40-40. Daylight



A whole bunch of sneak attack ships are missing?
Ha!

 The bridge of the flagship of the Dimensional Navigation Fleet.
 The commander of the Sixth Army, Ans-Baal, is making a barefaced noise at the cryptic report from his subordinates.

''All right, stand back~''

 The commander asked his subordinates to leave the room while massaging his temples as if to suppress a headache.
 The commander's tone was somewhat ludicrous and had a sound that was unbecoming of someone who was in charge of an army.
 However, no one would admonish the commander here.
 Not because the commander was horrible, but because he wouldn't stop even if he paid attention.

''Ha........''

 While sipping his favorite lemon tea, the commander let out a sigh as hard as he could.
 But instead of blaming the commander, the second-in-command laughed hahaha.

''Oh no, Admiral, this is a strange story.
Absolutely.

 The Sixth Army commander and his second-in-command twisted their heads.

'The surprise ship hasn't even sent us a record of the engagement. 'Is it an accident?'
'No, the signal was still there until the successful dimensional shift. Something must have happened right after that.

 While staring at the record displayed on the magic display, the commander skinned and dropped his head dandruff.

''Hmmm, I didn't show the airship until the paratroopers were dropped on the castle, why is that?''

 Until now, the Anse-Baal Sixth Army had invaded through the Assault Landing Gate with brainwashing monsters at the center, attacking only military bases such as forts.
 The reason why they refrained from attacking civilians as much as possible and didn't burn down the city that served as a supply base was because the Sixth Army commander didn't like the slaughter.

 The main reason was that all of the land attack forces were a diversion.

 Ans-Baal's basic strategy was to get them to sign a surrender treaty on favorable terms and to make them socially and economically dependent and enslaved through cultural exchange.
 The Sixth Army commander analyzed that a pinpoint occupation attack on the main base would be the shortest route to victory with the least amount of casualties and without wasting war costs and personnel.
 In fact, the diversion itself had worked well, although there were some uncalculated incidents where the diversion monsters were destroyed by the introduction of brave men and suddenly stronger soldiers.
 The castle's strength was only the Kingdom's Kingsguard, the knights in charge of the brave escort, the Kingdom's soldier corps, and the three brave soldiers, because there were no strong soldiers who had suddenly become stronger in the front line.
 With this strength, a surprise ship with ten capable men should be able to suppress it without any problems.

''Admiral. We have received a digital signal telegram and photo from the agent who infiltrated the brave party.

 The bridge communicator spun his perched chair around to look at the commander as he held the headset down with his hand.
 Ans-Baal is a magical coalition state that has incorporated modern knowledge and modern technology from reincarnated people and other sources, and has built a very powerful force.
 Computers and the like were also developed, and of course they were installed on the bridge.

''You can read it.''

 The commander waves a fluttering hand, and the correspondent twists his head before reading the telegram.

''Bongole Rosso, it was most delicious..............................over.
Hey, hey, what the hell are you doing?

 As expected, the second-in-command shook his head in dismay.
 If superiors are superiors, then subordinates are subordinates too.
 However, the commander urged him onward without any conscientiousness.

'Open the picture.'

 Then, they stared at the picture on the display.
 After looking at it for ten seconds, the commander and the second in command nodded at each other.

''Well yes, this gives us an excuse to go home. Immediate retreat, right?
Yes.

 It was a lone cook in the photo.
 It was supposed to be a hidden picture, but he was looking exactly at the camera with a peace sign.

"Tell the agent to wrap it up, Bongole Rosso.
Yes, sir. I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

 The communications officer responds clerically and begins to type a telegram.
 The commander stretched out in a large figure on the chair as if he had thrown everything out and stretched as hard as he could.

'Oh no, it's an impossible task with Sakahagi-san around, isn't it?
An omega-class disaster that is said to be more than just an individual, an omega-class disaster that surpasses star apostles and kaihami. As soon as its existence is confirmed, it will take precedence over all other orders and retreat immediately. I'm surprised that even the council has bought him so highly.

 Nodding at the resigned tone of his second-in-command, the commander switched his chair to relaxation mode.
 Already, his interest had shifted to the next long vacation, not the battlefield.

 Thus, the Anse-Baal Sixth Army had decided to withdraw completely without Sakahagi's knowledge and without a moment's notice.