Kingdom of Altaras, royal capital Le Brias
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS?" King Taara XIV was furious with the ambassador Parlpadian, just a few minutes ago he had received an ultimatum from the emperor. He knew they were going to demand a lot from him but I never imagine that degree of disrespect.
The demands were the surrender of the most important magical stone mine in the country and that his only daughter, Princess Lumiess, be given as a slave.
"Do you want to challenge Emperor Ludius? Fucking barbaric king." The ambassador said, behaving in the most unpleasant way possible. "The king wants the magic gem mines, you can hand them over the good ways or we'll take it the hard way."
"I can understand that, what I don't understand is how my daughter being enslaved is going to help parlpadia somehow!"
"To be a king you don't know a fuck, I'll tell you how that will help the empire and Altaras. Your daughter and heiress will be bought by a high-ranking Parlpadian official, me, and I'm going to fuck her to have a son who will then sit on the throne of Altarus. That way Parlpadia will take this country without the need to make a massacre. We all win."
"Then you want to be king of Altars... But why should she be enslaved! This could be fixed with a marriage proposal!"
"Marry a savage? Are you an idiot? She's going to be with a chain around her neck, that's the barbarians' place."
"Enough! I'm not going to listen to these disrespects about her anymore! We refuse to accept this outrageous treaty!"The king was about to leave in anger.
"Sure? Take a couple of days to think about it carefully. Maybe in that time you will come to your senses when you see what we did to Fenn."
However, the king was not going to let the Parlpadians get away with it, he immediately went to see his daughter right after ordering a merchant ship to be prepared to take her.
"Lumiess, my daughter! You must escape immediately!" The king exclaimed with a stern tone.
"F-Father? What's going on?" the princess was worried about the suddenness of this demand.
"Those sons of bitches from Parlpadia demanded that I hand you over as a slave! Over my dead body they're going to have you!" Furious, Taara was willing to have his entire kingdom burn before he would give up his daughter.
"But father! You can't face Parpaldia! They have the most powerful combat magic behind Mirishial! If they come ashore they will kill everyone! I've heard that every soldier in Parlpadia is a superior battle mage to any mage from outside the civilized areas!" She was terrified about the fate of her home.
"That's only if they land, I'm going to ask Mu to let us buy some planes. If they give us their support we may win the naval air fight and be able to riddle their transport ships. However I don't want you to be in danger in case we are defeated."
But... running away like this while you risk your life... I want to help in some way! "
"You will, I have a merchant ship ready that is going to Qua-Toyne. Once there try to communicate with the Argentine embassy to ask them for support if we still resist. They were the ones who eliminated the Parlpadian influence of Rodenius and maybe they will help us."
"... all right, father, I promise I will bring help. Hold out until I return with an army at my back."
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Falkland Islands.
The Union Jack was placed on top of a coffin, John's coffin.
The news of his murder disturbed and outraged the entire population of the Falkland Islands, this was something that should not be tolerated.
"No one helped us, not even the delegates from the other nations... they all stood by and watched." Frank said in a sombre tone, he was moving his heel up and down so fast that his leg seemed to be shaking.
"Parlpadia is a superpower, it's possible the others are too intimidated to act." Governor Nigel Philips was also devastated by this news, never imagining that the Argentines would not be the first to spill British blood.
"Sir, our expedition to Philiades was a failure. No one on the continent will want to open relations with us for fear of Parlpadia. I suggest that our next expedition be to the continent of Mu, if we don't get allies soon the Argentines will-" Keith Bilies, the president of the legislative chamber, spoke, but was interrupted.
"We can't leave things like this!" Frank was pounding on a wooden table in fury. "They insulted us, humiliated us, threatened us, demanded our slavery and murdered a diplomat of Her Majesty! We cannot let this go unpunished! We must retaliate!"
"Retaliation?! We do not have the capacity to sustain a conflict! We can't make new missiles and torpedoes; we wouldn't have enough fuel to run our planes and ships for a month! If it wasn't for the nuclear reactor submarines, we wouldn't even be allowed to go any further than Rodenius!" Finance Director James Wilson was speaking.
"At this rate we will be diplomatically and economically isolated from the whole world! If we continue this way Argentina will be the least of our problems if the rest of the countries demand us to be slaves." Frank's eyes were bloodshot, he would never forgive the Parlpadians for what they did.
"I agree." Said the governor giving a heavy sigh. "The diplomacy of this world is handled by gunboat diplomacy. If you have no military force then your opinion doesn't count. If we want the powers of this world to take notice of us and not try to subjugate us is to demonstrate our strength..."
