Dungeons & Adders CH12
#12 of Dungeons and Adders
CH12 of Dungeons & Adders.
Chapter 12
Greybuck forced Kassa ahead of him as he and his fellow woodlanders stormed the Merciless.
A few drunken vermin on the deck stirred themselves, only to be quickly and silently eliminated by the woodlander boarding party.
They descended quietly into the middle deck, careful not to disturb the vermin snoring in their hammocks.
That's it, vermin, sleep forever wot wot, Greybuck thought as the woodlanders quietly slaughtered the pirates in their sleep.
After slaying the majority of the Merciless's crew, Greybuck and pawful of handpicked hares made their way down to the captain's quarters.
They reached the door, breathing hard in anticipation of the coming fight.
"On three.", Greybuck said, preparing himself. "One, two, THREE!"
Crash!
The hares kicked the door in and began storming the room.
Thwang! Thwang!
Two bucks gasped as a crossbow bolt suddenly sprouted from their necks , killing them instantly.
"Avast ye lubbers!", Captain Wormtail shouted as he dropped his now empty hand crossbows, unsheathing his smallsword and dagger.
He and Greybuck crossed blades, each fencing with great grace and finesse.
Greybuck gave a thrust, which Wormtail countered with his parrying dagger.
"Ahh!", Greybuck shouted as Wormtail unexpectedly kicked him in the knee, sending him sprawling to the deck.
The sea rat prepared to finish the hare, only for woodlander archers to send half a dozen shafts into the vermin's torso.
"P-poor form...", Wormtail chided weakly as he fell back onto the deck, dead.
"Ha ha!", a newly freed otter slave laughed as he smacked a stoat with his rudder. "Look at 'em! Runnin' scared they are."
The otter then turned to Kassa, who'd been standing there squealing and pissing himself since the hares kicked the door down.
"Vermin scum!", the otter snarled, kicking the ferret's paws out from under him and beating his arse with his hefty oar.
"Hold comrade.", Greybuck said, placing a paw on the freed slave's shoulder to get his attention. "We've two more ships to capture , save this scum for later."
He then turned back to his hares.
"Commandeer those ballistae!", Greybuck shouted. "Aim for their masts!"
"Ha ha!", a hedgehog laughed as he helped man the ballistae, a stolen bottle of rum in one paw. "Let's see how those vermin like it! Ha ha ha!
"Aim!", Greybuck ordered after the freed slaves loaded the ballistae. "Loose!"
The former slaves triggered the weapon's release mechanism, sending heavy stone balls flying through the air.
"Mutiny on the Merciless!", Captain Fatty cried as the ferret watched the events unfolding on the cog's deck through his spyglass. "They're turning her ballistae on us!"
Twang!
"Ah shite!", Captain Fatty grumbled as he drew his saw-toothed saber, deciding he'd rather die with his sword in his paw.
Splat! Crash!
The stone balls struck the obese ferret, utterly obliterating his flabby body, as well as felling his masts like trees.
"Huzzah!", Greybuck shouted as he watched King Gabool's Vengeance timber's felled, leaving the pirate ship dead in the water. "Now aim for the other one! Eulalia!"
The former oarslaves reloaded and reset the ballistae, aiming for the Fearless's mast next.
Twang!
Crash!
The woodlander's cheered as they watched the Fearless's masts fall as well, preventing any of the vermin from escaping.
"Ha Ha!", Greybuck laughed. "Those vermin aren't going anywhere! Tis jus a matter of time now!"
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