141 Dragon Wars & The Trident City Of Atlantis V : So It Begins (1/2)
(SEA SPRINT ACTIVATED)
I'm not under the illusion that the Acheron was the most powerful ship on the seas right now, heck I'm sure it's really weak, but one thing I do know is my ship owns a weapon of starship level damage. And that was more than enough to put an exclamation point in any battle that we might find ourselves fighting within the confines of a planet's oceans. However there's always someone or something stronger, especially for the dragon god guild who's players have even more resources and assets than I currently do. But none the less, this was a fight that I'm going to make sure none of them ever forget for a very long time to come.
*Boom! Boom! Boom! Pew pew, pew, pew, pew!*
The mounted guns and the turrets focused fire on the two vanguard ships that were approaching the island. It was a detachment from the main fleet, or rather an attempt to escape by some as Zareth had more then scorched a significant part of the fleet reducing them to cinders. This fleet was bigger than last, and the ships much larger, however it was able to deploy a shield that was even more powerful than the last one, and for the past three minutes, Zareth has been trying to break through it, but with no luck.
I watched him bank to the left, evading the bullets, fireballs, lightning strikes and shots from the ships guns that were trying to bring him down. The hail of fire he was receiving was much too thick that he could do naught but evade. But that was just as good, he's to draw their attention while the rest of us get ready. The two ships approaching us blew up just after five seconds of focused barrage from the guns and turrets. The ship itself was vibrating, so I knew it was only a matter of time before the Cannon finished charging, but until them...…
”Captain! We just lost 2% of our ship's basic energy shield's integrity!” Darke yelled to me.
”What! How? We've not taken any hits so far, is there structural damage anywhere?” I asked him as I moved close to him, looking at the holographic radar that was hanging over his steering wheel.
”There are some structural damage, but it was sustained in the last two minutes, and based on what's showing up on the radar there are multiple unidentified organisms under ship. At first I though they were just fishes trying to escape the carnage, but it seems...…”
”Damn it Darke! You're supposed to be smarter than this. Slow down and weigh anchor, we should be close enough for the Canon to cause some serious damage. Focus on buffering our defense, I'll go check out what's nipping at our heels. Qitar how much longer until the Cannon fires?” ”2 minutes captain!” she replied just as she used the turrets to blast a massive flaming boulder out of the sky.
Seriously this was a sea battle, why does it seem as if these dragon god guild guys are using siege weapons like catapults to fight. I can't really see them from behind their cozy little shield, but this suspicion of mine might actually be true. But nevertheless we'll deal with them soon enough, they have just less than two minutes any way.
”Raven Song! Zack! Mack! Keep your eyes peeled for aerial assaults, at this point it wouldn't be wise to think that our enemies won't try anything. See you guys in two minutes!”
I could have used the still active power of the Trident, however I'm not so willing to expose a trump card at the beginning of a fight. The idea was to let the Ion pulse cannon cause as much damage as possible, and then use the trident's power to start another assault, hopefully giving the cannon a chance to charge up another shot. I was aiming to make every move of mine as overkill as possible, these guys might have many more tricks up their sleeves, and I would very much like cover my bases...…just in case things go south. Besides I'm just waiting for the island to sink, before I take this battle to a battle field that would favor me even more than it already does.
*Splash!*
I dived into the water, drawing my wings close to my body as I reached the bottom of the ship. Just as I suspected, there were quite a few players there causing problems. They had on oxygen masks, though most of them seemed to be of an aquatic race so breathing underwater wasn't that much of a problem for them. They were currently throwing every attack they could and setting charges against the Acheron's shield, hoping to blow it up enough and reduce the power of the shield.
Now even though this was just our primary method of defense, and we still had a more powerful shield that's not been deployed, I rather not take any chances. We need every form of defense for the fight ahead. I narrowed my eyes just as a scared little sea horse swam past me, time to try something crazy. ”Hey stop!”
”Yeyyesss sir?......wwhat can I do for you?” the little aquatic creature squeaked at me.