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Philippines in Another World (Because Japan is too OP. Please Nerf)

This is the Philippines, the Pearl of the Orient Seas. It is a country of sunny weather and sweet smiles, where life is relatively simple (unless you are into politics) and where people are friendly and warm. However, it is not without flaws. For instance, Philippines suffer corruption in the government like other developing countries as well as decades of insurrection. The rich only gets richer and the poor gets poorer, while since time immemorial the country's denizens have this habit of hating their presidents and loving foreigners more than their own countrymen. It seems nothing has changed much since the famed EDSA Revolution of 1987. The year is 2042. Philippines has reached economic growth comparable to South Korea in 2022. Still, elite families control the government and social justice remains dismal. The younger population became increasingly materialistic while their parents are becoming more and more irresponsible. The problem has shifted from "how to decrease population" to "how to make spoiled kids' and parents' ass off to work". In terms of military power, the country has acquired considerate amount of firepower but remained one of the weakest in the ASEAN region thanks to politics. Worse, China and the USA has declared war against each other after a diplomatic blunder thanks to the incompetence of their respective new presidents. The world is doomed to a world war 3 while the Philippines was caught unprepared for war. Instead of finding solutions, politicians in the Philippines continued to blame their political enemies while the CBCP called everyone to prayer, hoping that God would make a miracle that make Philippines somewhat immune to nuclear weapons. Ironically, the prayer got answered in a way that is unimaginable....

HiyoriTokisada · War

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Chapter 7: The First Contact

Optio Aera's heartbeat rate increased as she felt nervous of the upcoming encounter. Aera maybe a prodigy, but she never actually faced an enemy army. She had fought bandits and pirates that plagued the Kingdom of Nada, but she never yet participated in any battle between organized armies. However, her heart and determination is that of steel. She will defend her country to the bitter end. She held her lance tightly, preparing for the upcoming onslaught, while her allies readied their swords, spears, axes, bows and arrows as they expected the arrival of a possibly hostile fleet.

From the horizon, small objects were seen from afar. Eventually, the objects grew larger as they came nearer to Nada's Royal Fleet. When the objects got so close, they decreased their speed as if they already noticed Nada's own fleet. It was then evident what kind of force Nada's fleet were about to engage.

"So huge..." Optio Aera watched in awe as she witnessed the arrival of what it seemed to be an ash-colored capital ship. It was 115 meters long and seemed to have strange poles and devices attached to it. The ship had no sails or oars but it was swifter than most, if not all, ships in the known world. It had a single, bicolored flag waving above, with equal bands of royal blue and scarlet. The flag had a white triangle at its hoist adorned by three yellow stars and an eight-pointed sun.

The ship was intimidating despite the lack of adornment found in most capital ships, but it seemed to have no intention of engaging into battle. There were strange lights blinking around the ship while its crew stood on its deck, waving hands and giving signals to them.

"Legatus Franx, the unknown fleet seems to request audience," Aera reported as she remained vigilant.

"Do not engage the unknown fleet without my orders," Legatus Franx commanded as he stood on the deck of Nada Kingdom's capital ship, 'Queen Sarah's Revenge'.

Peeking through his spyglass, Legatus Franx examined the unknown ship. He was amazed of the ship's size but was rather unimpressed of its aesthetics.

"The fleet is neither of our allies nor of our enemies. It could be a trade envoy from a new country. We will send an inspection party instead to make sure of their intentions. Do not do anything provocative but remain cautious and vigilant if they turn out to be hostile. Understood?"

"Yes, Sir!"

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