The night I met in the forest, once again.
I travelled down the path for some time but had no success in finding anyone. What I managed to find was a campsite. It was abandoned less than an hour ago.
[They put the fire out. It doesn`t look like there were more than two. Likely that they were prepared for a short travel.]
It would be better to rest near the campsite. At least I`ll have a way to spot enemies before they can attack me.
I lit up some wood with foxfire and prepared to rest. With this little light I was able to see up to the edge of the clearing. I wasn`t tired or sleepy. Guess I`ll sleep during the day. Right now I am in a very dangerous place without any way to save myself.
[I hear something. Steps are approaching. No idea what they are…]
I prepared both my main gun and naginata. If I can`t hit anything with it then I`ll use it to keep enemies away from my body.
The enemies showed up. Two goblins armed with clubs.
[They have no armor. If I manage to hit them – they are dead.]
They screamed and rushed towards me.
'Bang'
It was supposed to be loud, but it is not. Also, the shot missed its target. It was not even close.
I am left alone with my melee skills.
I tried thrusting with my blade but missed.
Both goblins approached me with crazy laughter. They were sure that I am as good as dead.
Pum Pum
Two knocks were heard. Looks like I am truly made of metal.
Both of those pests were surprised.
[They have no chances… Their bodies look quite weak. If I hit them even with the naginata`s pole they will be crippled.]
However, it is easier said than done.
It took me a couple of tries before I managed to cut one of them with a wide sweep of the blade.
I slowed it down but it was far from being lethal.
[They might be only scouts. If I let them go, I might as well just kill myself here.]
Another attack managed to hurt the second goblin. I can feel how my skills have improved.
They try to flee but little do they know about what awaits them in the darkness. I don`t need as much light as a normal human. And I can create light for myself by using the foxfire.
‘Gaaaah’ screamed a green abomination after being hit with foxfire. Those little balls of blue fire are not too threatening for a big opponent. For a little one they can be deadly.
[They are not resistant against fire. Yet they don`t ignite that easily. I should remember that.]
I lost sight of the campfire. I will need to eliminate them at all costs. The traces of the trail can be found. Second chances – cannot.
Another glancing hit of my blade. The goblin fell down and is now crouching towards its friend.
‘Ugh’ A sigh was its final noise as I nailed it down. The naginata pierced through its back all the way to the pole.
I feel a surge of bloodlust. The other goblin pissed itself in fear. All that it could see is me, slowly approaching with my blade aimed at it.
‘Guah’
I pierced its chest yet it was still alive.
[This part of it should be considered as not vital.]
It slipped from the blade and fell down on the ground.
I started to research it.
[Legs are not vital as well? It almost doesn`t bleed.]
Its screams were heard kilometers away.
[This is getting boring.]
Thought I, and cut it in half after I was done with my curiosity.
‘Ding’
‘You received 4 copper coins.’
‘You received starter pack for carriers.’
“Open it”
‘You received 1 group of A1N fighters.’
I checked what I received and was somewhat happy. Even though those are just biplanes, they already have 2 machine guns and can carry 60 kg of bombs. However, something tells me that they won`t deal any damage.
On my flight deck there are 4 little biplanes. Their little engines started coughing and after a few seconds their wooden propellers started spinning.
They are light enough to be operated from my flight deck without catapults or arresting wires. In theory at least.
“Take off!”
After hearing my command, one by one they started accelerating.
A few moments after taking off they became bigger. Now they have their real size.
For now I sent them to patrol above the forest hoping that I will find something useful.
I was looking around from the flight leader`s perspective. I didn`t find anything of interest but I confirmed that the path I was walking indeed leads out of the forest. Actually, I was less than an hour away from its edge.
Also I easily found my way back to the campsite. I have no regrets that I am an aircraft carrier.
On my way back I almost ran into a huge band of goblins. Lucky me, I avoided them and sneaked around when they were looking at my planes flying by.
[Is my luck stat super high? Because some things that should have been fatal to me were not.]
I arrived back at the campsite safely and nobody followed me. Now all that is left for me, is to land my fighters.
“Oh F*! Watch out you fools!”
They almost crashed into each other, they missed only by a few centimeters!
I should start praying that my luck will always be high!
The rest of the night I survived without incidents.
And at the dawn I stood up, grabbed my naginata and launched one fighter to search from above.
I am ready to go.
Why not have carrier real sized planes and ship and her body separate but can summon a small toy sized plans from her body like summon of fairys not have the dang ship parts on fox body from what sounds like which is noticeable by any one and may be tread like insane and some cultures kill off what is insane for belief of them being evil or possessed
Actually this will be explained.
Watch the spoiler if you really DO want to spoil the fun.
She indeed has two bodies. Fox-girl is not her actual body, it is mostly an avatar. Her actual body is the carrier. If you watched AL anime then you should`ve seen that. Ships themselves are anchored in the sea. When Fuji-chan summons her gear she literally summons an entire ship to her position. Hence her planes are small on the deck but become large when airborn.
And cultural idea is indeed great. I should try using it in the novel.
@AFP_Writer cool so basicly the carrier just thought why not make here a real summoner Variant of a carrier which is magic type like maker be able learn runes and alchemy for later skills like with every evolution stage can use ability to have mager overhaul with custom flears similar to story chrysalis where where ant can make him self bigger add more brains which can use the poll thing for people vote for but must be possible
Like if want give her 1000 aircrafts she needs have the size and space or use spatial magic or enchantments to give the room needed
Cant wait read More thanks
Ps sorry your story got head thinking
@DemeanCosmos I get how excited you are but... She won`t have more than her stats allow her. She MIGHT learn some alchemy but no magic outside of her kitsune powers (really weak ones). Neither can she get too much different from her real self. You can`t just rebuild a ship of 20th century with medieval tech.
Too crazy magic experiments also won`t happen (however if MANY people want that I might broaden the horizon).
@AFP_Writer Maybe one day I`ll make a sidestory with such a plot. But its not going to happen in the main storyline.
@AFP_Writer Well that is boring, so the world is basically useless to this mc beyond containing shooting targets. Mc does not, or can not use the magic or mana or whatever power might be in this world. Mc can not get anything out of the knowledge of this world, or money of this world, or potions of this world, or any resource of this world etc. Anything of value in this world, is useless. Basically, the whole world is useless to the mc, other than it containing things to kill for ship coins. What will even drive the mc forward other than that? You are dismissing it as 'medieval tech' but is it just that? Like for example, how about integrating runes to the ship? How about integrating scales and bones of some magical beasts as armor for example? How about using vywern or some other flying beasts bones for lightweight frame upgrade of the planes etc. There are countless ways to utilize fantasy materials for the benefit of mc and to strengthen the ship. And these things extend to the people of this world too. If mc can gain things from this world, she will need to interact with the people of this world. This could be why a crew exists for example. Runes? Too hard for mc? No problem, get some magician to draw them on the ship. Magician wants money? Crew wants money? Guess need to earn money now. See, just an easy example. Mc doesn't need to be able to do everything, but mc needs some way to use the things gained in the world, the people of the world, and mana in this world for her benefit, or it is gonna be one boring novel. At this point, since mc can't make use of anything from this world and is completely alien to it, the only thing the world can provide is more and more shooting targets for ship coins. That's literally it. Too rigid if you ask me...
@N0xiety Plot for 60 chapters might be working with only shooting something but I also consider other things to do. Also, Fuji can use magic. Just the other kind of it.