Chapter 5: El Draco, and a Blinding Light

10/29/2030

11:07

After a farewell with Robin, I arrive at Bredon Port.

It's a Port made to look like the 1700s, when pirates are at their golden age, and true to its era of inspiration, the port is filled with bars, people wearing old clothes similar to those of in the past, hell I even saw some what I would guess, some female "entertainers" holding hand in hand with some of the guys who dressed oddly modern.

Now that I think about it, I guess in a way NPCs are like those robot helpers a rich person got that I've seen in movies before.

I began to walk across the port and began to get some information.

"Sorry, but I have no idea what you are looking for."

"Nope, not a damn clue."

"Apologies, I don't have the information you need"

After walking around for a while asking how to get to what's essentially Rome from what I've heard of. Doesn't even hide the fact that almost all people here are NPC who is programmed to stay in this port as an assistant to travelers, while the humans are either snobbish asshole who wants me to lick their boots just to get a simple answer to my question, while the others just genuinely don't know anything.

I sat at the bench looking at the shore where a massive ocean is across me, and there I can see some of the islands.

I squint my eyes, to see some locations, and then I notice something.

I get up from my seat and see a nearby fisherman. I walk up to him and ask.

"Sir, can I borrow your telescope?"

"Hmm? Oh, sure, here you go."

The Kind Fisherman hand me his telescope, and after looking through it, I try to find the thing I'd seen.

After a couple of moments of looking and zooming the scope, I finally have a big picture of it.

I saw a big Japanese Castle, and looking over it, I became curious.

"Hey, Uncle, what is that big Japanese Castle over there?"

I ask the old man while still looking at it through the scope.

"Oh, that? It's the castle of the second Capital in SE.RA.PH, the Millennium Castle."

The Fisherman answered my question, and after hearing that, I took the scope and give it back to him. After pondering for a while, I ask the guy.

"Hey, who lives in there?"

"Oh, it's the fox priestess, who lives in there, the wife of the sovereign, at least from what I heard."

"Does the Sovereign stay there?"

"Sometimes, I think I heard that she is in there a few weeks ago, to stay for a while."

"Thanks for the information."

After giving my thanks, I walk away from the fisherman, if there's a chance of the Sovereign will be living there, I've got to take that chance, even if it's little, I should still take it.

Plus, I miss being able to live in a Japanese-like town, it's been quite a long time since I've been to Japan.

After making my decision, I've decided to ask some of the couriers, if there's a chance, I would like to get a free ride to the Millennium Capital. But for some reason, many people here are afraid to get to the Millennium Castle, I've asked why and they answered that the ruler of that city is not bad but very picky and sometimes can be very, very selfish.

Hearing that answer, I can't help but be dumbfounded, how can someone be so selfish to the point that other people don't want to bother you?

Sigh

I'm tired and sit at the corner of the street.

This is getting nothing, it's almost 2 hours since I come here, and all I've got is my next destination, and I don't even know how to get there.

I sigh once again and look up and then I see it,

A Galliard.

Belonging to the man who conquered the sun so they say.

The Legendary Golden Hind.

I first notice it when I saw the port, but I decided to leave it be since she most likely doesn't even know me, but if I need to go there, I need someone who knows around their way in the sea.

I get up, and go to the ship, looking for her.

After making my way to the ship I called out.

"Excuse me!"

Hearing my voice, a pirate-looking guy looks at me and yells.

"What do you want kid?"

"I want to know if the captain of this ship is here, can I speak to him?"

I answered and decided to call her, "him" to avoid any suspicion.

"The captain? If you want to talk to her, she's in the pub not far from here."

The Pirate replied As I give him my thanks.

After walking for a little while I arrive at the pub, named "Jolly Pub" which is a bad name for a pub, walk into the door, and open and what greets me is…

"AUGH"

Is a man flying through the door?

Fortunately, I avoided the last second, and take a peek at what was going on outside.

If I can describe what's going on inside the tavern, in one word: a brawl.

Guys are being slammed through the table, a guy punching another guy and accidentally hitting some, so they got involved, while the bartender is quietly and calmly cleaning a cup, not seemingly caring for the chaos that is happening around him.

I go inside, try to avoid being hit, and go to the bartender.

"Hey, can I ask where El Draco is?" I ask the bartender.

And when he looked at me, he said most robotically.

"Yes, El Draco is sitting at the corner there enjoying her drink"

"…thanks"

I gave my thanks go to where she is, but for some reason, I feel unnerved that he speaks so formally, is he an NPC?

Anyway, I make me through the corner and saw her sitting with her leg up on the table.

