"Boom! Bang, bang! Crack!..."
On the none-too-wide river channel, the fleets on both sides crashed together with a boom, like charging wolves and wild oxen suddenly slamming into one another. The Kingdom's four Longships drove forward at full speed, carrying around twenty tons of weight and tipped with sharp bronze rams, like the pointed horns of wild oxen in a charge. In almost a single instant, the Totonac war canoes in the front row were struck with a bang, split open, then broke apart with a crack!
"Main God bless us! Charge! Keep charging!"
"For the gods! Rush them! We have more men!"
After one round of collisions, the speed of the four Longships had clearly dropped. Around them, Totonac warriors paddled their war canoes, howling wildly as they closed in from both sides. The sailors on the Longships puffed out their cheeks and rowed with all their might. The warriors held Longbows, standing behind the shields on both sides, and fired into the dense swarm of boats, splashing up bursts of bloody light.
"Boom! Bang!"
Amid the fierce shouts, the second round of collisions struck again. Several Dugout Warships were overturned in the river channel, and over a dozen Totonac warriors fell into the water with a crackling clatter, like palm fruits dropping down, splashing up great swaths of pale-red spray.
However, when he saw that the Longships had not been split open, Priest Pap, commanding from the rear, suddenly brightened. He had clearly seen that on such a narrow, crowded river, the Longships had no space to accelerate, making it difficult for them to charge unhindered and unleash their matchless, savage-beast power.
"Quick! Sun God bless us! All of you, surround them! Surround them from every side! Stick close and kill!"
"Aim carefully! On that galley, the one