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Chapter 16: Late Night Promises
April 10, X792 - Evening
Gunshots echoed across the forested area that Securus and Daniel battled in. Everything seemed to freeze, Securus thinking for sure one of those white bullets had hit him. It wasn't until he saw blood fly off of Daniel's shoulder that he realized that he could still feel and move like normal.
"Void Blade," John huffed, a black cutlass made of his Void Magic in his right hand. This cut a long gash across Daniel's body, reaching up his shoulder. It was one of the few spells he had that did physical damage while also attacking the opponent's magical reserves. He held his Impact Cutlass with his left hand, the blade held over Securus to block Daniel's bullet. Securus looked down in time to see the white bullet fall to the ground. Securus then looked up to see that his own bullet had hit Daniel across one cheek and had traveled back to clip him in the ear as well. The Storm's Helm's mages watched Daniel fall backwards, landing on the ground with a heavy thud as he gripped onto the gash across him tightly.
"How?! How were you able to move?!" Daniel shouted, looking back at John.
Securus finally let a smirk appear on his lips as he pulled out a new cigarette to light up, "If there's one thing you should never do it's underestimate a storm," Securus said, blowing out a stream of smoke and moving towards Daniel when he felt John move back from him. He slammed down a foot onto the man's wound, his metal boot digging into it, "Especially when we're the ones controlling the helm of that storm. You never had a winning chance."
Daniel simply spat up at him in response.
"I'll rip him apart for that! Disgusting cur!"
Securus gritted his teeth, smashing the end of his cigarette in the process. Between Daniel and the voice, he was quickly losing himself and he needed to put an end to things before that happened. He wiped away the spit with the back of his hand while digging his boot further into the wound. Daniel shouted out in pain as Securus brought his gun to point directly into his face, "Do that again. I dare you," he said with a low, warning tone.
"You won't shoot me."
"Won't I?" Securus retorted, keeping the gun aimed at him.
A sudden explosion coming from the guild's direction interrupted the two men, Securus looking behind him. He could feel a massive amount of energy coming from that direction. He was sure that all the thugs that had been attacking the guild when he left didn't have any type of power like that and he doubted that Daniel had sent for back-up from the Black Skulls since it seemed like he had wanted to get the map on his own.
"Looks like your little guild is in some big trouble," Daniel said with a smirk despite the pain he felt.
Securus whipped his head back around to glare at the man beneath him, "You should consider yourself lucky then. I find my guild a bit more important than taking out some trash like you."
"What?! Don't stop the fight now! We were so close to taking him out!'
Securus pushed the voice away as he continued talking to Daniel, "Looks like you failed on your mission as well. You can go back to your captain and tell him about how you didn't get the map. I'm sure he's near by watching you continue being the loser you are."
"Screw you!"
"Nah, I'm good. I do fine with the ladies without having to take up on lame offers like yours," Securus grinned, "Keep in mind who you're up against the next time you try to raid our guild. You won't leave with your life the next time I see you," he said right before slamming the back end of his gun across the man's face and promptly knocking him out. He then lifted his boot from the wound, wiping it across the ground in an attempt to get off as much blood from it as he could. He turned back to see John barely standing, causing Securus to smirk a bit in pride that the man had managed to fight against the white bullet's affects for so long. He hooked his gun onto his back and walked up to the man. As soon as Securus stood in front of him, John felt all his strength leave him once again and his body go numb, causing him to fall forward onto the man in front of him.
"I guess the bullet is still in affect," John mumbled.
"Guess so," Securus replied as he blew out another stream of smoke, "But whatever you managed to do back there, thanks for that. Pretty sure I would have been a goner otherwise."
"Yeah, yeah," John answered, "Just take me back to Jack already so he can get this damn bullet out of me. I don't like not being able to move. Keeps me from doing work."
"At least the fight hasn't affected your personality," Securus said with a low chuckle. He then hoisted John up on his shoulder and began walking back towards the guild, "Let's just hope that our guild is still in one piece when we get there."
