The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

"Everyone, stop arguing. It doesn't matter if it's about fantasy ship girls or anything like that. As long as Renown is back, that's all that matters." Charlotte, who hadn't noticed the subtle change in the Prince of Wales's expression, quickly stepped in to smooth things over and prevent the argument between the Prince of Wales and Nelson from escalating.

For the young master, it doesn't matter whether Renown is a fantasy ship girl or not. Just like he thought before, even if Renown becomes an ordinary person, as long as she comes back, that's fine.

"Is that so? I've learned something new." Knowing why the Prince of Wales found this strange, Adun glanced at the Head Maid, who remained in her place, and continued:

“From some perspectives, you’re not wrong. We Protoss do have records of appearing in fantasy.” Adon paused for a moment, sensing the gazes of those around him, before continuing, “However, these are all in the religious myths of those low-level civilizations.”

"Attributing things they cannot understand to mythology is a common problem among most civilized races, and we, whom those civilizations call gods, are no exception..."

"I also don't want to waste time correcting their mistakes."

Adun's calm words implied a sense of the Protoss race's invincibility during the Golden Age. This feeling was something the British ship girls could also understand, because after defeating the Invincible Armada, the Royal Navy of Great Britain also had a period of invincibility on this planet, patrolling the world.

The sudden surge of authority emanating from the Protoss Ark made the Prince of Wales and Nelson's expressions somewhat unnatural, while the Head Maid, who already knew all this, stood calmly beside Young Master Charlotte.

"Then... what exactly did the reputation skill become?" Rodney, somewhat unaccustomed to the atmosphere, broke the silence on the Glory Form deck.

“Reputation already demonstrated it, you didn’t notice it just because you’re too stupid,” Adun said, spreading his hands as he walked back to the deck railing sometime earlier.

"You..." Rodney, who was about to pull out his sixteen-inch naval gun again, was looking at me with a "you're kidding me" expression if his sister Nelson hadn't been quick to stop him.

"Please don't joke around, Lord Adun." Nelson, who was holding his sister down with one hand, didn't look much better. Even the best-tempered ship girl would get angry if she was called an idiot to her face, not to mention that good temper has never been one of the advantages of British ship girls.

To Nelson's surprise, the Prince of Wales, who should have been more angry, didn't show much change in expression. Instead, as if confirming something, he nodded and said:

"I see. It is indeed impressive, no, it should be said to be an extremely impressive ability. If I hadn't been in Glory Mode the whole time, I might not have been able to detect it."

"Your Highness?" Nelson asked the Prince of Wales with some confusion. This kind of behavior, which boosted the morale of others while diminishing the morale of one's own people, was not something the Prince of Wales would do in her memory.

"Reputation, demonstrate it again." Adun said to Reputation with a slight smile after seeing that someone had already figured out what Reputation's skill was.

"Yes, Master." Although she accepted Adun's words, Renown still glanced at Charlotte. After all, Charlotte was her admiral, and it was not something a dashing head maid would do to obey someone else's orders in front of her own admiral.

“Demonstrate it, Reputation Sister,” Charlotte commanded with a curious look on her face after hearing what the Prince of Wales had said.

“Okay.” After hearing Charlotte’s words, Reputation glanced at the calm surroundings, then jumped off the deck, stepping onto the sea surface on the side of the black warship, maintaining the same speed as the Prince of Wales in his Glory form.

"Why go down to demonstrate? Is it some kind of area-of-effect attack skill?" someone asked, puzzled by the reputation's actions.

"That's because, although the reputation's coverage area isn't very large right now, it's enough to envelop us. Once you're inside, you won't be able to detect her skills." After seeing that the reputation had activated its skills and sensing the current coverage area of ​​those skills, Adun explained.

“Coverage?” Even after everyone had reached the edge of the deck on the side closest to the reputation, Nelson still didn’t understand what Adun meant.

On the contrary, her sister noticed the changes that were unrelated to the new reputation skills.

The Prestige of reappearing in this world as an Immortal Ship Girl, and the huge changes in her ship equipment.

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Oh, there's a text recommendation! I thought there weren't any more. But what's with that arrogant line, "Hmph, you're already surrounded"?

The Autumn Wind Mound of COS Master Chief hasn't been written in yet.

And don't you all think the arrogant sergeant is terrifying?

☆, Chapter Sixty: Can this be considered an immortal's skill?

"Huh, the Reputation's ship equipment has completely changed?" Rodney's words made the Prince and Nelson notice the changes in the Reputation's ship equipment.

If the previous ship armor of the Renown was like holding up a miniature ship like an anti-materiel rifle, then the current ship armor of the Renown is an exoskeleton that wraps up all four of her limbs.

Four mechanical legs replaced Reign's legs, which were encased in an exoskeleton, allowing her to stand steadily on the sea surface. Her hands were replaced by two weapons that looked like cannons, but were completely different from 16-inch naval guns.

The radar that used to be worn on the ship's head like headphones has been replaced by a transparent mask that covers the left half of Renown's face.

