It took Gwen two seconds to react before he finally showed an uncontrollable smile of joy.
Amber was still happily chattering a second ago, but when she saw the expression on Gwen's face, she stopped in a daze.
She had rarely seen Gawain so open about his emotions. She had also rarely seen him smile so happily.
He didn't even smile like this when he was crowned.
So the 'aircraft' was such an important thing?
"Let's go and have a look." Gwen pulled Amber over and strode to the door. "It's at the eastern suburb test site, right?"
"Oh, oh right … Hey, let go. I can walk by myself. Don't pull me … Don't hold me under your arm again! I can do it myself … "
…
At the suburban test site, the Dragon Cavalier, which had successfully completed its first flight test, had landed smoothly on the open ground. A large group of technicians were busy around the flying machine, checking every part of it over and over again. Rebecca, as the general manager of the project, was also present. She held a tool in her hand and circled around the machine cabin. Her face was smeared with oil and her clothes were stained, but her smile was brighter than anyone else's. She was as happy as a child.
Maggie stood quietly next to her, looking at the busy and joyful scene in front of her. Her eyes fell on Rebecca from time to time. Maggie had seen all kinds of human nobles over the years, but she had never seen a 'princess' like Rebecca in her life.
"Perfect, perfect, no problems at all! It didn't break, it didn't fall off, and it didn't overheat. None of the previous problems appeared … "A magician jumped down from the connecting shaft of the Dragon Wing Steering Engine, his face full of excitement." The new structure works! "
"That's right!" Rebecca also came out from under the main vertebra of the aircraft, her eyes shining. "Our thousands of tests were not in vain …"
Maggie knew that the thousands of tests that Rebecca said were not all actual flight tests. Most of them were completed in the Origin laboratory. But although it was a simulated environment, the hard work of everyone in the team was real.
In the blink of an eye, Rebecca had already arrived in front of Maggie. She smiled like a flower. "Hey, hey, Maggie, how does it feel to fly?"
Maggie was stunned for a moment, then she lowered her head slowly and said politely, "It feels very … good, Your Highness."
She was not used to the princess's behavior, which was not at all noble. But no matter what, she was still the representative of the Duke of the Northern Region, so she had to try her best to be courteous.
"Don't be so tense all the time. We are not in the city, and Aunt Heti and our ancestors can't see us. It's okay to relax a little." Rebecca patted Maggie's shoulder casually. After she patted Maggie's shoulder, she gasped. She quickly pulled her hand back, glanced at the grease on her hand, and wiped it on her robe. She then patted Maggie's other shoulder and said, "There is no title in the laboratory. This is what we agreed at the beginning."
Maggie looked up and glanced behind the princess with a strange expression. "… But, Your Highness, I think the necessary etiquette is still necessary."
Rebecca could not help but pout. "Why do you sound like my aunt? Let me tell you, it's easy to get old if you're always so tense. My aunt is usually so tense that the dark circles under her eyes are getting worse day by day. And our ancestor is so serious all the time. I can even see his wrinkles. "
Maggie looked up again, wisely chose to shut her mouth and silently stepped aside.
Several technicians around also looked up and looked behind Rebecca. They showed a strange expression and tacitly stepped back slightly.
Rebecca looked around, felt the atmosphere, thought for a moment, and came to a conclusion.
"Oh my God, I'm dead."
The experienced princess knew what to do without other people's reminder. She wiped both hands on her robe, then held her head and slowly squatted down. "Can you not hit my head this time …"
Rebecca had just squatted half way when a strong hand reached out from behind and lifted her up by the collar. "Don't squat, Heti is not here."
Rebecca heard Gwen's voice. She quickly turned her head to take a look while being held by the collar. As a result, she saw the helpless ancestor and Amber next to him. It was just the two of them. Heti's aunt was not here.
Her expression, which had just been restrained, suddenly brightened up again. "Ancestor, you're here!"
The ancestor had always doted on her. Although he usually looked serious, he was not the same as her aunt. He would not knock her head. Rebecca was very clear about this.
She had been very optimistic since she was young. This optimism was mainly reflected in her ability to find her own sunshine and then shine brightly.
Gwen actually wanted to knock the girl's head a little. After all, as far as he knew, Rebecca had not been hit for three days. According to his experience, the silly girl's current state of mind should be wandering between breaking the roof and setting fire to the mountain. But before that, his attention had fallen on the strange looking machine next to him.
He stared for a long time at the device, which was very different from the 'aircraft' in his memory. His mind was in turmoil. After a long time, he said softly, "This is our aircraft …"
It was really different, completely different.
It was an inverted conical device similar to a gyroscope. The main body was about two to three meters in diameter. The lower half of the vertebral body was a metal ring engraved with runes. The ring should be the anti-gravity ring. It continued to float at the root of the vertebral body through a long-lasting force field, controlling the lift and gravity balance of the entire device. On the two sides and the top of the device, there were half-moon shaped main wings and rudders imitating dragon wings. This made it look like a huge, upright steel insect. It was a little weird, but it was full of the unique beauty of the magic engineering industry.
Gwen could not see the shadow of an 'aircraft' on it.
This was the aircraft he had completely let go of his experience on Earth. After only telling the technical team the application requirements and some of the performance characteristics, Rebecca led the magic engineers to create the aircraft based on the technical and logical foundation of this world.
It was a bold attempt, and the result proved Gwen's idea all along: the technical route of the magic world was the most suitable technical route for this world.
