Walker took to the air to watch as the sky oriented ships took off. He wanted to feel the changes in mana and watch the results. Not just because he knew that the new rune formations had been worked on immensely to create less gravity and even caused a whole new study of different forms of earth mana in the mages, but because these flying ships were larger.
They had been brought here in advance and prepared to handle harsh battles in the sky while also transporting goods. Yes this slowed them down a bit, but speed was not the biggest issue when traveling in the ocean or the sky. It was safety.
As the ship moved off the ground, Walker noticed hatches that could be opened to expose other harpoons or archery shooting areas. They were perfect for targeting monsters just below them which the last floating ship did not have since it was the very first successful ship.
