The capital, Holy Mirishial Empire
Enriched in blessings from the world, the otherworldly… no, the magical civilization of the Holy Mirishial Empire stands on the summit of the world, with its capital city laced with high-rise buildings that would imbue shock and awe from the people of other countries, instilling upon those who lay eyes on it for the first time the overwhelming national power of the empire.
In the middle of all that extravagant splendor, a meeting that will decide the fate of the world is about to start.
The Meeting with the Holy Mirishial Emperor… Before all the empire’s important people who are prostrated, the Emperor who wields the world’s strongest nation appears.
“The Meeting with the Holy Mirishial Emperor will now commence.”
The host announces the meeting’s commencement and the Emperor begins to speak.
“Something… absolutely unforgivable has happened.”
A distinct tone of anger emanates from his manner of delivery.
“Our citizens… The lovable citizens of the Holy Mirishial Empire were indiscriminately killed… and then they attacked Cartalpas, flinging mud on the face of the longstanding Holy Mirishial Empire and even going so far as to trample on us in the World Conference… those bastards… I heard they came here from another world and yet here they are making fun of this world!
As the leader of this world, I will bring down divine punishment on those that insulted this world, the Gra Valkas Empire!”
The Emperor’s anger resounded in the quiet conference room.
“As this country’s leader, I will order the formation of a world union fleet from the Central World as well as from the Second Civilization Area. They will destroy the battle fleet of the Gra Valkas Empire deployed off the coast of the former Leifor, and then we will send reinforcements to Mu, expelling them from the Second Civilization Area!
After we re-establish order there, we will set foot on their homefront… and then raze their capital!
Well then, let’s get this meeting in order.”
The will of the Emperor has been decided.
With the Emperor’s words, the attack on the Gra Valkas Empire seems to have been decided.
The meeting begins.
Gathered within the participants are the top brass of the administration. They include:
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peclas Ministry of Foreign Affairs Supervisor, Liage Minister of State, Schmill Pao Minister of National Defense, AgraThe Minister of National Defense, Agra, raises their hand and begins to speak.
“Your Excellency, the military is prepared to deploy the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Fleets and they will head out at your word.
As for the 4th to 7th Fleets, they are still in the midst of preparations but once the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Fleets are dispatched, I am thinking I would want to station them here for the defense of the mainland.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Supervisor, Liage, raises their hand and asks Agra.
“Sir Agra, The 0th Magic Fleet as well as the diplomatic escort fleets of the other nations lost to the Gra Valkas Empire’s carrier fighter force.
Is the fighting capability of 3 fleets sufficient enough?
The fighting capability of other nations is just for looks, so I think that that is not something to rely on.
If we indeed lose next time, the loss of faith in our country will be attributed to that.”
“The 0th Magic Fleet was indeed composed of the newest and most excellent ships, but I think that the cause of their demise was the fact they were few and when compared to the airpower the enemy fielded, they did not have any
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With much of the damage sustained coming from the enemy’s air attacks, I felt the need to take into account those lessons and rectify them with the presence of our airpower and taking into consideration the scope of the enemy fleet off of Leifor, I have decided that the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Fleets are sufficient.
Deployed with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Fleets are aircraft carriers capable of carrying Floating Ships of the Heavens, as well as a sizable amount of large magic battleships.
By the way, this operation includes the Central World and the Second Civilization Area, is it okay to leave out the Third Civilization Area?”
“Even if you say that the civilized areas will be there, we will be, in reality, the primary force.
While the World Union Fleet will come together with the nuance of worldwide cooperation, it just isn’t practical to include all in the fighting capability.
With His Excellency’s will to have them exterminated swiftly as well as the actual need to eliminate their surface combat fleet with haste, we have excluded the Third Civilization Area as it will take time for them to come.”
“And what of Japan? I hear that their cruisers have quite the amount of anti-air capabilities as demonstrated in the air raid the other day.”
“Japan has… indeed received a declaration of war from the Gra Valkas Empire but as of the moment they are yet to conclude whether they will push back the enemy.
They may ultimately come to assist but since it may take some time before they do, they won’t make it in time for our assault on the Gra Valkas Empire fleet.”
“I see… I understand.”
“There is certainly no way we can lose, right?”
Listening to the exchange, the Emperor opens his mouth.
He goes on.
“This fight is not simply just between the civilized areas and those outside, between superpowers and those that oppose them!
This is a fight in which those people who don’t even wield magic have challenged us, the Holy Mirishial Empire, which stands on the summit of magic civilization!
They are testing magic civilization!
Minister of the Army! I will not tolerate defeat!”
“Y-Yes!”
The Minister of the Army, which was also Schmill Pao, and the Minister of National Defense, Agra, prostrated themselves before the Emperor.
The Emperor muttered silently; too quiet for others to hear.
“Should the circumstances permit… I must also consider the use of the ancient weapon, the Pal Cowne floating fortress.”
・・・
A certain company, Japan
Two men were conversing in a conference room.