It wasn't that he hadn't thought of copying the airplanes on Earth to this world. After all, although many of the rules in this world were very different from those on Earth, at least this world had wind and birds, which meant that it was possible to achieve aerodynamic aircraft. But in the end, he didn't do so.
Because he did not know everything. Even with enhanced memory and a huge amount of 'miscellaneous knowledge', he still had areas he was not good at. Aircraft manufacturing was undoubtedly one of them.
In the early stage, some simple machines may be pieced together by the miscellaneous knowledge in his mind, but aircraft manufacturing was too professional. Gwen knew that the rough sketches he could recall would only mislead his technicians. Besides, he had to face the fact that due to the unique elemental spells, the technical foundation in the field of aerodynamics in this world was blank. But here, there was a ready-made technical route for anti-gravity.
Instead of drawing a bunch of error-ridden sketches and then letting the technicians light up a technology tree from scratch, it was better to let them derive and transform the existing technology in this world. After all, this world itself had flying units such as the Griffin Knight and the Giant Eagle Knight. There were also powerful mages who could fly directly. Mortals were not a blank slate in the field of the sky. Under this premise, even if he spent a few years to create a primitive aircraft based on aerodynamics, it would probably not be able to compete with the existing aerial units in this world. It was better to boldly try and let Rebecca and her technical team go all out and directly challenge the mature anti-gravity aerial combat platform.
The result of this bold attempt was the strange-looking Dragon Calvary, whose performance was absolutely superior to the early aircraft on Earth.
Relying on anti-gravity to take off and land vertically, it was highly flexible and maneuverable. It could fight and suppress the well-trained Griffin Knight in the air and use the dragon wing runes to 'drive by magic wave'. Its top speed was faster than the Giant Eagle of the elves. At the same time, the wind language runes all over the vertebrae and the rune group on the dragon wings had also solved the problem of wind resistance caused by its strange shape. If it was coupled with advanced magic-powered weapons and communication devices, it would undoubtedly become the most advanced and powerful air force of this era.
Of course, it must have many shortcomings now. As a brand-new product, and the most complex and advanced technology at present, it still had to undergo a lot of tests. It would take some time before it could be mass-produced. But in any case, this road was finally proven to be feasible.
The structure of this aircraft would be the cornerstone of Cecil's series of flight technologies in the future. The experience it had accumulated might be good for a hundred years.
"Yes, this is the aircraft we have built …" Rebecca looked up with a proud smile on her face. "It took a lot of effort!"
Then she said, "Ancestor, do you want to give it an official name? After all, Dragon Calvary is just a code name … "
"The official name will be Dragon Calvary. I think the code name itself is enough to image and sound good enough." Gwen smiled. "Referring to the Warhammer tank, this anti-gravity aircraft will be named Dragon Calvary Type I."
Speaking of this, he suddenly had an idea. He could not help but look at Maggie, who was standing quietly next to him.
"Speaking of which, as a Dragon, do you have any thoughts on the name Dragon Calvary?"
Maggie thought for a moment and shook her head. "No, I don't … Why do you ask, Your Majesty?"
"I'm just worried that this name will upset the Dragons." Gwen smiled a little awkwardly. "When I decided on the code name, I didn't think much about it and didn't ask for your opinion. Now I suddenly feel that it's a little inappropriate. Don't you Dragons think this word is offensive? After all, it implies the meaning of using a dragon as a mount … "
Maggie was stunned for a moment. After a moment, she smiled faintly.
"Your Majesty, I don't know what the dragons of Tarlonde think, but as far as I know, the humans on the continent have used dragons as an important role in various epics and myths for hundreds of years or even longer. And in most cases, this important role is not honorable. Dragons rob castles, kidnap princesses, seize property, and threaten kingdoms. Brave adventurers and Knights fight off evil dragons, occupy dragon caves, and even turn dragons into mounts. After so many years, have you seen those bards and writers who made up stories being hunted down by people from Tarlonde or the Duchy of Holy Dragon?"
"… I don't think so …"
"Dragons don't care about the stories of humans, because no matter how long the stories of humans have been passed down, they will soon be gone with the wind. Even the 'degraded dragon descendants' of the Duchy of Holy Dragon, who have a relatively short lifespan, have enough time to see even the most exciting legends of humans turn to dust," Maggie said with a smile, but then she added, "Of course, a 'story protagonist' like you who has returned to the stage of history is probably an accident to the dragons …"
Gwen was speechless.
It was indeed an accident. Those guys in the Mithril Vault who made a fortune by embezzling entrusted items were in a mess for a long time because of him, a client who came back from the dead. It was said that not only did they dig up thousands of graves in a month, but they also summoned hundreds of souls …
Maggie seemed to feel that this topic was a little strange, so she changed the topic rather stiffly. "So, in general, when it comes to these 'insignificant offenses,' the attitude of dragons will be far more free and easy than you think. Of course, I'm only speaking from my own understanding. As for what the 'orthodox' Dragons in Tarlonde will think after seeing the 'Dragon Rider' … I'm afraid only the 'senior agent' who you are familiar with can give you an answer. "
Gwen could not help but think of My.
Pony's figure.
He wondered what the Blue Dragon from the Giant Dragon Kingdom would think after knowing that humans had imitated the dragon wing and created a flying machine called the 'Dragon Rider'.
He also did not know how Melita would respond if he asked her if Dragons would be ridden by humans — would she be furious, or would she reason with him?
Gwen thought carefully for a long time and suddenly felt that the answer might be, "The starting price is seven dollars, five hundred dollars for a day, a toll for crossing the bridge, and extra for taking the night bus …"
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