World Development System 137 67. Confrontation with Hydras

The scout reminded Swann as he saw that they were busy in their conversation, "Get ready boy, you need to shoot that hydra as it has already approached us. Make sure to aim it correctly and then shoot it without any hesitation."

Suddenly out of one of the ships, A ballista was shot and soon later Swann to fired at the hydra.
Judd laughed and spoke watching everyone's face, "Hahahaha, I never said, I won't shoot from the other ship. Well, Boy, you still marked the first shot from the main ship. Kid, you are quite lucky as most of the time Blake would monopolize the first shot of the main ships whether it is Bows or magical equipments."
Meanwhile, Swann's shot hit the hydra in the eye while Judd's shot hit Traveled in water at the wild blue whale-shark in the water that was coming for one of the ships from a blind spot.
Both the beasts were pierced through their bodies and died with in a second. Watching this Swann was quite shocked after watching that shark. It was the first for him to see such a big shark while at the same time he was quite shocked by Judd's keen observation and instincts in detecting that moving fortress.
Judd commented and smoked his cigarette after his first shot of the Ballista, "Damn this feels so good, no hassle, easy kills. Get ready Josh. Get one of the hooks and get those bodies we will be having these beasts for some days."
Judd then continued and explained to both Ross and Swann, "Usually we would have to mobilize a lot if this occurred previously in the northern seas. This time we were quite lucky as we had the ballistas and can have a worry-free ride to that island."
Ross then asked Judd, "So how many days would it take to reach there?"
Judd thought and spoke, "Last time It took us 2 days to reach there because of all the problems we faced in the seas while fighting with duke Fjord on a constant basis. This time with these ballistas deterring the Sea beasts and looking at the speed of this ship, I think we will reach there within a day. as we were already up in north when we started this journey, it won't take long. The real problem will start after we enter that island."

Ross smiled as thought about the guns he received just before leaving from John and Taylor, "You guys won't have to worry about our safety on that island, this time we have quite a big surprise for everyone. Lord John gave us a very valuable parting gift as he was more cautious and urgently loaded them in our fleet. Additionally, this is a very important mission for us strategically. A base in the sea would be a very big addition and a safety net to us."

Judd was a bit confused but then nodded, "Of course, A base there would be a heaven for us. Most of the people won't even dare to follow us there in fear of making a lot of losses just from their numerous sea fights with monsters."

Blake then commented as he saw Swann's shot, "Good Work Kid, You didn't hesitate to shoot. This is a good sign as a shooter. I guess we will have hydra's meat tonight thanks to you. There will be more of those to come. So don't slack already as we are only halfway there."

Blake then said to Ross, "You won't have to worry about our journey to the northlands, My men have it covered already. You will only be responsible for making the base with your men and securing it. I will make sure of the defenses by our men. However, we will need a lot of supplies to make a faster base."

Ross smiled and as he heard him spoke, "Well, isn't it good that we have 12 big ships this time around instead of 3 new ships? Well, I also have to look in the island for better supplies. As for supplies you don't have to worry. We already have important supplies for the initial construction of the base and Ralph's subordinates have also traveled with us this time so there are not many worries as our base will be prepared much faster with the new mulberry cement. Well, you won't understand these terms most probably, so in short, we will be constructing our base at that island real fast because of our new agent, Meanwhile, this is a classified material. Additionally, we have most of the items required for making the base So I don't think there would be any problems. After this base gets stable then Tornwall will send a team from his main workshop with his disciple Tim to look after the military and strategic supplies of this island."

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Judd thought nostalgically about their previous journey asked Blake halfway into the travel, "This time the journey is quite relaxed, don't you think so Blake?"

Blake nodded with a cold expression that reflected his anger in their previous conflict with Duke Fjord, "Yes, this time we aren't being chased and we have these new weapons so it is quite a relaxed journey. Do you know the legend of Sea Dragon in the northern seas long back? He had created terror long back. However, he never entered the Eastern or Southern Seas because of Climate and the deep oceans in the north. Many say he transformed into other species so as avoid hunt by other races. We were quite naive back then in the tensed situation when I thought of taking those bastards down by searching for the Sea dragon up in north."

