Rhode Island Park Project

According to Daphne, it was obvious that the other dukes at the meeting had already reached a common decision before her father attended the meeting.

They didn't know whether the Duke of Windermere's original intention was to eliminate the Steam Knights, the royal family's most deterrent force to restrain the dukes, but this was the best and only option at the moment.

"I don't need anyone to clear my name. I also know that the one that emerged from your ship is not a real Steam Knight."

Windermere looked into the distance, "At least the Steam Knight can't fly to that height."

"Haha, what exactly is a steam knight? Is it a knight's armor that emits steam, or a knight who has been bestowed with honors and titles by the king?"

The Duke of Windermere did not answer, and Luo Hang also looked into the distance without paying any attention.

No matter how many words you say, in the end, only facts will determine everything.

The two did not discuss what the bet they had set up before was about, but this was something that did not need to be stated explicitly.

Expecting to gain excessive benefits from one of Victoria's two sharp swords by relying on a verbal promise will only backfire in the end.

Duke Windermere understood what Luo Hang wanted, and he also knew that the Duke in front of him, who was much more mature than Daphne, understood it, and that was enough.

Maybe it's a bit self-boasting, but it can indeed be regarded as a bit of tacit understanding between smart people.

However, the final result still depends on the results of the First Armored Corps.

……

Above the battlefield, eight armored knights, trailing flames, were climbing and flying along the route set by the tactical system.

“Reached the summit.”

"The target is 728 meters away horizontally, the sailing speed is 21 knots, and the rope rappel positioning has begun."

"Current altitude 8000 meters, reaching target in 30 seconds, initial acceleration 35."

"Everyone enter assault mode, activate buffer life support devices, and confirm safety check results."

"—Rappelling begins."

Following the last command on the communication channel, the eight armored knights dispersed in a diamond formation uniformly changed the direction of their tail flames.

The downward-spouting tail flames were now all pointing higher into the sky, and the armored knights held their lances in front of them, with the tips pointing downwards, their arms and the fronts of their bodies riveted to the lances.

A sharp solid metal spike extended from between the knight's feet, pointing far away at the ground, and began to accelerate continuously under the impetus of the tail flame spewing towards the sky.

Land-based warships are the main weapons of war that countries that have popularized mobile cities often use. As one of the land powers, Victoria is equipped with countless warships of various types.

The grand dukes who dared to participate in this war, and even many ordinary dukes, had these magnificent steel giants under their command.

But Rhodes Island obviously has no warships.

If we ignore the Sunset Hall and the clash of conventional armaments, how will they deal with the enemy's warships? Are the armored knights really helpless against these behemoths made of the same steel?

The answer is of course no.

Whether it's a ship at sea or on land, the upper deck facilities have always been the most vulnerable part. Terra's flight equipment has always been a very weak area. Most of the firepower during combat comes from the side, which makes the deck facing the upper deck even more vulnerable.

This is a weakness that does not exist in theory, but now, the troops marching on the ground and the soldiers on the warships witnessed the flames falling from the sky, and finally fell into panic one by one.

They didn't know what those things that were obviously not easy to deal with were, but the soldiers on the battleship and Ernst, the commander-in-chief, knew even more clearly that they must not let those things fall on the ship.

"Aim all available firepower at the sky!! Whether it's cannons or spellcasting units, anything that can leave your hands, send it all up into the air!"

Ernst roared rapidly in the bridge.

This force has mobilized most of the main combat forces of the military region under his charge. In order to ensure that the warships under his command can leave the port in full condition and not be feared or controlled by other nobles, Ernst has exhausted all his connections and resources.

And all this is for the enemy right before our eyes——

How could he stop here?!

A large number of trailing flames, spell glows, and even arrows rose from the ground and headed into the sky.

However, many people soon discovered a problem -

"Sir! They're too fast! Too fast! We can't hit them at all!!"

