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Chapter 15: Three VS One! A Guild Against a Vice Admiral!
April 10, X792 - Evening
John continued skipping the small group until it became too much for him to do so, but at least he had gotten them far from the guild and into a small tropical forest. They would be able to take on Daniel here without having to worry about civilians either. Once they were solidly standing on the ground, John lifted his hand from Securus's shoulder, stumbling back slightly from the amount of magic he had used at one time.
Securus wanted to check on John to make sure he was all right, but Daniel didn't give him that chance. The pirate pulled out a short, bronze sword with a brown hilt from his boot and moved forward to slash Securus with is. Securus managed to dodge to the side, watching as the blade moved right above his shoulder. The marksmen made a counterattack with the blunt end of his rifle, smacking Daniel in the head with it. Daniel took a step backwards to keep himself from falling, but he was soon slashing at Securus again. Securus was thankful he had speed on his side as it allowed him to dodge the blade much easier. That and it seemed that Daniel wasn't the most skilled when it came to using the sword. He guessed he had it on him for situations just like this one. Being a marksmen or sniper meant that he would be more skilled at mid to long range fighting, but it was always good to have a back-up plan just in case. Securus had to give the man a few points for being prepared. Though, his annoyance with the man quickly rose when he finally felt the sweep of metal across his face, the blade biting into his skin.
"Looks like you ain't as fast as you thought," Daniel smirked.
"I wouldn't get too cocky now," Securus said as he swung his rifle upwards. It slammed into Daniel's chin, his teeth clacking together hard.
"Bastard," Daniel hissed out, holding his mouth after the hit. He swished the blood in his mouth around, having bit his tongue in the process of his teeth being smashed together, before spitting it out on the ground beside him.
"I told you not to get cocky," Securus said, spinning his gun around to hold it in its correct position. He quickly aimed it at Daniel's feet and pulled the trigger, causing the man to dance around like he had done before on the large rock out in the ocean.
'You won't get anywhere like that. Just let me play with him already!'
Securus felt his brow furrow at the sound of the voice again, but he refused to give into it. He could win this battle on his own and he wasn't about to take the chance of letting him run wild. Securus wouldn't be able to take back over until he was satisfied.
'What are boring vessel you are! You know you're dying to see that man's blood run!'
"Shut up already!" Securus shouted.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Daniel asked, "You fucking crazy or something?"
Securus felt anger rise through him at the man's questions, "I'd suggest keeping those kinds of comments to yourself or else you'll end up with a bullet through your head."
"You haven't really taken a real shot at me yet, so I doubt that'll actually happen," Daniel continued, egging the man on, "And shooting in such close range must be hard for you. Makes it easier for me to dodge since you don't have a lot of time to aim. Too bad you don't have a back-up weapon."
'Let me tear him apart already!'
Securus gnashed his teeth together between having to listen to Daniel and the voice in his head, "John!" he barked out, "Can I get some help already?!"
John shook his head to clear away his dizziness, looking up to see Securus in battle with Daniel, "Duck!" he demanded. As soon as Securus was out of the way, he shouted, "Void Blast!" This sent out a black sphere of magic right at Daniel, hitting him in the chest. Void Magic may have appeared to be related to Shadow Magic, but it's properties were much different. While shadows can be considered the lack of light, voids could be considered the lack of magic. So instead of just simply hitting Daniel, the blast circled around him in order to stay attached to him and attack his magical reserves.
"What the hell is this shit?!" Daniel shouted, feeling something pulling at the magic he held within him to power his Target Eye.
"Keep him busy for a bit, will ya?" Securus asked, looking over at John when he came to stand next to him, "I need to light up a cigarette real quick."
"Seriously? Right now?"
"Yeah, right now. I need to put some distance between us and I have a way of doing that while also hurting him at the same time."
John eyed Securus for a moment before he sighed, "All right, but I hope you know what you're doing."
"Don't worry so much. I am S-Class for a reason."
John nodded at him and stepped forward to face Daniel while Securus pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his coat. While Securus was busy lighting up the smoke, John pulled out his Impact cutlass he had been using earlier. He swiped it downwards in a diagonal line, the invisible force smacking into Daniel and sending him back into a tree trunk. The Void Blast had dissolved away by this point in time, but Daniel could tell that it had eaten away at least a fourth of his magic.
