Star Forge Titan

In the early morning, the rising sun casts a faint but bright light, making the vast sea of ​​sand look like a real sea with waves, reflecting tiny glimmers of light.

In a temporary land port outside the city of Nunnris, a slight buzzing sound came from the interior of a strange silver-gray warship.

It is over sixty meters long and eight meters wide at its widest point. Its heavy hull is much larger than most of the surrounding sand boats.

At the same time, the hull of this battleship is entirely made of metal materials that are very rare in desert areas. This alone is jaw-dropping.

The silver-gray warship's hull resembles an early submarine, retaining the trapezoidal silhouette characteristic of surface vessels. At the same time, the unique integrity of its fully enclosed structure imbues the vessel with a sense of modern technology.

The wide tail wing extending upward at the rear has a graceful curve like a swan. The huge thrusters on both sides of the stern that look like rockets and the small elliptical auxiliary thrusters connected to the end of the tail wing have the kind of grandeur and futuristic feeling unique to creations of the golden age of science fiction.

After removing the wooden hull camouflage, the Rogilas appeared in the first rays of morning sun in such a shocking posture.

As the fiery red sun slowly rose, the battleship's periphery gradually lit up with tiny stars of light. She was like a giant steel beast that slowly woke up after feeling the warm sunlight, bathing in the light of morning light and gradually recovering from the peaceful silence.

At the same time, numerous short, nimble figures appeared on the deck and around the bridge near the stern. The bridge, with its upward, oval shape, was unobtrusive, resembling a small island slightly exposed from the sea, its curved shape matching the ship's hull. Twelve circular projections around the bridge slowly rotated, capturing and transmitting the external view to the armored command room within.

Before, after Alvin asked the cat-bug adjutant White and a group of cat-bugs to drive the Rogilas temporarily away from the city of Ismailia, they did not simply wait outside for the signal of victory in the battle, but instead carried out a new round of transformation of the Rogilas by learning various knowledge inherited by the machines.

Initially, it was indeed just a high-precision warship model used by the Giant Kingdom for preliminary wind tunnel testing and other preliminary projects. However, both the materials used in its construction and the details within the warship were restored to an extremely detailed level, even featuring a power system that relied on magic to operate normally.

Based on this, after obtaining inheritance through the recharged learning machine, the cats and bugs first dismantled the various broken instruments from the Herbert ruins, thereby obtaining a batch of complete parts that were still usable after a thousand years, and then transformed the Rogilas into a true metal battleship.

If it were placed in the past thousands of years ago, the size of the Rogilus was indeed a bit "mini" and its functions were not complete, but this "mini" was relative to similar warships during the Giant Kingdom period.

Look at the ordinary sand boats parked around. A metal warship like this one, which is more than 60 meters long and nearly 70 meters at its longest point, means such a powerful deterrent to the current silent desert.

Oh, speaking of deterrence, the Rogilas still has a flaw at the moment, that is, there are no suitable weapons to be installed. After all, it is impossible for the cats and bugs to conjure up a few cannons out of thin air.

In other words, when encountering a situation where a battle is needed, the cats and bugs will most likely only be able to ask Ivan, the captain, to issue the only attack order - launch the captain.

While its offensive capabilities were relatively limited, the Rogilas's defenses were exceptional. It was like the steel used in modern kitchen knives, thrown back into ancient times, making it incomparable to even the most legendary weapons.

The Giant Kingdom, which inherited part of the Uranus civilization's heritage, certainly did not use plastic as the material used to make warship wind tunnel models like the Steel O-Ra in Ivan's previous life. The material had a hardness and toughness that was amazing for all countries in the current era, and even had excellent resistance to high temperatures and magic.

If the enemy cannot invade the interior of the battleship, it can withstand attacks for a long time even if left alone.

This is also the main reason why Alvin chose to take this battleship on this adventure.

"What a stunningly beautiful ship." Thorin stared at the Rogilas docked in the temporary port in amazement.

Looking at the expression on the dwarf's face at the moment, it seemed as if he wanted to pounce on it, sticking his whole body to the surface of the ship to get a closer look.

"Let's talk about it when we get upstairs." Alvin smiled slightly, walked onto the passenger elevator driven by Catworm, and was the first to arrive at the top deck of the Rogilas.

Stepping onto the sturdy retractable steps, he couldn't help but marvel at the astonishing talent and engineering abilities displayed by these ancient cats and bugs. In just such a short time, they've already begun using existing materials to recreate various cat vehicles from the Giant Kingdom era. It's truly remarkable.

In addition to this vehicle that looks like a "passenger elevator", there are several engineering vehicles with different purposes around the Rogilas to assist the cats and bugs in completing the inspection work before departure.

