my armed maid

Chapter 168 Chapter 165: The Crow's Nest sets sail

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

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

"Master." Yuna, dressed in maid uniform, came to Nolen's side and bowed slightly.

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

In front of outsiders, she would not call Nolen by his first name, and she was completely an elegant maid.

"Let's take off." Nolen nodded, "Notify the bridge and conduct actual combat exercises as planned."

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

Team Julius is currently in charge of controlling the Crow's Nest from the bridge.

"Yes." Yuna did not move, but initiated communication to the bridge through the mind transmission device on her chest.

At this moment, accompanied by a burst of neat and rapid footsteps, a Sky Team team headed by Liz walked over.

Nolen narrowed his eyes and roughly measured the distance.

Nolen replied, "After all, we are controlling such a complex warship for combat. If we don't practice it in advance, mistakes will inevitably occur in actual combat.

I saw a dozen targets in the shooting range with a radius of 800 meters below. Nolen took out the black raven mask from his black robe and put it on, and said to Liz:
"Fire the first salvo of naval guns."

"Great!" Rosalia's face showed a flush of excitement and she shouted in the face of the howling wind.

"Guests, please hold on to the handrails." Nolen smiled, "Will the battleship shake a little when it takes off?"

Wearing Sky Knight equipment and Gray Raven masks, they came to the gun area on the side of the ship to get ready.

"The cruising altitude is five hundred meters, and the straight-line distance to the upward target...is about one kilometer."

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

This distance is quite far, at least the empire's current effective range of mainstream long-range weapons such as crossbows and knight bows is not that long.

Just imagine the scene of dozens of large warships passing by in the sky. Such a scene must be spectacular!

The dozens of cyan formations on the bottom of the ship shone brightly, and the huge aerial battleship Crow's Nest flew into the sky riding the storm!
"Sure enough, it's flying..."

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

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

"What are you planning to do?" Reinhard frowned.

Nolen smiled and said nothing. This girl's daydream was quite beautiful.

She stuck her head out and looked down. At this time, below the Crow's Nest, the figures and cities on the ground were getting smaller and smaller.

Taking you on a spaceship ≠ helping you build a spaceship.

In the mind sharing channel, Liz repeated Nolen's order, and the six people in the team each controlled the naval gun and began to aim at the upward target below.

After receiving the communication, following the control from the command room, the three pairs of sails retracted on the mast of the ship unfolded in response.

He had received training from the best knights in the empire and had visited the most elite combat troops in the imperial capital.

"Fire the first salvo of naval guns."

But the performance of the new alchemical weapons is different. Yuna can even use them to hit targets two kilometers away.

And at the next moment, the onlookers at the scene were screaming.

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

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

Whether it's the nearly 100-meter large battleship under your feet or the "buzzing" magical resonance heard in your ears, the shock these audio-visual experiences bring to the passengers is not comparable to riding a flying monster.

"As I said just now, our regiment's actual combat exercises are currently underway."

"How is it, Your Highness?"

Even if it doesn't have much actual combat value, just for the sake of "supporting appearance", the empire has enough reasons to introduce aerial battleships!

"At the same time, I will also conduct an evaluation based on the data from this exercise to grasp the true combat effectiveness of the Crow's Nest in actual combat situations."

"Your Highness!" Reinhard followed suit and held Rosalia's hand while holding on to the armrest.

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

"Ok?"

"Wow--"

Evelin and Ryan had watched the Crow's Nest test flight last night, so they were well prepared and grabbed the handrail on the side.

It's just a demonstration of Linfeng City's alchemy technology. Who said it would help the empire produce a fleet?

Nolen smiled and said, "How does it feel to not rely on extraordinary creatures, but rely entirely on humans to build large alchemy machines to fly into the sky?"

Six live-fire cannons "Crow Feather" and six beam cannons "Blitz" were placed crosswise on the left and right sides of the Crow's Nest, exactly six on each side.

Before Rosalia could react, she felt a gradually obvious tremor coming from the soles of her feet.

"Om-"

In comparison, even if the members of the Sky Team are not as strong as Yuna, at least after a month of special training, the target is still stable one kilometer away, right?
Rather, if you want to carry out fire strikes from the air, this shooting accuracy is a must.

At this moment, the three "Crow Feathers" and three "Blitzes" on the side began bombarding at the same time.

Because the second-level magic circle "Acceleration" deploys faster than the sixth-level magic circle "Destruction Beam", the first to fire were the three live ammunition cannons "Crow Feather".

And half a second after the actual ejection from the chamber, "Blitz" finally completed charging.

The dazzling beam of light followed, shooting straight towards the target one kilometer away.

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

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

One had a fast exit speed, the other had a fast firing speed. The next moment, the live ammunition cannon and the beam cannon hit the overhead target almost at the same time.

Everyone on the Crow's Nest looked up and saw dust suddenly flying in the shooting range. After a few seconds, there was a rumbling sound.

After the dust cleared, Nolen confirmed the results of the previous salvo through the telescope:

"Six overhead targets were destroyed, and the hit rate was 100%.

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

"Yes." After receiving the instruction, Julius ordered the Crow's Nest to turn around.

On the other side of the ship, Bryant's team had controlled the ship's cannon and was ready to fire.

"boom!"

"Soon-"

Soon after, the salvo of naval guns rang out again.

