A fiery red trail shot into the night sky with a sharp hiss. Magnesium powder exploded in a brilliant flash, lighting the waters around Sentinel Camp as brightly as day.
The pirates concealed in the darkness had planned to slip into Sentinel Camp and catch its defenders off guard.
But the fierce light exposed everything.
Before the nearly hundred pirates could react, a dense barrage arrived right on cue, turning the beach south of the camp into a sea of fire.
"Back to the ships! Hurry!"
The pirates attacking Sentinel Camp were not regular troops of the Iron Tide Fleet, but the Water Rat Gang's pirate soldiers were no fools either.
The sudden bombardment did not break their formation.
Half of the Water Rat Gang's pirate soldiers were Rat Sailors. These short creatures with humanoid bodies and rat heads were extremely fast. They soon escaped the bombardment zone and boarded their ships one after another.
When the first barrage ended, thirty bodies lay on the shore.
Regardless of whether those lying on the ground were dead, the pirates who had escaped back to their warships were debating whether to continue attacking the camp.
The Pirates Fleet attacking Sentinel Camp consisted of two separate pirate fleets.
Captain Kuchi and Captain Rondo argued over whether to attack or retreat.
Kuchi was a water rat creature and a trusted confidant of Eudora, the leader of the Water Rat Gang. No one knew why a member of the Fox People favored a member of the Rat People so much, but it was an established fact within the gang.
Kuchi had excellent night vision. He had just led the pirate soldiers close to the camp's perimeter. Even without moonlight, he had seen that only four ships were lined up in the harbor north of the