"Fallen Island Battleship, set sail!"

With the command from temporary Captain Loken Sorin, chosen as the representative, the entire underground chamber shook.

The three-hundred-meter gigantic warship, dormant for countless years, trembled as it slowly rose. Its incomprehensible complex core resonated with the Mechanical Creation Furnace, generating a repulsive force that made it float like a Sky Island, becoming a flight platform bearing hope.

Around the gigantic ship, even though the previously constructed connecting bridges and various cables had been dismantled for convenience, some debris remained uncollected. As it slowly ascended, they couldn’t resist the force enough to suspend a great island and were pulled apart or rolled away swiftly.

From the perspective of the rescued workers and their families, who had been informed to retreat to a distance, the high-standing object in the underground swiftly shed debris in an avalanche-like spectacle, finally revealing its grandeur in full view.

Its seamless exterior was polished to the point of invisibility, and its hull, colossal yet without the slightest tremor, was solid and elegantly contoured. The weight of the metal exemplified industrial beauty to the fullest, accompanied by the awe-inspiring presence of the enormous object.

The impact of its presence as a mountain, a backdrop, couldn’t compare to the shock of its movement, of it beginning to hover.

The gigantic ship continued its ascent, casting its shadow over the spectators, its body obscuring their full sight. In the hearts of those who had endured a disaster of life and death, a belief in its victory arose.

Even if they didn’t know what weapons it possessed or how it would engage in combat, the sheer existence of this gigantic object brought people confidence and courage. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

In front of the Fallen Island Battleship, the metallic high wall, whose purpose Li Ang once inquired about, slowly opened. Faser had the authority to command this action from onboard the gigantic ship.

Clearly, this was the exit gate built by the Island Founder for the moment the gigantic ship embarked.

As the gate began to open, outside came the fierce sounds of rocks tumbling and air currents surging. Over long years, soil rock condensed by Earth Element had accumulated outside the gate, and high-altitude winds poured into the Sky Port through the gap.

When the high wall was fully lowered, the twilight sunlight dyed the underground port in golden hues. The faint blood-red hints seemed to foreshadow the fierce battles ahead.

Within the Fallen Island Battleship, the floating core emitted sounds of flames blazing. As it advanced, it was as if fierce flames roared wildly against the wind. Under the gaze and hope of thousands, the giant ship gradually sailed into the air outside the island.

"Hurry, we must go too," said Li Ang to those around him.

He rode aboard the Howling Wolf piloted by Andasu, while Meimei and Meluna rode on the back of a griffin with the Female Flower Sword Knight of the cavalry Profession.

To prevent the Destruction Battleship from finding the underground chamber externally, the gate had to be closed immediately once the giant ship set sail, prompting them to follow suit and leave immediately.

Andasu skillfully piloted the Howling Wolf out of the underground chamber, the griffin roaring alongside. Compared to the colossal ship, these two flying units were like nimble insects.

The ascent of the Fallen Island Battleship resembled an island rising at sunset. To the people of the City of the Ship’s Rudder, a giant suddenly rose from beneath the horizon, immediately causing a commotion.

"What is that?"

"A ship? Impossible, right?"

"Why not? Look at that ghostly giant face above."

"It’s a ship, another one of those damn Empire creations?"

"What will happen to us?"

Following the Empire’s directions, people returned to their homes. Those without shelter could only use bridge underpasses and similar windbreaks as temporary refuges. Unclear of the visiting gigantic ship’s nature, they huddled away or hid, praying to survive the day safely.

"They did it..."

In an alley, Rose watched the giant ship in the sky, while beside her, the dilapidated, frantic former secretary of the old Director of Sky Flame accompanied her.

"So, such a thing truly exists. No wonder the old Director was so obsessed, yet unable to obtain it. This was the ultimate result..." the secretary’s expression was complex.

She had no say in the old Director’s decisions. Sky Flame was the largest shipyard in the City of the Ship’s Rudder, offering high wages. All she wanted was to earn more money, enduring scant rest while acting as the elderly man’s personal assistant, never imagining his decision almost cost countless lives.

From the start, the Empire relentlessly declared the locals here had become prisoners and were to lay down their lives for the glory of the Empire. To her, they sounded like madmen, yet they wielded such powerful objects; these were not madmen, but people more fearsome than cultists.

"Those Sky Knight lords who saved my life before, please, wipe out these bastards." The secretary prayed inwardly.

She hoped and trusted that the enormous ship belonged to them, that the so-called warship giants were no match for the ancient ship of the City of the Ship’s Rudder’s past civilization.

The secretary glanced back at Rose: "What will you do now? Return to the Imperial Army?"

"Return... I guess?"

Rose’s beautiful yet simple face showed her bewilderment: "I don’t know where else to go. Nebis betrayed our nation, and I must, I must..."

The secretary sighed. Imperial personnel were already on the streets, leaving little time for her to figure things out.

The female secretary watched the Black Armor Female Knight lost in thought.

"This is the airspace of the Holy Speriel Empire. Warning! Foreign vessels must immediately withdraw from above the island! Warning! Foreign vessels must immediately withdraw from above the island and immediately disclose your faction’s identity!"