Bab 1068: Arson (Part-2)

As Remus's men quickly lit each of their torches, to a distant bystander standing in the dark, it would have appeared as if numerous tiny suns were suddenly blooming themselves into existence, as the men materialized out of the shadow, looking as if they were teleporting into the place out of thin air.

And they soon got to work, with the biggest group choosing to target the ships, running up to jetties where they were anchored and using their large torches to try and get the wooden hull on fire.

While some of the more thrill seeking legionaries chose to climb their targetted ships, using ropes or ladders that they had brought with them, and then setting the more flammable things there, such as the linen sails and thinner planked decks on fire.

They did this because the hulls would naturally be made of much thicker wood and thus harder to set on fire.