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Chapter 11. the first few steps.
Three weeks later…
The boat rocked back and forth as William stepped back out of breath as he looked down looking at the amount of blood was on his exposed chest. He slowed his breathing as he went to the barrel on his right and grabbed the mug of beer taking a long swig as Gregor came from the other side.
"I don't know how much longer I can last" Gregor looked at him worried.
"let me see your eye" Gregor spun William around and looked at his left eyebrow looking at the blood that tricked and focused William again. "it's not as bad as it looks, you got to finish this!" William shook his head as he took another swig of the beer.
"I can't do it Gregor, I'm at my wits end" Gregor shook his head and showed a little slip of parchment.
"you managed to beat me and now because of that ive got a hundred crowns on you, you can't just quit now" Sayori walked up and leaned on the barrel to William's right and smiled behind her mask.
"it is very noble to back out William."
"your saying that just because you bet against him" William looked at Sayori with worry and betrayal in his eyes as the smile on his face dropped"
"Gregor!" William downed the rest of his mug as he looked to Sayori. "it's understandable to want to give in… Himura is rarely defeated" William looked across the roped off arena seeing Himura in the same state he was, a smaller amount of blood was on his chest as but his mask seemed to have an adequate amount of splatter as he glared at William behind the oni mask. people cheered as William downed the rest of the mug as he walked up to Himura who followed in suit walking and meeting William in the middle. The bigger of the two men attacked first as he brought his left hand up bawling it up and coming at Williams chest.
William took the blow in the chest giving him enough time to hold his arm in place as William struck the side of Himura's head. expecting a lot more than what Happened William looked at Himura who shrugged off the hit before he broke the arm block and freed his arm, and grabbed William by the throat and lifted him up, William grabbed the massive arm around his throat and felt himself go flying as he landed on his back causing the crowd to erupt in cheers. William felt his lungs force air into his system as he laid there for another minute until Himura walked over and held out a hand. William took it as he stood back up and looked at the crowd who was cheering as Gregor poured another mug and placed it on the barrel. William grabbed it and took a large swig as Himura took his hand by the wrsit and raised it getting the crowd to cheer again.
"you fought well wolf" William nodded as he placed his hand on Himuras shoulder.
"As did you, it was a good brawl" William felt his cheek checking the small amount of blood he wiped away before he began to walk away, Himura turned him around and chuckled.
"where are you going, there's another few fights?" William nodded and smiled.
"I'd like to wipe the blood and sweat off, clear my head" Himura nodded as Kastumoto walked into the arena and another Kensei did the same. William walked through the ropes as he grabbed his shirt and walked past the people in the crowd getting pats on the back as he walked past them grabbing a new mug full and walked out to the decks of the ship.
William took the lid off a water barrel and dunked his head in before he whipped his head up getting water to fall down his shoulders and back before he took a long drink from his mug and set it back down before he grabbed a bucket and proceeded to fill it up and let the water spill over onto the deck spilling on his torso getting the majority of the blood to wash away. William walked over to the railings with his mug in hand before he leaned over taking another long drink of the beer, as a creak behind him caught his attention. William turned his head slightly seeing a pair of boots and smirked.
"surprised I didn't see you in the crowd, couldn't bother to see me lose?" William turned his body and leaned his bare back on the rails as Emily walked closer to him with a smile on her face.
"I was in the back, reading something when the screaming got my attention. Are you alright?" William nodded as he took a drink, Emily began to take closer steps as William lowered the mug and looked at her. "I heard the Shugoki gave you a thrashing"
"he has a name, they all do" Emily looked at him with a smile. "do you still not know them?"
"why would I? after this fight they'll return to the Myre" William set the mug down as the smile on his face dropped. "they will won't they?"
"Emily, what do you think this would mean? That it could only happen once?" Emily's smiled dropped as she brought the book to her chest. "there's a saying, the enemy of my Enemy is my friend, everyone here, everything that's happened has become because of Ivar, when I fled I found allies where I didn't think I could, Kastumoto became someone I came to rely on in battle and out of."
"how can you become friends with them after what they did, what they did to us, to me. they took us and dragged us through muck for weeks until we got to that castle, those who didn't they left them stuck in the muck of the swamps, I cant forgive them for that, how can you?" William sat up and got off the railings as he walked up to her.
