The battleship that amazed everyone had previously slowly hovered in mid-air over an open space that Teresa temporarily designated for it to dock... Moreover, those who witnessed the appearance of this battleship were even more surprised.
What surprised everyone was that this battleship was able to almost completely disappear before their eyes.
If they hadn't witnessed the entire disappearance of the battleship named Avalon, Teresa and others might not have known that in addition to the ECS system used by their own M9, there was such an amazing stealth system.
"Endless Utopia."
In response to Theresa and others' exclamation, Lloyd said a name with a little pride.
"Utopia? Was Avalon responsible for what happened just now?"
Lei Mingkai, who was also amazed at Avalon's ability, raised his eyebrows and immediately thought of the missile group that suddenly disappeared before.
"That's right! It's just a test."
Lloyd admitted it simply and waved his hand to indicate that this was just a normal test.
Seeing this, Lei Mingkai's eyelids jumped sharply.
I haven’t seen him for so long, and this Count Pudding still looks like he needs a beating.
If all the countries in the world knew that they had finally made up their minds to jointly fight against the "extraterrestrial disaster", and it turned out to be what Earl Pudding said was an ordinary test, there might be a great fight of the century on the spot.
"That's right! That's right! You are the commander here, right?"
Suddenly, Lloyd seemed to have remembered something and immediately focused on Teresa.
"Eh?"
Theresa was stunned for a moment by Lloyd's sudden attack, and then she nodded weakly.
"Yes, I am the commander here. Your Excellency, do you have any advice?"
After Lloyd got the answer he wanted, he glanced at Lei Mingkai quickly, and then showed a smile that was easy to discuss. However, in Lei Mingkai's view, that smile looked like a monkey.
A fox who plans how to get the treasure out of the target's hands.
"Excuse me, Your Excellency! Just call me by my name, Lloyd. I am different from those nobles who pay attention to irrelevant etiquette. I care more about technical issues. Your Excellency, Commander, I listen to Lord Holy Beast
Say, there seems to be a unique aircraft here, right?"
"Eh? Holy beast? Body?"
Not to mention Theresa was confused, even Richard and Kalinin, who were acting as bodyguards on the left and right, were also a little confused.
They could understand the machine body, and they probably meant the crossbow driven by Lei Mingkai.
But what about the holy beast?
There are some small tricks on Merida Island.
But there is no animal that can be defined by the name Holy Beast.
At this time, Lei Mingkai had to cough a few times to help Theresa and the others.
"Ahem. Lloyd. The machine you want to see should be the Arbalest I'm driving now. This requires Captain Teresa's approval before you can visit it. Also, has Zero contacted you before?"
"Arbalest? Is that the machine that the Holy Beast Master mentioned? It's interesting."
After Lloyd learned that the machine that Lei Mingkai was currently flying was the Zero mentioned, his eyes immediately shone. Fortunately, Lloyd, who was about to fall into a fanatical study of the machine, still thought of Lei Mingkai.
Kai's inquiry.
"Yes. Lord Holy Beast took the initiative to contact us when Avalon was about to enter the orbit of the earth and the moon. Otherwise, we would not have been able to lock your position, Knight Commander, at the first time."
Lloyd's confession left Lei Mingkai speechless.
Although this is not a big event, on the contrary, it is a small surprise. But White Cat Zero did not notify itself immediately after knowing it in advance.
Has this lazy and lazy cat eaten too much recently? Does he want to completely evolve into a pig form?
On the other side, Theresa was about to speak, but was stopped by Richard.
"captain."
After Richard reminded Teresa softly, he shook his head, seemingly disapproving of letting Lloyd, who they considered extremely unreliable, get close to the crossbow. The same was true for Kalinin on the side.
Seeing that her two right-hand men did not agree with letting Lloyd get close to the crossbow, Theresa nodded slightly, indicating that she understood.
In fact, even if Lloyd is not allowed to get close to the crossbow, as the driver, Lei Mingkai has a close relationship with Lloyd. In this case, it seems that it will not have any effect?
