landbeastnovel Chapter 769: Stuck?
Chapter 769: Stuck?
Chapter 769: Stuck?
I was talking to Irina when Carla, Marcos' wife who is the captain of the ship, appeared with a worried face.
"We are surrounded by ships from the local navy." (Carla)
"..." (I)
I'm silent for a few seconds, processing what she said.
"How do you know they're from the local Navy?" (I)
"I've lived most of my life in a port city, I can tell from afar when it's pirates, traders or military." (Carla)
"How many?" (Irina)
"There are more than ten ships the same size as ours." (Carla)
"It's dozens of Lower Catastrophe Grade." (Hinata)
Hinata appears through the ceiling of the room.
"Let's get this sorted out, I'll ask for some help in the meantime." (I)
I close my eyes to connect with Nix who is inside the Dungeon.
"(Need something, master?)" (Nix)
"(Bring Diana and Vanessa to boat, also bring the rest of my Familiars, maybe some battle is needed.)" (I)
"(We'll be there in 5 minutes.)" (Nix)
"Let's go upstairs, I want to see for myself who these people are." (I)
I walk outside the ship and stand on the edge of the deck as I see the various Ships surrounding me, all ships are the same in shape and color, and also carry the same flag with some kind of boat and a wave.
Thanks to my excellent eyesight, I can see perfectly the crew of these ships wearing armor or leather clothes, the two pieces of clothing are patterned, there are almost 40 ships around us and they seem to be waiting for a reaction from us as I see several magic circles pointed for us.
"Pirates sure aren't." (I)
"What should we do?" (Irina)
"Wait, for now, they're keeping away from our barrier and are waiting for a reaction." (I)
"My name is Zenos, nice to meet you Commander Wagner." (I)
Commander Wagner held out his hand for me to shake, I hesitated a little longer as I looked at him trying to pick up some clues before reaching my hand out of the barrier, but ready to rip that arm off if necessary.
As soon as our hands touch I feel my brain work faster and a mental bond form between the two of us.
"(Good evening sir Zenos, I am here to escort you to the Royal Palace of the Navary Kingdom.)" (Wagner)
"(Is that supposed to mean something to me? Who are you?)" (I)
"(I am the 7th Prince Wagner Navary, my family wishes to meet with you and send you away from our Kingdom without causing too much trouble.)" (Wagner)
"(Why should I believe you?)" (I)
"(My family, at least most of my family are devotees of the Church of Fertility.)" (Wagner)
"(I've been asked to say this and say that there are people behind your group waiting at the port.)" (Wagner)
"(I assume all this acting is to deceive someone among your troops, right?)" (I)
"(Yes, we have to keep an eye on those we don't trust)" (Wagner)
"(I don't know who you are, but information from the Church of Fertility I believe is correct.)" (Wagner)
"(He's speaking the truth.)" (Nix)
The moment I felt a new mental connection form in my mind, even a temporary connection like this, I opened up the connections I have with my Familiars to be in the conversation as well, but they're only told to me, so the Prince or Commander Wagner can't hear them.
"(I'll be in your care, Prince Wagner.)" (I)
Soon our mental connection weakens and Prince Wagner lets go of my hand, for the others, it must have been a handshake of a few seconds, when in fact it was a conversation of a few minutes.
"I hope we can resolve this whole messy situation." (I)
"I hope the same, they could..." (Wagner)
After that there were a lot of questions about where we've been during the last week, then they ask about the reason for our trip and a lot of other things.
They were generic questions that I only answered with the truth or in some cases I answered with half truths.
After answering his questions, which were very general, we board our ship again as we are escorted towards the mainland by a fleet of ships.