Haiyuan Calendar, November 1922.
The mainland of the Kingdom of Faletis, Portsmouth Royal Navy Shipyard south of New Haven.
The elite navy, the Royal Dragon Cavalry, the Army Knight Regiment, the Crowmen Army … Many of the kingdom's core armed forces had already completed the tightest blockade.
Whoosh —!
In the temporary large shipyard, the alchemy instrument bloomed with a dazzling golden red light, and whistling heat waves rolled by.
After a giant steel structure was heated and reshaped in the air, it was accurately installed on a giant ship in the middle.
The deck, turrets, barrels, steam turbines, nickel-aluminum-bronze alloy propeller blades … and so on.
There were a total of four people at the core of the instrument.
There was the "Crown Wizard" Menon Watt, who looked a lot younger and looked like a middle-aged man; Elvin, who was the first assistant; Olivia, who was in charge of the [Book of Magic — Jade Record]; and the principal of Princeton, who was in charge of assisting.
All four of them were powerful wizards who were proficient in alchemy, material transformation, and shipbuilding.
And on the steel warship that was being built.
There were also many traces of the [Miracle Crown] and the [Steam Fortress], although this was the version that completely excluded supernatural abilities.
The ship's length and width ratio, the bulbous nose of the ship, the best propeller ratio, the twin turrets …
At the periphery of the instrument.
This was because this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the birth of a [Truth Manifestation]. Other than Queen Levina and the kingdom's guardian, the "Rose Swordsman" Elvidi, who headed the kingdom's higher-ups.
Whether it was Menon Watt or Elvin, there were a lot of people accompanying them, and almost all of them were wizards above Grade 2.
Other than his sister, the "Sea Mother" Milo, and his mother-in-law who were in charge of looking after the house, Sella, Angel, Calvin, Jacob, Kyle, Bach, the otherworldling apprentices Mydora and Milan were all there.
There were also the sisters, Clarissa and Leonara, who had greatly improved their research after obtaining the [Bioenergy Conversion Switch Technology] and the bioengineering knowledge of the Muryans.
The two of them were only a step away from becoming a Grade 3 Great Magus.
From March to November, it had been more than half a year.
Elvin's students had almost monopolized all the Spirituality Overflow in the northern part of the New World, and their strength had improved rapidly.
Elvin had taken over a large territory, planted the "Tree of Repose" to prevent the growth of spirit bodies, sent out werewolves to wipe out the existing strong spirit bodies, and subdued two high-level totem gods, "Mother of Sea" and Lady Crow …
These disciples had also become the biggest beneficiaries of this.
Even though Milan had a full beard and tail, the good deeds she had done in the animal kingdom didn't escape Madam's nose.
As a peak stage 2 [Chaser], Apsuya's ability to discern scents was top-notch. No matter how many times Milan had bathed, she could still easily sniff out the clues.
Just as Elvin and Olivia used their extraordinary senses to "inadvertently" eavesdrop on the conversation, preparing to watch a good show, they seemed to have foreseen it in their minds.
"The Chaser angrily stabs the scumbag 81 times, avoiding the vitals!" "Howling in the middle of the night, is this the distortion of human nature or the fall of morality?" "Shocking! You have a rabbit outside? "
Then, Apsuya waved her leather whip in her high heels and said to Milan in a gentle voice, "Don't worry.
"My dear, do you want to experience the Cat Ear Queen, or the Bear Ear Queen? I can satisfy you and make it unforgettable for the rest of your life, ohohoho … "
Elvin was so shocked that he covered Olivia's ears.
"Bah, you're even better than me!"
But in the end, he managed to survive. That was worth celebrating, worth celebrating.
* Clink, clink, clink … *
With the cooperation of a Crown-ranked wizard and three great wizards who were familiar with the shipbuilding industry, the construction of this new warship that didn't use a single piece of wood and didn't have any supernatural powers was progressing rapidly.
The current kingdom's needs were not the same as when it fought with the Shilius Empire for supremacy on the seas.
Even if the Shilius Empire had the [Royal Alfonso], the [Glorious Glory], and the [Gorse], the three legendary warships.
But it was also completely crushed by the alliance's [Miracle Crown], [Emerald Corona], [Sea Soul], [Theseus], [Gem Creek], [Steam Fortress], and [Wings of Gods and Demons].
Although most of these warships belonged to Elvin and the Duchy of Garriott, Levina had already gotten used to hugging his thigh.
It could be said that the kingdom didn't have much of a difference in terms of legendary warships, but they were still lacking in terms of ruling over the mortals.
Although Faletis and the Tulip Alliance had already begun to build their own great walls on the seas in the world.
But with just over a hundred sail warships, they were far from having the power to decide everything in one fell swoop.
At least the Shilius Empire still had the largest number of warships in the world, the Sack Empire that occupied half of the southern continent, and the Lowland Republic that had the support of many evil gods couldn't be underestimated.
