Even though they were informed that they were on a warship, many of them didn't believe that it was a warship.
Most of them were apprentices and low-level mages. In the world of mages, they were basically no different from slaves.
But slaves didn't mean that they weren't important. Kings also needed slaves to serve them. Among them, many mages had seen magic warships in the past and even knew some of the manufacturing principles of magic warships.
The reason why magic warships could fly in the air was because of levitation spells.
However, levitation spells also had their limitations.
Levitation spells had high requirements on the quality of the items. If the items were too heavy or deviated, there might be problems that would lead to the collapse of the spell.
Therefore, the manufacturing and material selection of magic warships were very important. Generally speaking, magic warships were made of wood, which was lighter and more suitable for specialized levitation spells.
As for defense, the Magic Warship stored defensive spells in crystals and then activated by mages.
Of course, this was also related to the fact that magic warships were generally small, where two to three mages could destroy the entire coverage of the defensive barrier.
But this warship was completely different. According to the young lady, the reason why this huge metal warship could fly was entirely due to the 'anti-gravity engine'. Many people were baffled. What was anti-gravity?
Why could it fly with anti-gravity?
Apart from that, they also discovered that this warship didn't have a 'deck' as they knew it to be. Everything was completely enclosed, unlike magic warships where the upper half was completely exposed to the air.
But Hank expressed his understanding. It was apparent that this fully enclosed design was to prevent anyone from directly occupying the warship.
Previously, Hank had a conversation with an officer of a magic warship who disliked the shooting of the Magic Empire's warships, especially during battles. Even though there was protection from the defensive barrier, once the barrier was penetrated, the soldiers and officers on the deck who operated the magic cannons and commanded the battle would be out of luck.
However, the design of the warship here apparently didn't need to worry about this problem. Even if the defensive barrier was penetrated, the enemy wouldn't be able to enter the warship at all because everything here was made of metal.
It was simply a difficult task to open the door of such a massive warship. Not only that, but according to the young lady, even if someone was lucky enough to enter the warship, the emergency procedures would be activated as soon as they were discovered. At the same time, the defensive gate would be activated to seal off the space where the intruder was before releasing poisonous gas to kill him.
The young lady spoke casually, but it scared Hank and the others out of their wits. Some of them even sized up the strange ventilation ducts around them, fearing that they would be poisoned to death … Of course, there was no need to worry at all.
However, during the tour, Hank and the others also had a lot of questions in their hearts. Such a huge battleship, and it was completely sealed, how were they going to observe the situation outside and inside the battleship?
Hank was once responsible for transporting supplies to the magical warships, so he was well aware that there were soldiers stationed everywhere on the warships of the Magic Empire.
Be it the warehouse, cockpit, or armory, there were soldiers stationed outside. As for the deck, there were a total of four lookouts at the bow, sides, and stern of the warship.
However, the interior of this warship was so spacious, yet there was almost no one in sight. It even felt like there were more outsiders than the people on this warship … Furthermore, how were they going to monitor and search every corner of such a huge warship?
They finally received the answer to this question when the young lady led them to a place called the 'main control room'.
"T-This is …"
Hank and his companions stared at everything before them in bewilderment, completely at a loss for words.
In front of them was an oval-shaped hall. In front of the hall, there were several operating platforms in the shape of stairs. Several young girls in black uniforms were operating in front of the operating platforms. Along with their movements, several large crystal screens in front and on the left and right sides of the warship appeared all the situations inside and outside.
"T-This can actually be done??"
Looking at this scene, Hank was dumbfounded. He wasn't an idiot who didn't know any magic knowledge. In fact, after watching for a few moments, Hank already understood that these images were projected by the Projection Spell through the smoothed crystal panels.
But … Can the Projection Spell be used in this way?
Of course, the Magic Empire also had such long-distance reconnaissance spells. However, the Magic Empire basically adopted the old-fashioned method of having prophetic mages who were good at reconnaissance spells use crystal balls to spy on the designated direction.
However, comparing a crystal ball to a crystal panel, it was obvious which was better. Although Hank was shocked that a battleship required so many crystals to grind and produce such a projection panel, he couldn't imagine how they came up with such a method.
For so many years, the Magic Empire had been used to using crystal balls for projection and peeping. Why didn't anyone think of this method?
Besides …
"Excuse me, what level are these young ladies at?"
At this thought, Hank couldn't help but step forward and ask.
At this moment, he was also a little worried. After all, not everyone could cast the peeping spell continuously.
Even for a mage who specialized in prophecy, it would take a lot of energy.
But these young ladies seemed to be so relaxed, which shocked Hank. Could it be that these young ladies are talented prophetic mages?
"Mages?"
Upon hearing Hank's question, the young lady in charge of introducing them blinked curiously and answered with a smile.
"Oh, I'm sorry, sir. None of us are mages, and we don't know how to cast high-level spells. Simply put, our spellcasting abilities are actually similar to yours, and may even be worse than yours."
"… Huh?"
Upon hearing this, Hank and his companions were completely dumbfounded.
Not spells?
Don't have any spellcasting abilities?
And are similar to theirs?
How is this possible?
In that case, how did they do all this?
At this thought, Hank suddenly trembled with excitement. Perhaps, he had really found the goal he hoped for.
"So then, how did you do all this?"
This time, in the face of Hank's question, the young lady just smiled slightly.
"You will get the answer to this question when you arrive at the campus city."
Then, the young lady said.