Colonia Storm Tour

"Notoria, it's no use. The magic beam is too fast. There's no time to execute the recall procedure."

Captain Picatrix said in despair.

Similar to the comedic battle, DEM's warp also has the problem that the object being warped over can be attacked during the warp process.

These magicians, who neither deployed their Freedom Domain nor had their plasma shields ready, were unable to withstand the direct impact of the Converging Magic Cannon. Rather, even if they had Freedom Domains and plasma shields, they still couldn't withstand the impact of the Converging Magic Cannon. Not all magicians are as powerful as Ellen Mira Messer, who could withstand a direct hit from a magic cannon with her Freedom Domain and be basically unharmed.

For most magicians and Bondskis, the magical barrage from the airship was equivalent to facing a high-level unit firing a straight line of solar ray guns.

These magicians, still in the warp process, were instantly vaporized in the three golden beams of light, disintegrating into elementary particles without leaving a trace.

The two captains stared in near despair at the sky where the Cossack team, who had been wiped out before even reaching the battlefield, had once stood.

Then, the situation, which was even more devastating for the two captains, continued to develop.

"Captain, the ship's radar has detected three identical magical fluctuations, confirming that they are from aerial warships. The identification signals are unclear, and no ship type matching the one manufactured by DEM Corporation can be found!"

The crew member monitoring the radar added insult to injury to the already tense battlefield.

"This is a trap!"

Captain Picatrix refused to accept this.

"Why did the airships of Ratatosk appear at this time?!"

Colonel James stared with a pained expression at the giant monitor in front of him, where three airships were burning and falling almost vertically.

After the three golden beams of light that seemed to be the opening act disappeared, three Ratatosk airships, similar to those in "Fraxinus," descended from the sky with their hulls burning and their momentum like a crash.

The aerodynamic heating phenomenon made the three Latatosk warships stand out on the battlefield, with all three airships flying downwards with their bows pointing towards the ground.

"This is Ulmus. I am Elliott Baldwin Woodman. Fellow members of the Foehn Winds, I have brought the main fleet to support you!"

Elliott Baldwin Woodman appeared in the holographic projection and spoke, which was heard not only by Lin Haiyuan and Alice, but also by everyone in the Mech Whale Fleet and the Valkyrie Camp.

"This is Fraxinus. I am Acting Captain Jack, here to reinforce the Frenzy on the orders of Speaker Woodman!"

Colonel Jack, whom I met twice before on Yostvandalco Island and the Anali Islands, is now the acting captain of the Fraxinus.

"This is Gjallarhorn. I am Acting Captain Garzman, here to reinforce Foehnwind on the orders of Speaker Windwoodman."

The captain of the airship named Galar, Ratatosk, was a complete stranger to Foehn.

Alice thought to herself, "This is the first time I've ever heard of a main fleet with only three warships."

Lin Haiyuan, who was on the battlefield, was quite surprised: "Oh my? Woodman actually led a team to rescue Fenfeng. What was that old fox doing before? Was he just watching my fleet get beaten up in orbit? Now that things are not going well, he can come to my aid to repay the favor, so he rushed over with two airships to help me. It's better to add flowers to brocade than to provide charcoal in the snow. This old fox understands this principle quite well."

"Your timing for coming to reinforce us is excellent. We are very grateful to Ratatosk for your support."

Lin Haiyuan simply gave a polite reply.

"Foe has twice provided such strong support to Ratatosk before. How can we, Ratatosk, stand idly by and watch Foehn's fleet fall into dire straits? Because it takes some time to assemble the warships, we were unable to come to help Foehn deal with the enemy earlier."

Anyone in the know can discern the truth or falsehood in Woodman's statement. In fact, Ratatosk had been observing the Mightydon fleet and the DEM armed cannon fodder fleet in the South Pacific since the outbreak of the conflict.

If the Foehn navy can withstand the DEM attack, then Ratatosk is happy to be safe. If the Foehn navy is overwhelmed, then it will immediately drop support from orbit, and incidentally repay a favor to Foehn.

"The reinforcements from Ratatosk have arrived just in time. Now we can not only repel the DEM attack, but also turn the DEM's last two airships to ashes."

After the arrival of the airships in Ratatosk, Alice plotted to reduce the two DEM airships to ashes and completely destroy DEM's last remaining fleet force.

