Nami's point of view

We sneak onto the edge of the cluster of islands under the cover of darkness. Our group consists of 10 people exactly. 6 of my men. Myself, Leon, Nargzar and Fast… While I've been training with my men for years… The men Kite gave me far surpass them in fighting skill… My ninjas will not be beaten in stealth missions though.

We approach our first target. The outside door of the main building. We stealthily made it there without any problems. Without the sight of any men on the outside, I think there is a curfew put on being outside during night. This would make spotting potential threats easier and keep a strict rule over the unruly pirates. It would also cut down on crimes committed by her own men. We move into position to ambush but Kite's team beats us to it.

Tiny animals rush at the door and turn into full size monsters to finish both the guards off simultaneously. The precision of the attack is terrifying. After that point, Kite grabs both corpses and throws them into the shadows near our position. We follow in behind them… I think anyways, they are all so small and well concealed by the darkness it is hard to even tell they are here. Especially Kite… He is truly a threatening enemy to fight with his wide variety of skills.

We continue onwards… The children could be in any location so I need to get a hold of a pirate to interrogate him. We continue down the hallway and the only reason I know Kite has been this direction is because of a small amount of blood on one of the walls. He must have killed more people here and hid their bodies in a void bag.

My group goes a different direction then them. This is the biggest building… If I have to check every single room it will take hours to do so. We find the first set of guards… Leon and Nargzar both move to kill but I stop them. I motion for them to attack the one on the left leaving the one on the right alone. We move in unison and I grab mine right as they kill the other. I hold my hand over his mouth and my blade to the guards throat. Cutting in a tiny bit to show how sharp it is and that if my demands are not met, he is a dead man. I very quietly whisper into his ear.

“If you make any noise besides a whisper… I'll cut your head off. Now… Tell me where the prisoners are held in this building."

I take my hand off his mouth… Leaving it close so if he attempts to scream I can cover it while slitting his throat.

“The… There are two prisons. One on each side of the building… The closest one is down this hallway… Then make a right.. Then another right… Then a left after passing two hallways to the left… There are two guards standing in front of the room… The hallway is long enough that they will see you in signal for help… You can't free both prisons because of this...”

Because he so cowardly gave me more information then I needed… I knock him out with the butt of my sword. This is a problem then… How are we supposed to break into both prisons then?… We can't, it is impossible. I start to feel fear build up in me... If we can't free both sets of prisoners... We'll have to leave potentially half. I start to hyperventilate trying to think of something. Leon answers the question.

“Me, Nargzar and Fast will split off of your group and free the other prisoners. We'll have Kite contact you when we are in position but we should tell him about this before hand.”

“A-alright.”

I fill myself with more resolve then I had before. I can't fail this mission… If I do… No I can't think like that. I will not fail. That is the only way I can think. We head into position after talking with Kite. We're going to wait for the commotion of the outside attack to strike both prisons at the same time. Kite is in a close position to where he thinks the leader is… We'll only have one shot at this.

Lance's point of view

I'm on one of the black daggers, heading in to attack. I'm attacking from the very south position of this island, where the main assault force will be heading in from the north east. I fire a few shots to get their attention… I wait until I see ships start to move towards me before I start to retreat back to the trap. Behind a cluster of rocks lies the other ships. I'll lead the enemy ships into a flanking position for the other ships to fire on them at. I take in a deep breath as I shout orders to the crew.

“Retreat! Hard retreat!”

We've started the chase. 10 ships are all heading towards us. We're outnumbered but with the drop on them, I doubt we'll have much difficulty taking them out… Even with the skeleton crew's left to operate the ships… I should be excited… I should be scared out of my mind but… I only wish I was part of the main assault crew. Making a name for myself on the battlefield… This mission is too important to take lightly though. I take another breath as I steel myself for a hard fought naval mission.

