Chapter 248
Swann smiled and spoke to Lucius, "Why don"t we ask Captain Judd to blow that s.h.i.+p . "
Lucius shook his head and spoke, "No, I will kill him with my very own hands . "
Swann sighed and spoke, "I guess we have no choice, Very well, lets go . "
Very soon all of them landed on a s.h.i.+p which previously belonged to Fjords,
Clay asked Swann as he watched him fitting some equipment on the s.h.i.+p, "Hey, what are you fitting on this lousy s.h.i.+p?"
Swann smiled as he looked at the water boosters and spoke in a mysterious way, "Well, this is one of our Trump cards to catch that b.a.s.t.a.r.d . "
After preparations, they started chasing Darius and his s.h.i.+p .
One of the scouts noted an anomaly and spoke to the cannoneer, "Don"t shoot, those kids are on that s.h.i.+p . "
Judd was really frustrated as he saw that the kids had disappeared after the magic smoke bomb which blasted earlier .
One of his subordinates came near him and spoke, "Milord, those kids are apparently on Fjord"s s.h.i.+p and going south-west . "
With frustration, he spoke, "d.a.m.n it . Send one team to chase them . That"s why I hate bringing kids on a battlefield . Even that cunning Endo has left . "
"Yes, Milord . "
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After watching the general direction of Darius"s s.h.i.+p, Swann activated the water booster and increased his speed by 2 times .
Clay was surprised as he looked at the Water boosters with stars in his eyes, "Woah, this is incredible . "
Pleased with Clay"s expression, Swann proudly spoke, "Good, from now on follow me and you shall see more surprises . "
After some while, Darius"s s.h.i.+p in their view and they increased their speed to maximum .
Darius roared, "d.a.m.n, who is chasing us now?"
"It is one of our s.h.i.+ps . "
Darius skeptically watched and asked, "How is it possible? I don"t think there is any s.h.i.+p that can be compared to our speed . "
One of the scouts immediately spoke, "Lord, it is those brats that are chasing us . "
Darius was shocked as he thought and smiled, He spoke in a cunning manner after some realization, "What? Good, start firing Ballistas on them . Looking at the way that captain was protecting them, they must be good in combat . "
"Okay, Milord . "
But very soon one of the ballistas. .h.i.t their s.h.i.+p .
Darius immediately roared as he saw one ballista blowing off their mast, "Fu*k, do they want to sink me? Turn the directions, we will deal with them and escape on their s.h.i.+p . Does that brat think, I can"t even handle him?"
One subordinate spoke, "I advise against this decision, milord . There are other s.h.i.+ps which are behind those brats . "
Darius shut him up and spoke, "No need I have already decided, we will take over their s.h.i.+ps and weapons when we escape . There is a better chance to escape with their weapons and accessories . This can also give us merit when we return . Don"t target that s.h.i.+p, it is our way to escape . "
The subordinate sighed and spoke, "Yes, Milord . "
Lucius smiled as he watched Darius"s s.h.i.+p turning their direction and heading their way, he spoke, "Good, exactly as planned, When they come, starting firing our rifles on their them indiscriminately . "
"Swann, you will target Darius with your Magic bullets . "
Swann subconsciously nodded, "Yes . "
Swann soon realized and spoke in an angry manner, "Aah, whom are you ordering? Hmph, I will target him on my own accord . "
He thought and nodded, "I guess I now understand why I don"t like this brat . A natural leader I guess . Well since he has a personal grudge against him, I might as well listen to him for once . "
Blasts and gunfire could be heard as Darius"s s.h.i.+p approached them .
Azrail smiled and whispered to Lucius which surprised him and he immediately took a sound stone .
Lucius spoke on the sound stone, "Hear me sailors on the enemy s.h.i.+p . As long as you drop your weapons and raise your hands, you won"t be killed . Resist and you will die in front of our weapons . "
Darius ruthlessly roared as he understood the Plan of Lucius, "Who dares betray me?"
