Rewritten 'To Terminate'

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3 months later "...Moving on, we have another major movement from the Southern Defensive District Command from the Defense Forces, as according to sources, armored vehicles has started to make their move with the Marine warships also departing from the docks of Agevær..." - FCNN

"The 125th Kawagrzmotian Hussars has reportedly been seen in Agevær. This unit of Kawagrzmotian origin is generally regarded to excel in offensive operations, which have been known in the Southern Wars and the Reunification Wars. The unit's presence could be signalling that direct action will be taken" - Silver Eagle 24/7

"This large movement of troops is unprecedented since the Reunification Wars, with an estimation of around 20,000 of Land Army and Mariner soldiers currently present" - Dagens Begivenheder 24/7 Radio

"The Ministry of Defense has not commented on this situation have the soldiers have repeatedly refused to talk about the whole matter, leading to many to believe that something drastic is coming" - Arrangementer Globale Agevær

Vastika, Havenklein, Commonwealth of Esterria, 4/7/1702 The recently liberated city of Vastika is still threatened by the EAS who had attempted to encircle them in an effort lay siege. And while they have been able to slow them down, the Commonwealth had to act quick in the last few months to get their newly-equipped personnel weapons and vehicles inside discreetly.

The pro-slavery rebel group had been quite a pain especially with KU's backing, giving their Royal Army quite a beating. However, they do not know anything about the capability of the new weapons as they tried to push on, which is exactly what Einskirka had intended.

"Status report!" ordered Lieutenant Vincent van Kuik with a completely different attire. No longer did he wear his usual sky blue uniform, now he's adorning the dark green uniform and helmet of Flashia.

"Sir, the rebel forces had us surrounded to the West and South, and also North-West with some of their ships" reported one of his subordinates in the same set of uniform "That said, we have managed to sneak just enough men and new equipment in. APCs, recon vehicles and howitzers are on standby"

Vincent nodded in acknowledgement.

"What about the Luftforsva or whatever they're called?"

"Sir, I have been told that they will be arriving in... 10 minutes"

"And the musketeers?"

"They are at the walls right now, keeping up the illusion before we switch on them"

"Very well, you are dismissed"

"Thank you sir" the soldier then walks away to the column of vehicles.

As to why musketeers are still being used in the frontline, this is to create a false image that the Flash equipment is not that different at all, a deception that would be broken when they least expect it.

The lieutenant glanced at where the sound of the classic fightings are calling out, with smoke rising from there and the sound of musket and cannons firing still being a constant.

He takes out his hand clock from his shirt pocket and opens it, it's 2:18 in the morning. He then closes the clock and put it away, now he awaits for the signal to come.

...

Esterflaske Airbase, right outside of Havenklein The 127th Squadron of the Luftforsvar consisting of 8 second-generation Harriers have finished the mounting of weapons and refueling. The aircrafts then taxi to the runway, where they will take to the skies to conduct their mission. Two-by-two, the Harriers waited in line until it was their turn.

"Checking flaps and fins... okay checking if weapons are good... And then the VTOL nozzle, MIA can you confirm that they're good to go?" said Hjertsson's wingman over the radio as they're the first in line.

"Can confirm, what about mine?"

"Yep, it's good too"

"All systems checked. ATC, this is MIA, permission to take-off?"

"Permission granted, good hunting" replied the ATC.

Soon enough, the Harriers would throttle up, as the aircraft starts moving. Eventually, with the help of the jet nozzles, the jets were up in the air in such a short distance, marking the start of their mission. His group is responsible for supporting the allied Esterrian forces in Vastika, while the rest support the others across the frontline.

The 2 Harriers head West, to the coastal city. Their arrival would mark the beginning of the Commonwealth counteroffensive, armed with FOX-2's* for the reptiles and some bombs to annihilate enemy ground assets.

...

Lieutenant Vincent has now mounted up on the green APC of Flashia alongside his soldiers. The vehicle is full of supplies among other things strapped onto the sides, with the tricolor of Esterria on the front left of the hull.



