Red smoke started rising from all directions.
They were very scared.
Then they heard a dangerous roar. The ground started shaking.
"Don't tell me this...
An eight-foot-long creature emerges from the jungle thickets. The creature looks like a Goblin Shark, but it has four legs, like a large lizard, with clawed feet adapted for both swimming and walking on the seabed.
The creature quickly jumped out of the thickets and bit a sailor's hand, tearing it off.
The sailor screamed in pain. A strange feeling overcame everyone - fear, disbelief, and surprise.
Another sailor, who was carrying arrows, quickly grabbed his bow and aimed at the creature. The arrow flew into the air and hit the creature in the eye. The creature screamed in terrible pain.
The attack enraged the creature even more. Its eyes turned red. It moved forward to attack the sailor who attacked it.
Then Misthia quickly took out her sword and cut the creature in two with one blow. The creature's roar stopped, its body fell to the ground. The ground was soaked with the creature's blood
"Miss Misthia, what was that?" Eric asked in surprise. Since he had never seen such a creature before.
"It's Snarltooth. A fearsome predator of the sea," Misthia said, a cold look evident in her eyes. "They live in the deep sea and only come to the surface very rarely."
{What was this creature doing here!? We need to leave this place quickly. I don't want to lose any more of my men.}
Misthia looked back at her sailors. A sailor was bandaging the injured sailor. They didn't have any medicine to stop the bleeding, so they were trying to stop the bleeding by wrapping clothes and applying something. There was a look of fear in the sailors' eyes.
"Use the black smoke quickly! We need to leave this island quickly." Misthia said in a stern voice. A look of concern in her eyes. "There could be more Snarltooth here"
"Yes, ma'am"
A sailor quickly pulled a Signal flare from his bag.
Just then they heard more roars. More Snarltooth began to approach.
"Leave them to me," Gareth said.
Gareth took a deep breath and activated his Aura. His sword began to glow, almost burning. The stream of light emanating from Gareth's sword took on the shape of a huge dragon, with flaming fins and fierce eyes.
"Dragon slash!"
In an instant, it cut through all the Snarltooths. The slash passed through the creatures' bodies, splitting them in two. Blood and organs flew into the air.
Everyone was amazed by his skills.
'So this is the power of a Knight captain'
But they didn't have enough time to celebrate.
They heard another huge roar. This roar was even more terrifying, because it seemed to shake the entire sea. A terrible sound that shook their hearts, sent shivers through their bodies. The shadow of terror returned to everyone's eyes, more intense.
Suddenly, the ground beneath their feet began to rise. The entire island tilted at a 45° angle toward the sea. Misthia grabbed a tree to keep from falling. The others did the same.
"What's that roar?!"
"It must be Khelonia!" said one of the sailors. He was in his 50s and looked like a Viking, with a thick beard, high-set eyes, and a stern face.
"Khelonia?!"
"Sir Rother, what do you mean? Do you know what creature's roar that was?!" Mystia asked in surprise.
"Yes, miss. This was Khelonia." Rother said, terror in his voice. "A giant sea turtle monster, carrying an entire island on its back." A strange look of fear in his eyes. "This was not an island! It's Khelonia's back! We are on Khelonia's back!"
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Edith's mind wandered back to the past. She remembered the day Prince Eric had come to the orphanage when she was just ten. He had been kind, gentle, and had offered her a chance she never thought she'd get. Over the years, he became her world.
But now, things are different. Eric had lost the throne to his brother. He's a fallen prince now.
Ridny's words are swirling in her head. "You should leave him"
But Edith couldn't. She had spent ten years serving him, learning martial arts to protect him, because of how much he meant to her. No matter what had happened, he was still the same man she had fallen in love with. She would never abandon him.
Just as Edith was thinking about this, they heard a huge roar.
"What's that roar!?"
The glass window of the cabin suddenly broke. Shards of glass flew out.
A humanoid creature tried to enter through the broken window. Its head looked like a Hammer shark's, it had two legs and two arms.
It had two legs and two arms covered in grey skin. The two arms were unusually long. Its fingers were adorned with sharp claws.
Ridny quickly pulled out his Flintlock pistol and shot it.
There was a loud bang that made the creature's head explode.
"What... what was that?" Edith said in surprise.
"It's a species of Sharkmen called Hammer Sharkmen. They depend on robbery," Ridny said, worried. "But what is it doing here? They usually live in the West Ocean. However, According to Captain Gostab, we are still in the North Ocean."
Ridny looks out through the broken window. He sees more Sharkmans. They have risen from the sea and are starting to climb the ship.
Three ships are attacked at once.
They also hear a lot of chaos and screaming.
Ridny looks at Edith
"Quickly hide somewhere with your comrade. We are under attack," Ridny said, loading his Flintlock.
"I want to fight too," Edith said firmly.
"Little one, I know you're strong. But you have to protect her."
As Ridny walked to the door to go out, he saw a Hammer Sharkman standing in front of the door.
It had a huge axe in its hand. It attacked Ridny with its axe. Ridny quickly moved away.
The Hammer Sharkman's axe hit the wooden floor.
Ridny quickly fired his Flintlock and its head exploded as well.
But it wasn't alone here.
Two more Hammer Sharkmen entered the room.
This time Ridny drew his sword. A rapier.
A Hammer Sharkman attacks him and Ridny fends it off with his sword.
Another Hammer Sharkmen attacks Hanna, who is lying on the bed. Edith kicks it in the leg and it falls to its knees.
Edith then quickly punched it in the face, knocking it unconscious.
Meanwhile, Ridny pulled out another Flintlock he had and shot the Hammer Sharkman in the chest.
Blue liquid started to ooze from its stomach and it fell to the ground.
Ridny looked at Edith.
"Quickly get her on your back. We need to get out of here."
Edith nodded. She quickly lifted Hanna onto her back and the two of them started to leave the room.
They soon reached the middle gun deck of the ship.
They came here and witnessed a terrible incident.
They saw about a dozen Hammer Sharkmans here.
Their bodies and weapons are covered in the blood of the sailors.
These Sharkmans have already killed all the crews here.
After killing all the sailors, they cut off their heads to ensure their death. Some Sharkmans were eating the flesh of these dead sailors.
Ridny was furious to see his comrades dead like this.
His eyes burned with rage. A terrible fire burned within his eyes, a fierce desire for revenge.
He gripped his sword tightly. A rapier, a thin and sharp sword that now held a death-bending edge in his hand.
"You Bastards! I will kill you all." Ridny shouted. His voice was filled with anger and revenge.
The Sharkmans also noticed them. They prepared their weapons and started running towards them.