Although I cannot provide the details yet, it seems that Sevens will also be adapted into a manga!
In a vast universe where over six million warships have gathered,
it is indeed a grand spectacle, but to mobilize such a scale requires an enormous budget.
Even as a stellar nation with a massive empire, it is quite challenging.
However, it was necessary to push back the Oxysean United Kingdom at all costs.
Inside the flagship, which serves as the main command ship, Klaus, who has been effectively appointed as the supreme commander, stands beside Prince Cleo, enduring the pain in his stomach.
(Just having the numbers doesn't mean much in such a large-scale battle. Can we really win?)
They had prepared twice the number of warships, but they would not deploy such a large number in one place.
Space is vast.
The enemy would also be dispersed, so the empire would have to fight in a dispersed manner.
This would result in multiple battlefields.
Combined, there could be hundreds, or even thousands, of battlefields.
Including minor skirmishes, the number could reach the tens of thousands.
Even if they lose locally, they could still win overall, but with such a large number, it's hard to predict what will happen.
The operators are screaming.
"Deputy Commander Klaus! The patrol fleet is complaining that they haven't received supplies!"
"Deputy Commander Klaus! The nobles who joined are complaining about when the banquet will be held!"
"Deputy Commander Klaus! Some units are fighting among themselves! They have started combat with their own allies!"
The complaints are coming from the patrol fleet, which was tasked with suppressing the nobles who were included to undermine Cleo's faction.
Nobles unrelated to Cleo's faction are also acting to undermine them.
There must have been a deal with the Calvin faction.
The ones fighting are such people.
They don't care whether they win or lose the war; if it looks like they're losing, they plan to find an excuse to flee.
They would be shot for desertion in the face of the enemy, but the Calvin faction would blame CleoâLiam for their actions to thoroughly discredit him.
(My stomach hurts. âOnly three million are actually on our side, the rest are not our allies.)
It's not six million against three million, but three million against six million.
The only saving grace is that half of them are on our side.
Thanks to Liam.
(Thanks to Liam taking charge of the rear support. Thinking about it, it's not a bad setup. But why am I here?)
Near Cleo, there is the figure of Ristea, who has become Cleo's knight.
Sitting a little further away is Chancy, the bodyguard, who is doing her nails, showing no signs of tension.
(Prince Cleo has no experience commanding a fleet, and Princess Ristea is also new to this scale of battleâthis is my first time too. Chancy doesn't seem interested at all.)
If Liam were here, Klaus could have followed without thinking.
However, Liam is dedicated to rear support.
The fleet could only be mobilized because Liam is handling the rear support.
From supply arrangements to various other tasks, the rear is stable because of Liam.
If Liam were not on the capital planet, the Calvin faction would have interfered.
Klaus, with his aching stomach, looks at Tia, who has a gleam in her eyes.
"What a noisy bunch. Operators, add those who are causing trouble to the list. They are unnecessary to us."
However, Liam is not foolish.
He did not expect Klaus to handle a fleet of this scale, so he sent Tia.
Klaus's role is more like an inspector.
But Tia ignores all the trivial matters, leaving them to the hardworking Klaus.
"Lord Tia, do you have a strategy to fight the United Kingdom?"
Cleo, who looks tense, asks Tia, whom he knows.
Klaus had also discussed this beforehand, butâ
"I will adapt as the situation demands. In a battle of this scale, things rarely go as planned."
Ristea looks anxious.
"Can we win? The enemy is effectively twice our number."
Ristea didn't expect all the allies to follow their orders.
Tia tilts her head and smiles at Ristea.
"Twice? Princess Ristea, please have the correct understanding. This is a three-way situation. The United Kingdom's army cannot distinguish between friend and foe."
A deformed image of the six million fleet is displayed in front of Klaus and the others.
Before reaching the battlefield, some fleets are ignoring orders and moving on their own.
It's a mixed fleet composed of patrol fleets.
And the fleets that have arrived at the battlefield are heading to their designated positions.
Among them, some are ignoring orders.
"Oh, traitors have already appeared. âLet's start by eliminating these."
Tia operates the screen in front of her and gives orders to the fleet.
"Our goal is Lord Liam's victory! âWe will make even the traitors work for us."
The last words are delivered in a cold voice that shocks those around her.
"Nordenârepent for betraying Lord Liam."
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The United Kingdom's army.
The 6,000 ships led by Earl Norden were part of a fleet with nearly 100,000 ships, occupying a planet within the empire's territory.
On the bridge of a battleship, Earl Norden is smoking a cigar and receiving a communication from the imperial army.
"Lord, we have received a regular communication from the imperial army. The next strategy has been announced."
He takes the report from a subordinate and confirms its contents.
"Hmm, Prince Cleo is reducing the number and placing a fake flagshipâwhile the real one is with a small fleet? The imperial army seems to know nothing about war."
It was a strategy to deceive the enemy.
However, there have been cases where this strategy has succeeded, so there is no reason to doubt it.
A star nation that believed the real flagship would never move with a small fleet has also lost.
