The dawn light rose from the East, illuminating the vast Caribbean Sea and also the Taino Island. Two Clark Galleons were anchored in the outer bay, their hulls towering like floating fortresses. The huge masts and rigging were faintly visible in the dawn, resembling the bone spines of a sea monster.
On the deck of the large ships, torches were still lit as armed sailors busily, under the "protection" of the mercenaries, skillfully loaded the firearms that gleamed with a cold light. And the mouths of those cannons were all aimed at the coast, aimed at the barbaric warriors on the shore.
