I died and was reincarnated as Warship in a fantasy world

With a loud roar all four jets left the deck. The flight regrouped and climbed to 1000 meters and then they headed towards the combined army.

When the soldiers saw the unknown flying arrows they began regrouping into anti-air formations. Their formation was somewhat similar to carré with the difference of it being against the air attacks. The wyverns are rare enemies for the army but there are still nations that use them. Flying monsters of this world can only attack after landing, by using their claws and their riders’ weapons they kill enemies before they have the ability to send in the spearmen. After the wyverns lose the effect of their sudden attack, they take off and wait for the next opportunity. The only flying monsters that can use long-range attack are the dragons, which cannot be tamed; at least that is what the humans say.

The jets lowered to 100 meters altitude and squeezed every bit of power from the engines.

The first pass did not have any effect, the humans were too ignorant to be scared of their fly-by. To have at least some morale effect I fired my guns and thus dealt some damage. I fired only when the jets were nearby to consolidate the fear of jets.

The Ace maids set course for the second fly-by. Soon the jets passed above the human armies followed by the thunder of artillery. This finally made the enemy tremble and some of the soldiers began retreating. It was not enough yet so I kept pushing for another run.

The flight continued towards the human army and prepared to hug the ground at a comfortable altitude of 20 meters. Because I am already tired of this, and due to the jets requiring the refueling I decided to sortie some bombers. I don’t want to perform a mass killing yet so I wanted to scare them away but now I am facing a dilemma of having to choose the worst option.

I need to return to my palace before I have my army encircled inside the hostile territory. I need to move steadily and to avoid the patchwork of a controlled territory. I have to consider the safety of my loyal subordinates, even if it is at the cost of killing the people on the other side of the battle.

‘MASTER! WHY ARE THERE OTHER PLANES?!’ Benet shouted through the radio.

“Benet, this is Control. We need to hurry, if they won’t run, we will need to defeat them. Continue with the order.”

‘As you say…’ She was disappointed but I will comfort her later, not now.

The jets approached the enemy formation and after their flying the opposition began to retreat. It was not an uncontrolled running but a planned withdrawing of their forces. That was somewhat enough for me so I recalled the bombers.

I was ready to celebrate my victory when I saw something which almost made me shout.

“Rin, Benet! What the f* are you doing? Return into the formation!” Their planes separated from the group and changed their course.

‘Sorry, Master. I know it might sound weird but I need to take the initiative because you are not yet ready for that. I shall make the primitive idiots surrender to your rule, just wait for me. My~ love~.’

“WHAT THE F* ARE YOU DOING?! RETURN AT ONCE! BENET, WHERE THE F* ARE YOU GOING?!”

‘I don’t want to see the people killed, Master. I don’t want to be the murderer or a puppet in your hands, I am deserting.’ After that both of their radios went silent, I did not receive any more updates on them aside from the radars.

They dived even lower and hid between the trees of a nearby forest. After my radar was no longer able to track them I had to acknowledge that they are not going to return. Thirty minutes later I got a signal from their jets, they bailed out and a second later the jets crashed in a forest.

I was too shocked after the treachery of my own confidantes and friends. The choice I made clearly was not the best but I can clearly see that there is no choice to please everyone. I will have to fight using what I have with me. What is more important…

“WHY!!! I F* LOST 20 PLATINUM COINS! FOR THOSE TWO TRAITORS! BECAUSE OF THOSE TWO TRAITORS! 20!!!” My crying and grief lasted for the coming hours. I have only 99 coins, the third of which are copper and the rest are silver.

After the remaining fighters returned we headed back to the palace, in a grave silence. I did not want to talk to anyone, nor to stay close to anyone. Only after I hit away Elina’s hands she calmed down and left me to my reflecting.