Lloyd naturally saw the actions of Teresa and others, but he didn't point it out. Despite Lloyd's usual carelessness, he actually understood it in his heart. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to work in Lu with the title of earl.
Lu Xiu and Schneizel's men are engaged.
"Knight Commander, are you free now? We have brought your new machine over."
Seeing that he could not see the crossbow up close for the time being, Lloyd immediately changed the topic to another topic.
"New body? The successor model of Lancelot?"
"Yes, that's not right. How about it? Let's take a look! Let Cecil handle the matters here." Lloyd winked at Cecil, and Cecil stepped forward knowingly and took the initiative to talk to him.
Theresa struck up a conversation.
Seeing this, Lei Mingkai also sensed something abnormal about Royd and Cecil.
I'm afraid, the so-called new body is just an excuse for Lei Mingkai to leave here.
Half an hour later, a carrier helicopter slowly pulled Lancelot, who had been parked on the Son of Danu since the moment Remingkai started piloting the Arbalest, back to Gnaku in Avalon.
Looking at Lancelot slowly rising into the sky, Richard moved his mouth but did not say a word.
After all, what he wanted to say was not something glorious.
"Richard, are you reluctant? Lancelot's light wing system." Teresa, who also watched Lancelot being pulled back to Avalon's Gnaku, asked softly.
"No. Captain. I just feel that it is a pity. If we can get the light wing system, then the combat capabilities of M9 will be improved. This is the commander's judgment. However, I cannot ask the captain to detain Lancelot.
This is a special suggestion. Because this is the most basic judgment as a human being. Although the knight has not been with us for a long time, he has already won the respect and trust of everyone on the Sons of Danu. Therefore, I cannot make
A decision to harm a companion.”
Richard's words made Theresa smile lightly.
"Richard, there's no difficulty here! That Dr. Lloyd has already invited us."
"Invitation?" Richard's mind didn't move as fast as Theresa's.
"Yes! An invitation. Isn't Lancelot's departure an invitation? Richard."
Teresa's eyes fell on the hatch that isolated Lancelot from her sight.
At the same time, Lloyd took Lei Mingkai to the Gnaku of Avalon.
Looking at the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar carvings and patterns around him, Lei Mingkai realized that he seemed to have left the Brittanian Empire for some time.
"What's wrong? Knight Commander, are you not used to the air of Avalon?"
Lloyd stood in the Gnaku and looked at Lei Mingkai with a smile.
At this moment, Lloyd did not have the indifferent look he had when facing Teresa before, but instead adopted a business-like attitude.
"Maybe!" Lei Mingkai sighed slightly, and did not continue to dwell on this issue. Instead, he looked at the hatch on Lloyd's body that was painted with a huge lion's head.
"Lloyd. This is a new machine?"
Lloyd nodded proudly.
"Yes! This is the new machine I developed after combining our technology, some of the energy technology provided by the City of Stars, and the suggestions of His Excellency Qi Ligu, the chief instructor of the Guards Knights."
Lloyd raised his right hand, and the hatch with the lion's head on it opened.
Amidst the buzzing sounds of gears running, a frame was about ten meters tall, painted in silver with golden outlines, and wearing sharp-edged armor, with blood painted on its shoulders.
A red lion head, with steel warriors wearing a blood-red cloak behind them, stood solemnly on the left and right sides, quietly waiting for the people to review them to appear.
"This, this is KMF? Is this size a bit too big?"
Even in the original work, the tallest Galahad was only 7.2 meters after being equipped with a big sword. But now, the new machine that appeared in front of Lei Mingkai actually broke this record in one go, reaching ten meters in one fell swoop.
high.
This surprised Lei Mingkai slightly.
"No, no, no. Lord Knight, this is the most ideal size. Because, with the support of the City of Stars, we have abandoned the energy structure with cherry stone as the main body, and switched to a safer, cleaner,
It is almost a permanent fusion energy source. Therefore, under these conditions, in order for the new aircraft to be equipped with engines that use new energy sources, the size of the aircraft body can only be gradually enlarged."
"I see."
