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In the Kingdom of Arya, there is a shrine dedicated to an eight-headed dragon.
A local god who is not registered in the Pantheon.
Etrim.
The surrounding countries, except for Arya, call Etrim a monster that eats divine beasts and demons and controls typhoons.
“Your Majesty, the priestesses of Etrim received a revelation last night.”
“It’s been a while. Tell me.”
The King of Arya sat on his bed and listened to the report of his chief attendant.
“The morning star that came out after breaking the jewel caught the falling shooting star, so this will be your worry. That’s all.”
He frowned for a moment. At first glance, it was not a pleasant revelation.
“What about the interpretation?”
“The jewel refers to the palace where the princes of the Lionel Kingdom reside, and the prevailing opinion is that the first prince who is on the path to becoming a six-star knight or the fifth prince who suddenly stands out is the rising star.”
“What about the falling shooting star?”
“Opinions are divided.”
“You say you don’t know.”
“I’m sorry.”
King Arya was lost in thought for a moment.
He wanted to send assassins to eliminate the 1st and 5th princes, but if the world was one where everything went as planned, he would have already conquered the Hamul Empire, not just the Lionel Kingdom.
After gathering his thoughts, he opened his mouth.
“Is Seokhamdo quiet lately?”
“They say that after Admiral Joe took the useful pirates under his wing, there hasn’t been much movement.”
“The fifth prince of Lionel has been installing himself there recently, right? He’s cleaning up the guys that Admiral Joe said he doesn’t need.”
“That’s right.”
“Put a message to Admiral Joe.”
“All right.”
He had been the chief attendant to the king for a long time. There was no need to ask him what he should convey.
“So, what about the priestesses’ sacrifice this time?”
“They say it will be difficult to receive any revelations for the next five years.”
“Tsk.”
***
I bit my lip and watched the six ships slowly approaching.
Joe Bailey.
A six-star pirate who suddenly appeared, either falling from the sky or rising from the ground. He united other pirates to form a large pirate group. The flagship he drives is an ironclad ship built with the latest technology.
‘That’s ridiculous.’
However, if there is a supporter called the Kingdom of Arya behind it, then it becomes something to nod your head to.
Yes.
The Joe Bailey Pirates are an ‘unofficial’ privateer fleet supported by the Royal Family of Arya.
‘Why would they be busy plundering the merchant ships of their own noble faction at this time?’
The Kingdom of Lionel is not better than its neighbors in terms of technology, food, or resources. And there is even a fight for the throne between the First and Second Princes.
It is a desperate situation when we think about the national crisis that will come in the future.
But there was one silver lining.
hour.
Clearly there was time to spare.
The princes of the Hamul Empire were fighting fiercely for the throne, even more so than the kingdom itself. In addition, minorities who dreamed of independence occasionally rebelled.
The King of Arya was seeking absolute monarchy and was facing opposition from the nobles.
‘It is not yet time to provoke the kingdom!’
The moment he completely defeated the nobles was the very moment when the First Lean War began.
It’s because of me.
They came to kill me.
I felt that way.
It’s been half a year since I realized my past life. During that time, the flapping of my wings came back as a huge typhoon.
‘Second prince? Second queen? Or the general of Seokhamdo?’
He briefly recalled the culprit who had brought Joe Bailey here, then shook his head. That wasn’t important at the moment.
The first thing to consider was how to overcome this crisis.
“Wizard! Call the wind! Call a tailwind!”
“Don’t be so crazy, just wait, I’m doing it.”
A kaikanik with all sails spread.
Mana swirled around Lydia, a member of the Lionel Guardians, and soon a tailwind began to blow.
Hoo- Hooo …
‘Weak.’
She specialized in fire attribute magic.
It was not enough to overcome the ships of the Joe Bailey pirate group, which were equipped with powerful horsepower engines, including ironclad ships.
I ran to the situation room. Reina and Roy, who were suffering from seasickness, also hurriedly followed me.
“Communication from Seokhamdo! We are sending support right now!”
“You’re saying you had no idea! Even if we’re quick, it’ll only take an hour! By the time we get here, we’ll already be fish food! Turn up the engine output to max!”
“It’s already at its limit! Any more and it might explode!”
“Don’t explode!”
The captain was harassing the crew. I approached him, who was yelling.
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“Captain, if we get into combat, how long can we last?”
“The flagship of the Joe Bailey Pirates is 50 meters long and 13 meters wide, and is equipped with 64 Hybern magic cannons······.”
“I didn’t ask for your specifications. I asked how long you could last.”
I cut him off with a frown. If I left him alone, he seemed ready to start rattling off details about tiny devices I had no idea about.
“······ Even 10 minutes is hard. And that’s only when you’re up against a flagship. You’ll get beaten up one-sidedly by the difference in range between the magic cannons and end up sinking into the sea.”
“Where should I run until Seokhamdo’s support arrives?”
“If luck allows, we will be on the brink of victory······.”
The captain turned away from my gaze and spoke softly.
Perhaps he intended to somehow reach Seungjeondo, abandon ship, get out of the cannon’s range, and wait for reinforcements from Seokhamdo.
“You must not go to Seungjeon-ro.”
“What is that!”
“Can Seungjeondo withstand their artillery fire?”
“······The area near the port will be destroyed.”
The captain’s judgment was clouded by his first life-threatening experience.
From what I’ve seen from the side, he’s never been in a life-threatening fight. All he’s done is yell “Fire!” at some pirates.
I explained to the captain why I shouldn’t go to Seungjeondo.
