21st Century Necromancer

In the Necromancer's spectrum, besides the myriad of Undead Servants born out of negative emotions or Negative Energy, there are also special entities formed by positive beliefs and spirits.

These people or entities, through the great deeds and achievements they forged in life, gained widespread trust or worship, or possessed a character that could be called great. After death, their souls, influenced by such magnificent spirit and beliefs as well as the Power of Faith, would not become spirits or resentful ghosts but would turn into Heroic Spirits, the antithesis of the Undead.

The technique Chen Yu used to summon the ship-girls was based on the summoning principle of the Heroic Spirits.

Those famous historical warships, each one embodying the worship and faith in their experiences, and this faith likewise forged new souls for these warships.

After spending an entire day, Chen Yu finally completed summoning seven warships, which stood before him as seven ship-girls.

However, looking at the seven figures radiating demigod-level pressure, with combat strength even greater than his own, and the atmosphere of drawn swords and ready crossbows among them, Chen Yu felt a vein in his forehead starting to throb.

"The enmity at Midway Island will be repaid with your blood right here!" exclaimed the blue-dressed ship-girl wielding a longbow, as she drew an arrow and aimed it at the white-haired ship-girl opposite her.

Yet the white-haired ship-girl also picked up her longbow and aimed at the blue-dressed ship-girl, "If that is the case, then I have many scores to settle with you!"

"I still haven't forgotten the defeat at the Coral Sea!" said the white-haired ship-girl, as a pink-haired ship-girl beside her unfurled a scroll that transformed into a flight deck, with fighter planes on it revving their engines, ready for takeoff.

The blue-dressed ship-girl was not without allies; a ship-girl holding a red Tang paper umbrella stood by her side, folded the umbrella, and had three 46-cm triple-mounted main guns aimed at the white-haired and pink-haired women opposite her.

The ship-girl with the red Tang paper umbrella by her side, a white-haired one in black, pushed up her red-framed Glasses, signaling to the three 51-cm twin-mounted main guns behind her that they were prepared to fire.

As the five ship-girls were preparing for battle, the Hood, who had been beside Chen Yu and had already stowed her ship equipment, summoned her main guns once more—the main guns of her battleship form—with the 15-inch barrels pointing at another ship-girl in front of Chen Yu. She spoke with a tone tinged with apology, "Commander, if possible, may I seek retribution from Miss Bismarck for the animosity in the Denmark Strait? The honor of the Royal Navy must not be tarnished."

However, the ship-girl targeted by the guns was indifferent, just raising her hand to adjust the brim of her naval cap and silently summoning the main guns of her true form behind her, "If I can sink you once, I can sink you a second time."

"Enough! Put your weapons away!" Chen Yu roared angrily, preventing the seven ship-girls from breaking into a fight, "I summoned you not to see you fight amongst yourselves!"

"Apologies, Commander, I got carried away. I will draft a detailed report of self-reflection for you," said the Hood, the first ship-girl to have been summoned, as she was the first to stow her weapons and admit her mistake to Chen Yu.

"Tch, the British People." The ship-girl with the naval cap put down her hand, and the ship equipment behind her was also stowed away, "Deutschland's military does not deny its mistakes, and I am willing to accept any punishment you would mete out, Commander."

Despite the weapons being put away, Chen Yu still felt a headache coming on from the stiff atmosphere between Bismarck and Hood.

As for the American Ship-girls and the Japanese Ship-girls on the other side, under Chen Yu's reprimand and with Hood and Bismarck's intervention, they reluctantly put away their weapons and stood before Chen Yu once again.

"I don't care what kind of hatred or grievances you've had in the past, now that you've been summoned, you should unite and direct your hostility outward." Perhaps sensing that the atmosphere among the Ship-girls was still too rigid, Chen Yu thought about it and added, "If you want to vent about past grievances, you can settle them in other ways without resorting to violence and without breaking unity—I will not constrain you in other methods."

"If that's the case, this one has no objections, the Combined Fleet will follow your commands," the Ship-girl holding the red Tang paper umbrella reopened it and bowed to Chen Yu, with the two Ship-girls behind her also bowing in unison.

Seeing the Japanese Ship-girls acquiesce, Chen Yu turned his gaze to the last two American Ship-girls.

"Well, if we decide the winner through drinking and arm-wrestling, I'm fine with that," the white-haired Ship-girl with red eyes still had a hint of defiance and insolence, but in face of Chen Yu, she ultimately put away her weapons and raised her arm, letting a White Eagle land on her hand.

The pink-haired Ship-girl standing beside her stepped forward and bowed to apologize to Chen Yu, "I'm truly sorry, Commander, Enterprise has a bit of a temper, please forgive her."

Chen Yu waved his hand nonchalantly and addressed them, "You are no longer fighting for your respective countries as warships. The past has built your memories, the trace of your existence, and it is right to hold on to them firmly. But I do not wish for memories of the past to affect the present, because I will need you to perform at your fullest potential moving forward, without being held back by this or that reason."

"Yes, Commander!" Upon hearing Chen Yu's stern words, the seven Ship-girls couldn't help but look solemn, putting away whatever minor schemes they might have harbored.

Seeing that all seven Ship-girls had taken his words to heart, Chen Yu nodded in satisfaction, glancing at a newly constructed manor beside the berths and the docks as he spoke, "That's the residence allocated for you, some companions have already moved in, remember to get along with them and don't bully them."

Having finished speaking, he directly teleported away.

When Chen Yu left, the atmosphere among the seven Ship-girls turned rigid again.

It was Hood who broke the silence, "I believe none of us want to truly make the Commander angry, do we? Let's go see our new accommodations. Since the Commander mentioned companions who moved in earlier, wouldn't you like to meet your new companions?"

"Companions... I hope it's Eugene," Bismarck murmured quietly, adjusting her cap before heading towards the manor not far from the dock.

Seeing this, the three Japanese Ship-girls also nodded slightly and, after greeting Hood, walked toward the manor.

The two American Ship-girls, however, approached Hood and greeted her.

"Good day to you, Enterprise, Lexington," Hood replied with a smile, returning the greeting with the good upbringing of a British lady.