2 Months after the reclamation of Fortress Schielde.Distraught at the loss of his fleet and forward army. The Emperor decided to send his Royal Fleet to bombard this "Cardonia".Words had travelled from continents to continents about the sudden return of a mystical country and it defeated the dreaded Empire of the North, the Empire of Scolus. The astonishing feat had portrayed Cardonia as the land of the Gods. Suffering zero deaths when their army of 1000 faced 40,000 Imperial troops was a favorite topic among merchants and storytellers alike.These figures were so absurd that many countries in the Central Continent, Collective Countries of the East and the Dominion of the South dismissed as fairytale and mere propaganda.The Empire has the strenght to at least go up against the mighty countries of the Central. Thus a country to the West defeating them is pure heresy for military officials.But the stories demeaning the great Empire of Scolus earned the ire of their Great Leader, the

"Enemy ship detected! 20 km off our starboard!""Ready main cannons! Fire if within range!"Upon seeing this massive grey ship approaching their side, the flotilla began to get ready. They've just finished rescuing the sailors of their downed ships."So they finally showed theirself huh?!" the Imperial Admiral bursts."These finest ships imported from the Centrals are more than enough to sink that!" the Captain of their 'Emperor' then replied as he observes the peculiar grey ship slowly emerging from the horizon.The grey ship is steadily sailing at 18 knots and almost parallel at them but it is getting closer by the minute."Watch out for those giant arrows they have, they might use them again!""Target is within range! Cannons ready!"The massive 12 inch cannon on a single rotating mount slowly rotated and fixed their bearings. A single Emperor class have a total of 4 turrets with a single 12 inch cannon and it's effective range could only go for 18 kilometers and more than enough t

After weeks of preparation, a small flotilla of three ships departed the capital city of Cardonia, Esden. The flotilla is tasked to establish formal diplomatic ties to the Central Continent. The Reliance, Retribution and Motivate will sail for almost a month to cross the violent oceans that divides the two continents. The Central Continent is East of them, meanwhile where Cardonia is located is lazily called as the Western Continent and or Western Kingdoms.The Motivate is the second ship of the Cheer class ocean going replenishment ship. At 190 meters long and a displacement of 33,000 tonnes, it is the second largest ship class Cardonia has in service. Primarily as a fleet oiler, it can also store dry goods and various stores and even some ammunition. It is the perfect ship to accompany the Frigates on these long expeditions as they are primarily designed for this. Armed with a Phalanx CIWS, a pair of 25mm RCWS, Simbad Manpads and along with decoy systems, they are quite capable on t

A group of Azalean officers then boarded the Reliance. They were given a quick tour on the way to the bridge to meet the Rear Admiral.The Azalean officers marvelled the interior of the Cardonian frigate, they were noted saying that the level of sophistication albeit it's hard for them to admit, by far it has exceeded their current ships of the line.They were then lead towards the bridge wherein the Rear Admiral, the ship Captain and the head of the diplomatic envoy, Mr. Ronhald Senta awaited them.After a debrief on the situation on the Western continent, the Azaleans reported back to their ship, then relayed the information to the mainland.For an hour, they've waited anxiously.Then a small group of Azaleans once again disembarked from their airship. This time around their Captain joined the boarding party."Greetings everyone I'm Captain Zandre Erdal of the Svernard, Azalean Royal Navy.""I'm Rear Admiral Jhosep Brandinco, Royal Cardonian Navy. I'm the highest ranking officer of

It is a sunny morning on the Azalean Capital. The streets are filled with people going by in their every day routine. Different vehicles clogged the small streets of the Capital, as such airhips flying within the city are normal occurence. With the lack of urban planning, the city streets that dates back hundred of years would surely suffer with the current total population.During breakfast, Azalean officials then discussed their country as a whole. The Kingdom relies on the combined technology of machinations and magic. The population are a mix of elves and humans and of course halfbloods, thus they are one of the countries with high life expectancy. The Royal Family is a descendant of High Humans, a race that almost have the same life expectancy of that of of Elves, though they are rarely seen. Tge government is controlled by their parliament and much of the government bureaucracy are handled by many different ministers that have attained qualifications that their parliament could

