As the chase continued, the crew seemed worried, after all the pirate ships seemed to be getting closer and closer, however, they managed to see a beach not far from them so they could regain some hope.
Apart from the hooded woman who was using magic, the other 6 crew members grabbed what they could and began rowing, none of them wanted to fall into pirate hands and they were determined to escape at all costs.
In the end the boat managed to reach the mainland, however, the pirates seemed ready to chase them on the mainland, and soon several small boats began to leave the ships that had to stop due to the shallowness of the coast.
Once on land, the 7 crew members of the boat realized that they were not alone on the beach, as there were several people placing bowls of seawater on some pieces of wood spread out all over the beach.
While they saw these people somewhat surprised, they were soon surrounded by 7 people who wore light leather armor and carried bows, although there were few people, the 7 people who had just arrived had lost all their luggage and were unarmed so he had no way to defend himself.
One of the men around them spoke "Who are you? What is your reason for coming to this beach?" The people were quite nervous as they wanted to get out of the beach quickly so they could run away from the pirates.
Due to nervousness 2 of the 7 people began to run, however, they were soon attacked by arrows, both received a shot in the leg which left them incapacitated, the other 5 people were surprised by the speed of reaction and aim of the soldiers.
Due to their clothing they looked like guards from a small town, but because of their quick reaction they gave the impression that they were experienced, one of the remaining 5 people spoke with a trembling voice, "sir please calm down, we are not dangerous, our ship was attacked by pirates, and now we are running, we ask you to please help us or let us go, since the pirates will arrive soon."
Hearing pirates, the guards were surprised and soon one ran out to give the warning, however, the others did not lower their rings, and warned them to stay put while the person in charge arrived to decide what to do.
Time passed slowly and the pirates were approaching the beach, the 7 people were starting to get restless, they were trying to persuade the guards to escape with them, however, all their words fell on deaf ears.
For some strange reason the guards did not seem to be nervous, even they were surprised, because of the training they knew what to do, and they were sure that reinforcements would arrive soon, and they had witnessed the power of the boss and his brothers so they were not afraid of some simple pirates.
A little scared and desperate the girl who had used magic to increase the speed of the boat, had decided to try something rash, after all it was better than staying and waiting for the pirates to arrive.
However, they began to hear a strange sound, it was like a slight roar that was slowly approaching, they slowly moved their eyes in the direction of the noise and soon they saw something that they would never forget, it was 2 huge steel elephants that were rapidly approaching.
Each elephant had a person coming out of a strange opening in the head, they were not the only ones who saw such a strange scene, the other 5 people were also perplexed by the steel elephants.
Behind the elephants came 3 other metal creatures that were as strange as the elephants themselves, these creatures moved quickly until they stopped before entering the beach.
One of the people on top of the elephants made a sign, and the 7 people were brought near the metal creatures, none of the people had taken their eyes off the metal creatures so they did not pay much attention to William.
But once close enough, they noticed that strange person riding the elephant, he had a strange green uniform that seemed to be very well made, he had some kind of garment that covered blond hair, his blue eyes had a penetrating look that seemed to be able to reading the soul, the sum of his gaze and the impression of the tank had intimidated them a little.
William scanned the intruders for a moment and noticed that they were all covered with different clothes, he knew that it was not the time to ask for time so he spoke "Who are you and what are you doing here?".
After a moment of silence, one of the men briefly recounted his experience on the ship, William had been trained to detect lies slightly and by the tone of voice and body movement he had determined that the man was telling the truth.
Knowing the situation now there was only one problem left, the pirates, William knew very well how these people behaved, and if they were allowed to escape they could return at any time with reinforcements, so there was only one way out.
Although he did not want to resort to such actions in such a short time after arriving in this world, from what he heard from Giso this world was quite dangerous and death was something that happened daily everywhere, therefore, it had already been mentally prepared for this type of situation.
William ordered the guards to withdraw a little with the 7 people, in turn Jack had got down from the tank to give first aid to the people who received the arrow shot, William wanted the 7 castaways to see the show in the front row already that he planned to give them a demonstration of his weapons, so that later they would be afraid and speak more easily.
The 7 people followed William's orders and took a safe distance, everyone was curious about the strange metal creatures and how they dealt with the pirates, curiosity had completely replaced the feeling of wanting to escape.
Especially the hooded girls who were very curious about these creatures, even though they had seen many things throughout their lives, they had never seen a creature like it, William used the built-in voice amplifier in the tank and began to speak.
"My name is William and I am the person in charge of this beach, I would like you to please turn your boats around and go back to your boats", everyone was surprised as they could clearly hear William's voice even though they were far away. a long distance, including the pirates who were on the ships.
However, the boats did not stop, and continued sailing towards the beach, William ordered a cannon shot as a warning, soon everyone heard a roar, and saw how a column rose near one of the boats.
This surprised everyone present, even though the magic could cause damage over long distances, no one had heard of such fast magic, no one saw a fireball, they didn't even see a spell being cast, they only heard a rumble and a column of water rose.
William spoke again "I will count to 5 and if they have not turned around they will all die", this time the pirates took William's words more seriously, but they thought he was boasting, it was known that magic spells that had a high destructive capacity required a great deal of time to be cast, they thought that before he could cast another spell they would have reached the beach.
William began to count "1,2,3,4,5..." the pirates felt a bit nervous, but they weren't too scared, after all they were pirates they lived on the edge and loved danger, on the other hand, the hooded girls for some reason they were very nervous at William's words, for some reason they expected to see something they had never seen before.
Once the gutter ended, William turned on the internal communicator and slowly said "fire", soon all hell broke loose on the beach, loud and small rumblings were heard coming from the iron elephants.
With each loud noise a boat exploded, while the screams and screams of the victims were heard, it was possible to see how white lines crossed the pirates as if they were butter, soon the beach was stained with blood and the remains of the carnage began to arrive with the waves.
None of the people on the beach had seen a scene like it, it seemed that the pirates were nothing more than food for the metal creatures, however, they soon saw something even more absurd, since the other 3 metal creatures who were a little more back they began to move.
A strange extension that was on the back of these creatures began to move as it lined up with the ships that were stranded in the distance, they soon heard a siren, and saw how a stick flew out at great speed.
The rod had a ball of fire on the back, and they saw how it disappeared in the distance towards the ships, after a few seconds they heard an explosion and saw how a cloud of fire enveloped the ship.
It was not 1 or 2 rods that were launched, it was more than 10 rods in less than 1 minute, and after each explosion a huge ball of fire would rise, the ships easily broke into several pieces and sank, in less than 10 minutes. most of the pirates were dead.
With the help of the drones, no pirates were able to stay alive, even though the beach had been filled with blood, a price William was willing to pay to keep the village safe.
This section of the beach would be sealed and cleaned beforehand to prevent the smell from attracting unwanted creatures, after seeing such a scene, the 7 people were afraid of the metallic beasts, they had never seen anything like it, they felt that at any moment they could be prey of these strange creatures so none tried to escape again.