Just for a moment.

Christopher didn't even realize what was happening. He just sat in the command room and watched the dazzling light flashing in front of his eyes. And the next moment, his flagship was completely swallowed up by the raging torrent of light.

The shimmering, undulating magic barrier collapsed completely after holding on for five or six seconds. The hard hull was torn and shattered by the strong impact. But all Christopher could do was sit on the chair.

, quietly watching the scene in front of him, then he lowered his head, glanced at the scroll in his hand, and smiled bitterly.

"This is really......"

No one knew what Christopher wanted to say, because in the next moment, his whole body disappeared in the pure white light.

"boom!!"

Amidst the violent explosions, a group of magnificent fireworks emerged from the sky, lighting up the originally dark sky. Seeing this scene, the other four warships that were originally galloping forward suddenly stopped. They

They stayed in the air quietly, as if they were limbs that had lost their souls, motionless. The core of this battle was to use them as the center to lure the enemy, and then Christopher took the opportunity to break into them and activate the magic scroll. But no one did

Thinking that they had just started taking action and their most important flagship had already been directly destroyed by the opponent, then is it necessary to continue the plan?

There was a dead silence on the ship, and no one spoke for a long time. From the captain to the ordinary soldiers, everyone seemed to be petrified. They watched the fireworks unfolding in the air, shining, and then slowly disappearing.

Invisibly. And then, a ball of light suddenly appeared on the deck in front of them. Then the ball of light gradually changed and turned into the image of a person. He was suspended above the deck, watching.

Looking at the soldiers and generals in front of him, he then spoke.

"I am Hank Miston, the commander-in-chief of the Academy City United Fleet..."

Standing in front of the command podium, looking at the screen in front of him, Hank sighed secretly. To be honest, he knew very well that his side had taken a considerable advantage. If they had not arranged the probe at the beginning, if they had not obtained the information from Patty

With the tactics, strategies and command ideas learned from Lina, even if they now have powerful battleships, they may still be tricked by the opponent. Especially during the final assault of the task force, Christopher was actually cautious.

He divided his troops into two and tried to use bait to make him relax his vigilance. If he hadn't passed the detection and inspection before, and if Dorent was there to support him, then he might have just been tricked.

The root of all this lies in the unequal intelligence between the two sides.

Of course, even so, Hank did not relax his vigilance. He used the projection to ask the remaining task force to disarm, then merged with the remaining battleships of the First Fleet and left. Not only that, Hank also specifically requested that the other party must evacuate immediately and not continue.

Moving forward, if any warship disobeys the order, then they will start indiscriminate bombardment. This cannot be blamed on Hank for being neurotic. After all, he still has to consider what happens if Christopher uses himself as bait and then feints to surrender.

The possibility of plotting against him. Christopher was killed, the other battleships surrendered, and then he suddenly opened the legendary magic scroll when he was not paying attention. Then Hank really had no place to cry. It was precisely because

In this way, instead of choosing a dense formation, he chose to spread out the team and asked everyone to check the magic power fluctuations. Once a severe magic power fluctuation was discovered, everyone would immediately jump away.

Fortunately, after witnessing his flagship being sunk, the other four battleships also lost the courage to continue fighting, so Hank also ordered the anti-magic field to be withdrawn, and then let them leave.

If this is a real war, then naturally the opponent must be driven out. But now it is just an exercise, and one's own side has an unshakable advantage. In this case, in order to avoid forcing the opponent into a corner and jumping over the wall, Han

Ke also showed a certain degree of gentlemanly demeanor.

But these are not important. For Zhan, when he received the report from Hank, Zhan only said one sentence to Enoa.

"nailed it."

Compared to the simple and relaxed ending on Zhan's side, there was a dead silence on the Sorcerous Empire's side after receiving the news.

Although it is said to be an exercise, in fact the Sorcerer Empire has consciously and seriously treated it as a war. Not only has its best fleet been fully equipped, but it has even given them unlimited use of magic scrolls.

Even the legendary magic scrolls were given to several. Originally, in the eyes of the archmages, no matter how far apart the two sides were, there would be no problem in sustaining it for a few days. However, they did not expect that this fighting power would collapse at the first touch. If it was the other party at the beginning

If they were caught by surprise, the ultra-long-range shooting and the use of anti-magic force fields in the ensuing battle would also shock them. Because of this, compared to Zhan's side, the Sorcerer Empire was very busy.

, almost all the crystals used to record the battle were retrieved, and the surviving officers and soldiers who participated in the battle were also summoned one by one, and were questioned in detail about the entire battle process.

Naturally, Balke cannot escape from this.

However, even after gathering enough information, for the archmages, instead of being relieved, their doubts only deepened.

How did Academy City do it?

How did they launch an attack at such a long range? Don’t they need people to aim their magic cannons? How do their battleships operate? Why were they able to discover the existence of the Magic Empire’s fleet in such a short period of time?

react?

How does Academy City do it?

Soon, the Sorcerer Empire's request to visit Academy City's battleship was passed to Zhan through Archmage Nicholas.

"You see, Enoa, that's the benefit of being a technocrat."

Looking at the letter in his hand, Zhan En said to Enoya with a proud smile. And when he heard Zhan En's words, Enoya raised his eyebrows curiously.

"In other words, Master, you have already guessed that this will happen?"

"Of course, otherwise, I could just flatten the Sorcerous Empire. Why bother with so much trouble?"

What Zhan said is also true. The reason why he sought cooperation with the Sorcerer Empire was because of the ruling class of the Sorcerer Empire. Although from the perspective of a mage apprentice like Hank, the class system of the Sorcerer Empire is obviously very bad. But

In Zhan's view, this is a good thing, because the Rainbow Council, the supreme leader of the Sorcerous Empire, is composed of archmage, and each of these archmages are top masters in magic.

In the parlance of Zhan's world, these people are technocrats. To put it more simply - they all know their stuff.

The biggest difference between political bureaucrats and technocrats is that politicians only understand politics. Take the defeat of the Magic Empire Fleet as an example. If pure politicians rule this country, they will not care how their own side loses.

Yes, they will only care about the adverse impact that failure will have on themselves, so they cannot tolerate failure, let alone allow failure. If you fail, it must be because you did not do it well and did not collect enough information about the enemy during the battle.

You were too careless and didn't take this battle seriously... In short, it's all your fault if you lose the battle!

For pure politicians, they only want the results, and they don't care about the process itself.

But the technocrats are different. It is precisely because they know the business that they understand the significance of this. That is why Zhan is willing to choose the Magic Empire as a partner. If the Magic Empire is like the Holy Kingdom Seth, it is ruled by one person or a group of people.

, then Zhan En would have leveled the game without even saying a word. As for the talent—even if he doesn’t have it now, wouldn’t it be enough to spend some time with the succubus?

And now, seeing the Sorcerer Empire's application to visit the battleship, Zhan naturally agreed. It was obvious that through this battle, the Sorcerer Empire had discovered that the difference between them and Academy City was not just a tiny bit.

For those mages, if there is no way to find the answer, they will never be reconciled. In addition, Zhan En had no intention of hiding anything, so he just nodded, and then handed over the matter to

To Enoa.

"Go and inform Hank, let him handle this matter."
Chapter completed!