"the men who took you all, and dragged you, none of them are here now, they belong to a different clan, different warlords. Why can't you see that? It's gone, its over you're not in the swamp, you're not in chains, you're not surrounded by enemies, everyone wants to help and is willing to stop this once and for all" Emily stepped back and looked at William in disbelief and anger.
"they may not be your enemies William, but if some of them can do what they did, what can the others do?" William tried to take a step closer as Emily walked off in frustration and left him alone on the deck of the ship. William took a deep breath and walked up to the railing, and grabbed the wooden frames as he closed his eyes and took another deep breath as a door leading down swung open and the sound of laughs and cheers but he didn't turn around as he looked out at the surprisingly calm sea. William took another drink of his mug as he didn't hesitate as he heard more footsteps walking around the deck before they stopped.
"I'd prefer to drink alone" the floor creaked as they stepped closer and closer as William tensed up when he felt someone lean on his back and slowly brought a pair of small hands from his waist to his chest. William heard the breathing and felt his heart began to beat faster as he slowly realized who it was, and he smiled slightly as he closed his eyes.
"are you alright?" William nodded as he set the mug down and took Sayori's hands and spun her around meeting her face to face and without her mask. "Himura seemed to hit you hard a few times, I even see a few bruises" Sayori took one of her hands from his and reached up to his face seeing a purple circle forming on his cheek. William nodded and took her hand from his face and kissed it slightly.
"Ive been in tougher scraps than that, granted it was in full armor and none of it was with a man who could crush me with his fists, but I think ill be okay" Sayori chuckled as she looked up to his eyes and kissed his chest making him smile again.
"something's on your mind" William shook his head as Sayori moved her hands onto his back and slowly rubbed his lower back. William felt her hands run over his back careful not to touch the large gashes on his upper back and closed his eyes as he sank into the feeling.
"I'm not sure if it's the drink or the fights, but I'm glad that most of them are getting along" Sayori looked at Williams back as if it were his face and sighed.
"most of them? as in theres some people who don't trust each other?" William nodded as he slowly went for him mug.
"I can think of a few within so,e of the more seasoned of warriors" Sayori smirked as she looked at the gashes and thought to herself for a moment.
"not everyone can trust the word of a great knight or a noble daimyo" William raised his head and opened his eyes to look at Sayori with befuddlement before she smirked and laughed it off. "Daimyo, you would see it as…Leader" William nodded as he took a minute to process it.
"you're not talking about yourself, are you?" Sayori looked at him with a small smirk and shook her head. William spun around and looked at Sayori as he set his mug down again to focus on her. "why not?"
"Katsumoto called his banners, most of the forces brought along follow him" Sayori took a step back as William got off the rails.
"he claims it's your idea, and I agree, without you this wouldn't have happened, I'd be dealing with trying to raise forces in Ashfield enough to assemble some threat against Ivar" Sayori shook her head but stopped just as William caught her chin and made her look into his eyes. "I'm in your debt Sayori" her lip trembled as William let her chin go before, she blushed heavily and walked to the railings and took his mug and took a drink. "Sayori, what does it mean?" confused and mid drink, Sayori looked at William with an eyebrow raised.
"Pardon?" William chuckled and leaned right next to her looking out to the other ships following.
"your name, Sayori, it must mean something" Sayori nodded as she looked at William.
"well what does William stand for?" William stood up right and looked at her for a moment.
"my father told me it means protector, when I came into this world, I was weak and feeble."
"you were early?" William nodded as he took the mug away from her and downed the rest of the beer inside.
"the midwife claimed the chances of my survival was limited, and if you have a poor chance to survive they try to baptize you and give you a name, so my mother did just that but couldn't name me" Sayori looked at him from his feet to his head in astonishment.
"you're a giant, how early did you come out?"
"at least a month, maybe earlier, but there's more to the story" Sayori elegantly held out her hand for him to finish. "my mother couldn't think of a name, but they had me dipped anyways, hoping at least that I'll be okay for most of it and when I died, they could just name me after I passed. So, they waited, waited until my lungs stopped breathing, they thought it would take hours. But hours turned to days, days turned to weeks until about four weeks after I was born, she woke up and ran to my crib scaring my father half to death as she came back weeping"
"you didn't die?" William shook his head.
"she came back holding me in her arms saying that someone told her to name me William"
"what do you think it was?" William shook his head. "do you believe in something?"
