Berdan

**Berdan** is a captain of the Orion-class battleship *Betelgeuse*, the flagship of the Eastern Conquest Fleet of the Gra Valkas Empire.

## Chronology

### New World War Arc

The Gra Valkas Imperial Eastern Conquest Fleet was heading south to launch a first strike on the fleet of the Holy Mirishial Empire, which boasts the strongest in the world. The distance to the enemy fleet is already less than 50km, and the morale was flying high. There were two high-speed battleships, three heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and five destroyers, a total of twelve ships ripping through the seas, swaths of dark black smoke belching out of their funnels, aiming straight for their victims.

Commander Alkaid and Captain Berdan stood side by side abroad the Orion-class battleship *Betelgeuse*, conversing and saw the Mirishial magic ships severely outnumbers to Gra Valkas fleet. Alkaid spoke Berdan that they were picking a fight with the so-called "strongest fleet in the world” which it was a perfect opponent for the power reconnaissance of Gra Valkas ship. Based on their intel, Gra Valkas ships would not fall behind in terms of firepower. With only this much military strength, after Gra Valkas imperial fleet crush them, there will be nothing else in this world that could possibly match up to Gra Valkas Empire. Berdan believed him right, even though the *Grade Atlastar* is the empire's strongest battleship, was able to single-handedly demolish an entire enemy country.

Suddenly, their conversation was interrupted by the radar operator who called out the report that anti-air radar has detected twenty-five Mirishial’s Beta-2 bombers coming from the islands. They’ll be arriving in the fleet’s airspace in seventeen minutes. Alkaid ordered the crews to prepare for anti-air combat, deploy the destroyers the front, and launch the torpedo battle against the enemy fleet. The destroyers began to race to the front of the formation. The Eastern Conquest Fleet rushed toward the Holy Mirishial Empire Zeroth Magic Fleet.

During the Naval Battle of Magdola, Fleet Commander Alkaid glared out at the ocean. When the enemy's dive bombing landed on the flagship battleship *Betelgeuse*, it was chilling, but it hit the hardest part of the ship and only the uppermost structure was destroyed, which was considered minor damage. He ordered them to ready the 45 caliber, 35.6 cm-barrel double-guns and begin firing in sequence once they’re in range. He yelled firing! The battleships *Betelgeuse* and *Procyon* fired the four shots at the Holy Mirishial Empire fleet, but no direct hits.

After Mirishial’s heavily-damaged magic battleship *Variant* sunk by the torpedoes from the Gra Valkas Empire’s destroyers in the battle, Alkaid grimaced that the Gra Valkas imperial fleet were supposed to be reconnaissance in force, but the battleship, heavy cruiser and destroyer sunk and other cruiser and destroyers damaged. He would have to write a hell of a report when he got home. Berdan was not sure what Alkaid was talking about, but he told him that it was Mirkenses, Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Audit Force, who ordered to confront the fleet, which was said to be the strongest in the world, even though it was a different world, with this level of strength. Mirkenses was repeatedly advised that Alkaid and Berdan would not have sufficient military strength. It is not Alkaid's fault. Alkaid apologized him. He made next plan that the Imperial Navy Eastern Fleet will be sending out their carriers to engage.

The Gra Valkas Imperial Navy Eastern Fleet from the north sent their carriers’ primary attack squadron of 200 Antares fighters and 70 Sirius dive-bombers in order to eliminate the Holy Mirishial Empire’s Zeroth Magic Fleet.

After that, he did not participated in the Battle of the Folk Strait, but was presumed to have been waiting in nearby waters.