"Hail that stupid blob again!" Elaria commanded.
The screen appeared in front of us again but it showed 'no answer' on the screen.
"Ha! That's two strikes now! Hail them again and if they don't answer, fire main cannons on the two ships beside their flagship!"
The screen in front of us changed to display the words 'hailing' on the screen before it reverted back to 'no answer' once again.
The weapons officer turned to Elaria for her permission and she nodded at him.
Two kinetic shells were shot out from our ship's main cannons, piercing straight through the shield and hull of the ships to the left and right of the Inktyr's flagship.
From our view of the cockpit, the two ships exploded silently in a flash of white light, looking quite spectacular albeit a little morbid against the blackness of space.
The communications officer turned back to us, "Shall… Shall I hail them again, Shogun?"
Elaria sneered, "Ha? I gave them three chances and hailed them all three times ever since we got here yet they have the gall to ignore two of them? Ignore three of their calls in turn and only answer when they hail us a fourth time. Deploy the anti-jump net and fire at the two ships on the leftmost part of their fleet."
Our main cannons fired again, blowing another two ships of their fleet up with impunity.
A few of their ships returned fire but it did not make a difference at all.
"They're hailing us, Shogun…" The communications officer reported.
"That's one, ignore it. Target the two ships on the rightmost part now."
Two more ships of their fleet were destroyed just like that.
The other side began attacking us again and they've even started launching missiles at us. Too bad that our point defence systems could shoot them all down before they even get close to the ship.
"Another hail, Shogun."
"Ignore it, just connect it after the fourth hail. Target these two missile cruisers I marked next."
Our cannons fired once more, blowing two more ships apart.
Elaria was definitely doing this on purpose since we could definitely destroy the entire fleet if we used our full armaments on the ship, but right now she's only insisting on using two out of the twenty main batteries that this ship has equipped.
What's more, we could even do a short range jump straight into the enemy fleet which would be much more effective in taking them down as compared to what we're doing right now.
Obviously she did not want to destroy them entirely at the moment.
The enemy's attacks have started becoming more desperate but nothing they did was changing the situation they were in in the slightest.
A few of the ships were now trying to turn around to escape, only to realise that their jump capabilities were non functional thanks to our countermeasures. No ships within this sector are currently able to jump out but ships are still able to jump in as long as we keep the anti-jump net up.
Another four ships went down and this time our screen appeared showing the black slime from earlier, looking quite panicked.
"St… Stop!! Stop!! We yield! We yield!!"
Elaria leaned against me while inspecting her nails, "Really now? What are you yielding to, Admiral Tom?"
"Wha… What do you mean?"
"I'm asking why are you even contacting me to yield? All I know is that I'm supposed to meet you here to discuss how the Inktyr Republic was supposed to apologise for insulting my precious Onii-sama when he was passing through this sector at that time. But yet we seem to have run into a fleet of pirates here so I'm doing a neighbourly duty by cleaning them up. I expect some proper compensation on top of this too."
"Wait! Wait!! We're not pirates!! We're a fleet belonging to the Inktyr Republic!!"
Elaria narrowed her eyes, "Oh? Then does that mean that my ship, the personal flagship of the Shogun of the Oni Empire, was assaulted by the navy of the Inktyr Republic? Because I believe this would be seen as an act of war, no? If it is, my Empire will have to respond in kind~"
She snapped her fingers and as though on cue, hundreds of warships jumped into the sector, all of them belonging to Elaria's empire.
Elaria… Their republic is maybe like a tenth our size… Plus their military power is so insignificant that if we were to just start invading them with just this flagship alone, we could wipe out their entire military… Was there even a need for you to call in so many ships?
Oh wait, I forgot she has that flair for being dramatic.
The black blob was quite obviously panicking with how much he was shaking.
I can understand why since Elaria basically put it in a spot where both advancing and retreat was not possible.
If he were to continue to insist his earlier story was right where we were attacked by pirates that were unaffiliated with the Inktyr Republic, then we will move in to shoot everyone here down including the admiral himself.
If he were to admit that they were not pirates but actually soldiers of the Inktyr republic, then Elaria could declare war on them and wipe out the entire civilization if she wanted to.
Needless to say, in both situations, he would not be leaving this place alive. It's just whether he wanted to drag his own country into this mess he made.
The black blob that was the Inktyr's Admiral seemed to have come to a decision at that moment.
"Ahaha, that… It seems like there's a misunderstanding… I… I think you should stop and have a talk…"
Wow he went ahead to choose the third option: buying time.
Elaria let a smile materialise on her face, "You really have no idea about us it seems~ Very well, I shall allow you to leave."
The black slime seemed excited to hear that until Elaria stood up from her seat.
"By my name as Elaria, Shogun of the Oni Empire, I now officially declare a war of extermination with the Inktyr Republic! Glass their planets, slaughter everyone! Burn the very existence of their civilization until there is nothing left!! We shall start in twenty four hours! Until then, let these little fools run~"
She then shut off communications with their Admiral and settled back in my lap again.
"This is fun, Onii-sama!!"
Of course it is for you… You get to act as the tyrannical galactic dictator with no repercussions…