"This is some real annoying shit," Daniel grumbled as he pushed himself back up to his feet. He then pulled out the gun from his right side and cocked it as he aimed it at John, "It's been fun playing with ya'll, but I've got a map to get back."
John charged towards him, thinking that the Impact Magic within his cutlass would be enough to stop the bullet if he pulled the trigger. Though, Daniel managed to find enough energy to jump up and over the attack, pulling the trigger in mid-air. A white bullet flew out of the barrel and into John's right shoulder. John only felt the pain for a split second before his entire body went numb. He was unable to move and soon found himself falling to the ground.
"That would be my paralyzing bullet," Daniel smirked as he landed on the ground beside John. He pressed a boot hard into his back and aimed the gun at the back of the man's head, "I guess there's no blaze of glory for you at the end."
Just as he was about to pull the trigger, he heard Securus speak right behind him.
"Light the Fuse," Securus said as he plucked the lit cigarette from his mouth. He then loaded the cigarette into the rifle and aimed it at Daniel's back, "You want a blaze of glory?" he smirked, "Then I think I might have what you're looking for," he said as he pulled the trigger. He infused his magic into the gun, taking on the properties of the cigarette loaded in the barrel. The rifle fired out a large cloud of smoke and flame, flinging Daniel's body off of John and through the forest. Securus could hear large crashing noises off in the distance, but he could no longer see Daniel, "At least now I have some room to work with," he said before turning to look down at his fellow mage, "You all right down there?"
"I can't move," John answered, "How am I supposed to complete my chores if I can't move?!"
"Yeah, you're just fine," Securus sighed before igniting his Hawk-Eye. He zoomed in and out around him, hoping to catch a glimpse of the man he had sent flying a moment ago.
"You really should have kept me close by!" Daniel shouted, his voice echoing through the area they stood in, "Now you'll be shit out of luck. You're not the only one who has special sniper abilities. And you're down a mage too!"
"You'll lose the moment I spot you," Securus answered.
"Not unless I get to you fist. And seeing on how I know exactly where you are, I highly doubt you're gonna win this little contest. I'll use my paralyzing bullets on you too just like your friend! That way you can see me when I land the final blows on both of you! It'll be glorious!"
Securus made sure to stay calm and near John in order to cover the man while he was down. He continued looking around for Daniel, just needing to catch the smallest glimpse of him.
"That eye of yours is pretty interesting!" Daniel continued, "But it's no competition for my Target Eye!"
"Target Eye?" Securus questioned.
"Curious, are we? Then I'll show you what it's about!" From within the forest, Daniel lifted up his eye patch to reveal an eye with a red target sign instead of a normal pupil. This eye allowed him to focus in on an enemy with perfect aim, the man never having missed an enemy while the eye was activated, "Say goodnight," he smirked.
'To your left, you idiot!'
For once Securus was happy to have that voice in his head. He turned to face the way the voice had told him just in time to see Daniel peeking over some bushes as he pulled his trigger. Securus took aim with his own gun and quickly pulled the trigger. The bullets raced towards each other and had soon cancelled each other out once they had made contact with the other.
"What?!" Daniel shouted, "There's no fucking way!"
Securus simply smirked in reply as he took aim again. He soon had Daniel racing throughout the forest now that he had his sights set on him. Though, he quickly came to the point where he needed to reload the rifle. Figuring he had scared Daniel enough to keep him at bay, he took a moment to pull the extra bullets from the belt across his chest. He moved as quickly as possible to get the gun reloaded and to return to shooting at the pirate. He soon had the bullets locked into place, but he felt a presence coming up behind him before he returned to his previous actions.
He turned sharply, making sure to aim the barrel at whatever was coming up on him. He suddenly found himself face to face with Daniel, the man scowling at him while he had his own gun aimed at Securus.
"Well shit," Securus said right before both guns shot off in loud echoes.
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"ISAAK!"
Isaak vaguely heard Cordelia's shout, but he wasn't able to really pay attention to her as he watched the bullets get closer to him. He thought about the impending pain to come, closing his eyes and embracing himself for the bullets about to hit him. Though, that pain never came. Instead, a haze of blue smoke with crackling, white energy appeared in front of him. In the next instant, a huge white wolf materialized out of the smoke. It easily stood at 4'3" on all fours with large fangs and an ornate, gold and black rounded headpiece. Sharp, black eyes stared out at the thugs, the pupils glowing with a golden light.
