*CAPTAIN POV*
After the battle, no, more like....a one-side battle, a massacre, I still can't forget the scene where his soldiers got mowed down to pieces. The soldiers who have been training and befriend with me for years, are now laying at the ocean floor or got eaten by sea monsters. With only merely 8 ships left include my Corvertte, an empty dragon carrier, 3 Buza and 3 Drakka, heading to the capital of the Apprainia empire. About to face his majesty, I don't know what I'm going to report to him, he has invested a lot for this journey, this expedition and everything he receives is my failure, a shame for the first time in the empire history. I won't survive the king's wrath and probably my family too, but...they still have a chance to escape....it's just how....
*3RD POV*
With wounds all over his body, the captain kept on thinking for the safety of his family. The remaining of his crew, his friends are also not in a better condition than him, same with the other ships. The fleet is sailing slowly to the direction of the capital. Not too long after, they see the majestic capital at the horizon.
"So, we are finally here..."the captain mumbled
"I have to see my family and warn them first before I meet with the king"
When the fleet reached the dock, there's already a carriage with the royal insigma waiting to pick him up as soon as the news of the returning of the fleet, the captain hesitatingly stepped into it and the carriage immediately rushed through the crowded street straight to the royal castle direction, leaving behind the crew with the sorrow look on their face, some even have PTSD. Seeing the condition of the their expedition force, the civilians around the dock can't help but shock.
"For the sake of the gods, what've happened to them?!" A civilian commented in disbelief
"I...don't...know. Since the news of monsters appeared on that island, I thought our force could take care of them. Now look at them! How devastating! It must be something big! Gods....may their souls rest in peace!" Another one commented
The news instead of giving shame, it stroke fear throughout the whole population of the capital and soon spread out to the whole region and others kingdoms later.
Back to the carriage, there's 2 people, sitting opposite each other with tense atmosphere surround them. There's a long silence along the way but one of them finally decided to break that silence.
"I can't believe his majesty would assign you as the captain of that fleet. Now looking at the result, I don't know what he would do to you or your family....Especially, your lovely demi-human whore...HAHAHA!" the person in fancy clothes spoke with a smirk
The captain sat on the other seat, clenched his fist with anger. He tried to calm down but couldn't. And then, things lost out of control, he shouted right up in the face of that person.
"YOU.SHUT.THE.FUCK.UP! DON'T YOU DARE FUCKING PULL MY FAMILY INTO THIS, EDGAR!" he yelled furiously
"Oh ho ho.....oh Ryan....shouting at people is not good, my friend....especially the higher-ups like me. Where are your manner?" Edgar replied mockingly
"I don't need manner when speaking to people like you dog" Ryan lowered his voice but there's still anger
"*chuckle*Well...let's see if you can still keep that behavior when speaking to his majesty" another smirk was seen on Edgar's face
A few moment later, the carriage finally reached the big gate the royal castle. The guards opened the gate and let the carriage inside. It then parked in front of a massive double doors, its door opened to let Ryan and Edgar walk out and into the castle. Walking through the spacious hall leading to the throne room, the only sound could be heard is their steps. Seconds later and they were then standing in front of the throne room, both staring at it.
"*chuckle*Good luck on the other side" Edgar did a smug face while patted Ryan's shoulder and started walking away
"Fucking bastard" Ryan mumbled but inside him, he was nervous, his heart was pounding so fast that he couldn't think of anything, of what to report to his majesty
"I lost my luck a long time ago" signed as he made up his mind that nothing could be done in that moment. He then pushed open the doors and facing him is a middle-age man with crown sitting calmly on the throne, that's the King. He felt the look on the King's face, judging every bit of him from head to toes. He walked closer and kneeled down.
"Captain Ryan Kirby at your service, your majesty" he said formally
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The King's still staring at him, he felt hard to breathe like the atmosphere around is squeezing his lung.
But then, the King finally broke the silence
"I heard the news about your fleet, captain.....And I must say, I'm very disappointed but also curious of what could be possibly the reason for this failure" he spoke loudly but calmly
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Another silence was occurred, Ryan tried to think of anything as sweat flowing down like waterfall on his face. He finally came up with a word.
"De...Demon, your majesty" he answered with hesitation
"Pardon?" the King asked with disbelief of what he's just heard
"Demon, your majesty. They probably used dark transportation magic to get on that island. I saw them with my own eyes, your majesty. Skeletons manning death machines, metal ships without sail and metal dragons like the first civilization countries. They mowed us one by one like nothing with their canons from miles away, they are not even in our fire range yet, your majesty. The unusual terrifying roar from their wyverns, canons that shoot multiple light arrows in mere second. YOUR MAJESTY, W...WE COULDN'T DO ANYTH..."
