At Nolan's invitation, Evelyn, Ryan, Rosalia, Reinhardt and others boarded the Crow's Nest one after another.

Of course, they were not the first to get on board, and the Sky Knights had already taken over in the morning, and were preparing for takeoff on the bridge and deck.

"Sir." Yuna, dressed in a maid outfit, came to Noren's side and bowed slightly.

"The Crow's Nest is ready to take off."

In front of outsiders, she will not call Nolan by name, she is completely an elegant maid image.

"Let's take off." Nolan bowed, "Inform the bridge and conduct a real combat exercise as planned." ”

The bridge is located directly in front of the Raven's Nest foremast, with a good view, and is the central area of the battleship that integrates the functions of steering, command, and communication.

Currently on the bridge, Team Julius is in charge of the control of the Crownest.

"Yes." Yuna didn't move, but communicated to the bridge through the telepathy on her chest.

"Whoa—"

After receiving the communication, with the control of the command room, the three pairs of sail wings on the mast of the ship were deployed.

"Guests, please hold on to the handrails." Nolan smiled, "The battleship will shake a little when it takes off?" ”

"Huh?"

Before Rosalia could react, she felt a tremor on the soles of her feet.

"Hum—"

The sound of magical resonance came from below deck, and a violent wind suddenly blew on the otherwise calm surface.

Evelyn and Ryan had watched the Crow's Nest test flight last night, so they had already been prepared to grab the handrail on the side.

"Your Highness!" Reinhardt did the same, holding Rosaria's hand as he grasped the armrest.

And in the next moment, in the exclamation of the onlookers at the scene.

The dozens of cyan magic circles at the bottom of the ship shone brightly, and the huge aerial battleship Crow's Nest flew into the sky in the storm!

"Sure enough, it flew......"

Feeling the weightlessness on her body, Rosaria's eyes lit up.

Although she had flown on a flying mount before, the experience of flying in an aerial battleship was completely different from the former.

Whether it is the large battleship of nearly 100 meters under the feet, or the "buzzing" magic resonance sound heard in the ears, the shock that these audio-visual experiences bring to the passengers is not comparable to riding a flying demonic beast.

She poked her head out and looked down, and below the Crow's Nest, the figures on the ground and the city were getting smaller.

"How, Your Highness?"

Nolan smiled, "How about flying into the air instead of relying on supernatural beings, but relying entirely on humans to build large alchemy machines?" ”

"Great!" Rosalia's face flushed with excitement as she shouted to the howling wind.

"I like this feeling very much, I think the empire should have a strong air fleet!"

Imagine dozens of large warships flying through the air, and the sight must be spectacular!

Even if it doesn't have much actual combat value, just to "support the façade", the empire has enough reasons to introduce air warships!

Nolan smiled and said nothing, this girl daydreamed beautifully.

Take you on a spaceship ≠ help you build a spaceship.

It's just a demonstration of the alchemy technology of Linfeng City, who said that they want to help the empire produce fleets?

At this moment, with a sound of neat and rapid footsteps, a Sky Regiment team led by Liz walked over.

Dressed in Sky Knight gear and wearing grey raven masks, they made their way to the gunned area on the side of the ship.

"What is this going to do?" Reinhardt frowned.

He had been trained as the best knight in the Empire, and had visited the most elite fighting units in the Imperial Capital.

But he was completely unfamiliar with how the Crow's Nest and the Sky Knights operated, which made him feel nervous that he was out of his control.

"As I said just now, the actual combat exercises of our regiment are now underway."

Nolan replied, "After all, it is to control such a complex warship in battle, and if you don't rehearse it in advance, it will inevitably make mistakes in actual combat."

"At the same time, I will also evaluate based on the data of this exercise to grasp the real combat effectiveness of the Crow's Nest in actual combat conditions."

As he spoke, the battleship flew over the predetermined exercise range.

Seeing that there were more than a dozen targets in the shooting range with a radius of 800 meters below, Nolan took out the black raven mask from his black robe and put it on, and said to Leeds:

"Carry out the first salvo of naval guns."

"Carry out the first salvo of naval guns."

