Future Knight [EN]: Chapter 128

퓨쳐나이트 128

However, Kang Chan’s Red Rabbit was unscathed.

This meant it was using a staggering 98.328 percent of its energy.

Where was the Red Rabbit, which wasn’t even made of Zaid’s limbs, using all that energy?

The question didn’t last long.

‘Wait, could it be? Is the source of this mana the nuclear fusion reactor?’

Kang Chan felt as if he’d been struck by lightning.

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

When you think about it, a nuclear fusion reactor that produces energy using the same principle as the sun could be seen as a small sun, and the energy coming from it was clearly natural energy.

If so… that meant he could revive the dormant Red Mars as well.

If he had enough mana to awaken the Pluton Engine, restarting the Pluton Engine wouldn’t be impossible.

A glimmer of hope appeared on Kang Chan’s face.

Now, there was a possibility that a weapon capable of engaging in equal combat with the enemy battleships floating in space could be revived.

Kang Chan said to the Master in a joyful voice.

『Shall we continue, Master?』

As the terrifying eight-meter-long Aura Blade was aimed at Elradion’s Elven Knight, Elradion stuttered, uncharacteristically, as if he still couldn’t believe it.

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

『Ah, no. That’s enough…』

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

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

He was in such a hurry that he even forgot his manners towards the Master.

Elradion, who was watching his disciple, could only tremble in fear as he looked at the unknown killing machine Kang Chan had left behind, without even scolding him.

A moment ago, he had felt an unimaginable amount of mana from the Red Rabbit Kang Chan was riding.

‘How can a Gigantes [a type of mech or giant robot] equipped with the same mana reactor as the Elven Knight emit such enormous mana like a dragon?’

The difference was too great to think that it was equipped with the same mana reactor.

And his disciple’s skill in freely manipulating such enormous mana was already beyond that of a Sword Master.

44. The Reviving Red Mars

Kang Chan, who had gone to find Zikyon, grabbed Zikyon’s shoulders and shook her like a madman.

“Zikyon! It’s done! I have a solution!”

Zikyon, who was slightly displeased by Kang Chan’s rough behavior, pushed Kang Chan away and frowned.

“Ah! What is it? What’s going on?”

“I’ve come up with an amazing way to fight those guys!”

“An amazing way? What is it?”

Zikyon, who was intrigued by the words ‘amazing way,’ listened to Kang Chan’s words.

“We had no way to attack the enemies in space, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Maybe that can be solved!”

“Huh? Where did you find a solution?”

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

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

“Yes!”

“How?”

“Well, that’s…”

Kang Chan’s excited explanation continued all night long.

“It’s always thrilling to see…”

Kraksion said, shuddering as he stood in front of the Red Mars.

Then, he looked at the Red Mars as if looking at a distant mountain in despair.

Even when repairing the Gigantes of the Earthlings called Zaid, it wasn’t this daunting.

But now, Kraksion and the elders had no choice but to swallow hard.

Because the dragon’s strict order had been issued to repair this huge piece of junk, so large that the horizon could be seen from the deck.

Clearly, repairing an alien weapon built with unknown technology was a joyful task for them, enough to make them scream.

But that was when they approached it lightly, and now it was completely different.

Because behind them was a terrifying dragon lurking.

Failure meant death.

A warship of enormous size that defied common sense.

High-dimensional design…

Everything was too much for them to handle.

They felt like they were driven to the edge of a cliff.

“Your Majesty, can we really repair this piece of junk?”

“You have to do it if you’re told to…”

“Yes? Ah, yes… That’s right. You have to do it if the dragon tells you to.”

One of the reasons why dwarves could become the best blacksmiths on the continent was because of dragons.

They tormented the dwarves to satisfy their own greed.

Innate talent and a life-threatening situation.

Clearly, such an environment must have improved the dwarves’ skills by leaps and bounds…

They looked at the blueprints of the Red Mars that Kang Chan had given them and pondered, racking their brains.

While the dwarves were struggling with the blueprints outside, Kang Chan and the dragons were struggling in the engine room.

“So, this is the main engine?”

“Yes.”

The eyes of the dragons, who were looking up at the huge metal덩어리 [metal mass] comparable to a mansion, were filled with admiration.

Because even they had never seen such a large and beautiful metal craft in their lives.

The appearance of this Pluton Engine, which can be said to be the pinnacle of Earth’s science and technology, was like a sophisticated work of art with a groundbreaking design to them.

“So, all we have to do is inject mana and restart this engine, right?”

“That’s right.”

The 15 dragons who had been forcibly dragged by Zikyon into Kang Chan’s plan looked uneasy.

It felt like they were awakening a sleeping demon god. It might be a trick to annihilate the dragons.

That’s how vital mana was to dragons.

“Here. Inject mana here.”

Kang Chan pointed to the part of the Pluton Engine that connected to other warships.

It was a huge socket about 10 meters wide and long.

Zikyon slowly looked around the socket and drew a magic circle there.

It was a magic circle that condensed mana.

Considering that Zikyon, who could create any magic circle in an instant, was taking some time, it seemed to be a very high-dimensional magic circle.

The magic circle had to be high-dimensional because it had to gather the enormous power of its kin into one.

Moreover, what they had to be especially careful about was that if the magic circle couldn’t withstand the condensed magic power and exploded, the dragons standing on the magic circle wouldn’t be safe either.

Afterward, the dragons hesitated and moved onto the completed magic circle one by one.

There was no way that dragons, who prioritized their own safety, would voluntarily step forward.

It was only because of their lord Zikyon’s earnest request that they were participating.

