Zhang Tie arrived at Crystal Battle Fortress on April 14. As Jin-Yun Kingdom's forward base for resisting the Devil Race in the Selnes War Zone, Fool had to report here before it was qualified to take part in the war zone's operations and obtain airspace passage rights.
Under the war zone's relevant laws, although the operations of the Fool airship, which had come from Jin-Yun Kingdom as a volunteer, were freer than those of regular troops, its actions still had to accept the guidance of Jin-Yun Kingdom's airship forces to a certain extent. When necessary, Jin-Yun Kingdom's military even had the authority to take over control of Fool.
Without the supplies and maintenance of ground airship landing bases, an airship in the sky was but a tree without roots. To enjoy the services on the ground, it naturally had to shoulder the corresponding duties and responsibilities and submit to the appropriate restrictions. Though Fool was a volunteer, its rights and obligations were likewise equal. Zhang Tie had no objection to this. Lan Yunxi was the commander of Jin-Yun Kingdom's airship forces, and Zhang Tie felt no discomfort at all about Fool being under Lan Yunxi's command. Nor did he believe Lan Yunxi would try to make things difficult for him.
Lan Yunxi was one reason Zhang Tie had come to the Selnes War Zone this time. The other was that, as a warrior of the human race, at a time like this, when he had the ability to do his part for the families, friends, and countless ordinary people behind the front lines, he truly could not refuse.
For every extra day they held the Devil Race back here, the people behind them gained one more day to evacuate. For every few more devils they killed here, there would be