"Look! The tide is low, there are so many fish! "
Someone in the crowd by the beach suddenly shouted, instantly interrupting the young man's thoughts.
He looked up and saw that the tide was receding quickly. The beach became vast in an instant. Countless fish, starfish, seashells, crabs … Because of the low tide, they were all over the beach.
Whoosh —
"Charge! Grab it! "
The tourists who were still playing by the beach rolled up their sleeves and rushed to the beach.
Even many gentlemen who were obviously well-off joined in. The fish might not be worth much, but just like fishing, they enjoyed the process of catching and the joy of the harvest.
"Quick! Coker, there's another one behind you. "
"Mary, look what I've caught. A big lobster, awesome! Let's make cheese baked lobster for lunch. "
“.....”
The beach instantly turned into a celebratory sea. Everyone was enjoying the "feast" generously given by the sea.
They did not notice that the seabirds that were originally hovering in the sky suddenly became a mess, and then suddenly flapped their wings and flew inland.
The animals in captivity in the city also let out manic cries, broke free of their restraints and ran out.
"The tide seems to have receded a lot earlier today?"
A middle-aged captain of the city guards who was on duty today took out a brass pocket watch from his pocket and looked at the time in confusion.
The tide today was receding at least an hour earlier than yesterday, and the extent was unprecedentedly large. Even the rock base of the lighthouse was completely exposed.
"Strange!"
After living in Niske for so long, this was the first time the captain had seen such a situation.
Suddenly.
A legend that he heard from a retired sailor popped up in his mind. The strange signs in front of him were exactly the same as the legend …
While looking into the distance and hoping that his guess was wrong, he could not help but speak in fear. Even his voice almost changed, "Don't go! Come back quickly! It's a tsunami! "
However, his warning came too late. A snow-white line of water appeared in the distant sky, like thousands of galloping white horses, and in the blink of an eye, it had already arrived.
Other than a small number of experienced sailors who had already begun to retreat, most of the tourists were immersed in the joy of the harvest. They had already gone deep into the exposed beach, and did not realize that a destructive disaster was close at hand.
Rumble —
It wasn't until the huge roar that they couldn't ignore resounded in their ears that they, who were picking up the seafood with their heads lowered, suddenly realized that the huge shadow cast by the water wall that blocked the sunlight had completely shrouded them.
Without giving them any time to react, the water wall came crashing down.
"No —!!!"
The dreams and future of the rich, the poor, the parents, the children, the older brother, the younger sister … Everyone was crushed in an instant!
In addition, in addition to the speed of a tsunami, its second characteristic was that there was almost no loss of energy in the process of transmission.
In the distant sea, the wave height may only be a few meters, but when it reached the shallow waters of the coast, the wavelength decreased and the wave height increased sharply. It could reach dozens of meters, forming a "water wall" that contained enormous energy.
At this time, even if the "tsunami" created by hundreds of sea monsters couldn't compare to a real natural disaster, when they reached the shore, they would grow from the initial one meter to a terrifying thirty meters!
It was accompanied by a thunderous sound.
The 30-meter-high waves swallowed everything on the beach, including the commercial port not far away.
Crash!
Then, without stopping, it crossed the coastline and entered the water city of Niske, quickly attacking the entire city. Bridges collapsed and houses collapsed. The residents only had time to scream before they completely disappeared in the huge waves.
As a city that was almost half built on the water, even the tallest building in the city was not thirty meters high!
However, there were exceptions.
The only place close to the coast that was spared from the tsunami was the sanctuary blessed by the Goddess of Royalty and Navigation, St. Mark's Church. The priests and the people who happened to be there were also spared.
Among them were the former first mate of the Harpoon whaling ship, Fisher, and the gambler, Pips, who had nowhere to go and had been living here for free for a long time.
"God! Is this God's punishment? "
The young first mate, whose face had changed a lot, looked at the huge waves that roared past him. His empty heart, which had been destroyed by the white whale, seemed to be filled with something else.
While others were kneeling under the goddess's holy statue to thank God for her grace, he muttered to himself, "If people have such power, they won't be in pain anymore, right?"