To be honest, in a few months, maybe these cute furry creatures will appear in front of me driving cat power armor.

Considering the intricate connection between the Giant Kingdom and the Uranus civilization, and the fact that the learning machines used by the cats and bugs to pass on knowledge directly stored knowledge from thousands of years ago, Ivan felt that even if the above situation really happened, he would not be too surprised.

Noticing the captain boarding the battleship, the cats and bugs busy around the top deck performing final checks before departure all stood up and saluted. Although these furry little guys tried hard to look serious, they still looked more cute than serious.

Regardless of their original fur color, most of the cats, cats, and bugs were dressed in uniform blue and white uniforms. These uniforms resembled sailor shirts, with some senior engineers sporting a conspicuous bright yellow work vest. The upper and lower rows of pockets were filled with various tools, giving them a distinctly professional look.

Entering the Rogilas through the bridge entrance, Thorin couldn't help but widen his eyes and mutter to himself when he saw the all-metal sidewalls of the passage.

"This makes me feel like I'm back home. No, this thing is a hundred times more powerful than those mobile refineries in the Lonely Mountain Kingdom that can drill directly into the depths of the mines!"

Feeling the young dwarf's excitement and surprise, Alvin couldn't help but nod.

"Yes, this thing is so romantic that I don't know what to say. It's worth it even if I have to make another trip to such a dangerous ruin."

"Ruins? Wait, could it be that this entire battleship is a treasure discovered from the ruins? Father of Forge! How is this possible!?!" Thorin jumped three feet high, his eyes wide open as if they were about to pop out.

"Yes, so she can also be called the excavation battleship, the excavation battleship Logiras!"

The two young men happily discussed this topic all the way until they arrived at the central command room deep in the bridge, which could be moved inside the dome armor.

Although the cats and bugs had independently completed a series of modifications before, the most critical changes were only made after Ivan returned to the Rogilas.

The original power system of the Rogilas relied entirely on cat-powered engines. Although this was novel and interesting, it was still a little lacking in practicality, resulting in many functions of the battleship being unable to be used continuously for a long time.

But this problem was fundamentally resolved after the Battle of Ismailia.

Sitting in the spacious captain's seat, the ground in front of Ivan automatically opened up to form a gap, and a metal pillar rose from it. In the center of this hexagonal metal pillar, a perfectly regular circular slot was recessed downward, and inside it could be seen a small fixing interface made of the rare metal mithril.

"Report the inspection results." Alvin looked solemnly at the cat and bug White sitting in the adjutant's seat next to him.

The adjutant, White Mipa Wrench Three V, wearing a white wide-brimmed hat, immediately stood on the seat, raised his right hand and gave a very standard military salute.

"Report to the big commander-in-chief, the entire system inspection is completed, meow, there is no abnormality." White, who still couldn't change his bad habit of speaking, meowed to complete the report.

"Notify the engine room and prepare to activate all systems." After finally getting used to ignoring that name full of complaints, Alvin nodded with a straight face and expressionless expression, then solemnly took out a sealed box from the lepton space, which contained the properly stored Gaia disc fragments.

Considering his combat power and achievements, this precious collection that once belonged to the Second Witch King became one of his most important gains in the previous Battle of Ismailia.

"Got it!" Adjutant White quickly found the one marked with the engine room among the densely packed brass pipes in front of him.

Due to limited conditions, communication within the ship can only rely on this relatively primitive equipment for the time being. Fortunately, the cats and bugs have excellent hearing, so this alone is barely enough.

After opening the cover, White immediately issued a series of instructions in the cat-worm's unique simplified low Uranus language mixed with meows.

At the same time, a variety of meows echoed from both inside and outside the battleship, and the cats and insects outside quickly returned to the ship. The warship's belly also emitted the sound of mechanical operation, causing the armor plates to open downwards to form an inclined passage leading to the interior, allowing the various cat vehicles that had been out for maintenance to re-board the ship.

Not long after, another steady meow of a cat-bug was heard from the brass pipe.

"Big Commander Chief, the engine room is ready." After listening for a moment, White turned around, saluted Ivan and completed the report.

"Okay." Ivan's mouth twitched, and he tried to ignore the strange expression of the dwarf next to him, then brought the fragment in his hand close to the recessed slot at the top of the metal pillar in front of him.

This fragment, called the Gaia Disc, has a fan-shaped structure and looks like part of a broken plate.

When it approached the circular depression at the top of the metal pillar, an arc of magic immediately jumped back and forth between the fragment and the mithril interface, automatically generating a force that sucked the fragment into the slot.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful surge of magic energy, emanating from deep underground, instantly rushed into the engine room of the Rogilus. The pre-prepared reserve device lit up, and the glass pressure column indicating the magic power reserve immediately began to rise at a visible rate.

