Lord of the Sky City-Chapter 704 - 667 New Model Warship
Chapter 704: Chapter 667 New Model Warship! Chapter 704: Chapter 667 New Model Warship! Although an inadvertent move had changed the whole game, when everything settled, everyone’s attention still focused on the person responsible. In this situation, Rocky had no time for amusement, instead, he had to make even better use of his time.
Rocky was well aware of this, but fortunately, he was the type to build up gradually and strike suddenly. He had been dedicated to preparation for several years, and now when he needed to act, the years of preparation quickly bore fruit.
For instance, the day after, the Apple Tree Corporation brought good news—the first batch of rune battleships they manufactured had arrived at Thunderhawk City!
As previously mentioned, while Rocky had shared Rune Technology with the Apple Tree Corporation without any compensation, he had also commissioned them to construct three hundred rune battleships. After two months, these battleships were finally completed… partially.
Since it was their first time constructing rune battleships and they were still unfamiliar with Rune Technology, even though the Apple Tree Corporation had dozens of large shipyards, the output of rune battleships was not high. In two months, they managed to produce only a hundred rune escort ships. However, to avoid making Rocky wait too anxiously, this batch of battleships was sent directly to Thunderhawk City and arrived at the port today.
Upon hearing this news, Rocky and Archimonde immediately headed to the skyport, where they saw a hundred neatly docked warships.
“Rocky, are you satisfied with this batch of battleships?”
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Standing beside Rocky and looking at the hundred warships, Archimonde couldn’t help but smile proudly. He indeed had every reason to feel proud, because these hundred newly launched rune battleships, although merely escort ships, were far superior to the rune battleships under Rocky’s command. The reason was simple: these escort ships were entirely new designs centered around rune technology by the Apple Tree Corporation!
Although Rocky had also modified a large number of battleships and used them to conquer the City of Fury, those were still, strictly speaking, not true rune battleships since they were modified from existing ones. However, the one hundred battleships delivered by the Apple Tree Corporation were different; these were true rune battleships, without a single magic stone throughout!
It must be acknowledged that the Apple Tree Corporation truly lived up to its reputation as a giant in the battleship industry. They not only had their own shipyards but also a very powerful battleship development team that was extremely knowledgeable in designing, manufacturing, and producing battleships.
Thus, upon receiving the Rune Technology provided by Rocky, the corporation’s development team immediately researched these technologies and started designing a new series of battleships with runes at their core. Because they spent considerable time on this, the corporation could only produce a hundred escort ships in two months. However, on the flip side, since these escort ships were newly designed based on rune technology, their combat power was naturally stronger.
“City Lord Rocky, this is our newly designed War God Escort Ship. All systems of the battleship utilize the rune technology you provided, enhancing its maneuverability, defensive power, and offensive capabilities manyfold. There’s no doubt this redefines the standard for the new era’s escort ships!”
While walking towards the hundred rune escort ships, Archimonde went on to describe in detail, “Thanks to the rune technology, we’ve equipped this model with fifty secondary cannons of 3000 magic energy power each, and ten main cannons of 15000 magic energy each. Thus, in terms of offensive capabilities, the firepower of this escort ship even surpasses that of the old patrol cruisers.”
“Also, by using rune technology, the defense system of the battleship has also been significantly upgraded. The strength of the Defensive Net has increased by threefold, rendering the attacks from traditional Fifth Generation main cannons akin to mere tickling. Additionally, the maneuverability of the ship has also been enhanced…”
While Archimonde was still explaining, he and Rocky came up to one of the escort ships, and Rocky looked up and showed a satisfied smile.
Indeed, this newly designed rune escort ship was very satisfying.
By the standards of the Fifth Generation, an escort ship is usually between one hundred to one hundred fifty meters long, but the full length of these one hundred War God Escort Ships had exceeded two hundred meters, which was clearly much larger than typical escort ships. It was precisely because the hull had been enlarged that it was possible to equip the battleship with fifty secondary cannons and ten main cannons—firepower that typically would only fit on a Fifth Generation patrol cruiser.
This is the progress brought about by rune technology. Since runes can hold far more magic energy than magic stones, once rune technology was comprehensively applied, the overall performance of the battleships was greatly improved. And when this improvement reached a transformative level, it gave rise to these completely reengineered new battleships.
“Sir Archimonde, has this model of battleship been tested in combat simulations?”
After looking up for a while, Rocky turned to ask Archimonde.
“It has been through several simulations already.”
“What were the results?”
“Against Fifth Generation escort ships of the same class, it can achieve an overwhelming victory against five opponents.”
Looking at Rocky, Archimonde said very proudly.
What did he mean by that?
It meant that in a real battle, one War God Escort Ship could completely dominate and defeat five Fifth Generation escort ships!
This achievement was indeed sufficient to make Archimonde display a proud expression, because among the Fifth Generation battleships, even the enhanced flagship version could hardly ever overcome such a huge disparity of one to five to achieve victory, let alone a decisive one. However, the rune battleship had done it, clearly demonstrating that rune battleships had completely surpassed traditional battleships in combat capability.
“That’s excellent…”
This response naturally brought a smile to Rocky’s face, and he then said, “In that case, let’s see how it performs.”
“Sure!”
For this suggestion, Archimonde was not at all surprised and was even quite excited.
Following this, Rocky called Felly over, and after receiving his instructions, Felly sent a crew to board one of the War God Escort Ships. At the same time, Rocky, along with Archimonde and others, boarded his own Thunderhawk. The two warships quickly left the skyport.
As the two warships flew side by side out of the skyport, Archimonde glanced at Rocky with a smile: “Rocky, how do you intend to test it?”
“A real combat test.”
“Real combat?”
Looking at Rocky’s smiling face, Archimonde was taken aback.
