Friendly Seas?

Eventually, the rafts the knights escaped in reached the ships carrying the citizens home. Runic, Dairyk, and the rest of the guards on their rafts climbed onto the king's ship. The king greeted them, and asked for the condition of the island.

"Even if you go back, you would not find it. It has been sunk." Replied a tearful Dairyk.

"Even if it was above sea-level, you would not be able to rebuild it. It was bombed several times and the grounds were filled with salt, preventing growth of crops." Said Runic, seeming disturbed. "They plundered us, THEY PLUNDERED US!"

"Oh, this is terrible..." The king added.

Bang! The ship crashed. It hit rocks. Deep within the ocean, a roar was heard. The waters moved swiftly, trying to evade certain doom. The fish never stopped moving.

Out of the water came a large snake.

"Step back everybody! I will handle this!" Runic claimed.

With a great leap, he jumped to the back of the foul beast. He used the power of his Fire Scimitar to continuously burn and stab the snake. Over time, the snake gave in, and fell back into the water.

"Eh! Not too hard I suppose?" Runic finished.

"Wow..." Julia said to herself...