1%

2%

5%

……

16%

31%

43%

67%

89%

100%

"Charging complete!" The chief engineer's voice, calm yet excited, came from the brass pipe.

Although they had already done launch tests before, today they were going to make the entire ship truly fly! All the cats and bugs instinctively felt joy at this event, just like their ancestors had left the earth with the giants and the great Titans thousands of years ago.

Immediately afterwards, the entire Rogilas vibrated slightly. A dazzling flame ignited at the end of the rocket-like main thruster, and the attitude control engines distributed throughout the ship also spewed out narrow tongues of flame, slowly offsetting the heavy gravity that bound the metal warship.

The silver-gray battleship retracted its large landing gear and began to rise into the air with astonishing momentum.

Even in the early morning, a large crowd of onlookers gathered near the temporary land port. Seeing the Rogilas slowly gain altitude, they couldn't help but make a lot of noise.

Being in a city controlled by the Fist of Freedom, Alvin naturally doesn't need to hide the special nature of this battleship, nor does he have to worry about causing unnecessary trouble.

On the contrary, the mere existence of this battleship can enhance the reputation of the alliance among a wider range of people, and in a sense, it can also serve to unite the alliance internally.

At this moment, Alvin suddenly noticed a familiar figure waving at him on the crystal screen in front of him.

But the female wizard Heidi was seen wearing a white travel robe and standing outside the crowd, followed by a cat-shaped demi-human with several suitcases on his head. The little guy looked like a larger cat-worm, but was actually a newly bred artificial magical pet in the City of Thousand Towers.

Heidi? Why is she here? Isn't this witch busy preparing for the Nunnris Chamber of Commerce alliance? Why is she here?

Just as he was thinking, Alvin saw the female mage cast a communication spell, but the armor on the outside of the Rogilas, which had excellent anti-magic properties, automatically intercepted it outside the bridge.

Slapping his forehead helplessly and realizing that the Rogilas was not equipped with a long-distance communicator, Ivan had to order White to take charge of the command temporarily, while he left the central command room sunk inside the armor and quickly went to the top deck.

At this moment, the Rogilas was only a dozen meters away from the ground. With Alvin's eyesight, he could clearly see the bright smile on Heidi's face.

After noticing his presence, the female mage did not continue to cast communication spells. Instead, she simply raised her hand and a rolled-up carpet automatically jumped out of the luggage.

The vibrantly colored handwoven carpet leaped into the air, automatically flattening and unfolding, then hovered about fifty centimeters above the ground. Heidi's cat, her artificial magical pet, skillfully and neatly stacked the luggage onto the large, handmade carpet, then swiftly and obediently hopped over to the luggage and positioned itself firmly beside it.

The female mage also stepped onto the floating carpet, or flying carpet, and then flew to the top deck of the Rogillas with her luggage and entourage.

"Why are you here?" Although it was a bit strange, when the flying carpet came around the top deck, Alvin took the initiative to step forward and raised his hand very gentlemanly to support the female mage so that she could jump off the flying carpet.

"Why? You're not welcome?" Heidi asked, winking and smiling.

"Not really." Alvin shook his head, realizing that the deck was not a suitable place for conversation.

So he waved to the bridge behind him, and soon, a group of cat-bugs wearing special metal boots ran out from the bridge.

Those are special boots with magnetic adsorption capabilities, which can ensure that cats and insects working outside will not fall off easily after the warship takes off from the ground.

The cats and bugs, each possessing a pair of appendages in addition to their four normal limbs, first curiously examined the artificial magical companion cat, a size even larger than themselves. They wondered why it lacked a pair of arms. Had it met with some kind of accident? The cats and bugs offered sympathetic glances and then kindly stepped forward to help carry the gift.

Just like that, there was unexpectedly one more companion on this adventure.

Chapter 8: Flying into the Sky

In the early morning, the rising sun casts a faint but bright light, making the vast sea of ​​sand look like a real sea with waves, reflecting tiny glimmers of light.

In a temporary land port outside the city of Nunnris, a slight buzzing sound came from the interior of a strange silver-gray warship.

It is over sixty meters long and eight meters wide at its widest point. Its heavy hull is much larger than most of the surrounding sand boats.

At the same time, the hull of this battleship is entirely made of metal materials that are very rare in desert areas. This alone is jaw-dropping.

The silver-gray warship's hull resembles an early submarine, retaining the trapezoidal silhouette characteristic of surface vessels. At the same time, the unique integrity of its fully enclosed structure imbues the vessel with a sense of modern technology.

The wide tail wing extending upward at the rear has a graceful curve like a swan. The huge thrusters on both sides of the stern that look like rockets and the small elliptical auxiliary thrusters connected to the end of the tail wing have the kind of grandeur and futuristic feeling unique to creations of the golden age of science fiction.

