I'm a dragon, I only want to steal princesses

Chapter 332 The Continent of Giants

To the south of the continent, a huge airship crossed the Strait of Behemoths and headed towards another continent to the south.

"I sailed more than 6,000 kilometers in less than three days, and the power is still stable. You have really built something good." Fred looked at the sea of ​​clouds outside in the upper side watchtower and sighed to Frank, the chief mechanic behind him.

"Thanks to His Majesty for your strong support. However, this is the first time for such an ultra-long-distance voyage. If I fall midway, I hope Your Majesty will not chop off my head in a fit of anger." Frank stroked his white beard.

"You are the pillar of the country, and the Triumph is still waiting for you to complete it. If the ship crashes, no matter what, you will survive. Only when you can no longer build a ship can you die." Fred replied with a smile.

Airship, this is the war machine that Queen Fred invested a lot of resources to seize mineral resources from Duxia, and established an arsenal in the Kingdom of Death.

It was inspired by the Ark Fortress in Paradise Mountain and the Puppet Dragon of the Elemental Federation. They used precious floating stones as the balance core to build the hull, and then used the fuel refined by the alchemist to drive the steam engine to drive the airship.

The raw materials ores for floating stone and refined red mercury are very precious. It is said that most of them are stored in the Heavenly Mountain suspended in the sky. Only a small amount is scattered in the Northland Mountains and the former site of the Winter Kingdom - which is today's Late Summer. Within the territory, this is also the fundamental reason why Queen Fred chose to form an alliance with the Beishan dwarves to attack Muxia.

The empire has now built more than fifty airships, but they are basically small boats that can only be compared to fishing boats, and most of them have limited power and can only be used as aerial forts to support the dragon cavalry.

But the Conqueror is completely different. It is a large battleship that can carry a whole team of flying dragon cavalry. It is also equipped with three dragon roar cannons with amazing firepower and various small artillery and ballistae. Its maximum sailing speed can exceed that of an ancient dragon.

But the corresponding airship is also quite expensive. Its huge engine can only be driven by a refined fuel called red mercury by alchemists. The refining cost of red mercury is very high. It can be said that this airship It is not an exaggeration to say that gold is burned like coal. Just this voyage across the continent can basically wipe out a small country's tax revenue for a year.

At least for now, such technology is limited to military use, and units like the Conquest are difficult to mass-produce. However, shortly after the Conquest was completed, Fred did not hesitate to order the continued construction of a Triumph of the same class. Royal machinists and alchemists were also working on designing a heavier battleship, the Hail Empress.

But now, the Conqueror's first voyage was not to conquer any country, but just to transport Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Lucio across the strait to another continent.

"Please note that we are about to descend according to the scheduled route." The voice of the command module came from the copper tube.

Everyone grasped the handrails firmly, and the feeling of weightlessness immediately invaded everyone.

The Conqueror began to descend over the strait and passed through the sea of ​​clouds below. Afterwards, everyone in the watchtower saw the southern continent on the other side of the strait.

"The southern continent where giants live is a place of no return. I hope we are luckier than those 'brave' explorers." Frank said.

The continent to the south has been recorded a long time ago, but few countries have set foot across the strait.

Before countries had the shipbuilding technology to cross the Strait of Behemoths, it had become a land inhabited by giants.

Legend has it that one day, the giants of the northern continent collectively migrated southward under the inspiration of a powerful being. They swam through the straits infested by various sea monsters and came to the southern continent. Today, there are very few giants in the northern continent.

There were explorers who were not afraid of death and went to the Southern Continent, but none of them returned. Only some scattered bottles whose authenticity was difficult to distinguish brought back some news - those who went to the Southern Continent were either killed by giants or killed by giants. Became a slave.

Some people also met a giant who claimed to be exploring the strait by swimming from the Southern Continent, and learned some information about the Southern Continent from the other person's mouth.

Giants, legendary creatures that were once comparable to dragons, angels, and demons but have now disappeared, have become a consensus that most of them live on the mainland on the other side of the strait.

"We don't need any luck, Frank." Fred replied, "Land at sea as originally planned, Lucio, prepare to take me ashore." "Understood." Lucio, who had been standing silently behind her, immediately left. Watchtower.

The Conqueror slowed down and landed on the sea. There was a violent ups and downs that almost knocked everyone on the ship off their feet.

After the hull stabilized, people quickly started working on the deck. Some people took out the dragon's bones and began to piece them together. Several dragon knights dragged their mounts to the deck and waited for takeoff.

Lucio stood at the bow of the ship and supervised the preparations. When the dragon's skeleton was initially built, he stretched out his hand towards the skeleton.

Suddenly, a dim light flashed in the eye sockets of the giant dragon's skull.

An invisible force began to wrap around every bone of the dragon, and the joints were tightened one by one.

Soon, the dragon's skeleton came to life and turned into a bone dragon powered by necromancy.

The magic weapon given to Lucio by Prince Aliu in the past is still functional. In the battle with the red dragon Ganon, Lucio lost the remains of the ancient black dragon he once killed, but he still has an old red dragon. The dragon's bones were preserved.

"Your Majesty, why don't I lead the team to do some reconnaissance first..." Lucio suggested seriously.

Fred didn't say a word, just smiled and stretched out his hand, as if waiting for a response from his partner at a dance.

Lucio showed a helpless smile. He took Fred's hand and led her carefully onto the back of the bone dragon.

"Find at least one giant first," Lucio ordered to the accompanying knights.

Under his driving, the bone dragon took off with the two of them, and six flying dragon knights took off with them.

They approached the shoreline, walked eastward along the shoreline, and soon discovered two figures moving on the beach - figures that were far taller than humans, more than ten meters tall by visual inspection, muscular, and covered in leather. First.

Together they towed a whale on the beach that they didn't know how they caught.

"Your Majesty, how do you think we should contact them?" Lucio asked.

"Just get close like this." Fred replied.

"This may arouse their hostility." Lucio reminded.

"Giants are the descendants of the God of War, and they are the most aggressive race in the world. If they were friendly enough, this place would not be called the Land of No Return. When we set foot on this land, they saw it as an offense to the weaker races. Only with fists can we gain the right to speak from them." Fred waved his hand and ordered again, "Just get so close."

Lucio no longer hesitated and led the team towards the two giants.

(End of this chapter)