Nobleman: Halkeginia

(25) Primo Victoria

Alexander woke up in 8am as usual, after a short drinking session with the 2nd Squadron before he pardon himself for a good sleeping before the combat. ETA is set at 10am, two hours from now, he was given plenty of time to check up his aircraft. Louise, being dragged along Alex, dozing off in the backseat.

One of the deck officer come up to him and confirm their flight route: With the escort and the lead of the 2nd Squadron, the unit would fly through the dense clouds and above Dardanelles, where Louise will do what she has planned.

A rapid bell ringings interrupted their final checks, and multiple ships can be seen dash through the clouds, charging towards the joint fleet.

"Void Squadron, take off immediately! Destination Dardanelles! Details are as planned!" Alex and the officer shared a nod upon the order as he shook his master awake and flick the engine switch.

The humming engine soon turned into a growl, as Alexnader is slowly gaining speed. An explosion from nowhere shook the carrier and the biplane, causing the ship tilted and the plane nearly flipped over, but Alexnader use the momentum to roll the plane off the deck and take off after the fall of a couple of meters.

The 2nd Squadron took off after them and quickly caught up to the plane. They exchange greetings by the thumbs up, and Alexnader pushed up the throttle to 70%, catching up to his comrades in the air.

The flight fly through the airships and explosions and raise their head up towards the continent, and the leading knight pointed to the front, where nearly a dozen of Albion dragon knights are meeting them head on. Alexnader touched the dual M19 machinegun with his tesla ability, and with a firm synchronization, he hold the trigger for a few burst, and grin upon the sight of blue-ish bullets being fired from the MGs— the guns are also effected by the tesla.

He pushed the gear to 80%, surpassed the leading dragon knight and hold the trigger, emitting dull firing sound as the guns are being fired. The appraoching dragon fall from the sky, along with their master.

However, behind the small vanguard shows dragon knights over a hundred, their magic arrow released towards the biplane. Alexnader snaped his finger, and generated a spherical tesla field. He gestured his fellow squadron-mates to get within range as he pull a handle near the throttle, releasing the "Flying Snakes" as they spread out thinnly to located targets and let out explosions that cover the sight.

They cheers as the Albion dragon knight disappeared and for Alex to dispell his tesla field yet everyone insist on flying in a dense formation around Curtiss. 

The visibility is low in the clouds, and all Alex can only do is to fly straight— a good idea, as everynoe still find each other even when they exited from the layers of clouds.

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As they reach Dardanelles, all eyes turne to the backseat on Curtiss. With a slight nod from the pilot and the decreased flying speed, she unbuckle her belts and stand up, chantnig for an illusion spell of the entire join fleet above the northern port.

Alexnader gave a thumbs up to his fellow squadron-mates, and fly back to the desginated rendezvous point with the fleet and made their touchdowns, and was appraoched by their 2nd Dragon Knight Wing Commander, Count Kirmel.

"Fantastic work, Second Squadron, good to see everyone in one pieces. In a few hours we will make contact with Roses— and we leave the ground for the landing troops and the cannons, dismissed!"

The group of teenagers get close as the commander turned to their bakc and walk away. "I suggest we have another drink tonight to our success and to our survival. All in favor?" An unanimous vote is made with the grins on their face.