Netori: Stealing The Hero's Party!

Chapter 416 Lantherem- The Island of Light

A day passed and then another, and finally the lighthouse of Lantherem appeared in Reina's view. She was joyous at first for having nearly arrived back home, but then it hit her, the thought of meeting again with that person who'd birthed her.

'As long as she keeps her shut about that night, it should be fine...' She thought to herself, drowning her worries with false hope, that even she knew would not hold up for a minute once they arrived at the only Inn on the island. Staring at the lighthouse's flickering light, Reina fell deep in thought. But the sudden cast of a shadow resembling a human figure pulled her right out. 'Someone up there?

Wasn't it supposed to be blocked off except for the technicians?'

Although the shadows had her curiosity, it didn't last long as her heart returned to worry over her previous thoughts. In the meantime, Kara pulled her mule out onto the deck so she could get it off the ship the moment it coincided with land. The others were busy with similar preparations, mostly gathering their belongings to carry onto the island.

"There are so many ships here..." Muttered Aria, seeing how the pirates were checking them out from a distance. Their ships circled around them, yet kept a safe distance, unlike the heroes of this land, those men knew their limits and thus didn't wish to incur the wrath of a god's chosen.

"They probably know who we are," Linkle surmised, leaning against the wall beside Aria and the rest of the party.

Amedith, Liliyana, Mel, and even Erika and Raven, remained on guard regardless of what Linkle had to say. Keeping a close eye on the pirates and outlaws, they were ready to unleash an assault far greater than those hefty canons on those ships.

"No reason to be worried, to be honest, I'm sure I can sink their ships if they try to do anything," walking up beside the gathered party as well, Regalia held her hand towards one of the circling ships. Squeezing her fingers into a fist, she rose from the waters, countless pairs of red tentacles, just big enough to not be noticed by the pirates just yet.

"On the off chance they try anything, my patron's beasts will sink their ships to the depths of hell."

Putting her hand down, Regalia leaned against the wall and glanced over to the others. In their eyes was reflected caution, not just towards the pirates but also towards her. Messing with her in the ocean where her contracted deity lived was far from a wise choice and none of them wanted to find out what she could do when she was pissed.

Turning his head to the other hero, Gunther squinted his eyes with a look of disgust on his face. Stepping closer to the edge from which the two ships had become locked, he looked down at Raven and the others.

"Only one guy, huh? You must be the hero, the leader of this circus," Gunther said, cackling as he looked at the other two slowly drawing closer from behind him.

"A circus, first about right ahaha~" Seeing a mule, an elf and a dark elf, as well as a devil, Amber couldn't help but laugh at the strange composition of the party.

"Will you too just kill him already? I wanna go and enjoy some special drinks at the inn again..." Heaved Baylee, already tired of tagging around with her half-siblings just because she couldn't say no.

"Why do you gotta spoil the fun every time, you fucking whore?" Rolling his eyes at his sister's complaints, Gunther looked back to the front but didn't focus long on the party but rather on the pirates slowly inching closer to the wrecked ships. "Blow the shit out of this ship after I'm done killing this bastard and taking his girls!"

With that declaration, Gunther looked down at Raven while continuously slamming one of his against the other hand's palm. Smirking as if he'd already won, he was ready for a one-on-one–assuming that the others would stay put because of the cannons pointed at their ship. Jumping down on their ship, he cracked his knuckles, slowly reached for his daggers and declared.

"I'm gonna ruin that face of yours before fucking them to death," he laughed once more, not realization that perhaps this would be the last time he would ever get to laugh.

"RAVEN!" Before the battle began, however, Reina's voice got Raven's attention. Quickly looking at her, he noticed that the sheer anger on her face had turned her entire body a bloody red. "KEEP THAT BASTARD ALIVE SO I CAN STUFF A BARREL FULL OF BLACKPOWDER UP HIS ASS AND BURN HIM FROM THE INSIDE!!"

Her words alone were enough to chill the spines of most pirates, but to the hero's party, it was nothing more than a cheer for their leader to show a narcissistic bastard his place. Thus, nodding back at her, Raven turned to face Gunther. Stay connected through empire

"That bitch I'm gonna rape her first!" Declared the false hero, but Raven paid him no mind as it was time to start. "But first, let's get this over with."

"Sure, come at me then." And with those words, the two charged at each other.