Chapter 248: V2 Ch 78. The storm incoming

I anxiously looked in the binoculars.

Far away in the distance were numerous ships. It was too early to tell their affiliation but if I wait for too long I might end up wasting the time I could be firing.

The scouts were already flying back by the time I managed to confirm that the fleet of scrapwood was allied. All of their ships were more or less damaged and some were barely afloat with most of their crew ready to jump off with a board or a barrel in their hands.

“Sir, do you have any idea where do they come from? After all, the main force will not arrive so soon.”

“That might be some sort of a scout fleet. I am not an admiral so I cannot say anything for sure.” (D)

“If you say so.”

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My two hydroplanes landed on the water between me and the fleet, and waited until I approached to pick them up. The allied fleet approached as well.

While the circumstances of our encounter are a bit dubious, neither of us showed hostility. To communicate I jumped off my ship and boarded one of the less destroyed ships.

“What?!” When I showed up out of nowhere, a sailor fell on his bottom and crawled back.

“Calm down. I need to see the commander of this group.”

“The commander? Erm…” The sailor was lost.

“Brian, what’s going on?” Another sailor came here.

“She wants to see the commander of the squadron.” (B)

“This Lady? Well… he’s dead… Joe! Who’s the acting commander?!” The second sailor shouted towards the back of the ship.

“Rilanean Vengeance was sunk too so it makes our captain the acting commander!” The response came after a minute of looking around.

“Okay…” I could only accept that everything went south, and go find the captain.

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Of course, on a 30-meter ship it would be hard not to find one.

“Who da f* are ya?” I was welcomed by an old man with numerous bandages all over his body.

“Delight, the captain of that ship.” I pointed at my body.

“Whatever the f* ya want here gal?” (C)

“I need to know what happened and what your ships are doing here.”

“We’re saving our a*, can’t ya see? When we met dat abomination we lost half of da fleet. Thank da gods, at least some of us saved our souls.” (C)

“I know that the main fleet is supposed to attack the capital but we never were informed about your existence.”

“Because of dose f* admiralty rats. May they f* die in a f* ditch!

Gal, do ya even know why dose idiots sent a fleet dat large against da empire? Nobody’d believe ya as strong as a couple of s*-pants sailors said. Dey sent dose idiots with ya because dey were f* sure dat nothing could go wrong! We were sent to be a f* prey!” The captain was almost shrieking in fury.

“Stop crying and tell me why you were sent.”

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“Khhh. We were sent to lead da Castle-ship away. Da empire’s mightiest ship. With da ship out of da way, even our fleet can take on da defensive fleet. Da entire plan was built around having da castle-ship out of da equation. Judging by da looks of yer sexy baby, she was sent here exactly to counter dat monster. We were supposed to keep it busy, yet, everything went wrong.” He gave me a look of sympathy.

“From what you are telling me, that castle-ship wiped out the fleet and is now on its way to spoil the mood?”

“Correct. I’ll tell ya everything we found out, so listen carefully.

Dat f*er is very slow and has no sails. Due to its oars it can move relatively well ignoring da wind’s whims but if ya manage to kill da oarsmen, it’ll be a sitting duck.

Da armor is crazy. It has enough armor to stop a ballista shot from close range without any dents. It must be either a hollow shell, or have a lot of its hull below da water.

And finally its weapons, da castle-ship has some archer towers but dey are just to hush da old farts like me. What ya actually need to be cautious of, its blowtubes, dey have insane range and cut through da wood like a sword through cloth. Dey are located at da angles of da ship, eight in total.” (C)

“Thank you for the information. Might it be your ships will move away from here?”

“No way in f* hell! We want blood! We want to f* strangle every last one of dem! Ain’t it right, lads?!” (C)

“YEAH!!!”

‘Not to mention, da moment we enter da open sea, we will be hunted both by da monsters and da empire’s patrols.’ I patted his shoulder but he hissed in pain.

When I returned I immediately wanted to send the scouts out but after I looked at Lilith I understood, she won’t handle it well.

For now, I checked what I have to upgrade.

‘Ding’

‘You received 10 upgrade points, 1 repair kit, 3 silver coins, 1 skill point, 1 retrofit token’

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HMS $(^!( &^*(^ - BC. Mod - ????.

Accuracy – 58/100

Reload – 50/100

Recoil – 10/100

Machinery – 72/25

Guns – 25/25

Equipment – 70/25

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