Chapter 1597 Meeting Point
This operation can be regarded as a secret operation to some extent, and it is quite hasty. For old Mr. Kawei, this was also a last resort. Because he didn't want people to know that he left the battlefield.
If this news got out, it would be a serious blow to morale.
In any war, especially one in which defeat is already evident, the news that the commander is escaping alone will only make the army collapse faster and more violently, and no one can take care of it.
Even if he leaves temporarily for important matters, old Mr. Kawei doesn't want to talk about it. Because it is a fact that I left. Why I left? The answer to this question is everyone’s interpretation. No matter how many words the parties involved try to explain, it may not be useful.
On the side of the Haider Empire, came an airship army, a formation of ten ships. Among them, the flagship is the emperor's chariot that cannot be easily taken out. Let's not talk about speed or attack power. Defense power is the most important point, and then there is the gorgeous appearance.
The ivory shell makes the entire airship look as moist as pearls, and the thick hull is like a ground fortress, giving it a solid majesty. All decorations are beautifully decorated with gold and jewelry. Even the flag representing the empire and the status of the emperor was made with the most advanced silk and embroidery techniques of the Kingdom of Silk and floated outside the ship.
Gargoyles like gargoyles were evenly arranged in a circle around the outside of the ship. These things are not just for decoration, but sophisticated flying golems that can fly out into battle at any time when necessary.
Such a flagship, however, went through three stages of a hundred years of design, a hundred years of construction, and a hundred years of perfection before it became the travel vehicle of the Emperor of the Haider Empire. Even today, it continues to absorb the latest technology and continue to make modifications.
Just say that the six propellers hanging at the stern of the ship and distributed radially allowed this old airship to achieve a speed that was not inferior to the cruising level of the new airship. Of course it's not comparable to top speed, but it's already a considerable improvement.
Half of the upper deck of this airship is open. But for the sake of speed, even though Midi still didn't quite understand what air resistance was, the Haider Empire still built an openable and closable hatch for this airship. It is true that after closing the hatch cover, the flight speed accelerated.
Now the huge hatch remains open, and there are many welcoming ceremonial knights lined up on the deck, waiting for the arrival of distinguished guests.
As for the Gwana Empire, what came was not the Twin Griffins of the Grand Duke of Kawei family, the most famous high-speed airship on the battlefield. ——
The prefix "Extreme Speed" is more of an honorific than a description. It exemplifies the superior capabilities of the airship, for which it was so revered for its exploits. Although it has the same capabilities as the Twin Griffin, or the airship on it, it does not exist on the battlefield.
——The airship that carried the Emperor of the Gwana Empire and his important ministers to the meeting place was the Double-headed Eagle, an airship belonging to the Azarnia family, the emperor's family.
The airship is the sister ship of the Twin Griffin. Basically, any new equipment, as long as it is proven feasible on the Twin Griffins, will be installed on the Twin Eagles soon.
She belongs to the emperor of the Gwana Empire. But it has the same problem as its sister ships. Because the internal cabin is too narrow, the riding experience can be considered torture for nobles who are greedy for enjoyment. Therefore, the emperor who was not in good health actually did not ride many times.
But fast speed, high concealment, defense and early warning capabilities are not to mention. When there is a mission, an airship that focuses on combat performance is more trustworthy than those who sit comfortably. So the old emperor of the Gwana Empire arrived in this airship.
However, the two airships approaching in the air did not dock. They are all high in the sky, keeping a certain distance from each other, maintaining the same speed, and floating slowly.
The reason for not daring to stop the engine is also obvious. Turning the propeller off and on again is different from the acceleration level from slow to fast. If the opponent has any evil intentions, the Double-Headed Eagle will definitely run away first. In comparison, the Haider Empire came with an army, and they were much more confident.
The reason for no contact is, of course, that the person who organized today's meeting has not yet appeared. In order to be able to travel in secret, Old Kaweigong neither used the Twin Griffins nor asked the Twin Eagles to pick him up.
He found another trustworthy person and one of the protagonists of this meeting, the great magician Guybrash Tripwood, to pick him up. And someone's flash technique ignores spatial distance, which is perfect for doing something that requires sneakiness.
Putting an elf holy robe borrowed from the World Tree on the old man, the magician waited for contact before setting off. In a blink of an eye, he pulled the two of them to the rendezvous point agreed by the airship.
In fact, the airship's rendezvous in the Lost Land is not like a time traveler's hometown that can have precise GPS positioning coordinates. In addition to using terrain features for triangular comparison, the main thing is to try your luck in the air, use sight, use detection magic to capture, and then the two parties take the initiative to meet.
In other words, the actual meeting point of the airships from the two empires was not at the originally agreed upon location. In addition, both sides did not stop, but maintained a slow speed in parallel. They had already left their initial position far away.
But someone still took the eldest Duke to the destination at once. The reason was that the design of the Double-Headed Eagle came from him... Issues such as the back door were tacitly understood. As for the old man being taken away, whether he really didn't know or was just pretending to be stupid was not something Lin considered.
Comparing one airship to a group of ten airships, two humans suddenly appearing in the sky would not attract each other's attention at first.
Even the double-headed eagle with early warning function can only warn birds above a certain size. Otherwise, small bugs and inconspicuous birds that disappear after being bumped into will trigger an alarm, and it will be endless. Humans, even two humans, are within this range.
Not to mention the airship corps of the Haider Empire, they still maintain the tradition of watching with human eyes. Even though the lookouts have at least the ability of a magic apprentice, and their eyesight is specially selected, their attention may not be comprehensive enough to provide 360-degree early warning at the same time.
So in order to remind others that he had arrived, Lin unceremoniously spread out the night sky and directly covered all eleven airships! Doing this can also shield you from prying eyes from the outside world. Although you don't necessarily need to be so careful, it is better than nothing.
For a moment shrouded in a strange dark magic barrier, the airships of the two empires did not appear panicked or unconsciously paralyzed. They have their own evasive actions.
Faced with this kind of magical barrier that knows no boundaries, being reckless is not a good choice. It is very simple for a magician who can do something like this to use the magic of turning the world upside down and confusing the senses to make a charging person or airship crash into the ground.
The Double-headed Eagle launched a magic barrier directly outside the ship. The huge sapphire blue spherical magic shield covers the entire airship. This is someone's special protective magic. Even if it is attacked by dragon flames, it can last for ten seconds.
This time was enough for the Double-headed Eagle to escape at full speed under the dragon flames. Of course, it was enough for her to confirm the situation in the darkness before deciding on the next step.
The airship army of the Haider Empire was not slow to react at all. They immediately adjusted their formation and surrounded the emperor's flagship from top to bottom, left, right, and front. Although the environment becomes dark, it does not blind everyone. This is their chance, at least they will not hurt friendly forces.
The magician's gun port is also blooming with spiritual light, and the magician inside the ship can launch bombardments at any time.
With the reaction speed of the two parties, Lin can guarantee that both parties may have been preventing the other party from causing trouble from the beginning and were fully prepared.
The reason why the nerves of the two empires are so sensitive is simple. Because in the countries established after the end of the Dark Ages seven or eight hundred years ago, this kind of emperor-to-emperor meeting between emperors had never happened.
The king meets the king, the king meets the emperor, this kind of thing has happened before, and it happens often. But it was really the first time for an emperor to meet an emperor.
Even if the emperor personally went on an expedition, the emperor would only go to the border to defend against foreign enemies. He never crossed the border, and the number of times was only a handful. Let’s just say that for those emperors with great martial arts in the history of Myland, the real results of their battles were achieved by their generals. Who really went out to fight and kill by themselves?
Therefore, in an unprecedented meeting like this, both sides have no experience to follow. He was suddenly shrouded in a magic barrier and didn't explode directly, which was considered very polite.
Old Kawei Gong looked at what a certain magician was doing, knowing that the other person wanted to give the two empires a showdown, and felt helpless in his heart.
Although the purpose of this trip is to get the endorsement of the two empires to build the Twin Towers of the Gate. But ultimately, the main reason is not the selfishness of the magician, but the needs of the twenty-five World Trees behind him, and even the interest groups including the will of the land.
So when this magician comes here, he does not represent him alone. If you are looked down upon by others because you go to a meeting alone, things can easily get out of hand. So the old man can understand the reason why this person comes out to scare people.
This is not a good time to continue pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger. Unless you really intend to 'eat' the other party, you need to set a trap and create an excuse. If you are not going to do this, letting others know that you are on an equal footing is necessary for negotiations.
This is Lin's plan. If Lao Kaweigong puts himself in his shoes, he can still understand it.
But understanding does not mean being able to accept it, especially when one of them is the emperor who he has served his whole life. So Old Kawei Gong quickly set off his own magical signal fireworks to notify others that he had arrived. I didn’t slap anyone in the face, at least I was given a step down.
When the three-color fireworks representing the eldest Duke appeared sequentially in the dark night sky, the Double-Headed Eagle immediately released the protective magic. They have not received similar training on how to receive magicians flying at high altitudes.