"do you?" William looked at Sayori as she looked back neither of them giving an answer. "ive been in this fight as long as I could swing a sword, Eleven and was training, fourteen and I had seen four battlefields and that was before I was given rank" Sayori nodded as she moved her hand to her scar feeling it from the bottom of her lip. "If I offend, I apologize" Sayori smirked.
"you didn't, when you've walked as many battlefields you can't rely believe it's for anything" William was taken back by her for a moment and took a breath.
"losing too many friends, and fighting for too long makes you only believe in one thing it seems"
"the strength in your sword arm" William smiled as she reached out and took his hand. "we have strayed of course" William nodded as he looked at her. "my father, in cruel humor named me but in the wrong sense."
"how do you mean?"
"Sayori means blossom, but its incorrect spelling, he refused to name me in the traditional sense being what I am" She smirked and shook her head before releasing Williams hand and walked over to the bucket of water and unfurled her hair, it draped down from her head and touched down to her mid back before Sayori sighed and looked at the reflection in the water.
"I'm sorry" Sayori stumbled for a moment as she walked over to William. "did you mother want to name you?" Sayori nodded and closed her eyes as William took a handful of water from the bucket and swished it around in his mouth and spat it out.
"she did, but it was forbidden. Deemed to foreign and would disgrace the Takemore clan more than it was to keep me" Sayori scoffed and took a deep breath before she smiled slightly.
"do you have many memories of her?" Sayori nodded as William grabbed the grey shirt next to the bucket and threw it on. "where is she now?"
"I don't know, shortly after my father died, she vanished" William's brow furrowed listening to her words.
"I remember the night she left, if I'd known she was saying goodbye I would've said something else other than I don't understand"
"what did she say?" Sayori's smile grew a little as she looked at William.
"She called me into her chambers and sat me down, I knew she was crying but I didn't know why and I didn't think to ask but I remember she looked at me and smiled, she said she was proud of me and what I did, and knew ill do great things. But I remember specially the last thing she said. "Never forget who you are, you may be Sayori Takemore, Daughter of Ishida, you will always be Saoirse Anor, her little bit of freedom" William smiled as Sayori wiped a small tear from her eye and looked at him. "apologizes, I don't mean to-" William stopped her and embraced her as her body language changed from shocked to relaxed as she wrapped her arms around him.
"I think it suits you" Sayori looked at him with amused confoundment for a moment.
"what does?"
"your name" Sayori smiled and looked at William's chest as she flecked a small bit of dirt from it.
"I just wish I knew what it means" William took her chin in his hand and looked at her.
"Sayori, Saoirse means Freedom" Sayori's eyes grew wide with realization before she placed her head back on his chest and stood there for a moment. "you must miss her" Sayori nodded in his chest in a moment that lasted longer than they thought they would get. William Ran a hand down her back and stopped at her wasit and went back up causing her to slightly moan in agreement before she looked up to him for a moment before she peered behind William. "and what are you doing?" Sayori looked at William with a look he handt seen before she grabbed his neck and brought him down, locking her lips with his in a moment of passion.
William felt her lips clash with his, the taste of beer was drowned out by the aroma of cherry blossoms as he picked her up, getting her to respond by throwing her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist William stumbled backwards as he propped up onto the mast and grunted at the sudden stop, Sayori looked at him with worry for a moment before he smiled getting her to continue and slide her tongue into his mouth. William let her in as he took her tongue and reciprocated with his own getting her to mewl quietly in his mouth. William pulled himself away trying to come up for air but stopped when he felt her suck onto his neck. William felt her tongue on his skin and couldn't help but closed his eyes and get lost in the feeling before she stopped and looked at him.
"you okay?" William snapped back into the moment and looked at a worried Sayori.
"of course, why?"
"you looked like you're in pain" William chuckled as his hands slid down her waist and onto her ass getting a smile before she locked her lips with his again. Sayori began to buck her hips but stopped just as she began and smiled at him.
"set me down." William obeyed as she took his hands and let him to the stairs leading to the upper deck William followed as she led him behind the stairs and behind a pair of boxes. Sayori extended her hand getting to sit down on a small crate at just the right height as she slowly took off her tendo robe, leaving just her kimono and pants. William took off his shirt and kicked off his boots as she shyly disrobed. Sayori watched a smile form on Williams face as she dropped her kimono and came closer untying the wraps along her waist as her pants seemed to drop on their own before she undid the ties keeping the wraps on her chest together. William took the wraps in his hands as he slowly pulled them letting her chest expand before her Enormous breast fall free until he cupped them in his hands, getting a small squeak of pleasure to escape her lips. William smiled as he brought himself to tear his hands away from her long enough to untie his trousers letting his member spring free and pull them down enough to use it. Sayori smiled as she climbed onto William's lap and lined herself ready to take him when he paused and held her by the waist.