Just as the leaders of the two factions were exchanging words, the three Ratatosk airships that were descending vertically and looked like they were about to crash also adjusted their attitude and returned to normal.

However, once the flagship returned to normal, the three Ratatosk airships did not slack off. Instead, they continued to charge their magic cannons and then unleash golden beams of light that seemed to destroy everything in their path, sweeping across the Norman and Templar team mages who were chasing the Valkyrie camp mages.

The magical bombardment from the three airships was a heavy blow to the two teams of mages, resulting in the immediate loss of more than ten of their fellow mages! For both teams, this meant the loss of half their mages, not to mention those who had died in previous battles. The Norman and Templar teams could be considered completely disorganized and their numbers could be revoked.

"Well done! Ratatosk airships!"

Gardenia looked at her opponents who were annihilated by the golden pillar of light and said with delight.

"Now we're evenly matched with those two magician teams. It's time for us to suppress them, hehehe."

Charlotte let out a smug hum, looking at the DEM magicians opposite her, who were panicked by the magic cannon fire, with a malicious smile.

"That's not right. Miss Hua, we completely overwhelmed them in terms of numbers and strength."

Milia Croa brought the magician girl who once guarded Jost Vandak Island to Yuuka and the others.

"Oh! Miss Milia, you've brought your team too! That's wonderful! Now we can completely defeat these DEM magicians."

Gardenia smiled at Milia.

"It's not just me, there's Miss Hua, and two other teams of our magicians too."

Milia smiled and pointed to the sky above them.

Two teams of Ratatosk magicians, dressed in the same AW-110 Herok, who came down from Ulmus and Gjallarhorn, were waving to Hana and her friends.

Meanwhile, Lin Haiyuan, who was fighting against Cormier and William Hansen, also welcomed an unexpected teammate.

"Yo, it's been a long time, Artemisia-senpai."

Mana Takamiya descended from the sky to her side using the blue-black CR-UNIT "Fenrir".

"Huh? Isn't this Miss Takamiya? What are you doing here?"

Lin Haiyuan was somewhat surprised by the appearance of Takamiya Mana.

"Oh dear, it seems that Senior Artemisia doesn't consider me an enemy. It seems that you know a lot of things, Senior. Now I have been ordered to come and support you."

Mana Takamiya didn't communicate with her in English; instead, she spoke fluent Japanese.

"Coming to my aid? Both opponents are top-ranked magicians in Europe. Miss Takamiya, are you in a condition where you can fight without any worries?"

Lin Haiyuan asked.

"Well, to be honest, there's nothing to worry about. After all, it's the same whether we fight or not. In short, I can easily take on two people at once. Senior, would you like to go back and rest for a bit?"

Mana Takamiya's choice of words and phrases is entirely honorific, not the strange way of mixing honorifics.

In Mana Takamiya's memory, the senior who gave her the best impression was Artemisia, and she was also the kind of person she was relatively close to, at least she could call her Artemisia-senpai.

"Simply leaving them be isn't my style. Let's deal with them together."

Lin Haiyuan spun the Heroic Spirit Battle Maiden in his hand once, then gripped it and pointed it directly at William Hansen.

"I am honored to fight alongside my seniors, and to fight against DEM together."

Mana Takamiya now speaks of DEM with complete disgust.

It was obvious that she was fully aware of the magical modifications DEM had made to her and the related side effects. More importantly, it had separated her from her brother, the elven harem king, greatly reducing the time the siblings spent together.

"This is a huge problem. Our company's Adeptus2 has also defected to the enemy. How can we fight this battle without Minister Messer? I think we should just lead the team and run away. There's no way we can fight."

William Hansen's first thought was, "What the hell? Run!"

"Continuing to fight will only kill us, Norman team, Templar team! Everyone still alive, listen up, retreat!"

Cormier twitched his lips and then announced a retreat. Apart from Ellen Mira Messer, who the hell could take on two magicians of the second-best strength in the world at the same time? Those of them who were slightly weaker simply couldn't afford to fight that kind of god-like battle. They couldn't afford it. Goodbye, they flew away.

"I completely agree!"

After William Hansen finished speaking, he immediately retreated with Cormier.

"Don't even think about running away!"

Mana Takamiya, wielding the Wolf Tail beam saber in her right hand, gave chase.

"A truly clever opponent."

