Delphi was standing at the helm, carefully monitoring the bay in front of her and the timer that was slowly clicking down . At the last minute, Ronnie decided to join the Phoenix, the captain was happy to have the newly minted Scorched Earth Mage .

[Whisper: Ronnie to Nix] I'm going to personally protect your precious Phoenix . So I expect compensation .

[Whisper: Nix to Ronnie] I am open to reason .

[Whisper: Ronnie to Nix] Can I borrow Ducky for a few days?

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[Whisper: Nix to Ronnie] What for?

[Whisper: Ronnie to Nix] Not telling .

Ronnie smiled to herself as she strolled across the deck to Mina and her a.s.sault team . She wasn't especially close with the Aquarion but they did know each other . "I'm going to stay on board and protect this s.h.i.+p, Mina . "

Mina looked up when she spoke, her coloring had changed only a little given that Ronnie was already dark-skinned . She personally thought that Ronnie was a bit silly but Nix had told her that was only an act . "We will board s.h.i.+ps when we get the chance . Do you need me to a.s.sign you a Vila for protection?"

Ronnie shook her head . "I'll be fine . " She pulled a hairband off of her wrist and tied her hair up in a top pony .

"You are quite beautiful Ronnie . " Mina tried not to stare at the dark girl, the changes brought on by the new cla.s.s only emphasized her dark beauty .

Ronnie took out the bow that Shae had made for her and stroked it lovingly . "Nix thinks so," she smiled slyly before wandering back toward the helm .

[Summon Rock Golem]

Advertis.e.m.e.ntA moment later a huge t.i.tan made of brown rock appeared on the deck . He was easily seven feet in height and nearly half that wide . He held a s.h.i.+eld and sword, both made from s.h.i.+ny black rock . Ronnie patted its rock arm . "You stand in front of anyone who comes at me . "

[Command: Defend Me]

A movement at her shoulder warned her that Wilo was present . The tiny Air Lord immediately moved in front of the golem to inspect it . A moment later she returned to Ronnie, utterly unimpressed .

Ronnie laughed at the expression on her tiny face . "Try and get along Wilo . I need you to get to your post now please . "

Wilo pulled hard on one of Ronnie's pointed ears, she still was unhappy about the changes . A moment later she flashed toward the mainsail and took a seat on the crossbar .

[Scorched Earth Coating]

Ronnie grinned widely when her bow changed colors, she could feel the power of earth and fire pulsing in it . She turned toward Delphi . "Today you have a Lord of Wind at your disposal, her name is Wilo, please treat her nicely . "

Delphi nodded, A Wind Lord? She eyed the timer, only a few minutes until they started . A movement from up above them drew everyone's attention . A drake landed nimbly on the deck, her pa.s.senger stepped off quickly .

"Thank you, Fey . " Fajii bowed toward the drake before turning toward Mina . "Time for buffs . "

[Flaming Rock Wall]

Everyone on deck felt strengthened as a rock barrier instantly became part of their armament .

[Charred Rock Blade]

The weapons of everyone on deck became more dangerous as their weapons were instantly modified to do Scorched Earth Damage .

Fajii nodded to herself and jumped back onto Fey's back . "Those should last for the duration, good luck!"

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Delphi watched the timer until if finally moved to zero . "Hoist full sails! Drop the port cannon doors!"

Wilo waited until the captain started giving orders, then she hovered close to the mainsail .

[Gale Wind]

The Phoenix accelerated off the line, even without help she was the fastest s.h.i.+p in the bay . Delphi charged right into the teeth of the Terran fleet . At two hundred meters he turned hard to starboard .

"Fire top cannons!"

The front ranks of the fleet hadn't s.p.a.ce nor time to turn broadside yet as they were shredded by the Phoenix's guns . Delphi steered around the perimeter of the fleet as her crew alternated firing bottom then top cannons .

In twenty minutes they completed a near full circle .

/Allied Sea Command: Jun Li: Good job Phoenix! I want everyone to concentrate on putting the disabled s.h.i.+ps down!

By the time they were behind the Terran fleet, a small gap appeared, and the Dreadnoughts could be seen . Delphi saw her chance and took it . "Prepare for deck fighting! We are going in . "

The Phoenix threaded the small gap, her cannons continuing to fire as she moved in . The enemy s.h.i.+ps didn't dare fire at first because of the fear of hitting each other . Someone must have given the order, halfway through the gap the s.h.i.+p came under heavy fire .

