Episode 212 The Temple of the Abyss – Admiral’s cabin on the Franzian naval flagship ‘Libre’
across the strait .
“This is a loss report, Admiral. The Eastern Empire’s Xuanwu-Blue Dragon combined fleet has 29 ships of the line in need of repair, but none have been sunk. On the other hand, the Abyss Corporation had 11 ships sunk, including Admiral Barbatos’ flagship, and 8 ships that appeared to be ironclads were captured. “It’s a perfect victory.”
Christine nodded lightly in response to the report that the captain, Ludovic Duheng, came to visit.
“That’s great. In the battle between ships of the line, 11 ships were sunk. “I guess the power of that rocket ship was amazing?”
“Admiral Ye Lee and Admiral Lindsay’s performance was also outstanding.”
“So what are our losses?”
“The French Navy sank the 86-gun class battleship ‘Colbert’ and the 74-gun class battleship ‘Pantsk.’ All battleships except the two 74-gun class battleships, including the main ship ‘Libre’, are in need of repair. Honestly, the damage here is much greater.”
“…We faced the enemy’s new ships from the front, so there was nothing we could do. “They say it’s a strange device that runs even in the headwind, and the purple flames from their cannonballs don’t even go out.”
“yes. Perhaps it was because of the demons’ magic, but there was no way to evolve, so it was impossible to avoid being destroyed just by getting hit. Libreya was equipped with a magical engineering engine, so we blocked it with a magical barrier…”
“Two ships of the line were sunk… What about Northern and Iberica?”
“The Northern United Kingdom lost one 62-gun class ship of the line… and its flagship, the 74-gun class ship ‘Svea Rike.’ The other two ships are in tatters. All three Iberica ships were damaged, but none were sunk. “There was a proficiency issue, so they placed us in the rear.”
Christine asked curiously while writing with a quill.
“But thanks to you, I survived. If the orcs hadn’t come in time, ‘Libre’ would have been captured. “If the flagship was hit, what about Admiral Svensson?”
“Ah, fortunately, the admiral was able to escape quickly.”
“Okay, this time we have to give proper compensation to the Northern United Kingdom. “I deliberately hid the plan because I was afraid they would run away without fighting properly, but they fought really hard.”
“Hahaha, is it okay for Admiral to say that?”
The Admiral of the Franzian Navy and the greatest colossus responded to Duheng’s joke with a chuckle.
“What’s new? It’s like I was dragged into it halfway. “If I incur a grudge this time, my dream will be in turmoil.”
“Oh, I’m surprised that the Admiral would say such a thing. Ah, indeed.”
Duheng spoke as if he had just remembered something and then burst into laughter.
“What is it, Captain Duheung?”
“No, just. The sailors who saw the Admiral, who was called the ‘Witch of Aquitaine without blood or tears’, weeping over the Marquis de Lafayette’s almost death, said that the Admiral was also a person whose heart warmed when faced with love!
ha ha ha! Oh, please don’t think too badly. Wouldn’t it be a good thing for sailors to feel human intimacy with their superiors, but wouldn’t it be a bad thing? To be honest, I secretly got teary-eyed too! haha!”
“…Dwihun.”
After Christine’s face hardened or not, once she opened her mouth, he started talking with such force that it made you wonder if he was even breathing.
“Even so, in the capital, the love between the Admiral and the Marquis de Lafayette is said to be the love of the century or something, but the Admiral we saw was so acting as if he could prick himself with a needle and not even a drop of blood come out, so it didn’t really make sense to me!
After all, it’s better to see it once than to hear it a hundred times! ha ha ha! It warms my heart to think that when we return to the port, the sailors will have fun drinking and enjoying the admiral’s extraordinary appearance!
Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh, Admiral, how about you join in a little bit? These sailors don’t make their superiors feel uncomfortable when it comes to drinking, and being a woman who sheds tears for a man makes her very popular-” ”
… Duheung. “Do you even want the monumentally stupid title of captain who was victorious and then was killed by the admiral?”
