Progress has been somewhat slow going on the sea life filter for the past eight days. I've added about six io the barrier in that time. The whole thing is holy produg way more food than I expected, and a lot of the hunting goblins haven't been hunting as actively anymore sihere is now an easier source of protein. I set my goal for the filter to be six feet tall, and given the depth of this whole bay is about 60 feet, it's barely capturing as much as it could at that depth. Of course, there still o be a way for the fish to get in, so that they're trapped, which means I 't cover the whole area in the filter.
Holy, if I make the filter to six feet, it'll probably overfill the small amount of water that is left, and the fish will start to die again. If I want to make the filter taller, I think I'd o tier the bay like the mountain terraces. That way I could still keep the water retively shallow and thin so the goblins easily spear fish. Of course, right now the whole thing is already produg more food than the goblin vilge needs. I'm holy thankful that Zaka hasn't asked me to build more houses in the vilge for new goblins to keep up with the new food supply.
Just one day has passed, and we've got a problem. Rather, we have two problems. Eagles, again. This time, a pair of them. Both look bigger than the eagle I killed before. It's hard to say for sure, because we've only spotted them flying overhead once eabsp; Both of the new eagles have darker feathers than the previous eagle, and one is slightly rger thaher, with a slightly different plumage pattern. he-less the vilge has goo a loode.
We're having goblins keep watch 24/7 with the iion of using a steam on if we get the opportunity. I'm a little too nervous to keep the manually powered steam on powered at all times, in case it explodes, but I've loaded up the blood on with one of our two avaible blood cartridges that I've made with all the blood Zaka has donated. That said, once we see either eagle, I fully io start the process fetting the other steam on charged up as well. You never know when or if it might be necessary, especially with two eagles in the area.
It's been four days, and we finally had an opportunity arise. Yesterday, one of the eagles was seen flying up from the other valley with a goblin in its cw, which had us a little worried that both eagles might just be hunting iher valley, but today, one eagle was directly overhead, cirg the vilge. We started the fire uhe other steam on about 20 minutes before it arrived, when the goblin on watch first saw the eagle ing down from the mountain. Then we just waited for the eagle to decide to e lower to the ground before I would attempt to shoot the steam on powered by Zaka's blood.
After an additional ten minutes, it seemed that the eagle was losing patience, as we all were within cover, so it was decided that someone would have to be bait. A handful of goblins who were on guard with Zeb, Zaka, and myself basically drew straws, and one of them had to make a mad dash from the watchtower out the nearby gate. Shortly after he was outside the vilge gate, the eagle started to dive towards him, which made him panid start running back towards the vilge.
Thankfully, the eagle didn't give up, a diving, right into the crosshairs of on. I unleashed all my mana into teise into the chamber with the blood, and a mix of steam and fire propelled the rge grapeshot towards the eagle.
U time, I didn't hit either of it's wings. Given the closer proximity, the grapeshot eviscerated a rge portion of the eagle's upper torso and neck, and what racticed dive towards prey turned into a freefall towards the ground. As the eagle fell, it let out a terribly loud screech, before hitting the ground with a loud thud only a few feet from the goblin that was ag as bait.
When oblins and Zeb went over to ihe situation, they initially thought that the bait goblin had been killed, but they shortly determined he had merely fallen unscious, likely from fear. The eagle, it seems died on impact, it's wisted in an unnatural dire. We ter determihe grapeshot had shredded it's breast muscles to the point it couldn't trol it's dive, and it crashed headfirst into the ground.
As the goblins were helping their fellow rade, we heard a screech eg the eagle ing from the mountain. The goblin from the watchtower shortly ter souhe arm that the sed eagle was ing down towards the vilge. sidering I only had what little mana I had regeed since firing the first on, I wouldn't be able to fire either on. Plus, I'd either o reload the blood powered on, or wait a while yet for the regur steam on to get charged up.
