The hero magician wants to relax. He was too active and targeted for his life, so we'll start over.

The Announcement Region in the north of the Kingdom of Provia. The great hole of the earth, the entrance to the underworld, is here in the form of a canyon.

And it was called the rift of the earth: and the valley of the bottomless was awe unto men.

The entrance to this underground world is now dominated by the Stigme Empire's fleet.

We, the Willidis forces of the SeaPang Alliance, were about to conquer this place and take the first steps towards conquering the underworld.

I was at the command bridge on the super battleship Balmunk. Final confirmation from the dedicated seats while confronting the participating Fleet Commander's holography.

“This first step is to capture one of the underground areas of the Stigme Empire.”

Nine currently identified underground metropolitan spaces. Of these, only two metropolitan spaces are connected: the north of Provia and the territory of Tokitomo in the Verrillard Kingdom. After that, I blocked it to avoid dispersal of my forces.

"One thing. If you can't conquer the vampire metropolitan space, you won't be able to deal with the Stigme Empire Mainland attacks." It's the first step toward overthrowing the Vampire Empire. ”

But the enemy won't let us through in silence.

Reconnaissance intelligence suggests that enemy fleets are fortifying the Grand Canyon entrance.

There are only five battleships, 40 cruisers, nearly 100 frigates, and an aircraft base on the ground. The number of ships is greater than the combined number of our 7th and 8th fleets.

"We need to get rid of these things first, and we can't just go underground."

Here's the plan.

Seapang Fleet, Seventh Fleet, Shade Fleet, and Eighth Fleet attack the enemy fleet as they advance from the front.

If there are ships left at the entrance, my Balmunk fleet, Ms. Bell's Levatain fleet, and the Blue fleet will strike flankingly and, if necessary, jointly besiege and destroy the front fleet.

Shadow Fleet air strikes enemy air bases around the Grand Canyon entrance.

Arlie's third fleet will attack enemy fleets and enemy ground bases according to the situation, while covering the air cover of the seventh and eighth fleets.

Once the enemy fleet and airbase have been defeated, the Special Attack Squadron begins its assault. Attacks using the Magic Discharge Device electrocute vampires in metropolitan space. Until the Magic Discharge Device can be used, it will be fiercely resisted, but it will be pushing by believing in the super robot and similar weapon performance and the pilot's skill.

"The command of the front fleet is in the hands of General Shade." Admiral Septem, the seventh fleet is under the command of the eighth fleet. "

Yes, my lord.

The holography of Admiral Septem, the shapeshifter, was overwhelming.

The seventh and eighth fleets, which were the mainstays of the previous operation to recover the Kingdom of Provia, wore down the aircraft slightly, but did not suffer any damage to the ships.

This time, the seventh fleet was damaged during the previous Seisirwa rescue, and the group of ships that were docked returned to the battlefield.

With the return of the battleships Massachusetts, Tennessee, and Nevada, the 7th Fleet had nine battleships, and a smaller number of frigates had joined together to produce more.

The same applies to the eighth fleet when replenishing small ships.

This time, the two fleets in charge of the front are Battleship 9, Carrier 9, Light Patrol 8, and Guard Ship 20.

The eighth fleet consists of Battleship 4, Cruiser 2, Carrier 3, Light Carrier 3, Heavy Patrol 4, High Speed Patrol 1, Corvette 5, Frigate 21, and Assault Lander 3.

"Mr. Shade, please."

Yes, my lord.... would you like to do that?

"Never mind, General."

Shade made the point that this operation was an outpost and that we should avoid draining our fleet strength as much as possible. Therefore, it is desirable to use Dong Dong for a short-term showdown.

"Very well, do as you please, including judgment."

Thank you, my lord.

After final confirmation of the movement between the fleets, Operation First Step has begun.

A big operation for the Willidis army. However, at this time, the Stigme Empire was also launching a major operation.



The combined seventh and eighth fleets, led by General Shade, were on their way to the North Announcement region of the Kingdom of Provia.

Behind us, far away, is Avery's fleet of aircraft carriers. Nearby destinations include the Balmunk fleet of stealth operations and the Loewatine fleet.

Meanwhile, the Stigme Imperial Defense Fleet...

"It's not moving."

Flagship Onyx, bridge. Captain Lungar frowned at the scout plane's report.

"It seems that you have already entered the enemy's spotting area..."

I guess you're watching the ambushers jump out into the darkness and break into the empty entrance.

Like the hostile fleet that defended the Kingdom of Provia earlier, it is not a commander of the Innocent Rush.

Are you sure you want to keep your fleet going?

No change, we will march with dignity!

The Shade fleet has further reduced their distance to the objective.

There was no engagement until we got close enough to visualize the Announcement region from the fleet.

Tranquility before the storm. Everyone's nervousness rises in the face of a showdown.

Countless black dots point to the Stigme Imperial Airship. And the Shade fleet would have looked the same to the enemy.

The enemy fleet is moving into intercept position!

As expected, there was no way we could do anything with the enemy in front of us. The Stigme Imperial fleet has come to the Allied fleet with all its might.

Multiple side-by-side walls - form a wall formation and bring it into the frontal firefight.

Launch a pre-emptive strike.

Shade ordered briefly.

"Eighth fleet of battleships, deploy in rows." Magic cannon, ready to fire! "

Five Battleships of the Marcal class and five Battleships of the Altar class are deployed in a row.

Fire!

The artillery burst. A massive magical blow was unleashed and the light struck the Stigme Imperial fleet. Battleships, cruisers, and frigates swallow into light and dust without distinction.

The blow evaporated about 90% of the Stigme fleet.

"That's terrifyingly powerful."

Captain Lungar smiled bitterly.

"We're going to make it by ourselves."

This operation is the beginning.

Shade nodded.

As I said to you, it will also greatly affect the future development of the operation to do as little damage as possible.

The liberation of Coucapente, and the liberation of Provia and the fleet are a series of battles. Although I have won, I have also suffered damages. If we continue to fight in the future, we still need to contain the damage.

"Besides, fleet warfare is the front seat." The enemy city is in full swing. "