Six months later, in Princeton. The Hall of Knights had cleared out an empty space outside the western part of the city.
Tens of thousands of high-rank Knechts had gathered there, causing the surrounding elemental energy to fluctuate violently.
Close to a hundred enormous airships were suspended in the air a hundred meters above the ground, blocking out the sun and the sky, blocking everyone's line of sight.
Of course, there was no lack of Ritters among the high-rank Knechts. Level-1 and level-2 Ritters were everywhere, and level-3 Ritters were also present.
"How many Ritters have arrived?" In one of the floating airships in the sky, an elderly knight with white hair asked the young knight beside him in front of the control panel.
"Lord Hayes, a total of 13,682 high-rank Knechts have been transferred here with the help of the Aomar royal family. Apart from that, there are also 2,321 level-one Knechts, 227 level-two Erdritters, and three radiant Knechts," said the young knight with a report in his hand.
"As expected of the imperial capital of Aomar. There are so many level-1 and level-2 Ritters here!" the white-haired old man exclaimed.
This was only one of the points on Missia where the Hall of Knights accepted high-rank Knechts. Apart from this place, there were also a large number of floating ships heading to other parts of the continent to receive powerhouses from various kingdoms.
There were four receiving points in Aomar alone.
In the past planar wars, only Ritters and Casters above level-1 would participate. Before each war, Casters and Ritters would go to the Sanctum and the Hall of Knights on their own. This was the first time the Hall of Knights had sent a ship to pick up people.
Hayes was a veteran Ritter. He was sent by the Hall of Knights to pick up the high-rank Knechts and Ritters in the vicinity of Princeton.
Beams of pale blue light shot out from the bottom of the floating ship. Under the guidance of these light beams, countless knights slowly rose into the air and entered the floating ship.
Most of the knights were careless. The high-ranked knights had already learned about the general situation of the Planar War through the Hall of Knights. This beam of light from the floating ship was only a small part of the scene, and didn't surprise the group of knights.
The high-rank Knechts could only wait for the beam to shine on them. Rank 1 Ritters and above, on the other hand, were different. They pushed off the ground, leaped into the air, and entered the floating ship to await further orders.
The level-2 Erdritch Knights who had more Combat Energy condensed a pair of Combat Energy wings on their backs. In terms of flying speed, they were comparable to high-ranked magical beasts that were adept at flying.
The most dazzling ones were the three radiant knights. They were like three brilliant meteors, two red and one green. The three streaks of light tore through the sky and headed straight for the main ship of the airship fleet.
"These three fellows." Hayes smiled. There were only a few dozen Sky Knights in the Missia Continent, and everyone knew each other. The three Sky Knights before him had a good relationship with Hayes.
Overall, the high-rank Knechts entered the centre of the fleet while the rank-1 and rank-2 knights entered the periphery of the fleet.
The main reason for this was, of course, protection.
The Hall of Knights in the Three Western Isles wasn't wealthy. If one were to look closely, they would notice that the two sides of the floating ships docked at the periphery for rank-1 and rank-2 knights to disembark were hung with a wide variety of large weapons.
Magic crystal cannons and magic cannons were the most common. The most domineering one was, of course, the Damocles Cannon at the front of the floating ships.
It was an alchemy cannon named after Damocles, a talented Sanctum Great Caster from the Three Western Isles 1,500 years ago. A single shot from it could sink a small island.
There were less than fifteen of these floating ships, all of which were manned by rank-1 and rank-2 Ritters.
The floating ship that the high-rank Knechts had entered looked like a blank slate that only had the function of transporting and shuttling between planes.
More than ten thousand knights were received in half a day. The efficiency was astonishing.
"Let's go. We'll report to the void fortress outside the plane first!" The white-haired old knight pointed with his arm. The floating ships slowly rose into the air and flew towards a certain place in the sky.
In a certain hall inside Floating Ship 86, high-rank Knechts stood in every corner of the hall, looking at everything around them curiously.
Most of them were leaning against the glass door of the floating ship, looking down at the city of Princeton that was getting smaller and smaller.
Beside the window, Xerxes was thinking about something as he called the knights away from the glass door.
As a staff member of the Hall of Knights, Xith was more knowledgeable than ordinary high-rank Knechts. He'd been on a floating ship countless times, but this was his first time sitting on a floating ship that could shuttle between astral planes.
"Locke, I've passed on your message. The question is, where did you go?" Xerxes muttered to himself.
Half a year ago, news from the Sanctum came that Locke had asked Xerxes and his family to inform them that he was safe. He had also sent a handwritten letter.
Xerxes had sent the message and letter to Locke's house on Sancher Street during his free time one day.
However, after that, Locke hadn't sent any news back.
Outside the window, the blue sky gradually darkened. It was clearly daytime, but the vast and boundless galaxy had already appeared.
The floating ships passed through the barrier in a triangular formation. The fleet that carried the imprint and aura of this plane wasn't bound by the will of the plane. The moment the fleet completely rushed out of the barrier, the mysterious astral universe appeared in front of them.
The fleet didn't slow down much. Their direction was clear. In the northwest corner of the plane, there was a void fortress built by the Sanctum and the Hall of Knights. The fleet would also be resting in the void fortress, waiting for the expedition.
On the 82nd floor of the Sanctum, Locke helped Ashar pack up the experimental equipment and walked out of the laboratory.
"We'll be leaving in a month. How are your preparations?" She rarely talked to Locke about anything other than the experiments. It was rare for her to care about Locke.
"I'm fine," said Locke. His strength had improved rapidly in the past six months. With the help of the wind attribute energy crystals, the total amount of impetus a high-rank Knecht could control had been increased to the limit.
As for having so many wind elemental energy crystals, it was all thanks to Ashar. The level-one caster had an astonishing amount of energy crystals in her possession.
Without any pressure, Locke exchanged his other elements for wind attribute energy crystals.
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