“Soldiers from the Kingdom… I should’ve known!”As soon as these soldiers noticed Captain Arata, they immediately attacked them with their firearms. Bullets rained above Captain Arata and his team as they had the high ground. Arata hastily commanded his team to run behind a barricade while he tried checking these soldiers from the Kingdom if they had spells they wanted to use against them.Woefully, they didn’t. These bastards of soldiers somehow relied on their guns and not on their mages. “Way to go, fucking Owari!” Arata cursed, and clicked his tongue. He wasn’t amused anymore.However… If Arata had to choose, he was probably pleased to see that these soldiers from the Kingdom were attacking, and not some kind of monstrous entity. If a gigantic creature appeared, for example, an arachnid, things would be pretty different. Monsters were dumb, but they weren’t stupid. Unfortunately, fighting against humans was a different story. And Arata knew he could fight these humans more than th
Despite being a pirate, Captain Arata was actually lenient when it came to fighting against human opponents, especially when he was up against Owari’s people. They planned on killing him, but Arata somewhat had a hunch something was up with this Arata dude. Arata could imagine that Owari was someone who had his past glued to himself, and the world before - Japan and other countries - had peaceful solutions to every conflict. So he kept trying. Also, Arata made a promise to Kirameki and Captain Israel. The moment he had become Captain of the pirates, Arata, as much as possible, disliked the idea of killing others for the sake of… mindless killing.The scout who was given another chance by Arata ran away as fast as she could. Initially, the scout had thought that Captain Arata was brutal, and he was overpowered. But then, the ninja, in the middle of her destination, turned back and realised Arata didn’t kill her friends. He had spared them. That ninja checked her friends one by one and
Owari answered, “It’s because he’s not fighting seriously against you… He doesn’t want to kill you guys, unless… something triggers him. Even though I’[m thankful none of you died, I just couldn’t help but fathom what else is in store for the rest of us if we’re going to fight him a second time.”From the looks of the scout, Owari was worried. But when she finally understood his words, the ninja knew Owari wasn’t worried about losing… he was worried about people dying because of what he wanted. Captain Arata was a force they needed to defeat. Usually, the girl and her friends - one fourth of the ninja community - should be enough to defeat a pirate, regardless if he or she was an elite or not, with an exception for Captain Blackjack. Now the Kingdom had to deal with Captain Arata as well. After showing his strength, Owari knew this battle wasn’t going to be easy. So he needed a few more tricks in his sleeve just to deal with any problem in his way.That was the way of Owari. And that
After the long-hearted talk with his son, Owari placed Rex on the make-shift mattress and let him rest for the remaining hours. He stared at his son for a few minutes before taking his leave. Soon after, Owari met the general. The two of them conversed with each other, specifically about the appearance of the pirates nearby. Fortunately, the scout had already shared the vital information to the general, so the leader of the army knew most of it. When he had heard the information from Owari himself, the general excused himself and requested if their soldiers could be briefed with a new strategy on hand before proceeding forward.Since Owari’s son, Rex, was still fast asleep, he approved such changes and also went to bed, thinking he would rest for a few hours before continuing his expedition…However, something woke him up. It had been two hours since the time he had rested. And when Owari got up, he was awoken by the presence of a ninja who was already planning to nudge Owari awake.
By the time Owari got out of the tent, his eyes had witnessed something he shouldn’t. The camps and his people were still there, but the creatures were already near the entrance. In fact, these so-called Warlocks revealed themselves to the public, wreaking havoc left and right, fighting against the soldiers armed with firearms in their hands.Owari’s people were fighting against a group of mages that called themselves “Warlocks”. Owari only heard a few stories about them. Truth be told, Warlocks were beings that discovered most existing spells and continued developing abilities beyond one’s imaginations.However, these Warlocks were branded as traitors of the Kingdom as well as the Empire. They were never wanted. Even the adventurer’s guild despised these Warlocks, because they were the ones who had created necromancy and other witchcraft that enabled others to use their spells in evil.Surprisingly, this world lashed their wraths to those overpowered spells. And they didn’t want to u
That was the third time Arata saw a soldier from the Kingdom falling from the sky. The second guy had his hips cut in half, with his fingers raining down the next. At first, Arata thought of it as some sort of stupid prank. But it wasn’t. As it turned out, it wasn’t a joke. It was real.While Arata and his team mates stared at the sky, they noticed something… out of the picture. And when they zoomed in their lenses, what Arata and his group saw… sent dozens of question marks in the area.It was a group of cloaked individuals with the head of a troll. Trolls usually had a humanoid physique that was bigger and brawnier than humans, and had wide heads with a size of three basketballs. Its teeth were massive, and the stench emitted by this monster was horrifying even for a sewer rat. Thankfully, the pirates and Arata’s system were immune to the stench. And they withstood it.Trolls were described as monsters in the deep, usually depicted with fists for weapons or make-shift axes made from
Captain Arata didn’t think twice the moment his eyes fixated themselves at the young boy falling from the sky. He left his team, jumped off, and caught the boy in his hand. A few moments later, Captain Arata fell on the ground and made a heroic landing. “What’s wrong with these Trolls?... And why on Earth… or Kepler is Owari thinking? I thought he wanted the pirates dead… WHY BRING A FUCKING CHILD ON THE BATTLEFIELD!”Then again, Captain Arata blamed himself for it, since he too had a kid of his own. But… he knew Kirameki was his sister and not anything else… This boy could be Owari’s offspring, a little brother, or he was a babysitter. Either way, the only person who could have a child with them in this… horrifying place.After a few seconds, his team finally caught up and appeared behind him. Kirameki had an excited look on her face the moment she had someone that was close to her age, unbeknownst to her this kid came from the Kingdom… Her older brother’s enemy. Nevertheless, Kiram
Rex just shrugged his shoulders and answered, “My father only told me that my mother died from the pirates. Until then, he never talked about it anymore to anyone else besides me… And until then, my father is very angry at the pirates.”“You don’t say… If I’m in his position too, I would be mad about it.” Arata wasn’t lying. He knew that if the same faith had struck him, Arata would even despise those pirates, hunt them down, and let them suffer… before killing them….… If Kirameki died from the hands of the Kingdom or from Captain Blackbeard, Arata would’ve wreaked havoc and killed whoever stood in his way. The only person who was keeping him sane was his sister, Kirameki. And if he lost his sister, Arata had no idea what to do to live.“But isn’t… killing bad?” asked Rex. “Isn’t killing,,, sending people away and leaving that someone sad?”Arata wanted to nod and agree about that. But… the world was broken. People were dying left and right, and they had no regard for it. This world