Under the cold light, it was a busy scene in full swing.
People wearing uniforms representing the Weiser Empire shuttled through Gnacou, delivering documents and materials to where they should be, adding a contribution to this busy scene.
And in this busy Gnacou, a large development team was busy around a pure white steel giant decorated with golden carvings.
It was a brand-new body redesigned and manufactured with the original Lancelot as the basic blueprint – Lancelot · King's Sword.
This was the first person in charge of the development of the Empire's cutting-edge technology. After Royd took over Aldnoah, the foundation of the Weiser Empire, he deliberately took out the original design of Lancelot and used it as a blueprint to establish the first research project for Aldnoah in the Britannia Empire.
This project began from the moment Ethellam led the remaining people of the Weiser Empire to integrate into the Britannia Empire.
After a period of time that was neither too long nor too short, the project finally bore fruit.
However, before the results matured, the rebellious incident of Mariana caused the project progress to lag.
But as the saying goes, there are gains and losses.
The project's lag did not make this research project fail, but instead, it cleverly ushered in the moment of fruition.
In the passage leading to Gnacou, two figures appeared.
Walking in front was a blonde girl in a pure white gauze dress, the current Empress of the Weiser Empire, Ethellam Weiser Eleusia.
And behind her was the loyal female Knight, Countess Fermian, who had always followed behind Ethellam Weiser Eleusia.
"Your Majesty. Now the King's Sword has completed all the test projects. "
The Countess raised her gaze, looked at the pure white body that was removing many pipes, and said seriously.
"Well. Thank you for your hard work! Although in my opinion, this needs to be more rigorous. But time doesn't allow us to waste anymore. "
Ethellam nodded slightly and gave the affirmation to the Countess and many technical staff behind her.
According to the plan, after Lancelot · King's Sword completed all the tests, there would be a live-fire test in a simulated combat environment.
However, due to Mariana's betrayal and the series of effects of the world's fusion, Lei Mingkai made the decision to rescue Mariana immediately after the Throne of Command discovered a distress signal from the universe — the distress signal from Minerva.
Therefore, the first project on the integration of Aldnoah into the Britannia Empire's scientific research system, Lancelot · King's Sword, became a part of this rescue.
However, although the technical team led by Countess Fermian had enough confidence in the masterpiece they created, they still lacked the confidence to immediately put it into actual combat..
"Your Majesty."
Fermian was about to say something else, but he changed his mind.
"Your Majesty, this may be an opportunity.."
"Opportunity?"
Ethelam turned around and looked at the Countess.
"Yes. An opportunity. "
The Countess clenched her teeth and responded to Ethellam's doubts with an aura of desperation.
Yes.
An opportunity!
The Countess, who followed Ethellam, naturally knew that Ethellam once gave her necklace to Ray Mingkai.
Even if it was most likely because the necklace's holographic projection technology could solve the problem for Ray Mingkai, from the subsequent performance, the Countess, who believed that her vision was not too bad, found out that Ethellam did not always give the necklace for a reason.
Especially in the few meetings with Lacus, the Countess could find that Ethellam's micro-expression was very different when she saw Lacus wearing the necklace she gave to Ray Mingkai.
It was unwillingness and resentment hidden under a friendly and calm appearance.
There was also a bit of unexpected but reasonable jealousy.
"Count Fermian."
Just as Fermian was trying to figure out Ethellam's psychological activities through her expression, the young Queen Wether suddenly stopped the Countess.
"Time's up! Count Fermian, you can go down and arrange the next operation. "
Fermian was taken aback, and then he noticed that Ethellam's gaze seemed to be looking at the other side of Gnacou.
That was the passage leading to the command center of the throne.
"Knight King!!"
Sure enough, the expected figure appeared there.
"Just in time!"
Seeing Ray Mingkai's figure appear there, Fermian smiled knowingly. After bowing to Ethellam, he turned around and commanded the surrounding technical staff to start preparing for the next operation.
Ethellam's eyes flickered slightly. With a light tap of her foot, she flew up with her skirt fluttering in the air.
"Knight King."
Ray Mingkai, who also flew to Lancelot · Sword of the King with the convenience of the microgravity environment, looked back and saw a pure white dress and long blonde hair fluttering in the air.
The next second, the soft body jumped into Ray Mingkai's arms.
"Princess Ethellam. Please be careful! "
Ray Mingkai looked at Ethellam, who jumped into his arms unexpectedly, and felt a little strange.
Originally, Ethellam gave him the impression that she was steady and calm, but now she seems to be taking the initiative?
"Sorry! Knight King. "
Ethellam smiled softly and pressed her hands on Ray Mingkai's chest. After a little distance, she raised her hand and grabbed Ray Mingkai's right hand.
"Sword of the King is ready! Please come with me! Knight King. "
Without giving Ray Mingkai any time to refute, Ethellam pulled Ray Mingkai to the cockpit of Lancelot · Sword of the King.
