Chapter 114 - Unexpected

To catch up with the Airship where Kimi and the others are, this Airship takes less than seventeen minutes.

Yup! In that period, there were several Sky Pirates who came to the control room to see what happened. But in the end, my sword killed them.

Other than the Sky Pirates, another problem arose. As this Airship approached the Airship I came before, several Aether Cannon shoots to hit us. Luckily, thanks to the Barrier, this Airship is fine.

Bam! DUAR!

Or maybe not!

A small part of the front of this Airship exploded then caught fire after receiving an Aether Cannon bullet. Seeing that big fire, I'm sure someone will put it out... Right?

...

Damn! I just realized that no one will put out that fire! After all, I've already killed many Sky Pirates in this Airship!

"Is there any fire extinguishing system in this Airship?" I asked the man who from quite some time didn't say anything and just focused on controlling this Airship.

"I'll use it immediately!" He replied so suddenly and with a loud voice.

And true as he said, the fire extinguishing system turn on and carried out its duties. The big fire was extinguished.

Then, sometime later, the Aether Cannon was no longer being shot. Instead, dozens of hooks were fired. And in a matter of minutes, two Airships were bound to one.

After the two Airships connected, the Adventurers and Crews boarded this Airship.

Seeing that, I decided to meet them.

Before I left, I said, "Flaren, keep this Airship parallel with that Airship."

"Aye, miss."

"Don't do anything suspicious or I'll kill- no. I don't want to do killing anymore, so... Maybe I'll cut off your legs?"

"Please, miss, don't give me such a scary question," his voice and body trembled. "I'm not going to do anything strange. Therefore please don't cut off my legs."

"Well... If you say so, I'll believe it."

"Thank you."

So, with that, I left the control room to go to the deck.

When I got there, I found a dozen people examining the corpses together with the Sky Pirates who were still asleep on this deck.

After conducting the examination, they would pile up the corpses into one. They tie up the surviving Sky Pirates.

And yes, as I walked up to those people some of them became wary and even, they pointed their weapons at me.

"I'm not the enemy," I told them. At the same time, I raised my hands.

The people who surrounded me showed expressions of doubt. They only became more relaxed when a man said, "Lower your weapons. That girl is right, she's not our enemy."

The man I'm referring to is our Airship captain. Unlike before the Sky Pirates attack, the captain was in bad shape now.

The man's body or more precisely his right chest and abdomen are wrapped in bandages. I could see some blood stains decorating the bandages.

Is the captain weaker than Tarni?

I wanted to make sure of it by using Appraisal but I remember, Ruciel said that using Appraisal on people without their consent was a rude manner.

But of course, I will use Appraisal on the enemy without asking permission from them.

Now, our Airship captain and a female Crew approached me. They are followed by Ruciel and the mysterious girl who saved my life.

"So, miss. Did you do all this? Killing the Sky Pirates, making them unconscious, and the last is bringing this Airship back to my Airship," the captain asked.

I got a question and I made a nod. "Yes, I was the one who did it."

"Can you tell me how you did all this in more detail?"

"Of course."

With that sentence as the start, I began to tell my story of how I defeated the Sky Pirates and ended up taking over their Airship.

After I finished, the captain said that he would need my story when we met the knights at Cadebre. 

Then, the captain gave us — the Adventurers and the crew — the task of rummaging this Airship. So, I decided to take part. I along with Ruciel and the mysterious girl we formed a team.

We started rummaging this Airship and...

"Why are you so stupid?" Ruciel asked.

"Okay, that was so rude and so sudden. I don't remember I did things that deserved the question."

I saw the girl I loved with a wounded heart. Why does she have to possess a venomous mouth? I wondered.

"You boarded this Airship full of Sky Pirates alone and you said you don't remember you didn't do stupid things?"

"Well, I admit it, it might be a bit stupid—"

"That can't be a bit stupid," Ruciel interjected. "That's so stupid. From now on, please think first before you do anything!"