"Lunar Wolf Magic," the wolf spoke with a female's voice, "Light Drive!" she barked as she coated herself in magic before charging towards the thugs that had shot off the bullets at a high speed. This move easily stopped the bullets in their path as she continued towards the enemy and hit them dead on, the headpiece she wore giving her more protection as well as acting as a bludgeon when she hit them. Any of the men she hit either went skidding across the deck or went flying off of it completely and straight into the water.
"Rozenolf!" Isaak said after he realized that the wolf had saved him, "But I didn't even summon you."
"If you had been thinking more clearly, you would have," she answered, turning to look at him, "You are quite the lucky human that I can summon myself for you."
"I suppose so," he answered with a nervous smile.
"You're one lucky guy that you have that Elemental Magic to back you up when you run out of cards," Mac said as she ran up to him to make sure he had some extra back up, "Still you shouldn't fight alone even with those summons of yours."
"Seems the woman is proving herself to be smarter than you, Isaak," Rozenolf said, almost looking like she was smirking at him.
"I think it's time to get back to the situation at hand," Isaak said, waving off both of their comments and causing both of them to laugh in response.
"Think you can keep up with me, Isaak?" Mac asked as she slammed her staff down onto the deck. It stayed standing up straight while Mac prepared herself for her next spell.
"Well, I used to be S-Class, so really, you should be asking yourself if you can keep up with me," he smirked over at her.
"Yeah, because I was just the one who was almost shot," she retorted, causing him to falter slightly, "Wood Make: Dual Sabers!" she shouted, creating two sabers made out of the same hardened wood as her staff while also being sharpened, "Here we go! You can follow my lead!"
Mac jumped in towards the men running at them, slashing downwards with her blades. She managed to knock down one man before turning sharply to defend against another man, the sabers stopping the man's own weapon. She kept one saber holding back his blade while she took the flat edge of the other sword and smacked it across his face, knocking him away from her. Three men attempted to move in on her while she was taking on a new thug, but they were easily stopped by Isaak.
"Elemental Rune Card Magic," he began, pulling out three cards from a new deck, "Moon Drive!" he shouted, throwing out a card to float behind each of the men. Rozenolf charged towards the three men, striking one from the front before rebounding off of the card to strike them from behind at an even faster pace. She repeated this process to the other two men before returning to Isaak's side.
"Nice move!" Mac grinned before returning to her own fight.
Cordelia watched the pair's fight in slight relief, but the moment Isaak had been shot at brought up memories that always put her on edge. She gritted her teeth in order to get herself to calm down, but the anxious feelings wouldn't go away. She heard someone nearing Seth again, and so, she turned sharply and swung the end of her shotgun across the man's face before he could even touch Seth. Blood was flung from his head, the hit being powerful enough to leave a large gash. He landed hard on the ground and held the side of his head in pain. Though, panic ran through his veins when he heard the cocking of her gun. Luckily for the thug, Cordelia didn't have a chance to pull the trigger.
Seth had managed to push through the pain in his leg and hold onto Cordelia and the gun from behind, "It's enough Cordelia," Seth said, trying his best to soothe her anger, "You said we weren't aiming to kill, remember?"
"They came onto my guild to kill us!" she shouted, struggling to get out of Seth's grip, "They shot at Isaak!"
"And he's all right."
"It was like that time," she said, her mind stuck on an event from her past that she hadn't let go of yet; an event that always made her blood run cold and filled her with an unforgiving nature. Seth had been one of the few that knew of the event that she was speaking of, the large man having been someone Cordelia had confided in about it.
"It's not like that time," he said, "It's not just you and Isaak this time. We're all here to help this time. Now stand down, Cordelia."
Cordelia stood her ground a moment longer before she eventually came back to reality. Her eyes refocused on the man below her, seeing the blood running down his face. At that sight, she dropped her gun away from him while letting out a heavy sigh, "Sorry," she mumbled.
"You don't need to apologize," Seth said as he released his hold on her and the gun. He moved to fall back on his butt, the pain returning back to his leg, "Just glad to see you back to normal."
