"Over the coming year, aside from mana-powered ships, our most important research and development priority will be mana airships."
As soon as Xu Yi finished speaking, everyone turned to Avita.
Everyone knew that Avita had always been primarily responsible for mana airship development.
Avita nodded lightly. "Mr. President, I'll pick up the pace."
"Not just that. I have specific requirements for you," Xu Yi said seriously. "Avita, tell me how far development on the mana airship has progressed."
Avita considered briefly before answering. "In terms of concrete figures, the mana airship we're currently developing can carry a maximum payload of seventeen tons, with a maximum cargo volume of thirty-six cubic meters. Its top cruising speed is seventy kilometers per hour, and its maximum nonstop range exceeds nine hundred and thirty kilometers."
Hearing Avita's explanation, the others looked impressed.
Although they knew little about mana airships, the figures Avita had given clearly indicated excellent performance.
More importantly, mana airships flew entirely at high altitude. That alone made them far superior to magic locomotives and mana-powered ships.
That was clearly why the president placed such importance on mana airships.
"Hmm, not bad." Xu Yi nodded, though he did not look particularly satisfied. "But it still falls short of my requirements. Avita, I want the mana airship's nonstop range to exceed fifteen hundred kilometers, and its speed to exceed one hundred kilometers per hour. Can you do that?"
"One hundred kilometers per hour?" Everyone was stunned.
Even the guild's latest mana sedan, powered by a Fire-Type Mana Engine, currently had a top speed of only a little over eighty kilometers per hour.
Yet the president wanted mana airships to exceed one hundred kilometers per hour. Wasn't that asking too much?
Avita, however, merely thought for a moment before nodding firmly.
"Good." Only then