Book 3: Chapter 50
** Queen of the Night **
The hull of the airship was illuminated by the searchlights.
The deck, however, was unmanned. Because you will get swept away by the strong winds during flight. It is basically suicidal to go onto the deck, so the airship was designed to be operated from inboard.
「Boss! We’re in deep shit! The Empire’s military airships are coming after us! Like swarms of flies gathering around a corpse!」
「Things like that are called “Like a fog”. Hmm, but there are not that many airships, so it’s not a very accurate analogy.」the boss said.
「This is not the time to analyze analogies!」
The large control room was lit with minimal red lighting. The commander’s seat was positioned in the center, and surrounding it was a speaking tube and a control panel for performing various inboard functions.
The night sky spread out beyond the thick window on the front. The airship was facing the undeveloped land “Canion”, so the land ahead was clad in deep darkness.
The Empire was behind the airship.