Cordelia stayed quiet as she looked down at his leg, "I thought you said you would be okay to fight? You big liar."
"I couldn't let you all fight them off on your own, could I?" he smiled up at her.
"Jack's not gonna be happy about this," she said. Seth simply shrugged at the comment, causing Cordelia to finally smile back at him in return.
"Yo! Pay attention to what's going on!" Ace shouted as he jumped down in front of the pair. He landed on a thug that had been trying to sneak up on them, staying perched on the man's back while he looked over at Cordelia and Seth, "We still have some problems here!"
"I know that!" Cordelia snapped, "Just do what you're actually good at and take them out!"
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!" he yelled as she stood up and walked over to his sister to get right up in her face.
"You know exactly what it means!"
"You're such an annoying sister!"
"Well you're no walk in the park either!"
While the two continued arguing, a bandit charged them with a long sword held above his head to slash down at them. He was quickly stopped though as the pair looked over at him. Cordelia easily shot the sword out of his hands while Ace slashed a katana across his waist, causing his belt to fall apart and his pants to drop.
"Don't interrupt!" the siblings shouted before they returned to their previous argument.
The man stood there in shock and embarrassment while Seth simply laughed at him. Before the man could run away, he was kicked off the deck by Jay as he moved over to join the group.
"Is this really the time for you two to be arguing?" Jay asked, only earning annoyed stares from the pair. He quickly stepped away with a nervous laugh, moving over towards Seth, "Are they always like that?" he asked, looking down at the man.
"Sometimes," he answered, "But they usually manage to keep their wits about them during their battles. It's actually pretty interesting watching them fight together. You haven't gotten to see that yet, have you?"
"No, not yet," Jay answered, "Cordelia was usually busy with her own missions, especially since she was S-Class when I joined the guild. And if Ace went with her on a mission, I never got to go since I still had to work on my swordsmanship and magic abilities. They said I wasn't ready for an S-Class mission yet."
"Well, I hope you get to see it some time soon. Even if they use different types of weapons, they move together as if they were one mage," Seth explained, "Probably comes from being trained by Finn. He can re-quip both swords and guns. So he taught Cordelia how to wield guns and Ace how to wield swords."
"He must be a pretty powerful guy then."
"Probably is. He was the guild master for a long time," Seth said, "But he doesn't fight much now. I suppose he feels he only needs to step in when its absolutely necessary."
A gun shot went off, the bullet whizzing past Seth and Jay to hit a man in the thigh right behind them. They looked up to see Van pointing her gun towards them, the woman having been the one to take out the thug behind them.
"Reminiscing on the battlefield is a sure way to get yourself killed," she said with a straight face, "Pay attention."
"Yes ma'am!" they answered her.
Cordelia and Ace continued arguing with each other while the fighting continued on around them, so they missed the presence of a large form jumping up from a small boat and high up above their deck. The form came down at a high speed, the size of them helping to add to that speed until it crashed down right in front of the Murdock siblings. A large force of magical energy and pure strength had people blowing away from the figure, Cordelia and Ace barely being able to stay standing against it. Once the force had died down, they looked up to see a large man standing before them with a heavy blue coat across his shoulders and a black, wrapped halberd on his back.
"So I was right," he said, his voice low and deep, "It was Storm's Helm causing problems."
"It's Vice Admiral Bern Eversaw!" one of the thugs shouted before he and all the others suddenly began retreating from the area, having already known what kind of power the man held.
Cordelia watched the bandits run off the ship in fear for a moment before turning back towards the large man, "Vice Admiral? You're from the Naval Forces then?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I suppose that comes in handy," she smiled up at him, "Thanks for chasing off the rest of those thugs. They were really starting to get annoying. Ohhhh! If you're in the Naval Forces then do you know a man named Judec?"
Bern twitched at the mention of Judec, knowing exactly who he was. This only added to his want of a fight with the people before him if they knew that man.
"I know a few people in the Naval Forces, but I haven't met you yet. You must be the Western Vice Admiral, correct?" Cordelia continued, holding out a hand towards him, "The name's Cordelia Murdock. I'm the master of this guild."
"You're the master?" Bern asked with a grunt. She was almost a foot shorter than himself, so it made him wonder how she had managed to obtain the position of guild master. He watched her nod her head at him, "Well then, if that's the case," he said, deciding that it didn't matter how small Cordelia appeared to be. If she was the master then she must have the power to back it up, "You will be fighting me today."