Ronnie shook her head at the forty Vila on deck, someone was going to have a s.h.i.+tty day when they met Mina's friends . Her rock golem moved surprisingly fast, raising his s.h.i.+eld to block an attack from the air . A fire mage on a manta had tried a sneak attack on her .

"Good luck with that . " Ronnie raised her bow and sent three quick shots into the manta . Apparently the water creature didn't react well to scorched earth damage, it turned upside and dived into the water in an attempt to escape .

Mina set one of her people into the water to ensure the Fire mage was dead . "Your pet is fast Ronnie . "

Ronnie took aim with her bow and started targeted the sails of s.h.i.+ps as they went by . Scorched earth damage caused everything it touched to burn . "He's immune to flame too, so he's a fire mage's nightmare . "

Wilo moved away from the sail and hovered above her companion's shoulder . She was staring hard at Ronnie's bow . She landed lightly on her archery glove and lay both hands on the wrist .

[Twisted Wind]

Ronnie watched her for a moment, she felt the power of wind encircle her glove . She fired point-blank into a deckhand fifty yards away . He instantly exploded, causing the rest of his mates to freeze in horror . "Earth, Wind, and Fire? My little Wilo is the best!"

Ronnie ran up and down the deck one-shotting crew from enemy s.h.i.+ps . The Scorched Earth mage's body count continued to climb steadily . Mina and her crew stayed low on the deck, waiting for their chance to board .

Delphi noticed that the Terrans were opening a path to the Dreadnoughts . "They want to deal with us . I can't go broadside with them Mina, they'll light us up!"

"Understood . " Mina waited until the Phoenix turned again and fired at the Dreadnought that was still pointing away from her . "Now . " Mina, her crew and 40 Vila slipped quietly over the edge .

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1400 hours Update:

Sea Farer Fleet Report: 17 Fleets, 118 s.h.i.+ps [69 . 8 percent]

Terran Fleet Report: 20 Fleets, 144 s.h.i.+ps [67 . 2 percent]

Terran Dreadnought Captain Felix Sori cursed at the turning Phoenix . "Why is that s.h.i.+p so f*cking fast? The sound of claws raking the deck caused him to turn just before his entire head was chomped off by a Vila . The creature crunched away a few times and then swallowed it whole .

Mina stayed next to the rail and directed her Vila while her melee crew tore into the humans . She wrinkled her nose slightly at the brutality of it . Unlike most Aquarions, she had respect for human life . Except for Nix, it generally took at least two human fighters working together to subdue an Aquarion .

One of her team members speared a sailor through his chest and then flung him over the rail . It was Jersi, the Aquarion equivalent of a tank . He stopped suddenly and glanced toward the hold . Stark terror was written on his face as he spun quickly and charged toward Mina . "Retreat now, Mina!"

Mina trusted her people so she quickly vaulted over the rail of the s.h.i.+p . An instant later the heavy doors of the hold exploded outwards . A huge scaled head pushed upward into the air, it stopped about thirty feet off the deck . Its serpent-like body was greenish-brown and wider than the arm span of three adults .

Ronnie stared at the huge serpent . "The f*ck is that?" She opened fire with her bow, her arrows exploding against its skin didn't seem to do much damage but it turned its black eyes toward the Phoenix .

Delphi froze as the creature glided across the sea toward them . "It's a Leviathan!"

/Allied Sea Command: Ronnie: Big, big snake spotted . The Phoenix is in trouble!

Mina swam underneath the ancient beast . "It's going toward the Phoenix!" Without considering the idea, she flung herself at its tail and grabbed it with both arms . Seeing her example, the rest of her a.s.sault team did the same . They may as well have been gnats, the creature didn't slow at all .

Ronnie cursed her luck as she huddled behind her golem . "Don't feel bad if you can't stop that thing Rocky, a big a.s.s snake like that is definitely cheating . "

Its open maw pointed toward the Phoenix, the hundred-meter distance closed instantly . Before it could get to the Phoenix it suddenly reared up, thirty feet of its body came out of the water as the creature roared in pain . Ronnie ran to the rail, her jaw-dropping . Every Aquarion in the raid was clinging to the Leviathan . Many of them had impaled it with daggers or spears, even the Vila were clinging stubbornly to it .

Captain Delphi didn't need an invitation, she turned out of the creature's path, going broadside she opened up with her cannons at point-blank range .

Four hundred Aquarions weren't able to completely stop it, but they did slow it down . It twisted and coiled its body, crus.h.i.+ng Aquarions by the dozens .

It roared again in anger, its wide mouth opening up showing razor sharp fangs that dripped with venom . Halfway through its roar, a creature appeared in front of it, breathing a thick stream of fire right into its mouth .