Captain Blackbeard wasted no time as she went straight at me with her sword. I had a gun - a machine gun fused like a rifle - with me and used it to my advantage. Even though I had my blade inside my sheath, I wanted to surprise Captain Blackbeard and use my melee weapon at the last second, just to trip Captain Blackbeard up.I open-fired at Captain Blackbeard, but the woman kept running in a zigzag pattern, dodging every shot I made. The moment Captain Blackbeard was right in front of me, I rolled backward and continued shooting non-stop until my magazine was depleted. But out of a hundred bullets I threw, none of them hit.Since I took a step backward, I left a couple of grenades, flashbangs, and smoke bombs from where I stood earlier and detonated them. ‘That should do it!’ I thought, as I watched the smoke covered Captain Blackbeard’s position. However, that didn’t get her. When the ebony clouds disappeared, the image of Captain Blackbeard took shape, telling me she didn’t have an
Captain Blackbeard knew the way of the sword. Her fighting style was conservative, but she was too carefree. Her figure acted as if she wouldn’t care if she got hit by something. But in reality, Captain Blackbeard was already on her opponent’s head… my head, as she dodged every single attack I did and scratched me, as if telling me she could kill me whenever she wanted to. Captain Israel, on the other hand, was on the offensive. Her attacks doubled every time she striked with her sword. The way she moved was different from an ordinary swordsman. My spell wasn’t the best, but I made sure the ability I had cast could kill or injure a dragon. But that wasn’t the case for Israel. I didn’t know what Captain Blackbeard would’ve done if she was the one on the front lines, but Captain Israel sliced my meteorite and turned it into dust. I was planning to cast multiple meteorites in the Captain’s area, but… I still had some municipal hall to save. Not to mention, there were people behind me. I
The spell I was winding about was the same spell Captain Israel had foreseen, but thought I wouldn’t do it. It was casting an ability that could destroy the entire town, an island, or even the Kingdom. This was a skill that I didn’t want to use, but had no other choice but to conjure it for the sake of protecting this village as well as saving my pregnant wife. It also seemed that the villagers were prepared to offer their lives for the sake of finishing this match. So I respected their decision and had made up my mind.A magic circle swiftly appeared before me. The next thing I knew, a thousand meteorites rained above our heads, directly aiming at the pirates and Captain Israel. One meteorite could kill an S-Rank adventurer. So I assumed a few more molten rocks would suffice to turn the tides around and kill one of the Captains of the pirates. Captain Israel may be strong and overpowered, but she could not stand against the meteorites. Even if she managed to slice a few molten rocks
It didn’t take long before I successfully wiped out most pirates and left a few of my people alive. There were still pirates who withstood the blast, but they were gravely injured. Like what happened last time, the pirates' medics were also saved by my barrier. I made sure they would live for another day and tend to those injuries my opponents had, despite them being my enemies. It was just etiquette at this point. The lively town turned into hell. Even the temperature had risen, so I had to use my chilling breeze just to make the environment comfortable for me. Those meteorites I had cast morphed the village into a desolate plain, with nothing to see besides molten craters and dust belonging to the people who took the raining rocks from above. Although the people I saved didn’t die, they received multiple minor injuries that rendered them immobile for the time being. The same could be said to the pirates who had magically survived the catastrophe.As soon as I knew the fight was alr
Captain Blackbeard had been fighting against Captain Israel for some time soon, while I was stuck inside this unit, operating and hoping for Elizabeth to deliver the baby through a natural procedure or… cesarean without any anesthesia or the sterile instrument usually found in the operating room. But the latter was most likely to happen. Fortunately, I was a trained physician, but not versed in the operating table. However, I didn’t have a choice. I wanted to save Elizabeth and our baby inside her womb, while coming out on top of this fight. All I had to do now was… perform all of that and make sure it happens.“You’re going to be alright, Elizabeth. I just need you to be conscious… conscious enough you know what’s happening in your surroundings.”“I’m trying… But, Owari. Can I ask you a question?”“Yeah?” I answered, while aiming my scalpel near my wife’s abdomen.“If there’s a chance you’d have to choose me or the baby, I want you to choose the baby.”“NO!” I shouted, and returned
Elizabeth gave the child to me and whispered, “Go… I’ll hold her off while I still can. We both know that my powers can handle her… I think. Cast your… magic… most powerful spell at us…. and try to kill her with it. I’ll try to use Captain Blackbeard’s body to save myself… so you don’t have to worry about me.”“How are we going to do this? It’s too risky!” I retorted, shaking my head ever so slightly.But Elizabeth flashed me a bitter smile, gingerly pressed her lips onto mine, and answered, “We have to make this work, Owari. We have to secure a bright future for our kid… I want to be there with you… So we have to try.”I knew this wasn’t going to work. My powers would be enough to destroy the entire continent if I let it loose. There wasn’t anything holding me back anymore except for the people inside this place and Elizabeth. The rest of the civilians were underground, hiding from the eyes of the pirates and Captain Blackbeard. They were safe. And they didn’t know what was happening
“If that’s how it’s going to be… then you leave us no choice… NOW!”I let out a violent roar and made my cue. Soon after, Elizabeth followed it up and cast her unique spell… The ability to control one’s body for a few minutes or seconds. She was planning to do just that and lead the two of them out of the building. If Captain Blackbeard was out of her sight, Elizabeth would lose her ability and that would lead to a disastrous event. So she had to stay with Captain Blackbeard… even at the cost of tossing her life on the line. It couldn’t be me, since I didn’t have that kind of ability my wife possessed. Although I still learned a few of her attributes, that unique skill Elizabeth had cannot be compared to what I knew about shadow control.Before jumping out of the hole I had created from the building, Elizabeth looked me in the eyes for the last time… and fell on the ground, together with Captain Blackbeard. The two of us knew making out alive at this point would be a miracle. I had li
The Honeywood which became the battlefield of the pirates and the Kingdom became a disaster. There was still something left to be scavenged on the site. Some were weapons, while others were empty bottles of potions or the pirate’s or soldier’s clothes. My people scattered and looked around for things they could find useful. These were spoils of war. But what the villagers found were the dead bits and bones of their loved ones, making them kneel and weep on the ground.I handed the baby to Leonard, who was the former mayor of the town, and the rookie doctors that had woken up from their slumber. They immediately tended to my child. After what I was doing right now, I would return to Rex and see it for myself if he was doing alright.Not a single soul was left except specs of dust, belonging to the corpses of those who had fallen from the crash. One of which was my wife… the other was a pipe’s dream.But even without having that barrier, I sensed someone crawling out from the place from