Crown Prince Sanggana
Bolt Mal 14: Siasat Rear Admiral
*Night Pirates (Mal Sea)*
In the course of the Bee Arrow Reader, Bewe Sereng only saw the darkness of the sea water. Apart from hearing the wind, he only heard the sound of the ocean waves. That is the great Bee Arrow Reader that is in the form of a green ray arrow.
Bewe Sereng's eyes are connected to the arrow of light. Although he was standing on top of the Black Star Ship, but he could see what his arrow was going through which acted like a monitoring drone.
When the arrow of light arrived at the Octopus Strait, Bewe Sereng could see the existence of two large black clusters in the dark that were opposite each other.
The waters called the Octopus Strait are sea lanes that can still be passed by twenty large ships simultaneously.
Initially, Bewe Sereng only saw the darkness and shadow of the darker island. However, after the scanning arrow crossed the strait, Bewe Sereng saw there was a firelight behind the cliff of the left island, which is on Geleng Island.
If it was not seen from the air, perhaps the flame light would not be visible.
The green ray arrows that appeared flying in the air instantly startled the soldier who was on duty lurking from above Geleng Island.
“Rear Admiral! There's a green ray in the sky!” shouted the monitoring soldier.
Rear Admiral Gandala Moi who was gathered together with the seven captains of the ship below, behind a rock cliff, quickly looked up to look up at the night sky. At that very instant, they could see the streak of green rays in the sky.
“That's the science of Bee Arrow Reader. The Commander of the Land of Fog Island once sent such arrows when we attacked,” said Gandala Moi. “We've been caught. Prince Bewe Sereng's ship must have approached this strait.”
“Then what should we do, Admiral?” ask one of the captains.
“All back to ship. We're out of the strait to find their ship. Do not light a single ship fire, except the Coral Ship Jago!”
“Good, Admiral!” said the captains obedient and compact.
They then disbanded. The fire they were crowding was extinguished, except for one torch as a minimal illumination.
Let the enemy know their whereabouts, but do not read the amount of their power. That's what Gandala Moi thought.
The Bee Reader's arrow briefly flew in circles over the strait and the two islands. A very obvious maneuver that means to know what the strength of the obstacles.
The absence of flames on the eight Seven Star Fleet battleships, made Bewe Sereng unable to see the whereabouts of the ships. Bewe Sereng could only see the movement of one torch fire that descended towards the beach.
In the end, Bewe Sereng extinguished his ray arrow that simply vanished. That means Bewe Sereng has ended his monitoring.
“There are warriors in Geleng Island, Gusti. Seeing my arrows, made them decide to go down to the ship. I couldn't see how much power they had due to the lack of light they were lighting. Looks like they know that my arrow beam is the science of the Bee Arrow Reader. Most likely they also know that science is mine,” Bewe Sereng said explaining what he got.
“It means they know that we already know their whereabouts. They will definitely react,” said Dewi Ara. Then the order to the captain, “Hold the ship for a while!”
“Good, Gusti,” said Paddle Karat obediently. He then went to give orders.
“Why don't we just fight, Charcoal?” the Eyeang Hagara.
“Explain to this brother of mine, Prince!” dewi Ara's orders to Bewe Sereng.
“The Peak Ocean Kingdom that rules the Green Coral Country has many officials and powerful officers, Elders. They also had about fifty warships. Although we are sure to win, but do not let the condition of the ship not support when we have not reached the Mist Island. That's what Gusti the Empress was worried about. Especially we bring women and children,” explained Bewe Sereng.
“If only to sink one or two ships, I myself can do it,” said Eyang Hagara boasted.
“I trust you, Kakang Hagara. The ocean seems to be a bed for you,” commented Dewi Ara.
Not long after, something finally appeared in the Octopus Strait.
Goddess Ara and the people who were on standby on the ship, saw the appearance of several small moving flames emerging from behind Geleng Island. The fire continued to move into the middle of the strait and it could be predicted with certainty that it was a warship. The warship moved out of the strait and headed towards the waters where the black ship was far away. It is seen that only one pole developed the sail.
The distance and the lack of lighting on the ship in the strait, making Dewi Ara and her small troops can not see the shape of the ship perfectly.
It was the Karang Jago Ship that was crowned by Rear Admiral Gandala Moi. The darkness of the black ship made the admiral could not see the other ship or know its whereabouts. However, Gandala Moi remains convinced that ahead there is a ship boarded by Prince Bewe Sereng, fugitive number two, after the Crown Princess of Yellow Mist Palace as the number one fugitive.
Just a leak, the following is a partial description of Gandala Moi's strategy.