"Why'd you stop" William took a look at her and smiled as he moved his hands to her face, cupping her cheeks he gave her a deep and passionate kiss before he pulled away and took handfuls of her ass. Sayori was taken back as she blushed before she lowered herself onto him. William felt her tense up immiedetly as she inched herself further onto his cock until she was an inch away from the base. The entire way down she held her hand onto her mouth muffling the loud moans escaping her. William felt her wrap around him as he squeezed her ass before he lifted her up enough and back down making her bite her lip and keep her hand tightly around her mouth. Sayori fell down onto Williams chest as he moved his hands to her waist bringing her close.
"I know your worried about someone hearing but we're still alone" Sayori looked at him in between breaths and nodded as she moved her hands on his shoulders getting him to pick the pace up. William smiled as she still muffled her noise even if a moan broke out every now and then. The boxes rocked next to them with each thrust and movement. William felt Sayori tighten with every other thrust making it hard to continue. Sayori leaned back and grabbed ahold of the stairs on her right and the wall on the other as William snaked his hands to her bouncing breasts and cupped them making her head tilt back before a a loud pleasured moan escaped Sayori. William smiled as watched her eyes roll back before she jolted and reached for him and began to dig her nails into his pec's as her whole body trembled on top of him. William felt her shake and dig her nails into his skin making him hiss as the low moan that Sayori created drowned out any noise William made.
Sayori stopped moving on William as she slowly opened her eyes and looked at him with a huge smile on her face. William looked up to her and began to thrust again making her breaths shallower as she retracted her claws and looked at the damage she caused.
"I'm sorr-ah!" William swung his hands under her arms and grabbed her shoulders before he began to make harder and deeper thrusts. Sayori was barely able to stop the noise escaping her as William's pace began to pick up faster and faster until he looked at her almost out of breath.
"I'm… I'm reaching my limit" William released his arms from her shoulders as Sayori took his face in her hands and gave him a deep kiss before she threw herself off him and latched her lips around his cock taking the force of his climax inside her mouth.
William's his bucked as his cock flexed emptying his shaft of his seed. William slumped down exhausted and watched as Sayori took her lips off his cock and walked fully naked over to the side of the ship and spit it out into the sea. William watched her hips sway with each step as she grabbed the mug on the railings and filled it with water washing the taste out of her mouth before she walked back to him smiling.
Sayori held out the mug as William took it, taking a long gulp before he gave it back to her and scooted back on the crate before Sayori sat on his lap and placed her head on his chest. William hissed slightly as she touched his pec's where she scratched him. but didn't move as she nuzzled into his chest.
"you have no idea how long I've wanted this" William ran a hand down her arm as she smiled again at his touch, his hand running down her upper arm and back up.
"you and me both." Sayori purred slightly but sat up as the galley doors swung up as Gregor walked up looking around.
"Wolf, you up here?" Gregor walked around and over to the open barrel as he peered inside and looked at the bucket. "Wolf?" the ship was silent as his footsteps creaked and groaned against the wooden haul of the ship as he noticed the white mask against the dark brown railings. Gregor picked it up and looked at it realizing what it was when he heard a creak from his left seeing William walking out from underneath the stairs.
"Yeah?" William scratched the back of his head and rubbed his eyes acting drowsy.
"the hell are you doing back there?" William chuckled as he walked over and tucked the bottom of the shirt into his pants, past the standards that hung over those.
"sorry, I was avoiding Emily in case she wanted to scold me some more and I fell asleep" Gregor shook his head in disbelief and held up the mask.
"is there someone with you back there?" William shook his head as he walked to the stairs and picked up the mug sitting there.
"no, just me back there" Gregor chuckled as he walked over to William and peered behind the stairs and over the boxes before he shrugged it off.
"where's the nobushi then?" William shrugged his shoulders before they both jumped up at the sound behind them revealing Sayori with her hair held up by the needle and the bun.
