The purple Mecha landed unsteadily on the deck. After letting out a jet-like whine, it stopped moving.
The cockpit opened, and Cornelia jumped out, her expression grim.
"Replace the energy pack immediately! Perform a full repair on the unit!"
"Yes!!"
At Cornelia's command, the staff swarmed forward and immediately began their work. Cornelia, meanwhile, frowned deeply and strode toward the interior of the warship.
"Do you know what that thing was, Count Lloyd?"
As soon as she entered the warship's command room, Cornelia asked that question first. She had abandoned the Governor's Palace, but that did not mean she no longer had a command center. In fact, this warship, Avalon, was her command center. Ever since the battle began, she had relocated all the staff here.
That was why Cornelia had so readily handed the Governor's Palace over to Fang Zheng. There was nothing inside anyway. Even if he occupied it, he could not end the war because of it. On the other hand, with this aerial warship equipped with the Absolute Defense Barrier, she could command the battle anytime, anywhere.
Originally, Cornelia had believed that no matter how great an advantage the enemy held on the ground, they could not threaten this aerial warship. Nor could they openly dispatch air support. But now... she had clearly miscalculated.
"Oh my, Princess Cornelia..."
Hearing Cornelia's question, a bespectacled man in a white lab coat turned around with a bitter smile.
"I don't know much about supernatural things like this, but from its appearance, it should be a dragon."
"A dragon?"
Cornelia raised an eyebrow at Count Lloyd's answer.
"You mean the kind that breathes fire...?"
"That is from our fairy tales, but the legends over there seem to be rather different. They appear to regard such dragons as a type of