Chapter 170: The Battle That Would Forever Change A Player’s Fate!
"Victory and defeat."
"It is amazing how two simple words can exponentially change a player’s fate."
"For in both victory and defeat, there is an opportunity if one has the ability to seize it."
"And that day I did in the swallowing darkness of despair."
"When I thought all was lost and I would need to restart Dynasties Online from scratch."
"An opportunity was given to me."
"One that would allow me to rise high."
"One that I would take and be forever thankful for."
Jørgen Lund, Creator of House Braxel in Dynasties Online and, goes by the player name Plunderer Outlaw.
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Crash!
The first volley of ballista bolts was not scattered as Braxel expected them to be. Instead, they all focused on one ship, aiming to destroy or immobilise his ships one by one as ten ballista bolts were far harder to avoid than 2 or 3 and allowed for a much higher margin of error for his enemy’s more inexperienced crew. The large steel bolts sailed through the air like bullets before cutting through its unfortunate seaborne victim like a knife through butter, with one ballista bolt being lucky enough to slice through the stout oak mast, which splintered and cracked as it crashed into the sea, eliciting a tidal wave which rocked the now immobile ship, making one of the pirate players’ ten ships useless.