Andrew reached the beachside, his brothers were just about to head inside without him as he had just left Minos at the inn 20 min ago.
He waves his hand in the air and screams to get there attention.
2 people in robes stop in their tracks and look towards Andrew.
the middle man waves back
”Hey, it’s brother Andrew!”
Andrew stops in front of them and holds his legs, gasping to catch his breath.
“Hey guys, I was just heading in when I heard some of our people had recently closed off the coastline, what happened?”
The 3 men stare at each other.
Ezekiel, the oldest of the group, explained the situation.
”Recently mass rumors were spreading among the citizens of screams and unsettling movements were running past water grates, then when the city commissioned some adventure parties to go and investigate the sewers. The church assumed it was no more then some rattlings and decided to stave off this affair. That was until the guildmaster himself went to the Priest, begging for aid. When the details were disclosed it seemed to really angered the Priest.”
“Why would that anger the priest? I understand that a rattling infestation is problematic but I don’t see why that’d do much more then concern him.”
Ezekial looked towards the man on his right.
”Adam I think you’d best explain, you did capture that other beast.”
Adam tried to talk, but it came out somewhat raspy, like he had recently come from another combat mission similar to Andrew.
”W-well it was on the southern border on the meridian coastline. Reports of small fishing vessels coming back empty or suddenly being dragged down to ocean depths were becoming rampant, then after a week, a large report of a giant metal warship was plowing through other nation’s warships as well as our own.”
Before Adam could tell the rest of his story another part of the platoon was already inside the sewer entrance and had become tired of waiting.
“Hey! Hurry up and get over here, we’re entering a sewer and I’d very much appreciate having a nose before it falls off.”
Ezekiel turned from them back to Adam.
“I guess we may debrief Andrew on the way. Best not be split from the group.”
Andrew looked from Ezekiel to Adam, the man was looking down and had sweat dripping from his neck.
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As the group finally went into the sewer, the mages put out glowing spirits to guide their paths.
The total tally was about 25 personnel, 3 paladins: Ezekiel, Adam, and Andrew, 5 medical and support mages, and the rest were simply devout grunts spear-tipping the convoy.
Walking through the sullied waters wasn’t exactly something people ideally go through, and the smell was absolutely putrid. Andrew absolutely hated this, so he turns to Adam and questions him.
“So, I get that the church sent your platoon to investigate the rumors, but you never explained how those rumors would lead to the situation we’re in now.”
Adam looks forward and stays quiet for just a moment. “When my platoon was sent there, we were accompanied by an Dreadnought class battleship-’
“Holy Spear! The same class that carries over 124 cannons?”