At the same time.
In the face of such an overwhelming natural disaster, the military port built on Cape Hill was certainly not spared. The two cruisers anchored in the port hit the raging water wall head-on. Then, all the facilities and buildings in the port were completely swept away by the raging waves.
If it was the Storm Horn's turn to rest today, or if it had arrived at the port half a day earlier, it would definitely not have escaped such a tragic ending!
However, although the port was destroyed, the redoubt built on the slope stubbornly survived the tsunami.
The more than a thousand garrisons stationed in it should be grateful that the craftsmen did not cut corners when building the redoubt.
The stone redoubt, which was more than thirty-six meters high, withstood the baptism of the tsunami, especially the solid slope structure of the redoubt, which was twenty meters high, greatly mitigated the impact of the tsunami.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Amidst the continuous sound of the alarm, Major General Coverdale's figure was not tall, but it was like a reef that had weathered the wind and rain by the sea but still stood for thousands of years.
He stood at the top of the redoubt, his cloak fluttering in the strong wind accompanied by the tsunami.
The three consecutive waves had ended, and the sea had slowly receded from both sides of the redoubt, but the Major General's steel-like heart could not help but tremble.
The Great Knight's keen eyesight allowed him to see the devastation of Niske after the tsunami. The low terrain and the crisscrossing waterways provided the best conditions for the tsunami to unleash its power.
After the three waves, 60% of the entire water city had become an underwater city.
The number of casualties was uncountable.
Corpses were everywhere, and it was a tragic sight.
But the disaster at the estuary of Leiden River had just begun.
Roar!
Hiss!
The deafening roar of the giant beasts made the survivors fall into despair again. They were the five large species that Huggins had deliberately left behind to occupy the estuary and ensure the escape route.
In fact, when the first tsunami came, the estuary of Leiden River between the North and South Headlands was the center of the disaster.
Rear Admiral Coverdale watched with his own eyes as hundreds of giant sea monsters surged inland on the raging waves and went upstream along the wide Leiden River.
Even the distinctive Pirate King's flagship followed behind the sea monsters and swaggered into the inland river with the help of the skyrocketing water level in the river.
But as Elvin expected, even if the Major General was a Tier 3 Great Knight, and even if there were more than a thousand permanent garrison in the redoubt, what could they do to stop a tsunami?
Major General Coverdale finally understood, like Elvin, why the Pirate King did not care about exposing the location of the operation in advance.
Because he had absolute "power" in his hands.
In this case, as long as a Tier 4 Great Knight did not appear, he would be defeated by the tsunami.
He could only send out a warning signal at the first moment to inform the cities along the rear of the attack by Huggins.
In particular, Golden Lion City and Brandenburg had not only sent out a warning signal, but they also used terns to send out key information.
Flutter!
He looked at the communication terns that rose into the air.
He only hoped that the zigzagging water channels of Leiden River could gradually offset the surging energy of the tsunami. After the water receded, the sea monsters that seemed to have launched a "suicidal" charge would be trapped on the shallow riverbed.
It was true that they were the "masters" of the sea, but the land was never their hunting ground. This method of attack would inevitably make the sea monster army pay a painful price.
However, the Major General did not know if things would develop as he expected.
He only knew that for the sake of the people who died in the tsunami, he had to defend the redoubt and completely block the estuary. He had to make sure that the sea monsters and the crazy Pirate King who might return here would never return.
"Send a message to the Storm Horn and the Royalguard to return immediately."
According to the cruise plan, if there were no accidents, the Storm Horn should be close to the port at this time. The Royalguard should have just set off on another route and should not be too far away from the military port.
As for the other warships, it would be useless even if they returned.
But he did not notice.
Flutter!
Before the garrison released the terns, from the high ground near the estuary, two black shadows had already shot into the sky and flew upstream of the valley.
Obviously, the tsunami invasion brought not only a warning signal, but also an action signal from an unknown force.
However, even if Major General Coverdale noticed it, he had no energy to meddle in other people's business because the battle of the redoubt was about to start.
Patter … patter …
Hiss! Hiss!
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