I arose with fury and an unholy craving for vengeance. They were going to earn no mercy, see no quarter and would bear witness to the tempest they had unleashed in me.

“It ends now,” I ordered.

We rallied and charged the enemies still on land. They thought they had time to return to their ships or reorganize their battlelines but we pushed through them in a matter of minutes.

I leapt onto a rowboat and slashed both rowers before hopping onto another longboat riddled ...