"Isn't what we need most now is precious developmental time?

"As for the Mana Crystal, our veins are now mineable, and the other alchemy items, while important, are not necessary.

"Noren, you once told me that as long as you can develop the Sky Knights, Peak City will definitely have its own place in the empire in the future......

"If that's true, I don't think even the loss of Flammel's tanks and support will stop us from getting stronger, will it?"

"That's true." Nolan nodded, and his tone changed.

"—That being said, if we can dominate by land and air, why should we give up land on our own initiative?"

"But the stakes are ......," Evelyn said.

Nolan thought for a moment and said from another angle: "Many times, whether a war wants to be fought or not is not decided by us, but by the other side.

"It was Alto's army that took the initiative to block our roads and intercept our convoys, but what authority do they have to do so?

"There is no doubt that they knew they were us off, but they did it anyway.

Isn't this their temptation? If we do not return the favor and acquiesce to it, it is to be expected that they will intensify against us in the future, until one day they will completely crush us.

"And, since Flamel is their main target, they certainly won't have too many troops on the border of Peak City right now.

"I think it's better to try to get in touch with Alto City to scare them off, if not......

"I think we can beat them with full certainty."

Evelyn was also the main battle faction in the Prairie War, so she could naturally understand what Noren meant, she thought for a moment, and turned her head to look at Ryan:

"What do you think we have a chance of winning against the forces in Alto City?"

Ryan is the oldest marshal of the three and the best at fighting, and his attitude in this matter is still very important.

"Nolan, your Sky Knights haven't developed yet, have they?"

Ryan looked at Noren, and after receiving the reply that he could not participate in the battle for the time being, he replied.

"If the opponent is Shattered Star City, I would advise you to bear with it for the time being, the descendants of the Wind Army God are not so easy to deal with.

"But Alto City is only a small city, because it is adjacent to Shattered Star City, and in the course of its long-term development, it has almost become a vassal of Shattered Star City.

"What's more, we still have home advantage, so in this battle alone, if it is determined that there is no other force involved-

"I think we have a good chance of winning."

(End of chapter)