“What a pity. If I had the heart of the [Black Tide Knight] as a driving force, I could tear you apart in an instant.”

The figure in the windbreaker politely saluted Achilles. His head was sealed with countless black tapes, with only one mechanical eye shining red.

“I’ve heard of your name for a long time, Achilles, the strongest [Steam Policeman] of I-Tran,” he said, “Let me introduce myself, [Blackwater Scholar] Zu Chumen, your god of death.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Zu Chumen stretched out his hand, and the condensed darkness burst out and hit Achilles’ chest——

“Pfft-“

Achilles didn’t even have time to react before he was knocked out. He fell hard against the wall of the reactor room and barely managed to stand still.

Achilles raised his arm without hesitation, wanting to fight back with his arm cannon, but he only felt a wave of darkness coming –

“Buzzing—”

The strong black gravity caused the metal structure on his arm to cave in from the outside to the inside, sparks burst, and Achilles felt a sharp pain in his arm.

When he looked up, he found that Zu Chumen was extending a hand and slowly clasping his five fingers together.

“This body is the true path for mankind to become a god,” Zu Chumen whispered, “The skeleton of Hassanka Hafurgaard and the technology of the Federation, plus half of the [Heart of a Pseudo-God]. Your dull brain may not be able to understand its mysteries, but I must explain to you the ultimate goal of my experiment!”

After saying that, Zu Chumen twisted his wrist fiercely, and Achilles’ arm armor burst open, revealing the arm underneath that was twisted into a bloody mess.

“…”

Achilles said nothing. The severe pain was nothing to him. He was used to bleeding.

Before Zu Chumen made his next move, he decisively threw a steam bomb toward the ground.

“Pfft-“

Steam gushed out, dimming the light in the reaction chamber briefly, causing Zu Chumen to lose sight of Achilles for a moment.

Zu Chumen stood in the center of the smoke, extending his senses into the boiling steam. The [False God Body] he was operating had some of the senses of the Hafurgard tribe, and could barely sense the entanglement of factors of things.

Soon, he felt a figure approaching quickly from behind him, so he turned his head sharply and waved his hand –

“clang–“

The red factor energy arm blade violently tore through the windbreaker, blocking the [Sword of Judgment] that Achilles was about to chop down. Zu Chumen seized this opportunity and prepared to release the shadow again, but he saw Achilles fiercely shaking the spear in his other hand towards the ground –

“Ding–“

The strong light tore through the darkness, and the faint shadow on Zu Chumen’s body disappeared. Taking advantage of this flaw, Achilles threw his spear at the reactor.

“boom–“

The spear pierced into the reactor, a red light burst out, and countless unstable electric arcs suddenly filled the reaction room.

Precise calculations, prompt actions, and decisive decisions.

Achilles knew that even if he hit Zu Chumen’s flaw, it would not have much effect, so he chose to use this flaw to hit the reactor.

For a moment, the outline of the Eye of the Sky trembled slightly, and its altitude tended to drop at this moment, but it quickly stabilized.

This is because all the energy previously used to maintain the factor shield now has to be injected into the engine.

Achilles’ goal was achieved.

“…”

After understanding everything, a hint of anger appeared in Zu Chumen’s eyes. As the light on Achilles’ spear gradually dissipated, the shadow once again enveloped Zu Chumen.

Achilles jumped back and tried to retreat, but at that moment, a dark shadow pierced his ankle.

“Sizzle!”

The bronze armor exploded instantly, and Achilles was pinned to the ground. When he raised his head, Zu Chumen’s arm blade was already attacking him head-on.

“clang–“

[Judgment Blade] barely blocked the arm blade. Just as Achilles was about to make the next move, he heard Zu Chumen sneer:

“you lose.”

A red line appeared on the [Blade of Judgment], and then Zu Chumen’s arm blade easily tore open the bronze blade.

“Kacha!”