"Excuse me?" Cordelia asked, her hand dropping as she quirked an eyebrow. Ace took a step closer towards her, his hands tightening around the handles of his swords.
"You heard me," Bern said as he moved closer towards Cordelia, "You will be fighting me. I received news of a disturbance here and I've come to stop that disturbance."
"And you did by getting rid of the thugs! What the hell is your problem?!" Cordelia shouted.
"And now you're shouting and cursing at a Vice Admiral," Bern continued, "Looks like I'll have to take this fight seriously," he said, feeling excitement run through him at the prospect of the fight about to start, "Show me what you've got, little guild master."
Cordelia's eyes went wide as she watched him pull back a fist and bring it down towards her, 'What the hell is going on?!' she thought, confused as to why a Naval officer would be attacking her when they did nothing wrong. She felt Ace pull her out of the way as the man's fist continued traveling downwards. The amount of pure magical energy and strength behind the punch was enough to blast a hole through the deck, causing shocked expressions to appear on everyone's faces.
"More holes?! Why?! Why is everyone blowing holes in my ship?!" Cordelia shouted, anger stirring up in her again. She called back her shotgun and brought out her chain gun, "Fine! You want a fight?! Then you've got one!" she said, looking over at her brother, "Ace! You're helping!"
"I was hoping you would ask," he smirked as he readied his katanas.
"The more the merrier," Bern said as he turned towards the siblings, "It won't help you much though."
"We'll see about that!" she snapped, "Ace, you keep him busy for a moment."
"Aye!" he answered, "I hope you're ready, big guy!"
"Attack already. I'm tired of waiting," Bern said.
Ace narrowed his stare at him before he charged towards him. Once he was a few feet away from him, Ace jumped up high and slashed his blades downwards while shouting, "Twin Pillars!" This created large pillars of both Light and Darkness Magic that swirled down towards Bern. The large man didn't move though as he watched the pillars race towards him. Instead, he prepared himself for the hit, his raw energy being able to hold off both pillars. While it did manage to move him backwards a few feet, Bern was still standing once the pillars dispersed, albeit with smoke wafting up off of his hands after holding off the two types of magic.
Bern shook his hands casually as he looked over at Ace, "I suppose that was a nice try, but still not good enough to take me out."
"What the hell are you?!" Ace shouted, "There's no way you could have just held back my spell like that!"
"Well I just did," he answered as he started moving towards Ace in order to pick up speed before he released another attack at him.
Though, it was easy for Ace to jump out of the way and land on top of the man. He held his blades at the man's neck, "You may have a massive amount of energy behind you, but that won't save you now with swords at your neck."
Bern stayed calm, not even seeming fazed by having the blades at his neck. He then released a large amount of energy in order to knock Ace off of his shoulders. Ace lost his balance and the grip on his Yin katana. The black wrapped sword fell to the deck in front of Bern, but Ace had managed to keep hold of Yang.
"Ignite!" Ace shouted as he fell to the ground. The sword ignited in Light Magic and Ace swiped it across one of Bern's arms. While the cut itself was painful, it was only enhanced by the Light Magic burning into the cut. Bern shouted out in pain as he swung his arm back and smacked Ace hard in the gut. Ace coughed out the air that was knocked out of him as his body flew backwards and straight into a stack of boxes, wood crashing and flying apart on impact. Bern attempted to turn to go after the man, but he was quickly stopped by Cordelia.
"You better remember that you're fighting two of us here!" she shouted as she shot off her chain gun at the man. The bullets hit their mark, but Cordelia had switched over her normal bullets for blanks, knowing that if she had actually shot him with real ones that the guild would be in real trouble with the rest of the Naval Forces. But she figured that enough blanks should keep the large man at bay.
Bern felt the bullets smack him in the back of the head and across the entirety of his back. The blanks would leaves bruises, he knew that much, but he didn't care as he turned to face Cordelia. She kept on shooting at him while he continued moving forward towards her.
"Are you made of metal or something?!" she shouted as she watched him come closer, "The metal head is the only one that can take an attack like this without showing some sort of affect!"
