I CHOSE to be a VILLAIN, not a THIRD-RATE EXTRA!!-Chapter 51: The Hunt: Mercenary Queen Vs Pirate King
As the ship sliced through the waves, the Mercenary Queen took a moment to herself. She retrieved a pipe from her storage ring and lit it, the faint smell of tobacco quickly mingling with the salty sea breeze.
She leaned back against the pole of the mast. Her eyes fluttered closed, the soft glow of the pipe’s ember lighting up her face as she exhaled a long plume of smoke.
While the man just laid on the deck and within seconds, he was snoring.
The Knight Commander, who had been silently observing the small group, clicked his tongue in mild annoyance. The sight of the Mercenary Queen resting so casually, seemingly unfazed by the gravity of their situation, irritated him.
The man, sleeping on the deck as if it were any other day, didn’t help matters. But despite his irritation, the Knight Commander said nothing.
The Head Butler was near the Duke holding an orb.
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Cassius remained still, his eyes fixed on the vast expanse of the sky above, his prayers to the Gods were quiet, each one a plea for her safety. praying to the Gods that nothing happens to the Duchess.
The ship sailed steadily for an hour, the rhythmic sounds of the waves providing a backdrop to his silent prayers.
It was then that the Head Butler, ever calm and composed, broke the silence, "The signal from the Merfolk has arrived," he announced.
The moment the Head Butler’s words resonated, without a word, the Duke lifted his hands from the wheel.
In an instant, the massive warship, which had been gliding smoothly through the waters, came to a complete and unexpected halt.
The sound of the waves crashing against the hull grew louder in the stillness.
The Knight Commander summoned his Great Sword and took a fighting stance. His eyes scanning the waters and the horizon with sharp precision.
Cassius, too, felt the tension in the air. His hand instinctively moved to the hilt of his sword, his fingers brushing the familiar grip.
Meanwhile, there was still no movement from the Mercenary Queen’s side.
The ship was standing in the middle of nowhere, and the sound of waves echoed weighing heavily on the crew.
The Knight Commander, his posture tense, wiped a bead of sweat from his brow. His eyes darted between his comrades, never settling, constantly scanning for any hint of movement.
RUSTLE!
RUSTLE!
The sound of the shifting of the waves came and suddenly a towering wall of water, a tsunami of staggering proportions, reared up behind the warship, its size dwarfing the ship.
The towering size of the tsunami its size magnified beyond anything Cassius had witnessed when he had been aboard the merchant ship with the Duchess.
However, as the tsunami was about to fall, the Mercenary Queen’s eyes snapped open, her expression suddenly lighting up with a manic, crazed smile. There was no fear, no hesitation in her reaction—only exhilaration.
With a sudden, fluid motion, she leaped into the air, and in a second, she was beyond the tsunami—above it, her figure suspended in the sky like a deadly predator ready to strike.
The Mercenary Queen took out a giant axe, its size larger than the Knight Commander’s Great Sword. The blade alone was double the size of her entire body.
A monstrous, gleaming piece of steel that seemed to hum with power in response to the call of its owner.
In her right hand, she wielded it with terrifying ease, the massive weight of the axe no challenge for her. In her left hand, she held a smaller but equally deadly axe, perfectly balanced and ready for quick strikes.
Wielding the two axes, she shouted, "THERE YOU ARE, RAT!" Her voice rang with excitement and madness, the words echoing over the raging water.
Dual Armed Style: Cross Slash
The Mercenary Queen with a twisted grin on her face, spun in midair. The giant axe in her right hand swung through the air with bone-shaking force, its massive blade cutting through the wind. Almost immediately, the smaller axe in her left hand followed suit, its edge flashing with deadly intent.
The moment the axes crossed mid-swing, a surge of red energy erupted from them, and a crimson-colored aura blade was released from her weapons in an X-shaped form. The aura blade grew in size as it hurtled towards the oncoming tsunami.
The slash seemed to move faster than sound itself, and the X-shaped aurablade tore through the tsunami. The red aura blade collided with the massive, towering wave of water, parting it like a knife through silk.
The aura blade didn’t stop there. After piercing the huge mass of water, its size increased even further as it headed to strike the sea behind it.
Just as the crimson X-shaped aura blade was about to strike the sea, a figure propelled up from the water carrying a trident in his hand.
The sea seemed to support him, releasing a translucent blue-colored mist that swirled around his body to the trident in his hand.
The moment the man appeared, he thrust the trident forward with impeccable precision. The sharp point collided with the center of the cross-shaped aura blade.
Sea God Style: Calm Wave
A deep blue aura blossomed from the trident’s prongs, flowing seamlessly from the weapon. With extreme ease, the man rotated the shaft of his trident, directing the flow of the enormous X-shaped slash to the right.
The immense X-shaped slash was diverted, its momentum carefully altered, preventing it from reaching its intended target—the sea behind the wave.
BOOM!
The air trembled with the force of her movement. The Mercenary Queen, her body a blur of power and speed, burst through the atmosphere, leaving behind shockwaves that rippled the water below and shattered the air with deafening sonic booms.
The Mercenary Queen descended like a comet, her figure cutting through the remnant of the tsunami, like an unstoppable force, the massive blade of her giant axe gleaming with deadly intent.
With a roar of exhilaration, she shouted,
"THE PI. RAT IS OUT OF THE HOLE!"
