Dawn, Thorns Town.

This remote town at the foot of Cage Mountain has now become a bustling place.

Besides being the "outpost" of the Cage Mountain Command, the other main reason is that the front-line training camp of the Air Knight Academy is located here.

In order to meet the huge expenses of the Air Knights, the engineering team has built several wide hardened cement roads here, connecting to the north-south artery on one side and directly reaching the northernmost seaport of Dawn on the other. The throughput of a large amount of resources has naturally attracted the attention of Dawn merchants. After losing the trade routes of Wolfheart and Everwinter, Graycastle has become their greatest hope for profit, providing services ranging from contracting freight to supplying wine, which can be said to be all-encompassing.

Business opportunities can bring people – in a short period of nearly a year, the size of the town has expanded several times. Taverns and hotels that were only seen in big cities have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, spreading in all directions around the town center.

Tilly, who often flies in the sky, feels this change most clearly.

Before the snowfall, if you look down from the sky, you can clearly distinguish the outline and composition of the town – the most dull color are the houses of the natives, the tiles on the roof show mottled dark brown and blue-gray after decades of wind and sun. They are not many, still maintaining the original appearance of Thorns Town, and the color suddenly becomes colorful on the periphery.

Among those new houses, there are wooden bungalows, stone bungalows, and even some cement brick houses. Obviously, after Graycastle passed the calcination technology to Dawn, some nobles and merchants have accepted and started trying to use this new building material.

Now the snow brought by the Evil Moon weakens the difference between the new and old districts, but the general change of the town can still be identified from the messy arrangement of the latter.

Probably Border Town also evolved step by step like this.

After sending off Vanilla and Broken Sword, Tilly devoted herself to daily teaching – as many as nearly forty modified Skyfire Type IIs have been produced according to her opinion, plus more than twenty old Type I aircraft, the Air Knights have become an indispensable force in the army.

In fact, the First Army's counterattack was so smooth, which is inseparable from the air cover of the biplanes. Compared with anti-aircraft machine guns, the Skyfire is much more threatening to the Terror Beasts, and without effective means of advancing, the artillery can safely use the range advantage to launch bombardments on the demon outposts and withdraw from the position before the enemy implements an encirclement. As long as the High-Rank demons do not appear, it will be difficult for the enemy to approach the First Army.

Whenever performing combat missions, dozens of Skyfires will slide across the runway in the form of an elephant walk, taking off in sequence with minimal spacing. The rumbling sound of the engine can be heard clearly even across a small town. Such a spectacular scene is difficult to describe in words, even the charge of the knight cluster cannot be compared with it at all. Anyone who witnesses such a scene will have a new understanding of the power of Graycastle.

And this scene has become a major spectacle of Thorns Town. Many Dawn nobles have come here after hearing the news, wanting to personally verify the legend of the Air Knights. Gradually, even on ordinary training days, the rooftops of the surrounding flat buildings will be filled with people, watching the soaring figure of this group of steel giant birds with great interest.

Tilly also heard that those locations with open views are charged.

Of course, the development of the Air Knight Academy is not without obstacles. At least compared to the output of the Skyfire, the problem of the slow increase in the number of pilots has gradually emerged.

After all, its recruitment threshold is there, not only requiring a certain cultural foundation, but also having the physical fitness to adapt to flying. Only after meeting these requirements can they enter the next step of training. As for how long it takes to participate in actual combat, it all depends on talent. Tilly has also encountered several students who perform well in normal practice, but panic as soon as they are in the sky, and can only go to the logistics team to do their part.

If it weren't for the Skyfire Type II being changed from two-seater to single-seater, which temporarily alleviated the problem of pilot shortage, the Air Knight Corps would probably have to face the dilemma of having planes but no one to fly them.

In response to this, in addition to continuing to expand the scope of recruitment and increasing the number of reserve students, she has no better way.

Fortunately, her brother also attaches great importance to the Air Knights, and more importantly, he almost never refuses her suggestions. This problem should be improved when the next batch of reserve students is sent to Thorns Town.

By noon, the intensive test flights and landings will come to an end.

As a Transcendent, Tilly does not need to restore her energy through a lunch break. During this time when she temporarily unloads her duties as a teacher, she often chooses to fly alone for a while, both to verify some new ideas generated during teaching and to enjoy the process of flying.

However, this time, she noticed some anomalies in the warehouse area of the airfield.

Neither the students nor the ground crew immediately dispersed, but gathered around the warehouse, as if attracted by something.

Soon, a guard reported this situation to her.

"Your Royal Highness, Princess Tilly, Winterless seems to have sent a batch of new supplies that need your confirmation."

"New supplies?" Tilly raised her eyebrows. She didn't have such an arrangement on today's schedule. However, after all, the two places are thousands of miles apart, and it is not surprising that Winterless City makes temporary adjustments.

Walking to the warehouse area, everyone gave way, but before she saw the goods, she heard a familiar shout.

"Tilly-sama!"

Moriel ran over, jumping and hopping, and threw herself into her arms with open arms.

Tilly helplessly rubbed the little girl's head, and then realized that it was the Magic Servant who was responsible for unloading the goods. The latter swelled up like a blue balloon, carefully "swallowing" the cargo box on the steam truck into its belly, and then slowly transporting it into the warehouse.

So, is this the reason why everyone stopped here?

No...not entirely...

When Tilly turned her gaze to the long cargo box, she suddenly realized that the answer would not be so simple.

There are three cargo boxes in total. Judging from the cold metal material of the box, these boxes are clearly the same as those used to transport the Skyfire, but the size is much larger, and the overall appearance is more slender. Moreover, the surface on both sides is also painted with bright red cloud patterns, like a pair of spread wings.

Decorating the shipping container seems to be a meaningless thing, but precisely because of this, it seems particularly special.

Tilly's heart couldn't help but jump.

"By the way, do you have any requirements for the color of the fuselage? Since there are no specific requirements, how about red?"

Roland's words echoed in her ears.

"What's the difference?"

"Generally, the protagonists who dominate the sky use this color."

The ground crew had already skillfully removed the fixing bolts on the first cargo box. As the sealing plate slowly lowered, a burst of exclamation rose from the crowd.

A never-before-seen aircraft appeared in front of everyone.