"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The explosions caused a loud bang... and several s.h.i.+ps around the perimeter of the Square formation, were all completely destroyed by these strange attacks.
And immediately following that, one could hear the horrifying screams of several men wailing in agony.
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Their screams were the type that belonged to those that had one foot out the worldly door already.
It was one that manifested true Mortal terror, as its ghastly wails quickly echoed out throughout the region.
In short, the only surviving s.h.i.+ps were those within the center of the formation..... as well as those at the front.
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So because of the huge burning wall of sinking s.h.i.+ps surrounding them, it was absolutely impossible for those at the center to escape or sail out.
Basically, with these fiery sinking s.h.i.+ps going down, the air became hot and filled with soot.... while the waters on the other hand, was filled with planks, ma.s.sive s.h.i.+p parts, dead bodies and so on.
So they had no choice but to wait for those at the front to sail further away.... or wait there until the whole fiasco ended.
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Kirkwood"s entire face soon became pale with fright, as he felt despair quickly grip his heart tightly.
Adrenaline flooded his entire system, as it caused his heart to pound loudly..... as if it was trying to escape from his chest.
He felt like swimming as fast as he could from it all.... as his body s.h.i.+vered uncontrollably from fright.
And even though the weather was quite hot..... for some reason right now, it felt extremely chilly and cold as it would be on a winter"s night.
As Captain, he was usually fearless.... but for the first time in his life, he had known what fear truly was.
Of course it wasn"t just him who was feeling like that, but everyone else who was on an unharmed s.h.i.+p as well.
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Everyone desperately prayed that no "invisible attack would hit their s.h.i.+ps, as they watched the whole ordeal go down.
Dammit!
Just who the h.e.l.l was responsible for doing this?
Or was Adonis annoyed with them so much that he had decided to send ma.s.sive invisible black powdered arrows towards them?
doing all this?
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Back on the "giant metal boggle", those within the viewing room were busy watching the entire show with shock and amazement.... while eating snacks and drinking some light beverages.
The attacks were extremely brutal, and they couldn"t help but get gooseb.u.mps just from watching.
How was one supposed to fight off such attacks.
And even if anyone survived, right now.... there wasn"t any land close by.
So how were they supposed to rest or get saltless water or rum around?
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Actually, if they were still on s.h.i.+p.... it would take them a month and 2 weeks to reach one of Arcadina"s towns.
But now without a s.h.i.+p, swimming there without stopping... would definitely take them several months to accomplish.
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And one shouldn"t forget that this was the ocean... ... home to several dangerous life forms and species.
So Long story short, even if they survived the whole thing.... the chances of them dying before reaching Arcadina"s sh.o.r.es were pretty high..... unless they met with a merchant s.h.i.+p or any other random s.h.i.+p that would be ready to take them in for the time being.
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"Good Heavens!!!
Did you see how big those explosions were?"
"Awesome!!!
Now I want to learn how to launch these weapons as well.
With these ones, how would some enemy even dream of attacking Baymard from its sh.o.r.es?"
"Aye!!.... you"re eating my Pringles!
Get your own alright!!"
"_"
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While the excited men watched the entire "movie scene", those who were in the movie felt like crying instead.
"C.... Captain.... what do we do now?" Asked a s.h.i.+vering man besides Kirkwood.
After what he had just witnessed, his intuition had immediately told him that they would be next if they continued to stay on any longer.
Hence he swallowed his saliva, built up his courage, and swiftly approached Kirkwood.
It was better for him to be shunned, than to die without trying just like that!
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Kirkwood was soon reeled back into reality, and without any further delays ..... he began issuing out a series of commands to his men.
"Quickly! Quickly!..... move out!!
Abandon formation!"
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And just like that, everyone else hurriedly dashed away towards their posts, while others also did their best to inform the other s.h.i.+ps of their plans.
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However, with all the screams and wails coming from the men that were on those targeted s.h.i.+ps..... communication was a little hard to do.
But when the other s.h.i.+ps saw the ones in front of them move, they in turn followed them as well.
And to their surprise, once they started leaving the formation..... the ma.s.sive boggle soon began speeding up towards them.
What the h.e.l.l???
Could anyone tell them why they were so unfortunate today?
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Yup!!
While they were trying to flee the scene, those within the metal boggle"s control center soon started preparing for Phase 2 of their attacks.
This was still part of their training..... so you best believe that they would use every weapon embedded within this battles.h.i.+p.
"Warrant officer Mayer... set up the main unlock system pattern!" Gary said, while climbing onto his high seat.