"This Fallen Elf girl is right, I won't give you the word stupid but I will give you the word careless. I just saved you from Warmaiger and you jumped into the mouth of a Dragon mouth without a second thought. You have to be more careful, lovely girl," said the mysterious girl.

My tail made a strong swing and I said, "Hello, nice to meet you..."

"You can call me Myu. My full name is Myusel if you're curious," explained the girl or Myu.

And yes, this girl is a little unique because her mouth and nose are covered by a mask shaped like a wolf's mouth along with its sharp teeth.

"I wonder, which part of the Airship will we search first?" Myu asked.

And I replied with, "The very bottom of this Airship. Follow me!"

I guided them to a place full of people's heat.

Are they Sky Pirates or are they prisoners?

I kept wondering until we finally arrived in front of a solid black door.

"Is this their warehouse?" Ruciel's voice was filled with curiosity.

"No. There are a lot of people behind this door so this room is not a warehouse," I explained as I unsheathed my sword.

"What do you want to do?"

"I'll open this door, Myu."

Myu shook her head. She approached the door and said, "Let me open this door."

Myu picked up the strange tool from her backpack and started fiddling with the door. Sometime later, she managed to open the black door. 

And to my surprise, I smelled a familiar pungent smell as soon as the door opened. Not only the smell, but I also heard the gentle groans of a few women.

"What kind of pungent smell is this?" Ruciel asked while pinching her nose.

"Does it a smell of c*m? I'm not too sure," Myu replied shaking his head softly.

"Sp*rm, ur*ne, human f*ces, and other bodily fluids," I explain. At the same time, I made a wild guess.

And to be honest, I hope this wild guess doesn't come true.

I entered the room in a quick motion. And as per my expectations, I saw nightmares or maybe half of the nightmares because the men were not in this place.

What did I find?

Dozens of naked women wearing handcuffs. Some of them were even tied to walls and were in cages.

What's worse, those women were injured. Their bodies were filled with bruises, grazes, and even cuts. I can also see some women whose minds have been broken stare at nothing.

They were in extremely bad shape. They didn't even say anything when they saw me and Myu enter this room.

"We need healers ASAP," I said.

"I'll call them," Ruciel answered immediately. 

A moment later, the girl who peeked into this room from the door ran as quickly as she can to leave this place.

My fox's ears twitched as I watched Ruciel who was moving at a quick pace.

"It seems, she can't tolerate seeing all of this," Myu commented.

I made a nod to the possibility and said, "Let's free these women."

"Sure, can you use Keys Kit? If so, I can lend you one of mine."

"Sure," I gave Myu a reply. "But before that, there are things I have to do first."

I walked up to the pile of wooden boxes.

Yes, Heat Perception tells me that there's one heat lurking there. And I don't feel any positive feelings when seeing that heat.

And sure enough, the moment I was close enough to the pile of wooden boxes, the heat came out of hiding.

"Die!" A man shouted as he approached me with his Dagger.

And yes, the man died before he could hurt me. Using a sword in my hand, I behead him.

After that, the two of us start freeing those women and I met a woman who was restrained by handcuffs and chains more than any other woman.

This woman had a lot of wounds and her mouth was gagged with a cloth. I feel sorry for her. So, immediately, I free her.

"Where's Tarni?" She asked with hatred just after I got rid of the cloth in her mouth. 

"That girl already killed him," I replied, pointing at Myu with my hand.

The woman moved her head to look at Myu. While Myu gave the woman a wave of the hand.

"F*CK!"

Her loud screams make my fox ears and tail stand upright in surprise.

"Why are you yelling so suddenly?"

"Because I can't kill that man with my own hands!" She explained and I understood the feelings she has right now.

I moved my hands again to free the woman. But then, my hands stopped when I saw the tattoo on the woman's stomach.

I recognized the tattoo because of my experience playing Ark Fantasy Online. Therefore, I moved my head to look at the woman's face once more.

After observing that face.. I recognize this woman. She was a Quest Giver and her name was, "Lostria?"