ENCHANTER: The Quest of the Remaining One (bxb)

CHAPTER 3: Crazy Zombie Crew

"tighter boys!!!..tighter!!!" Fabian commanded to us as we are pulling the rope that is tied to a standing long wood with clothing, well I don't know what it is called because I'm not a pirate, I refuse to be even though I'm basically already one of them because of the deal.

We are sailing in the sea as the sun is setting and according to Fabian, when the moon shines its light, his crew will become skeletons and I don't know the very reason of it. I haven't asked him yet.

When the sun is completely set and the moon is shining above us, all of the crew, except Fabian and I, slowly became skeletons.

Their flesh are melting from head to toe, their bones are slowly being exposed. The sight is horrifying and I readied my self to fight in case these alive skeletons will try to attack and kill me.

I almost jumped when a hand gripped my shoulders and when I looked behind me, there stood Fabian.

"Oh Goddess!" I sighned in relief. "Don't do that again or I'll castrate you!" I whisper-yelled to him and he just laughed.

"I didn't know that enchanters are jumpy" He remarked, patting my back.

I swear, if he was not this handsome, I could have punched his face so hard his head splits in half.

I looked at him, bored,  and that's when he stopped laughing.

"Don't be such a baby you know. I told you, they become skeletons, but I assure you they will not harm you.." He reassured, as if sensing my skepticism.

"How will I suppose to trust the assurance coming from a pirate" I remarked, not completely convinced by what he said.

"Well, I should be dead by now if they are aggressive, would I?" He answered, breathing deeply.

Does he really think that I'll trust his words?

"They will not hurt you because you are their captain, idiot!" I spat. This man has a brain like that of his crew.

"Well, you have a point, but trust me even for once, they will not hurt you, unless you are an enemy" He said, looking at me intently.

I sighed, closing my eyes, and finally gave in to his words of assurance.

"You are not done yet in fixing the wooden jugs are you?" He asked, changing the mood.

"If only you are helping and not just comanding us around then maybe I had finished a long time ago"I said, rolling my eyes in the process.

"Well, too bad. I'm the captain. My ship, my rule" He said, smiling mockingly.

Is this person real? He is unbearable.

"What's with those jugs anyway?" I asked, not extending interest to what he said.

"Rams" he simply answered.

Rams???

"Seriously? Rams. You are drinking while you are in a journey?" I asked, refusing to believe that I am with drunktards.

"Yes. It's part of pirate traditions to have rams in their ships" He shrugged.

"You pirates are cra-" Before I can finish my statement, one of the skeleton crew approached us, well, more like approached Fabian.

"Captain, we spotted another ship just a mile away from here and we believe that it is the black z ship" The skeleton crew said.

Black z ship?

It's familiar, I once heard it from the people in my kingdom.

What is it again?

A loud gasp escaped my mouth as I realized what it was.

"Isn't it that the black z ship contains zombie crew and its captain is captain-"

"Arvar" Fabian continued. His demeanour changing.

I looked at him horrified.

"Oh Goddess, we're doomed. That ship contains zombies and if they reach us, they will slaughter us and eat us" The thought of being eaten alive scared and disgusted me all at once.

"Don't be such a baby. I taught you are one of the twelve enchanters of the kingdom of Verar, why are you afraid?" Fabian says.

I rolled my eyes at him.

Well he has a point. We enchanters are strong and brave because we are blessed by the Goddess with magic therefore I have nothing to be scared of.

"Besides we are not gonna let them slaughter us. I am captain Fabian Guevarra of the enchanted crew ship, we will fight" Fabian bravely stated. His determination palpable.

Wait, enchanted crew ship he said.

I also heard stories about this pirate ship and it's captain is one of the seven sea rulers, which means, Fabian is a sea ruler.

"Everyone, let's show those filthy zombies what we are capable of!!" Fabian shouted to his crew. They rejoiced and cheered.

"Ready the cannons, boys. We will have a showdown.." He says while grinning.

Seriously, there is no crazier person than this crazy captain. Imagine, he is grinning while a bunch of zombie crew is in our tails.

Well, I am an enchanter, and I will fight too.

Soon, Fabian approached me and asked if I can cast some enchantment spells to strengthen their physical abilities.

"Of course" I replied. Finally, my magic will be put into use.

Why am I helping them again?

Oh yeah.

Because we made a deal.

I raised both my arms to my side then recited an enchantment spell.

"I command that the physical attributes of these crew rise up to its extent, als selma, enchant!" I casted. I then saw everyone, including Fabian, glowed, and after a while, I felt their auras became heavier meaning my encantation was effective and their physical attributes were enhanced.

"This is awesome. I feel stronger!" One of the crew said.

"Now let's show them what we got, boys!!" Fabian shouted.

After that, everyone scurried away back to their stations.

"So, you are a legit enchanter. Now I believe you.." He said.

"I told you I am an enchanter" I replied back without looking at his direction.

"By the way, what's your name. I haven't asked since you got here, I forgot" He said. Now that he spoke of it, I also forgot to introduce myself.

"Prim" I simply stated.

"Prim" He repeated while looking to nothing in particular. "It's a nice name" he complemented.

My face instantly flamed up and I'm sure tomatoes are no match to the blush that crept my face right now.

I instantly averted my face to the opposite direction for him not to see the blush that has formed into my face.

Oh goddess, he's going to be the death of me.

I came back to reality when I heard the fire of a cannon.

"Oh goddess, this is not happening"I said while looking at the other ship that is almost beside our ship.

Fabian just laughed at my reaction.

"Everyone, get ready to fire....." Fabian yelled and he raised his right hand for the cue. "-and fire!!!!"He ordered, making a slashing action into thin air.

Soon, we were engulfed by loud bangings and continuous exchanges of cannon attacks. Everything is chaotic and the night was filled by the noises of battling ships.

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