"I"m on it Admiral!"
"Station 1 to 9... get ready to engage the enemy.
I need clear shots and I need them done swiftly."
"Yes Fleet Admiral!"
"As for the rest of you all, follow my every order as we go along!
Now... begin phase 2!!!"
"_"
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Kirkwood watched the boggle swim at a ridiculous speed towards his fleet, and subconsciously held his sword"s sheath... as if preparing to slice the creature into half.
But when the boggle swam very close by his s.h.i.+p... he was immediately taken aback by what he was seeing.
It wasn"t a boggle but a s.h.i.+p?
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Kirkwood"s face soon became distorted.
How could that be?
Who was the owner of this s.h.i.+p?
How could it go so fast?
And more importantly, how could it not sink when made from metal?
He squinted his eyes, and tried his best to peer through the high-ceiling ma.s.sive gla.s.s windows on the battles.h.i.+p.
Just how rich were they to use gla.s.s on their s.h.i.+p
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As for the rest of the men, they too had never seen anything like it before.
Was it that they had sailed into the wrong region, and had somehow pa.s.sed through another world?
They truly had to wonder if they were still within Hertfilia or not .
The s.h.i.+p made their own look like child play, as it was taller, wider and bigger than the rest.
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"Vrrrrrrr!!!!"
The ma.s.sive s.h.i.+p swiftly drove towards them, and soon, they saw several ma.s.sive metal stick-like objects all pointing towards them.
And for a brief moment, they couldn"t help but wonder if those previous attacks were done by this strange s.h.i.+p.
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Kirkwood on the other hand had a bad premonition about the whole thing... so he hurriedly bellowed for his men to go as fast as they could.
Several veins popped out of his head, as he gave out his orders.
"What the h.e.l.l are you all looking at?
Hurry up and get us out of here quickly!!!"
I said get moving Dammi...."
"Ahhhhhh!!!!!"
"Doo! Doo! Doo! Doo! Doo! Doo! Doo!"
"_"
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Sigh..... as usual, the person launching these attacks was quite rude.
Kirkwood had once again hadn"t even finished his sentence, when he saw a series of flashy lights, as well as heard a series of explosions and screams again.
How rude!!!!
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"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
"Din! Din! Din! Din! Din! Din!"
"Ahhhh!!!"
"Ughhhh!!!"
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This time, the men were hit with several ma.s.sive gun turret artilleries instead.
The huge guns were ridiculously long..... and had enough fire power to damage the s.h.i.+ps by 85% once hit.
Its attacks were still lethal and deadly, as they were quite similar to the previous attack that the men had seen.
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Typically, if their s.h.i.+ps had been made metal, then it would sustain a 60~70% damage.
But with s.h.i.+ps made entirely out of wood, the blast made them scattere and erupted with several plank pieces randomly flying about in the air.
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"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Kirkwood immediately dived into one corner of the s.h.i.+p, and tried his best to hide from the blinding lights coming his way.
He peaked at the strange s.h.i.+p that was currently sailing around his fleet and felt his back turn sweaty.
Just how did he offend these people for them to attack him so brutally?
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The s.h.i.+p rocked and trembled, as more wails could be heard from his men.
"Ahhh!... help me!!"
"My leg! My leg!!!"
Blood trickled down their bodies, and soon..... most of them quickly began loosing consciousness.
As for Landon and his men, they speedily drove their s.h.i.+p around the perimeter of these s.h.i.+ps.
They shot at all directions and angles, until they were sure that those on the s.h.i.+ps were dead.
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Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Kirkwood closed his eyes, as he felt the heat become more intense.
The s.h.i.+p had already been damaged to the point where it started sinking on it"s own, yet more shots were still fired at it.
As he bundled himself up at his hidden corner, he couldn"t help but curse his supervisors who had sent him here to die.
Why him?
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As the heat cranked up once more, he could literally feel his body shredding away from the fiery waves of the attack that seemed to be targeting his exact position.
Disintegrating into thin air was painful as h.e.l.l... but what could he do?
His end was drawing near and he knew it!
He laid on the floor with a bitter smile on his face.
And soon, the pain stopped and his mind had finally left his disintegrated body.
In his mind, Adonis was the cause of his end.
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The battle didn"t last very long, and soon..... all the attacks ceased, and the enemies were all dead..... with no survivors left.
The battle was finally over, and with this.... he could finally focus on Lucius" wedding.
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"Congratulations on completing your mission Host!"