Seated on the driver seat is one with a red armband, introduced by the Esterrians as a way to tell 'contractors' from their own troops. Hailing mostly from Jugoflašija, they are driven by money for supporting their families back home. And as they are the most experienced when it comes to this type of warfare and equipment, they were in a great demand, and Einskirka are willing to pay as much as they could for their work.

He looks from the open top of the passenger compartment, where the front view of the vehicle are obscured by the gunner engulfed in a kit of shield. His vehicle is the first of the APC line of the convoy, which is situated directly behind a line of a different type of vehicle.

Leaning to his right, the Lieutenant would see the spearhead of the armored convoy. Originally conceived as a reconnaissance tank, these vehicles were also seen as useful for fire support by the Royal Esterrian Army thanks to their cannon mounted in a turret, which like the rest of the Flash weaponry that shoots some kind of projectiles, is incredibly accurate in longer ranges.

Again, 'contractors' would make up most, if not the entirety of the crews of these AFVs.



He looks up beyond the walls, and the first things that the Esterrian lieutenant see are 3 wyverns, clearing indicating themselves as the one of the opposing EAS.

'Come on... where are they now?'

He gets more anxious as the wyverns get closer, thinking of the consequences that could be unleashed on his own. And then it happened, there were delayed resounding series of booms and the enemy wyverns falling out of the smoke lifeless and then a distinctive roar can be heard across the skies.

His radio then came to life: "This is the 127th Squadron at your service, you are clear to go over"

Soon enough the gates opened up, prompting the convoy to start moving as the vehicle starts up the engine.

The lieutenant closes the hatch of the troop compartments, as they will be doused in fire in the coming fights.

...

"What just happened?"

"They just shot down our wyverns! What were those things?!"

The EAS forces were supposed to close in the attack with infantry and cavalry supported by wyverns. However, when all three wyverns were abruptly shot out of the skies by a pair of grey roaring dragones, disarray was upon them.

"Look, the gates are opening!" a fighter pointed at the gates.

There was a convoy of green carriages with some sort of weapons on it. They seem to be self-propelled instead of being dragged by horses.

"Imposssible! How did they get their hands on self-propelled carriages?!"

Self-propelled carriages are carriages that is powered by magic crystal that is only used by KUG member states including its country of origin, La Ferdina. Esterria couldn't get their hands on them in the first place considering La Ferdina's hostility towards the commonwealth. And yet here they are today.

The leading Esterrian carriages turned the boxes on top and fired a cannon shot. Hitting one of the cannons position with explosion engulfing the cannon within a second. This further shocked many of the rebel fighters who are unfortunately enough to witness such a thing, as a normal magic cannon in direct fire wasn't supposed to be in effective range, a shot from uncomprehensibly far away.

Something that sounded awfully like distant explosions from behind reached their ears. They looked back to the West, only to see smoke rising from what is likely the wyvern airbase, leaving them no further chance to call in air support. To make matters worse, the Commonwealth wyverns entered their views. In a blink of an eye, air superiority switched hands.

"What is happening?"

...

"Target!"

"Infantry in house 3-0-2!"

"Identified!"

"FIRE!"

THUMP... CLANG-clang-clangclang

The Scorpion once again fires its 76mm cannon, this time at a house containing enemy infantry, hammering it with High Explosive round.

"Target!"

...Means the round found its mark, exploding upon contact to the wooden walls of the houses at ranges more than twice of that of the former magic cannons. Indeed the Scorpion, despite it being merely a secondary role, has proved to be extremely useful in supporting others and eliminating threats such as cannons as quick as possible.

"Switch to coax, same house!"

The Scorpion then let loose rounds of the coaxial machine gun housed in the 'turret' in which the cannon is also located. This machine gun is actually a bit slower in fire rate than the other MG's the infantry were supplied with, but they nevertheless had the same effect.

Tracers periodically flies out the barrel and into the house. Given the walls were wooden, the infantry inside stood no chance.

