Chapter 211 – One Flight!?
“To think that something this big can fly…”
Mette said as she looked at Fendel in the distance from the deck.
We were currently on the airship.
During the month that the Demon King’s army did not attack, we had been building a giant airship with double decks, three masts, and four wings.
The lower deck had a storage area and cabins that could accommodate up to a hundred people. It was big enough to go on a month-long sea voyage.
And yet, it was flying in the sky… Even I was too amazed for words.
“It really does fly… That’s the dwarves for you.”
“What are you talking about! Where it was the ship hull or the wings, it was all made by Joshua. So it’s no wonder that it can fly!”
Ymir said while steering the rudder.
“It’s not as simple as that. If it’s just making parts, I can do that. But how they function… In the first place, we needed people like Asuha and the Nowa tribe who could use wind magic.”
As for the actual construction and outfitting of the ship, the strength of the golems and Kijin was important. When it came to work in high places, the Tengu did everything, and the other tribes helped as well.
Iria then said,
“That wind-making tool that we saw in the royal capital. I think that might be useful.”
“The magic tool, eh? I also tested it with purple iron and magic stones, but…”
The magic energy in purple iron was not enough to make wind that could lift a ship.
Melk then asked,
“Couldn’t we gather more magic energy?”
“It depends on the materials, but it won’t match the amount of magic energy that Asuha and Melk can gather… As for the magic tool, techniques are more advanced in the Demon King’s territories, so there is plenty of room for improvement, I think.”
Perhaps we could learn the magic tool techniques from them…
However, Melk answered.
“If Melk and the others are enough, then it is fine. Humans and monsters would use this for mischief.”
“Ms. Melk. That is a rude thing to say in front of Sir Joshua.”
Said Asuha. However, it was true that if humans and monsters could make ships like this easily, it would affect the way that wars were fought.
“For now, this should be something that only we can ride…”
I said, and then Iria seemed to realize something as she asked,
“By the way…should we really be going to the royal capital on this ship?”
“The nobles of the city will be afraid. So we should disembark in the nearby forest first. And uh, when we approach any roads or settlements, we can cast Hide on it.”
While this airship could also be an ordinary ship, we couldn’t enter the city’s docks when it had propellers and wings.
The airship was just our secret…though, there was also Solm, who was looking down from the deck with an amazed expression.
“Si-sir Joshua. This is… Ah, we just passed Varthburg!?”
It hadn’t been ten minutes since we left Fendel.
Well, Solm was probably more shocked that such a huge ship was able to float.
I had never seen Solm so surprised before. Well, most people would react in the same way.
“Didn’t I tell you? You can afford to leave Varthburg for a few days… Well, at this rate, we’ll probably arrive tomorrow.”
Previously, we had gone by land, and it took us a whole month…
But if you go by air, there was no need to navigate around the terrain, and so you could go straight. Besides, the airship itself was faster than a horse.
Solm muttered as sweat poured from his forehead.
“I heard your conversation earlier. And I agree that this should be kept a secret… Of course, I will also not tell anyone. But Ylis…”
“She will wonder how we arrived so quickly… Well, I do intend on being truthful with her.”
“Ylis will keep your secret. Besides, she will surely listen to any of your concerns, Joshua.”
“Yes, I think that Ylis must have been worried as well. And that is why she contacted us.”
Solm nodded in agreement.
Perhaps I was paranoid… But surely there was some kind of reason that the emperor suddenly wanted to send soldiers to the south.
It depended on the situation, but…with this airship, we could probably reach the imperial capital in a few days. So it might be good to go there directly.
“In any case, we should speak with Ylis.”
And so we continued on our way to the royal capital by airship.
The next chapter button is broken. At this time, there is up to 216, however the next chapter button on this chapter just goes to the top of this chapter. I had to Google search for 212 because the table of contents only had until 184.