“So, are their technological capabilities understood?”
The superior, Mitani, asks the jet engine technician Nagano.
“Yes, I somehow get the gist on how they got to this technology.”
“Do explain.”
Nagano will begin explaining the piece of technology he has been analyzing, a chant-powered, light magic-compressed air emission engine of the Holy Mirishial Empire, which they miraculously got their hands on from a Third Civilization country.
“It is a chant-powered, light magic-compressed air emission engine from the Holy Mirishial Empire but structurally much of the sections resemble that of a jet engine.
The engine’s method of combustion and material is completely different but… there are no signs of something that exhibits any heat-resistance technology which is applied in jet engines but it seems that by strengthening the components by way of magic, they are sublimated into materials which can withstand heat and stress.”
He explained as he felt a sense of discomfort using terms like “magic” as a technician.
“While it may resemble a jet engine, its performance is pretty bad for one…”
His superior offers doubt.
“That’s right. Its bypass ratio is very, very bad.
In turbofan engines, their output and efficiency dramatically increase by sending air around the engine core. However, in this structure, that is out of the question.
Perhaps they’re relying too much on the technology they unearth… Since they wouldn’t be able to understand why it is shaped as it is even if they were to partially understand how the structure works, it would seem that this is as far as the Holy Mirishial Empire’s technology could go.”
“Are you saying they can’t know the essence behind their technology?”
“Yes… It’s likely similar to China in terms of technology back in the original world.
I went to a car show in China once in the past and some cars are complete copies of Japanese cars, and while they managed to do them a bit of justice, when I tried opening the doors on one of their independently developed cars, it would stop midway… and then suddenly continue and they had various features that were just plain awful.
It is the same here in which the imitation is to the detail yet it shows that they don’t understand why it’s shaped as it is.”
“I see… Suppose that you could make the bypass ratio of that engine more reasonable, how would it do?”
“Since the materials were magically strengthened, depending on how much it can be strengthened, its technology would probably be comparable to… at the very least a jet engine from a developed country in the 70s.
Since the stuff that they unearth may not even be limited to what is the latest, it is natural that the ancient civilization may have had better…”
“It may be outside your expertise but, what do you think of the design of their fighters?”
“I think their elementary aerodynamics are self-taught.
There are parts like the fighter nose that are partially advanced but then there are parts that are just obsolete such as the wing section. I think it’s something that they made in their style, continuing from the relics they unearth.”
“I see…”
The engineers continued into their analysis.
・・・
A certain shipyard, Kure, Japan
“Is this…?”
Azuma, the supervisor of the shipyard, is at a loss for words upon seeing the ship.
At that same shipyard lined up are the faces of representatives from all sorts of companies that are in the military technology sector.
“I am thinking of wanting to have this ship repaired, and then configured so that it can fight with superiority against combatants that have World War II-level of technological capability.
This ship is the La Kasami, the prided state-of-the-art battleship of Mu, the country to which the current economy of Japan owes much of its prosperity.”
A man in a suit started explaining in front of the company representatives.
He continues.
“This ship is virtually similar to the battleship Mikasa, which is the flagship of the Japanese fleet that fought and sunk the Russian Baltic Fleet, considered to be the world’s strongest at the time, in the Sea of Japan in 1905.
I know it is easier to just make it from scratch, but the Japanese government is insistent on repairing it and then making minor adjustments to make it stronger.”
The shipyard’s supervisor, Azusa, raises their hand and asks a question.
“Japan has an anti-technology outflow law, right? To what extent are we allowed to make technological adjustments?”
“With regards to the partially broken hull, it is allowable, for example, to apply hydrodynamics and remodel the hull to be better-suited to reduce seawater resistance.
However, we aren’t allowed to use gas turbine engines for the engine.
We will send you documents regarding this at a later date.
As for the equipment of armaments, it will be possible to mount anti-aircraft weaponry outside of guided missiles as it is planned to relax parts of the technology outflow law for Mu.
We will replace the guns with new ones and install FCS with reduced capabilities as well as anti-aircraft radar.
The mounting of experimental weapons is also being considered.”
With the general explanation from the person in charge out of the way, the gathered representatives will take the information gathered to come up with an improvement plan.
Azuma looked at the ship in the shipyard.
Various parts of the pathetic hull were completely wrecked by something powerful. When he looked at the ship’s figure… it seems improbable, but it felt like the ship was beckoning on him, asking him to listen to what it wants to say.
Give me strength, so that I may protect the country from where I came from.
Azuma, letting out a meek smile, muttered.
“I… I will make you stronger.”
With a voice no one can hear, he cemented these feelings into himself.
・・・
Agartha Kingdom, Central World
The Agartha Kingdom, a country that possesses magical research with quality that is comparable to that of the Holy Mirishial Empire.
In comparison to the Holy Mirishial Empire which emphasizes the analysis of the legacy of the ancient sorcerous empire, Agartha Kingdom actively researches magic that can be used on the level of humans and demihumans, and they are also putting a lot of resources into training individual magical abilities. While they may be the same as countries that pride themselves in magical research, they are quite different from the other countries in the Central World.