"I hope you have more than just blanks up your sleeve, little guild master," Bern said, moving into a full out run, "Because you're going to need it," he continued as he pulled back a fist again.
Cordelia readied herself to call forth another gun to use against the man, this time with real bullets. Though, she never had to call it forth as Seth suddenly ran up from behind her and met Bern's fist with his own clawed one. A heavy clash of magic power exploded outwards when the two fists connected. The men stayed standing, pushing back and forth against each other.
"This fight just keeps getting better!" Bern exclaimed, his excitement rising as he pushed away Seth's fist in order to bring down another hit. Seth easily met the next fist with his own, more magic power exploding as he did so. The battle continued this way, the two men meeting fist after fist while a smile spread across Bern's face and a scowl across Seth's.
"It's time for you to leave!" Seth shouted, getting tired of the unending clash of fists. As Bern moved to bring down another punch, Seth took that moment to move around him with his added speed of the tiger form. Once he was stationed behind him, he threaded both fists together and slammed them down onto Bern's back. This caused the large man to slam onto the ground and skid across the deck until his was sitting right in front of Cordelia.
"You come onto my guild and start a fight?!" Cordelia shouted down at him, kicking him to roll him over, "You sure as hell picked the wrong guild to pull a move like that on! Dark Matter!" she yelled, her chain gun being called back as a new gun took its place. A large, cylinder-like gun appeared in her hands with glowing, green cords hooked up across it. In the middle of the gun was a black, glowing cell that acted as the power source for the gun. She then ran over towards Ace's dropped katana and grabbed it as she ran over towards her brother, who was getting up out of the rubble he had landed in, "Ready for that move?" she asked as she handed him back the blade.
"You bet your ass I am," he growled out as he took the sword, "Ignite!" he shouted, causing the Yin blade to ignite in Darkness Magic, "Let's do this!" he said as he threw the dark blade up into the air. He caught it with Yang when it came back down, the light sword keeping it spinning until it as just a ring of black circling around it, "Ready when you are," he said, looking over at Cordelia.
"Good. Looks like he's up to receive the hit too," she said, watching as Bern managed to get back on his feet.
"Bladed Dark Matter!" the siblings shouted. Ace flung out the spinning dark blade while Cordelia shot off her gun, a large sphere of dark matter moving towards the sword. Once it reached the sword, it infused with the Darkness Magic already ignited across it. Bern didn't have time to move out of the way as the point of the sword landed deep in his in his right shoulder, the magic swirling around it exploding on contact. The Darkness Magic and the Dark Matter crawled across the entirety of his body while also burning into the cut the sword had made. If Bern shouted out in pain, no one was able to hear it over the explosion of magic. After the magic dissipated, Bern fell to the deck in an unmoving and smoking heap, the sword falling out and clinking against the deck several times before coming to a stop. Cordelia and Ace turned to each other with large smiles, "Hell yeah! Take that!" they said as they gave each other a high five.
"Damn," Jay mumbled from next to Seth.
"I told you," he said, ginning down at him.
While the siblings were celebrating, they missed the twitch of movement that came from Bern. Soon enough, the man was slowly moving himself upwards, causing the deck to go instantly silent.
"You've gotta be fucking kidding me," Cordelia said as Bern came to stand fully on his feet, a rather excited smile on his face.
"I haven't felt a hit like that in a long time," Bern said, "You three are definitely what I've been looking for," he added, looking between Seth, Cordelia and Ace.
"This dude is a freak of nature!" Jay shouted, "I'm beginning to think the only reason he came here was for a fight no matter who it was against!"
"Finally! Someone gets it!" Bern shouted as he began reaching for his halberd, "You should feel proud of yourself, little guild master. I don't always bring out my weapon of choice. I normally don't need it, but if you've got more moves up your sleeves like the last one, then I think I might have to use it," he explained right as his hands landed on the weapon. As soon as he touched it, more power seemed to pour off of him. His muscles became a bit larger while his eyes darkened a bit, but it was apparent that he was still fully in control of himself.
"His power level just skyrocketed from simply touching that thing!" Mac shouted.
"If that human uses the weapon on this ship, it may tear the guild apart," Rozenolf said, looking up at Isaak.
Isaak's face went ghost white at that bit of information, knowing that Rozenolf was never wrong…about anything, "Cordelia!" he shouted, "We can't let him use that thing on the guild!"
