The celebrations were hastily put to an end, and the very day, as Nerva's appearance–Mono was back atop the spire with her students ready by her side and reporting to Regalia, Mercedes, The Twin, and Reina, all four of them. The iron tridents–the flying vessels were expedited with the help of the entire working force of Elenaris working on a single project, and alas, they managed to finish a total of fourteen such ships. All were equipped with flying mechanisms powered by the mana in the air, as well as teleporting abilities, as long as a gateway for the teleportation was present.
"We have four thousand soldiers from Athenia currently, the rest of the twelve thousand should be ready to at least try their hands on some real battle in a few months." Looking through her checklist, Regalia tapped the back of her pen and sighed. "Damn it, even with all the other cities chiming in, we don't break ten thousand."
