After reaching a consensus, the old man gave his instructions to the fleet.
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A loud voice of deus ex machina echoed off the coast of the Principality of Jagus. It is the voice from the flagship battleship Hotaka. This one is using a loudspeaker.
< and ! >>
It is hereby declared that the two are cooperating with each other.
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"......After all, < was right...... and the other flag is a <>......"
Hearing this declaration, Buena Heiti, the Minister of War of the Principality of Jagus, nodded repeatedly.
"How can I help you, Your Excellency?"
Rokow b. Shiharro asked.
"Well ......, I think we should stay out of the way and just wait and see.
"Indeed. It's frustrating.
The navy of the Principality of Jagus is made entirely of wooden ships, and it is unlikely to be able to compete with the <>, the <>, or the <>.
The Minister of War imagined that if a war were to break out between the fleet and the combined fleet of the and , he would be in danger just by being near them.
And he was quite right.
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< was of course heard by as well.
"Cheeky ......!"
"You stand before us, Magecraft Meister!"
Deus ex machina, what are you doing?
The automatons were outraged.
Isn't this the time to show our power?
"I agree. I heard that threatened his stronghold with dozens of wooden ships hundreds of years ago.
"Oh, that's what I heard."
That's half true. However, they don't seem to know that there were two major factors behind this: the absence of Jin and the magi emulator.
"Then, can we win if we meet them head on?"
"Then, can we win by going head-to-head?" "Yes, but as we have progressed, so have they. After all, they have all-metal ships. Four ships. And one of them is 250 meters high.
"We'll never know unless we try."
"Don't be stupid. Don't be stupid. We tried, and they were stronger, so we lost.
Then what are you going to do?
"......I'm sorry, but I'm going to pull out of this one."
"............"
"......"
Everyone fell silent.
Then, after a minute or so.
"......, let's pull out."
"We have no choice."
"We have no choice."
They agreed to retreat.
"Make a 180 degree turn!"
The order was given and the three ships turned around and headed away from the Principality of Jags.