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The large cannonball that was shot off traveled straight at Bern, though the man didn't seem fazed by it. He continued running towards the attack, bringing down his halberd. The axe blade met the cannonball and the two weapons fought against each other for a moment until Bern let out a loud shout and pushed even harder against it. The blade began to slowly break through the metal until it had completely slashed through it, the two broken pieces soaring in opposite directions around Bern. They continued traveling passed him, breaking more crates and tables along the way. They eventually flew off he ship and down into the ocean, causing two pillars of water to splash up after them.
Cordelia watched with wide eyes as the man broke apart the cannonball and still continued towards her. The halberd came down towards her, the blade first hitting the top of the Tsar Cannon since she stood near enough to it that it acted as a shield against Bern for the moment. It continued digging through the bronze of the cannon and it would have sliced completely through it like the cannonball if Bern hadn't suddenly been stopped.
"Porcupine Armor!" Gamu shouted, a plethora of needles appearing through the skin of his forearms. Gamu landed on the tops of Bern's shoulders as he aimed his needle covered arms at the halberd, "Quills!" he said, causing the needles to launch from his arms in a wide, scattered arc. The needles stayed attached to him by magically enhanced thread, the thread shining an opalescent color as the needles flew through the air to wrap around the halberd. Once the weapon had been captured, Gamu pulled back on the threads to keep the halberd from moving an farther.
Cordelia looked up to see that Gamu was barely holding the blade back with his needles and threads. The halberd was still sunk into his cannon, but it had been stopped from going any farther for the time being. Though, Cordelia could tell that Gamu was having trouble holding back the large weapon since he didn't have enough physical strength to fight against Bern for long.
"Someone help him hold back the halberd!" Cordelia shouted, causing Ace and Seth to jump into action first. Ace moved in first and wrapped his arms around Gamu's waist. Seth then grabbed onto Ace's waist and pulled back hard. Cordelia couldn't believe that Bern was still able to fight against three of her men, especially with one of those men being Seth, "Are you even human?!" she asked, looking up at Bern.
"I can assure you that I'm human," Bern answered as he continued pushing against the force holding him back.
"Somehow I highly doubt that!" Cordelia snapped, looking up to her cannon now, "And you broke my cannon! Do you have any idea what I went through to get this thing?!"
"I'll admit that cannon or yours is impressive," Bern said, "But not impressive enough to stop me. And your boys here can only hold me back for so long. What do you plan to do now, little guild master? Feels like your magic reserves were wiped out by that cannon."
"Just because I don't have a gun in my hand doesn't mean I can't still be dangerous," Cordelia growled as she walked right up to the man and slammed a fist right into his gut. He coughed out from the attack, but kept his hold on his halberd and the strength he held behind it, "I may not have massive strength as someone like Seth or yourself, but I promise you that it'll still hurt like a bitch when I hit, especially when you're left wide open like this. You think I wear these rings for a fashion statement?" she asked, showing off a balled fist. The rings that covered her fingers gleamed in the dying sunlight right before she shot the fist forward to smack him in the face. Bern looked away from her for a moment from the force of her punch. When he looked back up at her with a scowl, there was now a bloodied marking from where her rings had hit against his cheek, "Call it a bit of a failsafe," Cordelia said with a dark smirk.
Bern's scowl suddenly turned into a smirk of his own, "You're definitely an interesting, little guild master. Better than I expected even."
"Never underestimate a storm," she said.
"I suppose I'll have to keep that in mind…if you get out of your current situation that is," he said, his halberd beginning to inch forward again.
"Cordelia! Do something already!" Ace shouted when he felt their grip slipping away.
Cordelia looked around her to see what she could do in order to get rid of the man in front of her, "Jesus! Where's Eli when you need him?!" she shouted before looking over at Isaak, "I can't believe what I'm about to do," she sighed, "Oi! Isaak! Use that flirty nature of yours in order to summon that idiot!"
Isaak chuckled at what she had meant, but had decided to play along with her for the time being, "I'm not quite sure what you mean, angel! Why would I want to summon an idiot when I already have you to myself!" he shouted loud enough for it to travel across the guild.