After removing the wooden hull camouflage, the Rogilas appeared in the first rays of morning sun in such a shocking posture.

As the fiery red sun slowly rose, the battleship's periphery gradually lit up with tiny stars of light. She was like a giant steel beast that slowly woke up after feeling the warm sunlight, bathing in the light of morning light and gradually recovering from the peaceful silence.

At the same time, numerous short, nimble figures appeared on the deck and around the bridge near the stern. The bridge, with its upward, oval shape, was unobtrusive, resembling a small island slightly exposed from the sea, its curved shape matching the ship's hull. Twelve circular projections around the bridge slowly rotated, capturing and transmitting the external view to the armored command room within.

Before, after Alvin asked the cat-bug adjutant White and a group of cat-bugs to drive the Rogilas temporarily away from the city of Ismailia, they did not simply wait outside for the signal of victory in the battle, but instead carried out a new round of transformation of the Rogilas by learning various knowledge inherited by the machines.

Initially, it was indeed just a high-precision warship model used by the Giant Kingdom for preliminary wind tunnel testing and other preliminary projects. However, both the materials used in its construction and the details within the warship were restored to an extremely detailed level, even featuring a power system that relied on magic to operate normally.

Based on this, after obtaining inheritance through the recharged learning machine, the cats and bugs first dismantled the various broken instruments from the Herbert ruins, thereby obtaining a batch of complete parts that were still usable after a thousand years, and then transformed the Rogilas into a true metal battleship.

If it were placed in the past thousands of years ago, the size of the Rogilus was indeed a bit "mini" and its functions were not complete, but this "mini" was relative to similar warships during the Giant Kingdom period.

Look at the ordinary sand boats parked around. A metal warship like this one, which is more than 60 meters long and nearly 70 meters at its longest point, means such a powerful deterrent to the current silent desert.

Oh, speaking of deterrence, the Rogilas still has a flaw at the moment, that is, there are no suitable weapons to be installed. After all, it is impossible for the cats and bugs to conjure up a few cannons out of thin air.

In other words, when encountering a situation where a battle is needed, the cats and bugs will most likely only be able to ask Ivan, the captain, to issue the only attack order - launch the captain.

While its offensive capabilities were relatively limited, the Rogilas's defenses were exceptional. It was like the steel used in modern kitchen knives, thrown back into ancient times, making it incomparable to even the most legendary weapons.

The Giant Kingdom, which inherited part of the Uranus civilization's heritage, certainly did not use plastic as the material used to make warship wind tunnel models like the Steel O-Ra in Ivan's previous life. The material had a hardness and toughness that was amazing for all countries in the current era, and even had excellent resistance to high temperatures and magic.

If the enemy cannot invade the interior of the battleship, it can withstand attacks for a long time even if left alone.

This is also the main reason why Alvin chose to take this battleship on this adventure.

"What a stunningly beautiful ship." Thorin stared at the Rogilas docked in the temporary port in amazement.

Looking at the expression on the dwarf's face at the moment, it seemed as if he wanted to pounce on it, sticking his whole body to the surface of the ship to get a closer look.

"Let's talk about it when we get upstairs." Alvin smiled slightly, walked onto the passenger elevator driven by Catworm, and was the first to arrive at the top deck of the Rogilas.

Stepping onto the sturdy retractable steps, he couldn't help but marvel at the astonishing talent and engineering abilities displayed by these ancient cats and bugs. In just such a short time, they've already begun using existing materials to recreate various cat vehicles from the Giant Kingdom era. It's truly remarkable.

In addition to this vehicle that looks like a "passenger elevator", there are several engineering vehicles with different purposes around the Rogilas to assist the cats and bugs in completing the inspection work before departure.

To be honest, in a few months, maybe these cute furry creatures will appear in front of me driving cat power armor.

Considering the intricate connection between the Giant Kingdom and the Uranus civilization, and the fact that the learning machines used by the cats and bugs to pass on knowledge directly stored knowledge from thousands of years ago, Ivan felt that even if the above situation really happened, he would not be too surprised.

Noticing the captain boarding the battleship, the cats and bugs busy around the top deck performing final checks before departure all stood up and saluted. Although these furry little guys tried hard to look serious, they still looked more cute than serious.

Regardless of their original fur color, most of the cats, cats, and bugs were dressed in uniform blue and white uniforms. These uniforms resembled sailor shirts, with some senior engineers sporting a conspicuous bright yellow work vest. The upper and lower rows of pockets were filled with various tools, giving them a distinctly professional look.

Entering the Rogilas through the bridge entrance, Thorin couldn't help but widen his eyes and mutter to himself when he saw the all-metal sidewalls of the passage.