Chapter 110.5: The Cost of Sin

Late Evening - Late Spring : East of Home

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- Unknown Captain ~

*tap-clunk* I perched my feet up on my desk as I eyed the well-dressed, chubby nobleman sitting on the guest's bed in my quarters. "So what are your plans for the city here, Mister city lord?"

His smile turned to a grimace the instant I spoke. "I plan to keep my word. Once we get the town going, I will build you a trafficking hub."

-That's perfect, but…- "You know, I've been thinking... I think I've done quite a good job here. I've given you and your knights comfortable beds and supplied them with food and just about whatever they wanted, so how about a tip?" I looked at the noble with a greedy smile.

"Tch… What kind of tip?" He wasn't even hiding his annoyance with me anymore.

"Hmm, I wonder... How about a night with that young maid you brought with you?"

His expression darkened immediately. "Disgusting bastard..."

"If that's a no, I'll just turn the ship around. Thanks to a shiny new artifact the king gave me as payment, we are far quicker than traditional ships so I have no qualms about turning around."

"You know you can't do that, the royal family would execute you on the spot."

"But they'd get you first." *Clunk* I gave a sly smile as I slammed my glass of booze on the desk. "So?"

He gave me a look like he wanted to kill me, but we both knew that was a ridiculous thought. "Fine... She's yours for the night..."

"Good, good. I hope you don't mind me giving her to a few of my best mates afterward, right?"

The noble looked at me with indescribable disgust.

-Yeah, yeah, act like you haven't already laid your fat hands on her...- Picking back up the booze, I went for a sip but noticed it was empty. -Huh?-

Looking down at my desk, I saw several shards of glass laying in a pool of liquid. "Ah hell-" *CRRAACKKK*

My thoughts came to an abrupt stop as a deafening noise ripped through the cabin.

The fatty was the first to stand up and get ready to run outside. "W-what was th-"

"MY LORD!" The knight yelled as he held his hands over his ears, but blood was seeping through his fingers. "THE MAST-"

*cruuunch-Bang* An all too familiar noise met my ears as I jumped up and ran outside.

I was immediately met with the sight of my crewmates laying or rolling on the ground and gripping their bleeding ears, with the main mast having smashed through the side of the ship and fallen into the water. "WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!" I yelled loud enough for everyone on the ship to hear me, but no one responded.

-F*CK!- Looking up at where the mast had broken, I saw that the mast wasn't splintered, but instead cleanly burnt. -A spell?!-

Immediately running up to the helm, I started looking all around the ship but saw nothing out of the ordinary. -What the hell…-

*thump-thump-thump* Hearing people running up from below deck, I looked over and saw several knights and other crew who were coming to check what happened. "Everyone, bring the injured below deck and begin treatment immediately! Jeff, push the mast into the water! We won't make it if we drag it! Jack, raise the sails!"

The crew and knights immediately started moving to my orders as I walked up to the helm and turned it sharply to counteract the drag of the sail. -The reason Lassar never came back wasn't because she ran away… That bi*ch probably f*cking died to whatever is here!-

Finally setting the helm properly, I finally went to go help the crew but something caught my eye.

It was a simple, tiny red dot that appeared like a star in the sky, but it seemed to come from the top of the mountain.

-What.. is that...- But as I asked myself that, I saw the star multiply into millions of smaller lights.

I watched the scene as if time had slowed, and after what felt like an eternity, the stars finally reached us.

Complete silence wrapped around me as I helplessly watched the crew and ship I had spent my life with getting helplessly shredded.

It made me feel despair, unlike anything I thought possible, to the point that when one of the countless stars hit me in the chest and blew apart my body, I simply felt nothing.

But after another short instant, as my head slowly fell to the ground I had one final thought that resonated through my mind.

-This must be.. God's.. wrath...- *B-B-B-B-B-B-BAAAANG*

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The proper chapter is coming, but it may come tomorrow.

P.S. There is a small but important detail in this chapter that will make sense later.