"Cease fire, keep going driver!"

The Scorpion would halt its firing of the coaxial machine gun and continue on their way.

...

Pannerden, EAS-occupied territory "Sir!" yelled out a messenger while panting, after he rushed to the doors of the rebel leaders "Sir! We have urgent news from the frontlines"

"What is it this time young man?" scoffed Keppelink, one of the leaders who is clearly not happy about the messenger barging into the room.

"Sir! The Commonwealth has launched an offensive! They're pushing us back at unimaginable speed!"

"Calm down boy, are you out of your mind?"

"No sir, they are already halfway from Vastika to Scharna and we already lost Limmenstein!"

"WHAT?!" Goggen jumped up from his seat "How is this possible?"

Limmenstein is a city located at the Eastern part of the region that the rebels in Havenklein recently took that the Commonwealth had been attacking relentlessly as it is considered a strategic city thanks to the roads connecting the city with the coast to the North and rebels' territory to the West.

The city in turn was supposed to be heavily defended, however somehow, out of the blue, the Commonwealth took it back in a very short time.

"Green carriages! They have green carriages that are very fast, can cast explosion magic and shoot out many bullets in a single second!"

Goggen sat bacj down after listening to that fact and thought: 'Green carriages? Were those that we were talking about months ago?'

The General Commander of the EAS let out a sigh, thinking about that meeting about 3 months from now, it seems according to the messenger, the green carriages were a lot more than what they thought before, what they seemed to be.

"What have we got us into?"

...

Somewhere outside the city of Scharna The sound of multiple howitzers given by their Flash allies can be heard as the Royal Esterrian Army begins the shelling of the rebel-held city. It was distant away from Vastika, however thanks to the Luftforsvar as well as their Wyvern Corps support and the armored vehicles, they were able to gain ground quickly that not even the soldiers present could not comprehend how could they cover such distance in the shortest amount of time.

The shellings would gradually die down and move a little further for the ground assault into the city.

"GO! GO! GO! GET OUT OF THE APC!"

Infantry starts to dismount from the APC from the opened hatch at the back, going left and right as they get their weapons up. Vincent is among these soldiers, readying up for battle by slapping down on the stock and unfold it before turning off the safety.



Previously, the lieutenant thought he would not be able to do so much, only to be pleasantly surprised by his friend Andras who introduced him to this submachine gun. Designated the MPM55, it is very much compact with more full-auto controllability while sacrificing range, a necessary one at that since they will come head-to-head with the pro-slavery fighters in the streets and houses of Scharna.

"Push forward!" Vincent yelled as the lieutenant among his infantrymen and make their way into the heart of the city, starting from outskirts where the walls were reduced to nothing more than rubbles.

Following them is the green APC providing fire support with its machine gun. They went street to street, still finding no one so far, and it would be like this for a good while, but they are sure that the fight will come soon... and it certainly did.

"CONTACT!" called out one of the riflemen followed by the deafening series of consecutive gunshots from the battle rifles and machine guns.

The Commonwealth rifle squad and the APC in question were discharging their weapons at rebel musketeers in one of the houses. Not even 30 seconds in and most of them have fallen dead, bullets punched through the house with accuracy and range only seen by that in myths.

"Cease fire!" he yelled said Lieutenant Vincent, prompting the entirety of the squad to hold their fire "Konink! Piet! On me!"

...

"By the gods... what were those weapons?"

The rebel fighters at Scharna expected this to be a battle like those they have seen before. They expected classic fighting at relatively close distance with the muskets lines and salvo. But this Commonwealth offensive dared to upset the long held combat tradition, turning long lines of guns into nothing less than a death sentence.

The Commonwealth troops went in, proceeded to saturate them with bullets at rate of fire and accuracy at range never seen before. To make matters worse, the bullets are clearly not that of a normal musket. Last time anyone had checked, musket balls could hardly go through walls.

"Dan? Elco? You there?" yelled out the fighter as he barely gets up from the floor, still shellshocked by the Commonwealth's firepower.

