Xing went out to see the entire place covered in thick fog and the noon sky looked like late night where no one could see even some feet in front of them and the entire place felt eerie and cold."Be alert!", Xing shouted to the s.h.i.+ps that are behind their s.h.i.+p and Xing could sense at least two dozen s.h.i.+ps in front of them in a distance where arrows could reach. Chenglei watched her running towards the bow of the s.h.i.+p and she stood on the head of the carved wolf holding one of the ropes of the sails.
Chenglei was surprised by how fast she walks towards the danger.
Truly a divine ruler!
"Is it the Ouyang Navy?", he asked, drawing his sword out. He had learnt that the Ouyang Navy has supernatural abilities and the sudden fog that appeared must be their doing too.
"Yes... Watch my back!", she stopped him from climbing beside her and he wondered what she meant by "Watching her back". Isn"t everyone behind her, our people? Is she asking me to protect against Friendly fire when the biggest danger is in front of her?
Well, tough luck love! I want to protect you even though you are capable to handle it yourself!
But Xing just wanted to protect Chenglei and she used the same phrasing she always used that kept him from putting himself in harms way.
Xing could sense that even though their people were already having their arrows drawn, Xing knew the other side had more arrows.
Why did they think tens s.h.i.+ps are enough on our side again? Ah, right! The officials of the court thought they are going on a wild goose chase and Ouyang Navy is only a legend and not a real deal.
Sc.u.ms!
"Draw!", a high pitched voice exuding authority resounded in the sea making Xing smirk. She could sense their men getting ready for fighting.
So the other side has a female commander too? Should I be using my power? Xing wondered. The first order of business should be improving their visibility as her side has the lesser odds.
Just then she saw Chenglei, not listening to her and climbed on the bow too and stood behind her with his arm wrapped around her waist making her wince a bit.
"It"s for balance", he gently whispered with his hot breath falling in her ears making it go redder than it already was by the coldness around, "I can watch your back from here too"
If he is going to be standing this close to me, how am I going to fight? And he figured out I"m trying to protect him, didn"t he?
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Well, whatever! Xing smiled.
Chenglei saw the divine sword appear in her hand out of thin air and when she waved it over, the thick fog dissipated in an instant making their visibility completely clear.
Hmm... Having a G.o.d by your side isn"t that bad!
As the fog lifted, the fleet of s.h.i.+ps in front of them came to their view.
Xing was dumbstruck and so was Chenglei. It was said they lived with them centuries back and why does the s.h.i.+ps of the Ouyang navy look advanced than their s.h.i.+ps even? They were bigger with more sails and they had three rows of oars that can be used for navigation..
Amazing!
Everyone was in positions for attacking and and Xing with her sword pointing at the main s.h.i.+p of her opponent saw the figure standing in the bow of that s.h.i.+p that had a long and strong ramrod and there was a carving of a dragon underneath the ramrod on the bow surprising Xing.
Pretty bold of them to use a dragon in their bow. Truly they know how to take a stand.
The situation was tense with all the s.h.i.+ps linked together in formation and with their arrows drawn, were waiting for the order of their commander to release the arrows that would mark the beginning of the war.
But...
"Xiao Táng...? Is that you....?", the commander of the Ouyang Navy, shouted looking at the one standing in front of her in jet back hair with a silver haired man beside her.
Xing was surprised by someone else calling her by the usual way Lady Shaoyao addresses her and looked closer at the one waving her hand frantically at her.
"...Lady Hehua?", Xing asked doubtfully. Surely the courtesan who was a friend of Lady Shaoyao back in the days when she started visiting the Heavenly Flowers Palace,some ten years back cannot be the commander of the legendary Ouyang Navy, right? The last Xing remembered of her was she was redeemed by some rich man and he married her immediately. What is the probability that she ended up here?
Well with my luck, anything is possible!
"Hahaha", the laugh of Lady Hehua resounded in the place. and she asked her men to abort and everyone on both sides were confused.
"It is you! No wonder you found us! And you are also the... ", she spoke with a joy overflowing in her voice more making Xing smile.
She knows I am the Divine ruler!
"Well, if you know who I really am, you"ll realise this puny amount of s.h.i.+ps amount to nothing to me, right?", Xing put down her sword with a smirk.
"I know! I heard what you did to the Arsalan Navy! I always knew you were special",she said happily and asked her men to stand down and the tense situation on the both side was reduced dramatically with people on the both sides wondering who the commander of the Wind Navy is.
Lady Hehua asked them to go them to their place to have a good talk and Xing obliged as she wanted the navy for their Kingdom. It is needed for her to convince them to join their kingdom and since it is someone she knew from the past, Xing could feel that she"d succeed.
Just as they were lead to their secret place, they saw another fleet of navy approaching them. Xing looked closely to see the water Kingdom"s flag flying high in the mast and she knew it must be Kei Takanas.h.i.+.
Both of them tried to engage with him but they raised a white flag signaling their surrender.
Lady Hehua helped navigate the Scarlet Wolf,through a series of rock tunnels formed on the surface of the sea and brought them to their secret hiding place and the s.h.i.+p of Kei Takanas.h.i.+ followed them.
Even I got here only with the help of Mazu. How did Takanas.h.i.+ get here? He won"t try something egregious, would he? Xing wondered as they were taken to the secret town of the Ouyang navy.