Careadohart Empire garrison area, outskirts.
In this district far from the military town, right next to the empty lot of the garrison area, a colossal floating magic-guided battleship silently started its engines, slowly ascending into the sky.
This enormous floating magic-guided battleship is, of course, the only super-large floating magic-guided battleship affiliated with the Careadohart EmpireâSphinx.
At this moment, the Sky Division of the Careadohart Empire and the cleric group of the Holy Sword Church once again returned to the battleship, supported by numerous knights riding flying magical creatures, heading to the other side of the Nanierga Giant Wall.
On the deck of the Sphinx, Lilicia was looking around with great interest, but after a while, she deliberately put on an indifferent front, snorted lightly, and said this.
"Whatâs the big deal, itâs not impressive, far inferior to our Sleipnir."
The Sleipnir that Lilicia mentioned refers to another super-large floating magic-guided battleship just like the Sphinx.
In the entire Source World, there are only three super-large floating magic-guided battleships, with two belonging to Careadohart and Segeros respectively, and the remaining one owned by a powerful life race second only to the human clanâthe Ebi Clan.
Naturally, the performance of the three super-large floating magic-guided battleships doesnât differ much; indeed, they are a level of aerospace battleship.
Therefore, Liliciaâs remarks were purely a deliberate attempt to belittle her opponent and elevate herself.
Standing beside her, Melo pointed out expressionlessly.
"I just saw the Sleipnir set sail last year, and I didnât see how itâs much better than the Sphinx."
To Meloâs words, Lilicia provocatively replied.
"Thatâs because youâve never been on it. If you had, youâd notice the difference."
Lilicia initially thought her words would provoke Melo and make the annoying princess angry.
To her surprise, Melo not only wasnât angry but smiled and replied.
"Thatâs quite a coincidence. This year, your Kingâs Majesty seems to invite representatives from all nations to his birthday banquet; there seems to be an open event allowing foreign representatives to visit the Sleipnir for a tour, right?"
"I happen to be among the invitees."
"I hope to witness the impressive aspects of Sleipnir then and get inspiration to improve Sphinx."
Meloâs words instantly froze Liliciaâs expression.
"Whatâs wrong, Princess Lilicia?" Melo seemed to keenly notice this and said with concern: "Your face doesnât seem to look well; is Sphinx really so inferior that it makes you angry?"
"Rest assured, during the birthday banquet, I will humbly ask your Kingâs Majesty for his valuable improvement suggestions."
"Then I will also tell His Majesty that these are Princess Liliciaâs advises, for which we are immensely grateful."
"I believe His Majesty can definitely offer us invaluable suggestions that wonât embarrass us in front of all Source World representatives at the birthday banquet, right?"
Meloâs seemingly caring words were actually cutting, making Lilicia jump up in anger.
"How dare you embarrass my father at his birthday banquet?"
Lilicia shouted, infuriated.
"How could I?" Melo blinked innocently and replied: "I just want to ask His Majesty a couple of questions; with his generosity and extensive knowledge, he probably wouldnât mind, right?"
"Youâ" Lilicia was truly maddened, her face puffed up like a pufferfish, looking as if she wanted to pounce on Melo and bite her.
Watching Meloâs innocent expression and the furious Lilicia, Naisa, holding the glorious scepter, first shook her head and then turned aside to look at Reiger, standing at the shipâs bow gazing into the distance.
"Speaking of which, why did your Excellency suddenly plan to visit the dwarves and also invite Princess Lilicia along?"
Naisa asked in some confusion.
Such a Naisa deliberately ignored the girl with angelic featuresâBeluti, standing on the other side of Reiger.
Beluti didnât seem to mind this, merely accompanying Reiger, slightly respectfully standing with Jelina and Hilune, who stood a step away from Reiger; anyone unaware might think this saintess and the two nymph girls were all Reigerâs maids.
Luan and Andre stood farther away, appearing like two gentle guards, despite being a bit old.
In this situation, Reiger withdrew his gaze from afar and replied to Naisa.
"I just have some things I want to ask the dwarves."
After saying just this, Reiger ceased to elaborate, leaving Naisa somewhat dissatisfied.
She understood that Reiger definitely had something to hide from her, and Beluti Lawon was likely in on it.
Naisaâs dissatisfaction lay in the latter, or more accurately, in her sulking.
After all, Beluti could know things that she couldnât, undoubtedly making Naisa feel that she had lost Reigerâs favor and had been abandoned by Reiger.
Clearly, her Holy Sword Church is the Guardian of the Holy Sword Marfa, and Reiger, the Master chosen by the Holy Sword Marfa, should be close to her, trust her, even rely on her; yet the one seemingly more trusted is, ironically, a saintess from a competing Holy Sword Church, making Naisa understandably sulk.