He intends to find an invisible enemy ship. Since he could not see it, he lit a torch so that the enemies who saw it came closer to him.
Gandala Moi was well aware that with the flames, his ship would be easily ambushed all of a sudden. It was a sacrifice as bait for the sake of catching a big fish. However, as per the previous information, Bewe Sereng and his entourage only used one ship. If attacked suddenly, it would not be too surprising because the troops were ready.
On board the Coral Ship Jago looks more lonely by the soldiers, it's because some of the soldiers are in four boat children.
The Karang Jago has four small boats. Everything was taken down and loaded by combat-ready soldiers. The four boats remained moored with a long mine. So the four boats move to follow the ship without being seen its existence. The light of the torch does not illuminate them.
While the other seven warships were nowhere to be seen, they moved.
“How, Gusti?” ask the Rust Paddle.
“That ship must have been a decoy. Continue the cruise, avoid that ship!” the Order of the Goddess Ara.
“Good, Gusti,” said Paddle Karat obediently.
The captain went to give orders to his men. The ship returned to sail, but was slightly deflected to avoid the Coral Ship Jago.
Obviously the Rear Admiral did not know that the black ship moved avoiding him. Until the two ships were aligned at a distance of about fifty spears, Gandala Moi was not yet aware of the movement of the black ship.
Eventually the two ships moved away from each other and turned their backs.
“We will collide with another ship in front,” said Dewi Ara suddenly, after realizing the existence of a ship that slid from the front towards them.
The two ships did not see each other.
Because the distance of the ship in front is not too far and getting closer, Dewi Ara can feel its existence, either from the sound of sea water broken down by the ship or the sound of flag and sail fluttering.
“Battle is inevitable. Turn the ship so the giant axe can be fired!” the Order of the Goddess Ara.
“Good, Gusti!” said Paddle Karat tense. He then shouted to the steering wheel. “Bend capaaal!”
The loud roar of the Coral Oars was heard by the captain and his troops on the ship approaching the black ship. They were shocked because it turned out that the enemy ship was already close in front of them.
“Light up the fire!” shouted the captain on the ship called Satria Ombak.
Not long after, the Satria Ombak Ship emerged from the darkness as it ignited the torches.
Charging Satria Ombak Ship made Karang Jago and six other warships can see. The light of the fire made the black ship belonging to the group of Goddess Ara faintly visible.
Suddenly, it appeared flaming the other six clusters of flames scattered across the six spots. The six other Seven Star Fleet ships scattered in the waters also lit torch fires and anti-wind lights. Having known the position of the enemy ship, Karang Jago Ship and the six ships of the fleet immediately turned to surround.
“Shoot!” the order of Dewi Ara to Setya Gogol who became the launch operator of the Destroyer Axe.
Dak! Chequek! Seel!
The sreet!
Setya Gogol, who had previously learned how the device works, immediately hit the locking peg with a hammer. And when the locking pegs came off, then the giant ax was strongly attracted and shot fiercely against the Ombak Satria Ship which was only a dozen spears away.
The collision made the Satria Ombak Ship shaken violently to drop some of the soldiers on board. Those who fall into the sea can be counted with one hand.
As it turned out, Setya Gogol's shot was less accurate, as the large, double-edged axe did not stick to the ship, but bounced off to the side and sank into the sea.
But apparently also, even so, the ax was still hit the right hull of Satria Ombak Ship so that it peeled thick and wide. Instead it created a huge hole in the hull like a window of the world.
No doubt, the sea water went into abundance into the belly of the ship like a flash flood.
“Ship will sink, quickly get on the rescue boat!” shouted the captain.
So the soldiers on board immediately lowered the four boats and scrambled up. Not a few who pushed and fell into the water. In the end, the four boats were full and rowed away from the ship which was quickly tilted to the side about to capsize itself.
For the soldiers who did not get to a place in the boat, had to jump into the water, before the ship sank completely.
The four boats and those swimming went to meet the approaching companion ship.
“Continue cruise!” the orders of Goddess Ara lightly.
“Good, Gusti!”
The black ship resumed its voyage. Goddess Ara did not want to continue that sea battle. However, it didn't seem easy, as there were two other warships moving in trying to block the path of the black ship.
“Fighting enemy ships!” shouted the Captain of the Wind Satria Ship.
“Don't let the enemy ship escape!” shouted the Captain of the Sea Swordsman. “Fireland, siaaap!”
The arrow troops on the two moving warships were about to head off, immediately taking a position. The two ships were seen getting brighter as dozens of bow-mounted arrows were lit. (BH)