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Satou here I think that, just because you can predict everything, doesn'tthat will happen in the future If you can do that, you should also be able to alin a shougi ly enough, the first person who ca the ship creas the ad "No way!" like a broken record

He called the secretary to describe e know about enemy fleet, and tell him to convey the info to the allied ships, afterward he turns toward the people who are looking at hih the fleet in front of us, thereafter this fleet is to disband and each ship must return to Garleok City on their own"

Apparently, he's abandoned the idea of winning this and prioritized to deliver the infor the way

"""A-ad the difference in forces, I think the admiral's decision is appropriate, but the ship crew are surprised

"Many ships would be sunk before we could break through if we did that"

"We couldn't possibly defend Garleok City if only a few ships reotten what the water ician said! There are Kraken class monsters near the front fleet!"

Many senior officers tried to change the admiral's ht directly?

"'Course I know that much!"

The admiral shouted back louder than the crew

His [Aht have a chance to get out of this alive if we focus on escaping and e to join the escort fleets!"

Is that really the case?

Krakens can swily fast despite their bulky looks

"However, if we don't bring back the information we have, Garleok City would be overrun by pirates without any way to fight back!"

The adnified somehow

"And most importantly! What'd happen to ot destroyed! Who d'ya think would pay for my pension, huh!"

Ah, yup

It's the admiral I know

I don't think that's all there is to it, but since I agree with his plan here, I'll be watching withthe conversation to me

"I'll leave the Krakens to you! Show us the power of yer' de attitudes anyway

"Unfortunately, the airship where my companions are has not returned yet--"

The admiral and the crews' faces went deadly pale

"What are--"

"--Therefore, I will et near us instead"

If I thoughtlessly annihilated these ht] instead of [Group Valor]

"Adicians! Deliver all the letters that have been sealed ax to every ship captains!"

The adot froht tubes and handed theicians

It seems these docueons suicians

It's probably a step taken to prevent other ship captains fro under eneht beable to take the proper actions in an eency situation like this is a proof of this adhtiness, or rather, condescending attitudes though

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"Shield ships, go full speed ahead! All other ships besides the gunboats and the shield ships are to focus all their efforts into gaining speed! Don't skiic furnaces broke down! Get to full throttle by any ave his orders in rapid successions

But, did we even have shield ships?

Looking around as I thought that, I saw ships with force ic that looked similar to Flexible Shield in front of their boarded ships

In addition, reat shield made from ultramarine-colored turtle shells on their hands

"This area has a lot of reefs around! Order the shield ship water icians to search underwater! Pick the route that'll send us straight to the eneood instructions

Looks like he didn't obtain the ade

Well, he has [Co] and [Sea Route] skills with hi he also has [Bribe], [Gestures], and [Coercion] skills, he's probably also not your honest-to-goodness adet the large ballista and crossbows ready!"

The adship, the other escort ships who saw the signal flags also began to charge long-range weapons that hadn't been loaded with mana yet

"--Now then"

I'irls back here or not

The real war starts here on out no matter how you look at it

If possible, I'd prefer not to let the girls watch people getting killed

Even the fight earlier had a lot of casualties

『Sistina-sa behind the scene at Garleok City Could you o to Garleok City?』

I concocted that reason with the help of Deception skill

It pains me to have to lie to the people killing each others

『Oh my? Do you not need reinforce to shake off the pirates and head back to Garleok City hio back to Garleok City ahead of ti a bit

『Satou』

『What's the h my lies

Perhaps, Princess Sistina did too

『Of course, I am』

『I see』

I said so to the anxious Mia

『And just when ae?』

『It will be at a place where Garleok City people could witness you, surely』

『Then I'll wait』

Lady Karina seems to have taken my words at face value

Her Pochi-like honesty is cute like always

I undo [Tactical Talk] and focus on the opening of hostilities before me

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"--It's Water Wall! Stop the rudder!"

"No, don't stop!"

I negated the adic bow's arrow at the water wall the Kraken created

"The water wall broke down?"

"Was that a ic] at the saic stealthily

I shot out an arroith a ic break property

There is a point inirls

If they rely too much on my power, I won't be able to accoroup valor]

Well, there's still the probleht to command, but this one is not that difficult to solve

I could simply make the admiral sleep with anesthetic needle, and then act as his du enemy bombardment!"

Lots of pirate ships seem to have been equipped with mana cannons themselves, several ships fired their load on the shield ships, hitting the barrier and scattering sparks around

Quite a sight to behold

This would feel like watching a battle PV if that was all, but--

"I dun' wanna die, I dun' wanna die, I dun' wanna die"

I couldn'tthat on loop nearby

"--Aa"

A mana cannonball that was flicked off of the barrier hit an escort ship's deck

The sailors that were on the deck got instantly charred, as a hole opened on the deck

Several sailors got thrown out in the sea along reckage

"Make it stop, nore the officer who came up with a new version of the loop, and lay down due through [Magic Hand]

I'd feel bad if deserted these sailors as it happened right in front of my eyes, so I had transported theot charred

While I was doing that, one of the shield ship's barrier hit its liic Hands] and save as many sailors as I possibly can

This is more hectic than expected

Some pirate ships have also been sunk by the attack of our side's gunboats, but I don't have enough hands to save those ones

It's not exactly io out of h

--What?

Several dots on a shield ship that had led the way and got past the eneh its barrier hasn't been breached

The enemy arrows shouldn't be able to reach the ship with the protection of the wind icians on board

"Adotten on board our vanguard ship I'll be heading out for a bit"

I flew off with Flight Shoes after saying that

The enemy ships shot out their arrows at me as I flew past them, but there's not even a scratch on e while rando

Well, I don't think these arroill scratch ht mind would want to take an arrow to them

"--Whoops"

I evaded a sword that flew in the air at an eerily high speed