Leon's point of view

We waited for the bells to start going off. Everyone must have been alerted to the presence of the attack outside… We look down the hallway and I expect the guards to move or panic at the sound of the bells going off… They don't even budge… These two guards are far better than any of the other ones… Perhaps because of the precious valuables they are guarding. These prisoners guarantee the murine folk will never rebel against them… Well that ends today.

All three of us rush at the guards… Should I use my powers to take them out before they can even react? No, there is no need to against two guards. If worse comes to worse, I'll use it to kill the enemies they can signal for. We have no healer with us so it would be too risky… Even with a healer, I would be rendered fairly useless afterwords… We all use our shuriken launchers. Nailing both the guards at the same time… One reaches for the bell but collapses before he can ring it. We instantly win the fight before they can even fight back.

We enter to see over 25 murine folk children inside prison cells… Also inside is a few pirates who were being held prisoner… Most likely for starting a fight or doing something stupid. One goes to yell but I throw a dagger into his throat before he can. He makes a gurgling noise before falling over dead. I say quietly.

“If anyone else tries to scream they are dead. We're here to free the murine folk children and bring them back to their village. If you stay quiet I'll let you all off the-.”

One of the other men tries to scream and another dagger ends up in his throat next… None of the children even seem to be worried about the sudden deaths of the two men inside and the two bodies visible on the outside of the room. We free the children and they all follow obediently… As if they were brainwashed into following any order given to them… Fuck, this makes it easier but I can only feel bad for them…

Nami's point of view

We time our attack with Leon's. All of us ninjas rush forwards at the same time they do. I go to throw my shurikens out and manage to kill one of the guards but… My men couldn't manage to kill the other one fast enough. Three kunai knives hit him but he manages to ring the bell before I can catch him with a fourth kunai to his right eye. He makes a loud scream before he falls over… Getting a solid two rings out of the bell before he fell over… FUCK! FUCK FUCK FUCK! Guards will be here any second to investigate.

We head inside and I see over 25 murine children here… A few pirates are screaming for help when we enter. I kill all five of them… We open the cell the children are in and tell them to follow right as the first wave of enemies shows up… FUCK!

6 men block our path now with more on the way most likely. I summon my substitute from my void bag and rush them. Fighting against all six with my substitute. I kill them all in a few seconds but one managed to clip my arm with a lucky hit… Blood starts pouring out enough to become a problem later on. Fuck! We proceed down the hallway but are attacked again by an even larger number… God's please help me!

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Zergnar's point of view

We're supposed to attack the buildings close to where the main assault force is. I beat them there and start attacking. The main building that needs to be burned is the food supplies. That is the most important and first target. I call out loud enough for the 80 griffin riders to hear me.

“DROP DOWN CLOSER! WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ON MARK!”

We start to descend into mana cannon range. If the main assault force had started drawing attention this would be impossible. Since they haven't, we can make sure the most important building is destroyed before they start firing on us. The first pass was perfect. The entire roof of the building was eaten away by the acid. We turn around for our next run when I hear the first cannon go off. I yell out.

“DON'T FLY UP YET! WE NEED THIS BUILDING TO CATCH FIRE!”

The mana cannons fire at us, one barely missing me. It would be a death sentence to get struck. One of us do as we go in for our second bombing run. Even under heavy fire we finish the main building off… I breath a sigh of relief as I yell out again.

“GET OUT OF RANGE OF THE CANNONS NOW WE'LL KEEP BOMBING FROM A SAFE DISTANCE IN THE AIR!!!”

Darkclaw's point of view 

I fly passed the griffin riders who are attempting to burn a building down. Flying close to each building. Throwing out several flames as I do. The sight of a dragon is really scaring most of the people. My breath isn't strong enough to burn a building down unless I use my focused breath. I only have a limited amount of that I can use each day. I'm saving it for later attacks. Master told me to harass but I'm looking for something in particular first. Greed answers me.

“This entire base looks nothing like it did before. I can't feel gold anywhere around here. We're going to have to do a quick pass by of the main building to see if I can sense it.”