"it's mine" Gregor was taken back, seeing the massive scar that lined Sayori's face starting at the top and the middle of her eyebrow, he followed past her blue eyes and onto her lips as it stopped shortly underneath it. "sorry, I thought I was alone and took it off to gaze at the stars" William looked at her as Gregor gave her the mask before she placed it on her head. Sayori nodded and looked to Gregor and William before she bowed her head traditionally. "excuse me" Sayoir walked off and to the door leading down as she opened it and walked down leaving the men alone.
"did you know she had a scar?" Gregor looked a William who played along and shook his head.
"ever seen her face before" Gregor nodded as he looked at William.
"well if any case, we should get some rest, we need to start early if we want to navigate, ill ask that Viking if he's had any experience sailing before William smirked as he looked at Gregor.
"worried you haven't gotten your sea legs Gregor?"
"last I checked you've never been on a ship either William, ill see you down there?" William nodded as he took a sip of the water.
"In a moment, I want to savor this for a moment longer" Gregor nodded as he followed Sayori's lead and disappeared into the below decking of the ship. William walked over to the railings and leaned over as a gust of wind blew past him, his hair slightly moved in the breeze as another creak caught his attention, this time from the front. William looked over and noticed a small red glow from the shadows as he walked over. "I'm in no mood for games"
"easy Wolf, I nary have even a dagger, doubt I'm much to be concerned with" William's eyes grew as Higur stood up and walked out of the shadows. "you know" Higur looked at the sails and over the railing, seeing the size of the ship for a moment. "it's no long ship but you knight folk aren't half bad at making ships" William nodded as he stared at Higur.
"how long were you there?" Higur looked back at the shadows and took a long puff on his pipe.
"long enough to know you nary care for the blonde,and prefer the Samurai" William took a step forward as Higur raised his hands in defense. "relax, I'm not gonna tell no one, not a soul" William eased as he looked at Higur. "I like you William, I see no reason to torment you, you care for her?" William nodded as he looked at the doors on the ground. "that's all that matters then, though… I wouldn't keep your blonde friend attached if your heart isn't in it" Higur turned the pipe upside down as he tapped it on his bracer and blew out the excess ash.
"thank you" Higur shrugged it off, throwing his hand in a small gesture before he looked out to the sea.
"think nothing of it, but I would listen to your friend, we'll be in Valkenhiem by tomorrow night and you'll need your strength for what's next.
"and what is that" Higur walked over to the mast and looked behind him to William.
"your going into Valkenhiem, more over Viking homelands… if we fight like beasts when we're away from home, how do you think we are when we need to defend something" William nodded as he followed Higur to the door.
"and our agreement is still in place?" Higur nodded as he opened the door.
"aye, me and the others who came act as guides and ally if you need and in return once Ivars head is on a pike, you'll leave and the bastion is ours" William nodded and held his hand out before Higur locked his wrist with Williams. "We're in for some wild nights" William smiled as they walked down the steps and called it for the night.
William stepped out onto the deck of the ship as he looked up and noticed the lack of wind in the air as he looked around to see the sailors and soilders scuttling around with Higur and Gregor on the upper deck by the wheel.
"no wind" William nodded as he looked out at the sea, the fog made it impossible to see where they were in sea.
"without wind the only thing we can really do is wait for the it to return or wait till the fog leaves."
"what do we do in the meantime?" William walked over to the two men and nodded to them as they followed in suit. Higur took out his pipe and loaded it as he looked to William.
"know any shanties?"
Hours later.
The wind still hadn't shown as most of the crew on the deck sat around laughing as they looked at the now exposed sea, still seeing no ship was either moving or close to anything known as land. William leaned on the rals of the upper deck with a mug of water as the crew finished with the last lines of a song and looked around at each other.
"does no one have another song?" William looked at his kinsmen as they all shrugged before he looked at any of the Samurai who did the same. Sayori walked next to William as he looked over to her.
"what about you, have anything?" Sayori chuckled as William faced her.
"you must have something"
"its not a… shanty you called it?" William nodded as he looked her. "something my mother sang sometimes, either to herself or when I was young" William gave her some room as he backed away. Sayori shrugged him off as people noticed what happened and began to cheer for her. "I haven't sung in years" Emily walked up on deck as people began to get wound up and jeered and cheered slightly.
