Chapter 95 Sun Chaser

At noon, in the vast sky, more than a dozen armed flying ships of various sizes lined up in a column and drove forward in a mighty manner.

Below the flying ships, there were endless coalition forces. From the air, the coalition forces were as dense as ant colonies. Leading the way was the imperial cavalry corps. The bright silver light armor formed a shimmering light spot on the ground. They were responsible for the coalition's reconnaissance and escort tasks.

Behind the cavalry, there was a wave of heavy armored infantry, which formed a gray wave. Their number accounted for more than half of the coalition's number. The center of the entire army was wrapped in relatively fragile special arms such as elves and mages.

The coalition's marching speed on the ground was not fast, so the flying ship troops in the sky also maintained an extremely slow cruising speed.

The time for the crusade against the black dragon was set on the morning of the fourteenth day. They needed to wait for Gerald and others to bypass the entire dark valley and reach the rear of the monster before launching a synchronous attack, so the coalition was not in a hurry.

In the air, at the front of the flying fleet, there are three large armed flying ships lined up in a row. Their huge size of nearly 100 meters makes them particularly prominent in the fleet.

The flying ship on the far right is Xu Yue's current vehicle. On the smooth and wide deck, Xu Yue stood at the front of the flying ship, overlooking the magnificent scenery of mountains and rivers below, and felt that his whole heart became heroic.

Compared with modern aircraft, this huge and heavy magic flying ship gives people a sense of conquering everything. The few clouds that occasionally pass by the flying ship constantly remind him that he conquered the more majestic sky, not the sea under his feet.

"This is the combination of strength and beauty, the best mount for men."

Touching the guardrail on the flying ship lovingly, Xu Yue couldn't help but sigh.

Although I had ridden Barna's flying ship before, the feeling of riding someone else's and riding my own was definitely very different. Moreover, even in terms of size, his armed flying ship was nearly three times the size of Barna's civilian flying ship.

However, as the size increased, the energy consumption and personnel configuration required to drive the flying ship also increased. Barna's flying ship could be operated by one person, while Xu Yue's flying ship had a minimum configuration of 15 people to ensure the normal operation of the entire flying ship.

In addition to the captain Xu Yue, there were a total of 40 crew members on the flying ship, all of whom were Bescode's people. Among them, 20 were shipwrights of the flying ship, responsible for driving, navigation, maintenance, attack and defense, life and other aspects, and the other 20 were knights of the Guard Knights, serving as the armed force of the flying ship.

In name, these people were all led by Xu Yue, but he knew clearly that these people were probably Bescode's confidants.

However, as long as they did not violate Bescode's orders, their loyalty was still unquestionable.

"Barron, at our current speed, how long will it take to reach the Black Mountain Fortress?"

Hearing Xu Yue's question, a middle-aged man in leather armor in the back responded respectfully:

"Captain Xinhuo, at the current speed, it will take about three days."

This middle-aged man named Barron is the first mate on the flying ship, and he knows everything on the ship and all the performance of the flying ship.

"Three days? There is still plenty of time. You can take me to familiarize myself with the various parts of the flying ship first. Also, from today on, this flying ship will be called the Sun Chaser."

"Yes, Captain, I will take you to the Sun Chaser's cockpit first, over here."

Barron was very obedient. After Xu Yue named the flying ship, he immediately changed his words and took Xu Yue to visit various places. Xu Yue wanted to have a systematic and comprehensive understanding of the entire flying ship within these three days.

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At night, in the elegant and majestic captain's room

Xu Yue sat at the square table. The magic lamp above his head released a soft light, illuminating the entire captain's room. On the square table in front of him, a dark blue potion and an ancient green scroll were placed steadily.

The scroll was "Arrow Manipulation" given to him by Bescode, and the potion was the Thunder Potion he had exchanged for 2,000 merit points at the military supply department.

[Thunder Potion]

Origin: Dragon Valley, Sleeping Temple

Quality: Blue

Type: Strengthening Drug

Effect: After drinking, agility +2, nerve reflex speed +5% (the effect is a permanent increase.)

Tip 1: After drinking this potion, a continuous paralysis effect will occur within 12 hours. This is a normal phenomenon of thunder strengthening.

Tip 2: This potion is only effective for the first time.

Rating: 63 (blue item rating is 31 to 70 points)

Introduction: The thunder element essence specially treated by the temple priest can play a role in slowly strengthening the human body. The only flaw is that the strengthening process is quite comfortable.

The agility attribute enhanced by this potion is not the point, the point is that it can enhance the speed of nerve reflexes, which is a very rare enhancement and an attribute that every melee fighter dreams of.

5% increase may not seem like much, but in a life-and-death fight, victory or defeat often takes a moment, and every tiny increase may be a key point of victory or defeat.

So even if there is a potion in the arsenal that can increase the attribute by 6 points, he still decisively chooses this Thunder. If the enhancement process is not too long and there are side effects, he would have drunk this thing long ago.

Now, in the next three days, it can be foreseen that there should be no battle, and it is the best time to drink it.

Xu Yue picked up the thunder potion on the table, and his eyes stayed on the dark blue potion in the glass bottle that flashed with lightning for a moment. This thing was like liquefied thunder. Just holding it in his hand, he felt a tingling sensation on his skin that touched the bottle. Without hesitation, Xu Yue quickly pulled out the cork on the potion bottle and poured the whole bottle of potion into his mouth.

A subtle thunderous sound rang out, and he felt his entire tongue numb. He quickly swallowed the liquid in his mouth, and the numbness slid from his throat to his stomach, and then disappeared.

Putting away the glass bottle in his hand, Xu Yue felt his body that had not changed at all, and was a little confused.

"Didn't they say that there would be a paralysis effect? ​​There should be no shelf life for this thing."

As soon as the voice fell, Xu Yue, who was sitting on the chair, suddenly trembled all over, and fine electric light began to wander around him, and even his hair began to stand up, and the whole person was like a hair explosion.

The violent tremors and lightning lasted for a full three minutes before gradually subsiding, but Xu Yue's body would still tremble every few seconds, and his head would occasionally explode with lightning, but it was undoubtedly much better than the previous state of twitching and frizzing.

"Huh~ Fortunately, I didn't take this stuff before cleaning up the imperial capital, otherwise I might have fallen into the hands of the mechanical envoys. This strengthening process is really sour."

After a long sigh, Xu Yue felt the numbness all over his body and his body twitching from time to time. His tone was full of relief. He couldn't imagine what the consequences would be if his body suddenly twitched uncontrollably while fighting with the enemy.

"12 hours, which means it will last until tomorrow noon. Forget it, I'll wait until the strengthening effect ends before going out."

Thinking about the duration of the strengthening, Xu Yue smiled bitterly. He didn't plan to go out in his current state anyway. The appearance of twitching from time to time was very similar to Nicholas Zhao Si.

After drinking the potion, it was time to learn skills. Xu Yue picked up the skill scroll on the table, and the reminder sound of Paradise sounded immediately.

[Yes/No to learn arrow manipulation]

This scroll belongs to the inheritance scroll of the elves. I don’t know how Bescode got it. It is recognized by Paradise and can be learned directly.

Click OK, the scroll broke into countless green light spots in Xu Yue’s hand and merged into his body. With his eyes closed, Xu Yue felt as if he had turned into a towering tree. When the trunk swayed, the fallen leaves and branches turned into sharp arrows and shot out.

[Hunter has learned the arrow manipulation (active) skill]

"It’s interesting. It’s better to say wood manipulation than arrow manipulation."

After absorbing the knowledge in his mind, Xu Yue opened his eyes, and a strange inscription symbol appeared in his eyes, but it soon disappeared.

After sighing, he looked around and noticed another chair next to him, and raised his eyebrows.

A few minutes later, Xu Yue took a newly broken chair leg and carefully carved on the wooden stick with his own blood. After the last stroke, the wooden stick glowed red, and the complicated blood-colored inscriptions on the surface began to seep into the inside of the wooden stick.

After the inscriptions completely disappeared, Xu Yue's mind moved, and the wooden stick began to float up.