Equipment Printing School Mage

"Teacher, why don't we feel cold now? It's winter in Xiyangtu, and we're still high in the sky, so the temperature should be very low.

"Because different media have different heat conduction properties..." Elder Giles said as he observed the situation below the ship, "The air outside the hull is now extremely thin, close to a vacuum. In this case, heat exchange will be much slower.

"You should be thankful - when sailing at high speeds, you're more likely to run into heat stroke."

After the elder finished speaking, he said to the crystal ball beside him: "How is the spacing?"

The other side replied, "It's stable! There won't be a problem like last time!"

This fleet of airships soaring through the sky is the Halruaan elders heading to the Sharptooth Forest.

The man leading the operation was Giles al-Arafat, who had been in charge of security for the former capital of Haliqad and had once held considerable power in Abel. Unfortunately, his connections in Haliqad came to an end when the earth-shattering elemental riot erupted in the middle of the hall.

In order to reverse his reputation in Halrua, he worked hard and finally designed a new fleet.

One of the secrets to the airship's high speed is the Void Dark Ball at its bow. It sucks the air ahead of the ship, thinning the air waves that hit the front of the ship and significantly reducing wind resistance. However, the airship's speed is far too high, far exceeding the absorption limit of a single Void Dark Ball.

Previously, to ensure safety, the airships were spaced quite far apart. But this gave Giles an idea.

He calculated an aerial arrangement array, using geometric methods to make the absorption ranges of several void dark balls interlock with each other - in this way, multiple void dark balls work together, greatly improving the efficiency of absorbing air, while also allowing the effect of each void dark ball thinning the air to take effect on multiple hulls.

It can be said that the first experiment went very smoothly, and the ship formation was able to achieve the effect Giles had hoped for. However, during the actual voyage, due to the relatively small space inside the ship formation, it was first sucked into a vacuum by the void dark sphere...

The hull could withstand this level of air pressure, but the airships were unknowingly getting closer and closer to each other.

In the end, it turned into a tragic accident that smashed several airships at once.

"That's good." Elder Giles rubbed his hands. "Although our new king is very tolerant, he has a bad temper. If we wreck these ships again, he will probably be furious."

"With all due respect," said Elder Theado from the other side of the crystal ball, "the thing most likely to anger His Majesty is that we chose to travel by airship instead of using teleportation."

"That all explains it," Giles said. "For example, we haven't been to the Sharptooth Forest. Halruaa is thousands of kilometers away from the Sharptooth Forest. If something unfortunate were to happen, our bodies might even turn up in the Earth's core."

"I am the prophecy mage."

Giles said mercilessly, "Every time you predict something, it's both good and bad. And last time, I almost sent all the elders of Harigade to heaven."

"But I got you in touch with the new Mage King! Look, you've moved to Halayach now!"

Elder Giles pointed at his old friend through the crystal ball and said, "Today, you vowed that this trip would only bring advantages and no disadvantages."

"Yes."

"So far, so good," Giles said. "But to be honest, we've been friends since childhood, and I never seem to have benefited from your predictions."

"When it comes to prophecy, we only care about the results," Theado said. "The ups and downs of the process are none of my business."

"That's best!" Giles took a deep breath. "We're already flying over 3000 kilometers per hour. If something unexpected happens at that speed... I'm afraid His Majesty will force us to pay for the student's resurrection."

"[Ji]'s judgment is extremely harsh," Theado said. "Its appearance indicates that we won't cause or encounter any extraordinary accidents this time. If it weren't for this prediction, I would never have brought my ship to test its speed limit with you."

At that moment, one of Theodore's apprentices whispered, "Teacher, the airship is going too fast. We've already been across the Glorious Sea for over ten minutes. If you keep chatting, we might miss the best opportunity to slow down."

"...Okay, okay, that's true." Theado sighed and began giving orders, "Confirm the road conditions and report your current position. We must fly in an uninhabited area. Then, begin the extreme acceleration test! Regardless of the result, we must slow down immediately.

At sea, ballast is used to prevent a ship from tipping over due to a high center of gravity. The ballast of an airship is used to limit its liftoff speed, preventing such a behemoth from accelerating too quickly and causing stupid accidents.

Below deck, the elders' apprentices immediately became busy.

They must ensure that the heavy objects they drop into the warehouse will not cause any unexplained deaths or injuries.

"Teacher, we should have reached Tethyr by now and reached the Wildas Forest."

"—So, our course has deviated by at least two degrees, and we discovered this a little too late!" This news almost made Giles laugh. "Turn immediately! Our destination is the border between the Sharptooth Forest and the Green Fields!"

