422 Dragon skeleton warship Part 2 (1/2)

After returning to the room on the second floor, Saleen asked Aini, ”Aren't you afraid that the contract might have some problems when I did that?”

Aini answered in embarrassment, ”The contract already had problems to begin with.”

Saleen was actually kidding, but when he heard Aini say that, he was dumbfounded.

”What are you talking about?”

”The contractual trap is not owned by the Clyde family. In fact, it was passed down to me privately by my parents. No one knows the source of this magic. My father suspects that this spell originated during the era when humans were fighting with the gods. It was created in order to subdue the gods. During the divine wars in the past, humans would not keep any prisoners. If a god was captured, humans would use the contractual magic to control them for a few days. Before the magic lost its effect, they would then kill the god.”

”A few days?”

”Don't worry. Magic that can control a god for a few days will be able to control those spirits for at least dozens of years, or even longer.”Grinning from ear to ear, Aini continued, ”Before that happens, we will just think of a way to kill them. Once those guys break free from the restraints of the contract, they might turn around and wreak havoc for us otherwise.”

Saleen was speechless. He thought that Aini's character had changed, but it seemed that Aini was still more ruthless than him. Then again, Saleen could not blame Aini, he was greedy for wanting to control all three kings. It was natural for this spell to be flawed. There was not an Imbalanced spell in this world. Since this spell allowed a low grade human to control a high grade spirit, it was perfectly normal for it to be limited by time.

”What other problems are there with your contract?” Even though Saleen had already used the Figaro Formula to calculate many times over, he was still worried that the contract might have other defects.

”There are some problems, but don't worry. Once you become a sorcerer, all these troubles will disappear completely. Saleen, I myself, am no exception!” Aini did not reveal the hidden problem in the contract, and Saleen did not continue probing. At first thought, this problem had to be related to their grades.

Saleen was only a grade-5 mage whereas the three kings were at grade-9. It would only be strange if the contract did not have any loopholes. That being said, Aini did not look too anxious, which meant that the loophole was not serious.

After three full days, Saleen immediately returned to the fourth story of the temple to check on the progress. The three kings had made three drawings for the warship. These drawings could only be activated with help of a magic array. Saleen took out some magic powder, meticulously crafting a temporary magic array. Then, he placed the drawings atop of it.

Gray rays of light emitted in all directions, as a three-dimensional design appeared and levitated in mid-air.

Saleen fell in love with this design at first sight, the warship's design was very meticulous. It had a length of almost one-hundred meters, a ratio of one to two on the drawing. The front most part of the ship was made of the raw dragon head without any sort of treatment. The horns extended outwards.

Behind the dragon's head was the sharply angled ship's bow, wrapped in fine scales. As the drawing ratio was big, Saleen could clearly see that the teeth in the dragon's mouth had been removed. It formed a sealed space inside, and a human could be placed there.

Sealing the dragon's mouth was a genuine Eye of the Dead. There was a complex magic array within the dragon's mouth, enabling a mage to control the Eye of the Dead from behind. With this item, the surveillance range of the dragon skeleton warship was no different from that of a spirit king. That meant that even if the magic compass malfunctioned, this warship could still scan everything which was within a distance of one-hundred miles.

The hull of the warship was the most peculiar part. Saleen had left behind a piece of the thundercloud wood for reference before, and the design by the kings made Saleen's heart flutter. The whole hull was covered in thundercloud wood, yet it would not look like a normal ship whereby the wood was spliced together painstakingly. Instead, a magic array would be drawn onto the dragon skeleton before the thundercloud wood was refined into it. The result was that the pieces of wood would be stacked atop one another, just like the scales of a dragon.

These thundercloud wood pieces could effectively distribute any impact to rest of the materials. At the same time, such a design would reduce water resistance, allowing the warship to travel faster.

The metal-armored warship from Cloudflow had also imitated patterns of fish scales onto the hull, in order to achieve the same effect. That form of imitation would decrease the warship's defense. The kings' design, however, had increased the warship's defensive ability.

Of course, there was a precondition. Such a design required stringent standards in the dragon bones. Even if the impact got distributed, the bones would still receive the most damage otherwise. In other warships styled like this, the most probable outcome after an assault was that the dragon bones would break, causing the warship to disintegrate directly.

The hull of this warship was slender, it was not widened. It was simply designed around the actual body of the dragon's remains. On both sides of the warship, the bone wings were retracted, forming two colossal platforms. After doing some calculations, Saleen felt dizzy. It was primarily understood that when the bone wings were retracted, it would bring about a balancing effect. People could also stand atop the bone wings. When in close proximity to the enemy's warship, the warriors onboard the dragon skeleton warship could simply jump from the bone wings onto the enemy's warship. There was no need to use the gangplank anymore.

The power cabin was situated underneath the bone wings. At this spot, the warship's armor was six times thicker than usual, it was also the warship's center of gravity. With the dragon's bone wings forming a balanced structure, the warship would be able to withstand the intense winds at sea.