Chapter 154: A Horrible Feeling

Chapter 154: A Horrible Feeling

Mid Afternoon - Early Spring : Strait of Western Elynnor

It had been several hours since Emelia got up and at this point, pretty much all of the crew had awoken.

Everyone on deck was bustling around organizing and collecting all of the treasure from the merchant ships as well as giving some temporary repairs to our ship as well.

"Captain, these merchant ships were loaded! It's our lucky day!" The crew all wore smiles of limitless excitement as they carried gold and artifacts up from below deck, barrels at a time.

"Haha! As a reward for everyone's hard work, each of you will get half of a barrel of your choosing! If there are any conflicts, you know what to do!" Adrian was enjoying the moment as well, but after a few more hours, that excitement turned to anxiety. "Quit lollygagging everyone! We need to get going!"

We had been sitting in the same spot for several hours at this point, and to make it worse, we were right over the pocket where the sea monsters were spotted.

-Im sure we'll be fine..- I tried to shake off the bad feeling I felt in any way possible.

Before that feeling could disappear though, I felt 3 distinct, slow and creature-like rumbles shake the entire ship.

*Wooom*

*Wooom*

*Wooom*

Everyone on deck froze the instant they felt it but Adrian quickly yelled out orders. "EVERYONE GET BACK TO THE SHIP! NOW!"

With the rumbles stirring my anxiety back up, I hurriedly jumped back to our ship with the overly calm crew.

"Dammit, we only had a few barrels left.."

"Right? It's a shame we all passed out, it ran our clock down."

"We got mostly everything though, right? I think the only barrels left were food, tools and weapons so we should be fine."

"Yeah, hopefully. It'd be a shame if we missed a barrel of gold."

"I got my half barrel so even if we missed one, I'm still happy."

"True, true."

They were all incredibly casual as they walked across the deck, but Adrian and Lynn both darted to the helm as soon as they landed.

To try and see what the fuss was all about, I followed them up as well.

"What are you lazy bast*rds doing?! We need to get moving!" There was a mix of anxiety and anger in Adrians voice as he yelled at the crew.

They all instantly started running around, tying off riggings and getting us moving.

As they all bustled around the deck, I turned to Lynn and tried to ease my curiosity. "What was that noise?"

She looked a bit shocked hearing me ask. "That was a 'warning' of sorts from a pretty big Colossal Crab."

"What? A crab?" -Why would we need to fear a crab as a huge ship..- Although my logic told me to not worry, Lynn and Adrians looks made me feel otherwise.

-It really is an actual dragon..- Unlike what I expected, it wasn't a halfie. -Is that.. an ancient?-

Unlike most of the dragons I had seen, this one was extremely sleek and had 4 wings, 2 large ones in the front and 2 more smaller ones behind it. -How beautiful..-

As I stared and admired the majesty and beauty of the massive dragon, its eyes moved from a chunk of meat in the air to me.

My positive feelings were erased as its stare pierced directly into my soul. Its stare alone felt so suffocating I struggled to breathe or think of anything.

"Found you." It was a gentle and enchanting female voice with faint hostility.

It sent a chill down my spine but before my thoughts could settle, the dragon dove back into the water.

*Splasshh*

"What a beautiful sight.." Adrian was totally calm, seemingly enjoying the moment.

Lynn wasnt any different. "Was that really a real one?" Her face was covered in a childish awe.

"Yeah.. just look at its destructive power.. it must be."

As they casually talked, I was frozen by the railing, watching a massive dark spot quickly get closer and closer.

A deep and instinctual fear filled me as the dark spot got close enough for me to feel it's unfathomable aura.

"W..what is.." Both Lynn and Adrian collapsed to the ground as they felt it.

*Splash-Fwooosh*

Hearing a splash, I snapped out of my thoughts to see a massive tail smash through the railing and into my chest. “Ack!”

*Fwoosh*

I was completely launched off the ship and into the water.

As the sensation of sinking into the water filled my mind, my instinct for survival kicked in and I changed to my dragon form. -I NEED TO RUN.-

Right as I transformed and thinned my reserve though, something grabbed my tail. "To be so strong when you're so young.."

Looking behind myself, I saw the ancient tightly gripping my tail. The dragon's mind bending beauty was beyond anything I thought possible, but its strength struck a deep fear in me.

The fear of being powerless.

"Calm down kid, I'm not here to kill you." Her gentle voice reminded me of Mothers, but my instinct didn't care who it reminded me of.

My mind wanted to flee, not from the dragon, but from the awful feeling of being weak.

The instant I tried to move though, the dragon just tightened her grip. "I'm here to make a deal."

Her words quickly pierced through my instinct and into my consciousness before filling my mind with a deep and distracting confusion. -W..wh..what?-