Charles immediately vetoed the idea. "Just stay put. We are human; if we can solve something with tools, there's no need to risk our own lives."
Although Shanshan was growing ever stronger, one could never be too careful. What if the thing inside was harmful to his daughter? Even if it couldn't kill her, losing a single tentacle wasn't a worthy trade.
The Governor of Hope Island's orders quickly spread throughout Sodoma. Several massive metal gun barrels slowly emerged from the piled-up hulls. The weapons were the same ones the pirates had once used, but the munitions loaded into the gigantic barrels were now the most advanced and largest shells in Hope Island's arsenal. The silver, threaded shells were so heavy that it took four people just to lift them into place.
BOOM! BOOM!! BOOM!!!
