Future Knight

Chapter 128

However, the Red Rabbit that Kang Chan was on was intact.

That meant it was using a tremendous amount of energy, as much as 98.328%.

Where could the Red Rabbit, which wasn’t even Zaid’s, be using all that energy?

The question didn’t last long.

‘Huh, no way? Is the source of this mana from a fusion reactor?’

Kang Chan felt as if he had been struck by lightning for a moment.

The fact that the nuclear energy generated through fusion had the same properties as mana.

In essence, the fusion reactor, which produced energy using the same principle as the sun, could be seen as a small sun, and the energy coming from it was undoubtedly natural energy.

If that was the case… it meant that the dormant Red Mars ship could be revived as well.

With an abundance of mana sufficient to awaken the Pluton Engine, reactivating it was not impossible.

A small light of hope shone on Kang Chan’s face.

Now, there was a possibility that they could resurrect a weapon capable of engaging in equal combat with the enemy battleship floating in space.

Kang Chan spoke to the Master with a voice full of joy.

『Shall we continue, Master?』

As the terrifying 8-meter-long Aura Blade pointed towards Elradian’s Elven Knight, Elradian, still in disbelief, stammered uncharacteristically.

Even he, one of the five great martial gods of the continent, lost his will to fight in front of Kang Chan’s enormous Aura Blade.

『Ah, no. That’s enough…….』

At the Master’s words, Kang Chan deactivated his combat mode and withdrew the Aura Blade.

Then, he jumped off the Red Rabbit and ran towards Zikyon without looking back.

So urgently that he even forgot the etiquette towards his Master.

Elradian, who watched his disciple, couldn’t scold him. He could only tremble in fear at the unknown lethal weapon Kang Chan had left behind.

Just a moment ago, he had felt an unimaginable amount of mana from the Red Rabbit Kang Chan was on.

‘How can a Gigantes equipped with the same Maglight Furnace as an Elven Knight possess mana as immense as a dragon’s?’

It was such a ridiculous difference that it was hard to believe they were equipped with the same Maglight Furnace.

And the martial prowess of his disciple, who wielded such immense mana freely, had already surpassed the level of a Sword Master.

### 44. The Resurrecting Red Mars Ship

Kang Chan, who found Zikyon, grabbed her shoulders and shook her like a madman.

“Zikyon! It’s done! We have a way!”

Zikyon, frowning in displeasure at Kang Chan’s rough behavior, pushed him away.

“Ah! What is it? What’s going on?”

“I’ve come up with a brilliant way to fight them!”

“A brilliant way? What is it?”

Intrigued by the mention of a brilliant method, Zikyon listened attentively to Kang Chan.

“We didn’t have any means to attack the enemies in space, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Maybe that problem can be solved!”

“Huh? Where did you find a solution?”

“The warship I came on. I think I can fix it.”

“What? That broken piece of scrap can fly again?”

“Yes!”

“How?”

“Well….”

Excited, Kang Chan’s explanation continued through the night.

“It’s always awe-inspiring….”

Cracksion, standing in front of the Red Mars ship, shuddered as he spoke.

He looked at the Red Mars ship as if gazing into the distance, overwhelmed by the enormity of the task.

Even when he was repairing the Gigantes, called Zaid by the Earthlings, it hadn’t felt this daunting.

But now, Cracksion and the elders could only swallow nervously.

The dragon had commanded them to repair this massive metal object so large that the horizon was visible from the deck.

Indeed, repairing an alien weapon constructed with unknown technology was a task that excited them to the point of screaming.

But that was when the task seemed approachable; now, it was entirely different.

A terrifying dragon was lurking behind them.

Failure meant death.

A colossal battleship that defied common sense.

High-dimensional design…

Everything was beyond their capabilities.

They felt as if they had been driven to the edge of a cliff.

“Your Majesty, can we truly repair this metal object?”

“If the dragon commands, we must comply….”

“What? Ah, yes… That’s right. If the dragon commands, we must comply.”

### One of the reasons dwarves could become the continent’s best blacksmiths was dragons.

They continuously pushed the dwarves to their limits to satisfy their own greed.

Innate talent and life-threatening situations.

Surely, such an environment must have significantly enhanced the dwarves’ skills…

They repeatedly pored over the blueprints of the Red Mars ship that Kang Chan had provided, their heads aching with relentless worry.

While the dwarves wrestled with the blueprints outside, Kang Chan and the dragons were grappling with the engine inside.

“So, this is the main engine?”

“Yes.”

“Amazing.”

The dragons looked up at the colossal metal structure, comparable to a large mansion, their eyes filled with admiration.

They had never seen such a massive and beautiful metal craft in their lifetimes.

The exterior of the Pluton Engine, which could be said to be the pinnacle of Earth’s scientific technology, appeared to them as a sophisticated piece of art with a radical design.

“So, our task is to infuse mana to restart this engine, right?”

“Exactly.”

At Kang Chan’s words, the 15 dragons who had been half-forced by Zikyon to come along wore uneasy expressions.

It felt like they were waking a dormant demon. It could also be a ploy to exterminate dragons.

Such was the importance of mana to a dragon—it was akin to their life force.

“Here. Infuse your mana here.”

Kang Chan pointed to a connector on the Pluton Engine that linked to other parts of the ship.

It was a massive connector, approximately 10 meters square.

Zikyon carefully inspected the connector and drew a magic circle there.

It was a magic circle designed to concentrate mana.

Even Zikyon, who could create ordinary magic circles in an instant, took some time, indicating this was a very high-level magic circle.

The magic circle had to be advanced because it needed to gather the immense power of the dragons into one.

Moreover, they had to be particularly careful; if the concentrated magic power overwhelmed and exploded, the dragons standing on the magic circle would not be safe either.