There were sudden loud crashes along with stomping footsteps before Eli suddenly appeared at the top of one of the metal bridges. His hair was a bit disheveled as he looked around with a heated glare. When his eyes landed on Isaak, he shouted, "Marzell!" before making a beeline for the rune mage. The members on the main deck stood there looking stupefied at the appearance of the fire mage, sweat drops falling down the side of their heads.
Cordelia sighed heavily, pinching the bridge of her nose with one hand and catching Eli with the other before he could run passed her, "You're so stupid!" she snapped at him when he finally made eye contact with her, "I should be happy that worked, but I just can't get over your stupidity!"
"What's your problem?! You should be happy someone's defending you!"
"You want to defend me?! Then defend against that!" she yelled as she turned Eli around to face Bern.
"What the hell is that?!"
"That would be a Vice Admiral of the Earthland Naval Forces! I can't believe you didn't hear the fight at all!"
"We all just thought that you were fighting against that Van chick or even Ingrid!"
"You think all that noise was from fighting one of them?! What is wrong with you?! Ace is supposed to be the idiot, remember!"
"Hey!" Ace shouted.
"GAH! Whatever!" she continued, "Just get rid of him before he destroys the guild!" she shouted, pointing at Bern.
"But you said he was from the Naval Forces," Eli mentioned, feeling a bit confused as to why they were fighting someone in a position like that to begin with.
"I don't care! He attacked me, Ace and Seth! Get him out of here!"
Eli's face darkened upon hearing this bit of information. He then looked towards Seth and Ace to see them both looking a bit worse for wear. He glanced back down at Cordelia to see that she was worn out as well, having used up quite a bit of magic. Red fire began to swirl around Eli, the overheated flames licking up off of his skin. He turned to send a glare at Bern.
"You really picked the wrong guild to fuck with," he said lowly.
"I keep hearing that, but I'm still standing on your deck," Bern retorted in his own low voice. Though, he could feel the power surging through the man in front of him, just waiting to be released. Bern felt another smirk make its way across his lips from the mere thought of how right he had been to come searching for a fight against the guild that evening.
Eli's flames began to grow from seeing the smirk on the man's face, even his eyes appearing like molten gold from the sheer heat he was letting off. Cordelia had to step back away from him to make sure she wouldn't get hit by them by accident. She knew how Eli could get when he was angry. Cordelia then looked over towards the three men still holding the halberd back.
"Release the halberd on my mark!" she shouted over to them, earning nods from each of them.
"You might have some massive power behind you," Eli said, being able to feel Bern's own power, "But can it keep you from burning?"
"Guess there's only one way to find out," Bern offered, wanting to push the man enough to attack him.
Eli felt his anger rise again at the man's arrogance, "Time to put you in your place! Red Fire's Inferno!" he shouted as he punched forward with both fists.
As soon as his fists hit against Bern's stomach, Cordelia gave her command, "Release it!"
The three men let go of the halberd and jumped off to the side. Once the weapon had been released, it started moving downwards again, but it didn't take long for it to be flung backwards along with Bern's body in a tornado of red fire. Bern tried to fight against Eli's attack, but he could feel the red fire beginning to burn into his stomach. The red flames danced all around him, catching the end of his coat on fire as well.
"Push him off now, Eli!" Cordelia shouted.
Eli put more force into his attack at her words, shouting as he did so. He felt Bern's feet begin to finally slide backwards, causing Eli to move forward even harder. Soon enough, Eli was running across the deck while Bern was being pushed along with him until they reached the very edge of the deck. Bern tipped back and forth for a moment, watching as Eli prepared himself for the final blow.
"Red Fire's Exploding Kick!" he shouted, turning tightly to slam a fire ignited leg into his stomach. Bern's body was sent flying out into the ocean in a cloud of red flames.
"What a wonderful guild," Bern smirked through the flames until he crashed down into the ocean, water flying upwards from the heavy force hitting it.
Without wasting another second, Cordelia began to throw commands across the ship before Bern had time to get back on the deck, "Someone get Ajax up here along with Squall! I want them adding in power behind the sails!"
Mac nodded at her and quickly made for the dorms to find the two air mages.
"I want all hands on deck, pulling up anchors and defending the guild if Bern tries to get back on the ship!"
Isaak and Jay made their own quick nods before running off to complete their tasks.