For British ship girls who are very familiar with the ship equipment of the past, the changes to the former Renown cannot be explained by so-called modernization or modernization; it is a complete change in art style.

Charlotte and his ship girls, who were all focused on the changes to Renown's ship equipment, did not notice the strange calm that had appeared on the sea around Renown's feet.

It wasn't that the waves had calmed down, but rather that section of the sea remained exactly as it had been when the reputation first appeared, as if it had been frozen in time. The undulations of the past were still present, but there was no longer any movement.

"Your Highness, fire on my area." The voice of the Prince seemed to be submerged in some liquid, accompanied by a gurgling background sound.

"Hey, what's going on?" Rodney shouted, still worried that Adun had bewitched his reputation, not understanding why the new skill demonstration had turned into "Fire at me".

"Okay." Having noticed the changes in the sea, the Prince of Wales controlled one of the main cannons in his Glory form, loaded it with training rounds usually used for exercises, and fired a shot at Reputation.

Charlotte and Nelson Rodney were surprised by the Prince of Wales's decisive action, as his expression remained unchanged.

But soon, amidst Rodney's exclamation, everyone was stunned by what had happened around Reputation.

All the cannonballs fired by the Prince at Prestige formed an arc shape, as if frozen in time, and stopped in mid-air not far from Prestige.

While Nelson, Rodney, and Charlotte were still unaware of what was happening, the Prince of Wales, having reloaded his guns, fired a series of shots from the three main cannons.

Then, in everyone's eyes, the cannonballs that were aimed at the prestige stopped as if they had lost all their power after getting close to a certain range. However, they did not actually fall into the sea as if they had lost their kinetic energy. Instead, they just stopped in mid-air in an unscientific way.

"What is this?" Charlotte searched her memory carefully for the explanations she had learned at the academy regarding the scene before her.

Finally, they found a special skill that was very similar to the skill of the reputation ship girl, and Charlotte asked Adun in an incredulous tone, "Could this be Static Space?"

"Stasis Space? Good name, it seems more accurate than the original name, but it is not the same in essence, because this reputation skill does not work on the spatial level, it only stops all relative interactions within the spatial level."

Having learned from Charlotte's words that similar skills existed in this unscientific world, Adun, whose expression changed slightly, explained to the second-generation Tigress in front of him.

"What do you mean by stopping all relative interactions?" Charlotte asked, puzzled.

"It's a bit complicated to explain using the knowledge you have. In our Protoss race, this skill is called 'Time Stop Field,' or you can simply call it 'Time Stop Field.'"

Ardon reveals the name of the skill that Reputation awakens after becoming an Immortal-class ship girl.

“Relativity?” Charlotte found an explanation in the relativity that Adun had just mentioned.

"That's both right and wrong. Just interpret it the way you understand it." Remembering the theory of relativity, which wasn't easy to judge as right or wrong, Ardon didn't want to explain too much.

After all, all science is about understanding the world from one's own perspective. Humans have their perspective, and Protoss have theirs. You know, when the Protoss first came into contact with other intelligent beings, they were very surprised as to why these civilized races could not communicate telepathically.

"You mean time stops within the area of ​​effect of Reputation's current skill?" The Prince of Wales asked Adun after seeing the cannonballs miss their intended trajectory after Reputation stopped the time-stopping field.

“Yes, if the time you’re referring to is the kind of phenomenon you understand through your observations, then that’s a valid interpretation.” Adon nodded in agreement with the Prince of Wales’ question.

"You said before that Reputation had already used this skill once, and it just gave me this instead," the Prince of Wales asked, raising his Welsh glass and looking at the crystal-clear liquid and the still-cool ice cubes.

“You’re right. When I modified Reputation, I retained some of her integrated modules, such as the original condenser compressor,” Adun said with a smile, acknowledging that Reputation had just used the time-stop field to refill the Prince of Wales’ glass of wine.

Using special abilities belonging to the Protoss Mothership for service work, she truly lives up to her title of Head Maid.

"Indeed, it is a very powerful skill." At least the Prince of Wales couldn't think of how to deal with it if reputation were his enemy.

Two enemies who are not observing from the same perspective at the same time have no chance of fighting each other. It seems that what Adun said about being able to easily take on three opponents after activating his skill is really possible.

"Actually, the limitations are still quite significant." Because within the range of time stopping, it will also affect one's own weapons.

Although the negative impact of this limitation is negligible compared to the advantages of the skill itself.

God knows why the world's first Immortal ship girl, Renown, didn't awaken the Unyielding Shield skill that a normal Immortal should awaken, but instead awakened the Time Stop Field ability of the Protoss mothership, Mothership. Is it because she has always been a head maid who takes care of and serves others, and inexplicably possesses a maternal glow that coincides with the attributes of the Protoss mothership?

Or perhaps it's simply because the head maid of Naval Base No. 233 is a professional unconventional character, given that her previously awakened skills were already different from those of other Renown characters.

After being transformed into an Immortal ship girl by Adun, it's understandable that her awakened skills are different from other Immortals.

