Advisor's Son

Chapter 8 Seeting Sail... Are Those Confederates?

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Good News. I found a ship!

Other news. After the apple Katherine went to get more food for me to eat, and I threw it all up when she was with Tsen. After which I felt instantly better, so I think it has passed.

"My boy, do you really think this will work?" Chiron asked me hesitantly.

I nodded, necromancy is far more simpler than understanding fate and I have some understanding of the Tome of Fates and Nagash seems to have written his book with directness. Though I am used to reading and understanding it.

"Lake Okeechobee leads to the sea, right?" I asked Chiron since I really did not want to have to resummon a boat.

"It does." Chiron nodded before muttering, "Should include geography classes at camp."

Great, I just gave her an idea.

Shaking the thoughts away I closed my eyes and focused. First I focus on the winds. Which seemed to be blowing favorably, then on the sands, which was plentiful within the lake.

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"He's just standing there..." Tsen muttered to me.

"It's part of his process." I told her as I noticed a lot of people were looking at him intrigued. Including Chiron, but Sarthoreal was looking up at the sky with a judging look.

Without warning the lake's surface started to move as sand began to rise from it. Something seemed to be within the sand, in the vague shape of a long boat as it rose out of the water. The sand began to fall off of it revealing a ship that was long with a snake skull at the bow. Behind it on the boat deck was a small room that was surrounded by ribs that jutted up from the sides of the boat and stopped only a third away from the stern. Almost a dozen oars on each side sat between it and the six pillars that were holding up a temple-like roof that seemed to be where you controlled the rudder. Tall shields with rounded tops were on the sides of the end of the ship protected the very rear where a snake-like boned tail pointed over the rudder shelter.

"It's like an Egyptian khufu..." I heard Chiron mutter with what I think was wonder in her voice.

Just when I thought it was over twenty skeletons clawed up the sides of the boat and positioned themselves on the boat. A dozen by the oars. One by the rudder. Six had bows while the last remaining one was different, it had a jackal head and reminded me of a skeletal Anubis wielding two curved egyptian swords. They all wore what I imagined Egyptian clothing or armor would look like, just without flesh and with bandages that long looked ruined and just hanging from the bones.

"A boat." Y/N said, sounding tired yet proud.

He swayed a bit and Sarthloreal was quick to grab him. "Congratulations on summoning not just a boat but also an Ushabti. You are doing well."

"Training with Katherine is paying off." He chuckled looking at me with a smile.

"Impressive Y/N, as much as I would like to study it, you have a quest to start." Chiron said and he nodded, "May the goddesses be with you."

"Thank you, Katherine?" Y/N asked, looking towards me.

"Here." I said freezing a pathway to the boat so he could walk towards it. "Chiron remember to look for that centaur woman!" I called out as we walked towards the khufu, well that's what Chiron called it.