I died and was reincarnated as Warship in a fantasy world

The carrier slowly approached the final destination of my adventure. The piece of land which I gained after my little war with the duke should’ve been slowly rebuilt with the help of my befriended nobles.

I wonder how much work on the construction site they managed to do while I was away.

If my estimations are correct, and for now they should, we will anchor ourselves at the roadstead this evening. I might even be able to sleep with Elina.

‘NEOOOOOOW’

The Ace maids did a great job practicing and I let them do a couple flights on their Fury jets. Their skills have greatly improved and now they are able to fly in a proper formation, as well as to land in a bad weather. The night landing training will be later, for now they should have some fun in the air.

I lifted a flight of fighters to the deck to do some recon.

‘Master, this is Willow. Can I land? The plane is acting weird.’

I had to postpone the recon and let the maids land. Of course Willow was the first because there might be something wrong. After all jets safely landed I let them taxi to the parking spots and finally sent the scouts to the catapults.

FJ-3M were all completely fine, unlike their pilots. I guess the fairies also have issues with g-force so I will need to buy them the suits… I am going to be so broke…  After I spent all gold into skill points I only have 34 copper, and 49 silver coins. If I won’t encounter new adventures I might as well start saving some money.

My scouting flight reported the land after an hour of flight, it means I am really close to returning home. They also reported a lot of activity near my castle. And they reported a lot of ships around it.

[If you are not sure, send more scouts.]

In the next 7-8 hours I should be home, the only issue is, I wonder why is the construction site THIS lively? There should not be so many people outside the construction.

On my way I also met a few ships, mostly merchants. An occasional anti-pirate patrol should not be counted as a fleet. After I signed the agreement with the count of neighboring land, the maritime trade of this area was becoming very busy so I was happy to see that everything was going smoothly. One part of the agreement was that I offer the protection of the traders while the count pays me money for each ship safely entering his harbors.

[I wonder how much money Elina accumulated from this, and how greedy do I look for worrying about it…]

The sun is soon going to set. I turned on the navigation lights, as well as some of the deck’s lighting. The radars were searching for whatever was close to me. The only signal I get from the radars is a group of two merchant ships, which sail close to me. They might just want to look at the carrier or they might be spies. In any case, it will not hurt me.

I saw the coast only after the sun set. The ships which were there regrouped into a combat formation. I can confirm that those are triremes and some of them have ballistas for long range combat.

I turned on searchlights and lit the ships. Some of them started rowing out of the light.

[That confirms that something is not right.]

I can see the land but no details can be seen from such a distance. The aerial recon would not be of any assistance as well. I get only vague information and can’t confirm it without any hints.

The ships I faced were in 6 kilometers away from me, they might not be hostile but considering their actions I can only expect hostile actions from them. I have to make a decision: to risk the safety of the people on board, or to sink them in a brutal and ruthless slaughter.

I dropped the anchors and started lifting up the torpedo bombers.

My newly obtained Tenzans are much faster than their predecessors. Their range is also exceptional, which is not exactly a huge advantage, considering I send my planes within a combat radius of 100 kilometers at most…

My take off preparations were halted when one small ship detached from the fleet and approached me. I jumped down and sailed to it. When I jumped on its deck I was met by a group of people, all soldiers.

“Are you the so-called Fuji? A fox – beast?” One of them, an officer, asked me with clear hostility.

“You want to beg something from me? I am not granting requests without a proper prayer.” If you want to screw with me, I might as well act arrogantly and hope they will back out.

“By the order of His Majesty king Lucius Farel Trabant, you are under arrest for mutiny, murdering a noble and plotting against the state. Surrender at once!” He pointed a sword at me but I only smiled.

“So be it…” I lifted my hand.

“Tenzan flights, take off!” And sent the boys in.