Attacking The Undermudmusk Region

The Blue Force was only a few hundred soldier units at best. It had its auxiliary members, but they never went to battle. Whenever a catastrophe befell any large enough force in the army, they might suffer, too. But in the special forces, these were ready to die, even if just to help the group they're in. In the Blue Force case, its auxiliary members are picked from the best elites of non-combatant-focused cultivators who aid the most monstrous fellas in the Empire.

She was their sole supreme commander, although that didn’t seem to have much weight yet, probably not even after this grand operation finished. When the Blauw Empire entered its first peaceful state after everything was over, the significance this force gained would be beyond what anyone, perhaps even her mother in the Empire, could have ever believed. Heian Ciemnosc had experienced and seen similar matters after the first war of the Academy, which he benefited a whole lot from, and when the Academy’s troops returned from the second war.

It would be a slow progress. However, and because the Blauw Empire was still man decades away from the Second Step organization’s peak level. Still, he now had complete trust this Empire could grow as much as it wanted, even without a constant reminder and guidance from their Empress or himself. The upper echelons were eager to start returning this once-ancient, renowned Warlord organization back to power.

And what else but having the Wrath Nihility Academy, an overlord organization, backing them up? If the Blauw Empire still desired to get revenge or stab the Academy’s back, they wouldn’t have been competent enough to win battle after battle against the top 5 organizations, and Empress Shuna wouldn’t have been able to easily convince her people to extend their hand towards the mightiest 2 top organizations.

However, after Heian Ciemnosc tested that theory by recollecting resources from inland, and both sides slowly mingled in all tranquility without him or anyone needing to encourage them, his and the Empire’s worries were cleared up. Now, if the Empire had delusive ambitions like scheming against the Empire, Heian Ciemnosc wouldn’t have warred against those top organizations. After all, to win that war, they had to show that the Empire was willing to let go of such long-past hatred first.

The one and only true nemesis of the Azure Dragon’s Bloodline is— or has been —the Wrath Nihility Academy, whose assigned supervisor arrived a few years back. It was shown, by the Empire’s welcomeness of Heian Ciemnosc to their territory, that their mindset was already above the top organizations, who only treated him ‘right’ as they believed to be higher positioned than Heian Ciemnosc in the Academy’s ‘warring’ eyes.

Yet, as time passed, and the Empire wasn’t in the move to put ill-intended words into the civilians’ ears that went to work inland, they gained a bit of respect in Heian Ciemnosc’s eyes. This was expected for the world as a whole, but considering the disputes and conflict over the millions of years and the ancestry of the then-current top 7 organizations, it would be understandable if the Empire wasn’t willing to ‘hang out’ with their enemy.

In the same manner, more or less, the Feathered Valley Pavilion showed its worth in gaining Heian Ciemnosc’s ticket to form part of the future grand Blauw Empire. The Clashing Dust Cult was a little different, as they were historically ‘older’ and the elder brother between the 2 mightiest top organizations from the 7, so Heian Ciemnosc didn’t want to start with them. Besides, the only top organization with ‘relatable’ connections with the Blauw Empire were the Draconic Fauna sympathizers from the Pavilion, besides the traitorous and envious others.

It wasn’t a too challenging procedure, mainly because the involved parties were… cooperative without incentives or manipulation. Of course, that is considering the middle and low status people between both sides, as Heian Ciemnosc bribed the fuck out of their hierarchy with his knowledge. Well. At least he is proud and wishes to let his Mother know has studied well...

Now, these were all matters of the past. Currently, after a year and a half since the rulership war over the Far East Region and the implementation of publicizing the Door’s Expiring Breath Sect vassalship to it— have become a little gossip talk between Regions further west. The Blackotia Kingdom was all watching eastwards. It wasn’t like they could do much else after the Academy became the Kingdom’s overlord, and less with the anti-warring system they were implementing.

It is written in the world that, at least within a Region, no Second Step could conquer another Region, and only a generational organization like a Clan, an Empire, a Dynasty, or a Nation could have particular ‘gaps’ in this natural law that other organizations cannot do with or meet. As such, even as the world was silent and the Far East Region’s sudden movement outside their Regional territory, from their ocean towards the free water territories, was only caught by the neighboring Regions, news of these was still far from reaching the Universal Conveyance channels.

