I might be a complete idiot when it comes to magic, but could you at least show me some respect? Even a glance would do! Yu Lin Bloodhawk lamented inwardly. He spent half the day hanging around the mages, bored out of his mind, until he could no longer stand it. He wandered aimlessly for a while, then decided he might as well visit little Locust Tree and see whether the breadfruit tree's fruit had ripened. So he went to Tranquillien and took a dragonhawk to Sunsail Archorage.
When he reached Sunsail Archorage, he saw several sailing ships there. It suddenly occurred to him that his two aircraft carriers had aircrews, but no one who knew how to sail them. He grew anxious. He could not let Thirteen find humans to crew these aircraft carriers. They had to be elves; only his own people would put his mind at ease.
Since it was getting late, he simply stayed in Sunsail Archorage. Early the next morning, he went straight to Shalandis Isle and gathered all the officers. He asked whether they could find soldiers capable of operating large transport ships. One of the officers had previously served in the navy and asked whether he had any specific requirements.
Yu Lin Bloodhawk said there were only two, neither particularly demanding: they had to be able to operate large transport ships, and they had to be willing to roam the world with them. Then he remembered the ballistae aboard the ships when the fleet had set out. His carriers had too little firepower. Just ten gryphons did not seem safe enough; he needed to find a few ballistae. He added that it would be best if they could also find enough soldiers to operate ten ballistae. Every legion had soldiers trained to use