Chapter 204: Cooperative Exploration
If you talk about combat power, no matter how big the flying battleship is, it can't compare to the Saint-rank powerhouse.
However, even if it was the three major empires of the human race, how many Holy Orders could there be, one more or one less, it would be enough to have a huge impact. But flying warships are different, as long as there is money, there are no gravity fragments, you can build as much as you want. Good force output and strong air mobility make the flying battleship have a pivotal position.
Until then, the main limit on the number of flying ships was gravity-free debris.
The larger the ship, the larger the gravity-free fragments required. There are many small ordinary fragments, but they are very rare if they are large enough. It is for this reason that the fleets of flying ships of the three empires have always been fixed. But if Sky City can produce large pieces of gravityless fragments, it will be of too great significance to the Lanwu Empire.
Although the Empire has not yet proved whether this news is true or not, they don't mind coming over to make sure.
"So, what is the Mage Guild going to do?"
Lu Chengfeng became a little curious, after all, as an independent super force, with a Saint-level powerhouse in charge, the Mage Guild was not afraid of imperial suppression. Moreover, the Mage Guild has always regarded Sky City as its own place. For the Lan Wu Empire's sideways intervention, they would definitely not be happy.
Liu Yuhan smiled and said, "I heard that it was the Mage Guild that also sent a group of people to 'protect' the team sent by the imperial family. The reason is that after the magic change, the castle in the sky has become very dangerous. ”
Protection?
Lu Chengfeng also smiled, this is called protection, but it is actually the whole process of supervision. Moreover, he thought deeper than Liu Yuhan. That is, if the Mage Guild wants to capture the past, it is likely to be a pretense and prepare to use the people of the imperial royal family as cannon fodder to explore the way.
The reason is very simple, above the hundred floors of Sky City, it has always been a mysterious existence before. Although the passage may be opened now, there are many more monsters in the lower level. It can be seen that it must be very dangerous above the 100 floors. Leaving the Mage Guild's own hands to explore, there will definitely be a lot of sacrifices. Now that the Lanwu Empire's royal family has jumped out on its own, the high-level leaders of the Mage Guild may still be secretly happy in their hearts.
Of course, even if they are happy that someone has helped them with the thunder, they have to show a very unhappy expression on their faces. In this way, not only can they extort a sum of money from the empire, but in case of any loss, they can also fight back: you have to force it in, and it has nothing to do with us if something happens!
As the former prince of the Tianfeng Empire, Lu Chengfeng was too familiar with these little tricks.
"This time, my sister and I were on the team. Riding the wind, I don't know if you are interested in the high-level of Sky City? If so, we can take you along. Liu Yuhan casually sent an invitation to Lu Chengfeng, but his cheeks were slightly red.
"Oh?" Lu Chengfeng glanced at her and thought for a while, "How many people are there in total?"
Liu Yuhan obviously had already understood, and said directly when he heard this: "On the side of the Mage Guild, there is still an eighth-order mage leading the team, and the entire number is about twenty. There are hundreds of warbands sent by the Empire, but the guild side won't allow them to enter that much. I guess there will be only a few dozen or so in the end. But don't worry, the empire is also leading an eighth-order martial artist. With two eighth-order masters, plus dozens of elites, safety is definitely not a problem. ”
To be honest, because he had already been to Sky City before, Lu Chengfeng was not so curious about it anymore. It's just that he keenly felt Liu Yuhan's expectations. Since the other party kindly extended the invitation, he did not intend to refuse. He had planned to go out for a trip after his strength reached the sixth order, but now it was considered to be in advance.
Seeing Lu Chengfeng nodding in agreement, a trace of joy flashed in the eyes of the Liu family sisters. It's boring to just go with the two of them. If there is Lu Chengfeng with him, it will be completely different.
The people sent by the imperial family came faster than expected.
In the afternoon, a warband of several hundred men arrived on the West Coast and refused the invitation to set up a banquet. After a night of discussion, the next morning, they sent a five-member investigation team. Leading the team was an eighth-order sword soul called Lan Fengyue. From the surname, it can be seen that this should be a royal disciple. In addition to the five people he led, there was also a convoy of twenty people.
These elite guards, whose strength is around the sixth order, are uniformly wearing black iron armor. It looks majestic and powerful. Whoever pulls it out and puts it in the sword mercenary group is a top player.
For the purpose of supervising and exploring together, the Mage's Guild also sent a team of close to twenty people.
When Lu Chengfeng and the three sisters of the Liu family arrived outside the Sky City together, they found that most of the others had already arrived. Seeing the two little princesses representing the Liu family, these mages politely came over to say hello. Even the eighth-order powerhouse named Lan Fengyue took the initiative to come over and express the empire's greetings to the Liu family - it doesn't matter if it's sincere or not, anyway, on the surface, he is very sincere.