The shouts from the front were mixed with dense roars and shouts, and the sky was almost obscured by colorful magical glow and flames. However, the actual situation was—

Most spells and crossbows can only fly upwards 100 to 200 meters before they are no longer effective. Many exploding spells and flames, in addition to making the sky gorgeous, have the biggest effect of blocking other people's sight.

The naval guns that were truly capable of firing at a range of hundreds of meters were visually affected by the colorful sky, and the fire control system was completely unable to detect the glowing target right above their heads. Everyone's shooting depended entirely on feeling and luck.

But facing a target with Mach rings trailing behind its tail flame, relying on visual inspection and feeling, isn't that a joke?!

All the firepower exploded like fireworks, yet the eight flames continued to fall from the sky with unstoppable force, as if they were not affected in the slightest.

Ernst, who also realized that there was little hope for air defense interception, had already given up paying attention to the sky and was shouting at the crew on the bridge:

"Full speed turn!"

"We've been at full speed since the beginning! Sir!!"

The crew's voices were also very broken.

They had clearly been trying their best to adjust their direction from the very beginning, but the target above their heads seemed to have remained in the same position from the beginning to the end.

Although the battleship's movement speed is not fast, it is not to the point where there is no change at all!!

Ernst's face suddenly turned pale.

He understood one thing.

It's not that they are too slow...it's that the enemy is following them.

"Countdown to 3 seconds."

Information was also being transmitted through the communications of the First Armored Group.

Colliding with the deck of a ship at supersonic speeds is a difficult and dangerous task, even in power armor training.

All members held their breath and listened attentively to the voice coming from the communication.

"3"

"2"

"Notify all ships to prepare for impact—!"

Ernst's roar was also echoing in the bridge below.

After all, Ernst was a veteran who was able to climb all the way to the top from the bottom. At the last moment, he decisively gave up his futile struggle and began to fully prepare for the attack.

Although the enemy was attacking the battleship's most vulnerable upper deck, this was a large battleship after all. Even if it was hit by 8 enemy unknown weapons...

As the thought flashed through Ernst's mind, the flames in the sky finally broke through the colorful clouds formed by various spells and explosions.

"1"

In almost the blink of an eye, the fire flashed completely in Ernst's vision.

As if it were a judgment coming down from the sky, huge gray fountains rose up from the vast battleship deck before his eyes, and there seemed to be a strange light blue fluorescence mixed in.

At the last moment of the impact, the power armor's overload core instantly releases a directionally directed energy pulse, which can avoid the most direct impact force to a certain extent. Combined with the life-support buffer device, it can ensure that the driver will not be killed instantly under such an impact force.

The flying steel fragments were instantly swept away by the huge shock wave, forming a huge gray fountain in the eyes of Ernst and everyone else.

The violent shaking instantly shook the entire steel giant sailing on land, and the indicator lights and various screens in the bridge also flickered ominously with the impact.

The steel and the earth were wailing heavily, and accompanied by an even more shrill alarm like a whimper, the armored knight, trapped in a pile of rugged steel and illuminated only by the hole above, also violently released the buffering air pressure and slowly moved his body.

"Report on the core overload rate and damage of each unit."

"12%, minor damage."

"11%, slight..."

"..."

Responses came one after another until all seven team members were safe. Wells, the former shield guard and captain, also grasped the long handle of the lance, staring at the crew members who were still dizzy from the attack, pulled out the armored sword with force, and picked up the shield.

The battleship soldiers, already dazed by the violent shockwave, hadn't regained their consciousness until this moment. It was only after hearing their teammates' screams that the others realized—

"There is an enemy!!"

"We can't let him pass, there's a—!"

However, facing the armored knights wielding giant swords more than 2 meters long, without the protection of the battleship armor, the status between steel and infantry seemed to be reversed in an instant.

In the chaotic bridge, many people were lying on the ground, struggling to get up.

But without giving anyone a chance to breathe, a rapid shout came from the communication:

"The power room was attacked!!"

"Ammunition depot attacked!!"

"The enemy is blowing up the main cables!!"

"There are monsters!"

"That's Steam Knight, it's Steam Knight!!"