When the [Judgment Blade] was broken, a trace of surprise flashed in Achilles’ eyes. He saw the bronze fragments burst apart, and the emblem of the I-Tran royal family on the sword split in the middle and flew into the sky.

Then, a red light came, swept across the broken sword, and tore open Achilles’ breastplate.

“bass–“

Achilles only felt his chest getting hot, and then he was pressed to the ground by a powerful force, and his limbs became limp.

He lowered his head and found that his breastplate had been torn in half, and the deep wound almost split his entire chest cavity.

“You can’t defeat us, Mr. Achilles,” Zu Chumen swung his arm blade, “You are too weak, driven by false ideals, and are leading all of us towards the abyss of death in ignorance.”

He lifted Achilles by the neck, ready to retrieve the token from his body, but found that he had nothing on him.

“Where did you put the token?” Zu Chumen frowned.

“I can’t defeat you,” Achilles said coldly, “but we can.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a roar was heard. The hull of the Eye of the Sky began to shake violently.

Zu Chumen recognized that voice, it was the sound of the [Divine Strike Cannon].

……

Ten minutes ago.

When Harry Smith landed on the bridge of the Eye in the Sky, he just happened to see his master firing at the camera in the corner of the bridge.

After firing that shot, Achilles immediately turned his head and aimed his arm cannon at Harry:

“Master! It’s me! It’s me!”

Harry raised his hands so his master could see him clearly.

Finding it was Harry, Achilles slowly lowered his arm, quickly walked to the control panel on the bridge, inserted the token, and then fiddled with it quickly.

Harry walked to Achilles’ side, unable to hide his excitement in his tone:

“Master! Why didn’t you call me in advance? If I knew you were going to attack the Federation’s skyship, I would have come with you!”

Achilles did not answer. He knew that the bridge’s authority would soon be blocked by Laplace, so he did not try to shut down the factor shield, but directly called up the map of the entire ship.

He quickly downloaded the map information into the token, and at the same time, an “Access Denied” icon appeared on the screen in front of him.

“Bridge access is blocked,” Achilles whispered, “The reactor needs to be manually destroyed.”

He inserted the token into the access port of the steam armor and imported the map into the armor’s information database.

Harry was still looking at his master with great surprise. You know, he had thought that Achilles was going to obey William III’s orders and do nothing in Bristol. He didn’t expect that Achilles would actually break into the interior of the federal airship alone.

He now understood why his master had asked him to “arrive as soon as he was called”. To be honest, if Achilles had told Harry his purpose earlier, he would not have undertaken any useless reconnaissance operations at all.

Now he understood why Achilles was called the “Steam Gendarmerie” among the “Steam Gendarmerie”.

“Master, what shall we do next?” Harry stared at Achilles with shining eyes. “Blow up the reactor? And then capture Laplace von Valantia? That old guy must be surprised to death to see us. He thought that his most powerful skyship was actually broken by two [Steam Military Police]. Haha… No, I shouldn’t be counted, it’s you alone…”

Achilles did not answer Harry. He quickly searched the structure information of the [Eye in the Sky] downloaded from the bridge terminal. He found something wrong and couldn’t help but frowned.

——The [Eye in the Sky] has more than one factor energy reactor.

Previously, the “Condemnation-class” ship structure he studied was stolen back from the Federation’s intranet by E.Tran’s Cyber ​​Security Department at the risk of their lives, but in that structural diagram, the “Eye in the Sky” had only one reactor.

It now appears that it was false intelligence used by the federals to fish for information.

The Eye in the Sky has three reactors, two of which are backup reactors located at the rear of the ship. They will gradually start operating after the first reactor is stopped. It takes about one minute from startup to stable output.

This means there is only a window of about one minute.

In other words, even if the factor shield was turned off, the [Armored Train] below would only have one minute to attack the sky ship’s engine, so it was obviously impossible to shoot down the sky ship.

The efficiency of this minute must be maximized… Achilles frowned and adjusted the parameters of the engine.