"Just one song, that's all we ask" William looked at Sayori's mask wondering if it was making her blush as Katsumoto walked through the crowd and stood near the mast. "ill make you a deal, if you sing, ill follow in suit" Sayori's head rose slightly as he could now tell she was intrigued. Before she nodded and was taken by the hand down to the deck of the ship and placed on a barrel. Sayori took off her hat and slightly rose her mask, allowing her mouth a little more room, William looked at the mask and smiled realizing unless he was directly underneath her, he couldn't see her face, but he knew she could still see everything.
"I haven't sang in years, so if its horrible you asked for it" Knights and samurai both laughed in the crowd as Emily worked her way to see Sayori on the Barrel as she cleared her throat and took a few deep breaths.
"Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
Say, could that lass, be I?"
The smile on William's face dropped as Sayori's voice rang out on the ship. Everything stood quiet as everyone focused on her. William noticed the softness of the words yet the brittle sound as she held the note on the last three words, yet the singsong of the verse left everyone wanting to keep quiet for her to continue. Emily looked over to William who's focus was solely on Sayori.
"Merry of soul she sailed on a day
Over the sea to Skye."
Sayori looked around for a moment as people nodded in agreement wanting her to keep going, her and her soft yet fruity voice.
"Billow and breeze, islands and seas
Mountains of rain and sun
All that was good, all that was fair
All that was me is gone."
Sayori began to feel the song as she closed her eyes and let her voice carry more, the notes resonating and keeping in the air, William watched and noticed the thive of confidence as the smiled returned to his face seeing her be taken by the song.
"Sing me a song of a lass that is gone
Say, could that lass, be I?
Merry of soul she sailed on a day
Over the sea to Skye!"
Sayori opened her eyes and shuffled the mask back on her face as the crowd staring directly at her slowly came they're senses and erupted in cheered of approval as William helped her down and whispered in her ear.
"that was beautiful dove, I haven't heard that in years" Sayori smiled under her mask as she took a step back and crossed her arms looking at William.
"your turn" William looked at the crew, the agreement coming from everyone.
"what?"
"you made me get up there and sing now its you're turn" William shook his head as he looked around noticing Emily was now nowhere on deck.
"I- No, no I can't sing" Sayori chuckled as someone from the crowd beat her to the punch.
"WE DON'T GIVE A SHITE, GET ON THE BARRELL!" they all laughed as William shook his head and took a deep breath and got on top of the barrel. William got on top of the barrel and looked around and up onto the top deck seeing Gregor and Higur both staring at him with arms crossed before Katsumoto joined them.
"really? Nothing from you"
"you made the promise!" Higur nodded in agreement.
"Aye you did, time to honor it" William glared at them as he thought for a moment before he cleared his throat. And looked out to the crowd.
Nightfall: the shipyard.
William slowly walked the length of the ship before he walked into the cabin, seeing Katsumoto and the other over a map.
"and you're sure this is where the guards will be?" Higur nodded as he took a gulp of beer as he pointed to another point. "my man will show your peacekeeper where they are, from there its up to Sayori and Joan to raise the gates for the row boats, do you have my word the citizens in the village wont be harmed.
"you have our word Higur, we only need to pass through and secure the docks for the rest of the ships" Gregor looked over to William as he finished interjecting and took a sip from a mug on the table.
"like William said, once we have the docks and the coastline here, and here" Gregor pointed to a few close by coastlines. "then we can begin the dredge to the High fort, then the gauntlet and finally"
"the Hallowed Bastion" Higur looked over to William. "Who's your man?"
"Trygve he may be brash but he's quick and quiet"
"how's his skill?" Higur smiled at William.
"Give him a pair of axes and he'll get the job done" William nodded as the door opened seeing Sayori walk in. William looked at her outfit, she wasn't in her normal Tendo Robes but instead she wore a set of pitch-black robes very Similar to arimisu robes and her straw hat was shaded black. William did a double take as even her pure white mask was switched with a different shaded mask, pure black.
"are you ready?" Sayori nodded as everyone around the table took a step away from it and walked to the door. "Higur needs your over her for the map" Gregor and Katsumoto walked over to the door and opened it before Sayori walked over to the table.
"you need to take out these guards, once your in the clear ring the bell and get the gate, we'll be right on the other side ready to help if you need it" Sayori nodded as Higur stepped away from the table. "ill give you a moment" William watched as Higur left the room before he turned to Sayori and looked at her take off her mask.
"are you sure about this?" Sayori smiled and held out her hand before William took it.
