Raising Paladins

Episode 140. Pinas Revolution (8)

‘Why aren’t you coming yet?!’

Henry Morgan, left alone in the cabin, burst into anger.

The chair he kicked flew off and smashed against the wall.

His barbarian bodyguards, called the ‘Wings of the Harpy’.

Originally, they should have arrived already, but there has been no news yet.

If only they came, we could wipe out the guys outside without much damage… … .

‘There’s no way I couldn’t see the signal, so could it be that I was attacked by someone?!’

It can’t be.

Henry Morgan shook his head.

Barbarians are good at group warfare, and their individual combat power is outstanding.

It would take at least a hundred troops to subdue them, but it was impossible for that amount of troops to roam around Harpy Island unknowingly.

I’ve unleashed spies all over Harpy Island.

Things were getting weirder and weirder.

However, Henry Morgan is also the leader of the Harpy Pirates.

He wasn’t a stupid person.

“Is anyone out there?! Tell the leaders to come in!”

“yes!”

Soon after, the pirates’ leaders rushed in.

Henry Morgan ordered them.

“Now it’s time to get rid of those outside. Check your troop armament and prepare to charge.”

“Oooh!”

The pirates did not hide their excitement about the upcoming battle.

Most of the pirates’ leaders like to fight, so just keeping them inside the fence didn’t suit their spirit.

Just in time, Henry Morgan ordered a charge, and the blood boiled.

“Everyone prepare for battle!”

“I’m going to go out and wipe them out! Check each weapon!”

“All but the minimum number of people to defend the fence are leaving! Leave only the spire archers and come down with the rest!”

The pirates moved in perfect order at the command of the leaders who had rushed out.

The Harpy Pirates are naval forces who are good at naval battles on ships, but that doesn’t mean their skills on land have declined.

It’s just that his skills in naval battles are a little better.

As soon as the order was given, the pirates’ eyes glistened with life.

“good! Charge! Open the door!”

“Waaa!”

Lined up in three rows, they poured out from the pirates’ wooden fence.

Hanson and the militia, who had been camped some distance from the shore, quickly grabbed their weapons.

“They are out! They are coming!”

A crew member’s call.

Old Crete asked Hanson, who was waiting next to him.

“Hansson, do you have troopers?”

“There are only three or four horsemen.”

“They must be the head of the pirates. You have to catch him!”

“All right. What will the old man do?”

“I’m not much help in a melee like this, I’ll be protecting Tira.”

“Let it be. wake up everyone! The enemy is coming!”

The militiamen were already preparing for battle before the order was given.

Soon after, a fierce battle between the pirates and the militia began.

“Kill them all!”

“Protect the Pinas Islands!”

An estimated 200+ pirates.

By comparison, the militia had fewer than 50 men.

It was thanks to Hanson that he was able to overcome the overwhelming numerical difference.

“aaap-!”

With a large iron shield at the forefront, Hanson ran vigorously.

His target is a cavalryman on horseback.

As Hanson, who was wrapped in divine power, pushed forward with terrifying power, the pirates blocking his way bounced off like toys.

“W-what is that?!”

The pirate leaders who rode on the horse were taken aback.

He quickly thrust out his spear and headed for Hanson, who was running towards him, but he couldn’t overcome the power of his steel shield, and the spearhead broke and flew away, trapping him in the nape of the pirate’s neck.

Hee hee hee!

The troopers quickly gave up the reins, but they were already too close to Hanson.

bang!

The troopers who ran into Hanson fell on their horses.

The impact of falling to the floor broke the back, and the lucky ones broke their legs when their thighs were crushed by horses.

Some fell and broke their necks.

“Ooooh! Hanson has knocked down the troopers!”

The cavalrymen who managed to survive the fall were turned into minced meat by the weapons of the nearby militia.

The pirates, four times the size of the militia, got scared and began to retreat.

***

“Huh, huh… … .”

The pirates wandering through the jungle of the ruined island collapsed onto a tree stump.

The pirates who chased Meisa and the detached party into the deep forest, but were caught in all sorts of traps and their ankles were blown off or were skewered with bamboo spears hidden on the floor.

700 people came, so there are still a lot of people left, but they were not young.

In the deep forest, having a large number of troops was not an advantage.

In addition, Meisa and the detached team that were chasing after had disappeared without a trace.

“Wow, some water… … .”

“This is the end, I have nothing to drink!”

“Tch, you dirty bastard!”

“what?!”

Pirates arguing over water in leather pouches.

Then a pirate shouted.

“Bird, spring water!”

“Ahh!”

After walking around the night forest nervously for hours, everyone was thirsty.

At the sound of spring water, the pirates rushed in droves.

But what greeted them was literal spring water.

There was a small spring gurgling so that even if a few rabbits or deer came to drink it, it would soon dry up.

“Hururup!”

But even that was like the water of life for the thirsty pirates.

The pirates scrambled to the spring water.

However, because he rushed too hastily, the spring water soon turned into muddy water.

It was because someone had tripped in the upper spring.

“That stupid son of a b*tch!”

puck!

“Ouch… … .”

The pirate who caused the muddy water was knocked over by the fist of the leader.

