"In this battle alone, if it is determined that no other forces have intervened—

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

Comparing the strength of Linfeng City and Alto City in his impression, Ryan made such a judgment, and then reminded.

"It's just that you have to think about it, winning or losing this battle is not the point.

"In the event of an exchange of fire with Alto City, will Roderick send reinforcements, and will Peak City be able to withstand the consequences of doing so......

"The stakes are high, and you have to weigh the pros and cons carefully before making a decision."

Both Nolan and Ryan gave their opinions, both looking at Evelyn.

In any case, Evelyn is the city lord of Linfeng City, and it depends on her meaning which path she chooses in the end.

The room fell silent, and Evelyn was silent for a moment, then quickly made her decision:

“…… Then, please prepare the army for dispatch at once.

"We have to keep the transport lanes safe and clear, even if we use force, and bring Flamel's team back safely."

"Yes." Nolan curled the corners of his mouth, "Guaranteed to complete the task." ”

Unlike Ivan, Evelyn thinks a lot, but she is by no means cowardly.

As long as she comes to the conclusion that the pros outweigh the cons, even if the choice is risky, she has the courage to do so.

"I've given you more than just winning this battle, Nolan."

Evelyn said seriously, "I'm going to the imperial capital soon, and it may take half a month.

"During my absence, I would like to appoint you as the acting city lord...... Are you willing to accept this task? ”

"Go to the imperial capital at this point in time?" Nolan raised his eyebrows, "Is there anything you have to do?" It's not safe out there right now. ”

"Naturally, I went to move the rescuers."

Evelyn snorted, "Alto City has support, don't we have it?"

"Don't look at it like this, I have some connections in the imperial capital...... I will bring reinforcements from the imperial capital to support Linfeng City as soon as possible.

"As long as I wait until I come back, even if Alto City calls for support, I guarantee that Linfeng City will be safe."

Hearing this, Nolan remembered that Evelyn seemed to have gone to the imperial capital many years ago to further her studies.

It wasn't until the steppe people invaded that she rushed back from the imperial capital.

"Okay." Nolan didn't talk nonsense, "Then leave it to me." ”

Having experienced a war with Evelyn and Ryan, they have formed some tacit understanding with each other, and they can't be pretended to be modest at this time.

Anyway, it's not the first time I've been a acting city lord myself, is it?

After explaining the affairs of the city, Evelyn packed her bags and went, and Ryan looked at Nolan and said:

"Since you are the acting city lord, you don't have to go to the front line in person, I will take the Knights to repel the troops of Alto City.

"Of course, it would be better if the White Raven could come to the rescue...... Can she fight now? ”

"Yes." Noren nodded, "Although I am the acting city lord, I don't have to stay in the city, I will also follow the knights in this battle."

"Don't worry, I know in my heart that I can ensure my safety."

Although it is on the front line, the black raven can support his teammates even in the rear, and with the optical camouflage, it can be said that it is very safe.

"And even if there weren't you?" He joked, "As long as one of us is here, Peak City won't be leaderless." ”

"I'm just a martial artist, but I can't do the work of a city lord." Ryan shook his head.

“…… If you're really confident, come along, but don't get too far away from me to avoid being attacked by the enemy. ”

"I know."

The two then dispersed, and Ryan went to gather the army.

Noren went back to his mansion, and while sending someone to call Yuna back, he asked Luo Zhen to prepare for the attack of "Valkyrie Equipment" and "Sky Banner Equipment" as soon as possible.

Yuna was still practicing her combat skills in the military department's indoor training ground today, but after noticing the movement of the knights outside, she also returned to the mansion early.

"Nolan!" She saw Nolan at the door of the alchemy workshop and walked over quickly, "Do you need me to do it?" ”

"Yes." Nolan nodded, and explained the operation briefly and quickly.

"I'll warn them about it, but I guess the other side won't back down easily.

"When the time comes, I'll need you and the Knights to give them some hardship. Don't worry, I'll be there to help you this time with new gear. ”

"Understood!" Remembering the optical camouflage and drone capabilities that Nolan had shown him earlier, Yuna nodded.

