105 : Return
Staring at her makeshift desk, which had over a dozen small holes, Beatrice couldn't help but shake her head.
"It should be about time," mumbled Beatrice as she got up from the desk and walked to her cabin door.
A moment later, Beatrice opened the door and walked onto the ship's deck. Although the ship had traversed the ocean for over three days, thankfully it didn't encounter any storms or angry sea creatures, as such, right now it, as well as its crew were in quite a good shape.
Whilst the crew of the ship continued working hard, operating it, Beatrice simply stood there, staring into the distance, trying to find something using her powerful vision.
Thankfully, after only a few minutes of standing still, Beatrice managed to see a landmass appear in the distance. Slowly but surely, the landmass grew larger and larger, causing the spotter, who was standing on the highest top of the ship, to finally see it.
"Land Incoming!!" shouted the spotter, causing crewmates to move the ship's sails to a slightly different angle, causing it to slow down. Looking at the coastal city clearly visible in the distance, right in the ship's path, Beatrice couldn't help but narrow her eyes
. "Change the direction of the ship, 7' towards the west," shouted Beatrice as she looked at Burke, causing him to nod.
"Seven degrees port-side, let's go!" shouted Burke as he took control of the ship and began manoeuvring it towards Beatrice's desired location.
As the ship was still far at sea, this small seven-degree change was amplified, causing the ship to completely miss the port city. Of course, none of the crew of the ship had any questions about this.
Time passed, and slowly but surely, the ship approached land, but unlike its usual return, this time, the ship was not slowing down as much as it needed to.
Although it had slowed down somewhat compared to it's speed on open ocean, to avoid rocks and obstacles which appeared as they got closer and closer to land, the ship still continued moving at an unnaturally high speed.
By now the eyes of Burke, as well as those of the rest of his crew, had dilated, as they lost control of their bodies, as well as of their life and death.
A few moments later, still at a fast speed, the bottom of the ship began scrapping against the sea floor, which was rapidly rising as it approached land. Of course, as she was not the actual owner of the ship, and would abandon it either way after getting on the island, Beatrice did not particularly care about this.
By now, the ship had already begun naturally slowing down, but sadly, it was way too late, as it had already reached the coast, it's arrival onto the beach no longer being stoppable by mere sand. A few moments later, the flat bottom of the ship which was now tilting sideways rapidly, moved along the smooth beach sand, being aided by its speed, landing over a dozen meters away from the water.
Only a moment before the ship had completely flipped over, a dark shadow suddenly jumped off it and onto the ground a certain distance away, and was now staring at it.
Looking at the ship in front of her, which had now fallen down sideways, Beatrice couldn't help but shake her head.
The Dark Corruption spell, under the effects of this spell, which was extremely fatal to mortals, Burke, which had managed to survive using his knight skills, as well as the remaining part of his crew that had luckily survived, began melting, as their bodies deformed, transforming into goo which sunk to the ground.
Even back when Beatrice had just become a mage, she could use the Dark Corruption spell to kill Grand Knights with ease, as such, Burke and the rest of his crew easily died.
In fact, now, with her current powers, she was unsure of how much she could push the Dark Corruption spell, or how much damage she could actually cause with it. After all, killing mortals without obtaining anything in return was not something that Beatrice did, usually.
A few moments after that, the ship suddenly burst into flames, burning not only all traces of Beatrice living on it, but also the liquified remains of its crew. A few moments later, Beatrice walked into the forest which stood beyond the beach, leaving the burning ship behind.
...
Looking at the appetizing piece of grass in front of it, a small black rabbit stuck its head out of it's hole, and after a few moments of hesitation, ran out to get it.
But unbeknownst to it, at this moment, a red fox stood in a nearby bush, staring at it with hungry eyes.
Suddenly, the ears of the rabbit moved, followed by the ears of the fox. Without any hesitation, the rabbit suddenly jumped back into it's hole, as the fox stuck its body to the ground.
A moment later, a hooded figure passed by the fox at an extremely great speed. But unlike what one might expect, this extremely fast figure did not actually make much sound as it moved through the crowded forest.
So little sound, in fact, that the great ears of both the Rabbit and the Fox only detected it once it was extremely close by.
...
As she examined the wildlife that lived around the forest, a faint smile appeared on Beatrice's face.
"As expected, I landed in the Hfberry Forest, with just a little bit of walking, I should be able to cross the borders of the Nawan Kingdom and arrive back in Lyon," mumbled Beatrice as she ran through the forest.
Back before Beatrice had gone off to the Shadow Monastery, tensions had begun rising between the Nawan and the Lyon Kingdoms over the large gold mine in the Vaeven principality.
Back then, Beatrice had predicted that the Lyon Kingdom would conquer the Vaeven Principality, as well as the gold mine.
In fact, this was the reason why Beatrice had exchanged most of the gold coins in her family's possession for silver coins, so that they would be able to make a tidy profit from the lowering of the gold price which would inevitably follow this change in terrory.
105 : Return
Staring at her makeshift desk, which had over a dozen small holes, Beatrice couldn't help but shake her head.
"It should be about time," mumbled Beatrice as she got up from the desk and walked to her cabin door.
A moment later, Beatrice opened the door and walked onto the ship's deck. Although the ship had traversed the ocean for over three days, thankfully it didn't encounter any storms or angry sea creatures, as such, right now it, as well as its crew were in quite a good shape.
Whilst the crew of the ship continued working hard, operating it, Beatrice simply stood there, staring into the distance, trying to find something using her powerful vision.
Thankfully, after only a few minutes of standing still, Beatrice managed to see a landmass appear in the distance. Slowly but surely, the landmass grew larger and larger, causing the spotter, who was standing on the highest top of the ship, to finally see it.
"Land Incoming!!" shouted the spotter, causing crewmates to move the ship's sails to a slightly different angle, causing it to slow down. Looking at the coastal city clearly visible in the distance, right in the ship's path, Beatrice couldn't help but narrow her eyes
. "Change the direction of the ship, 7' towards the west," shouted Beatrice as she looked at Burke, causing him to nod.
"Seven degrees port-side, let's go!" shouted Burke as he took control of the ship and began manoeuvring it towards Beatrice's desired location.
As the ship was still far at sea, this small seven-degree change was amplified, causing the ship to completely miss the port city. Of course, none of the crew of the ship had any questions about this.
Time passed, and slowly but surely, the ship approached land, but unlike its usual return, this time, the ship was not slowing down as much as it needed to.
Although it had slowed down somewhat compared to it's speed on open ocean, to avoid rocks and obstacles which appeared as they got closer and closer to land, the ship still continued moving at an unnaturally high speed.
By now the eyes of Burke, as well as those of the rest of his crew, had dilated, as they lost control of their bodies, as well as of their life and death.
A few moments later, still at a fast speed, the bottom of the ship began scrapping against the sea floor, which was rapidly rising as it approached land. Of course, as she was not the actual owner of the ship, and would abandon it either way after getting on the island, Beatrice did not particularly care about this.
By now, the ship had already begun naturally slowing down, but sadly, it was way too late, as it had already reached the coast, it's arrival onto the beach no longer being stoppable by mere sand. A few moments later, the flat bottom of the ship which was now tilting sideways rapidly, moved along the smooth beach sand, being aided by its speed, landing over a dozen meters away from the water.
Only a moment before the ship had completely flipped over, a dark shadow suddenly jumped off it and onto the ground a certain distance away, and was now staring at it.
Looking at the ship in front of her, which had now fallen down sideways, Beatrice couldn't help but shake her head.
The Dark Corruption spell, under the effects of this spell, which was extremely fatal to mortals, Burke, which had managed to survive using his knight skills, as well as the remaining part of his crew that had luckily survived, began melting, as their bodies deformed, transforming into goo which sunk to the ground.
Even back when Beatrice had just become a mage, she could use the Dark Corruption spell to kill Grand Knights with ease, as such, Burke and the rest of his crew easily died.
In fact, now, with her current powers, she was unsure of how much she could push the Dark Corruption spell, or how much damage she could actually cause with it. After all, killing mortals without obtaining anything in return was not something that Beatrice did, usually.
A few moments after that, the ship suddenly burst into flames, burning not only all traces of Beatrice living on it, but also the liquified remains of its crew. A few moments later, Beatrice walked into the forest which stood beyond the beach, leaving the burning ship behind.
...
Looking at the appetizing piece of grass in front of it, a small black rabbit stuck its head out of it's hole, and after a few moments of hesitation, ran out to get it.
But unbeknownst to it, at this moment, a red fox stood in a nearby bush, staring at it with hungry eyes.
Suddenly, the ears of the rabbit moved, followed by the ears of the fox. Without any hesitation, the rabbit suddenly jumped back into it's hole, as the fox stuck its body to the ground.
A moment later, a hooded figure passed by the fox at an extremely great speed. But unlike what one might expect, this extremely fast figure did not actually make much sound as it moved through the crowded forest.
So little sound, in fact, that the great ears of both the Rabbit and the Fox only detected it once it was extremely close by.
...
As she examined the wildlife that lived around the forest, a faint smile appeared on Beatrice's face.
"As expected, I landed in the Hfberry Forest, with just a little bit of walking, I should be able to cross the borders of the Nawan Kingdom and arrive back in Lyon," mumbled Beatrice as she ran through the forest.
Back before Beatrice had gone off to the Shadow Monastery, tensions had begun rising between the Nawan and the Lyon Kingdoms over the large gold mine in the Vaeven principality.
Back then, Beatrice had predicted that the Lyon Kingdom would conquer the Vaeven Principality, as well as the gold mine.
In fact, this was the reason why Beatrice had exchanged most of the gold coins in her family's possession for silver coins, so that they would be able to make a tidy profit from the lowering of the gold price which would inevitably follow this change in terrory.