"But... what if the Argentines tell the Parlpadians where we are? If the Parlpadian fleet approaches the islands then we will expend vital war material to engage the Argentines and we may not be able to resist if Argentina attacks right after." Said one rather worried.
"They won't, the Argentines consider these islands to be theirs. It would be political suicide for anyone to propose that a foreign army attack their 'national territory', I would even go so far as to say that they would be tried for treason." Explained the governor.
The governor stood up, having already decided on a plan of action. "Frank, I want you to get on board HMS Ambush and leave for Parlpadian waters. You will be in charge of the punitive campaign against them. Because of our lack of resources, you must choose your targets well to hit them where it hurts the most. We will send another diplomatic party to Mu right after."
"I will, Mr. Governor, I promise to bring with me the swine that murdered our friend to stand trial for us."
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Fenn Military Festival.
"That's... Ancient Japan?" The Argentines were surprised to see the capital Amanoki.
"I'm sure this country will have a lot of tourism in the future, I just hope these Japanese are not the ones who like to draw girls in thongs." A marine soldier commented with a laugh.
"First the furros and now otakus. Since we came into this world the degenerates are hitting the jackpot."
"I swear, if some demi-human race that looks like children shows up, I'm going to shoot myself."
Everyone was laughing on the boat waiting for the festival to begin. Everyone present was impressed by the Argentine corvettes, the big iron ships overshadowed all the galleys present sent by the other countries outside the civilized area.
Soon 20 dots appeared on the radar that were rapidly approaching.
"They must be from another guest country, it is a military festival after all.
Subjugation Army
Meanwhile, the squadron of Parlpadia's wyvern lords continued to advance, looking at the targets they should attack.
"Very well, the objective is to sink all the ships of the uncivilized countries present and destroy the palace, once the mission is accomplished we will return to the dragon carriers. Remember NOT to attack the wind dragons, if we anger Gaara we could come into conflict with the Emor superpower." The squadron captain spoke.
"Sir, there are two iron ships on site!" One of the gentlemen pointed to the two Argentine corvettes.
"Iron ships?! Are they the Muans or the Leiforians?!"
"I don't know sir, the flag is completely different from the ones we know."
"Most likely those ships are Leifor incognito, what do we do with those two ships?" Asked another rider.
The captain meditates in silence for a few moments to then order.
"Ignore the iron ships unless they try to join the defenders, let everything else burn."
Without further delay the wyverns rushed against the harbor, beginning to launch fireballs.
People began to flee in panic, trying to escape the fire that was spreading through the wooden structures. The sailors of the galleys were throwing themselves into the sea, escaping from the flames of the powerful Parlpadian wyverns.
ARA Espora.
"Shit, battle positions!" ARA Espora Captain Raul Adrian Mercado was ordering to prepare to help combat the threat.
"Captain, we have communication with the ARA Spiro! The captain wants to talk to you.
"Open, communications, we must coordinate."
On the ARA Espora they were willing to fight, however it was not the same case for the crew of the ARA Spiro.
"We should not get involved in a foreign military conflict blindly! We know nothing of the motives for this attack. The Wyverns seem to ignore us and the Gahara wind dragons, I suggest we take the stance of neutrality like the dragons." Recommended Captain Cristian David Corona.
"Stand still while everyone else is attacked? That could cause resentment in all the countries that came to this festival and it would be more difficult to engage in diplomatic relations!" Argued the captain of the ARA Espora.
"They haven't attacked us and Gahara, it's clear that we don't know what the situation is here, besides a country that can afford to attack so many at the same time means it has enough influence not to worry about the consequences." Argued the other captain.
"Our diplomat is in the palace with the king of Fenn! If they attack the palace then his life will be in danger!"
"In that case I have an idea."
The wyverns of the army of subjugation were contemplating the fire they caused on the dock. countless people were fleeing in terror, if one fell to the ground he was crushed by the human avalanche and those who were not fast enough would die a gruesome death in the flames.
"First objective accomplished, now let's reduce that wooden palace to ashes!"
But before they could head there they heard the heavy gunfire of a burst from the 40mm Breda Bofors guns.
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The sound of the volley of shots fired into the air shook the wyvern riders and wind dragons witnessing the scene.
Subjugation Army
"W-What was that?..."
Soon a voice was heard throughout the place, the captain of the ARA Spiro was speaking over the ship's megaphones to communicate with the knights.