After the magic circle was completed, the dragons hesitantly moved onto it, one by one.

Dragons, who prioritized their safety above all, would never have voluntarily participated.

They only joined because of Zikyon’s earnest request, who was their lord.

Despite this, their eyes were still filled with distrust as they looked at Kang Chan.

‘Try anything suspicious, and I’ll turn you into dust….’

R. Recrasion, ranked second among the dragons, glared at Kang Chan before stepping onto the magic circle.

Soon, starting with Zikyon, the dragons began to infuse mana into the magic circle.

Whrrrrr….

As the 16 dragons combined their powers, the tremendous force caused the Red Mars ship to shake, and the immense amount of mana they emitted flowed through the magic circle into the heart of the Red Mars ship.

The colossal mana was beyond imagination.

Even Kang Chan, a Sword Master, felt his legs trembling.

Then, the monitor’s energy charge indicator lit up, and the energy bar began to rise slowly.

Kang Chan’s prediction was correct.

Mana and fusion energy had similar properties.

However, unfortunately, they were still far from reaching the critical point for the Pluton reaction.

Awakening the heart of the massive steel entity that traversed hyperspace was an immensely difficult task.

Watching the energy output display on the monitor, Kang Chan clenched his fist and cheered on Zikyon.

‘Hang in there, Zikyon!’

Half a day passed since Zikyon and all the dragons began infusing mana into the Red Mars ship.

They looked extremely exhausted, having expended a lot of magical power.

But they couldn’t stop now.

The end of the energy charge was in sight.

“Zikyon, it’s almost full. Just a bit more.”

Zikyon, too weak to speak, nodded in response to Kang Chan’s words and just gritted her teeth, squeezing out the last of her mana.

After nearly an hour, the energy bar finally reached the critical point.

『Energy charging complete. Pluton Engine activation.』

Whirrrrrr-

With the long-awaited voice of the main computer, the Pluton Engine activated, and the previously unlit control panels began to light up one by one.

At last, the heart of the hyperspace battleship, Red Mars, began to beat again.

“Hurray! Zikyon! We did it! We really did it!”

As the warship, once turned to scrap, miraculously came back to life, Kang Chan couldn’t contain his joy and ran to the exhausted Zikyon.

“Thank you, Zikyon! It’s all thanks to the dragons.”

“I told you, nothing is impossible for me….”

Despite her arrogant words, her face was as pale as a sheet, and her face was covered in cold sweat.

It was the first time Kang Chan saw her, usually so composed, show such a disheveled appearance. His face was filled with worry as he looked at her.

“Are you alright?”

“Ah, I’m fine. I just need a little rest…”

Though she said she was fine, Zikyon stumbled a bit as she stepped out of the magic circle, prompting Kang Chan to quickly support her.

“You don’t look fine.”

“I said I’m fine.”

“Get on my back.”

When Kang Chan crouched down in front of Zikyon, she flusteredly smacked his back.

“Hey! What kind of foolishness is this in front of the others? Get up quickly!”

The “others” she referred to were the dragons, who had lived at least a hundred times longer than Kang Chan.

“Just get on.”

“Hey! Let me go!”

Ignoring her protests, Kang Chan forcibly carried Zikyon out of the engine room. The remaining dragons looked at the two leaving with puzzled expressions.

They thought to themselves,

‘We’re tired too…’

‘Does he not see us?’

Kang Chan paid no mind to what the other dragons thought and laid Zikyon on his bed.

In that room filled with countless memories.

Entering the room after a long time, Kang Chan’s expression was complex as he looked at Zikyon lying on his bed.

“Just close your eyes for a moment.”

“Alright.”

Zikyon fell asleep almost as soon as she lay down, exhausted.

This was the first time in her life that she had expended nearly half of the mana stored in her Dragon Heart.

Kang Chan, watching her sleep quietly, turned his gaze to the letter on the desk.

It was a letter he had written to Zikyon and Jaina.

Finding that letter again, Kang Chan was once more engulfed in deep sorrow.

Because of her, someone he could never forget even if he tried.

After the Pluton Engine was restored, the dragons and dwarves became extremely busy.

The major project of integrating magic with this incredible otherworldly combat weapon had begun.

It was clear that the Red Mars ship, modified by their hands, would look very different from its former appearance.

From the exterior alone, it was no longer something of Earth.

The dwarves had changed the appearance of the Red Mars ship to suit their tastes.

It became a massive work of art.

The dragons, being a curious species, immersed themselves in the science of this other world and lived aboard the ship daily.

What amazed them the most was, of course, the ship’s engine.

The engine was generating a colossal amount of energy that even they could not have imagined.

They couldn’t understand how a structure, made with what they considered trivial science, could generate mana surpassing a Dragon Heart.

But they understood one thing clearly.

This engine contained an incredibly advanced mechanism beyond their comprehension.

Kang Chan, overseeing the restoration of the ship, looked visibly exhausted.

For nearly ten days, he had been tirelessly inspecting both the inside and outside of the ship.

He felt uneasy about entrusting the ship’s repairs entirely to the dwarves, who had no experience with space travel.

He also had to closely monitor the dragons, who were experimenting with the fusion of science and magic.

If their reckless experiments damaged the combat systems, the painstakingly revived Red Mars ship would turn into scrap again.

For these reasons, Kang Chan had been extremely busy for the past ten days, and this exhaustion was enough to tire even a Sword Master.

No one could predict how long it would take for the Red Mars ship to return to its former glory.

Even if the main engine was operational and the exterior repaired, fully restoring a ship made with Earth’s technology using the magic civilization of this world was a daunting task.

But one thing was certain.

They had to revive this ship by any means necessary.