She has wavy ruby-pink hair, blue eyes, and a scar across her face. She is dressed with a brown choker collar that is virtually attached to her dark pink captain vest, white slacks, and tall dark brown boots.

Francis Drake

A pirate and the Captain of the Golden Hind, she who conquered the sun, and a friend of mine, at least the one back from Chaldea.

"You're Francis Drake, right?"

I ask despite already knowing her Identity

"Yeah, who's asking?" when she finally look at me, she was surprised at first for some reason before she smirks.

"Well, this is interesting. What is a Master doing here."

She saw through me immediately.

"E-eh"

I shriek.

"Come on kid, I'm a servant, so of course, I know someone who is a master not helping the fact that you even leaked your mana."

I see I get I unconsciously let my guard down since she is Francis Drake a servant of mine, that's my mistake then.

"But that's weird, you're a master yet I don't sense any servant around you, an assassin servant perhaps? Wait no that's not right I sense a lot of servants on you, too many. Who the hell are ya', kid?

After saying that her eyes turn serious for a moment, and feel the pressure fall on me.

"Well, whatever, it's not like I care anyways." She said nonchalantly, and I can no longer feel the heavy pressure as if it didn't exist in the first place.

I gulp and inhale before finally asking.

"You're still the captain of the Golden Hind right? If so, can you take me to the Millennium Capital?" I make a request, hoping that she would agree.

"Well, isn't that an interesting request, but what's in it for me? You can't expect that I would do a world without payment right?"

"Eek...!"

Oh yeah right, a reward, forgot that she's still a pirate. I take out my bag and try to find something I can reward her with. Maybe this will do.

"Well, I've got about 600,000 QPs is this good enough?" I offered her all of the money I got from the old man.

Sorry Gramps it seems like I'm going to waste your money on a pirate.

"Only 600,000? I expected more."

She said that with a bored look.

I can only sigh, and then I notice something in the bag, oh right that metal the old man gave me. I forgot that I still have it, oh yeah right, I didn't even make this into a sword.

"How about this metal?"

I showed her the metal, and she suddenly become interested.

"*whistle* Well isn't this a treasure."

She said, does the metal have some kind of value?

"Here's the deal kid I'll be your courier, and I'll get the metal."

She said and then tries to take the metal immediately, but I snatch it before her.

"Ah, Ah, Ah You'll get the metal AFTER you bring me there, deal?"

I said with a smirk on my face, sorry Drake but I've done this a couple of times, you may be someone I know, but you don't know me, so there's a chance that you would just take the metal and leave me, after all, you're a pirate.

As if sensing my intentions, she also smirks.

"I like your style kid, deal, so let's go."

She agreed and then get up from her seat.

"Wait, you mean, like right now?!"

I ask I'm happy that I'm finally getting somewhere, but I thought that she will at least prepare for a day.

Wait, what am I talking about, this is Francis Drake we're talking about, she lives for the thrill, and she probably never sails for a while.

After getting out of the pub, we immediately go to the Golden Hind, after getting in Drake gives her orders.

"All right men! Ready the Hind! We're going to the Fox's Territory!"

"Aye, Captain!"

After hearing their Captain's orders, they immediately go to work, and ready for the ship, when we first got here, all they do is drink, and sing, but the moment they hear an order, they get the work done.

I look at Francis who is still giving orders with pride, and I can't help but smile.

Drake, you're so cool!

After a few minutes, the ship now sailing to the ocean.

Drake said that the trip will be 2 days at max speed.

All right then, next stop, The Millennium Capital.

10/30/2030

5:57

Ha…

Ha…

Ha…

I get up from my position, and I woke up early to do my workout routine, a push-up, sit-up, and squats for my exercise, usually, I also do run but because of where I am right now, that can't be done.

I took a towel from the bed's side and began to dry myself from the sweat.

whistle*

I heard a whistle and look at the door to see Drake, leaning on the side of the door, with a mischievous smile on her face.

"Nice Body." She said that while eyeing my upper body, but instead of getting embarrassed I just shrugged.

'Thanks" I take that as a compliment, usually when someone is saying that to me, I can get a little embarrassed but being surrounded by beautiful girls for the past two years, who always compliment my physique, I kind of get used to it, by now.

"So, what're you doing in here, I hoped not because your want to wake me up, isn't it? I said with a small smile on my face, despite being different from the Drake I know, I feel like I still can get causal with her.

"You can say that, I'm here to say that breakfast is done, come out if you're hungry." After she said that she leaves, hearing that I dressed up.

