Kushira

**Kushira** was a navy general of the Fenn Kingdom and a commander of the flagship *Sword God*.

## Appearance

In the manga version, Kushira is an Asian strict man with a bee on his head.

## Chronology

### Japanese-Parpaldian War Arc

The thirteen wooden ships in the Fennese navy, under direct control of the palace, were patrolling the waters about 150 km west of the Fenn Kingdom because of the imminent war with the Parpaldia Empire. Commander Kushira, who led the fleet, was aboard the flagship *Sword God* with the captain.

The Sword God Captain asked Kushira wondering if the Parpaldia Empire is really coming and if they win to defeat Parpaldia Empire. Kushira responded that they would come. He pointed at the flagship’s cannon. The captain looked at the cannon on the bow. It’s a magical weapon used in the civilized area. It could fire a cannon shell up to a kilometer, and it rips through ships like paper. He spoke to the captain. He couldn’t be anxious in front of the captain and his subordinates. However, the commander was aware that the superpowers had gunboats that were capable of destroying ships wholesale. This was classified information. In all likelihood, gunboats were just like this one, Fenn’s strongest ship, the *Sword God*, equipped with these magical cannons in the civilized areas. And the superpowers had fleets of them.

The gears in Commander Kushira’s head were turning. Fenn sailor yelled lookout from atopthe mast that the 22 Parpaldia ship-of-the-lines were finally here. He could see the shadows of the ships on the horizon. He observed the ships-of-the-line through a telescope. In Commander Kushira’s eyes, they were were far bigger and more advanced than the palace navy’s ships. He yelled the crews to prepare for battle, form up with the Sword God at the front, and plunge right in as a giant line. Commander Kushira prayed to their sole magic cannon.

Parpaldia Imperial Oversight Army’s Eastern Fleet sped up and headed towards the Fenn navy. When the Sword God sailed within two kilometers of them, Kushira ordered one more kilometer until they were within firing range of their gunboats. All ships brought out their oars. Using a drum to establish a rhythm, they all began to row. The Fenn navy accelerated forward.

The entire Parpaldia fleet turned their ships, revealing their sides to the Fenn navy. Kushira wracked his brain to discern the intent behind their movements. The Phishanus-class 100-gun ship-of-the-line fired the multiple magic cannons at them in two kilometers. Wherever cannon shells fell, big pillars of water streamed up into the air. He prayed to the gods. A ship sailing behind the *Sword God* was hit by a cannon shell. The shell exploded, knocking over the ship’s pot of oil, which spread all over and caught fire, quickly immolating the entire ship. Fenn’s elite sailors, with all their training, their sword skills obtained through hellish effort, were now burning and rolling around the deck in horror.

One after another, the ships in Fenn’s navy succumbed to cannon fire. Many of them went up in flames. He ordered them to distract them with single cannon and yelled them to fire it. The cannon at the bow of the *Sword God* roared as it shot a cannon shell. An instant later, the *Sword God* was hit by an enemy’s shell, which exploded and opened up a giant hole in the deck.

Kushira finally realized the truth. He never imagined that there was this big of a gap. He thought “superpowers” were only called that due to the size of their countries within the civilized area. However, reality proved to be far different. Not just their size, but also their quality and the level of their technology, everything far surpassed the other countries in the civilized area. Knowing that, they probably couldn’t have defeated even just a lone enemy ship.

Commander Kushira’s consciousness was lost forever at the same time the fire burning the *Sword God* reached the ship’s magazine.

## Trivia

* In the manga version, Kushira was completely confident in the large caliber magic cannon of the Fenn ship *Sword God*, but he was completely sneak around due to the difference in turning speed due to the tears of the wind god, and was exposed to a barrage of fire. He was shown an overwhelming technical gap and ascended to heaven.