A Bombardier Q-400 slowly barreled down on the dirt airstrip near the Archesian Capital and within a few moments, it was airborne. Aboard the first commercial flight to Cardonia were the Archesian Princess, some of her knights, a few Archesian officials who are still against ties between Cardonia and dozens of students and scholars.For some of the passengers, it was their first time to fly. As such the pilots took the opportunity to circle the Archesian capital from above. The Archesians were astonished as they look through the glass windows of the aircraft, they were seeing their great city from above. They can't even imagine they would be able to see the city from the skies or even the idea of flying in the first place.The plane then continued on its flight path, spending a couple of hours in the air before reaching the city of Esden. That couple of hours were life changing for the Archesians, the plane effortlessly tore through the clouds.And upon setting their sights at the gia

The arrows find their way on their vehicles in which they are hiding at. Sounds of breaking glasses can also be heard as some of the arrows found their way on some of the unprotected vehicles.The arrows were hitting accurately, just few inches nches away from the soldiers taking aim. In this pitch black night it is impossible to land such hits too close for comfort."MAN THE 50!" 2nd Lt. Ireberri shouted, as an arrow whizzed by on his right ear, prompting him to take cover."TARGETS ARE ABOVE THE TREES!" shouted on of the soldiers as he spotted some movement in the trees using his ever reliable NVGs."WAIT! WAIT HOLD YOUR FIRE!" a researcher began to shout and he sprints towards the platoom commander."They might be Elves!" the researcher uttered.Realizing that, 2nd Lt. Ireberri shouted, "HOLD YOUR FIRE!"The order was then passed around by a couple of soldiers.The .50 cal Remote Controlled Weapon Station on the Iveco LMV's were seconds aways on peppering targets on top of the tree

After being recieved by the Queen herself, the exploration team were invited to stay inside the Palace, their vehicles are parked within the Palace walls. The Cardonian soldiers joined the Palace guards in their patrols, the exploration team then began their work. They immediately asked permission to use libraries and to interview the people, they were afraid to ask the Queen herself, thus they've done other methods, asking other elderly elves. Elves had an very long lifespan ranging 1000 years and above.All of the interviewees have one thing in common in their statement, the Cardonians were once the most weakest nation in this continent before the transfer happened. The continent before has only three countries, Cardonia and Archesia and the Naodisian Empire. Because of the looming threat of the Empire, the two countries forge an alliance between themselves.Then this is where the story became foggy. Most statements doesn't align with each other, but similar to the Archesian account

"My Hero, I will grant you all your desires! Please help us save my country!" the King then lowered to his knees and leveled himself onto the ground and got close the woman."Hero? Where? Where am I?" after uttering the same words the woman fell unconscious.The King then panics as he don't know what to do. He ordered his knights to take the woman towards his castle, they hid the woman on one of the carriages and hurriedly set off towards the castle. The very same castle that is still standing today that house the current monarchy of Cardonia.The King then rejoiced at his castle, he threw a big celebration and it was attended by everyone at the city of Esden. The woman hasn't yet woke up and is being tended by the top doctors and mages, certain priest fron the church are also present.A whole week has passed before the woman woke up and of course she is lost. That is when the King personally rush towards her side to explain.He explained in detail on what is going on and why is she

A P-3 Orion of the Royal Cardonian Air Force patrols the waters North of Cardonia, they are 350 kilometers out and are near the Northern Continent."Contact! Two ships!"The plane descended just below the clouds and head towards the detected vessels. Cardonia has been monitoring the situation in the Northen Continent for quite some time now.It has become a point of interest because of its supposed oil deposits and iron ore deposits way up north. Based on intel from merchants, the Demi-Human Kingdoms are vassal states of the Empire, thus trading for their oil would be impossible for the Cardonians. Cardonian oil fields and even the new Archesian ones aren't sufficient enough to accommodate their demands thus sooner or later they would need oil.The plane flew above the ship."Looks like cargo, they are oddly designed huh?" the commander said as they observes the vessel through the aircrafts FLIR cameras. The vessel is a steamship with sails, built with wood and iron, iron barrels pres