Interlude
Set Course to the West
Half a month earlier, a Jade Kingdom warship was being chased by four demon lord battleships on the eastern seas.
The Jade Kingdom samurai drew their distinctive longbows and unleashed their arrows on the enemy ships. They stood bravely against the powerful battleships, having fought the demon lord’s armies for years. However, one fleet had a clear technological advantage; the Jade Kingdom’s warship was an oared ship with a single main mast, while the demon lord’s battleships had three masts and paddlewheels powered by steam engines.
The demon lord ships were conventional craft with engines added internally, unlike the steel battleship Vendidad, but they were still far more capable than any ship mankind had managed to create.
And commanding those ships was Madhu, the new heavenly king of the water who had replaced Altra after his defeat at Escarlata’s hands. Madhu was an Asura commander with a wealth of experience leading battles on both land and sea.
“Princess, we will be caught!” a samurai shouted.
Hearing the man’s cry, a woman in a Jade Kingdom kimono stood up. She crossed her hands to form a seal. “Tempest Cataclysm!!!”
Tornados rose from the sea, tearing apart three of the battleships, and the one remaining ship fell back to avoid a similar fate.
“Raaah!!!”
There were cheers from the samurai and wails from the demon lord’s forces.
“Haah, haah…” Having used up all of her strength with that spell, the woman wobbled.
A girl clad entirely in black, who looked to be around twelve years old, supported her. “Please, you must not overexert yourself…”
“Do not be absurd… We must reach the Hero, even should naught but my spirit remain!”
Through a sea that should have been impassable, the ship forged ahead for the frontier country of Zoltan.
This miracle was inevitable. For to seek salvation from the Hero was a rule decreed by Demis.
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