NABC Chapter 69: | 069 | Crusaders of Humanity
Chapter 69: | 069 | Crusaders of Humanity
*Knock!* *Knock!*
"Captain Stolz, it seems that we have arrived at our destination." Knocking on the captain's quarters was the First Mate of the capital battleship, Everlasting Sun. They were sent to investigate the situation of the escort ships and the merchant ship, Pinguis Arca.
"Our destination, huh?" Opening the door of the captain's quarter was a buff man wearing a medieval captain's uniform. He was Captain Stolz, the commander of Everlasting Sun.
As he stepped out of his quarters, the sun shone over his body unveiling his bald head and patched left eye. He only needed a hook to be a stereotypical pirate captain, though in reality, he was far from an actual one.
He was the commander of Everlasting Sun, the capital battleship of the Fleet Principatus Humanum.
The fleet was an expansionary force of Europa that would pave the way for newer colonies to be built in foreign seas. They would fight against locals and dominate the sea region, giving way to humanity's development.
They planned to return to Europa for maintenance, but as they passed through the sea region of the Colonial Dominion of Terra, its Viceroy reported to them strange occurrences.
So, before returning to the continent, they decided to investigate the disappearance of the escort ships and the merchant ship Pinguis Arca.
Captain Stolz walked towards the wooden railings of the medieval battleship where two hundred cannons pointed to the starboard. Anything that met the firing range of these cannons would instantly be decimated into debris.
He soon noticed the wooden boards and debris floating throughout the tide and felt a whiff of charred flesh.
"It seems that they were attacked by sea monsters." Captain Stolz remarked, but the First Mate raised an eyebrow and reminded him of the reports sent by Pinguis Arca to the Viceroy.
"According to the Viceroy, the captain of Pinguis Arca spoke about a strange metallic ship chasing after them. I doubt the captain would misunderstand a sea monster as some ship."
"The Dragoness was here, fighting the Elder Leviathan."
When Captain Stolz heard of the dragoness, he clenched his fist and furrowed his eyebrows. The dragon that had disappeared had finally reappeared.
"I didn't think that she would be in the Colonial Dominion of Terra. After all, it is far from the safest place to be with its proximity to Europa." Captain Stolz remarked and continued.
"It looks like she handled the Elder Leviathan that was brought along with the herd."
Unexpectedly, however, Theodore shook his head and uttered with aloofness.
"It wasn't she that took care of the Elder Leviathan, Captain Stolz. Metallic warships were the ones that killed it. She only made it stationary, judging from the enveloping mana along the Elder Leviathan's mana."
"The sea monster practically exploded into bits. These metallic warships have more significant firepower than us." The situation was something that needed to be taken seriously.
The words of Theodore resounded in Captain Stolz's mind. An unknown force was hiding in the sea region of the Colonial Dominion of Terra. If they didn't handle it, the force might grow into something larger.
Such things must be prevented especially with the Colonial Dominion of Terra being the gateway of Europa into the Ferus Sea.
"It seems that we need to make a call with the Sovereigns." Captain Stolz asserted before the wooden battleship trembled. Some crewmen lost their balance and fell, but most handled it with ease.
"Captain!" A crewman yelled while pointing at the sea.
Captain Stolz walked towards him, and upon arriving beside the crewman, he saw a gargantuan carcass brimmed with explosive wounds. His eyes became colder the more he gazed upon the corpse of the Elder Leviathan.
"Call the Sovereigns!"