When one becomes an advanced mage, they would now be able to fly using brooms.
However, flying considerably exhausts one’s magical power leading to a mediocre cruising range. Moreover, it hardly reaches its top speed when the wind is taken into consideration. Due to this, it is far easier to go by a wyvern and so not many people practically use their flight abilities.
It is in the capital of this country, Ossiatos, where the statesmen that control the country’s future are in a meeting in front of the Supreme Mage.
“So… I have heard that the Holy Mirishial Empire, the capital force of the Central World, and the Second Civilization Area are amassing their forces on an all-out attack against the Gra Valkas Empire navy off the shores of the former Leifor. Do you think they are requesting that we send out our navy as well?”
The long, white-haired Supreme Mage asks the black-bearded Magnate of the Army whose muscular physique is so evident they can be seen on top of his clothes.
“Yes, I think they are. Our military has ships in the diplomatic escort fleet that were sunk by the Gra Valkas Empire, so this is a good opportunity to give them a good beating!”
The World Union Army, said to be the world’s premier war fleet, is formed around the world’s strongest country. As a brave man of the Central World, I cannot help but participate in this grand army.
The Gra Valkas Empire may have sunk our diplomatic escort fleet in a surprise attack, but this time it will be us conducting the surprise attack. Furthermore, the Holy Mirishial Empire has had a bad day as their local fleet was among them, and so with the Central World’s strongest countries assembling the capital fleet, there is no way they will let their forces lose unchallenged. This was the predominant perception within the conference room.
Amid this atmosphere, the Minister of Technology begins to speak.
“However… Will we be able to do it? Even if it was a surprise attack, the Gra Valkas Empire annihilated the fleet from those same strong countries which we were part of. The Second Civilization superpower Mu even had their entire carrier-based aircraft force wiped out. While Mu’s fleet is not as strong as that of the Holy Mirishial Empire, they still boast overwhelming strength in comparison to other civilized countries.
Our prided Magic Fleet, said to be the strongest in our military, had to inevitably use our prototype fleet-wide maximum light magic as the ships from Mu and other countries were sinking so fast.
I think that the reason why the now-deceased Fleet Commander Pactall used fleet-wide maximum light magic was that they judged that the other anti-aircraft weapons couldn’t shoot down the Gra Valkas Empire’s flying craft.”
Upon hearing the Minister of Magical Technology’s words, the Minister of Foreign Affairs raised their hand and began speaking.
“Minister, sir, they are without a doubt strong but you must also understand that we can’t just give in to their demands without a fight. This fight is a fight against a formidable aggressor by the world. If we can’t win against an enemy with this level of power then by the time the ancient sorcerous empire inevitably comes back, we’d be reduced to nothing but livestock.
How strong the enemy isn’t relevant. If we don’t participate in this fight, the world will look down on us.”
Having gone through various arguments, the Agartha Kingdom of the Central World has decided to fight alongside the Holy Mirishial Empire.
・・・
In the coastal waters off Japan
The submarine Black Moon of the Gra Valkas Empire’s 2nd Submarine Fleet.
A fox-eyed man raises the periscope and looks at a lone ship.
It was daytime and the surroundings were nothing but blue and empty skies.
“Hehehe… Gotcha! It’s a Japanese warship! We must let them know that the empire’s arrow reaches far east… all the way to Japan.”
The Gra Valkas Empire’s proud Black Moon submarine, having finally reached the coastal ocean near Japan from the various undisclosed fuel and supply bases established in this world’s numerous uninhabited islands, has ascended to periscope depth and sighted what they think is a warship from Japan.
It was decided to commence raids on commercial shipping in the Central World and as a first step, they have also decided to let the world know that the Gra Valkas Empire’s blade reaches even the farthest of them all, Japan. With that, a submarine, a vessel that does not exist in this world, has come all the way to the coastal waters off Japan.
“They’re so pitiful, aren’t they, Captain? They’re just gonna get sunk without them knowing it!”
The XO pities the crew of the Japanese warship that they’re about to sink.
“It’s the Emperor’s will. There’s no other way. We will be the front row in letting the world know of the empire’s strength. Compared to Japan, a transferred nation like ours, we are formidable, and as such we must let the world know too that to the empire, even distance is meaningless. Commence assault.”
The captain raises their hand.
The Japanese warship moves slowly, and so it seems that they are not yet aware of their presence. Well actually, to a country with no concept of the submarine, it is just unfair for only them to know of the other’s presence.
“Front torpedo tube, commence flooding.”
With a sound, the flooding of torpedo tubes 1 and 2 began.
“Hm?”
The captain, who was looking through the periscope, noticed something weird with the Japanese warship. It seems that they have started to accelerate.
“Ready to launch!”
“Did they notice us? Bah! It’s too late! Launch torpedoes!”