"Hope you like bread and seafood!"

She yells from the outside, and I just shake my head with a smile. After dressing up I get out of my room.

After having a small breakfast, I hang out at the side of the ship and examined the crew, some of them feel natural, while others feel stiff, as I examine them, I saw Drake come up to me.

"Enjoying the view?"

She said while leaning on the deck of the ship.

"Yeah, it's been a hot minute since I've been on the sea," I spoke.

Well, the last time I'm on the sea were at war with the gods.

"So, tell me the reason why you're going there?" She asks, becoming interested in my journey.

"I'm… trying to find someone," I answer vaguely.

"Someone important, a lover perhaps?" She said with a smirk on her face.

While I just sweat drop at her remarks.

"She's not a lover of mine, hell I still haven't met her yet," I said clearing the misunderstanding before it can get out of hand.

"So, it's a woman, then why are you trying to find her then?" She once again asks.

"I have some questions for her, and hoping that we can work together," I answered.

"For what?"

"I don't exactly know, but I have a feeling something will happen," I said.

Well, to be honest, as long as I'm around something will inevitably happen whether it's a good thing or a bad thing.

"How about you, what's your story aside from the time when you were alive." Now I ask the question.

"My story? Well, it's not that interesting if I'm being honest." She answered.

"How so?"

"Well, I've got summoned in this world's grail war by a kid, and lost in the first round, of the fight. And later I got resummoned again with my memories still intact for some unknown reasons."

"I see, but for a while that you were summoned, how's the grail war?" I ask again, interested in the grail war that took place in this world.

"Well, it's nothing special really, the first week all my master did is whine and be an asshole, which to be honest, was pretty amusing." She answered with a nostalgic smile on her face.

"Seems like your master is a handy one,"

"Yeah, but probably one of the few masters, I could ever get along with."

Seeing her smile, can't help but also put a smile on my face, as we enjoy the silence, I notice the sky has become dark.

"A storm, ey. Lads, prepare the ship for an upcoming storm! Lower the sails!"

"Aye, Aye Captain!"

"Ey Captain, we have an emergency, a creature suddenly appeared!"

One of the crews holding a telescope shouted.

"WHAT!?"

Drake after hearing him, immediately goes to the top of the ship after getting the scope and looks through it, while I run to the side of the ship and look ahead to see a giant squid, after seeing it I shout.

"KRAKEN!"

"Men, Quick ready the canons" After hearing my voice, Drake jumps from the top and steers the wheel of the sheep so that we are facing it sideward. While the crew loads the cannon with cannonballs. Seeing it I also help load the cannons. After loading it, the crew is waiting for Drake's orders.

" READY? FIRE!"

Drake gives the command and the cannons fire at the Kraken, many cannonballs hit it but to no avail.

Drake seeing the ineffectiveness of the cannons calls out to her crew.

"MEN GO INSIDE THE SHIP AND MADE SURE NO HOLES WILL GO THROUGH INSIDE!"

"AYE!"

With one command all the crew moves inside the ship until I'm the only one remaining.

"Shit, If I use my abilities here it might drain my mana."

She said cursing herself.

"Drake."

I called out to her.

"What're you still doing here, get back inside!"

"You worried with your mana, right? then let me supply it."

"What...?"

"I'm saying is that form a temporary contract with me right now"

"!"

I suggested while her eyes widen.

"You do know that if you do this you might get killed as well right?"

"I'm will not die, and so are you," I said with confidence.

After saying that her eyes widen, before cracking a smile.

"Heh, not bad kid."

I heard her mutter.

"I like your guts, kid."

"Well can't be a master without having a spine, right? So, come on, and let's beat this overgrown Calamari."

"Aye!"

Drake with a smirk, summon her dual pistols in her hands, before I put my hands on her back and begin the ritual.

"Will you, Francis Drake, accept to become my sword, and answer my will, to defeat any opponents that stand in my way and serve me faithfully?"

"Yes, I do, I shall become your sword, and take what you and I desire with our greed."

"Then the contract is established let's go, Drake!"

I said and then I feel some of my mana being transferred to her.

Upon feeling my mana, Drake closes her eyes getting used to my mana.

"How warm, but at the same time cold, it's such a warm feeling, but at the same time I can sense a deep sadness within, Interesting, just who are you, kid."

"All right you seafood, it's time to get serious."

She said before jumping and landing at the very front of the ship.

"I am El Draco, she who conquered the sun, and the one who will see your end!"

She said that with a proud voice as she aims her pistols at the Kraken like a monster, and on the side of the ship big portal appeared, and came out of it are large cannons, ready to be fired at the enemy.

