Record of Wortenia War: Volume 29 (eBook)

Ryota Hori (Autor)

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2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-2274-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Ryoma Mikoshiba has reluctantly withdrawn from the Kingdom of Myest, setting his sights on the troubled Kingdom of Xarooda. With King Julianus bedridden by a prolonged illness, tension is rising among the nobility and whispers of allegiance between Xarooda and the powerful O'ltormea Empire are growing louder. Fearing the kingdom's downfall, Ryoma sends a skilled demi-human healer to aid the ailing king. However, behind the scenes, he begins a ruthless purge of the corrupt nobles who threaten Xarooda from within.

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Such a reaction was natural for someone who bore the responsibility of a captain. Ultimately, a voyage was always fraught with danger. If a storm struck in the middle of the vast ocean, there was little a human could do aside from praying to the gods. The situation was a matter of doing everything within human capability and leaving the rest to fate. And that reality had not changed much, even in the modern world, where science and technology had advanced significantly. Even massive tankers, stretching hundreds of meters in length, could still succumb to bad weather and sink. This situation proved that even the greatest ships built by human hands were insignificant before the overwhelming power of nature. That truth remained unchanged, even for the Organization’s latest state-of-the-art vessel that combined the technologies of both Rearth and Earth. The difference in navigational difficulty between modern Rearth, where real-time satellite data was available, and the Earth was like night and day.

Without satellite data, deep-sea voyages rely entirely on astronomy and meteorology. I’m not unfamiliar with those fields, and I wouldn’t say I lack confidence. But it’s undeniable that this is an entirely different challenge, Captain Sturm mused.

Captain Sturm was a veteran sailor who had once been entrusted with operating massive oil tankers for a Norwegian shipping company. Throughout his long career, he had faced countless challenges. He encountered equipment failures amid harsh weather conditions. Yet, he had always overcome them with his keen instincts and decisive judgment. His skills as a sailor were nothing short of exceptional.

Even for a captain as skilled as Sturm, navigating the seas of Earth was no easy task. His experiences sailing without modern technology had only occurred due to unexpected accidents piling up. It wasn’t as if he had ever set out on a voyage knowing that his equipment would be unusable from the start. Those situations had simply been a matter of misfortune. Had he detected a critical equipment failure during a predeparture inspection, no matter what the shipping company executives said, Captain Sturm would have postponed the voyage until the issue was fully resolved.

If a convenient and safe method exists, there’s no reason to deliberately avoid using it.

Sailing had always been a life-and-death endeavor, regardless of the era. In the modern world, personal smartphones and satellite phones made it easy to determine one’s location at any time. Almost no one relied on celestial navigation and paper charts alone anymore. That was why sailing on Earth, where modern technological conveniences were unavailable, was so perilous.

And the weather isn’t the only thing to be wary of. There are creatures larger than whales. Pirates who raid ships for cargo and slaves. This world’s seas are filled with dangers.

Piracy still existed in the modern world, particularly in regions like Southeast Asia and the east coast of Africa, occasionally making headlines. However, the frequency of such incidents on Earth was incomparable. If modern-world piracy were rated at a one on a scale of one to a hundred, the threat on Earth would be no less than a hundred. There were no statistics here to make an exact comparison, but based on Captain Sturm’s personal experience, it would be more accurate to say that piracy in this world occurred at rates hundreds of times higher.

I had hoped we could at least complete the development of sonar and fish-finders before embarking on our maiden voyage. Considering the burden on the development team, that was probably asking for too much...

Captain Sturm was well aware that the engineers in the development department worked tirelessly through the night to re-create modern technology. The idea of “reproducing modern technology on Earth” was conceptually straightforward. At a glance, it even seemed like an easy task because they already knew exactly what the finished product should look like. Compared to developing something entirely from scratch, it was natural to assume the process would be easier. Imagination and reality were two very different things. In practice, re-creating modern technology required an immense amount of effort and time. Most critically, there was a severe lack of human resources.

Well, it’s not like only those with engineering backgrounds were selectively summoned to Earth. In hindsight, this was inevitable.