The goblins already know how hard it is to take one of these eagles on normally. With that in mind, I started making a mad dash towards the bathhouse as the oblins all took cover. I would o recharge pretty much all my mana before I do anything, and that could take up to ten minutes, plus I'd o make a dash back to the steam ons at that point potentially exposing myself to the eagle. As such, I submerged myself as fully as I could withier, with only some of my head peeking above the surface.
As the sed eagle reached the vilge, it circled for a little while over the dead eagle, before making a dest down towards the body. After it nded o the body of the le, it let out a loud screech, simir to the ohe previous eagle had made. It then flourished its wings, a a powerful wind gust towards the vilge. These winds were horribly powerful pared to the injured eagle I had fought in the forest. The winds were easily hurrie force if not faster. Many of the doors in the vilge, which were made of wood, were thrown from their hinges, window shudders were forcibly opewo of the gates were ripped clear from their frames, both water wheels ripped free from their supports, and the pavilion's solid stone roof broke free from its few supports, shattering into pieces as it hit the ground.
The situation seemed dire as the eagle let out another screech, and anust flew through the vilge. Another of the vilge gates was thrown free, and some of the goblins' personal items were blown out of their homes through the newly opened windows and doors. Throughout the vilge, shouts and yells could be heard from goblins in respoo the gusts. I hunkered down ihhouse. Until I have full mana again, I don't thiand any shot against this beast.
The eagle, seemingly full e, took flight briefly, only to now nd in the vilge near where some goblins had screamed from iheir house. The eagle took a high posture, then drove it's beak toward the stone of the roof. A loud crag noise was heard first, followed by a sed, then screams from the goblin inside as the roof was destroyed by the eagle. Shortly after, the screams stopped, only to be repced by the sound of another roof being pecked at. I peeked my head up a little higher from the water to get an a what was happening. From within this house, a goblin rushed out the front door with a spear. As he attempted to stab the eagle's talon, the only thing he could reach, he was swiftly kicked by the eagle into the wall. The force alourning his body into viscera.
Things tio escate as the eagle let out another screech, and took to the skies above the vilge. As it flew overhead, it would fp its wings at cle overhead, and cause powerful downbursts of wind. The water withihhouse where I was located was thrown about, redug the water level withih where I was submerged. The eagle seemed i oroying the whole vilge, along with everyone who was hiding within it.
I still needed a few more minutes before my mana would be full again, and the eagle began arafing run through the vilge, attempting to flush out any more hidden goblins. The goblins, thankfully, seemed to cat, and remained quiet as more destru occurred around them. The eagle then nded back at the gate and wall where the le had died. With a powerful kick of its talon, a se of the wall broke, then another, and another.
As the eagle broke down parts of the wall, it tinued watg into the vilge, looking for any more targets to take its rage out on. As the minutes passed while the eagle wreaked destru on the vilge walls, I eventually recharged my mana. The issue now was that there was no way I could make it over to the watchtower, let alone load up the steam on with the final blood round we had. Further, the only person in the vilge who uands English is Zeb, and I didn't know where he was taking shelter. I needed a distra though before I could attempt to make it to the on.
I waited, patiently, hoping that something, anything, would distract the eagle as it dismantled more of the vilge while watg carefully over all the rest of the area. As the minutes dragged on, I realized I would have to attempt to yell out, and hope that Zeb would hear it, ahe instrus before I get attacked. I positioned myself just ihe bathhouse entrance door, and braced myself to run as soon as I o.
"I'm going to attempt to shoot the eagle! I need a distra!" I yelled out. The eagle immediately turs head to face me as I started yelling. As it fpped its wings and took flight toward my dire, I could hear Zeb yell out in the demon nguage from somewhere in the vilge.
The eagle didn't ge its target though, and nded not far from the bathhouse. I got ready to sprint out the door as the first strike of the beak hit the bathhouse roof. Cracks formed, and small pebbles fell down inside. I braced myself ready to run as soon as I o.
Suddenly, I heard the eagle screech, and I could see its talons move as the eagle ged dire just outside. I took the opportunity to begin the sprint toward the watchtower.