The seawater that was flooded into the tubes is pushed backward, and the torpedo screws begin to rotate. Leaving wakes behind them, the unguided torpedoes were launched just before the enemy’s eyes.
The destroyer Takanami, 2nd Escort Flotilla, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
“Which country’s submarine is that?”
The ship’s captain, Konami, asked the XO.
“I don’t know but, if it emits such high noise and surfaces to periscope depth at point-blank range, then I guess it has no intention of hiding… In other words, it is possible they aren’t hostile.”
2 days ago, a submarine emitting loud noise was detected and was confirmed to be in the ocean some 500 km southeast of Okinawa. The Ministry of Defense dispatched the 2nd Escort Flotilla with the destroyer Takanami closing the distance to examine the situation.
There was a natural possibility that the submarine was from the Gra Valkas Empire, but since there were still many unknowns in this world, and it can’t be denied that there’s a possibility that the submarine was from a yet uncontacted country, and with no international treaties concerning submarines, the Japanese government has directed the Ministry of Defense to ascertain the submarine’s nationality and they were also given the permission to sink it once it exhibited hostile behavior.
The 2nd Escort Flotilla closes the distance.
As the destroyers approached the site, the submarine loudly ascended to periscope depth, and since they did not seem to be trying to hide, they could not understand the submarine’s behavior.
“What do they want to do? They don’t even have any intention to hide…”
“Flooding noise detected! It seems that they are flooding the torpedo tubes!”
A surprising report roars in. It seems that they are trying to attack us!
“Engine, full speed!”
Gas turbine engines with a combined output of 60,000 horsepower roar to life, gushing huge splashes of water backward, instantly accelerating the ship to speed.
“Unknown vessel has launched torpedoes!”
Torpedo wakes emanate from the unknown-nationality, periscope-depth submarine and head towards the destroyer Takanami.
“Shit! Wait, what?”
The torpedoes never reach the destroyer Takanami and continue moving forward.
“The torpedoes are confirmed to be unguided! The wakes are passing right behind us!”
“Commence legitimate self-defense! Launch a short-range torpedo!”
A torpedo was launched from a torpedo tube on the sides of the destroyer Takanami.
The submarine Black Moon, 2nd Submarine Fleet, Gra Valkas Empire
“All torpedoes have missed!”
“Fuck! What the hell’s with that acceleration?! It’s probably better than those of our empire’s destroyers!”
The captain directly lets out their thoughts.
“Huh? They fired something into the sea! Dive, dive, dive!”
The vessel slowly began to submerge.
Normally, when faced with an attack from a submarine, a destroyer would drop depth charges. The captain questions the baffling position the destroyer took to drop depth charges.
A short time has passed when…
Ping… ping…
“!!!”
The soldiers heard a sound underwater. ng what the sound meant, they shivered in fear.
“T-the enemy is using sonar!”
“Sonar?! Don’t be absurd! There’s simply no way for Japan to have something that is still under development in…”
Ping… ping…
The ominous high-pitched sound can be clearly heard from within the ship.
The fact that the Japanese warship is emitting sonar means that there is a possibility that they also possess submarines. There is a possibility that this might have a profound impact on the empire’s strategy moving forward, so the captain decided that he has to live and return home with this information.
“It’s coming closer… Wait, it’s coming from… a torpedo?! It’s a torpedo!!! It’s getting closer while emitting sonar!”
“We’re diving! It’s not gonna hit!”
“W-wait! The torpedo changed heading and is now heading straight for us! The torpedo is going to hit!”
“T-that’s absurd! No such high-tech weapon exists! Engines, full speed! We must dodge it at all costs!”
The ominous sound of the sonar gets closer.
The sound was getting closer, and the submarine’s entire crew fell into a panic.
A light surges out from underwater.
The Gra Valkas Empire submarine’s steel hull breaks from the high pressure, enveloping the vessel’s interior in water. The air within the vessel is lost in an instant, and the humans inside are crushed by the immense water pressure. The shock wave from the torpedo rushes into the lower-pressure area as it finds a way out.
A huge column of water is ejected from the surface of the sea.
The destroyer Takanami
“Vessel of unknown nationality has been crushed and sunk.”
“…The report will be a mess. As for its nationality, well we can perform salvage operations in this part of the ocean so…”
The skirmish in this part of the ocean will go down in history as the first clash between Japan and the Gra Valkas Empire.
・・・
The port city of Cartalpas, Holy Mirishial Empire, the Central World
Here, many ships were sunk by the Gra Valkas Empire’s surprise attack. However, it is also in this place where the counterattack begins.
Fleets assembled from the Central World’s strongest countries have gathered in the harbor.
There were numerous ships and it was splendid. They gave the citizens at the harbor courage.
The masses were thinking.
This fleet, with the addition of the Holy Mirishial Empire’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Fleets, possessed overwhelming fighting capabilities, and so they will go on to obliterate the disrespectful Gra Valkas Empire’s fleet.
As the masses look on, the fleet continues to assemble.