The eyes of those dragons looking at Kang Chan were still full of distrust.

‘If you do anything suspicious, I’ll turn you into dust right away…’

R. Rekrashion, the second-in-command among the dragons, glared at Kang Chan once and stepped onto the magic circle.

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

Kuuuuuuuuu…

As the 16 dragons began to gather their strength, the Red Mars began to shake with that enormous power, and the enormous amount of mana emanating from them headed towards the heart of the Red Mars through the magic circle.

A mana so enormous that it was unimaginable.

Even Kang Chan, a Sword Master, was on the verge of trembling.

In the meantime, the monitor energy charge lit up, and the energy bar began to rise little by little.

As expected, Kang Chan’s prediction was correct.

Mana and nuclear fusion energy had similar properties.

But unfortunately, it was a long way to go before reaching the critical point where the Pluton reaction would occur.

Awakening the heart of a giant steel덩어리 [steel mass] that transcends space and time was such a difficult task.

Kang Chan, looking at the energy output table on the monitor, clenched his fist and cheered for Zikyon.

‘Hang in there, Zikyon!’

Half a day had passed since all the dragons, including Zikyon, began injecting mana into the Red Mars.

They looked extremely tired, as if they had consumed a lot of magic power.

But they couldn’t stop now.

Because the end of the energy charge was beginning to appear.

“Zikyon, it’s almost full now. Just a little more 힘내 [Hang in there/Do your best].”

Zikyon seemed to have no strength to speak, and only nodded at Kang Chan’s words without answering.

She just gritted her teeth and squeezed out the last of her mana.

Had it been close to an hour?

Finally, the energy bar broke through the critical point.

『Energy charging complete. Pluton Engine start.』

Kuuuuuuuuuung-

As the Pluton Engine started along with the voice of the main computer that he had heard in a long time, the instrument panels that had been turned off began to light up one by one with a heavy tremor.

Finally, the heart of the 초시공 [transcendent space] space warship Red Mars began to beat again.

“Hooray! Zikyon! You did it! We did it!”

As the warship that had become scrap metal miraculously revived, Kang Chan couldn’t contain his joy and ran to Zikyon, who was exhausted.

“Thank you, Zikyon! All of this is thanks to the dragons.”

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

She said in an arrogant tone that nothing was impossible, but unlike her words, her complexion was as pale as a blank sheet of paper, and her face was covered with cold sweat.

This was the first time that she, who was always relaxed, had shown such a disheveled appearance in front of Kang Chan, so Kang Chan’s face was full of worry.

“Are you okay?”

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

She said she was okay, but as Zikyon staggered slightly while walking out of the magic circle, Kang Chan quickly supported her.

“You don’t look okay at all?”

“I’m telling you, I’m okay.”

“Get on my back.”

As Kang Chan squatted down in front of Zikyon, Zikyon was flustered and hit Kang Chan’s back.

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

The kids she was pointing to were dragons who had lived at least 100 times longer than Kang Chan.

“Just get on my back.”

“Hey! Let go of this!”

As Kang Chan forcibly carried Zikyon on his back and left the engine room, the remaining dragons looked at the two who had left with a somewhat uneasy expression.

And they thought to themselves.

‘We’re tired too…’

‘Can’t that bastard see us?’

Kang Chan didn’t care what the other dragons were thinking and laid Zikyon on his bed.

In that room filled with countless memories.

Kang Chan, who had entered the room after a long time, looked at Zikyon lying on his bed with a complicated expression.

“Get some sleep here.”

“Okay.”

Zikyon must have been really tired, because she fell asleep as soon as she lay down on the bed.

That’s because this was the first time in her life that she had consumed most of the mana stored in the dragon heart.

Kang Chan, who was quietly watching her sleeping, turned his gaze to the letter on the desk.

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

Kang Chan fell into deep sorrow again after finding the letter.

Because of her, who he couldn’t forget even if he tried.

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

This was because the great construction project of fusing magic with this amazing alien combat weapon had begun.

Even though they didn’t know what the Red Mars, which had been modified by their hands, would look like, it was clear that it would be very different from its past 모습 [appearance/form].

From the beginning, even the exterior was no longer from Earth.

Because the dwarves had changed the appearance of the Red Mars according to their tastes.

It was the birth of a huge work of art.

The dragons were also curious creatures, so they were absorbed in the science of another world and lived in the warship every day.

What surprised them the most was the warship’s engine.

Because the engine of the warship was generating enormous energy that even they could not imagine.

They couldn’t understand how mana that surpassed the dragon heart was generated from this structure made with science, which had been insignificant to them.

But they could clearly understand one thing.

That this engine contained an incredibly high-dimensional mechanism that surpassed their common sense.

Kang Chan, who was leading the restoration of the warship, looked very tired.

This was because he had been inspecting the inside and outside of the warship day and night for almost 10 days.

Since it was a warship that had to go into space, he felt uneasy about entrusting the repair of the warship only to the dwarves, who had no experience with space.

And he also had to keep a close eye on the dragons who were poking around, saying they were fusing science and magic.

If the combat system was damaged by their reckless experimental spirit, the Red Mars, which had been revived with difficulty, would become scrap metal again.

For that reason, Kang Chan had been busy day and night for the past 10 days, and that fatigue was enough to exhaust even a Sword Master.

Even he couldn’t guarantee how much time it would take for the Red Mars to return to its former 모습 [appearance/form].

Even if the main engine was restarted and the exterior was repaired, it would be very difficult to completely repair this warship made with Earth’s technology with the technology of this place where magic civilization has developed.

But one thing was clear.

He had to revive this ship no matter what.