"This is Captain Cristian David Corona. From the Armada Argentina, your military actions have put Argentine diplomatic personnel at risk. We ask you to withdraw from this city or else we will be forced to use lethal force in order to protect our compatriots."
Hearing who they were talking about, the Parlpadians were shocked and spoke to each other with their magical communications.
"Argentina? That Argentina?!"
"They are the ones who humiliated us in Rodenius! We must punish them!"
"But they use iron ships! How could barbarians outside the civilized area get them?!"
The squadron captain was pondering his next move, on the one hand Argentina of all countries showing up in Fenn with two iron ships made him see the need to proceed with care as this could be the opportunity to learn more about them, but on the other they were demanding that they stop the combat and that was against the mission he was assigned.
Besides, he could immediately understand the threat posed by those automatic cannons that fired that blast, those things could inflict serious damage to his squadron.
"Men! Let's go fight those ships! But first let's get out of sight of the Argentines, let's execute air tactic N°47!"
Hearing that they all get excited and fly away from the place, following their captain.
ARA Espora.
A feeling of relief came over everyone as they watched the wyvern riders move away.
"Looks like the warning worked. We must rescue those who jumped into the sea, get the lifeboats ready!" Ordered the captain.
However the radar operator soon noticed something strange, the 20 wyverns stopped for a few minutes.
"What are those bastards doing?" the operator wondered.
Soon his eyes and those of everyone else in the room widened in amazement, more dots appeared on the screen, more and more until they tripled the original number. Then all those new radar signals began to return.
"CAPTAIN! THEY ARE COMING BACK! 60 WYVERNS APPROACHING AT 350 KM/H!"
"What?! How come you guys weren't able to detect enemy reinforcements arriving earlier?!"
"There were no reinforcements on the way! They appeared on the radar all of a sudden!"
Immediately both corvettes prepared for the impending air combat, the fire control system pointed the 40 mm anti-aircraft guns in the direction of where they were approaching, the deafening blasts were heard again as smoke from the fire rose from the harbor.
"Captain! The enemy is not falling!" Despite the continuous rounds of gunfire the number of approaching dots on the radar screen did not reduce.
"What?! That's impossible! They couldn't dodge the shots!" According to his experience fighting Louria's wyverns, they were dropping like flies.
"They've opened fire!"
"Evasive action now."
Both corvettes used their speed to dodge the enemies' fireballs, dropping them into the water.
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The wind dragons watched the confrontation from a distance. One of the dragons saw a trail of light pass through one of the wyverns and it continued flying as if nothing had happened.
"I see, so it's illusions. That spell I haven't seen since the Emor-Mirishial war 200 years ago." The feathered dragon spoke.
"This isn't just any illusion magic, is it?" asked the rider traveling with him.
"No, unlike ordinary illusionary magic that merely creates mirages, this one also mimics the magical signature of the person, object or beast being illusioned. In other words these illusions are capable of fooling magical radars... and it seems non-magical ones as well."
"How can that be possible my lord?"
"When it comes to ordinary illusionary magic, the illusion comes from the magician who performs the spell. However with this particular spell the magician separates a part of his magic, stabilizes it out of himself and with it he shapes it into the form he wants, that separated magic is what the radars detect. That magic emits a light similar to what we emit to communicate, what the Argentines call electromagnetic waves." Explained the wind dragon while watching the shots going from one place to another.
"If that's the case the Argentines may lose this confrontation, if they can't tell the real ones from the fake ones then that impressive anti-aircraft power is useless." Said the rider to just then see how a blast impacted with a real wyvern, the 40mm cannon pierced the wyvern lord making him fall into the sea already being dead. The demonstration of that power made the feathered dragon shudder. Soon they saw two wyverns disappear.
"They are not entirely lost, making two copies of their wyverns means that the riders are low on energy, which will not allow them to cast any more spells."
All the dragoons could see how fast the Argentine iron ships were, so it would be difficult for the Parlpadians to hit unless they came close to attack, which would be very dangerous.
"If Argentina holds out long enough, the subjugation army will have no choice but to retreat."
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ARA Spiro
"Most of them are damned illusions!"
"Shit, the radar and anti-aircraft system on the destroyers might be able to tell the real wyverns from the fake ones! We're not equipped for an aerial engagement!"
"Calm down! We still have the advantage, concentrate on dodging, their numbers are reduced the more we shoot down." The captain maintained order and calm. "Soon they will have no choice but to retreat."
Army of subjugation.