"Looks like I missed one hell of a party," Securus said as Isaak ran passed him.
"Looks like you made it back in time," Cordelia said as she turned to look at the pair. Her eyes went wide upon seeing John slung over his shoulder, "Is he all right?!"
"He's fine," Securus answered, "He just needs a little patching up is all."
"Well get him down to Jack then! And take Seth and Ace there too!" she ordered, looking back at the trio of men, "Help him out with that Gamu!"
"Aye!" he answered, helping Seth out since his leg was hurting more than any of the injuries that Ace had.
Cordelia watched the men leave and turned to see Eli approaching her, the fire mage still looking annoyed. His flames had dispersed aside from a small lick of one that hung from a strand of blue hair. Cordelia licked her finger tip before putting it out with her thumb and index finger. It sizzled as it went out, Cordelia shaking her hand to help cool it off.
"I told you not to put any of my flames out like that," Eli mumbled, grabbing her hand to look at it and make sure there wasn't a burn mark left behind.
"I'm fine," she said, pulling her hand away and patting him on the cheek gently, "Thanks for showing up, you big idiot," she added. Though, there was no bite in her words as she smiled up at him.
"Any time," he smiled in return.
"Looks like that Bern guy got to your cannon," Van said, interrupting the two.
Cordelia and Eli turned to look at the Tsar Cannon to see a large cut in it. Cordelia's eyes started to well up with large tears before she flew over to the cannon and hugged it, "My poor baby!" she cried, the tears starting to pour out now, "I'm sorry the big bad navy man hurt you!"
Eli sighed while dropping his head into his hand. Van let out a loud laugh at the woman's antics instead.
"I guess I should be going," Van said, "I got a gig tomorrow night, but you sure know how to show a girl a hell of a time, Guild Master Murdock."
Cordelia pulled herself away from her cannon to face Van, "Well, we appreciate the help with the map and the next clue. You're a good woman, Van Black."
"I think you're the first person since the old man to call me that," Van smirked as she pulled out a cigarette from her jacket pocket, "Here," she said, handing over the cigarette to Cordelia.
"But I don't smoke," she said, sticking her tongue out at it.
"I know, but I do," Van said, receiving curious looks from both Cordelia and Eli, "You did promise me a place to have a smoke on your guild, right?"
"Yeah."
"Then keep that for me. I have a feeling that we'll see each other again at the end of all this. You keep that for me and find my old man's treasure then I'll play a gig personally for your guild. And keep in mind that I never do personal gigs. I never make any money off of them."
Cordelia smirked as she tucked the cigarette away in her own coat, "It'll be here waiting for you then. And you better have those revolvers you promised me too," she said, sticking her hand out towards the woman.
"You got it," Van answered, shaking her hand in return, "Well then, I'm off! Don't let that freak of a Vice Admiral catch you! I'd hate to read up in the papers about how you were arrested or some shit like that!"
"If you read about us in the papers it'll be about how we knocked his ass out!" Cordelia called out, watching as Van began to disappear down one of the metal bridges.
"Now wouldn't that be a great fucking story to read!"
Cordelia smiled at the woman's words as she completely disappeared from view. She then turned back to look up at Eli, "We might have to take on more people like the Vice Admiral. Think we can handle that along with the Black Skulls?"
Eli stared at her for a moment before placing a hand on her head, "So long as we get your Tsar Cannon fixed, I think we'll do just fine," he smiled.
"My poor baby!" she shouted while beginning to cry again as she returned to hugging the large cannon.
"We can get Vi to fix it!" Eli yelled, attempting to pull her off of the cannon, "Shouldn't you be concentrating on getting the guild out of here right now?!"
While the guild worked on moving out of Nube's port at a fast pace, Bern had resurfaced from the ocean. He watched as the mages moved to help push the guild away from the island, the air mages picking up on their speed by using their magic against the sails. He couldn't help the wide smile that appeared on his face as he watched them go.
"You're dead wrong if you think this fight is over, little guild master," he said, "You're still in my jurisdiction and we now have unfinished business," he added before moving to the small boat that he had arrived in. He climbed up into it and began to paddle away in a different direction, "What a glorious fight that awaits us!"
