In fact, regarding the gliding function of battleships, mages from a number of research institutes have been debating this for some time.

Some mages feel that this feature is a bit useless compared to the deep dive mechanism of the Luskan Psionic Corsair.

After all, stealth can allow a pirate ship to gain a series of advantages such as taking the lead, ambushing, and strategic transfer, while letting a sea-going ship float can only temporarily glide in the air. The difference between the two is clear.

Of course, it cannot be said that this function is useless. After the ship itself escapes the resistance of the sea surface, whether it is escaping at a disadvantage, avoiding cluster bombardment, or leaping forward to pursue, it can give oneself a great advantage.

The only question is, at what cost?

As a native of the North, who would not envy this permanent flight function, especially after seeing the floating city 'Soft Wings' of the Silver Moon Dragon Mother Valamalandis.

And Levi's old friend Silver Wing didn't hide the principle of floating.

The reason why it can keep flying permanently in the air lies in the two permanent solidification spell abilities of the Alpine Crown, the artifact in the hands of the Dragon Mother:

[Focus Stone] and [Advanced Levitation].

The former is a magic gem that transforms gems through magic so that it can permanently store magic and become a certain way of casting spells.

The floating effect of the latter is directly fixed on this focus stone.

Both are five-ring spells, but the Focus Stone is the cornerstone technology for Netheril's rapid development of magic technology, but this spell seems to have been lost with the collapse of Netheril.

If there is no such technology or a focus stone that stabilizes the advanced levitation technique, then one can only find the elemental crystal nucleus of a large elemental life as a substitute.

But when Iger took out a Connor's Stone that Levi had taken out of the Nether magic ship, all the wizards who had originally opposed it switched sides.

Technical staff.

With ready-made products, who wouldn’t want to try this exciting and crazy idea.

Now we can only fly and glide. Who knows if we can directly ascend to the sky from the same place in the future?

Everyone has dreams, and academic mages who are engaged in technology are no exception.

Recreating the magic ship of the Nether era is the dream of almost all mages.

Even the magic ships of the Nether era were not independently developed by the great arcanists.

After all, things like 'spaceships' were still too high-end even in that era when the academic development of magic was at its peak.

Therefore, many high-end components and technologies back then relied on ‘importing’ or ‘borrowing’.

Even the entire ship is a trophy of the Grand Arcanists in other outer realms. If you take it back and do a little independent research and development and modification, it will be our ship.

Nothing wrong.

To a certain extent, Connor's Stone is a finished product processed using the [Focus Stone] spell.

What Ig and the others have to do is to replace the constant spells inside the Connor Stone with advanced levitation spells.

Then there was this ironclad ship that could "spiral into the sky".

It's a pity that Levi and the others only collected six of the Connor Stones from the Nether magic ship.

Unless the mage group can one day reversely derive the [Focus Stone] spell from Connor's Stone, or use large elemental crystal cores at all costs, the scale of deployment of such a 'flying' ironclad ship will not be complete.

It's tied there.

Just when everyone thought that the surprise given to them by Ige was over, they saw Ige commanding several crew members to bring over a tuna that was half a person in size and was still struggling.

"This is?"

Li Wei had a question mark on his face.

Just when he thought Ige was going to treat everyone to grilled fish, two more crew members carried over a barrel that was fixed on a metal bracket and fixed it on the metal bracket in a few clicks.

Under the belly of the fish.

But soon their attention was focused on each other's words again: "Those mentioned before, whether it is the outer armor, the steam explosion alchemy device, or the floating wings, are all to protect the ship itself.

Lord.”

After hearing the first half of this sentence, Li Wei was convinced, but at the same time he couldn't help but find it a bit interesting.

This is a typical research and development idea of ​​an academic mage.

In their consistent style, they always focus on self-preservation.

Therefore, if there is no conflict in talent between most academic mages, their first choice of school is usually the protection school.

Their philosophy is similar to that of some Blue Star reload players:

You can't stand still, where's the harm coming from?