Perhaps because it had been discussed last night, the Saint-Rank Master of the Mage Guild did not come forward today, and only sent a ninth-order mage to the town.
Probably already knowing the truth behind the "cooperation", the mages did not have a good impression of the royal warriors who came from afar. Although they will fight side by side, the two sides are divided into two distinct circles. Mages from the Mage's Guild got together and discussed something with each other. The people of the empire and the twenty guards stood dozens of meters away. What's even more interesting is that the top brass on both sides have also turned a blind eye to this.
This shows the disagreement between the local forces on the west coast and the royal family of the Lanwu Empire.
After briefly announcing the news of the cooperative exploration, the old mage with white hair and beard designated the eighth-order mage who led the team this time.
To Lu Chengfeng's surprise, it was none other than Sean!
If it was an accident, it would have been too much of a coincidence. Lu Chengfeng suspected that Sean should have taken the initiative to apply. After all, he couldn't lead the team to save people before, which made Sean's own face suffer greatly. He probably wanted to re-prove his strength through this time, and rebuild his prestige by the way. As for whether there are other purposes in it, such as learning that I am also involved and looking for an opportunity to make a stumbling block, it is unknown.
After a few simple words on behalf of the Mage Guild, Sean shook Lan Fengyue's hand vigorously with a hypocritical smile on his face. Although he knew that everyone was acting, the smile and smugness on Sean's face still made Lu Chengfeng a little unhappy.
Hmph, if he's honest this time, that's it. If you dare to take the opportunity to trouble yourself......
Although Lu Chengfeng had not yet stepped into the sixth order, he held the Flame Bead in his hand and was not afraid of him. It's nothing more than that there are only two chances left for the Flame Orb, and if it is not necessary, he is not willing to use it easily.
Anyway, surrounded by the sisters of the Liu family, Lu Chengfeng followed the team of the Mage Guild and strode into the enchantment that surrounded Sky City. Then he heard a series of exclamations and inhalations.
Including Lan Fengyue, more than twenty guards from Kaiyang were all shocked and stunned.
The huge building that spans the heavens and the earth, thousands of meters long and wide, stirs up wind and clouds in the middle, and no matter what external force can destroy. Such an existence, even Lu Chengfeng held his breath when he saw it for the first time, let alone Lan Fengyue and them? Even if they had been mentally prepared before, they had thought about it in private, but seeing this kind of majesty that was beyond the reach of human beings still made them suffer a subversive impact. It took a long time for the black-armored guards to recover from their distractions.
In contrast, the mages who had seen it many times were much calmer. They who were in charge of maintaining the magic array were no longer surprised by this scene. Not only did he not show any abnormality, but he also took the opportunity to laugh quietly, and from time to time words such as "dirt buns" and "I have never seen the world" floated out.
The voice was not loud or small, just enough for the black-armored guards and Lan Fengyue to hear.
If it was normal times, these royal elites from the imperial capital would have a bigger temper than the sky, and they would definitely not be so easy to speak. But now, they hadn't recovered from the shock of Sky City, so they didn't pay attention to the mages' words, but let them waste their words in vain.
"Come in. ”
Sean, who led the team, coughed dryly, pushed open the gate of Sky City with his magic power, and was the first to walk in. Before turning around, his eyes swept around everyone, and finally fell on Lu Chengfeng intentionally or unintentionally.
That fleeting peep made Lu Chengfeng snort coldly in his heart.
Because the bottom floors were fairly safe, both teams didn't make too many stops and started climbing quickly. The shock and freshness of Lan Fengyue and the black-armored guards also became boring with the monotonous running, turning, and climbing in the Heavenly City. Since they had never encountered a monster, these unruly black-armored guards even had some doubts about whether the city in the sky was simply an empty city.
"There's nothing at all!"
As I walked past a double-tiered fountain sculpture, a black-armored guard muttered at the sound of rushing water.
Sean, who has been here once and was still disgraced, knows the situation here best. After continuing to walk up two floors, almost to the place where the dragonmen were about to haunt, he stopped and reminded: "After the previous magic mutation, the current Sky City is very dangerous, remember not to measure it by the previous impression. Be prepared and beware of being attacked. ”
His words were mainly addressed to fellow mages. The disaster of the past few days was extremely widespread, but all mages whose strength had reached a certain level basically knew it. However, the black-armored guards who came from afar did not know. The comfort of more than ten layers before made them instinctively feel that Sean's words were a bit exaggerated, so they inevitably sneered and despised them. Sean also knew this, but he didn't say a word - it won't be long before these imperial doglegs will know how powerful.