… Currently, within the entire fleet of the Blauw Empire, moving northwards from their core territory after leaving the islands. The front had the First, Second, and Third fleets while the Fourth fleet was positioned behind the Second fleet, and a plethora of Frigates, Destroyers, and a few dozen Cruisers were in a rectangle formation while a thin barrier blinked in and out of existence occasionally.

At the front of the Second fleet, with the Admiral behind them, Heian Ciemnosc stood beside Blauw Ishikyy as her medallion showed the repeated recorded images of her mother carrying her as a baby, smiling beautifully. Playing with her as a kid, feeding her raw Second Step Fauna before starting her cultivation path, and even teaching her manners with a few spanks and no use of a medallion as punishment.

There were also images when Ishikyy’s mother gave her daughter her Universal Conveyance, weeks after being punished again with no medallion, and Ishikyy jumped and hugged her mother nonstop. Finally, it showed images of when Shuna watched her get into the transporting wooden ship when she was sent to the Empire’s first amphibious operation and when she was about to siege the Blue Emirate Grotto’s individual territory.

Her mother has always been there. This caused a smile, loving and soft, to appear on her face while an occasional tear sometimes fell down her cheeks. Today, a thin tear dropped from her left eye as she watched before storing her medallion in her bag and looked up at Heian Ciemnosc with a brilliant pair of twisted lips’ corners. Heian Ciemnosc wasn’t invulnerable and felt his attention immediately drawn to her brightest, cutest azure, aquamarine eyes.

“...” He said nothing and looked ahead, with Ishikyy placing her hands behind her back, straightening her posture, and looking ahead. Heian Ciemnosc watched her fist take the recordings of himself following her around the jungle, and every time she fell asleep after studying and/or being spanked for being a bratty dumbass, and how he took care of her. Although she blushed whenever a spanking scene flashed by, her energy fluctuations then were tender, warm, and she just enjoyed the gits he and Shuna prepared for her.

Now, Ishikyy knew she had never been alone. Even when she was in the dark, injured, scared, and wishing she could return to her mother’s arms in the jungle or be punished on her teacher’s lap instead, at least one of them was watching her. If she didn’t feel loved now, then when? She now realized all that suffering, early on, but quick, was so she could be more than she thought she could reach. While she had innate qualities, she knew the Ishikyy without Heian Ciemnosc, or with her mother not growing ruthless in her upbringing, wouldn’t have been the Empress her mother wanted her to be.

“... It’s time for me to leave, assigned supervisor.” Ishikyy looked up at him again, twisting her neck a little, as he had grown just as she had, but he was still growing at a higher degree. She sidestepped away and bowed at him respectfully, completely hiding the fact she had learned to kiss a young man how a young woman would. Of course, she was taller than most female Human adults, but she was still too mellow and corny before Heian Ciemnosc alone.

Although Ishikyy had developed a silent, quiet, and disciplined attitude with tenderness, whenever she could be with Heian Ciemnosc alone, she was experiencing her first and perfect love at once. Who was Heian Ciemnosc to deny such growing beauty learning from him how to treat him better when she finally deserves to be his wife? He let her know she wouldn’t be refused but that she had to work damn hard before he left, and that was no simple matter. If only she knew Alyona or Hong Mei, Ishikyy would turn slightly dumb.

Ishikyy only knew Elena was his actual wife and her mother his lover. If she had to become capable enough to convert into his wifey’s material, then she had to work her ass off. Fortunately, her perfect man was crazy enough to start an unmistakable war with another Region. One which didn’t have the same ruling generational organization and was hence more vulnerable to becoming part of the Empire’s ruling Regions.

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“Oh, lead the Blues well. The Second fleet has suffered, and while their previously destroyed Battleship’s crew members have rejoined the fleet, they have a lot to discharge on our new opponents. Give them a clear pathway to that redemption,” Heian Ciemnosc said, nodding at Ishikyy with his soft, darkest eyes. The Second Admiral looked enviously, not because she wanted to be in Ishikyy’s shoes but because she wanted his recognition.

