"Fuck... this wasn't supposed to happen, right Petra?"
"Erm... sorry Ikarus, they're actually here? Already?"
Now getting in sight of the island with Petra and her new sister dragon, we can see quite the sight off in the distance surrounding the three islands. Dozens and dozens of ships look to be preparing for an invasion and whilst they haven't docked just yet, it's obvious what their intention is. It's extrely lucky we've returned right now otherwise we'd be returning to an island completely under foreign control, no amount of our guard force would be able to deal with such a large invading army.
"Petra, I thought you said we'd be alright for a while and that the monastery wouldn't attack?"
It's got to be them, right? We're still quite the distance away but if I squint hard enough, I can see religious crosses on so of the ship flags.
"I... those visiting priests were a last warning before the attack... how did I not notice that? I can't believe the monastery were this well prepared already, they must've known about us for a while"
It's obvious Petra's made a right fuck up in judgent here and sensing her aura, it seems really down. If she were basing this off previous experience, then you can understand why she might think their ways would be different.
"No point beating yourself up about it Petra, it's not like you can predict everything so we'll just deal with it"
I think Petra's a little irritated with herself for making such a big blunder though and is clearly not listening.
"Yeah Ikarus... hold that thought for a second"
"What are you-... Petra!"
Petra jumps off my back and then does sothing I haven't seen in a long ti; she switches back into her scarred phoenix form. There's no ti to worry about how much pain she might be feeling here, I can see why this might be necessary as she starts to fly up and returns back to continue our conversation.
"Listen Ikarus, we need to split up and deal with things separately, we haven't got the ti to deal with this together since they're only minutes away from landing. If you can find the flagship, take out as many others as you can and I'll handle the defence... you mind giving a hand too Mute?"
The navy dragon still alongside us nad Mute nods her head almost looking happy to give her sister a hand, at least I shouldn't have to worry about Petra getting hurt if she has a dragon alongside her too. I wasn't worried anyways but there could be a lot of fighting about to happen.
Petra does have a point with her suggestion though, this might as well be an armada of ships the monastery have sent and any clinginess cannot be factored in right now. Any hesitation will only lead to further fuck ups, no rcy as well...
"You know what's funny? I was thinking the sa exact thing... how far can I go with this though?"
Honestly, the sight of endless ships especially all coming from the northeast is slightly an overwhelming sight, to think the monastery have gone this far to take out just a simple heathen settlent. I'm going to destroy as many as possible and prevent the invasion force building up, it's inevitable they'll land now so it's just stopping the reinforcents from behind.
"Erm... might be best to not use the percentage based attack Ikarus, anything else should be fine though"
So anything other than supernova? That's pretty understandable, we still want a settlent to return to after all and a gigantic tsunami goes against that.
"Gotcha... before we split though, let change form as well quickly, need hands for this to work..."
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"High Paladin, the ssage about the first ship landing has been received, we'll now be able to bring order to the sinful heathens!"
One of the recruits from our ship reads off the ssage received by pigeon and then the rest of the paladins, priests or servants aboard this ship all cheer in unison. It looks like this crusade has gone down without any concerns so far and appears to be heading in the right direction. The militia on the island will put up a small fight but with our vastly superior numbers and soldiers, it's only just a matter of ti before we can fully bring order to these foreign lands.
To think we were given rumours of the sinful leaders having extre power and even befriending a dragon, I'm never one for underestimating how far sinners can go but this has always sounded absurd. Seriously, a dragon, really? They probably ca up with the idea to draw off attackers in the first place, anyone with half a brain knows sa sex relationships go against the natural order of things. It's just disgusting really.
This fleet we have has been on standby hidden away in the mountains for quite so ti now, it just so happens a powerful foe has presented itself pretty close by and is an easy enough target to start with. It's a perfect opportunity that his holiness clearly understands as well.
It's a sha we've had to focus the first of our attacks around a group of islanders who just want to live their lives peacefully but the sins of the leaders do carry through to everyone I suppose. The pope himself was sure to make everyone aware that any person that doesn't bow down in fear of the one true God and his army be treated as a heathen. Personally, I've never enjoyed killing but if it's to bring order in this chaotic world, then I'll happily be his sword and shield.
'Hopefully this doesn't take too long'
After this crusade, I'm definitely going to have a long break, getting too old for this sort of thing now but I'll always be ready for the pope's call anyti he needs it.
"High Paladin, there's sothing approaching us in the skies!"
"Preposterous priest! You must be seeing things"
Huh? No, there can't be a dragon, right? Must keep up appearances and not let fear show...
"No sir, Paladin Ceto just confird it as well... it doesn't appear to be the size of a dragon but it is getting closer"
We did actually prepare so ancient taboo technology for dealing with dragons just in case sothing like this ca up but what could be flying around if not a dragon? At least that's an unnecessary worry gone.
"Well... don't just stand there, man the turrets!"
"High Paladin, it's too small and far to hit... is that a human with wings?"
"What is God's na is that?"
"Is that an angel or devil?"
Nearly every person on this ship is now looking to the skies, is it really that interesting they have to stop manning the ship? Sure, it's hard to see with the sun light beckoning behind it but it's of no concern if it's not attacking.
Catching just a glimpse of the flying creature, it's clearly not a wyvern nor a dragon and has a surprisingly humanoid shape to it if you exclude the wings. There's no way an angel has co to help us on our journey, right? Regardless, such a threat cannot be allowed to remain and potentially spy on us.
"Have you all gone mad all of a sudden? It's probably just a bir-"
Suddenly, my ears are ringing and my vison turns to white...
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'...I'll never grow tired of hearing that explosion...'
Having just launched my nuke attack at the largest looking ship of this armada, there's always sothing satisfying about watching destruction happen firsthand. Sure, I'm a little close to see the mushroom cloud rising but that flash and explosion never fail to disappoint... fuck all these religious bastards!
See, the thing with this fleet of ships is that despite clearly throwing a nuke at the centre flagship, this makes that pirate one I destroyed ages ago look like child's play and has barely taken a dent out of them all. It's a sha I haven't got the ti to kill off any survivors right now as well but needs must and all that.
'I'm going to have to start using magic nex-... hang on... could that work?'
Two ideas have just presented themselves to . The first is that I could use myself flying with my sun fireball ability and kinda turn myself into a fireball crashing into as many ships as I can within that five-minute period. The second attack is sothing a little newer... that teor attack I have...
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'Then I've got no ti for this. The longer I leave it, the more ships are going to get on the islands... Aesa, activate teor shower'
I seriously don't think I've got enough magicka to get through this many ships alone... why the fuck have the monastery put us this high a threat? It just seems a little random if I'm being honest.
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