Soon Darius"s s.h.i.+p got near Lucius"s s.h.i.+p and the rate of casualty increased as well . This was the time when a lot of soldiers dropped their weapons .
At this time, Darius was about to kill one of the deserters when his subordinate stopped him and spoke in a grave tone, "Sir, you don"t want to cause a mutiny, do you?"
He then pointed out towards some of the guys who had dropped their weapons, "Look some of them are ready to retaliate if you try to kill them . "
With immense anger, Darius roared, "Why . "
The subordinate spoke as he looked in the direction of soldiers, "They don"t see hope in surviving this battle if they fight for you . You are meaninglessly leading them to their deaths . Even if we catch this s.h.i.+p, the other s.h.i.+ps won"t let us leave . They have already pointed their cannons in our directions . "
Meanwhile, Lucius and crew landed on Darius"s s.h.i.+p as they rounded up .
Looking at one of the leaders, Swann orders him, "You, Chain them all up . It seems you are their leader and you are also the one who decided to surrender . "
The captain solemnly spoke as he understood that he was a disloyal soldier now, "Yes, there is no meaning in this battle . I and my men will unnecessarily lose lives for some merit which will ultimately belong to that sc.u.m . However, I don"t think we can survive this battle . We could have left previously but after underestimating you kids, he decided to use us as cannon fodder . We have already suffered enough when he betrayed the mates when he ran in the previous two battles . I ain"t fighting for a sc.u.m . "
Satisfied with his answer, Swann nodded and spoke, "Good, detain the men who have decided to surrender . Our men won"t shoot them . "
Lucius headed towards Darius and spoke, "Didn"t you want a 1 on 1 duel previously? Look I just came to fulfill that demand of yours . "
Looking at the situation, Darius knew that he couldn"t back down as he snorted and immediately charged in to surprise Lucius .
Darius murmured as he charged, "This runt thinks he can fight a knight in a 1 on 1 duel . Good, this will be a good chance to escape if I can get hold of him . "
Lucius immediately took out his small sword and a knife and moved to his left, he knew that he can"t fight him head-on when it comes to strength .
Lucius watched him and concluded, "He has good speed, I can"t attack him yet . "
When he moved to his left, he scratched his knife on Darius .
Darius again charged as he ignored the minor damage which was inflicted by Lucius . Again Lucius scratched his skin with his knife . The game of a cat and mouse continued for a while . Lucius would occasionally try to attack him with his sword which was always easily deflected by Darius"s s.h.i.+eld . This gave the impression that Darius"s s.h.i.+eld was very st.u.r.dy .
Getting frustrated by this chasing game, Darius tried to provoke him, "Hmph, Why don"t you give up? You can only fight with that rifle of yours . " But this time, Darius"s movements had slowed down .
After watching Darius"s slowed movements, Lucius this time smiled and moved in to attack him .
"Finally . "
Lucius roared and charged, "Very well, since you want a head-on battle . Don"t regret it later on . "
This time when he charged with his sword and knife, both his sword and knife were giving a black glow as runes too activated on it .
Looking at the sword, Clay smiled and spoke, "It seems, he is finally going to use that sword of his . "
Swann was confused as he asked, "What? Aren"t you worried that he might die? And what is with that General"s eye?"
Azrail sighed and spoke, "I guess, you don"t know . Yeah, you weren"t with us when we were training with Jake previously . You don"t need to worry about Lucius, he is quite strong . As far as that sword and Knife is concerned, they were made from a Dark ore and were personally gifted by Instructor Jake to Lucius for attaining the first position among us juniors . That Black glow apparently is Lucius"s Dark energy covered at the edges . Since Lucius didn"t have enough magic energy, he had decided this trick to maximize the efficiency by only covering the edges of his sword with dark energy . In any case, Lucius is better at close-combat anyway, you don"t need to worry . As for that General"s eye, I heard that he lost it Lucius"s mom if he is Mr . Henry"s son . "