Hmm....　
　What's with that stupid boat?

　When the Pofenian marines first saw the Romalian ships, they let out a giggle.
　The ships of the Romarian army were indeed large, sturdy and fine five tiered paddlewheelers.
　But.........

　It had some incomprehensible, disturbing ornament like a bird's beak on it.

　'I don't know what it is but it would make the ship unstable if we put something that heavy on it.
　It's going to capsize in a flash.

　The Pofenian soldiers are laughing their heads off.
　This war is as good as won.

　Be on your guard!　It's some kind of a plan that I've been working very hard to come up with in my monkey-less head, right?
　'Well you must feel sorry for him, don't make fun of him. Let's give them credit for their efforts.

　Pofenia's generals also have a good laugh.

　The deciding factor in naval warfare in this world is the impulse angle assault.
　Therefore, the ship must be fast and maneuverable.

　But.........
　With a weight (...) like that, you can't make an impulse assault with that kind of weight (...) on it.
　On the contrary, it would be overturned in the blink of an eye.

　In other words.........
　The Kingdom of Romalia has no idea how to fight a naval battle, that is, they don't know how to do it at all.
　They just float and row their ships.



　''Well what the hell is that?''

　Meanwhile, Ceal Barca calmly stares at the device (...) from a distance.
　It's too far away to understand it well.
　But.........

　It's heartbreaking.

　In the first place, the Kingdom of Romalia has that Alexios attached to it.
　There is no way Alexios would overlook something that would make the ship lose its stability.

　I thought of the possibility that Alexios' opinion was bounced off of, but.....
　But Alexios is heavily used by the King of Romalia.

　It's unlikely that the King of Romalia would leapfrog Alexios' opinion as the only expert on naval warfare.

　I mean .....
　You'd think that there would be an agenda.

　Isn't it better to be careful?

　At any rate, it is self-evident that the Romali Navy is an inexperienced navy.
　It is not an enemy of Pofenia.

　They are less than twenty ships in numbers....
　It's within the margin of error.

　Ceal Barca raised his voice.

　'Prepare to charge!　Accelerate all at once, break up the enemy and destroy each one!

　The soldier who received Ceal's order waves the flag.
　Taking that flag as a signal, the ships of the Pofenian army begin to accelerate at once.

　And.........






　They're closing in. Just as I expected, they're coming at you in one fell swoop.
　Are you nervous?
　Yeah, well, we'll win.

　Alexios replied to Melia in a bullish manner.
　And......

　Let's do what we're trained to do. Prepare to intercept!

　The soldiers of the Romarian Navy begin to move the 'device' all at once.
　They are ready to use the 'device' at any time and wait.

　Against such a Romarian Navy........

　Let's teach them a lesson, shall we?　This is the sea!　The Romalian army is indeed the strongest on land. But this is the sea!　Our battlefield!　There is no street where the land people, who cannot swim, can defeat us, the people of the sea!　Charge!

　One Pofenian Navy soldier accelerates, trying to be first in line for the honor.
　That ship runs ahead of the other Poffenian Navy ships...

　I was about to hit the Romali Navy ship in front of me with an impulse horn, and that's when it happened.


　Thud!

　A loud bang.

　A large device attached to a ship of the Romarian Navy.
　Like a bird's beak - in fact, it was named 'The Crow' because it looked like a bird - the beak part of the device fell into the Pofenia Navy ship from above, as if it were piercing it from above.

　The beak-like part of the device dug into the ship.

　The movement of the Pofenia Navy's ship had come to a complete halt due to the beak.
　And then.........

　Welcome and welcome. Ladies and gentlemen of the Pofenia Navy. To the land of our battlefield.

　The Centurion of the Romarian Army politely introduced himself to the soldiers of the Pofenia Navy.

　

　'Hey, what happened...'

　Before the Pofenia Marines realized what had happened...
　Romalia's heavily armed infantry began to overrun the city.







　The "Crow Device

　It was a new weapon invented by Almus and put to practical use by Alexios.
　It was named after the shape of a bird, especially a crow's bill.

