87 Atlantic Rim VI : Massacre 2

{ARNETINE BATTLE BEAST: NIGHT STAR STAFF FORM: +70% DAMAGE FOR ALL MAGIC SPELLS, -20% CAST TIME FOR SPELLS, -35% COST FOR ALL MAGIC SPELLS}

{SKILLS: STELLAR FLARE: SEND A WAVE OF STELLAR MAGICAL ENERGY TO STRIP AWAY AND BURN YOUR ENEMIES WITHIN A RANGE OF 30 METERS/ COST 250 MP/ COOLDOWN: 30 SECONDS}

[MANA ARROW!]

With the double or nothing effect active, arrows made of silvery star like light, instead of the normal bulge of Mana came into existence and shot out of the water, past the bay doors and into the three sea elves preparing to dive into the sea. There were four released mana arrows, and then the fourthseemed to have hit the mechanism that controlled the bay doors, rapidly closing it up. I swam upwards, barely making it as I came up into an engine room of sorts.

I wasn't really aiming when I use the mana arrow spell,but it had taken off the head of two of the sea elves, and bored a huge hope on the collarbone of another. It seems these guys were not as strong as I expected, or they were on incredibly weak. But never the less the fact that they were going to sabotage our ship made me confident that this was the right place to be, however I also had to warn the others of the impending trouble.

"Qitar?"

"Yes captain?" her voice rang out from my communicator.

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"The sea elves discovered us, and they were planning on making a move by setting explosive charges under the ship. Tell everyone to man their battle stations, you guys might have to take the fight to them while I find and eliminate our target. Be careful and please keep your distance from them, just follow and chip away at their defenses, their ship is made of something special and is spelled."

"Understood."

I didn't have to worry too much about them, I was very much confident in Qitar's ability in a fight, plus I'm sure she would be able to keep the others in line and very useful. Now the thing is I don't know where my target would be on this ship, and it made for quite an enigma as I didn't have all the time in the world.

I noticed a set of stairs that led up to another section of the ship, I changed Sky's form back to the bow as I strung a single arrow and made my way up. The door at the end seemed to have motion sensors or rather magic motion sensors as it's made of wood entirely. It swung open just in time for me to get grabbed by someone and pulled into a hallway, before being smashed into the wall of the ship.

For a moment all I could see were stars as Sky clattered out of my grasp and changed back into her normal elephant form. I turned around to see a mountain of a sea elf pounding his huge fist at my head. But there's no way I'm going to sit still and let him use me for a punching bag.

I ducked under his swing, wincing a bit in consolation as his fist smashed into the iron wood interior of the ship, crunching bones in the process. But he didn't seem to care about the pain as he sent a knee straight to my chest. But I was ready for him. I moved one of my wings into the way and used it to block his knee strike, before throwing a left hook to his face that left him reeling as he took a few steps backwards. Unfortunately for him, my strength at the moment was not anything average, and I was more than ready for him.

He screamed in rage and threw his leg forward again, this kicking so high that his feet was heading straight to my face, now that was a big mistake. I ducked under his kick and swept my leg at his unbalanced form, he was thrown airborne, and just in time as both my wings fished like bleeds, their tipped edges stabbing into both his shoulders and pinning him to the wall.

He was a little heavy for my wings to hold up, but I could manage. Besides these wings of mine need to experience more pressure if they're to grow stronger, so far they've proven to be the weakest part of my body, even if they're the most useful. I looked up at the suspended sea elf and asked him.

"Where's the traitor?" and surprisingly enough he answered.

"He's on the observation deck with the captain and the inquisitor. That's on the top deck of the ship, and they're waiting for you there. Everything you did from the moment you got on the ship could be seen by them, you won't be able to win, they're going to....."

*SLICE!*

I have to say that it's incredibly easy to take off a person's head with my wings, though I would say that it's mostly attributed to my armor. It was powerful, but never the less even if what these very dead sea elf said was true and that they were waiting for me. It still wouldn't change the outcome of this battle, unlike the last time when they had not actually been around, this time regardless of whatever traps they set, they're all in one place, and with Qitar and the others attacking from outside, I doubt they would be able to put up much of a fight.

Sky came close to me and poked at the body of the sea elf, and before I could even tell her to stop she had swallowed the entire thing, her mouth opening to epic proportions in the process and scaring the shit out of me. There were a few crunching sounds, before she grew a few more feet in front of me, her head now reach my chest if not higher.

(Your Battle Beast Has Leveled Up To 20.)

Well whatever the case, I will pay attention to Sky's level up later, but for now we still had things to take care of. We made our towards the end of the hallway, got up another flight to stairs before opening a door to the next deck. However a significant amount of enemies were waiting for us and a hail of gun fire and magic pelted us and forces us to close the door once again.

Thankfully the ship was built with a material that was extremely resilient, which means we were safe for a little while. But I had to get rid of them if I was to advance, and even though my AOE skills were quite limited, I still had a few tricks up my sleeve. I looked at Sky and had her turn back into her staff form, and then I went down to my knees and immediately pushed the door open.

(AREA OF SILENCE!)

I had my wings wrapped around my body as a shield, and since my armor had metal plates that covered them, it more than made up for it. However getting pelted by bullets and arrows still hurt. But as for those of them using skills or spells, they immediately found themselves unable to use any as a transparent dome of wind covered much of the hallway ahead of me and the inhabitants within.

The area was literally silent, and there was no sound. But mostly it was their inability to cast spells or release their skills that truly made this a wonder. Unfortunately it left them ripe for the picking and gave me a chance to test something new and hopefully very painful on them.

(STELLAR FLARE!)

Sky's entire staff form began to glow as light seemed to build up from her base all the way to the top where the head of an elephant could be seen, with it's ears spread like wings and eyes silver like diamonds. Just like her bow form, her entire frame was pitch black and dotted with tiny silver pin-pricks that made her seem like and iteration of the night sky.

I felt the staff vibrate in my hand as a pure silvery light of intense heat shot out from it and fly straight into the tight confines of the hallway. I release of skill was a little to powerful as it even threw me back a bit. But what I saw next was nothing short of terrifying as the silver wave flew forwards, ripping away and burning at the flesh of every living thing within the hallway. I stood there horrified yet fascinated as flesh was stripped from bone, and bone itself burnt until all that was left in that hallway was ash.

This was a powerful skill, a rather insane one. In much the same way meteor shower could cause a significant amount of damage, so too could stellar flare. I couldn't wait to unlock more weapon forms, it would be nice to see how much more over powered skills Sky could generate. But either way, it was time to move forward.