“How are we going to get into the building if it is made out of stone?”

“We only need to know its location, if this fight goes right we'll be the first to find it and we can claim a portion of it as our reward for finding it.”

“Alright, we'll find it then go back to harassing.”

I fly over the main building… I still don't sense anything. Greed yells out.

“It has to be here… Where else would the treasure be… FUCKING DAMN IT! She pulled something I would do and is hiding it all offshore! FUCK! That means we might never find the treasure.”

While I'm a bit disappointed, I still have a job to do. I get back to attacking small groups of pirates and slowing down the progress of the group forming up. That way the main force can keep fighting for longer. I start to get close but hear cannon fire and fly upwards just as I avoid it. Attacking is going to be difficult to do except in small bursts.

Fayeth's point of view

At the first sound of mana cannon fire I start eating through the backside of the food storage building with acid Kite had given me. The 20 men I was given are a mixture of every crew. Not very stealthy for a stealth mission but with the spectacle happening on the opposite side of the island. We don't need to be very sneaky. We dissolve an entrance size hole into the wall closest to the ocean. This building is on the west side of the island. We have 5 rowboats set-up for our escape where we'll meet back with the main force… IT HAS BEEN A HUNDRED YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN THIS EXCITED!

I open the castle mimic up and lay it on the ground while the 20 soldiers and myself start filling it as quickly as possible. Throwing in as much food as fast as we can. The storage would be impossible without this weird box. I've been inside but to be able to use this as a void storage bag without any weight restrictions… That takes a smart person to think of… We don't leave a single bag of grain or loaf of bread around and move out the room without a single enemy being aware of our exploits.

A smile comes across my face as a single tear of happiness is shed. I can't thank Kite enough for not putting me through the same boring routine. I feel my position in his army is now solidified with this act… I'm glad I was given a mission.

Gobber's point of view

We land on the north east side of the island with the ships all landing together. Their mana cannons won't be able to reach this beach so they'll have to come at us with troops instead of trying to reach us. We are still in range of some of the buildings so some of the men stay behind to operate the mana cannons. Wham! Wham! Boom! The cannons all fire at the closest building destroying it after a single volley from the ships.

The enemies start trickling out to meet us. Then it starts to become more and more… Soon enough the sand has become a battlefield of uncoordinated enemies with us meeting them head on. They rush at us one at a time at first. But after seeing our formations they quickly stop and wait for more numbers. They start to form up their own ranks, I hear a general of theirs yelling orders and pull out my kniferifle Kite had made me. Eying up a shot, I take him out, throwing their troops into chaos.

Before they can get a handle on the situation I call for charge from our troops. Archers in the back lines firing volley after volley of arrows into their ranks before we reach them. We stay in formation, side by side with our comrades as their group is in disarray. Hundreds of our men slam into hundreds of their mess of an army. Our three giant allies stick out far more than anyone else. They lead in front of our formation. Every person they run towards is either crushed without mercy or run as hard as they can away from them. Troll doesn't use his bow, instead opting to just destroy them as we push forwards. Finally running out of enemies he pulls his bow out and fires it at the main building tearing a tree size hole in the wall. Without much difficulty, we've defeated the first wave. 

Our casualties only number in the single digits while theirs is easily in the hundreds now. If they keep fighting like this, we'll win this war in a single night! We fall back and heal up outside of the mana cannon range. Charging in, we were in range for only a few moments. I doubt they would fire on their own men though.

We fall back again but instead of charging at us stupidly like the first group… This next group is staying back and waiting… We could move in to attack them before they are ready. I call for a charge and as we enter range of the mana cannons they fire on us into their own men. A rock explodes right in front of me, killing the pirate I was running at before throwing me back 10 feet. I am almost knocked unconscious but I manage to yell out the word.

“Retreat!”

Before I feel the warm liquid of my own blood flow down my face. I fight to remain conscious as I pray for a heal.