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Chapter 250 - day 110 attack on the fleet

Earlier that day there was an emergency message from pirate haven asking for help.

As soon as the message got to the kingdom of freedom the message was giving to Rome.

Rome readed the message. In the message the governor of pirate haven have offered the island to the kingdom of freedom as payment for saving the city. As soon as Rome read that part he order Decken to go with the undead navy and with the two troop carrier ships and the three prisoners ships to pirate haven to help. After two hours of sailing full speed the undead navy could see pirate haven and the enemy attacking them.

There was about thirty ships attacking the island they mostly look like corvettes or brigs and there was one light frigate which was most likely the flagship. Decken ordered all cannon to be loaded with chain shot then to fire on the enemy fleet. The first volley took most of the enemy masts and disabling the enemy ships. Then Decken ordered the fleet to load all guns with grape shot and fire at will. The enemy ships began to return fire but with their ships masts being destroyed or badly damaged it greatly impede their movement. They where nothing more then sitting ducks after 3 volley of grape shot Decken ordered all ship to prepare to board all enemy ships. After afew minutes Decken order all ships to start boarding operations.

The undead navy began to board the enemy ships and there was not much resistance the undead navy captured all thirty ships and capture one thousand enemy.

As the last of the prisoners where loaded on to the prison ships there where one hundred ships coming from the northwest.

Decken look though his spyglass and seen their flags. The ships were flying the flag from the Zikar Empire with was on the qentis continent. Decken got a message from the troops that where on the island. They have secure the island with minimal restraint and they capture about three hundred enemies.

Decken ordered the undead to move all the prisoners and the people of the island away from the harbor and the northwest of the island because he seen siege ships and troops carriers.

Decken ordered all ships to load regular shot and hold their fire until they know the fleets attentions.

As the ships get closer Decken notice they where opening their gun ports. Decken ordered all ship to prepare for engagement.

The Zikar Empire navy began to open fire.

Decken order all ships to engage and return fire. As the navel fighting intensify the Zikar Empire troops carrier make their way into the harbor and secure the the harbor. The soldiers began clearing the town and find no one. The general on the ground ordered her troops to follow the tracks of the fleeing towns people and capture them or kill them.

As soon as the Zikar Empire troops make their way out of the town they where attacked by the undead troops that where on the island. Three hours later the fighting was still intense and there was no clear winner.

After the four hour of fighting hit reinforcements from freedom arrive and the navel battle began to turn against the Zikar Empire because Scylla the zombie sea orc dragon general arrived with its troops one hundred and fifty zombie sea orc dragons. The zombie sea orc dragons began using dragon flame on the enemy fleet and began to ram their bodies into the ships causing major damage and sinking the enemy ships f quickly causing the formation to begin to scattered. On the island freedom troop carriers where landing and off loading their troops they off loaded another fourty thousand troops in one hour and began to put pressure on the Zikar Empire troops. When the fighting first started the Zikar Empire have two hundred and fifty thousand troops. At first the undead troops only engaged about ten thousand enemy troops but once the general knew there was enemy forces on the island she ordered all troops to engage the enemy troops and all troops move to the jungle where her troops where ambush by the enemy. The undead held their ground but could not push the enemy back. As the reinforcements arrived the undead began to push the Zikar Empire troops back into the town. As the sixth hour of fighting continues the Zikar Empire lost about fifty thousand troops so the general ordered all troops to fall back into the town. The general ordered her troops to retreat back to the ships. Her plan was once all troops are evaluated from the island she will ordered the seign ships to open fire on the island. But as soon as the troops began to load back onto the ships the troop carriers where attacking by the freedoms navy and where sank killing thirty thousand troops. After the troop carriers where sunk the ships from the kingdom of freedom open fire on the ground troops killing about sixty thousand troops. The general ordered all troops to get out of the range of the ships cannons. As soon as the troops got out of the range of the cannons they where attacked by the kingdom of freedom troops on the island.

The battle turn into a one sided slaughter as the Zikar Empire troops refuse to surrender after ten hours of fighting the Zikar Empire troops where completely overwhelmed and defeated out of hundred ships, eight thousand five hundred sailors and two hundred and fifty thousand troops. There was only five hundred sailors and six thousand four hundred and twenty seven troops that survived the battle and where capture including the leader of the ground troops general Arabella. The undead gather all the capture prisoners and took them to the dock to wait for the prisoner ships to arrive. Decken flagship docked and the harbor and he ordered the undead to bring the general to him on his ship. The undead brought a female that look to be about thirty. Five foot seven inches about one hundred and forty pounds. Red hair, light complexion, freckles and green eyes. She have her hands cuff behind her back, shackles on her ankles and a collar around her neck the undead lead her to a chair and sat her down.

What is your name asked Decken.

It is Arabella she reply.

What is your rank asked Decken.

I am a general of the Zikar Empire and what you did was an act of war against my empire said Arabella.

Nice try but pirate haven is a territory of the kingdom of freedom and your troops attack us without any justification reply Decken. Decken out a paper with the governor of pirate haven signature on it with a time on it.

Arabella just look at the paperwork.

Now why did you attacked the island and the fleet reply Decken.

As far as the fleet that would be a question for admiral Beckham reply Arabella. But I was told by a sailor that admiral Beckham was kill in combat.

Very well reply Decken. You will not be able to tell me the reason why your navy attack my ships. But you will be able to tell me why you attacked pirate haven.

My emperor send me to pirate haven to capture this land for my empire. This will help us gets a foothold close enough to your continent.

So you an admiral Beckham make the decision to attacked the soldiers and sailors of the kingdom of freedom without justification or declaring war against the kingdom reply Decken.

What are you going to do with me and my troops asked general Arabella?

I do not know reply Decken. You and your soldiers will be taken back to the kingdom of freedom to Hope and be imprisoned until our king can have a hearing and past judgment upon yous.

I understand reply Arabella.

Decken ordered the undead to take Arabella back with the rest of the prisoners and as soon as the prison ships return have her on it.

As soon as she was gone Decken tried to link Colt it was late but Decken feel like it was important.

Colt reply what going on Decken.

Decken explain everything to Colt and did not leave anything out. After Decken told Colt everything he asked how should we proceed my king.

I want you to stay in pirate haven for now until I can get a chance to get there reply Colt and set up a teleport gate and have the undead search the entire island and reported back what they find.

I understand reply Decken. What about the sunken ships and all the dead soldiers? Have the sea orcs drag all the sunken ships into the swallow waters near the coast of Rehull and have all the dead bodies move to the capital reply Colt.

I understand and will have have everyone start moving everything. By the next morning everything was moved.

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