"this isn't my first infiltration William, ill be fine" Sayori kissed him deep and long before she slid her mask back on and joined the others outside to get onto the boats. William looked over to Sayori as her, a peacekeeper and a very burly and hairy Berserker climbed into a smaller boat than the rest and was lowered into the water before the rest.
Trygve took the oars and slowly rowed them past a wrecked Viking cruiser as they approached a small littler perch, the boat clacked against the stone and the trio bound from the boat and went to work. Joan slowly crept up from the right side, running into the mill and up the stairs as she stopped and went to the side of the doorway looking out seeing a lone raider with a lamp walking along the stone line. Sayori went to the left, running up the wrecked longboat sitting in the docks and up before she stopped near the tower seeing her first target, and waited. Trygve walked through the mill and followed the steps out to the stone work brigdge leading to the second of the 2 towers before another berserker came from the tower and looked at him.
"Who's here?" Trygve looked around and shrugged as he looked at her.
"Trygve of warborn" the berserker nodded and walked up to him.
"sine of the raiders" Trygve nodded and looked around. "why are you out?"
"just got into town, I'm meeting some friends here before he regroup" Sayori took a deep breath as she peered around the corner before seeing a valkyruie walked away from her when she took her chance slowly she crept up and raised her Naginata before she brought it down, slicing into the Valkyries neck. Sayori brought her down to her knees and in a quick jerk as blood ran down from her neck and she dropped down dead.
Joan waited till the raider got closer as she leapt from her cover and ran both her dagger into his torso before she pulled them out and drove the dagger into his shoulder before she ran her sword from the right, severing his head. dropping his body.
"How many are coming?" Trygve looked at her axes and smiled.
"around 30, heard about a small town in the Myre ripe for the pickings. The berserker got a little antsy as she smiled. Trygve looked over to the gates as she followed him, slowly he got to her side and reached over to her side pulling her axe.
"I think I hear something at the gates!" the berserker began to run off as Higur clamped down on the axe as it pulled from its ring. Trygve aimed as she began to run off and threw the axe. The axe slammed into her back getting her to drop immediately as Trygve walked over to the others and helped raised the gate. Sayori looked around seeing nobody as appeared before she noticed the small bell near the coast and looked to the other two with both hands on focused raising the gate.
"let the know we have the shipyards" Sayori nodded as she ran for the bell but stopped in her tracks as she watched a woman walking sprinting for her with what looked like a mallet in one hand. Sayori pulled the Naginata from her back and reered back just in time for the women to scream loudly swinging it from the left side. Sayori caught it in time before she threw her back and against a wall looking over to the others still focused on the gate. Sayori swung from the top landing a good cut across her exposed chest, nicking the wrappings underneath her surcoat before she charged Sayori. The hammer came from her right as Sayori blocked it but felt the punch that came as a follow up, the wind left her gut as she reered back in pain feeling the sting as the hammer came from the top smashing into her mask sending pieces everywhere. Sayori shook the stars from her eyes and readied herself striking with light stabs from the top, then the left. Each strike hit making the women hesitate as her shoulder and side now seemed to bleed more then they should. Sayori watched as she wound up an attack from the right and caught it with the staff before she took a step forwards and to the left swiping as she did. The blade came into contact with her stmach spilling out her guts as the woman dropped to her knees and tried to pile them back inside of herself before Sayori's blade came back down from the left slicing her head off in one fell sweep. Sayori took a few deep breaths noticing her mask laid on the ground in pieces before she ran over to the bell and rang it a good few time.s The trio ran down the walkway to the dock line as boat after boat came from the darkness. William lead the first one as he jumped off onto the stone in his full plate with yellow and black standards before he almost ran to Sayori.
"we ran into a small problem before you arrived, but it was solved" Higur stepped off the boat as he looked at Sayori.
"what problem?" Sayori led to the two men to the women who was still on the ground the blood in her neck dripping over the side of the wall and now dripping from the top into the water below. Higur knealt down as he looked at her clothing and hammer before he looked over to Sayori.
"she's a follower of Hulda" William took off his helmet as he handed Sayori her white mask, letting her slide it on before they snapped to Higur.
"who's hilda?"
"a leader of the World serpent covenant, a cult convinced the world will end"
"why is she here?"
"I don't know but its nothing to be concerned with for now, lets get the coast secured and the village before we make any other plans"
"agreed Tonight, we make our first steps" Sayori nodded as Higur and he followed William to the village.
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