“One, 90% of the population of Seungjeon Island lives around the port. Are you saying we should kill them all?”
“······.”
“Two, Joe Bailey is known as a six-star pirate. If we land on Seungjeondo, will he just be watching from that ironclad?”
“ah······.”
The captain looks attentive.
I looked around at the crew members who were listening to the conversation. Their faces were all gloomy, like they were about to die.
I turned my gaze to the large map posted in the situation room. It was a tactical map with the sea area around Seungjeon Island drawn in detail.
Near Seungjeondo, I pointed with my finger at the place where two large rock islands were side by side.
The part of the passage that passes between the two islands was called ‘Yongamok’ because it looked like a dragon’s teeth.
“We are going here.”
“It’s not possible!”
The captain immediately objected.
“The area around Yongamok is a place where the current flows abnormally fast at night and the direction of the current changes frequently. There are also many reefs! It is a place that even the locals do not visit often! Above all······”
know.
So that’s how it goes.
I interrupted him and looked for Loire.
“Roir!”
“yes yes!”
He was standing next to Reina, and for a moment he was flustered, but then he answered loudly.
“You know this place, right? Right?”
There’s no way I wouldn’t know.
That’s where Roy had made his remarkable achievement in ‘The Future’. He opened his mouth cautiously.
“Yes, I often went there to catch fish without my mother knowing.”
“Did you see the speed at which the pirate ships were approaching earlier? Do you think the Kaikanik can get to Yongamok faster than them?”
Loire looks out of the situation room at the sea for a moment.
“If you just take the sea route well, I don’t think you’ll be caught up at least.”
The captain immediately screamed.
“Seo, are you really going to entrust the operation of the Kaikanik to Aesongi, who was a fisherman until a few days ago?”
It’s so noisy I could die.
I didn’t have much time, so I thought it would be more helpful to just let him sleep.
“Absolutely not! Above all, in the dragon’s neck······ bang!”
Iron Fist.
He knocked out the captain cleanly with a magically charged slash.
“Gasp! Captain!”
The flight attendants rolled their eyes, unable to do anything about my sudden behavior.
I opened my mouth to them.
“Unfortunately, the captain has temporarily lost consciousness. Therefore, I will now take command of the Kaikanik. If you have any complaints, please come and see me later.”
Everyone became dumb after eating honey.
He opened his mouth to the signalmen to motivate them.
“Contact Seokhamdo. If the Kaikanik ship sinks, the Fifth Prince promised to feed the families of the crew members for the rest of their lives. And tell them to come running with their engines blasting. And tell them that if they show up too late, I’ll kill them all.”
The situation room is still quiet.
“Don’t answer meeeeeeeee──!!”
He used his magic power to shout loud enough to shake the entire Kaigan ship.
“All right!”
“I will obey your command!”
Only then did everyone start to move hurriedly.
After nodding his head in satisfaction, he took Loire and went to the helmsman’s side.
“Heels, this guy thinks I’m the one who says that and follows me unconditionally.”
“yes!”
He immediately responded to my expression as I raised my hand. If I resisted, I would have knocked him out just like the captain, but it was less of a hassle.
“Are you sure it’s okay, Prince?”
Loire asked me.
I quite liked the way he didn’t show much emotional turmoil in a situation where he might die.
“Why? Aren’t you confident?”
“No. I will definitely succeed. Only then will my family and friends be able to survive, right?”
“okay.”
And a little later.
“The distance isn’t closing!”
“How could this happen!”
The crew, including the helmsman, looked at him with trembling eyes at the result of Roy’s request to slightly move the ship’s rudder a few times.
Suddenly, I remembered the conversation I had with Roir on the deck while returning to Seungjeondo after clearing out pirates a while ago.
– Roy, what are you looking at?
– Oh, I think we can get there faster if we go that way.
– Aren’t you heading straight towards Seungjeondo now? If you go that way, you’ll have to turn around, right?
– Oh······ The sea road is shining so brightly.
The survivor who revealed the existence of ‘Roir Shin’ in ‘the future’ also left a similar record.
‘It seemed like the sea was guiding him. Wasn’t it?’
I didn’t bother to ask in detail.
Even I had a long list of things that were difficult for others to understand: past lives, regression, ghost hands, status windows…
There was something more important than that now.
I quickly moved my ghost hand and asked Genie for information.
┕ Please list the dates, times, and coordinates of the dragon’s ascension observed in Yongamok in the past year in detail. Listed in chronological order.
“Okay. First······.”
There is a rumor that a dragon lives in Yongamok.
The occasional waterspouts shooting up into the sky and tornadoes forming in the sea created such rumors. The people of Seungjeondo called it the Dragon’s Ascension.
I quickly skimmed through what Genie had told me, using my magic to activate my brain and find patterns in the jumbled records.
There may be days when a waterspout occurred that are not recorded, and there may also be simple records that state the date of the waterspout without a time or coordinates.
Perhaps because I was so focused, my surroundings were blocked out from sight and sound. It felt like I was standing alone in front of a chat window full of records related to the Yongsorum.
Rules within irregularities.
Order in chaos.
I searched for it like a monk seeking the truth.
and.
Missing records are beginning to be filled in.
The empty times and coordinates were filled with appropriate numbers.
“Prince!”
I was suddenly brought back to reality by Loire’s call.
“There it is! That’s the dragon’s neck!”
I raised the corners of my mouth as I looked at the place where the dragon seemed to be opening its mouth.
“Thank you, Loire. And I’m sorry.”
“yes?”
The amazing feat that Roy had achieved in ‘The Future’ seemed like he could do even more amazing miracles.