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Cordelia sat in her office later that night, a lacrima powered lamp being the only thing that gave her light in the room. She was writing down in her journal the events of that day and making small notes about the people they had fought.
She sighed heavily as she took a small break in her writing to look over at the rolled up map next to her, "Is it all really worth it?" she asked despite knowing she wouldn't get an answer. She really had to wonder though. They had been attacked by the Black Skulls today and she knew that it wouldn't be their last attempt to get the map back. And now the Navy was involved too. From the way Bern loved to fight and how he had seemed to greatly enjoy fighting her guild specifically, she was sure he would be hot on their trail too. Then there were her own feelings that she had to deal with after today's fight, "Seeing Isaak in that situation again…" she trailed off as she squeezed her eyes closed. It didn't matter how long or how hard she closed them, the pictures of her memories were still there, painted in red. She slammed a fist on her desk in hopes that the noise would scare the memories away for the time being, "Why does it still bother me?!" she hissed out, "I did what I had to!"
The door to her office suddenly swinging open pulled her back into reality. She looked up to see Securus leaning heavily against the doorframe with a sake bottle in hand, "Evening sweetheart," he mumbled out, "Wassssss such a niccccce night, I didn't want to wasssssste it alone."
"Securus," Cordelia called out gently, knowing the man was drunk without having to hear his slurred words. While he could normally hold his liquor well, there were times that he would overdo it, especially when he hadn't been a solo mission for some time. So Cordelia couldn't find it in her heart to be angry with the man for bursting into her office in the middle of the night and not when he had managed to pull her out of her own bad memories, "Pull up a seat then."
"Don't mind if I doooo," he answered with a sloppy smile. He tried to take a step into the room, but just swayed forward until he was stumbling in order to catching himself. Cordelia jumped up from her seat to try and catch him. Luckily, she had made it in time to keep the man from face planting. Though, in his heavy movements, he dropped the bottle of sake. The bottle smashed to pieces as soon as it hit the wood flooring, the liquor spilling out across the floor, "Whoopsssss."
"It's all right," Cordelia answered, "We can clean it up later, but you should really sit down for now."
"Don't think I can move anymore, sssssweetheart," he slurred as he fell to his knees, causing Cordelia to have to fall with him, "Thisssss looksssss like a good placcccce to ssssssleep."
"Not on my office floor," Cordelia said, trying to get the man to stand back up. Though, it was no use getting him to move when his body was too heavy and limp. She looked down to make sure the sake wouldn't travel near them and soak their clothes, "Please! Please don't let Eli suddenly appear!" she pleaded with whatever entity was listening to her at the moment. She didn't need the fire mage going nuts over her current situation.
Securus fully laid out across the floor, using Cordelia's lap as a pillow. He had grown quiet and for a moment, Cordelia thought he had fallen asleep. But he managed to mumble something that had Cordelia frowning down at him even more than she already was, "He talked so much today."
Cordelia knew exactly who he was talking about and it made her think back to the promise she had made Securus so many years ago once she had made it to the S-Class level.
"I'll do it! I'll find a way to make the voice in your head go away!" a twenty year old Cordelia announced.
An eighteen year old Securus just chuckled in response to her declaration, "Thanks for volunteering, but I don't need your help with this, sweetheart. I don't want anyone's pity."
"I'm not doing this out of pity!" she snapped, "And don't call me sweetheart! I'm your elder after all!"
"I call you what I want," he smirked at her. Though the smirk quickly faded, "Look, I didn't tell you my history just so you could go fixing things."
"Then why the hell did you tell me?!"
Securus stayed silent for a moment, trying to figure out why exactly he had told her his secrets. Finally, he shrugged at her, "It just seemed right to tell you. You're genuine in your actions and you keep your mouth shut when it matters. So I guess I was just compelled to share with you."
Cordelia stared at him with puffed cheeks for a moment, wishing there had been more behind his reason, "Well I don't care what your reason was, I'm still going to help you!"
"You don't even know where to start."
"So?! I, Cordelia Murdock, promise to bring you peace and get rid of that voice!"
"You're such a weird kid," he said, poking her in the stomach.