"Of course, you'll also be attacking with new equipment."

Nolan bowed slightly, and led her to the workshop, "The location of this battle is in the Linfeng Mountain Range, you should know that the trees there cover the sky and the sun, but they are not suitable for the use of flying equipment. ”

Woods are different from grasslands, and if you fly high, you won't be able to see the enemy's movements below under the cover of the canopy.

And if it flies low, the trunk becomes a natural obstacle.

Although Yuna's piloting skills will not cause her to crash headlong into a tree, it will always affect her air mobility.

"I also have new gear?" Yuna's eyes lit up.

As is customary, she was about to go to the locker room to change into a combat uniform, but when she saw Nolan smile, she also squeezed into the locker room.

"Eh, do you want to change your clothes too?"

"Of course, I'm not going to fight too, am I?"

"Oh yes......"

Under Nolan's gaze, Yuna slowly took off her maid uniform, revealing pure white plain underwear.

"Why don't you wear sex this time?" Nolan whistled, "I'd like to take a few more looks." ”

"Don't talk about it...... Yuna covered her flushed cheeks, "Y-you change too!" ”

"I've already changed it."

Noren grinned toothily and pulled off his outer robe, revealing the black tight-fitting combat uniform underneath.

He had just changed his clothes in his room.

Now that it's all changed, what are you going to do in the locker room...... Yuna's expression was dumbfounded.

Woo...... Is it just to make fun of yourself with the embarrassment of that night?

The locker room couldn't stay for a second, Yuna changed into a white combat uniform as quickly as she could in her life, covered her red face with a white raven mask, and quickly ran away.

Then, after a while, Luo Zhen and his apprentice pushed out the two weapon racks.

Aisha helps put the new Valkyrie backpack on Yuna, and Nolan explains the capabilities of the new gear.

"This new set of equipment is designed to increase your ability and flexibility on the ground, and I've named it Valkyrie Avalanche, meaning to overwhelm your opponent with the momentum of an avalanche.

"Its shoulder armor, handguards, and boots are all made of Flamell's finest composite alchemy metal, which balances its lightness and defensive power, and is strong enough to withstand the attacks of high-ranking knights head-on.

In addition, it has an injectable liberation potion hidden in its shoulder armor, a hook that can be fired at the hand guard, and a sharp leg knife that can be popped out of the front of the boot.

"At the same time, I have also forged you a short sword made of demon-shattering silver iron and two throwing knives, which are equipped on your right waist and the outside of your thigh—

"Of course, don't forget the Sun Knight Sword that Evelyn gave you, and I reserved a special scabbard for it to be pinned to your left waist.

In addition to these attacks, the spell generation of the Avalanche-type jetpack boots has also changed.

"Originally, its levitation spells and acceleration spells were spread out on the sole of the boot, and the direction of acceleration was fixed.

"But now I've made a structural change, you can fine-tune the angle at which the boots activate acceleration by remotely controlling the alchemy trap.

"This makes it easy for the avalanche to accelerate vertically or horizontally in any direction, even on the ground."

As she spoke, Aisha helped Yuna get dressed, and she tiptoed and hesitated, "How do you feel...... The backpack seems to be a lot lighter than it used to be? ”

"That's right." Nolan smiled, "In order to make the Avalanche type lighter, and to avoid the heavy backpack affecting your melee movements, its weight and volume have been greatly reduced.

"But don't worry, the Avalanche backpack removes the flight spell and instead adds two accelerations.

"This means that the only magic required for the avalanche body is four acceleration techniques on the back and legs, and two levitation techniques.

"With a total of four second-order spells and two third-order spells, there is no longer a need for a huge supply of mana sources."

For a long time, the bulk of the jetpack's mana consumption has always been the fourth-order spell flying technique.

The third-order spell levitation is used less, while the second-order spell acceleration consumes less mana.

Therefore, as long as the flying technique is removed, the backpack can naturally be made lighter.

In fact, the current Valkyrie Avalanche type fits Yuna's body very well, and barely affects her melee movements.

"Eh, then I can't fly?" Yuna's eyes widened.

This...... Valkyrie is originally a jetpack, and flying is the core of its core function.

