Part 12
Only the sounds of waves hitting against the wood could be heard. It was surprisingly peaceful inside a ship. Especially the captains quarter as it was a lot bigger than the rest of the sleeping spaces. There were a lot of random valuables in one of the chests nailed onto the ground. There was no denying it, this was a pirate ship. Though Cyeen knew that from the start. The demon woman's clothes looked really familiar to her for a reason. She was known as "The Sword Demon" across Setina. This entire crew was another pain in the ass for Enidia just like Dog Tamer. Goodness. Just my luck, two of the most renowned criminals met in the span of a week.
"Hello? Can you hear me Cyeen?"
She stood upright on the bed, looked around before realising the whisper came from inside her head.
"Yes, your divine Highess. I can hear you clearly."
The god sounded a little embarrassed.
"So uhhhh, I would like to give you my apologies for the poor extraction of your eye. It was my first time doing that. But trust me, I needed to take your eye for an important reason."
"I accept your apologies your divine Highness. May I ask how I ended up on this ship and in Taryio?"
"Of course you could. While you were in that half conscious state of yours I whispered commands into your ear which you followed. I have to admit in shame that I made you steal a carriage to get to Taryio. The journey took about two days but trust me, you waking up inside this ship was essential for the mission I gave you. Also, please adress me as "En" if you could."
Cyeen rubbed her chin. Right, they said they needed me to get rid of all corruption in this world.
"I understand En. Have you got any requests of me?"
"No, nothing for now. Just keep an eye on that demon."
Cyeen stayed ready for a while longer in case En had any last words. After not receiving anything she relaxed her body. Ergh, it stinks in this ship. She blinked a few times, trying to remember something. Oh right, En's arsenal! I should check it out. The lady extended her arm forward to summon the weapons.
"A scythe, some knives, blasters and... strings..."
Cyeen looked at the arsenal in genuine disappointment.
"Did I just get a recolor with higher essence consumption?"
She felt a vibration inside her right pocket. After taking out the source of the vibration from her pocket she lifted it up. A white notebook? It was actually smaller sized book. She opened the small book and got to reading it.
"Since direct communication takes a large amount of energy I'll use this book. I know you are disappointed but do not worry, that's not all of my arsenal. My old arsenal, or your new one, has the ability to copy the moves you observe although with it's limits. Most weapons created with it has a high cost and low damage but I trust you can put it to good use. Also you can use this as a diary, I won't read what you write."
Cyeen's eye shined brighter than the almost full moon outside. This essentially meant that she was not locked into a single arsenal but had infinite combinations. Just the thought of it was possibly the best late birthday gift she had ever gotten. I hope you are waiting Dog Tamer. I'll deal with you once I'm back. She tucked herself back into the bed before falling asleep.
There was some hair inside her mouth. It wasn't going away no matter how many times she brushed her hair away. After a while of repeating the same moves she got furious and got up. What she saw next to her was a sleeping Jess. Cyeen was chewing on Jess's hair. She rushed towards the small window to spit her hair out. There was still a terrible smell inside the room. She couldn't tell if it came from Jess, herself or from the ship. Cyeen poked the sleeping demon, waking her up.
"Who's sailing the ship?"
Jess stared at Cyeen's for a while with a dumb expression on her face to process her question.
"Huh? Oh Zoen."
The demon woman closed her eyes again. Wow how great, I slept together with this criminal? She headed towards the door before leaving to go see Zoen.
The young man was in front of the helm, steering it when it was necessary. She finally had the chance to take a good look at him. His brown hair was touching his shoulders further bringing out the black in his eyes. He looked to be at the same height as Cyeen meaning he was shorter than his sister. He was matching with Jess as they wore the same white tunic. The only thing he didn't have was the sleeveless shirt. Other than that his pants were pale red and he had a belt supporting it. These siblings know how to dress for sure. Cyeen lifted her hand to greet him.
"Good morning. How long has that demon been sleeping next to me?"
Zoen looked up for a second to think. As he looked up he saw the clouds. Damn, it's most likely a storm. Better tell the crew later. He looked back at Cyeen.
"I think for about three hours. I hope you didn't mind her."
"I actually did mind her a lot but anyway. You said you were siblings, how is that possible exactly?"
"Well, we are not blood related of course. It's just we came to accept each other as siblings. It's a long story, I recommend you ask Jess about it when she wakes up."