Before Lei Mingkai left the world of Lelouch and went to perform the mission of the inspector, the Britannia Empire had already begun to carry out energy transformation with the support of the City of Stars. Now, from these new types of new machines parked in front of them
Judging from the situation, the energy reform process should go smoothly.
"In addition, the fact that we gave up the energy structure with cherry stone as the main body does not mean that we will give up the precious ore of cherry stone. In subsequent research, we found that under certain conditions, it is made of cherry stone.
The resulting superconductor appears to be able to increase the energy output efficiency of fusion reactors several times."
Lloyd continued to introduce the new machine.
"Oh? These new machines also use the same new fusion reactor? A fusion reactor that uses Sakurashi superconductors?"
Lei Mingkai asked rhetorically.
"Yes. In addition, what comes next is probably what you are most concerned about, Knight Commander."
Lloyd responded, then showed a mysterious smile.
"While the output of the new machine has been improved, it has also caused a problem. That is, during fierce battles, the powerful output will cause the body to easily heat up, and even cause downtime in an overheated state. In order to solve this problem,
We have spent a lot of effort to develop a new cooling system. Knight Commander, can you guess what the characteristics of this new cooling system are?"
Looking at Lloyd's mysterious smile, Lei Mingkai immediately thought of the answer.
"Sakura Stone."
"Bingo! You are worthy of being a knight captain!" Lloyd snapped his fingers and praised Lei Mingkai loudly.
"That's right! The key to the successful development of the new cooling system is cherry stone. After adding a trace amount of cherry stone, the new cooling system can finally meet the cooling requirements of new models."
As he said that, Lloyd blinked.
"I heard from Lord Holy Beast that someone seems to be designing a new machine for the Knight Commander?"
White Cat Zero sells its teammates so easily?!
After Lei Mingkai secretly complained about White Cat Zero's behavior, he nodded silently.
"Interesting! Interesting! If there is a chance, I would like to talk to that person. But for now, let's take a look at the new models here."
Lloyd did not dwell on this problem, but chose to continue bringing Lei Mingkai to visit the new aircraft.
And judging from his posture, it seems that not all of the new machines here are there.
"Lloyd, what are their names?"
Before leaving, Lei Mingkai pointed at these silver knights and asked.
"Lionheart Knight. This is a mass-produced model. It is mainly provided for use by members of the Guards. The commander type is at the back. Lord Knight, your new machine is also there."
Under the leadership of Lloyd, Lei Mingkai passed these silver knights and came to Gnaku, which was located deeper.
"Snapped!"
"Snapped!"
Suddenly, there was a sound of lights turning on. Three aircraft stood on the left and right sides respectively. In front, the aircraft in a triangular formation suddenly appeared in front of Lei Mingkai.
It was a machine with red colors on both left and right sides, and a silver-white machine in the front.
Visually, in addition to the different paint colors, the carving patterns on the body are also different. On the shoulders, the lion head is distinguished from the silver knight in front with silver and gold colors. At the same time, the arm armor
On the helmet, there are obvious prismatic ridges on the helmet.
Lei Mingkai, who has been driving Lancelot for a long time, recognized this at a glance as the device that activates the radiation shield.
"Is this the commanding Lionheart Knight?"
Lei Mingkai carefully looked at the two red aircraft and the silver-white aircraft in front of him.
"Yes. The red machine is used by the two deputy captains. The silver-white machine is for your exclusive use, Commander Knight. From the specification point of view, the parts used in the red machine are one level higher than those of the silver knight, and the performance is also the same. But
The silver-white body uses a different scheme. Although, they look the same in appearance."
"Oh? What should I say?"
Lei Mingkai retracted his gaze and looked at Lloyd.
"Yes. This silver-white machine is not a finished product. Due to your special status as Lord Knight, when designing this machine, I did not dare to prematurely limit its potential to a certain level.
It is above the upper limit. Therefore, the current silver-white body is just a newly built shelf."
"Arrogance?" Lei Mingkai narrowed his eyes slightly.
This time, he understood why Lloyd showed such an attitude just now.
It turned out that Lloyd was going for the lambda drive system.
The purpose is to use the lambda drive system to perfect this silver-white aircraft.