“Sir, yessir!” Ishikyy saluted, her right hand striking her left chest before turning around to slowly march towards the interior. The Second Admiral looked at Ishikyy and nodded at her before stepping towards Heian Ciemnosc. Her feet stopped at the same level, and she stood beside him. The Second Admiral had previously been personally given her high-end position, higher than an Imperial Prosecutor’s status. But she didn’t feel as respected, honored, and venerated him as much as today.

“At ease,” Heian Ciemnosc said relaxedly. He crossed his arms before his chest as a few warships were starting to be spotted in the farthest distance this Middle Kingdom could allow them with their eyesight alone. The Second Admiral’s shoulders relaxed, and she looked ahead, not worrying about the warships appearing from afar. She opened her mouth lightly to speak, but Heian Ciemnosc interrupted her, “You Admirals have proved enough. I don’t need to say anything. Just continue working hard.”

“... Thank you, assigned supervisor.” The Second Admiral said, saluting Heian Ciemnosc before turning around and walking to the command center module. Heian Ciemnosc remained standing in front of it, enjoying the sights of the vast ocean he couldn’t see in the Sinvonnia Kingdom he had wanted to see ever since arriving at a full-fledged Kingdom. His darkest eyes blinked, and his head started left and right with all the tranquility in the world… peaceful and serene.

Finally, after several minutes, he tilted his head to the right, and his dark Soul energy grabbed his medallion from his Covert Space bags. The medallion hovered in the air to his right and at his shoulder level. It immediately opened, forming holographic images showcasing 5 different icons. Of which 4 were the Empire fleets, and the other was the amphibious fleet that would do its part in the battle to come.

“First and Second Fleets, go ahead,” Heian Ciemnosc said. The communications didn’t respond, and they didn’t need to. These were the regulations between cultivators. Only if there was an inconvenience would they speak up at this moment. If there was a citizen in the communication channel, everyone would have to respond after Heian Ciemnosc or their superior gave the order. Even then, Heian Ciemnosc’s Spirit Sense extended more than supposedly possible, and he could read each of their reactions.

Nobody nodded or made an affirmation gesture, and they informed their team of experts to begin via Soul fluctuations. This was a small implementation after the rulership war. It wasn’t mandatory at all times, and the Admirals, Rear Admirals, and so on could engage in verbal communication, but it was ‘recommended’ to be discreet. And thus, as the Admirals gave the order, their Carrier started moving outside their traveling formation.

Swoooshhh, swooooshhh, swoooooooshhh~!!

The warships of every fleet began moving. The northern waters weren’t as calm as the western ocean but were potent and surging against their hulls. Yet, the top-notch warships broke them apart like nothing and kept advancing from a different angle than before without a problem. Then, the fleets separated rapidly, and the Empire’s navy was just a few tens of kilometers away from reaching the Undermudmusk Region’s ocean borders.

“Third and Fourth fleets, bring the babies with you,” Heian Ciemnosc ordered, just before the Blauw Empire’s navy was starting to be flooded with the other Region’s forces trying to establish communication. But the Admirals refused to address the matter, while the team of experts kept evaluating and sending instructions, sometimes talking in the command center module because an officer citizen was communicating, too.

Splaashhh~! Pshiiiiiiiift~...! Swoooshh, swoooooooossshhhh…!

The Third and Fourth fleets thus moved. The plethora of Frigates, Destroyers, and Cruisers without an official fleet followed. They were silent, and the Frigates slowly disappeared underwater, making only a few noises before doing so as they caught up with the fleets’ Carriers and Battleships. Even the fleetless Carriers submerged before adhering their hulls to the vast big babies. Meanwhile, the First and Second fleets finally responded to the Undermudmusk Region’s attempts to communicate.

“... Blauw Empire!! Here, the Posterous Pavilion’s Fleet commander. Can I know why you have decided to travel all the way here from your Region?! What the hell are you doing crossing the entire ocean?!!” The message was simple, and all 5 fleets and Heian Ciemnosc heard it. The Second Admiral spoke first, letting her domineering voice and uncaring attitude be known first.