Earl Norden decides to report this to his superiors.
"Report this to our lord. Truly, it is easy to just watch the war. I pity those who are really fighting to the death."
He plans to get through without going to the front lines.
The other nobles feel the same way.
"Just don't think badly of me."
Whether it's towards Liam or the alliesâthose around him can't tell.
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Meanwhile, new information arrives at the imperial army's flagship.
"The United Kingdom's army, with 300,000 ships, has defeated the mixed fleet! We have suffered 60,000 ship losses!"
Upon hearing this report, Tia acts as if she is in pain.
She presses her hand to her chest and the other to her face.
"What a sad thing. I gave orders to return to their positions, but the mixed fleet didn't listen until the end."
The troublesome bad soldiers and the troublesome children of nobles have been eliminated by a single piece of information.
Many of the nobles were related to the Calvin faction.
In other words, they were Liam's enemies.
But they were still part of the imperial army.
Tia has eliminated them through information manipulation.
Klaus feels a chill down his spine.
(This womanâwhat did she do!?)
Suddenly losing 60,000 allies, but there is no sense of tragedy.
After all, the ones who decreased were the enemies.
Cleo looks at Tia with a hint of fear in his eyes.
"âTo pull each other down like this among allies."
Tia seems to find Cleo's emotions amusing.
"I used to think the same way. However, Your Highnessâon this scale of battle, it's natural to pull each other down. In fact, if we made even one mistake, we would have been the ones to disappear like the mixed fleet."
Ristea's face is pale, but Chancy, sitting in a chair, is grinning.
Chancy seems to have become interested.
"This is war. No, this is the true form of humans. On the battlefield, people are the ugliest and the most beautiful."
Klaus's stomach hurts.
(These peopleâwhy are there so few decent knights in our knight order?)
Tia gives the next order.
"Alright, spread the word that Prince Cleo managed to escape. This will confuse the enemy spies among us and create chaos. We will find the slow-moving enemy and advance to a favorable battle!"
After that, Cleo's fleet, which had confused the United Kingdom's 100,000 ships, immediately moved to the next strategy.
"Well, let's go hunt the confused enemy. The enemy is in a state of mutual distrust. The battlefield will become even more chaotic from here."
Tia is in high spirits.
"All for Lord Liam's victory!"
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On one battlefield, nine million ships are engaged in war.
It would be more accurate to call it a strategic simulation game set in the vast universe.
Securing planets, building bases, capturing, being capturedâand betraying, being betrayed.
An incredible story is born from this single war.
This war, which could last for hundreds of years, is coming to an end sooner than expected.
Earl Norden is being pursued by the allied United Kingdom's army.
His allies have been reduced to 3,000 ships.
Pursuing them are 20,000 ships from the United Kingdom's army.
'Norden, you have betrayed us!'
'Pretending to be our ally, you have colluded with the empire!'
'You will not be allowed to live!'
He is being relentlessly pursued by his alliesânobles, soldiersâwhose families, friends, and lovers have been killed.
This is because of the information provided by Earl Norden.
The imperial army is experiencing internal division, and the scattered Cleo faction is gathering for a last stand.
That's the target.
The imperial army, which opposes the Cleo faction, will cooperateâso they believed.
The United Kingdom's army, having significantly reduced the enemy and with high morale, believed this.
The resultâthose gathered were not the Cleo faction but the empire's collaborators who were fleeing.
The United Kingdom's army, which attacked and dealt a heavy blow, was actually attacking their allies.
After the battle, the United Kingdom's army, having exhausted their weapons and ammunition, was attacked by 1,000,000 ships of the Cleo faction.
And at that moment, Tia sent a communication to the United Kingdom's army.
'Earl Norden, well done. Thanks to you, the empire will win. You can expect a reward.'
The surviving nobles and soldiers of the Calvin faction.
And Earl Norden is now seen as an enemy by the United Kingdom as well.
"Why? Why did this happen! The messenger confirmed everything!"
Earl Norden, pursued by his allies, fled back to his territory with only 300 ships remaining.
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Tia's surroundings are filled with spies from the Calvin faction.
"âThat's enough. I am grateful to you."
As their figures are enveloped in black liquid and change shape, they become masked dark agents.
"By Lord Liam's orders."
"The other spies who infiltrated have been dealt with."
"Norden did indeed betray us."
Tia clenches her teeth.
"To really betray Lord Liamâwhat a foolish man."
If he had allied with them from the first piece of information, his treatment would have been different.
"He will definitely betrayâthose are Lord Liam's words."
When the dark agent says this, Tia smiles and says, "Lord Liam is truly remarkable."
"The United Kingdom's army has requested a ceasefire. Three monthsâsurprisingly early. But this will be good news for Lord Liam. The enemies within the empire have been significantly reduced."
Nearly a million in number.
Many have fled, but the war has ended in victory.
The nobles and soldiers of the Calvin faction have fled, causing some damage, but the result is still satisfactory.
One of the dark agents chuckles.
"The damage is enormous, though."
But looking at the result aloneâit will be treated as a hard-fought victory.