This is Francis Drake's abilities, the power of the man who made the impossible possible!

"Now… Let's start the Wild Hunt!"

With a final shout for the fight, she pulls the trigger and the large cannons also fired with a beaming light.

The attack hit the target injuring it and letting out a roar of pain, after that the Kraken submerge underwater.

After a couple of moments of silence, tentacles sprouted from the sea and wraps around the ship as if it is holding it.

I almost lose my balance, while Drake runs from her original spot and shoots the tentacle with her pistol, knocking some of it back down to the ocean.

Trying to help, I run around the ship trying to see the weak spot of the beast.

I climb to the very top of the ship and try to see a clear picture. Until I notice something.

That's it!

"Drake! Go to the side of the ship there the very mouth of the monster is underneath it!"

I commend her while I once again run from my original position.

"Yeah, I notice that too but I can't shoot it without damaging the ship."

Then all I need is to find a way to make it let go of the ship so Drake can shoot it.

I need to find it, think! Think! Use everything at your disposal and your surroundings, use everything you need or necessary, and use all the abilities you have that you are aware of.

At my disposal I have this ring that let me use it however I want.

Wait that's it!

The pieces that I need to finish this.

First, I need a weapon, a weapon that I know can benefit me, or that I'm familiar with.

But I don't see any weapon.

So, if I don't see weapons, I just need to create one then.

I run back to my room and get the metal from my bag.

If this ring lets me do whatever it is I want the I need to use this power to change this metal to at the very least a dagger, that's everything I need.

I try to do it and use the ring by flowing mana on it but to no avail

"C'mon work!"

I try to. I began to reorganize my thoughts again.

"Kid! Is it ready?! The ship is about to be destroyed and swallowed!"

Drake yelled. I know I know let me think for a little more.

Quick, remember all the times you use it, and compare the things that I notice when it works and it didn't.

Quick remember.

…!

I've… found it…

The Final Piece…!

I run up to the deck and…

LEAP

"Kid?!"

I finally remembered, normally I need to use my mana to fill up an Item or mystic code for it to be activated, but that's not the case this time.

I remember the sensation the first time I use it, as if instead of using it what I would normally do, instead let the ring do the work, and absorb the mana around me so I can use it.

So, I did that, feeling the mana goes through my body, after gathering it, I focus all of it on my right arm where I held the metal, and then transferred that mana into the metal

And after doing that the metal suddenly glows in bright blue color but that didn't bother me, what I need right now is a sharp weapon capable of slashing and stabbing an opponent, long but not too long, and not so heavy but still some weight.

There is my final piece.

After the glowing stops, the metal has changed to something entirely different.

Mana(Ring) Metal = _ Mana Burst

…!

Final piece, acquired…!

Get. Short Sword!

This is it!

The final piece I order to defeat it.

I landed on one of the tentacles, and stab it with my newly formed weapon, and then.

"…Mana Burst…"

At that moment a large amount of mana that was gathered in my body goes to the short sword and was released all at once.

A massive burst of mana was released, knocking the Kraken away and making it let go from the ship, I too was also knocked up because of the sudden release of power, But I don't care about that right now.

It helps that I'm so high from the air, I can see the view more clearly, after seeing the Kraken emerge again but this time madder than ever, I let the final act happen.

"DRAKE!!!"

I called out to her after getting her senses back after the big release. She looks at me and that's the signal I get.

"I ORDER YOU WITH A COMMAND SEAL!!"

My hand glowed red in contrast to the light blue from the short sword that I was holding in my left hand, I yell out and gave her my command.

"USE YOUR NOBLE PHANTASM, AND BLOW THAT THING TO PIECES!!!"

After that I felt one of the markings leave my hand, meaning that the command worked.

I can feel Drake's mana goes up, as the seal does its work, and for some reason, I can still hear his voice.

"As you Command, my Master."

She said before pointing her pistol at the Kraken, and many Portals cannons appear at her back.

"Feel the power of the Woman who made the Impossible Possible!"

"GOLDEN WILD HUNT!"

The Night of the Golden Hind and the Storm

After she revealed the true name of her Noble Phantasm, a large barrage of beams of light was fired from the cannons, hitting the Kraken and making a large explosion in the sea.

While falling the shockwave of the attack also blow me away before I felt someone catch me.

"Yo, Kid are ya' ok"

Drake said as she catches me before landing on the ship.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Can you get up?"

"Weirdly yeah"

For some reason, I don't feel tired at all despite making that crazy move.

But before we can celebrate, we hear a roar in the distance to see another Kraken.