After giving a compliment, Lin Haiyuan followed Chonggong Zhenna and caught up with the fleeing Cormier and William Hansen.

Meanwhile, the captains of the two DEM airships hundreds of nautical miles away already knew that the situation was hopeless.

According to reports from the crew monitoring the radar, the balance of military power on the battlefield has completely tilted in favor of the Fumefeng. The addition of the three airships of Ratatosk to the battlefield is already a heavy weight, while the Ratatosk mages transmitted from the airships are many smaller chips. Finally, the appearance of the DEM's second mage, Takamiya Mana, who had previously been confirmed dead, became the last weight that crushed their battle plan.

"This operation has failed."

The Picatrix captain spoke of this fact with a dejected look on his face. What made Picatrix feel even more demoralized was that their Bondsky and Magician units were all destroyed in the sky during their warp drive without firing a single shot.

"And we can't even retaliate, all because of [Material A]. The attack was launched because of [Material A], and the failure was also because of [Material A]. If we could have used the main guns to destroy the Fury's aircraft carrier, there wouldn't be so many problems! If we could have waited until our forces were fully assembled before launching the attack! Even if the Fury is a cunning enemy, we could have completed our mission before that crazy Ratatosk Agency helped them, or simply sent these atheists to hell! Damn Ratatosk Agency!"

Colonel James adjusted his peaked cap with resentment. Since he couldn't resent the company's higher-ups, he could only transfer his hatred to the Ratatosks who had come to provide support.

"Captain, the magician unit we are involved with is retreating and requests our cover and assistance in recovering them."

The crew member cautiously reported to the captain, who was already furious.

"Use the main guns to cover them, take out those traitorous bitches and Ratatosk magicians who dare to continue the pursuit, and then retrieve our incompetent magicians."

Colonel James originally wanted to utter even more vicious curses, but out of professional ethics and personal conduct, he changed to something slightly more palatable.

"Yes!!!"

The crew member answered forcefully, and then the others began to busy themselves with the matter.

"Remember this, Foehn Wind, Ratatosk Machines, one day I will send you all to hell."

Colonel James stared at the giant monitor in front of him with hatred, then calmed himself and prepared to connect to the radio communication with Ellen Mira Messeres.

Thus, the DEM airships in the sea carried out magical bombardment to cover their remaining troops as they returned to the airships and then activated their stealth camouflage to evacuate.

Latatosk airships, lacking anti-stealth devices, could only let these DEM airships escape with their remnants, and the Foehn Fleet could not detect these fleeing DEM airships.

With DEM's retreat and the withdrawal of its remaining forces, this naval battle in the South Pacific, which clearly demonstrated DEM's madness, came to an end.

Alice, sitting in the command center of the last fortress, also let out a breath, while Lin Haiyuan, who was using Artemisia's body, was also able to catch his breath and relax.

Woodman and other members of the Ratatosk forces expressed regret at having to let the DEM magician and the airship escape.

————Walker.net AI's Post-Battle Briefing————

Following this naval battle, given that DEM has developed long-range anti-stealth devices capable of breaking our stealth and can use a method similar to hyperspace teleportation to "teleport" troops to designated coordinates, although DEM's two waves of warp-bound Bondski and troop movements were destroyed by our mechanical constructs and the airships of the Ratatosk allies who arrived later, forcing them to flee in defeat with their remaining forces, this does not mean that DEM will easily give up or reduce the danger posed by our opponent. Their manifestation device technology is also being further developed. However, we do not know why DEM would create this kind of defective teleportation method, because existing teleportation devices can achieve instantaneous teleportation without delay. Instead, they use this technology with obvious delay, and the teleported object can be destroyed during this period. If we want to know the answer, we will have to infiltrate their integrated research base's database again.

They still believe that [Material A] is still with our Mammoth Whale fleet, so we must replan the Mammoth Whale fleet's route to Antarctica. Continuing to sail along the original route is no longer safe, and we must find another way.

Moreover, we not only need to replan the flight paths, but also create one or more disasters targeting DEM to divert their attention and make them understand what a foehn wind is.

A huge thank you to reader "Master" for the massive amount of "blade" (a metaphor for expressing deep gratitude) delivered! Well, with so many blades, it's overwhelming! I personally hope for monthly votes instead!

The following chapters will no longer be about passively taking hits!

Chapter 42 Madman's War Zone (I)

Military Operations: Madman's War Zone