However, even after learning exactly what the reputation awakening skill was, Adun still muttered to himself, "Wow!"

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Here's the fourth update for the weekend. I still have 18 chapters left in my drafts. I'll try my best to get 30 chapters next week.

Chapter 61 is not very satisfactory to the ship.

The time-stop field from the Protoss is indeed a powerful skill, but unfortunately it's not an invincible ability. Moreover, the ship girls in this world have seen many more overpowered skills, such as the static space that just demonstrated its presence (I wonder which ship girl it belongs to).

So after figuring out what the new reputation skill was, the Prince of Wales and the Nelson-Rodney sisters, aside from expressing surprise, didn't offer the congratulations they should have.

After all, the modified Renown lost a skill that was highly valued by British ship girls. As British ship girls, they had no reason to be happy about Renown exchanging her old skills for this seemingly powerful skill.

Because of this emotional hardship, the outspoken Rodney also complained that the changed ship equipment was ugly and too big to be very convenient.

Whether the ship equipment of the Immortals is ugly or not is another matter. After all, you can't force different races to have the same aesthetic sense. For example, Adun thinks it's strange that the ship equipment of Nelson and Rodney has all the cannons on one side.

As for whether it's convenient or not, Adun said, "Our Protoss ship girls are all shield-resistant ships. What right do you bunch of armor-resistant or structurally-resistant trash have to criticize the size of our Protoss ship girls' equipment?"

Of course, Charlotte was very happy. Whether as an admiral or as a man who had been raised by Reputation since he was a child, as long as his Reputation sister was still there, everything else was trivial.

As for the things these British ship girls are obsessed with, Charlotte knows that as an admiral, he absolutely cannot be biased in these situations, otherwise the whole place will be in chaos if he takes over the naval base in the future. Most ship girls can understand this and have never thought of seeking the admiral's help in this regard.

Moreover, from his observation, the head maid's reputation wasn't too dissatisfied with this change. Perhaps for the head maid, the skill she once possessed, called "Lonely Pilgrimage," was a memory she couldn't escape at any moment.

"However, it's still a pity that it didn't bring about a real qualitative change." After hearing the others' surprise at the reputation upgrade, Adun used a seemingly dissatisfied remark to reignite their hatred.

While Renown's newly awakened skill, Time Stop Field, is a signature skill of the Protoss mothership, she only awakened one of them, unlike Wo-chan who awakened three skills at once after becoming a High Templar. Furthermore, Renown's awakened skill is not the strongest skill of the mothership.

If the skill that Renown awakened was the Singularity Black Hole, which the Protoss mothership specifically uses to bully smaller ships, these British ship girls wouldn't be able to remain so calm.

In terms of practicality, the time-stopping field is mainly focused on defense, while the Protoss mothership mainly uses the method of dropping black hole singularities into a group of enemies for attack.

Furthermore, the awakening skill sacrificed the not-so-weak skill that Renown originally possessed. Although the loss of that skill was unavoidable (the Protoss ship girls and the British ship girls are completely different things), Adun still regretted that her modification did not cause enough of a sensation.

Unfortunately, this sense of regret was misinterpreted by these British ship girls as a display of extreme arrogance.

"Isn't this enough? What else do you want to do to Reputation, you freak?" Rodney, who, like his companion, couldn't find a way to deal with the time-stopping field, spoke up first.

"Putting everything else aside, as the first ship girl in the world to make my head explode, she should at least have the power to match such an act," Adon said, pointing to her smooth forehead.

Not long ago, the location that Adun is now pointing to was blasted through by the reputation of the former head maid before she was transformed into an immortal.

When those materials were used to upgrade the Reputation, Adun openly took some to patch up his own forehead. Although it wasn't enough to fix the whole thing, at least it looked fine on the outside.

Unexpectedly, the British ship girls who had put on a show for this reason all gave each other a look of disbelief. In the end, the Immortal Maid Head, who had already returned to the deck and was standing next to the young master, had no choice but to smooth things over.

"You flatter me, Master. I am quite satisfied with the current situation."

"Really satisfied?" Upon hearing Reputation's words, a strange, unsettling expression appeared on Adun's face.

Reputation hesitated for a moment before nodding at Adun's question.

On the deck of the Prince of Wales in his glorious form, apart from the person in question, Renown, and the modifier Adun, no one or the ship knew what the slight dimming in Renown's eyes meant.

Because Renown knows that her current ship equipment, including her current body, has been transformed into a semi-mechanical state, and the one controlling this mechanical body is the ship girl soul that Chief Adun mentioned.

Simply put, the body that Reputation currently possesses is merely an outer shell that replaces the body of a deceased one. Even without Reputation's own soul, it can still function well by writing a control program into it.

Upon closer examination, Reputation might not even know whether it is currently alive or merely a preserved wisp of the soul of a dead Reputation.

Seeing that Reputation nodded again, he continued, "Then I'm glad you're satisfied. After all, you're not my ship girl, or rather, not my admiral's ship girl."