"Well what the hell do you expect me to do?! This dude took a direct hit from the Bladed Dark Matter and he's still fucking standing!"
"Use your Tsar Cannon on him!"
Cordelia thought about her options. If she summoned her Tsar Cannon, it would probably be the last thing she would be able to re-quip that day. She could feel her magic reserves dropping and it took a lot out of her to summon something that large. But she didn't really have any other options left at that point. She needed something big to take out Bern and that was about the only thing that would work without causing too much destruction in her arsenal. And luckily for her, she would probably make a direct hit on him with it too as he didn't seem to be the type to care for dodging all that much. And as if to prove her point, Bern began charging towards her, the axe end of the halberd aimed to come down on her.
"Cordelia!" Isaak shouted in hopes of getting her to summon the cannon, "The guild will go down if you don't!"
"My guild's not going anywhere!" Cordelia yelled as she slammed a hand onto the deck. A large blue seal of magic appeared, "Tsar Cannon!" she shouted, the cannon beginning to rise up on the deck with crackling blue magic surrounding it. Bern continued running towards her, Cordelia being able to feel the massive amount of power that came from the man and the weapon in his hands, "This better work," she said, knowing that if it failed then the guild would fall as well.
"Do it already!" Isaak continued.
Determination was etched across Cordelia's face as she roared out, "FIRE!"
And then there was nothing but the sound of an explosion of force and magical power across the guild.
A/N: There we are! I hope you all enjoyed it!
Oh man! You all probably hate me now too! What with that cliffhanger in the last chapter and now two in this chapter! In my defense, I did warn you that they would be coming in the near future! But they're always too good to pass up, especially with fight scenes like these!
But I got the chapter finished on a Sunday! CHA! So excited to be back on track with everything! And this chapter has me super pumped up! Now I can't wait for next Sunday myself!
And I'll be seeing Mad Max later on today, so I'm sure that'll get me even more pumped up for action scenes to come! Definitely helps when I've got the Grand Magic Games going on for Thunder Stone too!
Anyways…
I did want to mention that I have received all characters needed for the Naval Forces now. I meant to mention that last chapter, but I totally forgot. So a huge thanks to all of you that sent in submissions for them! They were all great and I can't wait to introduce all of them eventually!
Now onto those awesome reviews!
Thanks to all of you that reviewed last chapter!
CrazyAnimeForever - More than likely, I will not add a disclaimer for One Piece. While there may be some similarities and inspiration from One Piece, this is still a Fairy Tail story. There won't always be pirates and such in the story. It just happened to turn out that way for the first arc in order for the guild to have an enemy to fight against while they are looking for the treasure. And the treasure itself isn't going to be like the One Piece. It is simply going to be a large enough amount to sustain the guild once they find it, so there's nothing particularly special about it other than it having belonged to Blackstroker at some point. But anyways…I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
DarkHyena - Yeah, I enjoyed that chat between Cordelia and Van quite a bit myself. And I hope you enjoyed this chapter's fights with cliffhangers as much as the last chapter, lol. And I hope you enjoyed this chapter as a whole!
Benthino - Glad I could make your day with a new chapter! And I hope your finals went well! And yep! The Navy has been introduced! Definitely exciting for you readers and myself! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
silverhawk88 - ^.^ Glad you liked Mac's first fight scene! I've been wanting her to have one since she didn't get tot take out those two guys back at the last port. And we'll probably have to wait a bit for an enemy to call her short, but it won't turn out well for them when they do! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Dreadburner94 - Haha, well actually…Isaak wasn't the intended victim for the cliffhanger. Originally it was going to be Securus, but then his next scene got pushed back to this chapter…not that he didn't have a cliffhanger too. But anyways, I wanted to use one and Isaak happened to be the lucky winner! Mostly because I wanted to find a way to introduce his second magic. But I suppose I see it as a plus that I managed to get a good reaction out of you with it. That doesn't happen very often and I must take in the victories when I can! CHA! Anyways…haha, yeah, Cordelia doesn't really pay attention to gun safety anymore…probably much to the dismay and worry of the rest of the guild, lol. YAS! We got to see Bern in action! I hope you can tell why I was so excited about using him after this chapter! But I hope you enjoyed Rozenolf's entrance and the chapter!
