Thorn Town, Kingdom of Dawn.
This desolate town at the foot of the Cage Mountain had now become a bustling place.
Apart from being the "outpost" of the Cage Mountain command center, it was also the location of the frontline training camp of the Air Knight Academy.
To meet the huge expenses of the Air Knight Academy, the engineering team built several wide hardened cement roads that connected to the north-south artery and reached the northernmost port of the Kingdom of Dawn. The large amount of resources naturally attracted the attention of the merchants in the Kingdom of Dawn. After losing the trade routes between the Kingdom of Wolfheart and the Kingdom of Everwinter, Graycastle became their biggest hope of making profits. It provided services ranging from freight to wine.
With business opportunities came people. In just a year, the size of the town had expanded several times. Taverns and hotels that could only be seen in big cities in the past sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, and they spread around the center of the town in a disorderly manner.
Tilly, who often flew across the sky, felt this change the most.
Before the snow fell, if one looked down from the sky, one could clearly see the outline and composition of the town. The dullest color was the houses of the aborigines. After decades of exposure to the wind and sun, the tiles on the roofs were mottled with dark brown and turquoise. There were not many of them, and they still maintained the original appearance of Thorn Town. However, the colors on the periphery suddenly changed.
Some of the new houses were built of wood, some of them were built of stone, and some of them were even built of cement. Apparently, after Graycastle spread the calcination technology to the Kingdom of Dawn, some nobles and merchants had begun to try to use this new building material.
The snowfall brought by the Months of Demons had weakened the difference between the old and new areas, but people could still recognize the general changes in the town from the messy layout of the latter.
This was probably how Border Town had evolved step by step.
After sending off Vanilla and Broken Sword, Tilly once again threw herself into her daily training. Based on her suggestions, there were already more than forty Skyfire Type IIs that had been improved. In addition to the twenty old Type I's, the Aerial Knights had already become a force to be reckoned with in the army.
In fact, the success of the First Army's counterattack was inseparable from the biplanes' air cover. Compared to the anti-aircraft machine guns, the 'Fire of Heaven' posed a much greater threat to the Devilbeasts, and without any effective means of penetration, the artillerymen could safely use their range advantage to bombard the demon's outpost and retreat before the enemy could surround them. As long as the Senior Demons did not appear, it would be difficult for the enemy to approach the First Army.
Every time a combat mission was carried out, dozens of 'Fires of Heaven' would glide across the runway like an elephant strolling, taking off one after another with the smallest gap between them. The rumbling of the engines could be heard clearly even from a small town away. Such a spectacular scene was hard to describe with words. Even the charge of the Knight couldn't compare. Anyone who witnessed such a scene would have a new understanding of the power of Graycastle.
This scene became a great spectacle in Thorn Town. Many nobles of the Kingdom of Dawn came to verify the legend of the Sky Knight. Gradually, even on normal training days, the roofs of the buildings around the landing area would be filled with people, excitedly watching the flying figures of the giant steel birds.
Tilly also found out that the seats with a wide field of vision were charged.
Of course, the development of the Sky Knight Academy was not without obstacles. At least, compared to the production of the 'Fire of Heaven', the problem of the slow increase in the number of pilots had gradually become apparent.
After all, the recruitment threshold was there. Not only did it require a certain level of cultural foundation, but it also required a body that could adapt to flying. Only after meeting these requirements could they enter the next stage of training. As for how long it took for them to participate in actual combat, it all depended on their talent. Tilly had met a few students who performed well during training but would panic once they were in the air. In the end, they could only join the logistics team to do their part.
If not for the fact that the 'Fire of Heaven II' was changed from a two-seater to a single-seater, temporarily alleviating the problem of the shortage of pilots, the Sky Knight Regiment would have been faced with the predicament of having a plane but no pilots.
Other than continuing to expand the scope of recruitment and increasing the number of preparatory students, she did not have any better ideas.
Fortunately, her brother also valued the Sky Knight Regiment very much, and more importantly, he almost never rejected her suggestions. This problem should be able to be improved by the time the next batch of preparatory students arrived in Thorn Town.
The intensive test flights and landings would only come to an end at noon.
As an Extraordinary, Tilly did not need to recover her energy through a lunch break. During this period of time when she was temporarily relieved of her duties as an instructor, she would often choose to fly alone for a while. This was to verify some of the new ideas that came to her mind during the training, and also to enjoy the process of flying.
But this time, she noticed something strange in the warehouse area of the landing area.
Regardless of whether it was the students or the ground crew, they did not immediately disperse. Instead, they gathered around the warehouse, as if attracted by something.
Soon, a guard reported the situation to her.
"Your Highness, Neverwinter seems to have sent a new batch of supplies. They need you to check and confirm it."
"New supplies?" Tilly raised her eyebrows. She did not remember such an arrangement in today's schedule. But the two places were thousands of miles apart, so it was not strange for Neverwinter to make last-minute adjustments.
When they reached the warehouse area, everyone made way for them. But before she could see the goods, she first heard a familiar voice.
"Lady Tilly!"
She saw Molly skipping over and throwing herself into her arms.
Tilly helplessly rubbed the little girl's head, only to realize that the one in charge of unloading the goods was the Magic Servant. The latter swelled up like a blue balloon, carefully "swallowing" the goods on the steam truck before slowly transporting them into the warehouse.
So, is this the reason why everyone stopped here?
No … That's not entirely the case …
When Tilly turned her gaze to the long goods, she suddenly realized that the answer was not so simple.
There were a total of three goods, and from the cold metal material of the boxes, these boxes were clearly the same as the ones used to transport the 'Fire of Heaven', except that the size was much larger and the overall appearance was more slender. Moreover, the two sides of the boxes were painted with bright red cloud patterns, like a pair of opened wings.
Decorating the transport boxes seemed to be a meaningless matter, but it was precisely because of this that it was especially special.
Tilly's heart could not help but skip a beat.
[By the way, do you have any requirements for the color of the body? Since there is no specific requirement, how about red? ]
Roland's words echoed in her ears.
[What's the difference? ]
[Most protagonists who dominate the sky use this color. ]
The ground crew had already skillfully removed the fastening bolts on the first goods box. As the seal was slowly lowered, the crowd gasped in surprise.
A body that had never been seen before appeared in front of everyone.
.。 Vertex m.
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