The capital, Holy Mirishial Empire
Enriched in blessings from the world, the otherworldly… no, the magical civilization of the Holy Mirishial Empire stands on the summit of the world, with its capital city laced with high-rise buildings that would imbue shock and awe from the people of other countries, instilling upon those who lay eyes on it for the first time the overwhelming national power of the empire.
In the middle of all that extravagant splendor, a meeting that will decide the fate of the world is about to start.
The Meeting with the Holy Mirishial Emperor… Before all the empire’s important people who are prostrated, the Emperor who wields the world’s strongest nation appears.
“The Meeting with the Holy Mirishial Emperor will now commence.”
The host announces the meeting’s commencement and the Emperor begins to speak.
“Something… absolutely unforgivable has happened.”
A distinct tone of anger emanates from his manner of delivery.
“Our citizens… The lovable citizens of the Holy Mirishial Empire were indiscriminately killed… and then they attacked Cartalpas, flinging mud on the face of the longstanding Holy Mirishial Empire and even going so far as to trample on us in the World Conference… those bastards… I heard they came here from another world and yet here they are making fun of this world!
As the leader of this world, I will bring down divine punishment on those that insulted this world, the Gra Valkas Empire!”
The Emperor’s anger resounded in the quiet conference room.
“As this country’s leader, I will order the formation of a world union fleet from the Central World as well as from the Second Civilization Area. They will destroy the battle fleet of the Gra Valkas Empire deployed off the coast of the former Leifor, and then we will send reinforcements to Mu, expelling them from the Second Civilization Area!
After we re-establish order there, we will set foot on their homefront… and then raze their capital!
Well then, let’s get this meeting in order.”
The will of the Emperor has been decided.
With the Emperor’s words, the attack on the Gra Valkas Empire seems to have been decided.
The meeting begins.
Gathered within the participants are the top brass of the administration. They include:
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peclas Ministry of Foreign Affairs Supervisor, Liage Minister of State, Schmill Pao Minister of National Defense, AgraThe Minister of National Defense, Agra, raises their hand and begins to speak.
“Your Excellency, the military is prepared to deploy the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Fleets and they will head out at your word.
As for the 4th to 7th Fleets, they are still in the midst of preparations but once the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Fleets are dispatched, I am thinking I would want to station them here for the defense of the mainland.”
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs Supervisor, Liage, raises their hand and asks Agra.
“Sir Agra, The 0th Magic Fleet as well as the diplomatic escort fleets of the other nations lost to the Gra Valkas Empire’s carrier fighter force.
Is the fighting capability of 3 fleets sufficient enough?
The fighting capability of other nations is just for looks, so I think that that is not something to rely on.
If we indeed lose next time, the loss of faith in our country will be attributed to that.”
“The 0th Magic Fleet was indeed composed of the newest and most excellent ships, but I think that the cause of their demise was the fact they were few and when compared to the airpower the enemy fielded, they did not have any
.
With much of the damage sustained coming from the enemy’s air attacks, I felt the need to take into account those lessons and rectify them with the presence of our airpower and taking into consideration the scope of the enemy fleet off of Leifor, I have decided that the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Fleets are sufficient.
Deployed with the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Fleets are aircraft carriers capable of carrying Floating Ships of the Heavens, as well as a sizable amount of large magic battleships.
By the way, this operation includes the Central World and the Second Civilization Area, is it okay to leave out the Third Civilization Area?”
“Even if you say that the civilized areas will be there, we will be, in reality, the primary force.
While the World Union Fleet will come together with the nuance of worldwide cooperation, it just isn’t practical to include all in the fighting capability.
With His Excellency’s will to have them exterminated swiftly as well as the actual need to eliminate their surface combat fleet with haste, we have excluded the Third Civilization Area as it will take time for them to come.”
“And what of Japan? I hear that their cruisers have quite the amount of anti-air capabilities as demonstrated in the air raid the other day.”
“Japan has… indeed received a declaration of war from the Gra Valkas Empire but as of the moment they are yet to conclude whether they will push back the enemy.
They may ultimately come to assist but since it may take some time before they do, they won’t make it in time for our assault on the Gra Valkas Empire fleet.”
“I see… I understand.”
“There is certainly no way we can lose, right?”
Listening to the exchange, the Emperor opens his mouth.
He goes on.
“This fight is not simply just between the civilized areas and those outside, between superpowers and those that oppose them!
This is a fight in which those people who don’t even wield magic have challenged us, the Holy Mirishial Empire, which stands on the summit of magic civilization!
They are testing magic civilization!
Minister of the Army! I will not tolerate defeat!”
“Y-Yes!”
The Minister of the Army, which was also Schmill Pao, and the Minister of National Defense, Agra, prostrated themselves before the Emperor.
The Emperor muttered silently; too quiet for others to hear.
“Should the circumstances permit… I must also consider the use of the ancient weapon, the Pal Cowne floating fortress.”
・・・
A certain company, Japan
Two men were conversing in a conference room.