"Don't touch me! And don't call me kid! I'm older than you!"
"Then sweetheart it is."
Cordelia felt her eye twitch in annoyance, but managed to keep hold of her anger, "I promise," she said, looking up at him with a serious face, "I promise I'm going to help you. And I never break a promise."
Securus stared back at her with his own straight face. He wasn't sure what she could do to help, but she seemed so dead set on it that he just couldn't tell her no anymore, "Lighten up," he said as he playfully pushed her shoulder, "A serious face doesn't suit you very well. You won't pick up guys with a face like that."
"Well if they're all like you, then I don't want them!"
"Good thing for you then that Isaak has better manners than I do," he said with a chuckle as he began to walk away.
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!"
"Not my place to say," he waved back to her as he lit up a cigarette, "But thanks for volunteering, sweetheart."
Cordelia frowned as she watched him walk away, missing the person sneaking up on her.
"Angel!" Isaak said with a wide smile from next to her, causing Cordelia to jump back with a shout.
"Don't do that!" she yelled, bopping him on the head while he laughed at her.
"What are you doing?"
"Just…uh…" she began, looking back towards the retreating Securus, "Just making a small promise to ensure a problem is taken care of," she answered before jumping onto his back, "Now, let's go do something fun!"
"Six years," the current day Cordelia said softly, running a hand through Securus's hair as the man had passed out in her lap, "It's been six years since I made that promise. I'm sorry it's taking so long," she said. She looked out across the floor at the broken bottle and spilled liquor again before her eyes landed up on the map again, "It'll really be worth it, right? Maybe I'll find answers on this hunt finally," she continued as she looked back down at Securus, "I really am sorry," she whispered as tears began to pool in her eyes, "And you're not the only one I made a promise to either. What am I supposed to do?" she asked the silence as the tears spilled over.
A/N: There it is! I hope you all enjoyed it!
I didn't think that last scene would get so serious, but I suppose it was time for one like that to happen. But I liked the way it turned out nonetheless! So I hope you all liked it too!
But we should be getting to the next Black Skull member next chapter, so be on the look out for them!
And I just finished watching the series K (or K Project)…though I still have to watch the movie. So I'll probably get some inspiration from that too, especially when it comes to Eli using his Fire Magic at times. But it's a really good series, so if you haven't seen it yet, then I'd suggest checking it out!
I don't think I have much else this chapter, so we'll jump right into those reviews!
Thanks to all of you that reviewed last chapter!
reven228 - Yep, lots of fighting all around! And it seemed like you all enjoyed all of it! And I enjoy being on a schedule myself. It keeps me writing and it ensures you all get a chapter each week! I hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Origm2012 - ^.^ Glad you enjoyed the opening fight between the three men. But yeah, Securus and Daniel are a lot alike, magically speaking, so it was a lot of fun for me to pit them up against each other. But I'm glad I got you with how that scene ended with Daniel appearing right behind Securus. Glad you liked Rozenolf and Mac's Wood Magic. We'll eventually get to see more summons as well for Isaak. But yeah, Ace and Cordelia argue even in the middle of battle, lol! And yep, there's always something in a past. More to come on that…eventually. Haha! I'm really glad Bern turned out so well for you! He's so awesome to use in a battle! And I'm glad you liked that set up between Bern and Seth. I figured you'd enjoy that. But I'm glad you also liked Ace and Cordelia combining their magic. I had to do some digging for a gun for Cordelia that would work well with Ace's sword and came across the BFG 9000 from Doom and I was like, that's it! That's the gun! LOL! Besides, she didn't have a future-like gun like that yet, so she was gonna get one like anyways even if it didn't mix with Ace's swords. But yes! So many cliffhangers! But I cut you guys a break this chapter, lol…at least I think I did anyways. But I'm glad you're liking all the other OC magic so far too! And I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
silverhawk88 - Glad to hear you liked the second part of Mac's fight! Haha! Yep! Cliffhangers for both scenes! And Mac and Isaak haven't worked together on a team yet…at least I hadn't planned for it yet, but I figured she'd get a kick out of teasing him since things like that don't happen for often. Yep, Bern is definitely something when it comes to combat, so he makes for some awesome fight scenes. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Saiyan God.101 - Yep, Bern is badass for sure! It took five of them just to knock him off the deck! And he still made it out alive and ready for more fights! So expect to see more from him in the future! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
