Doomsday Pillars

Dday #423

A strong sea breeze swept through Alex, Aria, Sergei, Theo, and the fighters as they waited on the dock platform. The wind was so strong that it nearly knocked someone into the sea. The others then started doing things out of boredom because they had nothing to do and were just waiting at the platform. 

Alex and the other top brass could only smile wryly at the actions of their men, but they did not try to stop it. After all, this was one of the few rare opportunities for their men to vent the stress and frustration before they go to the battle.

When Alex was observing his troops, he could see a small dot slowly appearing on the horizon and moving closer to the coastline, more precisely towards the dock where Alex and the others were currently located. This morning the ship that was going to pick them up finally arrived at the dock in Mandurah city.

To his surprise, the ship that was assigned to come to pick them up was none other than the first warship to guard the island of Bali.

Name: The Fatahillah 361

Type: Destroyer class

Displacement: 1450 tons

Length: 84 m

Beam: 11.10 m

Propulsion: Diesel engine

Speed: 30 knots (56 km/h)

Range: 3,300 km

Complement: 89

Armament:

1 × Bofors 120 mm (4.7 in) Gun, 1 × Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft gun, 2 × 20 mm cannon, 1 × Bofors 375 mm twin anti-submarine rocket launcher, 2 × Mk 32 launchers for 324 mm torpedoes

One of the 24 Indonesian destroyers that are still using diesel engines.

The group quickly boarded the ship while Alex made his way to a figure standing on the deck of the ship that he had seen from the dock. A woman is seen standing on the deck and looking towards the sea with her hands on his back. When the woman heard footsteps from behind her, she quickly turned around and smiled when she saw who it was.

"It's only been over a year but it seems like a long time has passed, Karra" said Alex with a smile as he walked to the woman's side.

The person standing beside Alex is Commander Karra, the navy officer in charge of bringing one of his troops to handle the eastern region of Indonesia, to be precise Papua Island.

Karra nodded and smiled faintly as she heard Alex's words. "Yeah.. It took much longer to complete my mission in Papua than I expected."

Boarding this famous Indonesian destroyer and the possibility of fighting the threat of zombies again made Alex think back to the first days of the outbreak and when he fought at Bali airport.

While Alex and Karra were talking, three men were seen walking towards them. Alex and Karra noticed the newcomers and turned towards them.

Karra is currently still accompanied by the two people who help her. Russel, the Lieutenant of Navy Frog Army Commandos and Rangga, the Lieutenant of Death Squad, a Chinese Kung Fu expert. He then noticed the third person, a new face. "And, who is this could be?" said Alex curiously.

Karra answered Alex's question. "This is Makali. You might have heard of him, Alex."

"Makali?" said Alex, surprised.

The third person who walked side by side with Rangga and Russel was a famous Papua warrior Alex had heard of in his previous life. Alex is surprised by the unexpected and can not help but to observe this famous person. Surprisingly, the only Sky realm Magus among the three of them was Makali.

The man stood 6 feet 5 inches tall, his skin was brown like caramel with tattoos on his arms and face. His temperament was calm and resolute, an attitude of a born warrior. It turns out that Makali is also a shaman for his people. The man had A Grade aptitude with lightning as his element, a Lightning spirit enhancer.

[Makali] [Aptitude A]

[Sky realm level 15 - middle stage]

[Sky Magus - Lightning- middle stage]

A Lightning Magus armed with a halberd with blades on both sides.

[Karra] [Aptitude B]

[Sky realm level 10 - initial stage]

[Sky Magus - Water - initial stage]

[Rangga]

[Sky realm Knight level 19 - middle stage]

[Russel]

[Sky realm Knight level 18 - middle stage]

Alex then continued to chat with the four people, talking and discussing the impending battle. Karra was excited when she heard that they might be facing hundreds of thousands of zombies when they reached Eastern Australia.

It was also on this occasion that Karra reported to Alex about what had happened in her mission during the past year. Due to the sparse population and vast forest areas in Papua, the biggest challenge that must be faced everyday are the wild mutated animals that are roaming around Papua wilderness. The troops led by Karra apparently suffered losses from the monsters when they tried to complete the pillars around Papua.

But in the end, after a year had passed they finally completed the pillars in Papua up to the 40th floor, greatly increasing their strength. Even though it took them a little longer to complete all the floors up to the 40th floor, the fact that they managed to complete it was extraordinary on its own.

After completing the task given to them by Alex, they then decided to ask Papua's people to migrate to Bali Island. More than 100 thousand people from West and East Papua agreed to move to Bali Island, so that the population on Bali Island has now reached more than one million people.

Karra assembled a special team which was a mixture of the remaining members of her first elite force and the best fighters of Papua. 100 elite fighters are ready to be trained and prepared for the coming tribulation. Just then, a call from Perth prompted her to make her way to pick Alex's group up, while bringing in her newly formed elite troop. She thought that if she followed Alex's footsteps she was sure there would be action.

When there is nothing they can talk about anymore, Alex asks Karra to show him the weapons that this destroyer carries. As they enter the weapons room, Alex inspects the weapons while Karra explains the arsenal beside him. Seeing all the cannon and the rocket launcher, Alex smiles thinking the Warship will again prove useful in the fight against zombies.

Alex was done checking and observing around the ship, he then decided to return to his room. The moment he entered his room, Alex immediately took his trump card, the magic scrolls out of his storage ring and started examining them one by one. When he realized that he might not have enough scrolls for his fighters, Alex decided to start making more scrolls in preparation for the upcoming battle. 

As the Fatahilllah destroyer sailed along the southern coast of Australia, they finally saw Adelaide city before their eyes as the sun was almost setting. And as reported by Jerry, Alex who was on the ship saw that the city was currently almost empty and there were no zombies at all.

Alex and the others continue sailing along the southern coast as they try to track down where the zombie horde is. As night fell, they suddenly heard the faint roar of zombies in the distance. Alex then immediately ordered to point the ship's searchlights towards the direction of the roar. As the light from searchlights reached the land, they could see a large crowd of zombies all heading east.

"Let's keep going! We are already in the right direction!" Said Alex while ordering to increase the speed of the ship.

The next big city they passed was the city of Melbourne. And just like the previous city, the city of Melbourne which should be filled with 4 million inhabitants, looks very quiet. Alex then ordered Karra to go to Sydney city, using their fastest speed.

Even though Alex wanted to get to Sydney sooner, the destroyer could not be any faster. Hours later, they finally arrived near the port of Sydney just before dawn. As the sun rose over the horizon, shining its first light, they could faintly see smoke, flames, explosions, and gunfire all over the once thriving city.

When the others were worried about the chaotic state of the city, Alex could see a blue dome forming every now and then. Fortunately, it looks like the fighters in Sidney are using spirit monolith technology to defend themselves against the zombie hordes. 

"Do you think we are too late?" Aria asked

"Let hope not, After sailing this far, you don't want to miss the party don't you?"

Alex told Karra and her team to stay on the destroyer and wait in the water, acting as support while the other boat would carry Alex, Aria, Sergei and Theo and all the fighters ashore.

"Let's go!"

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Written and Directed by Avans, Published by W.e.b.n.o.v.e.l, 

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