Momochan77 - I think a few of you got the next clue figured out, but I'm glad to see you all playing along with the clues too! Glad you like Van! She really ended up turning into a character that I quite like! And we found out what happened with Isaak in this chapter, so he's safe…for now, lol! And yep, Bern definitely has that intimidation factor going on! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Sakura-Fiction - Haha! If you're wondering about that last cliffhanger, I gotta wonder what you think of the double-whammy you all got this chapter! Glad you're liking Bern and the eventual introductions of his Captains. Haha! And Isaak's still alive! It's too early to start offing people. Just give it some time though…Anyways! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
XLil MEkoX - T.T I'm sorry that I made you wait on that last chapter! But this one is out on time! Glad you're liking Van Black too! And that next island and everything should be coming up within the next chapter or two I think. But yeah, Daniel is definitely digging his own grave right now. We'll be getting a scene with Madmartigan about that soon! So more Black Skulls to come soon! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
ThePrinceOfLight - Glad you enjoyed the last chapter! Yep, Blackstroker's granddaughter and the next clue all in one scene! And you'll have to keep a look out for Blackstroker himself! And I hope you're liking Daniel and his fight scenes! I really had a lot of fun with him against Securus and John. And we got to see a bit of what Bern can bring to the table this chapter! So I hope you enjoyed it all!
Joshua1277 - Yep, I wanted Van and Cordelia to get along…and what better way to do that but through the love of guns! And I'm pretty sure whatever you're thinking of for the next island is more than likely to be right, lol. It could be a mix of both those things for the Black Skulls…although, Daniel isn't one to give away money so easily, so more than likely he just scared them into fighting for him. And we got to see some of what Bern can do this chapter, so I hope you enjoyed that! And I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
LightandDarkHeart - There is nothing like some good fight scene! CHA! And we got a bunch more of those this chapter! And yeah…interesting is putting it lightly for Blackstroker, lol! And I can't answer whether you're right or not about that clue…not that it was too hard of a one this time around. But we'll just have to wait and see what it's all about once they get to Nebula. But yeah, the guys in the guild should be pretty cautious, lol. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
IdentityCrisis.03 - Yeah, I think tense would describe what's going on very well! And we got to figure out what the guild did once Bern showed up this chapter. Probably a bit different than some of you were thinking for him, lol. But I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter and I hope you enjoyed this one as well!
Origm2012 - Glad you're liking Van Black. She ended up turning out so much better than I thought she would. And I'm sure whatever guesses you have about the island of fog are bound to be correct as many other reviewers were guessing at it as well. Yeah, I needed a way for Van to be essential to the map, so that's where the drop of blood came in. Luckily for Cordelia, Van liked her enough to do it…if it was the pirates, they may not have gotten the same cooperation from her, lol. Yep, Securus has a voice in his head. We won't find out exactly what it is all that quickly, but I wanted to start introducing it. So I don't think you need to worry about it being the reason he would win his current fight. But yeah, that group was quite a bit for those bandits to take on, despite the way their scene ended in the last chapter. And Seth got to make a comeback this chapter despite that leg of his! Couldn't just leave him sitting there while everyone else fought! And yep…just left you all hanging with Isaak getting shot at! Muwahahahahaha! I can only imagine how you all feel this chapter with two cliffhangers in it! But I'm really happy to hear that Bern came out the way you pictured him! And I hope he continued that way in this chapter for you! Hope you enjoyed the chapter as a whole as well!
Saiyan God.101 - Yeah, I think badass is a good way of describing Bern, lol. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
FanficfreakFT - Glad you enjoyed the last chapter as well as Van Black's character! And I'm glad you're loving the story line too! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
reven228 - Yep! Lots of fighting last chapter! And even more this chapter! But I'm glad you enjoyed that last chapter so much! And I hope you enjoyed this one!
frozenwolf94 - Yeah, so much went down last chapter! And more going on this chapter! Eventually we'll get to see that other side of Securus, but it'll probably happen later than sooner. Depends on how everything plays out really. And yep! We got to meet our first Vice Admiral! I can see a bit of Smoker in him, but his morals are way different than his as you can tell from this chapter, lol. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
That should be it for this time!
See you all next Sunday!
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Yours Truly,
MyDearWatson