No one with 2 of those names answered him, there's no other reason for this silence. He looks around him, seeing rows of dead bodies on pools of blood, leaving only a few of the firing line alive. Even then, they were clearly distressed, trembling and tightly holding their musket.

He checks his musket, the powder is still there in the tray, the ball is presumed to be still there. As it turned out, he never did manage to fire his weapon earlier and in lieu, ducked into cover out of reflex as soon as the enemy opened fire on his unit.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang combined with a muffled wooden crack of the door. They broke into this house.

"Why am I even fighting this war...?"

He joined the EAS to find glory for himself as well as some slaves as a sort of reward. However, as the Second Battle of Scharna kicked off, his view immediately switched around by the loss of his friends and comrades in short succession. He knew it's too late to turn back now. If only he could turn back time with his knowledge of today.

He runs across the doorway to his room and takes aim in a corner, waiting for someone to come by. He is still shaking from that mess of a firefight, but he insists on staying in this position sitting here.

The barrel of a black musket came into view, apparently short judging by the fact someone's non-dominant hand is seen holding the bend of the weapon. He fired a shot, causing the one behind that doorway to immediately jump back out.

The fighter then runs back to the inner parts of the room where others are with their weapons raised. Halfway there however, a continous gunshots rang out the room, and he fell to the ground. He did not feel anything at first, but then he coughed out blood.

"Oh dear..." he weakly muttered "Oh gods..."

As he lies there, he closes his eyes, accepting his fate that was decided by the start of the enemy's counterattack. The last thing he would see are memories he had made in his entire life before he goes to another place.

...

"One down!" called out Piet after having gunning down one of EAS's infantryman.

Being one of the first frontline soldiers to receive the new equipment from Flashia, he had been fighting in Havenklein for 5 months from now, familiar with the kinds of warfare that happened here. This time... different is a massive understatement when it comes to describing what he's doing right now.

The Sergeant is sporting the same weapon as his Lieutenant, which he initially hates as he thought it was not very powerful judging by its size. But as it proved itself to him, he then quickly fell in love with this weapon, seeing how revolutionary this weapon is to the his Army with all kinds of features and functions it brings to the table while being simpler.

Piet feels a tap to his shoulder, he looks behind and in comes Konink, armed with the RM58, signalling that he's ready to go in. The Sergeant and his partner check the corners at the doorway, before moving in.

Both of the ERA soldiers would find rebel fighters in shock with their muskets on the floor. Their hands are raised, they have completely lost their will to continue the fight.

"On your foot right now!" Konink ordered, prompted the surrendering rebels to stand up. From there, they would escort those who have laid their arms out this house.

"Get in line you bastards, you will spend a long time and you won't be seeing the light for awhile!"

The Lieutenant who was with the 2 glanced at the one who said it.

"Seriously Piet?"

"What? I thought we could use a bit of intimidation, no?"

"A bit... yeah right, let's see what the Disciplinary Corps says about this"

"Aw..."

...

20 Wyverns soar through the skies, flapping their wings periodically, making their way to the frontline, more specifically towards Limmenstein. The EAS Wyvern Divisions join the forces below as part of a counterattack on the Commonwealth forces who pushed them out of the town.

"Hey how many do you think you will kill today?" said one of the riders over the manacomm.

The other responded "I'm thinking 10 to 50 of the Commonwealth"

"Damn right you will... anyway, what is the situation again? My memory is a little bit fuzzy this early"

"Limmenstein got captured so we launch a counterattack on the city with the ground elements. They came in green carriages of some sort and soldiers with some kind of dark green uniform and black muskets"

"What about the grey wyverns?"

"From what I heard, they turned back to where they had came from, the East"

"Hahaha, they're scared?"

"Probably..."

Deep down, he knew something was off. The Wyvern riders continued their way, until they see the buildings below them.

"I see the town, we are now above Limmenstein!"