Turning this type of ship formation was quite painful, as it required a high level of pilot skill. It took quite a while in the air to complete this large turn with a radius of dozens of kilometers.

Now, the question is - how can they determine their position from high above?

"...Forget it." Giles thought about it, and felt a little more self-deprecating.

We'll just pass it, and at worst, we can turn around again. "Adjust course and prepare to begin the extreme high-speed test. We don't mind turning around and positioning for a few minutes. Ditch the ballast."

"Drop ballast!"

The captain's orders began to be conveyed down the ship, and finally, the responsibility of execution was subcontracted through layers of subcontracting and fell on a young man who had just become an apprentice not long ago.

He could only accept his fate and quickly walked to the cargo hold and opened the door where the ballast was located.

It was a whole warehouse full of piles of logs.

At this height and speed, even if the log was really smashed down, it would be quite powerful.

The young apprentice quickly found the lever outside the door that could theoretically empty the entire cabin, and pulled it.

Behind him, with a click, a trapdoor was opened, and with the sound of metal colliding, mountains of supplies whizzed out of the cabin.

……Metal?

The apprentice was stunned for a moment, then opened the hatch in front of him again.

The piles of logs remained intact.

He trembled and asked loudly, "...Senior? What's that thing across from the cabin where the logs are stored?"

"Eh? The compartment where the shells are stored? Why do you ask?"

Nineteenth Pastor Tyke is like this

It is now late at night, but the originally quiet forest has become extremely lively.

At the same time, in the mind connection, the master of psychology and illusion, Haverfont, was still talking about her experience: [In today's battle, I discovered a characteristic: mortals are actually very disgusted with acting alone in danger, especially when they are aware of the danger and don't even know where the danger comes from.

On a daily basis, no one wants to be dragged into something for no reason, let alone forced into close proximity. People instinctively realize that getting too close to others threatens their own fragile bodies.

However, once they realize they are facing an unknown threat, fear and anxiety will cause them to instinctively move closer to the enemy. Granted, these priests are well-trained and realize that getting too close in such an environment is not beneficial. But as long as the pressure continues, they will still be unable to resist the sense of security at their fingertips and rush towards death.

As if responding to Haverfont's words, dozens of thunderbolts roared down from the clouds, bringing down a purple-blue judgment in the distance.

Even though she was still several kilometers away from that location, Emilia seemed to hear the miserable wails under the thunder.

[The problem is still the tarrasque.] Emiya said.

Is the offensive launched by the Mala Church strong?

Even if the Green Court truly wanted to provide full support, the druids they sent wouldn't necessarily be able to withstand the Church of Malar's offensive. According to recent gossip from the drow rangers, the Church of Malar's attack on the Sharptooth Forest was, in a sense, just a regular church activity.

The reason why this huge and lush Sharptooth Forest has been uninhabited is that the previous owners have become spoils of the Malar Church.

The Malar Church is the natural enemy of the Druids: the Malar Church also knows how to communicate with animals, and they even have extremely suspicious connections with a large number of monsters. At the same time, like the Druids, they also live in the open air all year round.

The unfamiliar forest is a devil's den for most people, but it is a hunting ground for the Mala Church.

So although the forest is the home of the druids, it is also half the home of the Malar Church.

Therefore, this offensive by the Mala Church was extremely deadly.

However, this offensive may have been quite powerful, but its composition was unusually simple.

In fact, this offensive was not organized by the Gods and Gods Association. On the contrary, there was not even a single demon observer in sight during this offensive. The Banrui family came here purely for personal reasons.

The ones who came to the Sharptooth Forest were just a small branch of the Gods and Non-Gods Society.

In other words, a small department of a multinational company going on a team-building trip.

Emia could easily thwart this attack—but the problem was, if the gods realized that a small wave of power could cause chaos on Emia's side...

Baldur's Gate, Elturgard, the Forest of Teeth, Halruaa, and even Candlekeep all reported the emergency simultaneously. Every side was extremely urgent. Saving whoever they saved first would mean abandoning whoever they saved first. No matter what they did, the alliance would be on the verge of collapse...

This situation is still too terrifying.

Emiya absolutely didn't want to live a horrible life where she couldn't even sleep.

At the same time, he believed that if the demons discovered that this could effectively paralyze the actions of Emiya and his group, they would definitely not mind pouring a lot of resources into doing this.

Therefore, they had to hide their trump cards and try to get rid of this group of Mala fanatics as quietly as possible - making it seem as if this group of Mala Church was inexplicably destroyed in the forest.