Cyeen wasn't thrilled by that idea. She went towards the other pirates to see their daily routines. They were mostly fishing, there didn't seem to be that many things to do in a pirate ship. Cyeen decided to give it a go as well. She took a fishing rod laying around and cast her line, waited, waited again, still waiting. Nah never mind. She tossed the fishing rod away. She was not that patient. A few of the crew would occasionaly come up to her, trying to make small talk but she'd grimace and turn away as she did with most commoners. They were nothing but filth to her.
A certain person with two horns coming out of the cabinets took her attention. She stopped for a second to think if she had anything better to do. No, I don't. Cyeen dragged her feet towards Jess. She cut her path as she brought forth her scythe.
"Fight me."
Jess was confused. Why did this girl try picking a fight first thing in the morning? She rubbed her eyes before answering.
"Why shoul I? Go boter somone else."
Cyeen raised her violet scythe to Jess's eye level. Looking straight into her eyes. The reason for this challenging attitude was because of the curiosity she had towards Jess's nickname.
Jess brushed the weapon away as she went towards her brother. They made the three fingered hand sign before Jess took control of the helm. Cyeen felt humiliated for the first time in a while. She could feel the stares of some of the crew members. The noble sighed before unsummoning her scythe.
Cyeen had been sitting on a chair at the poop deck for a while now. The waves got bigger as the time went on. No ships, no debris. Hell, not even a single seagull. Cyeen was feeling uneasy. This whole pirate situation was more stressing than she thought of. They could theoretically kidnap her but it was unlikely as they were helping Cyeen reach Enidia. She crossed that out. Maybe they planned to plunder Enidia using her? She felt so dumb for not thinking of these possibilities beforehand.
"Ey, Cyeen Flame. I'm pritty sure that isn' edible."
The lady looked down to see her right index nail in shambles. She quickly lowered her arm before looking at Jess.
"I know." She said in an annoyed tone.
"Zoen told me ya wanna know bout our story. Yu sure yu do?"
Cyeen looked her dead in the eyes.
"If you're looking forward to it that much, go ahead, tell me."
Jess ignored the snide comment.
"Ya wil get the shortned version then. So basucally my vilage was razeed to the groun by players and so waz hiz. Then we met in thiz ship. Thad iz all I'll tell you."
Cyeen looked disappointed. It was obvious she left nearly all of the parts out. And what the hell were "players"? She was more confused about their story than before. Jess was by far the most insufferable person she met. Cyeen nodded, acting like she understood the story before turning away from her.
The day was coming to an end pretty quickly. She had wasted the entire day looking at the waves get bigger as the time went on as she was able to witness the sunny weather turn into a raging storm. All the crew members were trying their best to stay on their feet as they did anything they could to minimise the damage done to the ship.
They were passing by a cliff with sharp rocks on the bottom. It looked like they were pointing directly at any ship that passed by, threatening to impale them. Cyeen was soaked by the time Jess approached her. She noticed the short rope attached to her belt.
"I tink it's bout time ya sleep. It's alreadi night. Come, let me escor you to me quarter."
All the pieces were coming together now. Way too quickly as well. It felt like the world was wrapping around her ever since she ran away from home. This was one of the wraps she found herself in. She had to make a move now as she wasn't sure if she could make one ever again.
Cyeen followed Jess until they reached the main deck. All of the pirates were looking at her now. Cyeen quickly summoned her scythe and swung it towards Jess's head.
"You knew din't you?"
The demon had caught the tip of the scythe with her back turned. A few dark red longswords fell from the sky making Cyeen back away. Jess signaled at the crew to not interrupt. She summoned a cutlass in her right hand.
Cyeen spoke up.
"I always wanted to mess up that face of yours. I can't stand your accent."
"The feelin's mostly mutaul."
"It's pronounced as mutual."
The demon dashed towards her at an inhuman speed. Cyeen parried her cutlass with her own white one. Jess looked at her in suprise before changing her sword type to a kord and striking back. Cyeen also answered this with the same type of sword further confusing Jess. Cyeen knew how to use swords unlike her own soul weapon. Their balance was really off as the waves were throwing the ship around. The violet haired girl changed her sword type to a claymore. She started dishing out attacks towards the demon although all of them were getting blocked. Essence weapons were usually really light but she could feel the weight of this one quite a lot. They clashed swords at one point, both of them trying to throw off the other's balance. While the swords were still connected they started sliding to the left of the main deck. Cyeen fell down because of the slippery floor, accidentally slashing the demon's knee.
