The Eagle Rises in a new world

March of the Overlord

Castle Albion, Runepolis, Holy Mirishial Empire

An emergency meeting was being held at Castle Albion in the imperial capital Runepolis. At the head of the meeting was Emperor Mirishial VIII. The attendees included Minister of Military Affairs Schmill Pao, Director of National Defense Agra, and several other military officials.

Notable mentions, which usually don't meet in the same room, are Director of the Antiquities Department of Ancient Arms Analysis Tactical Operations of the Imperial Ministry of Countermeasures Against the Ancient Sorcerous Empire Hirkane Parpe, Captain of the Pal Chimera aerial battleship that went toe-to-toe against the Gra Valkas Empire Meteos, Intelligence Bureau Director Arneus, and finally Foreign Affairs Minister Peclas and Supervisor Liage.

Many other distinguished and first-rate members participated in the meeting. What they were about to discuss is a matter so important that the Holy Mirishial Empire couldn't ignore...

"We will now commence this meeting."

Intelligence Bureau Director Arneus took the role of presiding over the meeting and declared its commencement. The report regarding the movements of the Gra Valkas Empire was first on the agenda. Characters began to magically emerge on the stone tablets that everyone was holding.

"A short while ago, the magical ocean surface detectors we have installed in the non-civilized country of Meiss have detected a large group of people advancing through the ocean. Due to the enormous scale, the lack of any other magic sources, and the speed at which they move, we have deduced that this is no doubt the Gra Valkas Empire. We have ascertained that this massive fleet is currently east of the Central World travelling eastward.Furthermore,we have estimated their speed at 13 knots and they number in the thousands."

The room erupted in hushes.

"There's even more of them this time in comparison to when they fought with the World Union Fleet!"

"How in the world did a fleet this massive get past the Central World?!"

Arneus continues his explanation.

"The fleet appears to have circumvented the Central World. The fleet that we have discovered this time far exceeds the military scale that the Intelligence Bureau has expected. In the event that the entirety of this fleet attacks Russia,the Intelligence Bureau has analyzed that while the fleet will suffer a considerable amount of damage,the Russian coastal cities will be burned and leaving a lot of their warships sunk or at the very least heavily damaged.Furthermore,their industrial areas will be levelled beyond recovery by bombings and naval bombardment. The enemy's force has deviated so much from our expectations that I think it will be necessary to rethink our decision to deploy."

A question popped into National Defense Director Agra's head.

"How are those bastards able to supply themselves? Even if this great fleet is made up of mechanical warships, will supply ships alone be sufficient in powering a fleet this enormous?"

"We are assuming that their preliminary source of replenishment are their supply bases in Leifor. There's also the fact that Riem in the Third Civilization Area and Qaiz and Groot on Newland Island outside the civilized areas have virtually become subject to the Gra Valkas Empire. Since they have built ports in these countries that are able to accommodate their ships and have readied them as supply bases, we are assuming that they will stop by these bases at least once."

"So their supply problems are also taken care of..."

Even if they were to attack them now, the scale of the enemy force is too big, and by the time they form an attack force, the enemy will have already completed their resupply and will have departed for Russia. Since the Emperor had already said in their previous meeting that they will instead just watch as the fleet attacks Russia and aim for the ammo-depleted fleet that will return after the attack, Agra had nothing more to say.But that plan was put dead in the water when Russia said to them that we come to their units with armed attcks if they came by.