"Princess, please don't leave our ship, let the enemy attack so we can safely defend. The enemy we are facing now are not the thieves and pirates that you have fought before but blood thirsty soldiers who have gone insane due to countless wars. Though we don't have much knowledge on naval warfare but if we only defend then there is a high chance for survival." The Knight Captain spoke to the well energetic second princess. He was worried that if he left his eyes out of her for just a few minutes then who knows if she would charge by herself!
"I know! I know! Jeez old man I'm not a kid anymore and don't worry, since I joined under you, I will naturally follow your orders." Scarlet reassured the Knight Captain to not worry, she also knew the severity and her decision would cause another man's life.
"ENEMY SHIP ON SITE!" Just as the Knight Captain would continue his nagging, a lookout shouted that a group of ships were spotted on the horizon.
Since the call of the reinforcements have been issued, they as the third fleet, has started their voyage to the front lines. They have received some news that the enemy has almost won the battle since they have outnumbered them by 3:1, another bad news was that the enemy has only sent a part of their second fleet.
God knows if they can still win but they have no choice since the attack was ordered by their First Commander. Retreating now would put a bad reputation on their Evergreen's navy. Even the other Kingdom's navy has also set their sail. Even if they loose now, they stull have the Cecilion Empire at their back.
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It only took less than half an hour for them to reach the battle zone and some ships directly crashed their ship towards the enemy. Though they have no 'Dragon's Breath to burn the enemy's ship but they still have some ballista and crossbows.
With the attack, they have taken out a number of enemies who were distracted with also some unlucky allied soldiers were shot, some have already anticipated the arrows and have raised their shields or have already looked for some cover.
It didn't take long for both sides have gone another round of boarding. Blood were splattered and bodies have fallen off the boat, whether they were still alive or dead.
"FORMATION!" The Knight Captain shouted as enemy has already boarded on their ship. With the second princess on the middle of the array with spears and shield surrounded in a half a sphere formation.
At first their were only a dozen enemy who attacked them but as time passed, more and more enemy ships were eyeing them and their ship was already full.
With corpses from the enemy and also theirs scattered on the ship, they have persisted for already about half an hour. Even the Captain of the ship joined the battle as well as the rowers and used the oars as a weapon.
The once energetic princess has already been exhausted and almost couldn't lift her sword, but with the enemy in front she could only grit her teeth and persist.
Seeing this, the Captain of the ship quickly spoke to the Knight Captain.
"How long should we fight? We are already loosing and then enemy are still coming!"
"I KNOW! But the flags of retreat hasn't been raised. We can't go back yet or we will be killed by the Cecilion's soldiers!" The once shiny armor was already covered by blood and pieces of flesh. He was also exhausted but he can't yet order for retreat. All he could do know is kill more enemy and at least reduce the casualties.
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"Give as before dark and we will win. The opponent were already outnumbered and it won't be long for them to announce their retreat." The Commodore spoke to the Vice-admiral wo was sitting in the Main Ship of the First Fleet.
Since a part of the Second Fleet have arrived, they have bulldozed through the enemy's formation and slowly the opponent got overwhelmed with enemies on their left and right.
"Hmm but it is still slow, was my request have been permitted by the Admiral?" The Vice-admiral spoke.
"Yes but the Admiral said that don't use it to much since the ship can't endure the stress of that weapon and we still needed to use that on land." The Commodore reminded him the true purpose of that weapon.
"I know, every piece of that is literally a money wasting tool and I would even feel distress if it gets destroyed. Given more time, we could have built a more sturdy ship and no country would dare sail near our fleet." He smiled as he remembered the thunderous sound when they first saw that weapon being tested and the devastating damage it could bring to the target.
"Order the two ships who are carrying that weapon to fire to the enemy's main ship."
"Yes Vice-admiral!" The Commodore quickly walked out, also feeling excited seeing on what to come.
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"Princess, please rest for now, there are only 9 enemies on board and we can deal with them at ease." The Knight Captain supported the Princess to sit down who was injured on her thigh. Not long ago, with just a momentarily distraction and with her exhaustion an enemy suddenly broke through the formation and slashed his sword towards the princess. The enemy though that since he would die at least bring down someone with him.
Luckily, a knight, who was beside her, blocked the attack but the deflected sword still slashed towards the thigh of the princess.
"I'm still fine, the wound was just shallow, not too deep, let me just bandage it." Though it wasn't deep she still has some difficulty on moving her legs like before. The war won't be forgiving next time and it would be the last time she gets distracted.
BOOM!!
Just as they were fighting, no matter the enemy or their comrades, everyone stopped and turn their heads towards the sudden explosion.
The explosion was coming from the two large ships of the Allied Kingdoms. They saw that the two ships were smoking but no fire was seen but just only few seconds after the explosion the Main ship of the Cecilion Navy was blown up. Their were also columns of water have splashed around that ship, a the bow of the ship was punctures through.
The Allied Kingdom's soldiers cheered and shouted, they only thought that a ballista or a catapult have fired and directly hit the ship.
But before they could start fighting again, another roar sounded and later the Main ship was hit again, though not all was a successful but some has hit the ship. Not long the people on board have quickly abandoned their ship as it was already sinking. It was unknown if the Admiral on board of that ship was alive or dead.