But now that the flying technique has been deleted for flexibility, what's the difference between it and choking on food?

Could it be that from now on, Valkyrie will become a "foundation-walker"?

"That's not possible." Nolan laughed, "What do you see hanging on the other weapon rack?" ”

Yuna heard this and turned her head to look.

It was a wing-like flying device, and unlike the Valkyrie's flying wing thrusters, the wings were larger and the backpack was heavier.

"This is an exclusive flight component for the Avalanche type."

Nolan said proudly, "I've implemented a new feature in this form, and that's modularity." ”

"Modular?"

"Yes, you can think of the avalanche type as the body, which is lightweight, but has a back that allows it to be connected to various components.

"When there is a need for long-range maneuvering, only the additional flight components need to be installed to achieve the flight function.

"Even because these components are specifically designed to meet specific functions, the Avalanche flight components are better than previous wing thrusters in terms of cruising speed and range!"

In the past, flying wing thrusters needed to take into account endurance, maneuverability and size, and there were trade-offs in all aspects.

But the simple flight component is different, not only can he free his hands and feet to design his auxiliary wings and mana source to be longer and larger-

You can even stuff a sixth-order defensive spell "Shield of Gentleness" into its backpack!

As for whether carrying such a large and clumsy flight component will affect the battle, there is no need to worry.

Since it is a modular component, it can be installed and disassembled, which he had already taken into account at the beginning of the design.

Aisha attached the rest of the flight components to the shoulders of the avalanche-type equipment, where there was a snap mechanism that would automatically bind it as soon as it was put in.

I have to say that this set of flight components is heavier than the avalanche body, and it is a bit laborious for Aisha to move.

And when the flight component was successfully equipped on Yuna's body, its auxiliary wings, which naturally drooped from the shoulders, even touched the floor, showing the sheer size.

Yuna took the keycard pendant from Nolan and wore it close to her body, and then activated the "Spiritual Resonance".

"Hum—"

The resonance was successful, and at this moment, not only the avalanche-type body, but she could also feel that the flying wing component behind her was also under her control.

"And this." Nolan helped, handing Yuna the last piece of equipment on the weapon rack.

She knew this weapon, it was the beam magic cannon she had used, but the shape was quite different from before.

The original Beam Magic Cannon did not have a scope and could only shoot hip-fire.

Now, with the improvement, the Beam Magic Cannon has been scoped and has been shaped like the smoothbore sniper Gungnir.

It's just that one is a shooting beam spell, and the other is shooting a magic breaking bullet.

The reason why Nolan gave her the ranged weapon to use this time was the Beam Magic Cannon instead of Gungnir was also because of this set of flying components.

Gungnir's power is indeed greater than that of the Beam Magic Cannon, but due to the limitation of the caliber of live ammunition, it has a troublesome and lengthy reload process, and it is not able to fire continuously in a short period of time for the time being.

The Beam Sniper, on the other hand, is a pure magic guide and does not require manual reloading.

And by connecting the huge mana source of the flying component, you can fire more than four times in a short time without consuming the energy of the body!

It belongs to the role of the flight component to the extreme.

So under the addition of a pass, Yuna, who was originally very agile, held a long beam sniper in both hands, and half of her body was completely covered by flying components.

Not to mention melee combat, this appearance can't even do rolling.

"How about it, let's go when you're ready?"

Nolan glanced at the time of his pocket watch, it was three o'clock in the afternoon.

"The Knights can't get to the border in the dark, but you can. Go check out what's going on over there, and I'll keep in touch with you at all times. ”

"Okay." Yuna nodded.

Nolan thought for a moment and said, "Although the Sky Knights have not yet recruited the first batch of knights, nominally it has been established, and you and I are not only a member of the Knights, but also its founders. ”

"This will be the first battle of the Sky Knights, and I want to conduct this battle according to the rules of the army......

"White Raven, from now on I will be your commander, please start the combat mission immediately, do you receive it?"

"Roger." Yuna's muffled voice under the mask was a little more sonorous.

"White Raven, Valkyrie Avalanche, ready to go!"

(End of chapter)