Judd looked suspiciously at Blake, "Isn't this just a myth? Don't scare me early on, I still want to live. I am still single you know? As for the previous time, we all thought you were only joking to lighten up the mood and improve the lost moral of our men."

Blake laughed after he heard Judd, "Hahaha, rest easy, of course it is a myth, I was just joking. I am just wondering of a possibility if the myth is real."

Judd looked suspiciously at Blake but didn't say anything.

Swann who was on one of the Ballistas asked, "What if we meet that dragon on our Journey?"

Judd gave a look to Swann as if he was disgusted by Swann question, He thought, 'Why do these assholes want to meet that Sea dragon and bring me early to my Coffin. I am still single you know. Previously this pervert of our captain and now this kid as well is thinking about those unknown beasts. Blake is making quite a bad influence on this kid. '

Suddenly one of the ships shook because of the powerful waves,
The Scout suddenly shouted as he looked through the telescope, "Enemies to the east, enemies to the east, I repeat enemies to the east, approximately 5kms away. They are holding the flags of the Dwarven kingdom. In particular, it is the fleet of Prince Hog's men. It looks like they are patrolling the area. It looks like they are engaged in a big wild battle with a whole Sea of Sea Serpents."

Blake nodded as he looked through the telescope and gave orders in a cold tone, "Lets avoid them for now. It seems those dwarves have increased their range of patrols just recently. We will first focus on our mission for now. I want to build that base without any hassles. If they spot us, don't leave any one of them alive. Increase the speed of the whole fleet for now."

Judd and Bran nodded without any disagreements.

Brad immediately ordered his men, "Increase the speed of all the ships. If you spot any sea monsters. Toast them, no need to avoid them, We will ram through them."

The captain of the dwarven ship named Bird ordered everyone in the fleet, "We are going back, no need to patrol this godforsaken place in the north where all these predators roam everywhere. I wonder why the prince wants to scout these lands over here where costs are high while results are none. Give orders to all the ships. we are going back, we have anyway lost a lot of men. It is always better to bribe Fjord and infiltrate them when there is internal turmoil going on. I guess this is because of that new weapon which is creating waves in all the kingdom. We are going back."

Bird's Subordinate obliged and saluted, "Yes, Captain."

Looking at the movements of enemy ships, Boris remarked,
The scout, Boris sighed with relief and remarked as he saw the dwarven fleet leaving the area, "It looks like they are leaving for eastern waters to avoid any mishaps."

Blake sighed and spoke as he heard the scout, "Hah, good, I was worried about nothing."

Boris shook his head as he heard Blake and told about the new developments as he looked through the telescope, "Too Early captain. A good bunch of those sea serpents are traveling in our direction. They will reach us in about half an hour. It looks like they are quite angry this time because of their confrontation with the dwarves. They seem quite dangerous. It is good that we have such a good scouting tool. Count John is quite a genius for making such a tool."

Blake nodded after hearing Boris, "It is always to better to confront Beasts rather than intelligent beings. Our most important priority is the secrecy of this mission. Men get ready for a bloody battle with those sea serpents. You better kill them before they arrive near us. You guys have full freedom to use the ballistas. Go to your stations and make early preparations. As for that Telescope, give it back to me after we reach the city, I need it to peep Wom.., I mean need to keep it for safe-keeping."

Boris smiled as he reminded him, "Boss, but Ross ordered me to give it back to him when reached back to the eastern port city. I think he said something about Lord was quite angry with both you and Mr. Eric."

Blake suspiciously looked at both Boris and Ross and tried to figure out something.
But Ross didn't even look at Blake in the eye as he shook responsibility off his shoulders.

Blake whispered to Boris as he heard him, "You better give that telescope back to me if you don't want to get transferred to Judd's ship."
He thought, 'Hmph, these guys think that they can take away my fun. I can be as shameless as I can. I am sure that guy Eric is not even giving his Telescope to anyone and protecting it thoroughly while enjoying the beautiful scenery with that telescope."

Chapter end