Only when you are alive can you have output!

"But blind defense can never achieve real victory."

Iger turned on another light and shadow instrument, which showed a scene of the deep sea, and continued:

"At the beginning, a mage proposed a deep-diving goblin bomb equipped with a sonic detection alchemy device."

At the same time, a 'bucket' floating in the seawater appeared in the light and shadow instrument. Once the sound wave senses the incoming pirate ship, it will automatically trigger and detonate.

Depth charges.

Another similar creation appeared in Li Wei's mind.

But this plan was quickly rejected:

"However, the cost of this deep-diving goblin bomb equipped with a sonic detection alchemy device is too high.

"And if the sonic detection alchemy instrument is replaced by a physical firing pin and a salvo is used to attack the submarine, it can be easily discovered in advance and destroyed using cheaper methods, such as arcane missiles, ice walls, etc."

"Oh! Isn't this fish too big? It's a bit hard to catch, ah!!!"

I saw a crew member who was trying to hold down the tuna being slapped away by the tail of the big fish.

Just when it was about to arch into the sea water, Igo raised his hand and it was a ring of [Dominating Animals].

A faint light flashed in the tuna's eyes, and then it became quiet.

It was only then that Ige picked up the dead tuna and said to everyone:

"Until another summoning school mage suggested: Why don't we bind the triggered alchemy bomb to medium-sized sea fish? In this way, we only need to use a low-level spell of only one level [Dominate Animals] to give these sea fish

Give the order to attack."

In the light and shadow demonstration at the other end, dozens of tuna loaded with goblin high-explosive bombs were seen swooping towards the indifferent pirate ships like crazy, and then turned into wreckage together with the pirate ships.

"As you can see, even dominated tuna still have the instinct to avoid danger. Not only do they swim fast and are extremely flexible, but they are also highly deceptive. If the enemy is unprepared,

, it’s easy to fall for it.

"And all we paid was the cheapest goblin explosives and a first-level spell slot.

"Because it relies on fish as a weapon carrier, and when it explodes in the deep sea, it is like a low muffled thunder, so we call it:

"Deep sea torpedo."

"Pfft! Ahem!"

Li Wei almost choked on his saliva when he heard this title, and coughed twice to cover up his embarrassment in the strange eyes of everyone.

Damn it, what a torpedo

Well, in a sense, this is a real torpedo.

I wonder if a few hundred years from now, this kind of crazy biological weapon will be strongly condemned by angry little animal rights activists.

"It's okay. This name is very unique and vivid. You can continue."

Levi waved his hand.

Ige opened his mouth. He clearly felt that his lord had just laughed, but after thinking about it, he seemed to have failed to follow the lord's laughter, so he had to spread his hands helplessly and said:

“I think it may be a little troublesome that sometimes it is difficult for us to encounter large groups of medium-sized marine fish such as tuna and swordfish.

"So, Lord, if we want to use this weapon in large quantities, the first mission of our navy in the future will probably be fishing."

Salted fish fleet, attack!

When they thought of that somewhat funny scene, everyone laughed knowingly.

"Well, I said, can't we try to breed?" Fisher raised his hand and asked.

But he was quickly denied by Ige, who was well prepared:

“We have tried this kind of breeding in the past few years and found that it is feasible, but the cost is too high and the risks are uncontrollable.

"Medium-sized carnivorous marine fish such as tuna and swordfish always hunt while swimming.

“So if you want to keep them in captivity, you must first ensure that you have a very large fishing ground, so as to ensure their survival rate.

"Secondly, this kind of marine fish has an extremely sophisticated ratio of growth and consumption. To grow a tuna fry to a size of one hundred pounds, it often consumes tons of feed.

"And an unexpected storm will cause us to lose everything."

"Okay." Fisher spread his hands, saying that this kind of fish is really a trap.

Then everyone discussed the feasibility of mechanical torpedoes and ship modifications, and decided on tomorrow's itinerary, finally ending the inspection of the shipyard.

And time has passed quietly to noon.
To be continued...