9. Fight On The Beach

The old man's screams woke us up early in the morning, we went up on the deck after changing into training clothes.

Today the old man was with Samir the shadow, the grandfather's third lieutenant, Mr. Samir is also in charge of carrying all the finances of the ship and is responsible for the cargo and supplies. Anyone who handles the ship's supplies, including the cook, is accountable to him.

Mr. Garald is responsible for tracing the route of the ship, in his notebook he has recorded the location of important places in the South Sea.

Mr. Dragan who is also one of the lieutenants is in charge of the helm, exchanging with grandfather in each of the ship's guards, he is known for his excellence in handling the helm.

Mr. Samir is very thin, his face is refined and he always wears circular glasses when he writes, his skin is tanned and his black hair is always tousled or tied in a ponytail.

He has magical formations tattooed on his body with special white ink, the most striking are twin tattoos that start at the fingers of each hand and end at his elbows.

He wears shirts with long sleeves to cover his tattoos, he always wears dark-toned pants, he has two earrings on his left ear, he has fabrics tied around his waist with a brown ribbon and a fabric rolled up around his neck as a scarf.

"Good morning young Dan, young Marcus" greeted Mr. Samir "Dan today you will train with me, follow me"

Without questioning his words, I followed him to the bow where we started practicing, the old man gave me another cane, this one was a little longer, it gave me more coverage in my twists, I trained with Mr. Samir until Grandpa called us.

We approached the old man and I saw that Marcos had a thick cane that looks like a club in his left hand and had a board in his arm as a shield, it seems that Marcus has defensive skills.

"Dan, attack Marcus with all your strength," said the old man when he saw that we arrived.

I took my cane and put it on my shoulder, I was excited this would be my first official battle, or at least the first with someone at my level.

Seeing that Marcus was already in a defensive position, attack without thinking twice, one end of the stick went to Marcus's face, as expected he raised his shield to defend himself, after hitting, I turned the stick with a quick movement towards his legs but I found the mace.

Marcus charged at me with the shield, but before impacting I backed away, it seems this will be fun, a smile formed on my faces and Marcus also had a challenging smile.

I attacked again this time using the staff to stab into his chest, Marcus blocked with his shield and the thrust force knocked him back, take advantage of this to get closer and kick.

This was the first time that I combined the use of my cane with body fighting, I always wanted to try it but I knew that with the old man, Mr. Garald, and Mr. Samir I would only get hurt.

Marcus tried to block with his shield but was still recovering from the previous blow combined with the force of my kick, he pushed back stumbling and falling to the ground trying to get up, but my cane was already on his neck, he sighed with disappointment, I wanted to jump with happiness this was my first victory.

We fought several more times and in all of them I was the winner, but after each fight, Marcus used his weapons better and I needed to do everything I could think of to beat him, without a doubt if we train every day in this way we will become strong very fast.

We were so tired that we lay on the deck while looking at the clouds and chatting about our fights when Grandpa came to take us out to eat.

The day passed like any other, we ate, we played in the port, we fished a little on the beach and in the end, we had dinner, after that we fell asleep preparing for what is coming tomorrow.

After Marcus joined my life the days are more fun every day we do sparring, after lunch, we walk around the port or play on the beach.

The vendors and nearby sailors now know us, they all know that we are the grandsons of the old man, some of them even give us fruits when they see us walking around, all of them admire grandfather.

I thought that because he was an "infamous pirate" the grandfather would not be well seen but I was very wrong, the old man was a pirate in his youth but now he does not dedicate himself to piracy but to treasure hunting and beast hunting.

Although the old man is feared by everyone, it seems that not only is he strong but his crew is well known, many of them have great nicknames, like Mr. Garald or Mr. Samir, Mr. Dragan's nickname is the sea dragon and the Mr. Vedmid is known as the Sage, in short, most of my grandfather's men are very powerful, although I have not yet seen them use all their power.

Since I arrived at Verf Blauw a month has passed, I know that something important is happening, although the old man does not want us to know, there are days when he did not appear until dinner time and Marcus and I stayed with one of his lieutenants Although it is under the pretext of helping us practice, I know it is to take care of the hidden enemy that he mentioned.

The mark that the pale man left me did not disappear but it turned an intense black color it looks like a tattoo, I know that mark is not a good thing but the times I asked the old man or the lieutenants they answered me ambiguously, whatever it is better not think about it for the moment.

Marcus and I were sitting on a bridge trying to catch some fish, today we did not train because it was the day of rest, the grandfather had a meeting with his closest men, so today nobody is watching us.

"Hey, Dan, when do you think we will go out to sea?"

"I don't know, but I think it will be soon, Grandpa has been meeting with Mr. Dragan these days,"

Marcus agreed "I'm bored today, we have been here all day and we have not caught anything"

"You're right"

"Hey Dan, let's go to the port, I'm very booored," Marcus said as he yawned and stretched his entire body.

"Let's go back then"

Together we removed the bait and rolled our fishing lines and kept it in a leather bag, while we returned to the port a familiar figure passed through my eyes, it was Keira.

Marcus and I approached to say hello, but halfway I saw that she was with the arrogant brat, even so, we kept walking towards them.

"Keira, what are you doing here," I said with a smile.

She turned around and when she saw me a beautiful smile was drawn on her face

"Dan, I thought you would be training with Marcus, it's good to see you guys, let's go to the beach together," he said while smiling.

"Today we do not train and the grandfather is in a meeting with the lieutenants that is why we come to fish," said Marcus.

"That is perfect, I will introduce you to my friend, guys, he is Luke Marshall, he is the son of Mr. Marshall, a friend of my father, Luke, he is Dan Balam and he is Marcus Dayman, they are the grandchildren of Captain Beltrán," said Keira.

"You are the beggar the other day I see that now you became a pirate," Luke said with displeasure "Keira How did you become friends with these people?"

"Luke don't be rude, he is not a beggar, they dress like this because they are warriors of the sea"

"If of course sea warriors and I am the god of swords, they are just dirty pirates" Luke scoffed.

"We are a crew of Captain Beltrán, I will not allow you to disrespect my grandfather's crew" I yelled furiously as I approached to hit him but Marcus crossed my path.

"Dan, calm down if you don't want to create a problem, remember what grandfather says you must be like water, I know how water Dan"

"Luke, you're being very rude," Keira said with a sad voice

"What does it matter, they are just dirty pirates, they will never be at our level, Keira let's go," Luke said angrily.

Keira's cute face showed anger and disappointment, I couldn't stand the fury and said

"Who are you to give Keira orders?"

However the arrogant bastard did not respond, he approached me quickly and threw a punch.

I didn't expect that bastard to do that, his thump crashed into my face making me fall onto the sand.

When Luke kicked me in the abdomen, Keira showed an angry expression, and Marcus showed fury.

"As I said, dirty pirates, they only know how to steal and cause problems, they are just savages, Verf Blauw would be better off without them."

I woke up after hearing his words I knew the only option was to beat him up.

"I see that you know how to fight, but now you will know what it means to mess with me," I said as I prepared to fight

"You're just a talker"

Luke quickly approached me trying to hit me in the face, I dodged his punch and counterattack by kicking his feet, he blocked the hit with his knee and kicked my chest.

Seeing this I knew that the bastard, although he had training, had never fought against people who knew how to fight, launching a front kick is something that only a beginner would do and more if the enemy is prepared to receive it.

I dodged his kick with a back twist while raising my left leg to give him an inverted kick, the poor devil did not expect that and my attack hit his chest sending him flying a few meters, I laughed internally, the poor devil will hit him so much that his mother won't recognize him, a smile appeared on my face.