"It's time to show these Commonwealth bastard what happens-"

Just before he finished his sentence, mysterious projectiles of light cracks through and exploded mid-air. He did not make it.

"WHAT THE-?"

The other Wyvern riders in confusion began to execute evasive maneuvers as they realized they are being targeted by something.

This is very different from what they have encountered. Fireballs are relatively fast, but they're visible and easy to dodge at a large distance, but those were clearly not fireballs. These unknown projectiles are even faster and there were many of them each seconds, leaving the wyverns little chance to avoid getting hit. Soon enough, 2,4 and then 8 wyverns have already been downed.

One of the riders, looked in horrors as the glorious wyverns of the EAS dropped to the ground with no chance at all, and he too is hit. As he and his stead falls to the ground, he prays to the gods that he survives this, but seeing the situation, it's highly unlikely he would be alive after this.

...

THUNK-THUNK-THUNK-THUNK

The autocannon of the Royal Esterrian Army leaves behind the deafening sound as it sends 40km into the skies above Limmenstein at a slow (but still extremely quick) 400 rounds per minute.

The gun would in turn shakes the truck that it was mounted on. It's not exactly designed to be used this way, more suitable for a stationary asset on the ground, yet the Esterrians opted to mount it on the Flash-supplied truck to give it more mobility as a defensive mechanism for when they need to get out as soon as they can.

Admittedly though, this caused a little bit of trouble in the accuracy department as a trade off.





"8 down, 12 more to go!" shouted the gunner as the crew, all with red armband would go around and reload the gun.

"Can you at least fire in shorter burst?" demanded the commander holding onto the truck "The truck's shaking and I wouldn't be surprised if it flips because of you"

The gunner laughed it off.

"I will... I'm just having the moment of my life!"

"Fucking damn it..."

The commander sighs as he look up to the skies when his radio abruptly came on.

"All elements, why the hell is the skies littered with tracers?"

The commander picks up the radio.

"Wyverns, there are enemy wyverns in the vicinity"

"And how would you know that?"

"Check the skies you idiot, it's not that hard to spot their silhouettes... also watch out for the rain"

He then puts away his radio as the scene fell silent once more. It's quite dark here outside, and the skies quite beautiful as well, if you ignore the falling wyverns that is. The tired commander enjoys the scene before his eyes start to close up, and his head slowly dropping down, as he gradually falls asleep-

"FIRING!"

GATHUNK-THUNK-THUNK-THUNK-THUNK

...Well nevermind then, as far as the 'contractor' commander of this AA crew knows, as long as the autocannon continues to fire, it will be a long night until it's over.

...

"Poor bastards..."

Back at Scharna, as the assault is underway, an Esterrian squad comes across one of their APCs on fire, with a hole on the front. It was clear that it got hit by a magic cannon judging by the fact that their mage felt a little bit of magic on the vehicle that distinctively lacks such signature.

"Do you think that they survived?" inquired the combat mage of the squad.

"Well, I would think at least the gunner made it"

"Right... judging by the fact the magic signature leading out of there jumped out of the gun or something"

"Wonder where he is now...?"

The squad moved on, shelving the question for another day, as they have to keep pace with the rest of their unit for now. With rifles in most of the soldiers' hands, the mage and their leaders with SMG, and one with a machine gun on the shoulder, they walked to the battle ahead.

"Właśnie zestrzeliliśmy tu cały pluton, są martwi"

"...The hell are those mercs' saying? I could only discern pluton..."

"Why are you on their frequency then?"

"I dunno, I just wanted to know how they're doing-"

"Contact! Cavalry!" called out one of the soldiers before the guns are discharged to the roadway on their right.

Horses and men alike fell as hails of bullet struck their body, consequently, the others started to trip on the corpses of theirs, some of them managed to jump through before being joining the others into the concrete by the Esterrian squad before they even manage to get close.

"Let's go! Come on!" shouted the squad lead as the squad continued their way. And as the rifle squad made it to regroup with others, armored self-propelled carriages are seen coming their way, the bullets aren't doing anything to remotely damage the carriages.