　This crow device was........
　It is a huge bridge that rotates three hundred and sixty degrees.

　The tip of the bridge is shaped like a beak...
　It would gash into the approaching enemy ships by knocking them down.

　The device would then be used by heavy infantry of the Romalian army to board from the resulting bridge and subdue the enemy's ship.

　This device is very heavy and makes the ship less maneuverable.
　But.........

　It has a very important tactical effect, transforming a naval battle into a land war.

　The Romali Navy is weak.
　But the army is formidable.

　Then it was the idea of Almus and Alexios to turn naval warfare into land warfare.

　In fact, this device was currently in great use.
　The heavily armed infantry of the Romalian army overwhelmed the Pofenian navy soldiers, who were skilled at maneuvering ships but not accustomed to mass combat, and in no time they were taking the ships.

　Deprived of the geographical advantage of being at sea, the Pofenia Navy ships were helplessly defeated by the Romalian army.

　'Don't panic!　The enemy is not very good at maneuvering. ...avoid one on one, take it two on one!　There's only one bridge!

　Ceal's instructions were immediately conveyed by flags and drums.
　As expected of the successive soldiers of the Pofenia Navy.

　"Two against one.

　With only a flag and a drum, which means, "The flag and the drum", the commander-in-chief's intentions will be taken into account and the new tactics of the Romali army.

　'Haha!　How about that!　Two against one, there's nothing you can do about it!
　That's it!

　Two Pofenian Navy ships take on the Romany ships at the same time.
　But.........

　We've seen that move coming, Ceal Barca.

　Alexios laughs inappropriately.
　Of course he understands at least the weaknesses of the crow device. And.....

　There are ways to make up for that weakness!


　I'm starving!　Land monkeys!

　A Pofenia Navy ship rams a Romalian ship with its sides rattled after dropping a crow device on one side already on a Pofenia Navy ship.
　But..........

　'I knew you were here!　Give the barista a visit!!!!

　A large arrow, fired from a small ballista attached to the ship, struck the Pofenia Navy ship.

　'It won't stop there...'

　The moment the arrow pierced the Pofenia Navy ship, an explosion occurred.

　The black powder attached to the arrow exploded.

　''Spear it!''

　Any ship that came closer than a certain amount would be damaged by releasing a projectile spear.
　Some of those spears had bombs attached to them as well, of course.


　''This, this is.......Pofenia's navy is defeated.......d*mn it, we have to retreat!

　Realizing the disadvantage, Ceal Barca immediately gave the order to retreat.
　However, in the crowded battlefield, there wasn't a single ship that could properly listen to Ceal Barca's orders.

　''General!　Enemy ships are approaching.
　f*ck ... intercept!

　The ship carrying Ceal Barca tries to intercept several approaching Romalian ships.　
　But if one by one, the crow devices are launched and boarded by the heavily armed infantry there is not even a pause.

　When I noticed, the only one left on the ship was Ceal Barca.
　Ceal Barca was surrounded by the heavily armed infantry of the Romalian army.

　The person who seemed to be the commander of those heavily armed infantry was the advance.
　

　''Ceal Barca-dono please surrender.
　You are Alexios.

　Ceal Barca and Alexios Cornelius.
　The two men faced each other.

　'I'm glad you were my first enemy. You won't work a second time. Good thing I beat you on the first kill. Now, I can't let you off the hook. Please surrender.
　"...you think I'm going to surrender?　I don't want to live to be a living embarrassment, a burden on Pofenia, a diplomatic bargaining chip.
　I know.

　Alexios drew his sword.

　'One last thing I'll tell you.
　'I had high hopes for your talent, too. My boy.

　The son's sword cut off his father's head.




　Later that death was.........
　"The proud commander-in-chief of the Poffenian army, Ceal Barca, refused the disgrace of being struck down by the enemy and committed suicide.
　And the history books will be written in the history books.

　It was my son's first and last act of filial piety.