Chapter 1040 Airship

Chapter 1040 Airship

"Who?" The soldiers who were guarding the workshop hurriedly raised their weapons, trying to protect this area from intruders.

On the other hand, the people from the Ardagan family instantly recognized both of them.

"My lord!"

"My lord!"

The people rushed to them, confusing the rest of the people.

When the soldiers heard about the identities of these two people, they panicked and hurriedly sheathed their swords.

Noel and Anna came out of the car.

"I heard the prototype is done, so I'm here." Noel waved his hand. "Where is the one in charge?"

"Please wait. We'll call them here." The soldiers rushed back, knowing what they should do. They didn't think they were good enough to handle Noel and Anna, so it was better to escape and get the people in charge.

It didn't take too long before three people came out. One of them was a middle-aged man who previously worked on the catapult. He was one of the blacksmiths in the Ardagan family.

The second person was a man in his early thirties, but because of his tired eyes and sloppy clothes, he looked like he was older than his actual age.

The last person was a woman wearing a rather formal suit. She had an uptight expression as she seemed to be reprimanding the sloppy man beside her while fixing her glasses.

No matter what she said, the sloppy man didn't bother changing. When they arrived, the blacksmith hurriedly greeted Noel and Anna.

"Thank you for coming, my lord and my lady."

"Mhmm. Thank you for your hard work, Mr. Vine." Noel smiled.

"!!!" The man looked surprised when Noel called his name. He never thought that such an important person would actually remember a nobody like him. He hurriedly replied, "Yes, sir. Thank you very much."

Noel then turned to the other two, who seemed to be the representatives of the Greenwood Kingdom.

"Hello, Earl Aradgan. It's an honor to have you here." The woman politely greeted him. "I am Sophia, the manager of this project. Next to me is the chief engineer, Zel."

"It's a pleasure to meet you. I am the one working on the air balloon in the Greenwood Kingdom."

"Noel is fine. And nice to meet you. I've come here after hearing that the prototype is done."

"Certainly." The woman tilted her body while extending her hand, showing a quite big boat behind them. There seemed to be a kind of balloon directly attached to this boat. "Please follow me."

Noel nodded. While walking, Noel waved his hand to the battlefield as if thanking them for their hard work.

When they arrived, Noel could see the boat in detail.

The boat itself wasn't as big as he originally thought. It could definitely fit a hundred people, but it would be extremely cramped.

Most of the time, they were inside a hidden compartment. It seemed that they were planning to connect all the hidden compartments so that they could create a main control room that took care of the operation of the airship.

As for the ship itself, it was a compact ship with a lot of windows. But they closed it for the time being because, when they started moving, the air would be sucked in. According to Zel, it was the hardest part to design.

It took a while, but he was satisfied with the work. All the runes could be hidden with a layer of additional skin, so it didn't matter if it looked ugly now.

"Is this all?" Noel asked.

Zel nodded with a serious expression. "Yes. The Spiritual Barrier Rune will be protecting the airship from attacks. Most of the time, the enemies won't be strong enough to destroy the Spiritual Barrier Rune, so this should be very safe.

"The Enhance Forward Runes and the Falling Runes are all in place. If we add the Floating Rune, we will be able to bring more luggage.

"But for now, I think this is enough. We will gather more data and create an even better airship."

When they came out, Felicia and Anna had been waiting outside along with a lot of soldiers. It seemed that they were pretty curious about this airship and what Noel wanted to do with it.

Noel said, "You take care of the preparation and station all the people needed. After that, we will board the airship and try it. You're not scared of heights, aren't you?"

"I'm thankful for your invitation. Since Mr. Noel is going to test it personally, as the chief engineer, there's no way I will stay on the ground." Zel then moved to Sophia and instructed everyone on how to operate it.

Meanwhile, Noel walked to Felicia. "How are you? How is the training going?"

"Thanks to your way of teaching, we have five squads of Rune Magicians, totaling fifty people. The Greenwood Kingdom has the same number."

"What about the runes?"

"They are mostly Spirit Practitioners, so they can't use intermediate runes like Spiritual Barrier Rune or Rain of Light Rune. But they are able to use the Rune Sword and Rune Spear. There are four people who are Spirit Masters right now and they are capable of using the Rain of Light Rune."

"Well, the airship is more suitable for a weapon like our ballistas, but this should be enough for now."

"What are we going to do here?"

"Just shoot some demons. I'll show you what to do later." Noel shrugged.

It took them two hours to prepare for the flight. The balloon was fully filled with air and they had brought a lot of demon crystals for this one test.

Noel invited everyone, including the blacksmiths who worked on this project to test it. Some followed, some stayed.

In total, 58 people entered the airship. It was a bit cramped, but this was fine.

"Let's begin!" Noel gave a nod to Zel and Sophia.

Sophia announced, "Deactivate the Falling Runes!"

The staff hurriedly did as they were told and the ship began to rise from the ground.

"Oh! We're going to fly." Noel looked amused while Anna was looking through the window to see the airship leaving the ground. "We're flying!"