In the Idea Sharing channel, Leeds repeats Nolan's orders, and the six members of the team each control the ship's guns and begin to aim at the target below.

Six live ammunition cannons, Raven Feathers, and six beam cannons, Blitz, were placed on the port side of the Crow's Nest, exactly six on each side.

"The cruising altitude is five hundred meters, and the straight-line distance from the elevated target...... It's about a kilometer or so. ”

Nolan narrowed his eyes and roughly measured the distance.

That's a long way to go, at least the Empire's current mainstream ranged weapons such as crossbows and knight's bows don't have that long effective range.

However, the performance of the new alchemy weapons is different, and Yuna can even use them to hit targets up to two kilometers away.

In contrast, even if the strength of the members of the Sky Regiment is not as good as Yuna, after at least a month of special training, the target from a kilometer away is still stable, right?

Rather, if you want to strike from the air, this shooting accuracy is a must.

At this moment, three "Crow Feathers" and three "Blitzkrieg" on the side of the side began shelling at the same time.

Because the second-order circle "Acceleration" deploys faster than the sixth-order circle "Destruction Beam", the first to fire are the three live cannons "Raven Feather".

Half a second after the actual ejection, the "Blitzkrieg" finally completed its energy storage.

A dazzling beam of light followed, shooting straight at the target a kilometer away.

It is worth mentioning that although it looks like a beam of light on the outside, the "destruction beam" is essentially a cluster impact of light elements, and the speed is not really the speed of light.

However, due to the characteristics of the light element, its emission speed is still the fastest of all elemental impacts.

One has a fast discharge speed, the other has a fast firing speed, and the next moment, the live gun and the beam cannon hit the upward target almost simultaneously.

Everyone on the Crow's Nest looked up, only to see that the dust in the shooting range was flying for a moment, and after a few seconds, a rumbling sound followed.

Once the dust had cleared, Nolan confirmed the results of the previous salvo through his telescope:

"Six back targets were destroyed, and the hit rate was 100 percent.

"Well done, let the guns on the other side fire a salvo as well."

"Yes." Receiving instructions, Julius ordered the Crownest to turn around.

On the other side of the ship, Bryant's squad was already operating the ship's guns and ready to fire.

"Boom!"

"Whew-"

A little later, a salvo from the ship's guns rang out again.

Like Leeds, Bryant also hit 100 per cent from the field at this distance.

After all, all the members of the Sky Regiment are screened combat elites, and this result should be said to be deserved.

Later, the Crow's Nest's steering radius, cruising altitude and speed were tested, and Nolen ordered the Crow's Nest to turn back.

Then, after explaining various matters to the Sky Regiment, he turned his head and nodded to Rosaria:

"I'm sorry, because the schedule is very tight, so I combined the test flight with the actual combat exercise, which made His Highness wait for a long time."

"Where." Rosaria was not impatient at all, and smiled gently, "I still have some unfinished business." ”

Originally, yesterday she was still a little resentful about Nolan's "incomprehensible amorous", but now the resentment has completely disappeared.

Because Nolan gave her a big enough surprise.

Judging from this test alone, the Crow's Nest can not only carry people, but also carry its own firepower, which is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mobile firepower fortress.

With her eyes, she could naturally see the power of this large-scale alchemy weapon, and it might be able to play a greater role on the battlefield than an ordinary eighth-order transcendent.

This is enough to prove Nolan's worth, and it is hard to imagine that this mobile fortress was designed by him alone.

Perhaps that's why he's known as a legendary alchemist.

And you know, he's only eighteen years old.

Nolan Wieses...... He probably had more terrifying potential than any genius of his time!

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at Nolan a little more gently.

"It's officially going to be tomorrow, and it will make His Highness happy then."

Nolan smiled, "That's all for today's trip, I still have to make preparations here, Your Highness should go and rest early." ”

"Well, I'm looking forward to seeing you tomorrow."

Rosaria smiled at him and took Reinhardt into the carriage on the way back.

As the carriage drove into the city, she looked out the window at the huge crow's nest, and sighed:

"I didn't expect Linfeng City to be able to create such a powerful alchemy weapon, he is even more talented than I imagined."

