Foot Steps Thrum against the Deck as Eddie followed Leroy out onto the deck, running up to the wheel panel where Kirk was currently spinning the large wheel of the ship vigorously, causing the Ember to turn quickly as explosions errupted the Water near them!
Quickly, Leroy slammed a hand into the panel and patched himself through up to the Crows Nest where Jeanne was "Jeanne! What do you see!"
The Staticy voice came through from the Markswoman "It's an entire Fleet of them! There's at least two dozen ships out there! And they're way bigger than that scouting party's Galley!"
Noir and Kale waited in preparation as the Ship shook. Calliope was already on the gun deck, getting the cannons ready for the on coming fight. With a quick leap, leroys hair fluttered in the air as he landed on the figure head of the Emeber. The fog was laid thick across the Island.
But he could see the approaching masses…
Taking up the middle of the Horizon was many ships in varying sizes with one gigantic ship leading them from the middle. It was giant. Its front was much like that of the galley, with large jagged metal formed in the front like blades were shoved in at random. But then there was a crescent outward shaped plow that replaced the area from the stern to the bottom. Constantly slicing through the waves like an ice breaker
The ship had to be a giant galleon from not only its many sails, but also seemed to take inspiration from the heat powered marine war ships. Twisting and turning exhaust pipes stretched out the sides with large plumes of smog lifting into the air
From keel to mast it had to be over 1000 feet tall, dwarfing the Ember. And from the looks it was almost double that in length and similar width!
Leroy's eyes then widened as he saw a disturbance beneath the surface a short distance in front of the ship. It was…a Sea King.
"Okay! We gotta see if we can get around them or get out of here! Get back to a more advantageous point!" He screamed to Kirk behind him
"Leroy! We've got Galleys coming up on our asses! They've got us surrounded!" Jeannes voice came through the communications
"A ship that big might just capsize us by looking at us funny!" Leroy shouted as he wracked his brain
Barbary walked out to the front of the ship. Looking out over the ledge as giant curved pieces of metal framed the horizon where he looked. "Good. We've got them scared."
The Marshal was Now in his full war armor. Large leather furred pads on his shoulders that had a swirling pattern, a chest plate over his torso. A large circular piece of metal much like members of his crew was laden apart of the rest of the thick cloth and fur.
A top his head was a circular fur helmet with leather pointed up with a large feather hanging out the peak.
"Begin Bombardment!" Barbary said, simply raising his hand.
Immediately dozens of Barbary Pirates scurried across the dozens of decks and rolled up their large cannons to the front of The Osmium Leviathan.
Not even a second after they readied, hundreds of cannons fired all at once! Smoke and Explosions filled the air as the lead fleet ships bombardment began to disturb the Bleak Sea!
The Noise that filled the air was intense and immense, it caused Dezzi to cover their ears as the water exploded near the ship! Many were right on target and would've made grave impacts into the Iron Wood of the Ember if it weren't for Cali catching them! Hands up in front of her! The hundreds of 4 foot tall rounds all ceased in their paths!
"Radical…" She grit her teeth. "Salve!" The round steel spheres began to crackle with pink electromagnetism before being launched back at a dozen times their initial speed! Ripping through the air!
"Take Co-" A Barbary Pirate screamed, only to be cut off by the impact of the Salve! The round's internal explosive detonated on contact! The Galleys were Sheared in two while the other smaller Caravels were entirely decimated!
Kirk! Pull us to star board! Point west!" He turned to the Shipwright "Cali! Are the Cannons ready?!"
"Aye! She didn't look back as she was continuing her own bombardment "Fire on those ships when ready!"
Cali quickly hopped down from the stern and walked over to the communication board and called up to Jeanne "Yo Jeanne! There's a Surprise waiting for you up there! There should be a level on one of the walls! Flip it!"
With the Flip of Said switch, the Crows nest bottom slid open and a large barrel extended out before locking into place! At the Same time, a cross hair dropped from a vacancy in the ceiling, along with a aiming wheel, one horizontal and the other vertical.
"Holy Hell…" Jeanne Muttered muttered. "Horizontal Turns the Crows Nest, the Vertical turns the gun! You've got 100 rounds! So make 'em count!"
"Ha!" Leroy looked up as he looked at the 15 foot barrel begin to move
"Ha…" Cali waved her fingers, the sides of the Ember opening up, and the cannons being pulled forth magnetically. She needed total concentration for what she was about to do. She knew where all of the Rounds of ammunition were, and they were designed to be loaded rapidly. And each cannon had close to 20 degrees of turning radius in the small 3 foot port holes on the ship's siding.
Raising a finger gun, she aimed at one of the Schooners that were rapidly coming forward. "Bang…" Thoom! The Cannon exploded! Powered by the Electricity and electromagnetism of the Devil Fruit!
The very movement of her finger aiming down, and quickly flicking forward, controlled the rounds below her to follow such movement, and thus the magnetic force!
"Bang! Bang!" She flicked her fingers one after another as the Ember Blossom got ever closer to the other ships!