He Became The Most Insane Emperor Of All Time [EN]: Chapter 151

“What’s with that look, like you’re looking at a con artist?”

“…I think you know the reason better than I do. And weren’t you a pirate and a con artist at the same time?”

“Well, can’t argue with that.”

Blackbeard, who seemed to have cheated on his age when the curse was lifted, shrugged and calmly accepted it.

*I think I know why he doesn’t want to go back to the Empire.*

“Stop with the useless talk and tell me what to do next. We’ve arrived in the Abyss, but neither I nor our troops have any information about this place.”

“No need to overthink it, Emperor. As I said, our goal is to exclude the Merman from this sea. If possible, killing the Sea Queen as well.”

Blackbeard elegantly snapped his fingers. Then, a crew member, who was originally a sea wraith but now had his curse lifted and was also handsome, brought a map.

“This is the map of this sea.”

“It’s all islands?”

“That’s the characteristic of the Abyss. There’s no place that could be called a continent. Only islands, large and small. Originally, they all belonged to Lord Ktalion.”

“Meaning they don’t now?”

“Of course not. Because of traitors like the Sea Queen.”

I paid attention to Blackbeard’s use of the word ‘traitor.’

Betrayal is a word that can only be used when you were originally on the same side. If Blackbeard’s words were true, it meant that the Sea Queen was originally allied with Ktalion.

“That’s right, Emperor. That witch was a woman who served Ktalion. But she envied him and started a rebellion with other rulers. It would take a long time to tell the detailed story.”

“Well, I don’t need to hear all the inside stories. We just need to achieve our strategic goals as allies.”

Eliminating the Merman and establishing an alliance with Ktalion, including the Naga.

Achieving that is important, and nothing else matters.

“You’re in such a hurry. Well, I don’t intend to drone on about trivial stories either. Okay, then what we have to do is simple. We have to liberate all the islands in the sea route as we move forward.”

“Wouldn’t it be more efficient to strike the target island right away?”

“Hoo hoo hoo, you underestimate the Abyss too much, Emperor. Isn’t that so, Sarah Orland?”

Blackbeard said to Sarah, who was next to him, as if he was happy to point out something I didn’t know.

Sarah nodded reluctantly and explained the reason.

“Unfortunately, it’s not that easy. Looking at this map, it seems that all these islands are magnetic islands.”

“Magnetic islands? What’s that?”

“They are islands that can induce currents like magnets. It means that those who control the island can change the state of the currents nearby.”

Sarah shrugged her shoulders as if she was in trouble and added.

“In that state, a simple breakthrough is impossible. They will surely create rough waves, whirlpools, and even headwinds. You won’t be able to navigate even a meter.”

“Ha, the Abyss is not an easy place.”

*I have to capture the islands unconditionally, even if I don’t like it.*

It seemed that things would not be easy.

“Enemy ship detected! Multiple fleets are approaching rapidly from the front!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the enemies seemed to have come out to intercept the fleet.

“All hands, battle stations! Damn it, it’s my first time seeing a Merman ship.”

Sarah, the admiral of the Imperial Navy, immediately pulled out her telescope and examined the enemy fleet.

“How is it?”

“It’s strange, they are fast ships with low hulls like galleys, but they only have sails and no oars. But still, the speed is terrifyingly fast.”

Sarah immediately handed over the telescope, and I also looked at the ships. As she said, there were dozens of strangely shaped ships.

The number was more than twice that of our large sailing ships.

“Why would a race that receives the help of the sea need oars? The Merman prefer to engage in boarding battles with such ships.”

Blackbeard gave a supplementary explanation. Hearing that explanation, Sarah quickly ordered the operation.

“It’s a headache. But we, with bigger ships and cannons, won’t be pushed back either. Fleet formation (Line ahead)! Sail towards the enemy at full speed in a single line!”

Sarah’s order was to charge at right angles to the enemy, stretching out a long line.

At first glance, it may seem like a reckless charge against a large number of enemies, but that’s just a misunderstanding caused by not knowing the characteristics of naval warfare.

“You’re planning to cut the enemy fleet in half.”

“That’s right, no matter how fast the enemy ship is, if it has no cannons and can only engage in boarding battles, there is no way to resist the breakthrough tactics.”

A naval tactic of stabbing into an advancing enemy in a single horizontal line with a single vertical line and dividing the fleet in half.

Even on Earth, it is a tactic that the British Navy used tirelessly in the age of line-of-battle ships [a type of naval warship].

Of course, it is by no means an easy tactic. It is an advanced tactic that can only be demonstrated by those with terrible personalities.

However, in this world, there was a separate means to easily demonstrate that tactic.

“Goddess of Prosperity, bless the Imperial ship.”

*Tang!*

Sarah was firing magic bullets into the sky, deploying Prospera’s prosperity-type magic, the guardian deity of the Empire.

Then the magic bullets scattered in the air and turned into wind. The wind changed unpredictably, but mysteriously provided the fleet with the necessary tailwind.

“I can’t just watch.”

*Seureung-*

I took out Silver Rose. And I concentrated the Imperial Soul and linked it with Sarah’s spell.

[Imperial Soul is linked to the ‘Wind of Prosperity’ spell.]

[The duration and power of the Prosperity Magic spell are doubled.]

The light emanating from Silver Rose was overlaid on the Wind of Prosperity.

Then, it looked as if the ships were all wrapped in light.

Immediately, the power of the spell became stronger and the speed of the ships became faster.

“It’s the blessing of His Majesty the Emperor!”

“Soldiers, don’t be afraid! The Emperor protects us!”

“Long live the Empire! Long live His Majesty the Emperor!”

Additionally, there was also the effect of raising the morale of the sailors.

The ship sailing at high speed with the power of magic felt more thrilling than the naval battles on Earth.

In fact, the speed of the ship is not that fast in the first place.

“We are adjacent to the enemy ship!”

“Bow cannon loaded!”

“Shoot them!”

*Kwaang! Kwaang!*

“Fire from the port side!”

“Port cannon loaded!”

“Fire!”

*Kwaaaang!*

After a while, the engagement with the enemy ship began.

As Sarah planned, the enemy fleet was perfectly split in half.

The enemy was caught off guard by the much faster charge than expected.

The enemies, split in half, had to be hit non-stop by the barrage of cannon fire while trying to approach.

“The enemies have started boarding!”

“Don’t panic! We have the advantage because our ship is bigger!”

Of course, the enemies were not just watching. Using small but fast ships, they quickly approached and launched boarding battles with all sorts of bizarre means.

“Giant octopus tentacles have appeared from the enemy ship! They are trying to restrain our ships!”

“Sirens are seducing the sailors! The sailors are going crazy and attacking allies or jumping into the sea!”

As we came to the Abyss, the enemy’s means of attack became stronger. They cast all kinds of sea magic, and Sarah’s excellent naval tactics did not always work easily.

*Shusyusyuk, Seokeok!*

“Stay calm, I and the knights will cut off the octopus tentacles.”

I flew up and cut off the octopus tentacles that sprouted from the enemy ship.

Even if it wasn’t me, mercenary knights with excellent combat skills could do it.

When I gave the order, they immediately followed suit.

“Flame of purification, burn the unclean enemy’s sorcery.”

*Hwareureureureuk!*

“Huh? What, what have I been doing until now……?”

“The enemy’s magic is burning on the ally’s protection! Sniping the enemy sirens first!”

The sailors who had fallen for the siren’s seduction also came to their senses with the purification spell that Stella was chanting.

The flames of purification burned away the magic attached to their bodies, and those who received the protection of the flames bravely fought back against the enemy.

“Wolves of the North, today we become wolves of the sea!”

“Don’t tarnish the name of Calibal!”

“Uooooooo!”

Igrid and her warriors launched a counterattack by jumping onto the enemy’s ship.

They were fearlessly revealing the barbarity of the Northerners even at sea.

“The enemy fleet is fleeing!”

“Snipe them with cannons, but don’t leave the line. And immediately rescue the sailors who fell into the sea!”

The enemies, faced with fierce resistance, began to retreat with terrible damage.

It is a textbook tactic to expand the results against retreating enemies, but Sarah made a safe choice.

It is difficult to replenish new sailors in the Abyss, so they prioritized their rescue.

“Then I’ll have to take care of the aftermath!”

*Shuuuuuuk-*

Everyone played their part properly. Then I have to finish it.

I immediately spread my wings of light and landed on the retreating enemy fleet.

“I’ll let you know what it feels like to burn on the sea.”

[Frost Flame Deployment]

[Purification Flame Maximum Output]

*Hwareureureureuk-*

Blue flames and red flames are mixed together. The flames flowed roughly into the air as if forming convection [the process of heat transfer by the bulk movement of molecules within fluids].

[Flame Storm Deployment]

*Hwareureureureureu, Peoooeeong!*

Soon, a fierce storm of flames erupted around me.

It began to devour the Merman’s ships greedily, burning and exploding.

“H, hot!”

“Run into the water!”

The Merman couldn’t stand the heat and tried to jump into the sea.

“W, the water is hotter!”

“Kyaaaaaak!”

But it was a miscalculation for them to think they would survive by doing that.

Because an effect similar to a lot of incendiary bombs exploding occurred, and the sea in the area became boiling hot for a while.

Those who jumped in there became boiled fish.

The Merman, like Blackbeard and the Naga, had become beautiful in appearance in the Abyss, so it was quite grotesque to be boiled in that state.

“I won’t be able to eat steamed fish for a while.”

I spat out a joke that wasn’t a joke and flew back to the allied ship.

“The first battle is going smoothly. They must have sortied from a nearby island. It would be good to liberate that place first.”

“Take the lead, Blackbeard. I’ll entrust the navigation to you, until I get used to the sea route.”

“Of course, leave it to me, Orland Youngae.”

As soon as I returned, I saw Sarah and Blackbeard resuming their voyage.

Blackbeard’s Naga also fought fiercely.

Then, Blackbeard saw me return and approached me with a grinning face.

“It’s unpleasant, but you’re definitely strong, Emperor.”

“I’m not very happy with your compliments.”

“Is that so? Then how about Lord Ktalion’s compliment?”

“I think it would be the same?”

“Oh, don’t be too quick to judge. He is a very beautiful person, unlike what you think.”

The image of Ktalion that I have now is a giant squid, so it sounded like a terrible joke, but seeing Blackbeard, who had rejuvenated before my eyes, it was creepy because it didn’t seem like that was a lie.

But what followed was even more spectacular.

“So he was once a lover with the first Emperor. Until the Sea Queen became jealous and separated them.”

*Goodness, I didn’t know the first Emperor had a fish preference.*