Summoning the Great Union: A new front

Chapter 9- Anfang

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Parpaldia Empire, imperial oversight army eastern fleet, dragon rider Reckmeyer

‘Launch a punitive strike on the Kingdom of Fenn.’ He thought it was a simple order. Against a primitive country like Fenn, even if a bunch of them banded together, the wyvern lord squadron from the exalted superpower, the Parpaldia Empire, would still have leeway to take on additional challengers. Attacking them during the Military Festival would also serve to remind all the other barbarians of Parpaldia’s might. They wanted to terrorize everyone who dared to participate in a festival hosted by a country that slighted Papaldia, so they aimed for that striking gray ship.

However, from a range where their fire blasts should have been 100% accurate, the ship moved at an astonishing speed to dodge those blasts then returned fire with a wave of bullets of light. Those bullets tore through the wyvern lords’ scales, which were hard enough to stymie arrows, and heavily injured his partner. He lost his grip and fell into the ocean, then he had to watch from there as his comrades were slaughtered.

Watching cannons actually hit objects flying in the air was surreal; he questioned whether he was even sane. He thought Parpaldia’s only possible enemies in the entire world were the other superpowers, but they had just been smashed to pieces by an opponent Parpaldia didn’t even consider worth their time. He was at his wits’ end.

While floating in the ocean, the very same gray ship he had just attacked came and threw him a life buoy.
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“Communications with the dragon rider squadron have ended.”

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The fleet was stunned.

“What the hell happened there…?”

Admiral Poquetoire felt miserable. He was sure that something bad was happening… but he had direct orders from Kyeos, the head of the 3rd foreign affairs department. This was the life he had chosen, protecting the dignity of the state. He couldn’t disobey orders.

The 22 ships in the imperial oversight army’s eastern fleet would punish Fenn and annihilate the rebels who dared to take up arms against the empire’s wyvern lords, all in plain view of those other barbarian countries. Using Tears of the Wind God, the fleet filled their sails with wind and headed to the Kingdom of Fenn.
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“What a mess… We’ve certainly stepped in it now…”

Foreign Affairs official Forvves was somewhat at a loss after observing the   Union Red Star Navy and The 10th task force suppress the squadron of unknown origin that showed up to attack the Kingdom of Fenn. They had somehow got involved in an international dispute… it seemed that The Union. was horribly unlucky.

However, those unknown forces clearly attacked the 10th task forces ship first, hitting the stern and causing a fire. No matter how you looked at it, they had retaliated in self-defense, so the 10th task force wouldn’t be penalized.

There were also many enemy units; if the RSN hadn’t intervened, it would have been difficult to drive them all off, and Forvves himself, who had been near the palace, would have been in serious danger. The RSN clearly also wouldn’t take any blame. Having this occur when they just happened to be in Fenn was simply bad fortune. Forvves cursed his own luck.

Before things settled down, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs canvassed the area and determined the following:

According to the Kingdom of Fenn and the military officers from other countries, the attacking force was most likely from the Parpaldia Empire, a country located 500 km to the west from Fillades. They belonged to the Third Civilization and were considered one of the world’s five superpowers.