Book 13: Chapter 55


    I grabbed the cor of the individual before me and thundered, Why did you attack us?! We didnt harbour hostile intent toward you, nor did we have any intention of attacking you, so why did you attack us?!


    We didnt intend to attack the ship, but it went and fired at us as soon as we came into sight. We immediately fired back. The size of our ships were very different, with ours being the bigger one. We were hit with a few shots, but that infuriated Nier. The crew, who thought they were safe, fell victim to panic. Ourst shot stopped their ship dead on the water. Nier and the Valkyries boarded their ship and massacred everyone but theirmander. Everyone else was kicked into the water.


    You are sailing in our region of the ocean! This is our region! brayed themander.


    Themander wasnt afraid. Instead, he shouted at me in the samenguage Ying spoke. Nier couldnt understand him. Regardless, seeing the way he red at me after being tied up, she gave him a kick from behind, putting him on his knees. She then mmed a foot down onto his head. The sound of his head colliding with the deck made me clench my teeth.


    Lucia kicked his lower back from the other side. Nier grabbed him by his hair and gave him a hard punch to the face, dislocating his nose. He groaned and curled up on the ground. I stopped my two wives. I then crouched down and grabbed his hair. I looked straight at his face and seriously said, You may not know this, but they say that a deck is an expansion of a nationsnd. You just yelled in the face of the King of the North, in his territory and acted rudely. Out of consideration for it being your first offense, I shall not kill you. Now, let me ask again, why did you attack us?


    I you invaded


    <strong>*Stab!*</strong>


    Argh!!!!! grunted themander, convulsing.


    Niers sword went straight through the deck. A finger floated in the puddle of blood. She was very brutal with those who were rude to me or annoyed me. In the past, I wouldveshed out at Nier after such brutality, but I had grown used to the blood and brutality. As a matter of fact, I was used to cries right in my face. I went through it all in Mommy Elizabeths dungeon.


    I brayed, You can tell that I dont have the time or patience to continue ying with you now, cant you? I do have time to chop off all your fingers, though. Now, tell me: why did you attack us?!


    We thought you were the wyrm! Our men thought you were the wyrm when they saw you! We were very scared!! We thought we were doomed! We were afraid!


    What did youe here for?


    The wyrm appeared here, so we came to get people away from here. We just encountered the wyrm. The wyrm went after a ship. We thought you were the wyrm and wereing after us when we saw you. Thats why we were so scared!


    Yeah? Can you take me to where the wyrm is, then?


    I took in a deep breath. The sudden arrival of the good news had me so excited that I had an urge to give themander a punch. I gripped his cor tightly. Thrilled, my voice shook.


    Okay, okay, okay, I remember the direction. We can still make it if the ship hasnt been destroyed, yet. Its not too far away. I reckon the ship is done for, though. You still want to find the wyrm? asked the horrifiedmander.


    I could tell that they were scared enough to run from their own shadows after encountering the wyrm and didnt want to go back. On the other hand, I perceived it to be great news. I had always wanted to know where my moms were, and I finally found them.


    Set sail. Just give them the location. Head there at max speed. Go as fast as possible! Imanded. I wrestled the man in front of me aside: Take him onto the deck; treat his wounds. Dont let him die. Were going to join Her Majesty and Her Highness. Theyre fighting with the wyrm, so lets go assist!


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    Current time on the waters.


    Can you restrain the wyrm or not?!


    Youe and try if youre so good!


    Elizabeth tightly gripped the rail in front of her. A dark silhouette would jump out of the water every now and then. The thick and strong silhouette was akin to a ck thread, sewing through the waves and clouds. Vyvyan fearlessly stood at the forefront of the deck. She desperately tried to control the sea with her eyes shut. She needed to use her unlimited mana gushing forth to lock the wyrm within a specific region to give Ying the chance to cut it down. However, the wyrm noticed what Vyvyan was trying to do and didnt dare to approach her ship to attack.


    Although Vyvyan was the perfect delicacy for the wyrm, it knew she wasnt fodder waiting for it to eat. If she caught it in her barrier, itd undoubtedly be shredded. Vyvyan formed a wall and situated it in the water using her mana. The wyrm desperately tried to escape. It wasnt that Vyvyan wasnt trying; it was just too difficult to trap it in the water. The ocean was the wyrms home ground, not the elves or humans.


    Elizabeth roared, Cant you just take on the wyrm? Why do we need to have Ying take it on?!


    Ying, who was standing behind them and carrying Xia, shook her head: It rapidly recovers from wounds inflicted with mana. It can also absorb arge volume of mana. Queen Vyvyans mana should be powerful right now. If she doesnt defeat it in one blow, the wyrm may grow even stronger.


    Vyvyan angrily clenched her teeth: What an annoying creature! I swear Im going to behead it and hang it in the house. Has my Son and hispany left yet?


    Uhm, they had left thest time I saw them, answered Elizabeth, with a nod. Focus on dealing with the wyrm. My son is fine. We just need to y the wyrm now. Focus. If you defeat it sooner, we should be able to catch up to my son.


    Im trying! The issue is that this thing is too dexterous. Itll be very hard to confine if theres nothing to restrain it! It seems to know the danger its facing, and therefore keeps running about.


    Ying observed the tempestuous water surface. She looked at the active silhouette in the water. She took in a deep breath: If it is difficult, I will go down there and act as bait. I am a nemesis it wants dead. It will seek an opportunity to kill me if I enter the water. Then, you will be able to control it.


    Vyvyan opened her eyes. The water temporarily turned quiet an in instant. She stopped pursuing it, while the wyrm retreated to one side. It most certainly wasnt letting up on its prey, though. It had waited a long time for its prey to enter the water.


    The wyrm quietly swam below the water surface. That was its territory. Unfortunately for humans, the ocean wasnt their home. It knew it couldnt fight humans head on, but it knew they were easy picking in the water.


    The wyrm was capable of sensing all movement in the water. Vyvyans ship wasnt the only ship nearby. There was another oneing over, and it also carried a prominent scent of mana. The approaching scent didnt pale inparison to the one it currently hunted.


    The wyrm shook itself out, and then veered in the direction of the second mana scent it detected. It slowly advanced toward it It would have enough power to take on the monster, Vyvyan, after it ate the new mana source that it sensed