"That's enough, captain" the King interupted
"BUT YOUR MAJEST..."
"SILENCE!"
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The King's shout was heard through out the castle, spreading fear to anybody hearing it.
"Your reason is nonsense, captain! For thousands of years we and other countries have pushed the demons to extreme North of the world and they've stayed ever since. To do that kind of dark magic uses up a lot of resources and energy. And what do they have there? They only have snow and ice around them throughout the whole year. You think you can fool me, captain? No, you're not. You are a failure, a shame to this empire, captain. You don't deserve this title....GUARD! GET THIS LOW-LIFE CLOWN OUT OF MY SIGHT!"
Ryan was frozen right there with every insults was throwing at him. He's then dragged away by the guards, to the dungeon beneath the castle where he'll spend the rest of his life there.
*HANS POV - 2 days after the battle*
"ALLLRIIIGHT!!!....LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! ENOUGH REST! D-DAY IS HERE! I REPEAT! D-DAY IS HERE!"
And that's the theme of the day, everybody was excitingly preparing for the invasion. Dozen of aircraft carriers and hundreds of landing ships were built by modders for the transports. All of them are waiting for orders at the two docks and when the orders came, they one by one left in formation of 2 rows, leaving behind some to protect the base. Those who stayed back accepted to sacrifice the joy of joining with the invasion force to protect their home base. (What a chad! Prop to those guys!)
As they cruising through the ocean heading straight to the dense forest marked on the map, they started encountering attacks from sea monsters. But that's not a big deal to our boys here as the monsters were all blown up to smithereens by depth charges, naval mines and torpedoes released from our destroyers and coastal ships.
"Now I know why those 18th century ships didn't attack us from the North but from the West" Jackson commented
"Huh? Oh, I guess...it's closer to their main land?" Hans replied
"That's one reason, Hans. This area is infested with monsters. They're not so stupid to go through here" said Ivan
"Well, I guess we are the stupid one now, eh?" Hans joked with a grin
... *no one laugh* ...
"Okay, Fuck you guys" he said under his breath
"*chuckle* It's great having fun with you guys" Tommy was quiet the whole time listening to the conversation
Suddenly, a Stefano Turr out of no where slammed into his ships from the side, broke some of his modules and knocked some of his crew overboard
"WTF MAN! WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING OR I WILL SEND YOU TO JESUS FOR GOD SAKE!" Tommy yelled at the top of his lung
The other ship was also not in a better shape, yelled back
"OH SHIT! SORRY TOM! I COULDN'T STOP IT ON TIME!" it was Leo who shouted back
The argument caught the group off guard. (I forgor to note that they have private chat for high-commands included Hans, Jackson, Tommy, Ivan, Leo, James)
"What happened, Tom?" Hans asked over the yelling
"Leo's just crashed into my ship! How many time did this happen? And Leo....LEO! Stop using proximity chat and get in Discord now. Quick your ass up, everyone's here! Also get James too!"
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"Hello? HELLO?"
"WE HEAR YOU LEO!" everyone shouted at once
"Oh...Sorry guys! It's just my shitty ass wifi again, always lag as hell" Leo complained
"*chuckle*Are you using McDonald wifi, Leo?" James's just joined in and asked, earning a few laugh
"Uhm....noooo....By the way, what are we doing when we get there?" Leo changed the topic real quick
"Alright! Everybody settle down. Here's the plan. First, get our modders to the safe location that our CoH guys marked out yesterday, have some of our boys escort them too. Then, when the base is all set up, our aircrafts can start using the hangars then, we also need someone to secure around half a kilometer from our perimeter...or...walls and make it warning zone, got it? Now, any quesción?" Jackson explained
"I have one" said Tommy
"Okay, what's on your mind?"
"*clear throat*....WHAT THE FUCK IS A KILOMETERAAAAAAAA...?!!!"
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"Ppffff.....HAHAHAHAAHHA!!!" they laughed their ass off.
Moment later and they finally reached the location, the plan was carried out smoothly. They built this, built that, killing monsters. The only difference is that they are now killing goblin, hobgoblin and orc tribes now, clearing their camps. And things stayed like that to the end of the day.
END OF THE CHAPTER