Captain Israel stared for a moment at the group and counted every person she wanted to save. There were around thirty people, excluding Captain Israel and me, and every hostage… ex-hostage had no arcane inside their body or knew nothing about combat. Basically, we were screwed. So fighting was not an option, and definitely letting someone cast their spells while I copied it was impossible, not unless it would come from the enemy’s side. But if it came into clashing swords, we would most likely fail to escape this place and win the battle. However, that option was the only glimmer of hope we had. There were thirty people tailing us behind, and hiding them wasn’t going to play well. “We have to fight them. There’s only one way for us to leave this place, and that’s pushing through with everything we have.”I had already figured that thing out, and it was our last and only resort. But I never thought Captain Israel would say the same thing, considering she was an optimistic woman who w
“So, who’s on our side? The cage’s already open? Feel free to scoot yourself inside and wait for the Kingdom to fetch you… Because we will never return her to save you. Your choice.”The people got to choose who they would listen to: the Kingdom or us. These hostages were in a pickle, and they would decide their fate.Time was ticking. I told them that, as I reminded the ex-prisoners to determine which faction they should follow. After a few moments, the people finally came to a conclusion. They wanted to join our side.“Great. Well done choosing the most logical reason. Now we’ve wasted a full five minutes of our time instead of leaving this place! We only have a few minutes left before those Kingdom soldiers check this place. It’s now or never,” I announced, and glanced at Captain Israel’s side. “Any thoughts? I mean, you’ve already mentioned we have to fight them mano a mano. So what’s the plan? What’s the formation, and what’s my role in this endeavour, hm?”“The plan’s remain the
‘WHAT HAPPENED TO STICKING TOGETHER? ‘I GOT YOUR BACK, YOU GOT MINE?’ I questioned everything that was happening right now.By the time Captain Israel and I were on the same page, we immediately went out and faced the soldiers. We tried hiding through the boxes scattered everywhere, but concealing thirty people was a pipe’s dream. There was no way we could pull that off. So instead of playing hide and seek, we greeted the soldiers face to face and let them know we wanted to escape.The soldiers were at loss for words when they first saw us. But when they realised the grave of this situation and the hostages they had protected were outside, they knew exactly what was happening. It was a prison-break… sort of. And the soldiers were police officers we had to face, especially without killing them. “Who the hell is that woman?” one soldier asked.“I don’t know. Just kill them already. If we can save some slaves, that would be great. Mayor’s orders,” answered the other guy.Every soldier q
There was only one way for me to catch everyone’s attention… and that was-.“IT IS I, CAPTAIN MOTHER FUCKING BLACKBEARD! MWAHAHA! CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, SUCKER!”I had no ship, no weapons, clothes, or even a wig to pair with my absolute scheme. But it looked like it worked like a charm. It seemed to me that nobody knew, specifically here, who Captain Blackbeard was exactly. They just heard her by her name. There was no account for her appearance, facial expression, the way she talked, her fighting prowess, or anything. Only the veterans and others had heard about her tales. If I had to take a guess, nobody could live to tell their stories if they came face to face with that monster.Thank fucking god I didn’t meet her. So, instead of fearing her name, I tended to use it. And since everyone knew who Captain Blackbeard was, I used her name and spreaded like a virus. “N-NO WAY! SHE’S!”“THE LEGENDARY CAPTAIN BLACKBEARD! I KNOW, RIGHT?!”I filled in the blanks with what the soldier wanted
Once I defeated the soldier, the rest of the guards were hesitant to follow an attack. At least, that was what I thought until the secretary himself finally appeared before me…The soldier, instead of the navy blue uniform, had golden stripes instead around his cape. He also had a hit with him. If I really squinted my eyes, the man’s sword was imbued with magic. Well, that man stood out from the crowd with all those features he had. The soldier was like a fucking… regular guard, with all the DLC aesthetic costume he had earned… like a motherfucking maniac. He also sported some high tech boots. But according to my system, those shoes… did nothing besides increasing his speed by one. My eyes couldn’t help but frown upon the soldier’s appearance and my hands massaged the temples of my head. I hoped I could unsee such things. There was also one thing I had to consider throughout this chance of meeting the mayor’s secretary… HOW THE FUCK DID HE ARRIVE THIS EARLY? It had not been an hour
But the gun also shared some problems, and I planned on squeezing every last ounce of its limits. Even though that rifle was an overpowered monster-human-killing machine, it still had its weakness. And apart from the gun itself, I also had to deal with the soldiers surrounding the secretary. The thing was… the shell wasn’t something to be amazed of. It turned out… or it was bluntly obvious, every bullet that came after the firearm would cause casualties on the battlefield. Meaning, the soldiers of the Kingdom could still be affected by the blast, and friendly fire was turned on. There was a chance that I would be hit by those bullets, but that would only happen if I was shot within point blank range. If the gun was not fired in front of me, I could just easily evade the shell and hurriedly dash to safety. I could do all that thanks to my system. Although the radius of the blast could affect me, it would not be enough to kill me. I might suffer a few bruises and cuts from here and th
Curiosity killed the cat, but I ain’t dying here right now. However, this spell piqued my interest. So instead of using my [Corsair] like a madman I was, I still gave it a chance and surveyed what it could do and what it could not. Apparently, it broke my expectations… into a downhill and shattered it into a million pieces.Instead of being one of the greatest spells of all time, which apparently had the potential, the [Wind Wall] conjured by the magician wasn’t something… practical to use. The moment I made the rest of the wizards aimed at the mage who could use the [Wind Wall] spell… could only block, deflect, absorb, or whatever people could call it, one spell. ONE. FUCKING. SPELL. It wasn’t two, three, or even a dozen, but one spell was rendered useless, and it had a cooldown of five seconds.“HOW THE FUCK IS THAT USEFUL!?” I remarked, and grunted. Even if I copied that skill using my corsair, it wouldn’t make a damn thing! The best it could do was to deflect a single punch, but
It also seemed that the secretary and the remaining wizards and soldiers weren’t aware of their situation. And here I thought their technology was advanced and it could detect anonymous objects from the atmosphere. But I was wrong. “Hey! Are you going to do something about that… thing comin hot in our direction? You could die, you know? I still have my impenetrable barrier shielding me, and you don’t,” I said, trying to make some sense out of this secretary.It was wise and best for me to leave the soldiers to die… but it would leave a bitter taste inside my mouth if I became a full out asshole. And I got nothing to lose if I warned them. So I did.“Ho, ho, ho. You think I would fall to the oldest trick of deceit from my enemy? No, I wouldn’t. Not in a million“...”I’ve never seen or heard someone talk to me like that, but here was the secretary, speaking to me like a monk. The legends were true. However, he wasn’t listening. The secretary thought I*was bluffing and the things I j