The scorching torrent of flames, with shockwaves sweeping shrapnel along, ravaged everything, leaving behind a circular crater fifteen meters in diameter and more than six meters deep.
Then the seven shells that followed right after instantly blasted countless soil and rubble into the air, and also wiped the whole islet clean off the map.
The scene at the point of impact was projected before The Fearless and the engineers in the dock.
Everyone remained silent for a long time.
The first thought in everyone's mind was:
"The era when edge fortresses could withstand artillery is over! The era of pirates and sail battleships is over too!"
The age when a few single-masted schooners could easily intercept and slaughter merchant ships was gone forever; large, organized Pirate Groups were destined to vanish in smoke at the very first moment.
Byron and Violet had long anticipated this and were not surprised.
They had The Fearless activate Second Form, Mechanical God Possession:
