Chapter 12 Captain Grip

Time ticked by slowly, and finally night descended. Of course, it was quite hard to tell the time within the room, but Rak could tell due to the noise coming from the outside. While it wasn't exactly clear what was going on, he could still hear a dull soft sound.

'They must be getting ready for the pirates.' Rak thought before opening the closet of the room. He was going to hide in the closet so he could strike Captain Grip when he was most vulnerable. But as soon as Rak opened the closet he was horrified.

'....Is he a.... no, it can't be.' Rak was in disbelief. Within the closet was a bunch of torture devices, from whips to ropes, frankly Rak would be lying if he said he recognised most of the items within it. 'How would a woman wear this..... no it can't be for the, not the jewels!'

Rak was traumatised by what was inside the closet. So much so that he swiftly shut it and began to think of a new place to hide. 'Fuck it, I'll go under the bed.' Rak then swiftly went underneath it and immediately regretted it. Immediately Rak felt that the task rewards were simply too low.

Luckily for him less than an hour later there was movement at the door. "Come on Grip. Tsk, you're so slow." A woman's voice sounded. "I apologise Madam, its my fault!" Grip replied in a pleading tone, then Rak felt the bed lower under someone's weight.

Rak waited patiently, after the closet opened, and some unspeakable acts occurred Rak had enough. Pulling out the dagger he had in his pocket, Rak placed his hand in front of him, a vial of a purple liquid appearing in it out of nowhere. This was a vial of poison Rak had purchased for 200 Merits, it was quite expensive but if Rak rationed the poison it could be multi-use at least.

He then dropped a small drop of poison on the dagger before crawling out of the bed. "Ah, please no more." Grip cried as he was being whipped while blindfolded. Before Rak could see more of this he slipped behind the woman and karate chopped her on the neck, Rak wasn't sure if she was alive or dead but he considered this to be a mercy.

After the whipping stopped, Grip was confused. "Why did you stop?" Grip asked wearily, he thought something even worse was going to happen, and he wasn't wrong. Before Grip could utter another sound Rak used the entirety of his 60 strength to slice Grip's neck.

Immediately blood began to spill, while Grip's wound began to turn purple and then black from the poison. Rak couldn't bear to watch this scene any longer, so he swiftly escaped out through the door. "Who's that?" A pirate said in shock as Rak escaped out of Grip's room.

Rak then dashed into another room and then jumped through the closed window shattering the glass. He had no intention of staying longer in that pit of despair. All Rak had to do now was wait, chaos would soon ensue.

Using poison had a double meaning for Rak. Firstly it ensured that Grip died, but secondly it would point all blame to Black Root. Out of all 5 Captains Black Root was known for utilising poison, this meant they'd immediately suspect Black Root out of all the 5 Captains.

Naturally, if one thought about the matter deeply, they might be able to tell Black Root was being framed, but even so, wouldn't that just mean one of the 3 other Captains did the deed? Overall it was a move that Rak made to insight instability among the pirates.

'I need to wash myself.' Rak thought to himself before heading to the sea. He couldn't be running around with this stench on his body.

Simultaneously Grip's crew was in disarray. "CAPTAIN!" The pirate who saw Rak escape howled. He had found Grip's corpse atop the bed. His neck cut, the wound purple due to the poison as his blood dripped out.

Immediately he ran throughout the brothel calling all the crew. They were enraged. "HOW! WHY!" Angry was an understatement for how they were feeling. Their Vice-Captain then took command, his name was Grapple.

After taking command Grapple rallied the crew, departing from the brothel. Due to the poisonous wound they knew who the culprit was. A battle soon ensued in the northern territory between Black Root Pirates and the Grip Pirates.

Due to them maneuvering swiftly the Black Root pirates had no time to respond and lost a good chunk of their members in under an hour. Naturally, Black Root didn't stand still.

"Grapple why are you doing this!? Where's Grip?" Black Root could barely hold himself back from ripping Grapple to shreds. "That's funny coming from you! TELL ME! TELL ME WHERE MY CAPTAIN IS YOU MONGREL!" Grapple roared before dashing towards Black Root.

"If you don't want to tell me then you can just die." Black Root sneered before slicing Grapple up. Grapple then fell to his knees, cuts all around his body which soon became a ghastly black colour. "F-Fuck you." Those were Grapple's last words before his body shut down.

"Heh, I guess I'll be the leader of the northern territory from now on, I just need to kill Grip." Black Root chuckled. He then rallied his crew and began to eliminate the rest of the Grip Pirates.

By the end of it, the Grip Pirates' original 200 member count had been reduced to a measly 40, while the survivors had ran away out of fear of being killed. The Black Root Pirates weren't much better as they lost 100 of their crew. They now only had about 80 members.

This whole battle sent shockwaves throughout Polink. The Captains hadn't ever had such a fierce battle amongst themselves before. And Frankly they couldn't understand what happened. On one side the Black Root Pirates said the Grip Pirates attacked them out of no where, but the Grip Pirates claimed Grip was assassinated by the Black Root Pirates.

They simply couldn't make heads or tails of the situation. On the other hand the one who had caused all the chaos was sitting within the secret room of Eni and Ram's Bar.

"One down four to go." Rak chuckled before reading the book on his next target. Naturally the next target was Captain Gold Tooth.

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Task:

Defeat Captain Grip (Complete)

Reward: 200 Merits

Defeat the 5 Captains of Polink Island (1/5)

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