Cyeen got back up on her feet. The odds looked like they were in her favor until she heard a whirring sound come towards her. She teleported away and looked at the object that almost hit her. There were four different types of swords lodged into the wood. "I see the name now." The four swords started levitating towards Jess. As Cyeen followed them with her eye she was met with the sight of roughly hundred swords levitating behind the demon. The swords were illuminating the main deck.
"Neat aren' they! Constructs of someone stronger than you!"
The swords started spinning one by one. With the move of a finger Jess accelerated them towards Cyeen. Their trajectories and speeds looked to be random, rendering them impossible to dodge or block. She felt terror once again. A part of Cyeen's brain activated as she was given two options. Fight or flee. The noble teleported behind Jess and tried throwing a kick instantly. The demon woman caught her leg. What she missed was the two blasters Cyeen had in her hands. Jess's eyes were hit by pure essence as she was knocked back hitting the gunwales. Cyeen also fell down because of the waves.
"Can't aford to joke arund with ya now can I?"
This time, hundreds of gladiuses were pointed directly towards Cyeen. Jess closed her hand as each of the swords rushed at Cyeen. She couldn't parry all of them causing her to suffer terrible cuts on her legs and arms. They hurt like hell but easily healed thanks to her shield.
Cyeen summoned and tied a blaster with a string she summoned. She spun it with her right hand and launched it up before pointing at Jess causing the blaster to fire. The demon blocked the beam with a short sword easily. Jess's pupils had started glowing as a sadistic expression formed on her face.
There was another thing glowing in the sky. A female crew member looked up and saw something glowing even more than the stars. Wait, what is that? She thought. It seemed to be getting bigger as the milliseconds flew by. Finally, the pirate yelled at the top of her lungs.
"BRACE FOR IMPACT!"
Jess quickly unsummoned her sword and held onto the gunwale. Cyeen on the other hand was not ready let her go yet. She teleported to Jess, grabbing her by the collar and throwing a punch. The demon grabbed the punch with ease and twisted her wrist. Cyeen didn't care about her wrist being twisted as she summoned a knife and stabbed the demon's eye. She grunted in pain. Just as she got ready to strangle the noble an object crashed into the ship at the speed of sound, shattering it into pieces. Cyeen was still holding onto Jess as they were fully submerged in the water. She kept punching the demon in the face even underwater. The demon's hand squeezed her neck right before countless amounts of swords pierced Cyeen. She tried screaming but only air bubbles came out. Cyeen threw one last punch just before blacking out...
A colorless house. A couch in the middle of the room with a television in front of it. What was a television? She sat down. Did she finally bite the dust?
No, not yet. You have to save them first.
Cyeen came back to her senses. She was not underwater anymore as she was being dragged by Jess. The waves were tossing them from one side to another, making them hit the debris causing tons of bruises unrelated to their fight appear on them. Jess realised that Cyeen woke up.
"DO SOMETHIN' MORON!"
She yelled as she pointed at her unconscious brother being taken away by the waves. Cyeen made a loop with her string and threw it towards Zoen. By some miracle she was successful on the throw. Jess summoned three swords which she used to stab Zoen from behind. With a hand movement, she started pulling the swords towards to herself. The giant waves were not helping them pull Zoen closer. With a final push they managed to grab him. Now the three were bundled up as Cyeen tied them together. There was now another problem, the problem being the extremely spiky rocks they were being thrown against. A series of thunders could be heard in the background. Jess pointed upwards, where the cliff ended. She didn't have enough energy to give out orders. Cyeen tried throwing a rope but it fell short. She hadn't learned how to summon things mid air. She attempted another one that had the same result. They were seconds away from being impaled by the spikes. Cyeen closed her eye and held her arm out towards the edge of the cliff.
The three were at the top of the cliff. Jess was trying to perfom cpr to Zoen. Cyeen yelled "MOVE!" as she punched the guy's chest with the bottom of her fist. Zoen woke up spitting out water. After making sure he was alive Jess went to the edge of the cliff. What she saw was a blonde girl, snapping the neck of one of her crew members with navy blue arms coming out from her back. She looked like she was floating as there were other arms holding her up. Jess screamed the name of the pirate. The girl turned towards her with eyes that belonged to a cold blooded killer and the smile of a child.
"Hello, my name's Fragen!"