CHAPTER 26: Guddorn's journey

Guddorn, once again at the head of the armada, (which was significantly smaller compared to the numbers used to reclaim the edge and invade Outcast Island due to this particular mission being one where they simply wanted to distract the Hooligans and test their might, not expecting an actual battle), was casting his wooden telescope into the vast seas as the ten boats, forming a mini armada of some sorts, sailed their way over the seaweed scented waters to New Berk.

Guddorn had a bit of a tingle in himself, somewhat like an excitement. As Hawkon's right hand Mentranian viking, which is quite clearly what he is at this point, this mission meant more than the others to him. He was pretty much the one Mentra was now relying on, so they could gather knowledge about the might of the Hooligans and just what Hiccup's vikings can do, adapting their grand plan in the process using that information.

All of that was down to Guddorn's competence hopefully leading to yet another successful mission, whereby they lure the Hooligans to attack before the smaller Mentranian armada retreats. The Mentranians had quite a bit of confidence in themselves, due to the Hooligans being totally silent for about 95% of this war so far, apart of course from that attack the Hooligans executed upon the edge.

But that error was now irrelevant to Hawkon and his regime, because they've reclaimed the edge, and are occupying it with more numbers and strength than ever, similarly to the strength they have on their occupation of Outcast Island.

It'll be the first time that the Mentranians will have sailed to the home island of the Hooligans, a significant signal that this war was only going to get more and more severe later on down the road.

There were some Berserkers in the armada with the Mentranians too, so they could effectively be a back up should this mission go wrong. The Mentranians knew they had the advantage over the Hooligans with the venomous dipped arrows, but the Berserkers, as pact vikings to Mentra, were always essential in propping up the regime in anything it partakes in, and this war was no exception.

"Any signs, so far sir?" one Mentranian interrogated to Guddorn.

Guddorn took out his wooden telescope again, as he placed it against his left eye to glare right into the distance. So far, New Berk wasn't in their sight, and to be realistic, it probably won't be, until the end of the day at least, when they've travelled the known amount of time to it from Mentra.

"Not yet, not yet." Guddorn said, slowly placing his wooden telescope back down.

"Hiccup, their so-called Chief, has been awfully quiet over these weeks, sir, so the father's command should be fulfilled rather easily, with no problems." the loyal Mentranian viking uttered, glaring out to the seas as the rest of the armada travelled calmly on the seaweed-scented waters.

Some of the boats had water in them, but to no problems for the Berserker and Mentranian vikings.

"We are sailing into unknown waters here. It's best for us to not get complacent. Our intended objective is to distract the Hooligans with attacking us, to the point they waste their weaponry. The plan our father has for the final battle is tremendously planned out, and it'll be one the one-legged bane will find impossible to counter." Guddorn proudly said, looking out to the empty seas in front.

"Are our men going to circle the island once we get to it, splitting up into little groups of our boats?" the Mentranian asked, placing his helmet and his crossbow to the wooden chairs.

"No. We are going to sail the island together. If we split up, we are putting ourselves at the risk of an embarrassing defeat, whereby none of us may return home. We cannot let the father down in this crucial time." Guddorn replied, once again keeping his eyes out to the open seas ahead.

"Just out of curiosity sir, what is the grand plan?"

"Totally classified at this point. The father has advised me to keep it on the low down until the time comes." Guddorn replied, staying at the front of his boat to glare out at the empty seas.

The plan for this mission was for Guddorn's significantly smaller armada to sail into a sighting distance of New Berk, hopefully picking up the attention of the Hooligans when they see the boats. The plan will then involve the Mentranians and Berserkers exchanging attacks via their arrows against the Hooligans over the seas, if it has to come to that. The final plan Mentra has planned will involve the real battle for New Berk. This is merely just a distraction technique, not only designed for just that, but for also getting a geographical sense, in terms of the formation, of New Berk.

"However, one part of the plan I can reveal to you is this..." Guddorn said, turning to the Mentranian stood besides him as he too kept his eyes out on the seas.

The Mentranian had a firm ear listening in towards his commander's direction.

"The final aspects of it call for 'Operation Catafly', whereby we, using our currently in progress wing-suits, with the help of our Berserker allies, will catapult our defenders in those wing suits up into the air, flying and gliding straight up into New Berk, and we will be doing this in our largest numbers, numbers that'll be the biggest we'll ever utilise in this war." Guddorn revealed.

"A very ambitious plan, sir...I just wonder how it'll come to that." the Mentranian shrugged.

"That part of the plan, how we'll come to Operation Catafly, is one I cannot reveal, as you already know." Guddorn quite firmly stated, having a quick glare at the Mentranian before looking back at the seas.

The Mentranian armada was on route to New Berk, albeit it wasn't the entirety of Mentra's surprisingly resilient and strong defender force. With the Hooligans being relatively quiet over these weeks, as mentioned above, it was no surprise that the Mentranians had a bunch of confidence in this plan working out.

And this was also, secretly, a preparation mission for the final plan on Mentra's behalf. It's been revealed that an operation known as 'Catafly' is in the grand plan, but what is the part of it that leads up to that operation? in this war, the Hooligans will find out sooner or later.

For now, they're about to get a Mentranian visit from the seas.