A few days later, the sea wind mixed with the scent of salt and thin residual miasma swept across the waters beyond Nocture's territorial borders. The sun shone fiercely, reflecting silver light from the rolling waves. In the middle of that dark-blue expanse, a masterpiece of magical industry was preparing to prove its worth.
The fleet trial phase had finally begun.
Three cruiser ships made of Black Star Steel cut through the waves with elegant yet intimidating grace. Compared to the other giant ships still in the completion stage at the shipyard docks, these three vessels were the smallest units. Their length was "only" 150 meters, actually equivalent to a heavy-class destroyer from Earth's pre-apocalypse civilization.
