Ever since Zhang Tie had been pursued by a Winged Devil while flying his glider last time, forcing him to plunge the glider into the water to escape, the engineers at the Horne Republic Glider Base had been busy building him a new glider.
To build Zhang Tie a new glider, the base commander, Colonel Halsen, had personally contacted the homeland. In the end, the Horne Republic sent an expert team to Selnes, bringing several train carriages' worth of equipment and tools.
Zhang Tie had not known about it at the time. By the time he found out, the Horne Republic's expert team had already arrived. He felt a little embarrassed by such a grand mobilization from the Horne Republic, but after Colonel Halsen explained things to him, Zhang Tie learned that his reputation in the Horne Republic was actually enormous.
After the story of him and this glider base reached the Horne Republic and was further embellished by the domestic media, nearly every citizen of the Horne Republic knew that, in the Selnes War Zone, a brave aerial cavalryman who had received the honorary title of Eagle of Selnes was fighting in a Horne Republic glider—and achieving remarkable results, terrifying the Devil Race's Winged Devils out of their wits at the mere mention of his name.
At this moment, Zhang Tie was absolutely an idol-level figure in the Horne Republic.
Therefore, after Zhang Tie's second glider crashed, the Horne Republic, upon learning of the situation, elevated the matter to one of national honor. They dispatched an extremely capable expert team with equipment and machinery to Selnes to build Zhang Tie an entirely new glider.
In Colonel Halsen's words, for the Eagle of Selnes to fly a Horne Republic glider through the skies and fight to protect humankind was an