The new ruler of the Empire, Najenda, is sitting in her office writing stuff down, she hears a knock on the door and says "Come in", as the door opens Shinku steps inside the room, he closes the door and looks into her eyes "Mam, there's something I need to inform you about", Najenda looked concerned "Shinku, is everything alright?", he walks closer to her and sits down "I just got informed by Wave, about an attack from the East". Najenda froze for a few seconds, stunned by the words "Attacked, from the East, but why?" she asked, he crosses his arms "I think it's something about a War going on in their land, they want territory, and they thought this place would benefit them", he looks slightly down, remembering what else to say "Empress Najenda, I think I need a map to this Land, so I can prevent any future attacks". "Shinku, are you sure you want to go, this can be risky" Najenda Informed him "Do you think you will be able to come back in one piece?", he rests his shoulders nods his head "Yes mam, I'd hate for the empire to be pulled into more war, besides, we won't have to risk losing more of our friends", Najenda breaths lightly and smiles "Ok".
She stands up, going through her drawers, and picks up a large map "Here it is, the map to Wakoku", as he takes it he notices the empire and the direction to the Land, Shinku rolls it up and puts it in the small Bag on the back of his waist "Thanks mam, i will make sure I get back as soon as I'm done", Najenda nods "I'll tell the others that you are going, don't want them wondering where you are", he turns around and nods, closing the door as he leaves.
A few hours later in his bedroom, Shinku was thinking about when to get an available boat, once he finished he lays down on his bed and sighs, he hears the door creek open, and sees a worried Leone "I heard you were leaving.." she said in a somber tone, Shinku sits up "Its only temporary, I promise I will be back ok" he responds. She walks closer and sits with him, giving him a warm hug, Shinku rubs her back gently and comforts her "I just don't want any more of our friends getting killed, I don't want you to be killed", Leone turns her head up "So….is there another reason you want to go?" she asks, Shinku looks to his side "Maybe, I don't really know yet, all I want is your safty". Leone begins to smile and kisses his cheek before standing up, before she leaves she turns her head "Oh, and…what do you think we should name them?", he closes his eyes and smiles "It depends".
When the sky began to turn dark, Shinku was already at the docks, looking for his boat, as he finds it he sees a man standing near it, "Hello sir, I believe you must be Shinku, I've got your boat set up, you should really be glad for the Empress herself paying for it", he nods at the man and walks past him "Indeed", when he gets on the boat he walks to the driver and shows him the map to where he's going, the driver nods his head and gives him a thumbs up "Got it, we will get there in no time", Shinku turns around and walks off to the front, the ship begins to sail east and the beautiful moonlight shines on the ocean. Shinku looks at the map very closely, noticing the details, as he puts it away the ships chef walks next to him and crosses his arms "I heard you were going to Wakoku, since the Empress told us", Shinku nods "Yes, you know of it?", the man nods "Some of it yes, I heard there are 3 well known nations, Soukai, Tenrou, and Saryuu, there are 22 in total", "Sounds massive" Shinku replied, the chef nodded "The war makes it very dangerous to navigate, so be careful out there", as the man walks away Shinku looks at the moonlight and sighs, in the distance, a familiar Skeletal figure and a Dragon were watching over him, high up in the mountains.
2 days have passed since Shinku last sailed away from the Empire, and in the fresh morning sky the birds were shouting and the orange sun shined on the blue sea, Shinku looked at the map and noticed they were getting close "This boat is faster than I expected" he said to himself, he gets out of his little room and walks into the bar, most of the people were sailors since Shinku was the main passenger, the Chef serves him some cooked fish and decides to sit with him "Pretty crowded huh, we got a lot of workers here in case anything goes wrong, sorry if it bothers you", Shinku picks up the fish and takes a bite "I understand". As he eats Shinku looks around the boat "Is there anything else you know about Wakoku sir?", the man nods his head "I heard there is a Danger Beast somewhere in between the Empire and Wakoku, they call it Jormungandr the great Serpent, many stories say It's as huge as an island". Shinku seemed rather surprised to hear about this beast as his eyes were slightly wider, "I see, so it must be a Super class Danger beast" he said, the Chef gets up after finishing his Breakfast and stretches "Anyways I hope you enjoy it here as much as you can Shinku".
as he finished they hear loud sounds of Thunder, the Sailors looked around And one of them says "It's raining already, damnit", Shinku looks out the window and sees that the sky got instantly darker, the clouds were darker and heavy rain fell upon the sea, as he looks closer he can see the shadow of a large head in the distance, the bar was quiet for a moment, "What's happening?" the Chef asks, a sailor scratches his head "I have no idea sir, it probably just a normal storm", suddenly, they can hear an Ungodly howling roar. Shinku walks up to the Chef and touches his shoulder "Hey, I think its that Great Serpent you were talking about", the other men started to panic and run to their stations "Everyone, man the cannons!" the captain ordered, Shinku and the Chef run out to the main deck and look forward, the area seemed silent besides the rain, but suddenly the large Head swooped up and revealed itself as Jormungandr, the beast had 4 sharp fangs, downward horns on the side of its head, it's scales were as black as Midnight and it's eyes were a glowing Yellow. Shinku Unsheathes his Greatsword and walked towards it with a frown "Your not ruining my trip you vile snake" as it was about to attack he jumps up and cuts it's face, "It must be more durable" he says to himself, "Fire!" the captain said, 3 cannons were shot at the beast, only one of them was effective, Jormungandr screeched as it swam around, Shinku spots it appearing on the back, he sprints and shouts as he jumps up on it's head and attempts to stab it, the Serpent shakes him off but he was able to grab on to its body, the beast swam down into the sea in an attempt to get him off, Shinku held in his breath and hanged on tight, when he held on tight to his sword the Serpent jumped high up and Shinku was in the air, Jormungandr was charging up some sort of Lightning from its mouth, but before it can hit him his dark aura appeared. The helmet of the Suit of fury latched on his head and he roared, as he spins around Shinku was able to cut it's tail off, Jormungandr's lightning managed to hit half of the ship, killing most of the people inside, helanded on it's head and swung down on and cuts it vertically. As the beast was drowning back down Shinku reverted back to normal and dropped down on the remaining half of the ship, the rain was slowly fading away, Shinku looked around for any survivors "Hey, is anyone still alive!" he shouted, no one answered, all he could hear was the rain and thunder, he remembered the Chef that was friendly to him throughout his journey, he clenches his fist and slammed it on the remaining deck, a few minutes later he passes out, letting the rain hit his sleeping body.
*To be continued*