"You got to be kidding me…"

I said while looking in disbelief.

There's more.

"Shit, quick hide, I'm going to—Ack"

"Drake!"

"Dammit, I'm almost out of mana, at this point, I'm going to disappear."

"Here, I'm going to give you some mana- "

"Stop, if you do it, you'' be out of mana, but even then, after that big blast you did a while ago, you barely have any mana left, giving it to me doesn't ensure our victory.

Is this it…?

No, I refuse.

I stand up again trying to do the same thing only for my legs to stop working and due to exhaustion,

I try to get up again to no avail.

No, I can't let it end like this…!

I…I…I

"I won't die right here!"

Suddenly the ring on my finger glowed, and then there was nothing but light.

El Draco P.O.V

"Kid?"

I said that as the child who formed a temporary contract with me began to glow brightly, I can't even see the body anymore it was just light, then I notice something coming.

Coming from a distance a similar light is moving in the kid's direction and then suddenly as they collide, the two lights become one and strong even I can feel the pressure.

Then I heard a voice that is a mixture of a boy and a girl saying the words but I can't understand the meaning of them.

" -.. . ..- ... / . -..- / -- .- -.-. ... .. -. .- .-.-.- .-.-.- .-.-.-"

The light said though I can't understand, suddenly a shockwave appeared and when I saw the shockwave pass through the Kraken, it suddenly turns into a bunch of data killing it instantly.

My eyes are wide open to the display of such power.

After the Kraken disintegrates, part of the light went away while the remaining light turn back into the kid.

Just who the hell are you, kid?

Savior's POV

10/31/2030

I open my eyes, after waking up, I sit up and notice my body is sore feeling the fabric, I pull up the blanket and see that I'm naked.

Wondering why I look around and saw, Drake, coming out of the bathroom with only a towel covering his body, I am surprised at first until I realized that this was Drake, this is just normal.

"Hey have a nice sleep?"

"Umm, what happened?"

"Mana exhaustion, you're out for two days, also if you're wondering we made it to the Millennium Capital."

"Wait?"

"Yeah, we've made it alive, the crew is right now fixing the ship."

"I see, so where exactly are we?"

"In a Motel."

"I see- wait WHAT?!"

"So, you finally caught up? You are knocked out for two days, so I feared that you might die, so I offer assistance that way you can supply mana."

She said with a teasing grin, while I only blush.

"So does that mean that you and I did- "

"Yes, and I might say despite being dead you're quite energetic, and you're pretty big too."

She said, that while licking her lips, the only thing I do is sigh in embarrassment.

"Please stop."

"Well, isn't this a surprise, normally someone would be embarrassed as hell when knowing someone did this to him."

"I've… experience similar things in the past, so I'm kind of used to it, I guess."

"I see, no wonder."

After that interesting conversation, I decided to fix everything, put on my clothes, and pack my things, after getting it done. Outside of the motel there I am talking to Drake.

"So, this is it, huh, not going to lie, I've had fun with you kid."

"Yeah, me too, though it's a bit of a disaster."

"Well, you can say that."

After saying that both of us laughed.

"So about the payment"

I said making sure to go with the deal when suddenly.

"Yeah don't worry kid, you can have the sword."

"Really?"

"Yeah, you saved me so I'm in your debt, plus you made me feel good, so I can say that is decently paid."

She mentions it again, while I only just sweat drop.

After saying our farewells and promising to meet each other sometime in the future, I began to walk across the capital, looking around, I saw some traditional Japanese architecture but at the same time there was a mix of futuristic technology, I feel like I'm back in the GUDAGUDA shenanigans again, and that made me feel nostalgic, when suddenly.

ALERT ALERT ALERT

ANNOUNCEMENT

WANTED: MALE DARK BROWN HAIR WIZARD, WITH A RING ON HIS FINGERS PLEASE TAKE HIM ALIVE TO THE MILLENIUM CASTLE

REWARD: A FAVOUR FROM THE FOX PRIESTESS.

And just like that, I'm in some kind of trouble again.

Location: ??

10/30/2030

"Tch, the master escape"

"Well, isn't that just sad"

I saw a man with a smirk on his face leaning on the wall and looking at me

Caster Servant: Archimedes, One of the Disciple of Velber.

I'm sitting on a throne while formulating my plans, the attack of the sea's enemies is failed we didn't even get the master who has the other half.

"Nothing changes, I'll make sure, to kill all humans and masters, and make SE.RA.PH a world for servants only.

Archer Servant: Sei Shonagon, One of the Disciples of Velber