“Catch this bastard and tie him up! You don’t even have water to drink right now, so you’re doing such an idiot! When the battle is over, I will whip you myself!”

“yes!”

The fallen pirate is dragged away.

Leaders gathered around.

“It was a mistake that I didn’t bring a bottle of drinking water because I was in such a hurry. It’s food, whether it’s picking fruits or hunting, no matter how you solve it… … There is no way to get water. You can’t even drink seawater.”

“Even if you find more spring water like this, you cannot satisfy the thirst of 700 people with this. We need to find water first, brother!”

The leaders looked at the eldest pirate.

But his face was not very good.

‘I was careless… … I didn’t bring drinking water, thinking only of the small number of the militia. This is a really big deal… … .’

However, it is clear that confusion will arise if the inner mind is brought out as it is.

Failure to do so could lead to a rebellion.

Unlike the militia, they are pirates who eat plunder and murder.

The old pirate said, trying to hide his expression.

“Bring someone who knows the topography of this island well!”

“yes!”

Soon a young pirate was called.

He was a native of the Pinas Islands, but joined the pirates because he was in need of food.

“Tell me about the ruined island terrain.”

“As you know, this is a place where scary ghosts come out, so I came here out of curiosity when I was young. Even then, I was very scolded by the adults… … .”

“I’m not interested in anything like that, so let’s talk about topography! Where do I go to get water here?!”

“Oh, sorry! Water is at the bottom of the canyon! The water comes out of the volcanic bedrock, so it is clean and cool enough to drink right away!”

“Um… … .”

The top leaders licked their lips at the word clean and cool water.

“Then I’ll have to go there first. Set the direction of advance to the gorge!”

“That’s not okay!”

One of the leaders waved his hand.

“older brother! As we saw earlier, their detached unit is pulling us in by repeatedly hitting and dropping. Maybe their intention is to draw us into the canyon! What would you do if the militiamen took up positions at the top of the canyon? Then it would be like stepping into the jaws of a lion with my feet!”

“So what?!”

The old pirate pointed to the sky.

“The sky is getting lighter little by little. At this rate, the sun will rise in a few hours, and then this jungle forest will turn into a huge steamer. You will feel a much greater thirst than you do now. Are you going to fight while collecting night dew? yes?!”

As he raised his voice, the opposing pirate lowered his head.

“Because of the tropical climate, the island gets hot quickly. If you stay like this for fear of an attack, you’ll die of thirst, and if you just go back, you’ll run away from the harpies. It’s far better to give it a try! What do you all think?!”

“you’re right! Let’s go to the gorge first!”

“song!”

The pirates agreed.

Then the old pirate drew his sword and pointed forward.

“let’s go! Go, wipe them out, and drink the canyon’s cool water! Everyone move!”

***

“Old man! The militia are being pushed closer and closer to the coast!”

“Um… … .”

At Tira’s worried voice, Old Man Crete swallowed his saliva.

Even his ears could hear the distant battle cries and the clashing of spears and knives coming closer and closer.

A Cretan old man who was guarding Tyra away from the battle.

He got up with Tira’s help.

“All-out war was against us from the beginning. For an all-out war to work, you need at least a similarly sized force, but we are too few in number.”

“Well, then what do we do? If I can go and help… … .”

“No, no. It’s too risky. How high is the sun?”

Tira quickly turned her head to stare at the sea.

“Now the horizon is getting a whitish light. The sun will rise in just a little while.”

“I have no choice but to hold out until then… … .”

Carl promised to come back and join the battle at dawn.

There was no hope other than that as long as all-out war broke out.

At the front, nearly half of the militiamen had already been killed or seriously injured.

“Ha ha ha! look at it! Those guys are ragtags with no training anyway! There’s not even half left!”

“Ha ha ha ha ha!”

Two hundred pirates pointed to the militia and burst out laughing.

Conversely, fear spread across the militia’s face.

“Ooh, we’re all going to die… … .”

“There are too many enemies… … .”

Half of my comrades who fought valiantly died.

I was able to endure so far because there was Hanson, who alone did the share of dozens of people.

As one of the militiamen uttered desperate words, the negativity spread in an instant.

But not Hanson.

“You can! Don’t give up all! If you hold out until the sun rises, Mister Carl will come! You are the masters of the Pinas Islands!”

Hanson, who has at least one head longer than the other men and is huge.

As he raised his trusty fist and shouted, the militiamen’s faces brightened little by little.

“Hanson is right! We are the owners of the Pinas Islands!”

“Even if we die, let’s die bravely here!”

“For the Pinas Islands!”

The militiamen, who recharged their morale, squeezed their remaining strength and rushed forward.

However, like moths jumping into a large fire, they fell one by one from the outskirts of the attacking line.

At that time, the other side of the horizon brightened brightly and the sun appeared.

The pirates frowned at the world that suddenly brightened up.

Hanson shouted loudly without missing the time.

“Dawn… … Dawning! The morning sun has risen!”

Woo-woo-!

At the same time, a strange trumpet sound, which I had never heard before in the jungle thicket, rang out.

With him, the whole forest began to shake.