For what it was worth the civilians were trying to get to safety, clamoring into nearby fishing boats or onto the docks as they reached them, but it still took time, and all the while the sharks were closing in.
Or at least, they'd started to. Jack 's change of attack was more successful than the previous attempt to ice the beasts out. It was difficult for the sharks to see projectiles aiming at them from above the surface of the water, and by now the Hel's Blessing was behind them. An echo shark's fin made for an easy target to aim at and the Captain's throw was true. It struck to the side of one of the pack, bringing its attack to a halt and spilling blood into the water.
Flora 's second feather flew as swiftly as the first, but this time her target made an unlucky dive and the blade sliced into the water an instant behind the shark as it momentarily vanished. Koa 's luck wasn't much better. His arrow nicked a dorsal fin but did nothing more than annoy the shark he'd been aiming at.
One of the gunners took aim at the shark Koa had missed, leading its path with a lucky expert eye. The fuse was ignited and the canon boomed out, its thunder ringing across the harbor. The shot was a dead on, and the shark were blown to smithereens from the force of the impact. Flora's shark was near enough to be startled by the shockwave in the water and turned tail and fled.
The second gunner fired a second later, and though they weren't as lucky they were still miraculously on target thanks to Jack's previous freezing of the water that had slowed the sharks down. A third shark joined its brethren in going belly up in the waves.
The Tidebreaker had his own hands full with the last of the pack. He plunged after it, bringing his trident to bear as he closed the distance and let loose with a blast of starlit water.
Well. That hadn't been how they'd expected to start out.
Shaking his head to clear the ringing from his ears, Hadama returned to the ship and nodded up to the captain, who hauled away the anchor and adjusted the sails to catch the wind. The Hel's Blessing headed out to the open ocean, turning north and west as it cleared the harbor. Hadama raised himself up on a column of water as they moved along so he could speak with those on the ship's deck.
"We can try to hunt down the pirates, but we do not know where their base is, exactly," Hadama rumbled. "Or we can try to lure them out by pretending to be a merchant vessel. We will go with the majority's decision."
You've taken out the echo sharks and saved the people in the harbor!
Now you can finally get down to business.
Will you disguise the Hel's Blessing as a merchanter with a hold full of sweet booty, or will you strike out and try to get the jump on the pirates - though their base may be hard to find?
Or at least, they'd started to. Jack 's change of attack was more successful than the previous attempt to ice the beasts out. It was difficult for the sharks to see projectiles aiming at them from above the surface of the water, and by now the Hel's Blessing was behind them. An echo shark's fin made for an easy target to aim at and the Captain's throw was true. It struck to the side of one of the pack, bringing its attack to a halt and spilling blood into the water.
Flora 's second feather flew as swiftly as the first, but this time her target made an unlucky dive and the blade sliced into the water an instant behind the shark as it momentarily vanished. Koa 's luck wasn't much better. His arrow nicked a dorsal fin but did nothing more than annoy the shark he'd been aiming at.
One of the gunners took aim at the shark Koa had missed, leading its path with a lucky expert eye. The fuse was ignited and the canon boomed out, its thunder ringing across the harbor. The shot was a dead on, and the shark were blown to smithereens from the force of the impact. Flora's shark was near enough to be startled by the shockwave in the water and turned tail and fled.
The second gunner fired a second later, and though they weren't as lucky they were still miraculously on target thanks to Jack's previous freezing of the water that had slowed the sharks down. A third shark joined its brethren in going belly up in the waves.
The Tidebreaker had his own hands full with the last of the pack. He plunged after it, bringing his trident to bear as he closed the distance and let loose with a blast of starlit water.
Well. That hadn't been how they'd expected to start out.
Shaking his head to clear the ringing from his ears, Hadama returned to the ship and nodded up to the captain, who hauled away the anchor and adjusted the sails to catch the wind. The Hel's Blessing headed out to the open ocean, turning north and west as it cleared the harbor. Hadama raised himself up on a column of water as they moved along so he could speak with those on the ship's deck.
"We can try to hunt down the pirates, but we do not know where their base is, exactly," Hadama rumbled. "Or we can try to lure them out by pretending to be a merchant vessel. We will go with the majority's decision."
You've taken out the echo sharks and saved the people in the harbor!
Now you can finally get down to business.
Will you disguise the Hel's Blessing as a merchanter with a hold full of sweet booty, or will you strike out and try to get the jump on the pirates - though their base may be hard to find?