At this moment, Ray Mingkai, who looked at the cockpit opened by Ethellam, seemed to realize something was wrong.
"Ethellam. Although Sword of the King is a new body, its Aldnoah Reactor should already be in an active state, right? "
However, Ethellam, who entered the cockpit first, did not speak, but pulled Ray Mingkai into the cockpit.
Then, a pretty face was enlarged in front of Ray Mingkai's eyes.
Until, there was a soft touch on his mouth.
Ray Mingkai's consciousness stagnated at this moment.
The next second, their lips parted.
"From today onwards, the Aldnoah Reactor of Sword of the King will be activated by you! Kai. "
The fragrance had not dissipated.
The touch had not subsided.
But the pretty girl had already left the cockpit.
Leaving Ray Mingkai alone in the cockpit of Lancelot · Sword of the King.
"Another one! Kai, you are really a sinful Knight! "
When the voice of the White Cat State Zero sounded in Ray Mingkai's ears, Ray Mingkai, who gradually came back to his senses, could only see the Knight who was standing on the side of the aisle. Her face was bright red, but she stood there quietly, watching the Sword of the King that was about to attack, and its knight.
Many thoughts gradually calmed down, and finally, only the unique authority of the Weise Clan recognized by Aldnoah.
"Aldnoah, in the name of Ray Mingkai, wake up!!"
In the ring-shaped belt mixed with countless gravel, a scarred space battleship was carefully passing by the floating gravel around it.
Among them, there were several dangerous situations. It was almost hit by several pieces of gravel with a diameter of hundreds of meters, or even close to a thousand meters.
Looking at the dense gravel belt in front of him, there was almost no safe passage. The helmsman who was driving this scarred space battleship could be said to be in control of the lives of all the humans on this space battleship.
The huge pressure between life and death made the helmsman highly focused, but also pushed him to the edge of danger.
"Stay calm! Now, we have temporarily escaped the pursuit of those monsters! Don't panic! Drive the battleship calmly! "
At the moment when the helmsman's mind was about to collapse, a calm voice pulled him back from the edge of the cliff.
"Yes! Captain! "
The person who comforted the helmsman was the captain of this space battleship, Minerva, Talia Kouradis.
Under her comfort, the nervous helmsman gradually calmed down, and the thrilling journey through the gravel belt also became a little more stable.
However,
The danger was still not gone.
"Meiling! Really, where are Rem, and Luna Maria? "
Captain Talia's brows were tightly knitted together, constantly calculating the current crisis of the Minerva, and the way to lead the crew of Zaft's newest battleship out of danger.
"Yes! Rem, Luna Maria, and Luna Maria are following the original plan to cover the Minerva's retreat. So far, they have not encountered the enemy. "
The haggard Meiling tried her best to maintain her voice so that it would not be too soft and make the mistake of not being able to transmit the order.
It had been a week since the Minerva participated in the rescue operation of the D.S.S.D frontier research space station.
The stress brought about by the high-intensity battle caused the crew of the Minerva to show varying degrees of symptoms of stress.
The most terrifying thing was that, other than Maria and a few high-ranking commanders, most of the posts were carried out by the recruits.
Being able to last a week in a high-intensity battle in the face of life and death, where the slightest carelessness could lead to eternal damnation, was probably their limit.
"Let them stabilize! The Minerva will soon pass through this gravel belt! "
"Yes!"
What was the origin of the monsters that attacked the D.S.S.D?
Talia did not know.
The only thing she knew was that in front of the Minerva, the first joint patrol squadron to arrive at the scene was torn to pieces by the monsters.
It was because of this that the Minerva had the opportunity to receive the survivors of the D.S.S.D and evacuate from the battlefield immediately.
However, as the fastest new warship in the Zaft fleet, the Minerva was unable to completely shake off the monsters' pursuit.
Being chased by the monsters all the way, Talia could be said to have experienced the dangers of the legendary Archangel when it first appeared.
In front of her, the edge of the gravel belt was already in sight.
As long as the Minerva could successfully pass through the gravel belt, it was very likely that they would be able to shake off the monsters' pursuit.
In an instant, a loud warning sound rang out.
It startled Talia so much that she straightened her body and asked loudly.
"Report the situation! Have those monsters caught up with us? "
"The radar has captured an unknown signal in front of the Minerva! The number is one … "
Meiling's hands quickly swept across the keyboard as she replied with a hoarse voice.
"Speed, so fast! More than three times the speed of the Zagu warriors! One minute, no, thirty seconds, no! Contact the Minerva immediately! "
As Meiling cried out in alarm, she also displayed the image captured by the Minerva's optical camera on the main screen.
"Quick! Air combat, begin! Don't … "
The instant Talia, whose nerves were already stretched to the extreme, was about to order the air combat, a white streak of light flew past the Minerva and rushed into the depths of the gravel belt.
"That … that's … an Archangel?!"
Meiling stared blankly at the image in front of her. It was the image captured by the Minerva's optical camera the instant the white streak of light flew past the Minerva.
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