Men of the Sea - Part 7

Instinctively, they took a step back from Vol. And that was all the opportunity he needed. He raised up his hammer, and in a single mighty swing, he unleashed a strike that had once been called a Skill Power. Now that Ground Slam was as ordinary a part of his arsenal as a basic sideswipe. It bit through the thin planks of the decking. They shattered, unable to bear the force, and they exposed the oar chamber below deck, and all the empty benches that the oarsmen had left abandoned.

So too did they exposed the lower wooden walls – all that was keeping water from surging into their ship, and sinking them. Vol jumped down with a massive drop, straight through the hole that he had created. The men were stunned enough that they didn't know whether to follow him. Some eyed the hole, and others eyed the stairs, wondering which route to take.