"Damn it, they got the La Ferdinan carriages!"

Indeed, the carriages are very recognizable, as they're in use with the Imperial Army of La Ferdina and has been their icon. The armored carriages seem unstoppable, but they do have a weakness...

"THOU! SHALT NOT! PASS!"

A powerful wave was abruptly shot through the streets at a breakneck speed, breaking the glasses of the houses and pushing the carriages away at such a distance. They are now either flipped on their side, top, or have their wheels broken by the shockwave that later faded away.

"Yeah! Much obliged mage!"

The Commonwealth forces celebrated for a short while, the seemingly unstoppable carriages of La Ferdina has been stopped in their track. However, the rebels continued to attack, so they aren't celebrating for long. The rebels are still attacking with muskets and bows, which the Commonwealth soldiers have to watch out for.

And before then, someone is hit by an arrow, letting out a scream as he dropped to the ground, still alive.

"Man down! Get him out of here!" ordered the SL. 2 of the soldiers then ran up to him, one provide cover, while the other drag the wounded soldier who is also screaming in pain to safety as he holds onto the arrow on his left shoulder.

"Hey mage, you think you can do anything with it?" said the soldier dragging the wounded.

"I'm not a support mage, ask the other one!" as the mage continued firing his SMG.

"Damn it"

In this world (which I again don't have a name for) has different type of mages, such as offensive, defensive, and the support mage. The one in the Esterrian rifle squad happened to be an offensive mage, who specializes in attacking with fireballs and as you have already seen, shockwave, the latter takes more mana than the former.

The wounded soldier meant that they are down to 14 men holding the line. What this meant that the EAS has numerical advantage. It normally only takes a charge to break the defensive line of the Commonwealth squad...

...Except with Flash weaponry, normal is a non-existent term is this case.

"Mount bipods, rifles and machine guns! Get ready for to fend off the charge!"

The Esterrian soldiers of the Royal Army mounts their bipod on any surface they can get their weapons on. When they do this, it means that they will be able to go full send, sending as much bullets at the enemy as possible.

The EAS troops then began their charge at the Commonwealth forces, with bayonets on their muskets. They charged thinking they can get close and finish off this line for good. As soon as the waves of the rebel fighters came into sight however, the Esterrians held their triggers, without letting it go until ammo runs out or the barrel runs hot.

No rebel could have expected this much rounds to go downrange, the waves started quickly dropping to the ground, succumbing to the absolute firepower of the Esterrian Royal Army to the point that only a few remained. It happened so quick that the surviving ran away, and the Commonwealth not believing what they just saw. On the street now is just rivers of dead bodies, blood and bullet holes all over the place.

Truth be told, both the rebels and the Commonwealth soldiers were horrified at what has unfolded in front of them. It's a mess that even the most experienced might not even able to forget.

"To hell with this man..."

...

"Enemy ship spotted! 2-71 heading North-East! 342 meters!" yelled out a spotter on the ship

Somewhere in the coast of Havenklein Captain Mendejerik and the flagship of the Esterrian Royal Navy returns to the frontline after a good while patrolling the waters. It is no longer armed with 100 magic-cannons as she once was. Their replacement? 12 of the howitzer artillery given by Flash aid. These howitzers have proved their worth in the trials and on the ground, so it's time for them to shine in the waters.

"Turn starboard! Port cannons get ready!" ordered the captain on the deck as they prepare to engage the enemy.

The ships tilt right as they steer the ship, and as they're doing that, the radio came on.

"All port cannons are ready"

The Marie van den Ulsens ship-of-the-line slowly but surely turns, until they eventually got their weapons' sight on the ship.

"350 meters!" yelled out the spotter.

At this point, despite extensive training, no one is going to hit a moving target at 350 meters on the waves of the sea, there is one solution though...

"Bring out our Marines!" Mendejerik shouted "We need to get their attention!"