“So, are their technological capabilities understood?”
The superior, Mitani, asks the jet engine technician Nagano.
“Yes, I somehow get the gist on how they got to this technology.”
“Do explain.”
Nagano will begin explaining the piece of technology he has been analyzing, a chant-powered, light magic-compressed air emission engine of the Holy Mirishial Empire, which they miraculously got their hands on from a Third Civilization country.
“It is a chant-powered, light magic-compressed air emission engine from the Holy Mirishial Empire but structurally much of the sections resemble that of a jet engine.
The engine’s method of combustion and material is completely different but… there are no signs of something that exhibits any heat-resistance technology which is applied in jet engines but it seems that by strengthening the components by way of magic, they are sublimated into materials which can withstand heat and stress.”
He explained as he felt a sense of discomfort using terms like “magic” as a technician.
“While it may resemble a jet engine, its performance is pretty bad for one…”
His superior offers doubt.
“That’s right. Its bypass ratio is very, very bad.
In turbofan engines, their output and efficiency dramatically increase by sending air around the engine core. However, in this structure, that is out of the question.
Perhaps they’re relying too much on the technology they unearth… Since they wouldn’t be able to understand why it is shaped as it is even if they were to partially understand how the structure works, it would seem that this is as far as the Holy Mirishial Empire’s technology could go.”
“Are you saying they can’t know the essence behind their technology?”
“Yes… It’s likely similar to China in terms of technology back in the original world.
I went to a car show in China once in the past and some cars are complete copies of Japanese cars, and while they managed to do them a bit of justice, when I tried opening the doors on one of their independently developed cars, it would stop midway… and then suddenly continue and they had various features that were just plain awful.
It is the same here in which the imitation is to the detail yet it shows that they don’t understand why it’s shaped as it is.”
“I see… Suppose that you could make the bypass ratio of that engine more reasonable, how would it do?”
“Since the materials were magically strengthened, depending on how much it can be strengthened, its technology would probably be comparable to… at the very least a jet engine from a developed country in the 70s.
Since the stuff that they unearth may not even be limited to what is the latest, it is natural that the ancient civilization may have had better…”
“It may be outside your expertise but, what do you think of the design of their fighters?”
“I think their elementary aerodynamics are self-taught.
There are parts like the fighter nose that are partially advanced but then there are parts that are just obsolete such as the wing section. I think it’s something that they made in their style, continuing from the relics they unearth.”
“I see…”
The engineers continued into their analysis.
・・・
A certain shipyard, Kure, Japan
“Is this…?”
Azuma, the supervisor of the shipyard, is at a loss for words upon seeing the ship.
At that same shipyard lined up are the faces of representatives from all sorts of companies that are in the military technology sector.
“I am thinking of wanting to have this ship repaired, and then configured so that it can fight with superiority against combatants that have World War II-level of technological capability.
This ship is the La Kasami, the prided state-of-the-art battleship of Mu, the country to which the current economy of Japan owes much of its prosperity.”
A man in a suit started explaining in front of the company representatives.
He continues.
“This ship is virtually similar to the battleship Mikasa, which is the flagship of the Japanese fleet that fought and sunk the Russian Baltic Fleet, considered to be the world’s strongest at the time, in the Sea of Japan in 1905.
I know it is easier to just make it from scratch, but the Japanese government is insistent on repairing it and then making minor adjustments to make it stronger.”
The shipyard’s supervisor, Azusa, raises their hand and asks a question.
“Japan has an anti-technology outflow law, right? To what extent are we allowed to make technological adjustments?”
“With regards to the partially broken hull, it is allowable, for example, to apply hydrodynamics and remodel the hull to be better-suited to reduce seawater resistance.
However, we aren’t allowed to use gas turbine engines for the engine.
We will send you documents regarding this at a later date.
As for the equipment of armaments, it will be possible to mount anti-aircraft weaponry outside of guided missiles as it is planned to relax parts of the technology outflow law for Mu.
We will replace the guns with new ones and install FCS with reduced capabilities as well as anti-aircraft radar.
The mounting of experimental weapons is also being considered.”
With the general explanation from the person in charge out of the way, the gathered representatives will take the information gathered to come up with an improvement plan.
Azuma looked at the ship in the shipyard.
Various parts of the pathetic hull were completely wrecked by something powerful. When he looked at the ship’s figure… it seems improbable, but it felt like the ship was beckoning on him, asking him to listen to what it wants to say.
Give me strength, so that I may protect the country from where I came from.
Azuma, letting out a meek smile, muttered.
“I… I will make you stronger.”
With a voice no one can hear, he cemented these feelings into himself.
・・・
Agartha Kingdom, Central World
The Agartha Kingdom, a country that possesses magical research with quality that is comparable to that of the Holy Mirishial Empire.
In comparison to the Holy Mirishial Empire which emphasizes the analysis of the legacy of the ancient sorcerous empire, Agartha Kingdom actively researches magic that can be used on the level of humans and demihumans, and they are also putting a lot of resources into training individual magical abilities. While they may be the same as countries that pride themselves in magical research, they are quite different from the other countries in the Central World.
