Present time _________________……………..The pirates didn’t know that Captain Arata had Owari’s son. And even if Arata could communicate that to his fellow pirates aboard the ship, he found the information useless to share with them. “What are we going to do now?” “The soldiers from the Kingdom are here?! Should we attack them? Should we launch the ballistic weapons Arata had entrusted us with?”“No, you fool! He specifically instructed us to put those guns on hold and… never kill anyone, unless Captain Arata had told us!”“I don’t want to die… I have my daughter waiting for me back home…”“My brother… he’s still young. He needs me…”“Father isn’t ready… to lose me. To lose his only son.”Those were the words echoing through the place as the pirates panicked, unable to do anything at all. If they fought, they would lose some people. And the pirates were mostly going to lose the battle. But if the pirates stayed and surrendered, their defeat would be ensured… because that was what los
“General… What are we going to do if the pirates attack us? Owari specifically told us not to kill any pirate who stands in our way… Does that mean?”“Ideally, we want them to surrender, Master. But if it comes to it, we would be the ones who would surrender against them… indirectly. We would make them think that we’re planning to attack, but we’re just going to buy Owari some time… It wouldn’t be long before he could get his son back from Captain Arata and return to this base.”The general’s name was Abdur Solis, a renowned leader of the army squad led by Owari himself. He was entrusted with the responsibility to command the group of knights, mages, and whatnot on the battlefield under Owari’s orders. He was second in command… There were commanders before Owari. The general and the Master. The Master was the person who was the leader of the scouts or the ninja factions. They oversee the entire organisation, at the same time receive direct orders from Owari for missions such as comb
Even though the ship was docked, it wasn’t a stretch that these aqua marine creatures would attack the vessel as well as the soldiers from the Kingdom. Not to mention, the same could be said with the soldiers of the Kingdom, as they too met four legged creatures galloping nearby, ready to pounce at them whenever they saw an opportunity.Even Tommy and General Abdur knew that these beasts were no walk in the park. One marine creature could take three lives of both the soldiers and pirates if they weren’t careful. What more if they had to deal with a swarm of fish and four-legged creatures?“My name is Pirate Tommy, and we are here to announce something! The pirates led by Captain Arata, and that was once governed by Captain Israel, do not wish to fight. We want a peaceful conversation between the people of the Kingdom. We do not admit defeat, but we wish to communicate with each other and establish a truce!”Pirate Tommy didn’t know the circumstances of the Kingdom soldiers, but Gener
“What kind of deal are we making? Are we going to hold off attacking each other? Or do you have something else in mind?” The one who had asked was General Abdur. He was not only concerned about the arrival of their leaders and the request of avoiding or hurting their opponents, but from… environmental enemies as well. The two looked at the shore, not far from the boat. As their eyes met the creatures in the water, both the General and Pirate Tommy glanced their eyes once more at the faraway land, where figures of four-legged creatures and the like lurked within their surroundings. They weren’t alone on this island.“Even if we fight against each other to the death, I believe those… monsters up ahead would be the victor, not us. Have you fought one of the marine beasts before, General Abdur?” asked Pirate Tommy.Little did General Abdur know that Tommy and the rest of the pirates led by Captain Arata had fought thousands of these swarms of creatures. And they were fucking annoying.
“FOR THE TIME BEING, UNTIL WE CAN HEAR ANY NEWS FROM OWARI, WE SHALL TREAT THESE PIRATES AS TEMPORARY COMRADES! WE WILL NOT SEE THEM AS ENEMIES, RATHER THEY ARE NOW GUESTS! LET US CELEBRATE WITH OUR SUCCESS AND PREPARE A BANQUET FOR EVERYONE!” Everyone cheered when the soldiers from the Kingdom heard such blissful news. The same had been experienced by the pirates when Tommy told them what had happened between him and General Abdur and they were now free to wander towards the camp.The only unspoken rules pirates and soldiers had to follow were… teaming up against monsters or intruders, exchanging goods and resources such as alcohol, spices, meat, and other food, and exchanging information regarding the mission on hand if there were any. The latter could be talked about, but the former were something they could figure out.As soon as the two representatives announced the word, the pirates stepped out of the ship and went towards the soldier’s base. Other pirates remained on the vesse
“Is it true… that the pirates and soldiers for now aren’t… fighting?” Those were the words Francoise asked, and so was the rest of the team. Margarette, Azure, Rudy, and Odette had their eyes widened in surprise. But this time, it was more of a dumbfounded moment for them.“I don’t understand… Why on Kepler are we… having a truce?” Azure still couldn’t believe what she had heard from the General and Tommy. Azure knew Tommy would never lie to her… unless his family was at stake. But she doubted that. She somehow knew Tommy would not mess it up, since he was with her by the time they were still working with Captain Israel and Captain Blackbeard. So he wouldn’t lie… Azure and the others wanted to know the bottom of this… surprise. However, there wasn’t any more they could learn from here. In fact, the pirates and the soldiers wanted to know more about the situation with their leaders, which was the other way around.But since there was no fight that would be done, General Abdur releas
After the conversation the pirates and the knights had, they continued conversing with each other. But, at the same time, Wexi made her own move. Tommy and the others barely knew who Wexi was. And when she disappeared, the only explanation Master Wexi told the pirates was… she had something to do besides following orders from Owari. And she wasn’t lying. But what Master Wexi had in mind was… to inform Owari what had happened back at the camp and the soldiers had the pirates in their grasp. Even though, on the outside, the soldiers were working together with the pirates, the knights from the Kingdom still had the upper ground. At least, that was what she thought.However, there was one thing she had to think about. And that was…Making the most out of it. It won’t be too long until Wexi and her subordinates meet Duke Owari and Captain Arata on the heated battlefield…………….Owari and Arata’s SideThe pirates led by Captain Arata and the soldiers from Duke Owari’s side met and had an agr
Captain nodded to himself as he knew those troubles and hard work he had been through was worthwhile. This was the fruit of their labour. After defeating countless monsters and running away from those soldiers from the Kingdom, he could finally have the Lunar Herb - that one thing he needed… to cure Kirameki. But before Arata could even tell Kirameki to digest the herb, his sister looked him in the eyes and uttered, “Are you sure… you’re going to give this… to me?” Kirameki knew this herb was only for her. But she saw what the system had shown her older brother. She knew that somehow this herb could be made as a bundle of potion, so the entire population who had the same sickness or even worse illness than Kirameki could be cured. Nevertheless, Kirameki cared about her brother. So she left her fate to him. It didn’t take a few seconds before Arata nodded once more and faintly smiled. He had already made up his mind, and there was nothing that could stop him. This time, Kirameki wasn