The Thousand Year Dynasty
18. The Battle of the West Sea
The iron ship Aksa moved forward at the same speed as the speed of the sailing ship when the wind was strong.
While in front of them the royal ships of Urbar seen lined row. There were 8 ships in the first three lines. Then there were 3 ships in the last two rows.
"Let's finish them off, and return home soon" Aksa said after feeling that his ship was close enough to the opposing ship. "Prepare torpedoes" he added with orders.
"The torpedo is ready" said a voice from behind an iron funnel connected to the bottom floor, where the torpedo launcher is located.
Then Aksa looked to peek at a tool like binoculars but mounted facing down, next to the steering wheel. Seen in the device, a sight seen from the end of the ship. With many lines around it.
"Two degrees to the right, Mr. Nikolai" Aksa said, commanding Nikolai, still staring into the device.
And after Nikolai moved the position of the ship, and Aksa felt it was appropriate, immediately he ordered to fire the torpedo.
"Torpedo launch!"
Of the two holes in the front of the ship's body submerged in water, seen gliding with the force of air pressure, two iron tubes propeller in the tail, and, and tapered like a drill bit as big as an adult's head, in the front.
And because it moves in the water, no one is aware of the existence of tubes called torpedoes. And even after successfully crashing and damaging part of the hull, still no one noticed it.
That's because the torpedo left no sound of an explosion. And the sound when the iron tube hit the hull of the ship also did not sound tight from outside the ship. His voice was muffled because it was below sea level.
Seeing that his first attack was successful, Aksa immediately aimed at the other ship and launched another torpedo at the opposing ship.
And not just one, several torpedoes were launched in secret under the surface of the water afterwards. Which caused confusion on the other side, when they found out one by one their ships began to sink without cause.
"Is the torpedo the same as your firearm, Mr Aksa?" Anna looked amazed and curious after seeing the results of the weapon. Now the 4 ships had started to sink before they even managed to get close.
"No. It's the same as harpoon. Using air pressure power. It's just that in the water" Aksa explained as he waited for Nikolai to move their ship's position slightly to the north in order to aim for the ships on the right side.
"How can you make it slide that far in the water? Usually harpoon throwers only reach a certain depth before losing power and drowning" Anna asked again.
"By adding a propeller on the back" Aksa replied. "Once the air pressure pushes the torpedo bullet into the water, the propeller will rotate because of the friction of the sea water. And the rotation of the propeller will move the spring in the tube, and after that the spicy energy will move the mechanical that makes the propeller continues to spin until it hits something" obviously a long width that is not also understood by others.
And after four attacks they sank four ships on the north side, soon they turned to the south side.
"Full speed towards the ship on the south side" exclaimed Aksa.
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On a luxury ship with the Urga royal emblem in the rear row.
A young Morra in sailor clothes appeared to be facing a full-faced Narva man wearing a captain's outfit complete with a long jacket and his triangle hat. "Admiral Colgre, our fleet is in danger"
"Danger?" It seemed that the Admiral did not understand the meaning of the young man's words.
"Our ships began to sink one by one" explained the young man later.
"How come? I don't see any war? Do they use mystical weapons? But I also did not see any light or sound of explosions if they did attack with magic" The face of the man called Colgre was increasingly confused.
"No, Admiral. They don't use magic. But all of a sudden, one by one our ships start to sink just like that"
"What is wind magic, or water magic?"
"We don't know, Admiral. Because the witches did not feel any movement of the Soul stream approaching them when their ship then began to sink" the young man Morra explained.
"Only one, Adimral. But the shape is very strange. Like a shark made of iron"
"What the fuck? Is it really a ship? Then immediately attack and sit on the ship" orders Colgre then who looks increasingly clueless with what is really happening.
"Sorry, Admiral. But the ship was moving too fast. Our ships are hard to catch up with" the young man replied, bowing his face.
"Ck, this must be due to the use of mystic weapons. I thought that the rumor that the land of the dead had mystic weapons must be true" Colgre seemed to have come to a conclusion. "Call the Champions. Tell me, it's time for them to work" he ordered later.
"Well, Admiral!"
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The iron ship Aksa began to accelerate faster towards the south. Avoiding magic attacks in the form of fireballs, ice pillars, lightning shots, and throwing stones from other Urbar kingdom ships.
The speed of the iron ship Aksa made all the magic attacks earlier unable to hit it.
"I don't think we can stop aiming. So it's time for melee combat. So, full speed, hit those ships!" Shouted Aksa who was responded with a confused and fearful look from the people around him.
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Then the iron ship began speeding towards one of the ships between the rows of Urbar kingdom ships on the south side.
Dozens of magic began to hit the iron ship with a row. However, due to the distance the witches were quite far from the position of the ship, and also did not have enough power to destroy the Dracz metal, making all the attacks useless.
The iron ship Aksa continued to advance until it hit the left side of the ship. This lowered the speed of the iron ship. And it seems to be used by other Urbar royal ships to docked and surrounded the ship with a shark-like shape.
Now the iron ship has been surrounded by 5 opposing ships. Both on the left side, the right side, and at the back.
"What now, Mr Aksa? Their troops will soon land in this place" said Anna who had placed her right hand on the handle of the sword on her waist.
"Don't worry, Miss Anna. They are still too fast a millennial to be able to set foot on this ship" Aksa said with a smile. "Fire all the hook cannons!" His cry then ruled.
At once all the air pressure-powered cannons on the left and right sides, as well as the front of the iron ship, launch a large iron milestone with a fishing hook-like eye with three hooks at the end.
All the hook iron that was shot easily penetrated the skeletons of the opposing ships that surrounded. And it appears behind the iron hook there is an iron chain that is still connected to the inside of the iron ship.
"Unleashed the beast" added Aksa with a smirk on his face.
And then the iron plate in front of the iron ship lifted. At the same time, the ship began to move forward. Pushing the opponent ship that was in front of him. The sudden movement of the ship seemed to surprise the opposing forces who were about to cross into the iron ship.
Before long, it appeared that the jagged iron plate was falling down again. This time right on the deck of the ship that was being pushed. And instantly smash the wooden deck.
The speed of the Aksa iron ship did not decrease. Which makes other ships in the vicinity began to move closer because they were attracted by the iron chains associated with their ship bodies.
And after two-three times the jagged iron plate hit the deck, finally coupled with the push of the iron ship, the Urbar royal ship was split in two.
Meanwhile, several ships that had been attracted by the chain of hooks, began to collide. Which made the chain of hooks come off, and left a large hole in the side wall of the ships.
"You are gonna need a big boat!" Said Aksa happy, when then seen a tornao wind approaching towards his ship.
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