"Open the gates! Everyone aboard!"
At Sabo's thunderous command, the enormous gates of the underground shipyard in Upper Yard rumbled open. The Eclipse's massive, streamlined Black Steel hull slowly sailed into the open White-White Sea under the sunlight.
At the island's edge, Wyper and Gan Fall stood with the Shandia warriors and the Sky Island natives, quietly gazing up at the colossal warship about to depart. Every face was filled with heartfelt awe.
"Listen up, long earlobes! Pump electricity into the Golden Circuit in the Main Engine Room at the output frequency I just taught you!"
Jeno's gruff voice boomed through the speaking tubes from the Lower Deck. "This is our first flight test, so don't fry the ship with a single lightning bolt!"
On deck, Enel snorted. He didn't like being ordered around by that metal-crazed lunatic, but the thought of finally reaching the Fairy Vearth he'd dreamed of made the thunder within him stir with barely contained excitement.
"Such a tedious mortal."
Enel gripped the thick Pure Gold Conductive Pillar beneath the main mast with one hand. He closed his eyes, no longer releasing thunderstorms without restraint as he had in the past. Instead, he calmed his mind, focusing with the concentration he had honed through three months of military training.
"Three hundred thousand volts: Discharge."
As a dense web of blue currents danced across the golden pillar, every dark-gold circuit on the outside of the Eclipse's hull seemed to fill with boiling blood. One by one, they blazed with dazzling light!
Below deck.
The Ultra-High Pressure Steam Boiler, receiving an enormous surge of Electrical Energy, instantly roared like a beast.
"Energy reserves full! Flip the Dial Array Exhaust Valve down to the maximum angle! Takeoff!" Jeno yanked the red lever on the control panel.
RUMBLE—!!!
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