Kingsroad I

Chapter 7: Capture

Chapter 7: Capture

The group set off towards Refugee Bay in the ship they found near the shore, which was called the L.O.L. Shamrock.  

“I wonder what L.O.L. Shamrock stands for?” HadiesStar directed the question at Mosspath, pointing at the carved name on the ship.

“I think L.O.L. stands for Leaders Of Law,” Mosspath answered. “But I’m not so  sure about Shamrock.”  

“MAYBE LEPRECHAUNS OWNED IT!” boomed a voice.

“Oh no!” shouted SilentStrike, “It’s Bloodgod!”.

“Flame! Come here!” yelled SilentStrike. Out of the woods came a dragon with purple scales that blew fire at Zadimus Bloodgod.

“Oh it’s your buddy now, isn’t it!?” he sneered as he raised a fist to swat away Flame.

“No!” yelled SilentStrike as he and Mosspath shot exploding arrows at Zadimus Bloodgod’s hand.

“Arrgh!” yelled Bloodgod as he threw back his hand, barely missing Shadow and Wizshark.  “Come now!”  

Out of the burnt down houses emerged demons and monsters.  HadieStar threw back his sleeve as he showed the demons the Mark of Hades, some monsters vaporized, while others cringed away.

Mosspath and SilentStrike used the chance to shoot the monsters in the air, while HadiesStar attacked both ground and air, and DarkSkies attacked monsters on the ground.

 SilentStrike saw a monster crawling up behind HadieStar, and as he tried to shoot it, he realized his quiver was out of arrows, so he whipped out a dagger he carried for emergencies, but before he could do anything Furrocious and Claw sliced the monster with their claws.

“Nice job Furrocious and Claw!” yelled DarkSkies, as he gave Furrocious some frosting. Furrocious mewed in pleasure and started attacking Bloodgod, which the others had forgotten about, again.

“Bye-bye!” cackled Bloodgod, as he slipped through a portal that materialized in front of him.

“Why are we sidetracked so much?” HadiesStar complained. “It’s not that hard.”

Shadow rolled her eyes. “I don’t know, but we should NOW focus on the task at hand; searching Refuge Bay.”  

Mosspath looked at the map. “We need to go in this direction where the west wind is blowing. That’s where the island is.”  

“Okay,” HadiesStar said. “Let’s go.”  The L.O.L. Shamrock turned in the direction of the west and began to set sail.

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They sailed for a while towards the west before the west wind died down and instead a scorching east wind came up, blowing them the wrong direction.

“Ugh,” HadiesStar complained. “Why is it always so hard to do everything?”

“It’s not so bad,” Wizshark pointed out. “The east wind should die down but if it doesn’t, we could take shelter on a nearby island,” he pointed at several islands dotted over the ocean on the map.

“I guess…” HadiesStar muttered.

The east wind did not die down. HadiesStar complained and NightStar flew high, remarking on what islands were ahead to Mosspath.

“Okay,” Mosspath began. “We’re almost to an island and if this wind doesn’t die down, we should be able to take refuge there for a little bit.”

 The L.O.L. Shamrock sailed towards an archipelago and took shelter in one of the islands.

“Finally,” HadiesStar grunted as he got off the ship while Mosspath tied it to a nearby tree so it wouldn’t float away. “Something that’s actually good!”