mrady - Unstable fighters all around! LOL! But we'll get to see more of that from John later on down the line. But still, Daniel didn't really have a chance, did he? Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Momochan77 - Bern is definitely a scary dude if he's all hyped up for a fight, which is most of the time, lol. And yeah, Seth didn't want to leave all the fighting to everyone else, so he had to push through that pain in his leg until it was all over! CHA! And I'm glad you liked that teamwork between Cordelia and Ace. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Dreadburner94 - Haha! I totally went back and re-read that scene with the Tsar Cannon being called forth and now I can't picture anything but Domon calling forth the Shining Finger, lol! And kudos again at remembering that whole bit from G Gundam. But I'm glad Rozenolf turned out well for you too! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
XLil MEkoX - LOL! Yep, she went Captain Jack Sparrow for a moment there! So I'm glad you liked that too! Yep so much action in that chapter! And yes! I love leaving cliffhangers for you all! Muwahahahahaha! But yeah, Bern is pretty crazy when it comes to his fights! He doesn't care who he's fighting so long as it's a decent fight! And I'm sure the rest of the Naval Forces will be just as interesting. LOL, did I worry you all with Isaak? Well he's okay now…until you get him with those shipping wars, lol! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Joshua1277 - Glad you enjoyed that opening fight with the three men, especially between the two snipers. I hope it ended just as well for you this chapter! It definitely turned into some battle once Bern made an appearance! And since he has all that strength and magical force on his side, it makes it hard to bring him down. I mean, it did take five of them to do it this chapter! But I love using him in battles already, so expect to see more of him soon! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Sakura-Fiction - LOL, I think wow is a good word to use. But I'm glad these battle scenes are turning out well for you guys! There always so much fun for me to write! And I'm glad the characters are turning out well too! I really do enjoy developing each one of them, especially since you all turned in such great characters! So I hope you enjoyed this chapter too!
Benthino - Haha! You sound so conflicted with that last chapter! But I'm glad you enjoyed it nonetheless! But I got you all with those cliffhangers! But I hope you enjoyed the conclusion of both fights. And in time we'll meet all the Naval Forces! And we'll probably get Jack's reaction to the fighting next chapter since it didn't quite make it into this one. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
IdentityCrisis.03 - Lots of action everywhere! But I think you were one of the only people that said they enjoyed the cliffhangers, lol. But I'm glad they keep you hooked! And yeah, Bern is definitely a little kid in a big body when it comes to those fights! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
FanficfreakFT - Yep! Always expect cliffhangers! Especially with all those fighting scenes! Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
ThePrinceOfLight - ^.^ Glad you enjoyed that last chapter so much! And I'm really glad that you liked the fight with Daniel! And we'll get to find out more and more about that voice in Securus's head as the story progresses! And I'm glad that I could get you to laugh at the line with John and his chores. But yeah, we got our first cliffhanger in that scene! Yep, Isaak got lucky with Rozenolf showing up when she did! Haha, yep, gotta have Ace and Cordelia arguing in the middle of a battle! And more to come on what happened between Isaak and Cordelia in that past mission! Bern is definitely like a one many army! But I'm glad you liked that combo move between Ace and Cordelia! That was really fun for me! Haha! Seems like a lot of members on the guild are heavy sleepers. Or they're like Eli and thought that Cordelia was just having a rival battle. -.-' And yes! Another cliffhanger! But I think I cut you guys some slack this chapter, lol. Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
frozenwolf94 - Glad you liked that teamwork between Ace and Cordelia and that combo attack of theirs! I'm sure we'll see more combined attacks like that later on. And I do believe that the inspiration for Bern was Kenpachi, from what his creator told me anyways, so I'm happy to see that you picked up on that! And no cliffhangers this chapter…at least not like last chapter anyways, lol. Hope you enjoyed this chapter!
That should be it for now!
See you all next Sunday!
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Yours Truly,
MyDearWatson