They couldn't just use the "mushroom bombs" of legendary warships when they met small fish and shrimps, right? They had to have conventional weapons at the same level.
So the kingdom and the alliance urgently needed naval power that could match their interests overseas.
And in today's naval battles, conventional sail warships were becoming more and more unable to decide the outcome of a war, they could only be used as backup forces to maintain dominance.
When they built the [Emerald Corona], Elvin did say that he would give Levina a legendary warship, but the premise was that they had to prepare the materials themselves.
But Transcendent materials that could support a legendary warship were too rare. Although it was pure steel, after using large amounts of alchemy to enchant it, it could reach the requirements of a legendary warship's Transcendent transformation.
Just like when the [Legendary Warship, Steam Fortress] was completed with the support of the Faletis Empire and the "Alchemy School".
After weighing things.
Elvin and Watt exchanged opinions, and in the end, Elvin offered her a better choice.
That was something that only a country that had completed the "steam revolution" could do, mass producing "legendary warships" without the [Legendary Warship Skills]!
In order to reap the [World's Favor] of the "steam revolution".
The "Alchemy School" and the "Tree of Life School" generously took out technology that was at least 50 years ahead of the current mortal world, and together they completed the design blueprint of the new warship.
Today was the time to see the results.
Finally.
In the evening.
Under the control of the wizards' brains that were comparable to supercomputers, and under the control of perverted execution.
In less than a day, a mighty and domineering all-steel warship was made by hand and successfully launched into the water.
Splash —!
"Goddess above, this is unbelievable!"
Even though Levina had already seen the blueprint, she was still deeply shocked by the violent aesthetics of the military industry as she looked at the towering giant steel warship on the sea.
[All-Heavy Artillery Battleship, Dreadnought, Armored Cavalry]
[Specifications] Length: 160.6 meters; Width: 25 meters; Length to Width ratio: 6.4: 1.
Draft: 9.4 meters (max load); Displacement at full load: 21840 tons; Speed: 24 knots; Crew: 775.
[Power System] Host: Watt Type Improved Steam Turbine 2 sets with 4 shafts; Main Boiler: 18 coal-fired water boilers.
[Armament] 5 305 mm 45-caliber dual-mount [Rear Rifled Turrets] (one at the front and two at the back, one on each side); 27 76 mm 50-caliber single-mount cannons; 8 main cannons with the highest firepower on the side of the ship, and 6 main cannons for forward firepower in theory.
The 305 mm 45-caliber cannon had a range of up to 17 kilometers!
[Full Body Armor] 279 mm on the side, 76 mm on the deck, 279 mm on the gun base, 279 mm on the front of the turret, 278 mm on the command tower.
In particular, it was worth mentioning that the weapon system provided by the "Alchemy School" was the [Rear Rifled Cannon].
The new airtight structure combined the breech, the powder chamber, and the rifled, and achieved the classic structure of the rear rifled cannon.
The use of the screw breech greatly increased the range, accuracy, and firing speed of the cannon, which finally led to the launch of the new artillery battleship.
[Full Heavy Artillery Battleship — Fearless — Armored Cavalry] could be considered the prototype of the steam battleship, and also the preview of the "Era of Cannons"!
Even Elvin, as the main builder, looked at the battleship that didn't use any supernatural powers, but whose combat power surpassed many "quasi-legendary battleships", and couldn't help but mumble to himself.
"When it appears on the sea, 'justice is only within the range of cannons' will become the law that everyone will follow!"
It could be said that.
Now that the "Era of Cannons" had a series of technical prerequisites, as long as the engineers understood the blueprint, they could completely replicate it with the current technology.
The estimated cost was about 400,000 gold lions, which was equivalent to the cost of ten level 1 sailing battleships.
But unlike the hundred-year oak that couldn't be bought with money, as long as the metallurgy industry could keep up, this type of weapon could be manufactured in batches.
Whether it was pirates or traditional sailing battleships, they could all be swept into the trash heap of history.
* Rumble! *
Soon, with the sharp senses of the wizards, as this epoch-making weapon entered the water, the entire vast spiritual world began to boil.
The phase of the "Steam Industrial Revolution" was completed!
The surging [World's Favor] continued to surge and slowly descended in the direction of the Kingdom of Faletis, as if the entire material world was cheering.
In the eyes of the high-grade Transcendents, they could even see a vast layer of green clouds slowly condensing above their heads.
Especially Memnon Watt, who was the absolute protagonist of the trend, felt it the most. This was the greatest help for him to achieve [Truth Concretion]!
He was so excited that he trembled slightly.
However, at this moment.
* Beep! *
"Where is the flute sound coming from?"
A flute sound suddenly came from the depths of the black sea, and everyone couldn't help but feel as if they were facing a great enemy.
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