Now, this goal has been more than half achieved.

At present, I am afraid that thousands of Malar believers and their companions have been drowned by the Shadow Spirit's rain of arrows in the past few days.

Most of them are genuine pastors!

The Malar Church is known for its tenacious vitality, but this means that the threshold for joining the church is very low. Even after it is destroyed, new believers will still emerge.

As it is now, more than half of the Malar priests on the continent have been shot dead in front of the swamp...

Emiya believed that the druids of the Green Court and the various guilds would definitely not mind pursuing them relentlessly at this time. This would drag another group of people into this war.

"Roar--!"

The shadow spirit was retreating quickly, and the roar of the tarrasque beast had reached Emiya's ears.

This also means that the Tarrasque is gradually approaching the Sharptooth Forest.

Emiya was now certain—without Igilock, the Tarrasque had lost its cunning and troublesome intelligence and was closer to a mad beast.

However, one thing remains constant: the Tarrasque is a Scourge, and in this world, Scourges are not invincible.

The significance of the Tarrasque is that no matter how easy it is to deal with, it is still a terrifying creature that must be dealt with.

Concentrating elite forces to restrict Tarrasque may reveal flaws in unexpected places.

Unfortunately, up to now, the exact location of Aesop Blood Wolf is unknown.

Now, if they could kill the commander-in-chief of this attack, victory would be decided. Even the drow would lose their reason to continue fighting.

[Alestrile, have you found the location of the Blood Wolf Clan's main force?]

[…No, not really.] The priests of Tyche had already infiltrated the front lines. With her current strength, the Malar Church, whose primary offensive method was melee, was no longer a threat. [It was too dark. It was difficult to find a position on the vast grassland. But there was good news.]

Elastrid lightly jumped on the spot and stretched her body.

Maybe it was intentional, maybe it was unintentional: she was now very close to Tarrasque.

If nothing unexpected happens, she will be able to easily block Tarrasque's charge.

【As for what this good news is, I will tell you later. 】

[Hey?! Stop messing around!]

After leaving her lover in suspense, Elastri said to the air, "Do you think Emilia can guess where I am?"

"The most eye-catching and important target on the entire battlefield right now is Tarrasque," Xingsong Phantom, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke again. "He probably already knows that you are near Tarrasque."

Xingsong Shadow remained silent for a long time, for a simple reason: the Xingsong family was, after all, a traitor who had betrayed their faith with the Moon Blade. Even if Corellon didn't care, Xingsong Shadow didn't dare to act in front of his creator god.

And now, Emilia has finally solved the most difficult problem for the two of them: the Moon Blade is supposed to be Alestria's weapon, but the Moon Blade is also the weapon that Shadow is most suitable for in battle.

Now, with Emiya obtaining the Moon Blade technology, this problem has finally been solved.

——And the roar of Tarrasque was getting closer and closer.

At this moment, Alestria and her shadow had completely separated. The shadow called out the phantom horse, and the two of them ran like the wind through the seemingly lush forest that was actually full of illusions.

The Tarrasque was far too easy to find—the massive monster couldn't just head straight for the forest. The forest of shadow sand crumbled and reformed before the Tarrasque. Even if the Tarrasque could snap the trees alive with his bare hands, his long claws more powerful than the sharpest battle axe, clearing such a forest would still take time.

This time would not be long, but it was enough for Xingyong to get in front of Tarrasque.

No Malar would be foolish enough to stand near a tarrasque—the beast is perpetually hungry.

After training and guidance, the Tarrasque is now able to refrain from eating Malar believers for a while - but will it continue to operate near the Tarrasque until the Sacred Forest is destroyed?

They could indeed complete the task of being the first to reach the target, but it would most likely be in Tarrasque's stomach.

Therefore, the area around Tarrasque is relatively quiet.

——And this window of time is the stage for Elastrid and Starry Shadow.

Xingsong Phantom also rarely used her sword song in an official manner.

It is said that the sword song of the elves has three meanings:

Swordsingers sing songs as they dance.

The Swordsinger's sword whistles as it breaks through the air.

The dying wail of the Swordsinger's enemies.

The tarrasque was quickly drawn to the transparent woman dancing and singing before him. He instantly forgot his so-called mission and waved his hand directly towards the shadow.

He wanted to have more food. The food had a silvery luster, which was rare.

However, the Sword Singer's agility and tenacity were clearly beyond Tarrasque's expectations. Its attacks were swift enough, but the Sword Singer's agility was guaranteed by both the sword song and its personal skills. How could it be caught so easily?

Not to mention, nine-ring swordsingers are rare among the elves.