“…Hmm. no.”
Duheng immediately closed his mouth, but Christine smiled coldly and pointed to the door with her hand.
“get out.”
“Yep, ‘Libre’ Captain Ludovic Duheng, I’m leaving! “Your Excellency Admiral!”
After saluting Christine…
he turned to me, gave a thumbs up with both hands, grinned, and walked out.
Oh, my face feels hot.
After Duheng left, I turned to see Christine fanning her hands with a red face.
“Uh, Christine?”
“…Why are you doing this, Pierre?”
“As expected, I’m just going to my room…”
As soon as Christine heard what I said, she jumped up from her seat and walked towards me.
To be exact, the bed I’m lying on.
“No. “Because you rarely rest when you leave my sight.”
“It’s really okay…”
Gremory’s divine power is great, but his body is in excellent condition, although the index and middle fingers of his left hand, which were completely blown away, are still a little awkward.
There was really no need for me to go to this extent and be embarrassed in front of my subordinates…
But Christine didn’t care and just came over to me and sat down on the chair next to the bed and fell on top of me.
“Uh, Christine?”
As if that wasn’t enough, Christine pulled my hand out from the blanket and started rubbing my cheek.
…Where did the person who led the battle so coolly, as if he wouldn’t even blink no matter what happened today, gone?
Who is the admiral without blood or tears that the navy is afraid of?
I don’t think he even behaved like this at home.
As I was shocked, Christine looked at me with a dissatisfied look and said,
“I worked hard to manage my image so as not to be looked down on by those tough sailors, but it all went wrong because of you.”
“I’m sorry.”
“I’m going to do whatever I want, even though everything has already gone wrong.”
After saying that, Christine paused for a moment, then looked down at me and asked carefully.
“…I don’t like this, Pierre?”
“….”
Oh my god.
When I was unable to say anything, Christine slowly let go of my hand.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t pay for the night…”
“No, that’s not it.”
“yes?”
“…I was happy. I was so happy that I got excited, but it was a bit much for a human who came back from the dead and was being nursed in the admiral’s room to attack the admiral.”
As I spoke, my face grew hot as I wondered what kind of animal this was, and Christine, who had been silent for a while, spoke.
“I still like it.”
…Oh my god. I’ll just be a beast.
* * *
Abyss Corporation capital Pandemonium.
CEO of ‘Pride’ and CEO of Abyss Corporation.
Although it is only an official title, everyone in the Abyss Corporation regards Bael, who wears the Demon King’s crown, as the new Demon King.
And Bael, who had become the Demon Lord, had tendons writhing on his forehead.
“Our navy was defeated? “Barvatos is a warrior?”
Abyss Corporation’s island where the sun never rises.
A road has been opened to an island that has not been invaded by continental tribes for hundreds of years.
“Are we going to be defeated by that fleet of inferiors? “Not only were all the steamships sunk, but eight were captured?”
The Abyss Corporation demons are superior to the beings of that continent.
In particular, their fleet, which had ruled the seas for hundreds of years, was truly invincible and actually had the power to back up that pride.
Steamships, which the continent’s races had not yet developed, were deployed, and the ironclad ships that were the pride of the Eastern Empire already made up most of the Abyss Corporation’s ships.
However, the pride of those demons was completely crushed by Bael’s ‘pride’ from the front.
“I’m so sorry, ‘Las’ is also rushing to collect and repair the remaining fleet-”
“We have to hurry, after they set foot in the Abyss Corporation!”
When Barbatos died unexpectedly, the devil, who suddenly became the acting CEO of Ras Corporation, trembled and bowed down like an aspen, but Bael’s wrath did not subside.
And that wrath was directed towards the golden succubus.
“Explain, Gremory.”
Abyss Corporation did not completely rule out the possibility of participating in the war in the Central Continent.
Rather, because they kept that possibility in mind, their first target of attack was the Eastern Empire, which was their strongest enemy but was diplomatically isolated.