When one becomes an advanced mage, they would now be able to fly using brooms.
However, flying considerably exhausts one’s magical power leading to a mediocre cruising range. Moreover, it hardly reaches its top speed when the wind is taken into consideration. Due to this, it is far easier to go by a wyvern and so not many people practically use their flight abilities.
It is in the capital of this country, Ossiatos, where the statesmen that control the country’s future are in a meeting in front of the Supreme Mage.
“So… I have heard that the Holy Mirishial Empire, the capital force of the Central World, and the Second Civilization Area are amassing their forces on an all-out attack against the Gra Valkas Empire navy off the shores of the former Leifor. Do you think they are requesting that we send out our navy as well?”
The long, white-haired Supreme Mage asks the black-bearded Magnate of the Army whose muscular physique is so evident they can be seen on top of his clothes.
“Yes, I think they are. Our military has ships in the diplomatic escort fleet that were sunk by the Gra Valkas Empire, so this is a good opportunity to give them a good beating!”
The World Union Army, said to be the world’s premier war fleet, is formed around the world’s strongest country. As a brave man of the Central World, I cannot help but participate in this grand army.
The Gra Valkas Empire may have sunk our diplomatic escort fleet in a surprise attack, but this time it will be us conducting the surprise attack. Furthermore, the Holy Mirishial Empire has had a bad day as their local fleet was among them, and so with the Central World’s strongest countries assembling the capital fleet, there is no way they will let their forces lose unchallenged. This was the predominant perception within the conference room.
Amid this atmosphere, the Minister of Technology begins to speak.
“However… Will we be able to do it? Even if it was a surprise attack, the Gra Valkas Empire annihilated the fleet from those same strong countries which we were part of. The Second Civilization superpower Mu even had their entire carrier-based aircraft force wiped out. While Mu’s fleet is not as strong as that of the Holy Mirishial Empire, they still boast overwhelming strength in comparison to other civilized countries.
Our prided Magic Fleet, said to be the strongest in our military, had to inevitably use our prototype fleet-wide maximum light magic as the ships from Mu and other countries were sinking so fast.
I think that the reason why the now-deceased Fleet Commander Pactall used fleet-wide maximum light magic was that they judged that the other anti-aircraft weapons couldn’t shoot down the Gra Valkas Empire’s flying craft.”
Upon hearing the Minister of Magical Technology’s words, the Minister of Foreign Affairs raised their hand and began speaking.
“Minister, sir, they are without a doubt strong but you must also understand that we can’t just give in to their demands without a fight. This fight is a fight against a formidable aggressor by the world. If we can’t win against an enemy with this level of power then by the time the ancient sorcerous empire inevitably comes back, we’d be reduced to nothing but livestock.
How strong the enemy isn’t relevant. If we don’t participate in this fight, the world will look down on us.”
Having gone through various arguments, the Agartha Kingdom of the Central World has decided to fight alongside the Holy Mirishial Empire.
・・・
In the coastal waters off Japan
The submarine Black Moon of the Gra Valkas Empire’s 2nd Submarine Fleet.
A fox-eyed man raises the periscope and looks at a lone ship.
It was daytime and the surroundings were nothing but blue and empty skies.
“Hehehe… Gotcha! It’s a Japanese warship! We must let them know that the empire’s arrow reaches far east… all the way to Japan.”
The Gra Valkas Empire’s proud Black Moon submarine, having finally reached the coastal ocean near Japan from the various undisclosed fuel and supply bases established in this world’s numerous uninhabited islands, has ascended to periscope depth and sighted what they think is a warship from Japan.
It was decided to commence raids on commercial shipping in the Central World and as a first step, they have also decided to let the world know that the Gra Valkas Empire’s blade reaches even the farthest of them all, Japan. With that, a submarine, a vessel that does not exist in this world, has come all the way to the coastal waters off Japan.
“They’re so pitiful, aren’t they, Captain? They’re just gonna get sunk without them knowing it!”
The XO pities the crew of the Japanese warship that they’re about to sink.
“It’s the Emperor’s will. There’s no other way. We will be the front row in letting the world know of the empire’s strength. Compared to Japan, a transferred nation like ours, we are formidable, and as such we must let the world know too that to the empire, even distance is meaningless. Commence assault.”
The captain raises their hand.
The Japanese warship moves slowly, and so it seems that they are not yet aware of their presence. Well actually, to a country with no concept of the submarine, it is just unfair for only them to know of the other’s presence.
“Front torpedo tube, commence flooding.”
With a sound, the flooding of torpedo tubes 1 and 2 began.
“Hm?”
The captain, who was looking through the periscope, noticed something weird with the Japanese warship. It seems that they have started to accelerate.
“Ready to launch!”
“Did they notice us? Bah! It’s too late! Launch torpedoes!”