The violent impact had passed, but the flickering lights in the bridge had not improved at all. Instead, along with the shrill screams, all light and communication were completely lost, and even the communications fell silent.

Ernst, holding his bleeding forehead, slowly climbed up from the ground with the help of the table, looking around the messy bridge blankly, when suddenly a loud noise like something out of a ghost story sounded behind him.

Under the gaze of everyone who had just woken up or was not yet fully awake, the steel protective door was pierced through the edge by a steel fist, then held down by a palm, and forced to slowly open to one side with a teeth-grinding creaking sound.

Under the dull gaze of a group of eyes, the cold Iron Knights gradually appeared behind the supposedly heavy protective doors. After the main facilities on the ship were attacked, it was natural that there was also an essential piece of information -

The bridge is under attack!

Ernst, clutching his dizzy head, finally understood one thing completely.

That /*Victoria expletive*/ is not a shell at all, it's alive!!

Chapter 5: We are allies now, so how far can we be from being in-laws? (k)

There has always been a very interesting thing.

If the infantry enters the battleship's firing range, they will be crushed like being mowed down. However, if the infantry goes one step further and stand on the battleship's deck, the huge battleship will become a lump of iron with no power to resist.

Now the troops led by Count Ernst were in such a dilemma.

The battleship's powerful guns and thick armor were completely useless against the enemy that had already invaded the ship, while the soldiers inside the ship... faced the ghostly armored knights, fully and vividly demonstrating the most ideal scene of "unstoppable force".

The crew and soldiers inside the battleship were unable to stop it, and the troops around the battleship lost their command due to communication interference.

The warship, with black smoke billowing everywhere, had not yet come to a complete stop, and the emergency landing port, which had lost control, could not be lowered, resulting in a group of people having to rush to the warship, which was still slowing down, in a chaotic manner.

The troops that were so powerful not long ago were thrown into chaos in front of the enemy.

The people inside couldn't fight back, and the people outside couldn't get in. They could only watch as the huge warship exploded one after another, large and small, from all over the place, and then black smoke rose up.

……

Bridge.

Wells, the captain of the First Armored Squadron, strode through the protective gate and looked around at all the people in the bridge. He immediately locked his sight on Count Ernst, who was dressed obviously differently.

"Enemy attack!!"

The guards around Count Ernst were the first to react. Facing the 3-meter-tall black steel knight, he drew the long sword at his waist without hesitation.

A layer of clear frost quickly spread from the blade of the guard's sword, and even the air around him was filled with a hazy and dense coldness.

"Sir, please retreat!"

With one hand, he protected Ernst, whose face was bleeding profusely, and stared closely at the black steel knight who was still approaching step by step with a clear goal. He gritted his teeth, raised the icy long sword in his hand, and went forward without retreating.

A biting cold wind blew through the entire bridge in an instant, and sharp ice spikes suddenly grew out from all directions of the ground, walls, and ceiling of the bridge, like a cage of ice spikes covering the steel black knight standing inside.

Wells, driving the armor, calmly watched through the tactical screen as the guard with a determined face stabbed him from the front with the ice crystal sword.

As a shield guard, he was very familiar with such expressions, but he would never show mercy because of them.

Without paying too much attention to the low-threat indications displayed in all directions of his vision, Wells raised the shield in his left hand and leaned forward. The nearly 2-meter-high thick iron shield, combined with the power of the power armor, created a strong wind that made it impossible for many people in the bridge to open their eyes.

The guards had to grit their teeth and retreat when facing the iron shield that was as heavy as a door panel.

The ice spikes that enveloped the armored knight from all directions took advantage of this moment to swiftly pierce the joints of the armor, but Wells continued to stare at the guard in front of him, raising the longsword in his right hand.

The 3-meter-tall steel black knight swung his sword and shield violently under the gaze of everyone, and completed a turn and slash on the spot. The ice spikes that flashed with cold light flew in all directions the moment they approached the thick black armor, and sparkling ice crystals flew everywhere in the air.

"Keng——!"

A short, crisp sound.