In order to avoid provoking the countries of the central continent as much as possible, the attack route was set not towards the capital of the Eastern Empire, but to the relatively less important southern and eastern regions.
The extent of Franzia’s participation in the war, which was an ally of the Eastern Empire and had a grudge against the Abyss Corporation, was expected. But even that was much faster than expected.
Not only was it not enough for the Eastern Empire to send all of its remaining fleet to the Central Continent, but it was far beyond expectations for almost all countries in the Central Continent to cooperate and launch an all-out offensive.
If such a thing had been assumed in the first place, the Abyss Corporation would have planned an invasion of the central continent.
“Wasn’t it your job to hinder the unity of the Central Continent? “What were you doing while all the countries of the Central Continent were flocking to you!”
Gremory, who received the brunt of Bael’s anger, stared at him with golden eyes and spoke slowly.
“To be exact, it was achieved through collaboration between ‘Rust’ and ‘Grid’.”
Succubi who delve into dreams are good at making suggestions to humans.
In fact, the fact that the Central Continent tried to avoid a war against the Abyss Corporation and the ‘drones’ that were a threat to the entire continent were buried were largely thanks to their secret tactics.
But that’s not all. Suggestion is effective, but it is easily shaken in the face of stronger hostility or fear.
As they were given not only hints, but also connections with the corrupt ruling class connected by the ‘Grid’ company, and interests that could satisfy their greed, they turned their eyes away from the various evil activities of the Abyss Corporation.
“But Bael. “You purged them all.”
Bassago, the CEO of ‘Grid’, who had been leading the chaos in the empire by working secretly as the Prime Minister of Krafte, was eliminated by Bael.
Abyss Corporation, which prohibited disputes among its seven companies and strictly respected each company’s authority, did not immediately bow its head obediently when its CEO was murdered.
If it had been the previous pandemonium, where everything revolved solely around the logic of power, it would have been easier to submit.
But 400 years is a long time.
The demons of the Abyss Corporation had already enjoyed too much to accept the system they had been accustomed to for 400 years and change it overnight, overturning previous regulations and obeying Bael.
Countless people were purged for refusing Bael’s rule, leaving a gaping hole in the Abyss Corporation.
As a gap opened in the network that had been consistently managed and the interests given through that network were cut off, those who had represented the interests of the Abyss Corporation until now turned their backs on them as easily as the differences in race.
“You created this loophole, Bael.”
“under.”
Bael got up from his seat and walked over with long strides.
Then he stretched out his arm and roughly grabbed Gremory’s neck.
“Ugh…!”
“Gremory. “Isn’t it because you’re still intoxicated by humans’ play as a saint and have forgotten your duty as a devil?”
Gremory sneered even though he was suffering from strangulation.
“Are you now purging me and the children of ‘Rust’ as well? Like your old comrades who once followed you but were reduced to puppets?”
The moment Bael’s face trembles with anger.
Clap-clap-clap-
clap clap rang out.
When Bael looked away, Paimon ran a hand through his long red hair and smiled charmingly.
“bravo. Very perfect. It’s no different from the shockingly ruined human nations. If we fight among ourselves like this, the enemies attack and we all die! “Isn’t that a wonderful, demon-like ending?”
Bael just threw Gremory away.
Paimon glanced at Gremory, who was lying down and coughing, and opened his mouth with a smile once again.
“Oh Bael. Our warrior, our hero, the demon king who established our order and brought it down again. “I hope you don’t think you lost to this extent, do you?”
Bael sighed, crossed his arms, and asked.
“What are the preparations for ‘drone’?”
“They may think the island is empty now… but of course we are fully prepared.”
Paimon replied with a grin.
They were defeated in a naval battle.
But it doesn’t change anything except their pride.
Those foolish continental races must be under the illusion that they can win just by crossing the sea.
Bael sternly declared, mocking the foolishness.
“Let them come in. This island will soon become their tomb.”
