Chapter 412 400: New Style Magic Fighter Aircraft
In the southern part of the capital, within a hidden valley, over a hundred Wizards skilled in elemental studies joined forces using the "Mud to Stone" magic, and tirelessly constructed a runway three kilometers long, impeccably straight!
At the end of the runway, a massive fighter plane stood erect, its entirety streamlined, beautiful yet delicate, resembling a majestic eagle with its wings spread...
"I never thought this kind of aircraft would actually be made!" Orlando said, quite moved.
Two years earlier, the scene of Lydia's test flight at Yiyeta Harbor had lingered in his memory; back then, it had still been a very rudimentary framework, looking like an overly ambitious, childish toy.
As he had expected, shortly after taking to the skies, the entire aircraft violently fell apart within seconds; had Master Helram not timely intervened, the halfling girl would have likely been smashed to pieces...
However, this upgraded version of the aircraft was different; its entire structure had been swapped from wood to steel, and the rough and simple exterior had become exquisitely beautiful, so much so that it was difficult to associate the two as the same...
"Captain Lydia reporting, all parts of the first-generation fighter have been inspected, everything is normal!" Lydia announced mockingly after checking around the aircraft.
In fact, she had been impatient to conduct the test flight, but Lynn had stringently ordered her to check all vital parts of the aircraft before boarding each time.
Lydia couldn't help but mutter to herself how overly cautious the Dean was, especially since she had thoroughly inspected it just yesterday.
"Let's begin," Lynn nodded.
"Here we go!" With the go-ahead, Lydia immediately climbed into the cockpit, donned various protective gear, and manipulated the switches.
Powered by a strong hydrogen internal combustion engine, the front propeller quickly began to rotate at high speed.
The fierce wind lifted the dust off the ground and, under the watchful eyes of the Wizards, the first-generation propeller-driven aircraft quickly charged forth...
"So fast!" Vittorio squinted his eyes, unable to help commenting; within just ten seconds, the fighter's speed had already surpassed that of the Alchemy Car's maximum speed.
It was as fast as a blast of wind, sweeping past each person, enveloping everyone with a powerful force.
Inside the fighter, Lydia felt this even more intensely; everything around her quickly receded, turning into streaks of afterimages, far faster than any airship...
The front propeller even began to exhibit visual reversal phenomena, and the next instant, the fighter began to climb, swiftly ascending into the high skies.
Lydia quickly noticed the differences between piloting a fighter and an airship; it was very agile, not cumbersome at all, allowing her to turn and climb in the air at will.
She felt as though she had transformed into a bird, soaring freely in the sky, thoroughly enjoying herself.
"How fast can this new type of aircraft really go?" Orlando asked, unable to contain his curiosity as he watched the propeller plane accelerate in the sky, seemingly not yet reaching its limit,
"Theoretically, its top speed should be around 360 kilometers per hour..." Lynn pondered and spoke out, considering this was the first generation of fighter jets, its performance was still fairly conservative.
"That's too fast!" Orlando exclaimed, a speed three times faster than that of airships and far surpassing any known flying magical beast. There was nothing in the sky that could catch up with these new types of aircraft; even the griffins couldn't keep up with the dust they left behind.
Lynn just smiled and didn't respond. If you were to compare it to a jet fighter, it would be as slow as a snail, but in this other world, it was definitely the dominant force in the skies!
Next to him, Vittorio, watching the fighter plane continuously flipping and soaring high above, suddenly asked, "Are you planning to use this so-called new aircraft in conjunction with that Nuclear Explosion Magic?"
Yesterday, he felt the power of the nuclear explosion from across an entire mountain, and while he was shocked by its potency, he was also quite worried because its range was excessively wide. How to use it effectively—in killing the enemy while saving oneself—was a very important issue.
Now it seemed that using this incredibly fast aircraft was not a bad approach. Lydia could be responsible for piloting, Lynn would cast magic beside her, dropping the magic from the sky, and then, at the time of the explosion, relying on the extraordinary speed of the fighter jet to leave the area before the shockwave of the nuclear explosion could catch up...
"This is the last resort, we should only use it if absolutely necessary!" Lynn shook his head and cautionsly said.
The Big Nuclear Explosion Technique should only be used on a single person, like Aina, or during extremely critical situations to annihilate the main forces of the empire. The role of the fighter jet in dropping bombs is limited to the latter or to destroy cities.
While this approach felt exhilarating, the resulting aftermath was also extremely severe.
After all, they came to lead the empire's people in resisting the deception of the church, not to perpetuate tyranny and create more panic and insecurity... This was just adding trouble for themselves, increasing the pressure of governance.
"I think the Nuclear Explosion Magic would best be thrown into that place... That way, it wouldn't affect the outside world at all!" Lynn mused and spoke.
"Are you referring to?" Vittorio's mind raced, and he immediately thought of that Heaven's Gate, the portal connecting the Divine Kingdom with reality.
If there was a way to send the Nuclear Explosion Magic through the moment those legendary priests opened the gate of Heaven, while simultaneously taking out the caster, then the nuclear explosion would only be triggered within the Divine Kingdom. Indeed, this was the best plan, allowing them to use this high-damage, wide-range magic without any reservations.
"Capturing such a precise moment won't be easy," Vittorio said with a grave expression.
Listening to Lynn and Vittorio discuss the use of the new magic, Orlando and the others perked up their ears, eavesdropping.
They were very interested in the new magic developed by the dean, or rather, no one in the entire council did not want to know about it. It had now become a hot topic of discussion—after all, it was reputed to be the magic that could confront the false god!
No one knew if the sudden earthquake yesterday was related to this new magic...
Unfortunately, whether it was Lynn or the councilors, they were all very secretive, showing no intention of revealing anything. Their conversations were as elusive as mist, making it really difficult to understand...
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