With enough effort, even a complete novice could become a capable warrior if they were young and physically fit. But turning someone without any aptitude into a functional engineer was far more difficult. As a result, the Organization’s so-called Development Department was constantly understaffed. Under the Organization’s guiding principle of “creating a better tomorrow,” the engineers devoted themselves to their work, sacrificing their own well-being for the cause. It all had one purpose—to reduce the number of people forcibly summoned to this nightmarish world and minimize the suffering of those who had already been brought here. As a senior member of the Organization, Captain Sturm found it difficult to make unreasonable demands.

We could easily wipe out a horde of pirates with this ship if they were to swarm us. After all, “Boreas” not only refers to the god of the wind but also carries the meaning of “the devourer.”

The Boreas was neither a cargo ship nor a pleasure vessel. At its core, it was a battleship. It was the first of its kind, developed to enhance naval combat capabilities in preparation for the Organization’s full-scale expansion into maritime operations. Naturally, the massive hull of the Boreas was equipped with numerous concealed weapons inspired by modern technology, all waiting for the day they could demonstrate their overwhelming power and crush the people of Earth. If one looked across the entire world, no vessel could compare to the Boreas in terms of performance.

The only real downside is the astronomical cost of construction.

After all, a single Boreas-class ship required an investment of no less than a million gold coins. That was, quite literally, the equivalent of a small nation’s annual budget.

Given that the Organization holds influence over the entire western continent, its economic power is immense. If the question is whether we can afford to fund the construction of these ships, the answer is undoubtedly yes.

Still, there was no denying that such a sum was enough to cause hesitation before committing to building a sister ship. The approval of the elders would be required to authorize a project of this magnitude, at the very least. But setting aside the matter of the high cost, the simple fact was that the Boreas was Earth’s strongest and most advanced ship.

A single Boreas might very well be able to go toe-to-toe with the Kingdom of Myest, the most powerful naval force on the western continent, Captain Sturm thought. There was absolutely no reason to deliberately seek out danger when it could be avoided. Recklessly throwing oneself into danger just because of a ship’s capabilities is nothing short of foolishness. No matter how advanced a vessel may be, there is no such thing as absolute safety.

Even the Titanic—the most luxurious passenger liner of its time and hailed as an “unsinkable” ship—had met its end after colliding with an iceberg. Despite its exceptional safety standards, even by modern-day engineering assessments, it had still sunk due to human error. Keeping that in mind, Captain Sturm raised his voice toward the speaking tube.

“Good work, but stay on alert. You already know this, but he is aboard for this voyage.”

“Understood! You got it, sir!” a sailor said. With that firm and energetic reply, the communication fell silent.

The sailor had likely returned to his watch duty, following orders without question. To the crew, this was simply routine discipline. After all, acknowledging an order and carrying it out was the natural duty of a sailor. Despite his crew’s usual confident and energetic response, Captain Sturm couldn’t help but feel that their voices sounded strangely superficial. That, more than anything, was proof that he himself was not in his usual state of mind.

It seems I am not as calm as I’d like to believe. With a deep sigh, Captain Sturm reflected on the weight on his shoulders. After all, the fate of this ship and everyone aboard rested entirely on his decisions. That’s right... I cannot afford to make a mistake. Not while he is on board.

If anything unexpected were to happen, it wouldn’t just shake the foundation of their Organization—it could very well tear it apart entirely.

We’d be lucky if a mere tremor were all we had to worry about. In the worst case, it could lead to total collapse.

After all, he was the very linchpin that held the elders together. Their Organization spanned the entire western continent, yet that vast scale came with countless internal struggles. At the center of it all was the man standing outside the window. It was debatable whether the term “elderly man” truly suited him. Visibly, he appeared to be in his mid-to-late sixties. Some might even guess he was only in his fifties. Of course, his white hair and matching beard gave him the look of an older man. And the cane in his right hand...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.7.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Record of Wortenia War
• Illustrationen: Ryota Hori
• Übersetzer: Ryota Hori
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: Isekai • Light Novel • Magic • Martial Arts • Strategy • Tactics • TWINS
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-2274-7 / 1718322747
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-2274-5 / 9781718322745