Mage? Spell Engineer!.

Chapter 519 Towards the Sky

The battle between the two armies happened a few days earlier than the Senate expected, so it coincided with the launch date. The wizard who sought Kano's opinion did not expect the chief to be so anxious: "The airspace has not been cleared of 'debris' yet."

"It doesn't matter. If something unexpected happens, I will take action." Kano stood up and stretched his body. It was already dawn, and he stepped into the elevator of the Starlight Torch Tower and reached the top of the tower.

The original observatory has been transformed into a command center and a main ground monitoring station.

Sporadic fighting was still going on on the battlefield near Valuana. Most of the airships had been damaged and had withdrawn from the battle, but the airspace was still not peaceful.

Not only would the Empire's airships drop bombs on the rear of the National Guard, they could also threaten the Republic's capital.

Therefore, the airships temporarily requisitioned from the central port area had a very clear goal, and only one - to prevent the Empire's airships from crossing the Lane River defense line and prevent them from casting their shadow over the people of Valuana.

Although the Imperial commander had decided to withdraw from the battle, the airships had not received the order to retreat. All the pilot teams were anxiously waiting for new orders, but the answer they received was always that they had to cover the Imperial forces' assembly and retreat.

After all, this is a battle for air supremacy. Once the airspace is given to the enemy, the air force of the National Guard can in turn drop deadly bombs on the Imperial Army.

"Damn it, they really don't treat us as human beings." The pilots of the airship used to cruise at high altitudes from a high position, which gave them the illusion that their comrades and enemies fighting desperately on the ground were just ants that posed no threat to them.

Today, however, there are some fearless guys who are willing to risk the entire airship to drop a large bomb on themselves, causing the pilots of the Imperial airship to panic.

The Empire was very scared, and the Valois in the sky were also very uneasy. There were many dwarves inside who were requisitioned along with the civilian airships, and the most effective killing method of the old-style airships was to explode at close range.

Just when both sides were eager to retreat but were forced to remain in a stalemate for various reasons, the unusual movement from the west of Valuana City, on the other side of the battlefield, broke the deadlock.

"Hey, what's that?"

"New situation, alert!"

The sudden phenomenon caused everyone to suspend their attacks. They began to cautiously stay away from unknown situations, and it also gave both sides an opportunity to stop their attacks at the same time.

What people on the battlefield saw was a brilliant light that cut through the sky from bottom to top, and was particularly dazzling in the unclear morning of late autumn.

The object that took off was naturally a starship.

On the surface of the ship, the magic circuits of the protective array were working. But the main light seen by the people on the battlefield and in Valois was the pale blue tail flame of the engine at the bottom of the starship.

According to Rorschach's advice, the ship was made as symmetrical as possible, like an overcut cigar standing upright, and the most important power system was designed by the Thunder Tower.

The fuel tanks were loaded with processed, inactive transmutation dust. The primary issue facing the mages was how to convert the energy contained in these substances into sufficient thrust.

At first, they thought of the explosive fireball technique. The continuous explosion of fireballs can provide pulsed reverse thrust, but researchers soon discovered that the process of fireball deflagration is relatively uncontrollable and has a low upper limit.

The alchemist proposed that the light phlogiston produced by the dwarves is an excellent fuel gas before separation, and they need to pressurize the fuel gas to increase thrust. Of course, the starship fuel will not carry a heavy tank of water, but a full tank of passivated transmutation dust crystals, which will be divided into two parts: one is converted into water, and the other is to provide driving force for other magic solidified into magic circles.

Now people can be sure that the simplest [Water Creation] is essentially a summon from the water element. However, whether the starship is moving at high speed or entering the transmutation dust layer flow, it will have a serious impact on spells involving teleportation.

The special water-making method that Rorschach had taught and shared with the Starry Tower wizards in the secondary plane worked.

In the starship's engine, about one-third of the transmutation dust fuel is converted into water, which is first injected into the electrolysis chamber and subjected to the baptism of the six-ring spell [Chain Lightning]. These high-voltage arcs efficiently convert water into hydrogen and oxygen at an extremely fast speed. Due to the limited volume during the expansion process, pressurization has already been completed.

However, this is not enough. The mixed hydrogen and oxygen combustion gas will be collected in a pressure chamber made of fine steel before entering the combustion chamber. The second six-ring spell [Compression Orb] will take effect, raising these burners to extremely high pressure before ignition.

Then they burst out, rushing into the combustion chamber and finally releasing heat and kinetic energy.

Originally, [Compression Sphere] was a killing magic that created compressed space, causing the target to be squeezed and destroyed or suffocating living things, but here it became the core magic circle of the engine, replacing the role of the turbine in Rorschach's previous life's rocket engine.

The hydrogen and oxygen combustion gas, which was originally a perfect ratio, undergoes this series of transformations and finally returns to the form of water in the combustion chamber.

The generated water is more like an intermediary substance. It uses the process of electrolysis and then pressurized ignition to convert the energy released by other transmutation dust into thrust. Its energy density and propulsion effect are far better than rockets fueled by liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen.

Of the remaining two-thirds of the transmutation dust, 70% was successfully converted, and the remaining 30% was needed to maintain the protection spell and release high-frequency [repair spells] for all the engine cavities.

Of course, the wizard has not yet developed complex and systematic aerospace technology. The main feature of the prototype starship is its powerful flying ability. This engine, which consists of three major parts: a conversion electrolysis chamber, a pressurization chamber and a combustion nozzle, is designed to produce the greatest possible force.

At the same time, the transmutation dust collector array was also cooperating with the starship to open a "storm eye" for it. Compared to the flight cabin when Kano went to space alone, the starship was more than a hundred times larger, and the array at this moment was more than a hundred times larger.

The refinery behind the Empire's "Wall of Sighs", Byrne's collector group, and all collectors in Valois all received notifications to adjust the target of the magic circle. Some engineers did not know the real intention, but some already understood it and looked up at the sky after the adjustment.

Unfortunately, it is no longer night and the stars cannot be seen twinkling, but the sky has still changed. It seems that the drastic changes in the transmutation dust layer flow have distorted the refraction of sunlight, and a brighter spot of light has suddenly appeared.

The starship continued to rise in the light until its pale blue tail flame merged with the sky and the spots of light. Together with its passengers, the fearless pioneers among the mages, it crossed the atmosphere of the Prime Material Plane and arrived above the sky.

Under the sky, there are soldiers fighting for life and death for their respective countries, as well as ground station staff from all directions.

This was a project involving the entire Magic Guild. In addition to the mages from Valuvana, there were naturally spellcasters from other magic towers who came to collaborate. In fact, since most of the people from the Tower of Stars were on the battlefield, there were many unfamiliar faces in Kano's eyes at the ground station.

In addition to the mages, there are also young people from Byrne who are seconded from various universities and engineering colleges. They are also an important part of the Rorschach support project. Even if they do not have the ability to cast spells, they have basic reading, writing, arithmetic and engineering skills and can take on many trivial matters.

For these students, this is also an unforgettable "internship experience".

Of course, sending it into the sky is only the first step. The next step, crossing the transmutation dust layer flow, is the most dangerous test. Both the passengers in the starship and the participants on the ground who are watching them in real time, can only maintain the greatest confidence and patience and wait silently.

(End of this chapter)