Battista

**Battista** is the fleet commander of the Zeroth Magic Fleet of the Holy Milishial Empire, commanding from aboard the flagship, the Mithril-class magic battleship *Colebrand*.

## Personality

Battista is proud of the Holy Milishial Empire's magic technology. He has judged that aircraft could not bring down battleships, but when he saw the fleet being overwhelmed by the Gra Valkas Empire's air weapons during the battle, he realized that the Militsial's Floating Ship of the Heaven was simply not strong enough to bring down battleships, and he felt the need to inform his country. He also understands that if this continues, gun battles by battleships will become obsolete.

## Chronology

### New World War Arc

During the Eleven Country Leadership Conference, Fleet Commander Battista came into contact with and engaged the unknown fleet during a training session in the Magdola archipelago in the southwestern part of the Holy Milishial Empire. Reports came in one after another to Commander Battista on board the Zeroth Magic Fleet’s flagship, the Mithril-class battleship *Colebrand*. He turned to speak to Captain Cromwell, who stood next to him, thinking of the question about the unknown fleet. Cromwell immediately recognized that they belonged to the Gra Valkas Empire because they owned a battleship and their fleet was traveling at a speed that far exceeded the technological level of Mu. Battista blazed with determination to face the unknown fleet and saw a scene in which he harshly criticizes the black smoke spewing from the Gra Valkas Empire fleet, saying that there was no trace of elegance in it. Cromwell sympathized with him, who criticized the fleet for spewing black smoke and made fun of it, saying that it was only fitting for barbarians outside the civilized world.

In the first battle in the Naval Battle of Magdola, Battista put up a good fight with the battleship *Colebrand* and *Variant* to keep up the pressure on the damaged ship from Gra Valkas’s Judgment Force, the Orion-class battleship *Procyon*. After taking twelve hits from battleship guns and seven from heavy cruiser guns, the battleship *Procyon* sank with a flashy explosion.

After cheering the victory, Commander Battista wanted a damage report, which the elite fleet had taken this much damage but heard from the report that they detected a bunch of white streaks churning through the water, heading straight for the heavily damaged Gold-class battleship *Variant*. The torpedoes launched by the Gra Valkas Empire’s destroyers all hit the *Variant*, blowing holes into the bottom of the ship, quickly consigning it to the ocean floor. Battista cursed with the humiliation of losing a ship. Detecting two hundred aircraft over 50 kilometers away, he could see black dots peppering the sky, slowly going up in number. He ordered the crews to prepare anti-air measures. The Zeroth Magic Fleet hurriedly readied their anti-air weaponry.

Battista observed the barrage impatiently where the Sirius bombers dropped the bombs down to the battleship *Colebrand*. Suddenly the top of the *Colebrand* exploded. The battleship *Colebrand*'s bulky armor on the rear end of the ship caused the explosive to erupt on contact. The shockwave swept violently across the top of the ship, causing damage to its superstructure.

However, when the Zeroth Magic Fleet was damaged by the Sirius dive-bombers and the Antares fighters, Battista heard all the reports pointed at the Zeroth Magic Fleet’s situation worsening minute by minute. Battista turned to speak to Captain Cromwell that some of the ships had taken too much damage. While none of the battleships had been sunk yet, their biggest problem was that they couldn't request air cover. The Fourth and Fifth Magic Fleets were already on their way, but they would not make it in time for the battle.

Although forty of the Rigel torpedo bombers successfully dropped their torpedoes. Cromwell yelled out urgently to reinforce armor with magic circuits to the maximum. The battleship *Colebrand* was wrapped in a faint blue light. With all the magic power pouring into the reinforcement, the shield rang like an alloy, becoming as hard as metal. The torpedoes surged forward, directly for the battleship *Colebrand* and hit the port side. The angle of the battleship *Colebrand* eventually reached 50 degrees and continued to tilt. When the battleship *Colebrand* was fatally damaged, Battista was looking around in a dazed state. Realizing the explosive magic circuit cartridges inside the ship went to break open, he ordered Captian Cromwell to abandon the ship. The crews began to jump off the battleship *Colebrand*. The angle of the ship was now at 50 degrees and continuing to exacerbate. Cromwell issued an order for all hands to leave the ship, but as he was in the position to take responsibility for his subordinates' advice to escape, he refused to leave the ship himself.

The heavily damaged battleship *Colebrand* kept tilting further, resulting in its capsizing. Within the ship, the sensitive cartridge-style explosive magic circuits tumbled to the floor, releasing all of the firepowers they contained. The enormous pressure pushed out in all directions, splitting the ship in half, and the resulting explosion was so large that it formed a mushroom cloud. The battleship *Colebrand* sunk into the ocean, dragging with it Commander Battista and Captain Cromwell, and crew members, who were too slow to evacuate, died together with the ship. The Zeroth Magic Fleet was also wiped out.

## Trivia

* In the web version, his name is Artema.