Seeing that the enemy ships kept dodging everything, the squadron captain had no choice but to order an attack from closer in. 8 horsemen accompanied by 23 illusions headed for the ARA Spiro, the ship that had the audacity to demand Parlpadia, a superpower, to withdraw under threat.
"Easy mate, I know those guns are scary but the illusions will help us deflect fire." A knight was stroking his wyvern's head, trying to calm it down.
The knight was approaching the side of the ship accompanied by four illusions, he watched as one of the sailors picked up a machine gun and fired in his direction.
"Remember when we went on that expedition to the kingdom of Topa? We faced so many demons that day, we really thought we wouldn't make it." He could feel the shots pass by him, as a whistle passed behind him, missing him by only a few meters.
"If we can survive an encounter with one of the Demon Lord's generals then we can survive the Argentines."
Soon he saw one of the illusions that accompanied him disappear, another of his companions had fallen under the intense fire, this meant that there was more chance of the anti-aircraft fire hitting him.
With bloodshot eyes, he began to prepare a fireball.
"Take that you fucking savages!"
He shouted as his wyvern launched the fireball, however before he could make his retreat he heard a loud cry of pain from his wyvern made him have to cover his ears, his companion had been wounded.
"N-No! hang on buddy, we're going back to the dragon carrier!"
Maneuvering, trying to dodge the machine gun fire, the knight was able to undertake the retreat. Looking back he could see the wyvern's blood pouring from his leg. The rider clenched his fists in anger as he watched the fireball advance towards its target.
Soon he saw an explosion where the enemy gunner was. consuming the enemy gunner in a column of flames. Soon another 6 fireballs hit the ship, causing six explosions one of these had been able to destroy the ship's main gun.
"Yes! We made it!"
The knight, still excited, took his magic communication device to speak to the squadron.
"I request permission to return to the dragon carrier, my companion was injured and needs urgent veterinary attention."
"Permission granted. We must all return to the dragon carrier." He rsponded on the other end of the comm, which left everyone confused.
"We have managed 6 hits but have lost 6, we have less than half of our squadron left and without the illusions of the fallen it will be a matter of time before we all end up shattered. We have been able to punish the Argentine ship that insulted us so we can fall back with honor." Explained the captain. "If we had another 20 wyvern riders we could have sunk both of them, but we must inform the emperor about this encounter and about the effectiveness of the N°47 air tactic against Muans style anti-aircraft guns.
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Amanoki.
The Argentines had come ashore after two hours to extinguish the fires caused on the ARA Spiro.
"What is the casualty count?" asked the captain with a darkened face.
"There are four down and twelve in the sick bay being treated for severe burns."
"Damage report?"
"The 76mm OTO Melara gun was destroyed along with a 12.7mm machine gun. The helicopter in the hangar was destroyed and a fire in the engine room has rendered the ship inoperative and a tug is needed to return to Argentina."
"I understand... it is necessary to upgrade our sensory capabilities if we don't want to fall back into those fucking bullshit illusions." At this point the Argentines were already alerted to the identity of the attackers, Parlpadia.
"Louria's didn't have those tricks. We must be more careful with the types of magic that these superpowers handle if we do not want to have more avoidable deaths. If they had launched another attack like that they would have sunk us"
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HMS Ambush, somewhere in the sea.
The 97-meter-long submarine was moving through the waters at a speed of 30 knots.
"Two ships in sight, it seems that a merchant is being chased by a pirate ship."Reported the periscope operator.
"Ignore him, we have a mission to fulfill."Said Frank rather impatiently to get to Esthirant. The submarine was equipped with 18 Tomawhaks with the purpose of punishing the capital of Parlpadian.
"But the merchant ship may contain food, honey, spices! We are tired of eating fish and lamb every day. I forgot how the bread tasted!"
Everyone on the submarine agreed, there is not much food on the islands and it would be very difficult to plant crops due to the weather. Things like cereals, fruits, honey and others disappeared from the diet of the English, of course there were some self-consumption crops but they were not enough to meet the demand.
Frank snorted and then nodded, to tell the truth he missed eating something sweet too. "Fine"
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Meanwhile, the pirate ship had fired its cannons at the merchant ship, the cannons fired heavy chains tied by iron balls that shattered the masts of their target.
"Did you really think that the ambassador of Parlpadia would not know that you would escape, princess?"The pirate captain was talking from the other side as he prepared to hook up the ship and board the ship. "It's a shame that we won't be able to fuck a princess because they asked us not to touch you, but we are going to have fun with your company ladies!"