The Marines onboard m with rifles and machine guns, ranging from 7.62 to a .50 CAL, and yes they do have the Browning on board, would come out and position themselves on the left side.

"Commence fire!"

And then the squad started to shoot at the target ship. The crew wore ear protections in advance so as to not permanently lose their hearing from the deafening sounds of repeated and automatic gunshots. The particular weapon that the captain was interested in was the MGM62, an older model that lacked picatinny for optics on the weapon because of how fast they can fire.

Some splashed the water, but the bulk of the bullets hit the ship in various area, mostly at the sails. They doesn't intend to kill anyone here, but rather to force the ship to stop by inducing sheer panic. The vessel would slowly and slowly stops while the bullets are still flying over the deck, opening up an opportunity for the Esterrian warship.

"Good job boys, we'll handle it from here"

...

The rebel warship were out at night to prepare for a siege at the city of Vastika. They were supposed to join with the ground forces and the Wyvern Division, but then they unexpectedly came under attack by something out there.

"What the hell was that?"

"I don't know! I could feel those projectiles breaking through the air!"

"Where did they come from?!"

"I can't see anything!"

After a series of projectiles flew past their head, confusion still reigns over their minds. Just then a rebel mage then rushes forward to the deck, staff in her hand

"I will take care of that"

The mage casts a spell, an illumination spell that will shine light on the ship and its surrounding. It's not often used as it gave away the ship's exact location, but at times of getting attacked in the night without the knowledge of enemy presence, it proves useful in this situation.

A white light shines on the vessel and its surrounding, and sure enough, it reveals their attacker, the infamous Marie van den Ulsens. The ship has already turned its left to it, revealing only 6 green guns sticking out the hull before the light dissipates.

"Ha! 6 guns? We have 50-guns!" mocked the ship's captain "They will pay for attacking us!"

The Commonwealth flagship were under fire that Einskirka must be so poor and desparate that Marie (the ship) couldn't afford the rest of 82 cannons. At the same time, now that they think about it, sinking the flagship holds propaganda value for the rebels, the only thing needs to do now is to get close since they're too far away for the magic cannons.

The rebel ship started to turn to the flagship with glee on their crews' face. And then, hell was unleashed upon them. To their horror, with the firing of three of their guns come 3 explosions on the hull of the ship, leaving heavy damage to the anti-magic plated ship.

"What the?! What just happened?!"

"THEY JUST HIT US!"

"Impossible! How could they hit us at such a distance?!"

The crew, along with the captain took a look at the Esterrian Royal Navy's flagship, the next thing they knew were bright yellow flashes suddenly appearing and coming out of that are in red, obviously bound for them.

"BRACE FOR IMPACT!"

Series of explosions erupted on the vessels, damaging it to critical point, to an extent that the ship can no longer take any more hits. Amidst the chaos that took over the entirety of the rebel warship, the captain looked in awe as to what happened.

He then spots another of these red projectiles, it's now over for him. The ship takes more hits, and is now sinking with the captain reduced to pieces and a puddle of blood by the ensuing explosions, ending his fight for good without leaving him time to go through what he had gone through one last time.

...

"The enemy ship is sinking!"

The crews of the Royal Navy Marie van den Ulsens cheered as the rebel warship get sent to the bottom of the ocean, in record speed and distance in the continent in Gestrae with only 6 guns. Many of the crew hugged each other, jumped up and down, unable to contain their happiness and excitement for their own achievement.

Captain Mendejerik smiles as he look around the deck and the sinking rebel ships. It will be a long day, but it will also be a big day for the Commonwealth forces in Havenklein.

"To Pannerden!"

"We go!"

"To terminate!"

"The enemy!"

"Glory to the Commonwealth!"

"Glory to the Queen!"

...

West of Limmenstein A wyvern rider of the EAS Wyvern Division, emerges from the corpse of his stead. Despite falling from a high altitude, he turned out just fine, maybe except for the concussion and the fact his head was bleeding, only being able to tell by touching the front-right side of his head.

