Volume 1: Raging Waves City Chapter 64: Clover
After Luke knew why these people actively signed up for Yanyang Night School, he could only let them think so. Anyway, when the class started, these crazy guys would know what they were learning.
If someone can really learn the skills of killing in the pastry making class, it can be considered as training a martial arts master.
There are dedicated people in charge of the potion production factory and Yanyang Night School, and the preparations are going very smoothly.
Luke personally kept an eye on the Shamrock armed airship.
There are signs that this gold-carrying airship is very likely to leave Nutao City ahead of schedule.
The robbery plan was also adjusted as more intelligence was obtained.
The Cape District Secret Intelligence Bureau has issued a pirate alert to inform all ships anchored in the Cape District port that a suspected pirate ship has been found off the coast of Nutao City. The Cape District Secret Intelligence Bureau will organize an armed fleet to go to the sea area where the pirates were found for confirmation. Captains are requested to be cautious when going out to sea in the near future.
Some ships entering the port also proved that they had indeed been chased by pirates.
Most ships that do not have an urgent need to leave the port choose to stay at the Cape Port Terminal and wait and see.
When the Cape District Security Bureau was too busy with Qingkong to manage maritime affairs, the Cape District Secret Intelligence Bureau organized an armed fleet to go out to sea and requested the Nutao City Navy to send warships to assist.
Inspector Meteorite of the Cape District Secret Intelligence Bureau personally commanded the fleet to eliminate the pirates.
The people of Cape District praised... Inspector Meteorite had just taken office, and he was running night schools and suppressing pirates. He was truly a good official who worked hard for the people!
Unlike those sheriffs in the Sheriff's Department who only know how to lick the asses of the rich and powerful.
The request for a joint patrol to hunt down pirates issued by the Cape District Secret Intelligence Bureau was responded to by the Raging Naval Fleet. Two naval steam-powered sailing warships with forty guns joined the patrol fleet.
One day later.
On the top platform of the City Government Hall building in the central urban area of Nutao City, an armed airship was hovering steadily under the pull of a rope.
A group of crew members are carrying cargo into the cabin.
Several well-dressed upper-class people gathered together, waiting for the notice of the airship's take-off.
Councillor Virgil and another city council member, standing alone in another direction, talking under the protection of the sheriff.
“Member Ibel… the elf Qingkong has appeared at night for the past few days, and we are unable to figure out her intentions, so we asked you to take the gold and leave in advance.
The imperial taxes are in the airship's safe, and the cargo is in the bottom compartment. I have checked it myself, and the amount is correct. The rest is up to you."
Congressman Ibel is a slightly plump middle-aged man with a big beard, a monocle in his left eye socket, and a stiff-brimmed, high-crowned gentleman's hat.
He looked at the huge airship in front of him and said to Virgil, "Although it's a bit hasty, there's nothing we can do. The blades of the Blade Brotherhood are coming soon, as well as the Abyss Mage and those dangerous elements with different purposes because of the Book of Disaster.
This is the most complicated situation we have ever encountered since we took over Nutao City. We must first ensure the safety of the gold.
There shouldn't be any problem protecting the Shamrock, right?"
Councillor Virgil said, "Everything has been arranged. I have selected four magicians to accompany the boat for protection. Their magic skills are enough to serve as magic professors at Oulu College.
There are also ten gargoyles made by the City Alchemist Association. They are installed on the top layer of the airbag and will automatically attack approaching dangerous objects.
The crew members are all capable of fighting, and there are ten ballistae, which are enough to deal with most emergencies. And this is a voyage within the Empire, you will have a short and comfortable journey on the Clover. "
Councillor Ibel nodded. He had taken the Clover armed airship many times to travel between Raging Waves City and the Imperial Capital. The one and a half day voyage was much safer and easier than the previous land route.
It was only because the amount of gold transported this time was much "more" than before that he asked a few more questions cautiously.
At this time, the crew had already loaded all the small items into the gondola, and the passengers were entering the cabin one by one.
"I'm about to take off! As a gentleman, I can't let the ladies wait for me. Goodbye... Councillor Virgil, I hope to hear good news from you when I return from the imperial capital.
That elf has been so troublesome these days that I haven't slept well for several nights, and your mental state is even worse."
Councillor Ibel adjusted his hat and walked towards the airship pod.
Virgil walked him to the cabin door and shook hands with Ibel goodbye.
"Goodbye, Councillor Ibel, please give my respects and regards to that great man."
"I will."
The crew closed the hatch.
The ground crew loosened the ropes that bound the airship, raising the temperature and pressurization inside the airship's airbags, and a large amount of white steam spewed out from the airways throughout the airship.
The buoyancy reached the threshold, and the Clover armed airship gradually rose. The pneumatic propeller at the tail of the airbag started, pushing the airship off the roof of the Government Affairs Office building and flying towards the sea not far away.
At this time in the designed ambush sea area, a hot air balloon was floating at an altitude of three thousand meters.
In the hot air balloon basket, the elf Qingkong controlled by Luke was holding a monocular telescope and observing the airspace in the direction of Fury City.
Luke changed Qingkong out of the clothes he bought for her with his own money and put on a black leather tights. If she needed to go into the water, this outfit would be more suitable for activities in the sea, and Qingkong's identity could not be exposed in this operation.
For this purpose, Luke also prepared a hood to cover the appearance of the clear sky.
Chen Zhan put his weapon, Xingxu, into his space backpack, and hung a more common Western-style sword on his waist.
According to the accurate information collected by the spies, the batch of gold was shipped out of the City of Raging Waves today. Last night, Luke controlled the Clear Sky to stake out the area around the Government Affairs Office Building and saw the armed airship Shamrock docked on the roof of the Government Affairs Office Building last night.
So it will definitely come out today.
Luke searched the sea with a telescope and found that the fleet had arrived at the designated sea area. The two "witnesses" were following the four armed merchant ships in the search for pirates.
The prepared pirate ship was also seen.
According to the plan, all personnel were in place, waiting for the Shamrock armed airship to appear.
After finding the deployed fleet, Luke continued to search the airspace in the direction of Raging Waves City with a telescope.
She didn't have to wait too long before she discovered a white track against the blue sea background.
That's the water vapor exhausted by the steam-powered airship.
Adjusting the focus of the telescope, Luke found the Shamrock armed airship at the end of the white trail.
Steam power allows it to fly much faster than other types of airships. It is difficult to catch up with it in the air unless its route is calculated in advance and an ambush is set.
Now... let's take action.
Luke threw the telescope aside, then jumped to the edge of the basket and looked far away to determine the direction of the Shamrock.
Put on your hood and take another step forward.
An oval-shaped ice plate appeared under her feet, and Luke glided on the ice plate towards the Shamrock armed airship as if he was surfing on the sea.