Like the Leeds team, the Bryant team also achieved a 100% hit rate from this distance.

After all, all members of the Sky Group are selected combat elites, so this result should be said to be natural.

Later, various data such as the Crow's Nest's turning radius, cruising altitude and speed were tested, and Nolen ordered the Crow's Nest to return. After explaining various matters to the Sky Team, he turned his head, nodded to Rosalia and said:
"I'm sorry, because the schedule was very tight, so I combined the test flight with the actual combat exercise, which kept Your Highness waiting."

"Where." Rosalia was not impatient at all, and smiled gently, "I still have some unfinished ideas."

Originally, yesterday she was still a little resentful about Nolen's "incomprehensible style", but now her resentment has completely disappeared.

Because Nolen gave her a big enough surprise.

Judging from this test alone, the Crow's Nest is not only capable of manned flight, but the firepower it carries is also terrifying. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a mobile firepower fortress.

With her eyes, she can naturally see the power of this large alchemical weapon. It may play a greater role on the battlefield than the average eighth-level transcendent.

This is enough to prove the value of Nolen. It is difficult to imagine that this mobile fortress was designed by him alone.

Perhaps this is why he is known as the legendary alchemist.

And you know, he is still only eighteen years old.

Noren Vishes... He may have greater terrifying potential than all geniuses of his generation!
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at Nolen with a gentler look.

"We will officially set off tomorrow. Your Highness will be very happy then."

Nolen smiled and said, "Today's itinerary ends here. I still need to make preparations for departure. Your Highness, please go and rest early."

"Well, I'm looking forward to your performance tomorrow."

Rosalia smiled brightly at him and took Reinhard on the return carriage.

As the carriage drove into the city, she looked out the window at the huge Crow's Nest, and couldn't help but sigh:
"I didn't expect Linfeng City to be able to create such a powerful alchemy weapon. He is more talented than I thought."

Beside him, Reinhard couldn't help but feel sour in his heart when he heard her unabashed compliments, but he was unable to refute and reluctantly answered:

“The Crow’s Nest, majestic as it is, has obvious weaknesses in my opinion.

“Its target is so big that it’s hard not to be noticeable in the air.

“Once it attracts the attention of a high-level transcendent, there is a risk of falling as long as you focus the fire a little.

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

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

"No..." Reinhardt coughed slightly in embarrassment after being poked into the center of things.

"At least to build such a great thing, I admit that he does have some talent.

"However, I think His Highness should also control the distance between him and others. After all, Mr. Nolen is still in his prime of life. If he gets too close, I'm afraid he will have unnecessary misunderstandings."

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

"You know, I hate having people teach me things."

Reinhard did not expect that she would suddenly become angry, and quickly coaxed: "You misunderstood, how could I mean this, I was not careful in my wording, I apologize."

After hearing this, Rosalia's expression softened a little, and then she said: "Nolen's talent can be used by the empire, and it is my mission to make friends with him, so don't think too much about it.

"Besides, I'm not just like this to him, right?

"For example, Joshua and Titans before... I treat everyone equally, right?"

That’s why it doesn’t work! Reinhard thought to himself.

Just recently, he has heard some rumors circulating in the imperial capital circle——

It was said that Rosalia had affairs with many noble children.

Although Rosalia did meet these noble children alone, he believed that she had not done anything extraordinary.

She was just helping her father negotiate and win over power.

The reason why he trusts her so much is because she once told him personally that she liked him.

Even her first kiss, first date, etc. were all given to him.

It was for this reason that he was devoted to Rosalia.

After graduation, he gave up the olive branches offered by other forces and became her personal knight without hesitation.

Until now, he had been thinking about marrying her, waiting for the day when he would truly have the title of husband.

I thought that my dream would come true soon after I broke through and became an eighth-level transcendent.

But the marriage was postponed again and again, and every day of delay made him more and more uneasy.

"Reinhardt?"

Sensing that his mood had become depressed, Rosalia thought for a while and gently leaned her head on his shoulder.

"You can understand me, right?"

She whispered in his ear, "Only by your side can I truly feel at ease."

"Me too." Reinhard held her hand and made a decision in his mind.

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

……

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

Some people do it because they work all night, while others are trapped by their worries.

But no matter what, the morning sun still rises.

Before the appointed time, Rosalia and Reinhardt arrived outside the city, where the Crow's Nest was docked.

Members of the sky group came and went on the deck, and everyone was making final preparations for departure.

"Rosalia-senpai!"

When she got off the carriage, Evelin waved to her, "Get on the boat, Nolen and the others are waiting for you!"

"Here we come." Rosalia boarded the Crow's Nest with several accompanying attendants. "Let's take a step forward and wait for our good news."

"Your Highness, you are here."

On the deck, Nolen walked over, "Now everyone is here... By the way, where is your personal knight?"

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

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

A griffin fell from the sky and landed on the deck under the surprised eyes of everyone.

Reinhard, wearing a fully armored knight's armor, jumped off the gryphon.

"Sir Nolen."

He nodded towards Nolen, "In the next battle, I will cooperate with your offensive to provide support."

"I understand."

Nolen smiled, and then ordered, "Withdraw the gangplank, open the sails, start the engine, and everyone is ready to go."

"Crow's Nest, set sail!"

(End of this chapter)