The seawater that was flooded into the tubes is pushed backward, and the torpedo screws begin to rotate. Leaving wakes behind them, the unguided torpedoes were launched just before the enemy’s eyes.
The destroyer Takanami, 2nd Escort Flotilla, Japan Maritime Self Defense Force
“Which country’s submarine is that?”
The ship’s captain, Konami, asked the XO.
“I don’t know but, if it emits such high noise and surfaces to periscope depth at point-blank range, then I guess it has no intention of hiding… In other words, it is possible they aren’t hostile.”
2 days ago, a submarine emitting loud noise was detected and was confirmed to be in the ocean some 500 km southeast of Okinawa. The Ministry of Defense dispatched the 2nd Escort Flotilla with the destroyer Takanami closing the distance to examine the situation.
There was a natural possibility that the submarine was from the Gra Valkas Empire, but since there were still many unknowns in this world, and it can’t be denied that there’s a possibility that the submarine was from a yet uncontacted country, and with no international treaties concerning submarines, the Japanese government has directed the Ministry of Defense to ascertain the submarine’s nationality and they were also given the permission to sink it once it exhibited hostile behavior.
The 2nd Escort Flotilla closes the distance.
As the destroyers approached the site, the submarine loudly ascended to periscope depth, and since they did not seem to be trying to hide, they could not understand the submarine’s behavior.
“What do they want to do? They don’t even have any intention to hide…”
“Flooding noise detected! It seems that they are flooding the torpedo tubes!”
A surprising report roars in. It seems that they are trying to attack us!
“Engine, full speed!”
Gas turbine engines with a combined output of 60,000 horsepower roar to life, gushing huge splashes of water backward, instantly accelerating the ship to speed.
“Unknown vessel has launched torpedoes!”
Torpedo wakes emanate from the unknown-nationality, periscope-depth submarine and head towards the destroyer Takanami.
“Shit! Wait, what?”
The torpedoes never reach the destroyer Takanami and continue moving forward.
“The torpedoes are confirmed to be unguided! The wakes are passing right behind us!”
“Commence legitimate self-defense! Launch a short-range torpedo!”
A torpedo was launched from a torpedo tube on the sides of the destroyer Takanami.
The submarine Black Moon, 2nd Submarine Fleet, Gra Valkas Empire
“All torpedoes have missed!”
“Fuck! What the hell’s with that acceleration?! It’s probably better than those of our empire’s destroyers!”
The captain directly lets out their thoughts.
“Huh? They fired something into the sea! Dive, dive, dive!”
The vessel slowly began to submerge.
Normally, when faced with an attack from a submarine, a destroyer would drop depth charges. The captain questions the baffling position the destroyer took to drop depth charges.
A short time has passed when…
Ping… ping…
“!!!”
The soldiers heard a sound underwater. ng what the sound meant, they shivered in fear.
“T-the enemy is using sonar!”
“Sonar?! Don’t be absurd! There’s simply no way for Japan to have something that is still under development in…”
Ping… ping…
The ominous high-pitched sound can be clearly heard from within the ship.
The fact that the Japanese warship is emitting sonar means that there is a possibility that they also possess submarines. There is a possibility that this might have a profound impact on the empire’s strategy moving forward, so the captain decided that he has to live and return home with this information.
“It’s coming closer… Wait, it’s coming from… a torpedo?! It’s a torpedo!!! It’s getting closer while emitting sonar!”
“We’re diving! It’s not gonna hit!”
“W-wait! The torpedo changed heading and is now heading straight for us! The torpedo is going to hit!”
“T-that’s absurd! No such high-tech weapon exists! Engines, full speed! We must dodge it at all costs!”
The ominous sound of the sonar gets closer.
The sound was getting closer, and the submarine’s entire crew fell into a panic.
A light surges out from underwater.
The Gra Valkas Empire submarine’s steel hull breaks from the high pressure, enveloping the vessel’s interior in water. The air within the vessel is lost in an instant, and the humans inside are crushed by the immense water pressure. The shock wave from the torpedo rushes into the lower-pressure area as it finds a way out.
A huge column of water is ejected from the surface of the sea.
The destroyer Takanami
“Vessel of unknown nationality has been crushed and sunk.”
“…The report will be a mess. As for its nationality, well we can perform salvage operations in this part of the ocean so…”
The skirmish in this part of the ocean will go down in history as the first clash between Japan and the Gra Valkas Empire.
・・・
The port city of Cartalpas, Holy Mirishial Empire, the Central World
Here, many ships were sunk by the Gra Valkas Empire’s surprise attack. However, it is also in this place where the counterattack begins.
Fleets assembled from the Central World’s strongest countries have gathered in the harbor.
There were numerous ships and it was splendid. They gave the citizens at the harbor courage.
The masses were thinking.
This fleet, with the addition of the Holy Mirishial Empire’s 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Fleets, possessed overwhelming fighting capabilities, and so they will go on to obliterate the disrespectful Gra Valkas Empire’s fleet.
As the masses look on, the fleet continues to assemble.