However, before boarding, he saw how near where they were stood a creature from the depths, a huge gray monster approaching menacingly.
"Leviathan! A Leviathan!"The pirates screamed in panic at the sight of that colossal beast approaching.
"To hell with this! I'm not going to die for that monster created by Ravernal!"The pirates, being from outside the civilized areas, had never heard the concept of a submarine, very different from Parlpadia who had been hearing projects about a submersible ship made by Mu and Mirishial.
Without hesitation twice the pirates set sail to get away as fast as they could.
On the merchant ship everyone was disturbed to see the beast heading towards them. The pirates had destroyed the sails so they had no way to escape in time using rowers.
Everyone, including the princess, resigned themselves to dying there, hoping that the beast would at any moment open its jaws to devour them all.
Some of the company ladies had fallen on their knees starting to pray with tears, crying out of despair.
The situation became more and more tense when the leviathan placed himself next to them, everyone wondered if the beast was making fun of them by not killing them at once. What was his surprise that from above the sea monster a person came out.
"Excuse me! Do you have food or spices for sale?!"
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"Then... Aren't they monsters?"Princess Lumiess was perplexed to see the people who came out of the Leviathan to trade food, exchanging some of their belongings.
She could see how someone exchanged a miniature watch that fit on her wrist in exchange for a lot of tobacco. She had never seen such a small watch in her life.
Others exchanged a flashlight that was easy to turn off and on in exchange for coffee and cocoa, again she had never seen anything of that style despite being a princess.
"If they have these products to exchange, it means that they must be from the central world or from Mu... But what are they doing so close to Rodenius?"The princess was meditating, trying to figure out why such an important country would want something with a country so far from the civilized air.
"Wait a moment... there is someone who can stand up to a power like Parlpadia and who leads this very remote part of the world... Argentina!" That's the conclusion she came to.
"Who is the one in charge of the Leviathan?!"The princess steps forward resolutely.
"That's me, miss, I'm Frank."He said when he saw how a young beautiful young woman was attracting everyone's attention
"I am Princess Lumiess of the kingdom of Altaras... Please, I beg you to help my people!"She was kneeling, taking off all pride knowing the desperate situation in which her nation and her father found themselves.
Frank didn't expect anything like that, he looked at the other crew of the merchant ship wanting to know if what he said was true.
"Princess! He shouldn't reveal his identity like that! A woman named Liceide was approaching the woman on the ground.
"I'm sorry... but I have a mission to fulfill. We can't help her."Frank said that with regret. The Falklands military resources were scarce, so getting into another kind of conflict could be fatal for survival.
"Please! With the masts of the ship destroyed I will not be able to get to Rodenius in time! When I arrive my father is going to be killed!"She was holding the feet of the English diplomat, begging and humiliating herself.
"N-we can't help her with her problems... We don't have time to waste either."Every day they lost was every day Argentina became stronger. He was walking away from the princess to head back to the submarine.
"I implore you! The Parlpadians are going to slaughter my people and my family like animals!"
Upon hearing Parlpadia, Frank stops to see her again.
"What do the Parlpadians want from your people?"
"They demanded that we hand over our most lucrative magic gem mine to them and demanded that my father hand me over as a slave... Please have mercy on my people, they need help and we cannot cope with a superpower alone..."She was on the verge of tears, she wouldn't get up from the floor. Her friend was by her side hugging her.
Frank was silent for a few moments.
"In that case, we are going to help you." The diplomat said, as he approached her.
Surprised, she looked up to observe him. A feeling of relief and calm flooded her upon hearing that.
"Thank you! Thank you! Altarus will always be indebted to you!"
"You don't have to thank us. Our goals are the same... Guys, we will go to Altaras to destroy a Parlpadian fleet and then we will go to the capital!"
"Are you sure?"The captain of the submarine was speaking.
"Our mission is to punish Parlpadia, to help a nation outside the civilized areas to kick their ass counts as a harsh punishment to the pride of those shits!"Frank replied with a smile on his mouth.
"Attack the capital?! A-are you planning to attack the capital of Parlpadia with that Leviathan?! The port of Esthirant is protected by the most powerful gunboats in the world, they rule the waves of the entire Philliades!"Lumiess was in shock, he never imagined that the man's mission was to attack the heart of one of the most powerful superpowers.
"That they rule the waves?! HAHAHAHA!" Upon hearing that, Frank began to laugh euphorically, a laugh that left the princess very worried.
"There has only been one empire that deserves to carry that title, and we are going to prove to those stupid Parlpadians that they don't deserve it."