“Open up a path.” With those simple words, the Undermudmusk Region’s Fleet became soundlessly astounded. It took 3 minutes before a voice could be heard again from their Fleet commander, and his words were simple. “What the fuck is a mediocre Second Step organization like yours doing here? Telling us what to do? Hey! If your spirits were lifted because of the previous misund-”

PSHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIFFTTTHH~!! “To all the Undermudmusk Region,” the Fleet commander’s words were interrupted as 2 things happened simultaneously. One was his team of experts started expressing distress in receiving sudden high energy fluctuations from below and above the Empire’s Carrier who spoke to them. The second was the ongoing notice from the Second Admiral, whose words slowly widened the Undermudmusk Region’s Fleet commander’s eyes evermore shockingly.

“You have decided to attack us when we had never interacted with you, other than for trading between our Regions, as the Wrath Nihility Academy has set our Regions to cooperate with each other. Even though you and many other neighbors stood upfront, denying our involvement in such matters. Now that you’ve been blasted down by my mighty Empire’s forces in our territory. How does it feel to know we’ve come back for revenge?”

“I could say we have the right, justifications, and reasons to do this…” The Second Admiral’s voice traveled hundreds of thousands of kilometers, vastly wasting hundreds of Supreme Neutral Stones with the array formation working its wonders. As she momentarily stopped, her tone became immensely heavy as her eyes darted to the enemy Fleet commander’s cabin, where he was shouting and storming around in an attempt to find a way to shut her down without firing away first.

“But we, the Blauw Empire, would rather do this straightforwardly.” Suddenly, silence bombarded every centimeter in the Undermudmusk Region, and the neighboring Regions started feeling a foreshadowing. Then, the Second Admiral did as intended and gave birth to the glorious cries of the Blauw Empire within every warship in this free ocean! “We, the Blauw Empire, declare war on your Undermudmusk Region!!!”

“WAWUUUU!!” - “Wouuuuuuuuu!!” - “Waaaaaaaweee- woooooouuuu~!!”

Pum! Pum! Pum! Pum! Ta rarararararararararararararararararararararara!!!- Bang, bang, bang, bang! BOOOOM! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boooooom! Spluuushhhshhhh~~!!

Amidst the cries, artillery guns immediately fired at their own discretion, but their aim was well-guided and followed a rudimentary discipline, immediately bombarding several enemy Cruisers to obliteration. The enemy was simply not prepared. It was completely unfair! But it was all on their part to take the fault. Who wouldn’t be immediately ready to destroy an invasive force? Especially when it is about defending their home? This wasn’t confidence or arrogance. This was conceitedness! And it was always paid off dearly!

When the enemy was just starting to move their warships around and respond fire with fire, the First and Second fleets’ machine guns were finally ready, and once the confirmation for aiming at the same objective, the enemy Carrier, was confirmed, they went off. Immediately, as the noise of hundreds and hundreds of machine guns echoed over the water’s surface, turning it into a convulsing mess despite every firing line being tens of meters above it at the very least. The enemy Carrier’s shield evaporated under the insane firepower.

That wasn’t enough, however, and missiles began launching, but their launching noise was drowned by the explosiveness on the enemy’s side. Their Cruisers and Destroyers were under heavy fire and bloating with ammunition’s self-exploding by the Empire’s fleets firing with utter precision. The enemy didn’t have a second to react despite already firing back with their warships moving at top speed sideways.

The Carrier exploded, leaving nothing but a desperate look on the enemy Fleet commander’s face before it went ‘big boom’ in the middle of their Fleet. Immediately after, without stopping their machine guns, the First and Second fleets’ warships engaged in an all-out massacre with their machine guns slowly destroying shields and enemy warships’ structures nonstop, as if unstoppable beam lasers focused on the enemy side from one moment to the other.

Flaming smoke rose into the air with the sudden disruption of the Elemental particles above the water’s surface, but due to the Empire’s people's intention when coming here, the pure energy neutralized its sudden outburst and probably caused a small-scale disaster. Instead, as the Blauw Empire continued barraging the enemy, and their Frigates and Destroyers elaborated a last stand while their Battleships provided some cover as they attracted the Empire’s toys, the Empire’s fleets sent their Frigates to finish the job while protecting them.

It was the enemy’s first move, but the First and Second fleets were already going all-out despite the former’s imminent and inevitable destruction.

The Second and Third Admirals watched as every enemy warship created another flaming tongue of smoke, rising into the sky, with the first victory flashing in their eyes, already belonging to their heart. Their Empire.

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