Whoosh!0

A cannonball enveloped in black flames whizzed past Charles' head and crashed heavily to the canopy behind him, creating a large hole from which black smoke billowed out.0

Cries of alarms and screams from the islanders echoed from beneath the hole. It was a cannonball fired from the sunken ships of the Deep Dwellers. Charles had no idea of the exact nature of the contents within the projectile, but he was certain that they were dangerous and deadly.0

Of course, the Hope Island Navy wouldn't stand by idly. The coastal batteries and the steamships at sea swiftly swiveled their cannons and unleashed a barrage of fire at the sunken ships.0

Bubbles churned ceaselessly in the icy sea waters, and more sunken ships continued to surface. The seawater in the vicinity of Hope Island turned into a chaotic battlefield as relentless...0