Beside him, Reinhardt heard her undisguised words, and his heart couldn't help but feel sour, but he was powerless to refute, and reluctantly answered:

"The Crow's Nest, as majestic as it may be, seems to me to have obvious weaknesses.

"It's so big that it's hard to think about it in the air without being noticeable.

"Once you attract the attention of a high-level transcendent, as long as you set fire slightly, you risk falling.

"Therefore, it can only be used as an auxiliary means, and it still cannot replace the status of the transcendent."

"Yes." Rosaria's eyes fluttered, and she suddenly smiled, "Did I praise other men and make you a little unhappy?" ”

"No......" was poked in the center, and Reinhardt coughed lightly in embarrassment.

"At least he built something like that, and I admit he did have some talent.

"However, I think Your Highness should also keep a good distance from others. After all, His Excellency Nolan is also the age of blood and strength, and if he gets too close, I am afraid that he will have unnecessary misunderstandings. ”

"What does that mean?" Rosalia frowned, and her tone immediately became cold.

"You know, I hate being told to do things."

Reinhardt didn't expect her to suddenly get angry, and hurriedly coaxed: "You misunderstood, how could I mean this, it's me who was careless in my wording, I apologize." ”

Hearing this, Rosaria's face softened slightly, and then she said: "Nolen's talent can be used by the empire, and it is my mission to befriend him, don't think about it."

"Besides, I'm not just like that, am I?

"For example, Joshua and Titans in the past...... I treat everyone the same, right? ”

That's it! Reinhardt thought to himself.

Just recently, he had heard some rumors circulating in the imperial capital circles-

said that Rosalia had an affair with many noble children and something like that.

Although Rosalia did meet these noble children alone, he believed that she had not done anything out of the ordinary.

She's just helping her father negotiate and win over power.

The reason why she trusted her so much was because she had personally told him that she liked him.

Even her first kiss, date, and so on, were given to him.

It was for this reason that he was so desperate for Rosaria.

And after graduation, she gave up the olive branch thrown by other forces and became her personal knight without hesitation.

Until now, he is also thinking about marrying her, waiting for the day when he will really have the status of husband.

I thought that after breaking through to become an eighth-order transcendent, my dream would come true immediately.

But the marriage has been delayed again and again, and now every day it is delayed makes him more and more uneasy.

"Reinhardt?"

Noticing that his mood was getting low, Rosalia thought for a moment and rested her head gently on his shoulder.

"You understand me, don't you?"

She whispered in his ear, "It's only when I'm around you that I really feel at ease." ”

"Me too." Reinhardt took her hand and made a mental decision at the same time.

After returning to the imperial capital after this mission, he wanted to propose the marriage to His Majesty in person.

……

Tonight in Linfeng City, many people stay up all night.

Some people are because they are working overnight, while others are trapped by their hearts.

But in any case, the early morning sun still rises.

Just before the appointed time, Rosaria and Reinhardt arrived outside the city, where the Crow's Nest was docked.

The members of the Sky Regiment on the deck came and went, and everyone was making final preparations for the departure.

"Rosaria-senpai!"

As soon as she stepped out of the carriage, Evelyn beckoned to her, "Get on board, Nolan, they're waiting for you!" ”

"Here we are." Rosalia boarded the Crow's Nest with a few attendants, "Let's go first and wait for our good news." ”

"Your Highness, you're here."

On deck, Nolan walked over, "So the people are here...... By the way, what about your personal riders? ”

He remembered that among Rosaria's attendants was a personal knight named Reinhardt, but for some reason he was not by Rosaria's side.

And at this moment, as if in response to his doubts, a loud eagle whistle was heard in the air.

A griffon descended from the sky and landed on the deck under the astonished gaze of the crowd.

Reinhardt, dressed in heavily armed knight armor, jumped off the griffin.

"Lord Nolan."

He nodded at Noren, "In the next battle, I will support you with your offensive." ”

"I got it."

Nolan smiled, then commanded, "Withdraw the gangplank, open the sail wings, start the engines, and everyone is ready to go." ”

"Crow's Nest, set sail!"

(End of chapter)