"Thank the gods for saving me..."

The fact he survived was a miracle, to him, it was an act of the gods being merciful to him. But now he has other troubles to worry about. Caught behind enemy's line, alone and without a weapon to defend himself, he looked around him, and saw no Commonwealth soldier nearby. He got lucky on where he landed, but now he must stay hidden, and probably have to accept the reality now.

The rider makes a run towards nowhere, seeking anywhere to conceal himself him. He will need to find new clothes to be assimilated into the civilian population, hoping that no Royal Army soldiers that he would come across would suspect anything.

...

"Your Majesty..."

5 hours later Royal Castle, Einskirka, Esterria The Queen of Esterria, Marie III has called up a meeting with the generals of her army. Accompanying her is the head of the Commonwealth's government, Gessel.

"You can all sit down now" the Queen calmly orders, the top brass would sit back down afterward "Let us not waste time and any further and start the meeting shall we?"

All the occupants would nod (save for the Prime Minister).

"In that case, I shall begin" responded the General of the Army "Our counteroffensive has gone very well, we have taken back many of the cities and towns at speed that I couldn't believe at first, all thanks the Flash weapons and training their Land Army advisors provided. Of course, there were mishaps that happened among our forces, I will not deny that, there were numerous instances of our troops accidentally shooting each other..."

"Thank you General Belink" she acknowledged "...How about you Admiral Luch?"

"Well your majesty, we were able to establish naval superiority again" the Admiral reported "Despite having less guns, we were able to completely outrange and deal heavy damage to the slavers' anti-magic coated warships, sinking many of them in the process"

"Very well... And I see the commander of the Wyvern Corps is not present here..."

"Well about that..." whispered Gessel who is standing right besides her "Baron is at the frontlines right now, so he could not make it in time"

"I see... Can anyone tell us the news from the Wyvern Corps in place of Baron then?"

"Actually I do, Baron did wrote a letter to me and told I should read it for you, give me a moment..." replied Belink as he opens up an envelope, taking the paper inside and clearing his throat "To Your Marine, Queen Marie III. Thanks to the help of the Flash 'Harriers', we were able to reign free in the skies once more, supporting our troops on the ground and destroy the enemy from the air. With this, the Wyvern Corps could only assure of an inevitable victory. Sincerely, David van Baron"

The queen nodded in acknowledgement to the message of the Wyvern Corps commander.

"Very well then, then we shall make plans for our next move. You are all hereby dismissed"

General Belink of the Royal Army and Admiral Luch of the Royal Navy nodded, as they take their leave from the meeting room, leaving only the queen and her minister in the room.

"I suppose the only thing to do now, is to watch how it would end up..." commented Gessel.

Marie glanced at him before nodding in agreement.

"Yes... you are right, we will watch how it heppens..."

Her minister nodded, before seemingly having realizing something all of the sudden.

"Oh right... I just remembered that there are news regarding our allies in Flashia"

"Hmm? What is it then?"

...

An hour before ERA's counteroffensive A Flash Land Army soldier with a patch denoting his unit, the 217th Brigade, would lock the bolt of his service rifle back by pulling the charging handle all the way back with his index finger pushing the bolt catch lever on the right side up.

He'd inspect the bolt, before sending it forward with his non-dominant thumb pushing on the bolt release tab. Then he would aim down his sight, gun still pointing down at the ground, picking up the red dot of his issued optic** in his vision. Then, he flips the magnifier behind the optic up, which would display the same thing but zoomed in and also some black corners of the eye relief.

He'd then insert a loaded magazine in, and pulled the charging handle and chambered an SS109 (5.56x45mm) before heading outside the armory.

"Took some time huh, Aimo?" upon getting out, he would be greeted by his fellow.

"...You can't be too sure after all" as he buckles his helmet strap.

"Right..."

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The theme song of the chapter (and also where the new title comes from), I just love it so much.

*IR-guided missiles, in this case, AIM-9 Sidewinder **CompM4 Red Dot Sight