He soon discovered an important flaw – the two factor energy engines on the front side of the [Eye in the Sky] were defective.

When powered by a single reactor, there is no problem with the two engine nozzles on the front side. However, when powered by a backup reactor, due to the huge size of the “Condemnation-class” ship, it takes time for the factor energy to pass through the entire hull, which will cause the power of the front engine to be slightly weaker.

Destroying those two engines would cause the ship to be temporarily unbalanced.

This may not be a big variable at all, but for Achilles, even the smallest variable can be used.

As to whether he can realize it, it depends on Pace Monaco’s understanding.

“…”

Achilles raised his head and pulled himself out of the sea of ​​thoughts, only to find that his apprentice was still chattering:

“…When we bring Laplace’s head to the coalition forces, they will be surprised that the Federation’s commander-in-chief is dead. They will be thrown into disarray. Before they notice, we will be able to cross the Iron Curtain!”

“Finally, the Royal Glory has never landed on the shores of the Federation, but we are about to do it.”

“Master, why didn’t you let me come with you in the first place? I could fight with you, and then…”

“Harry.”

Achilles held out his hand, interrupting Harry’s words, and pressed the token into his hand.

“You don’t have to fight. Take the token and go find the allies on the armored train. Give them the schematics and tell them to aim at the front engine.”

“What?” Harry’s face became a little confused for a moment, “But, I came to…”

“A soldier’s duty is to follow orders,” Achilles said firmly, “I hope you don’t forget your mission.”

“how about you?”

“I’m going to destroy the reactor,” Achilles said, “Stay in touch.”

Harry stared blankly at his master who nodded at him, then turned and walked into the hull.

He thought that he was about to face his first great battle after becoming the Steam Military Police. This would be a war that would make him a hero. In this war, he would kill Laplace with his own hands, avenge his father Chadwick Smith, and completely overthrow the rule of the Federals.

However, his master let him go.

“…”

Looking at his master’s receding back, Harry wanted to say something, but his throat seemed to be choked.

He suddenly realized how decisive his master was – he got everything done at once without anyone else knowing, without any warning, without planning, and without being too lazy to argue or speak any big words.

The boiling blood of the young man made him want to shout a few words, questioning why his master didn’t let him fight together, but something colder and deeper suppressed the heat in his blood. It was something as cold as a rainy night in E-Tran, which came from the bronze armor on his body and went straight into his heart.

All of a sudden, he understood everything Achilles had done before.

“…I…I understand, but you must come back! You must!”

Harry, who had always been stubborn, suddenly began to hesitate like a little boy. Achilles did not look back, but just waved his hand and disappeared behind the bridge door.

Harry knew that he must not delay any longer, Achilles trusted him, and he must accomplish his mission.

He clenched his hands tightly, then turned around, jumped off the edge of the bridge, and flew towards the armored train under the skyship.

The moment he jumped into the sky, he suddenly had an intuition – he was getting further and further away from his master.

……

15) Eye in the Sky (Part 5) – 4k chapter –

When the factor shield of the Admir Sky Eye began to flicker, Pace knew it was time.

He turned around and gave an order to the gunner who was operating the [God Strike Cannon]:

“Loaded.”

“Yes!”

The sound of rails roared as the [Armored Train] quickly moved in the opposite direction of the [Eye in the Sky]. Every two carriages of the train, which had a rather crude feel of heavy industry, were loaded with a [God-strike Cannon], for a total of five.

According to [Cang Huang], there are only six [God-strike Cannons] on the “Yingqishan”, the largest factor-energy dreadnought in Dila.

Although this [Armored Train] is simple, it is a real beast that can threaten the sky ship.

“…”

After giving the order, Pace turned his head and looked at the [Steam Military Police] beside him.

“Harry Smith, isn’t he?”

“Right,” Harry nodded uneasily, “Well… if they just attack the engine, my master should have a chance to escape, right?”