"Mm mm." Khalfani managed to breathe. Words were incapable of parting the lips of the dragon slayer. He had been too focused on not dying by the the hands of the sea goddess. If it was up to him, he wouldn't have even gotten on this ship. Khal was clearly not a fan of boats, but it had more to do with the water than anything else. It seemed his attempt to hide it wasn't good enough. He wasn't the best actor after all. Konyo would likely never forget this moment and the panther couldn't blame him. If the shoe had been on the other foot, the mage of Infinity Wolves would be teased to the end of his days. Alas, this was not the day for Kon to be the center of his amusement.
The boat was sturdy enough to handle the minor waves. Nothing the Black Panther couldn't handle at the moment. As he rode in the boat, tensed up. Suddenly the waves began to strengthen and the captain of the boat seemed to grown concerned. Konyo handed the light mage a bucket which used to be filled with the guts of sea creatures. Some of the liquids remaining dripped down from the sides of the bucket. Khal turned towards Kon and mugged him, rolling his eyes as he grabbed the bucket and hurled out his insides. As much as he would have hated to admit, he definitely needed this right now. It was hard enough already trying not to freak out.
The boat suddenly began to speed. Now, it was becoming something he couldn't handle. As the waves picked up and as Kon grew impatient, the boat dashed through the waters. It was dangerously stupid for the unyielding blizzard to move in such a way. His actions would prove to be the demise of everyone on the boat aside from the black panther himself, and his partner. As they closed in on the rocks, a crash occurred. Khal had lifted his head in the nick of time as the boat made impact, grabbing two fisher man by the collar before stepping off to leap even before Kon had done so. However, the icy wolf was faster and had darted off of the boat, grabbing Khalfani's collar in the process and yanking it so hard he nearly choked. With the captain and another sailor in his hands, the four of them landed on a small island deep in the seas of Astera.
The captain coughed and the other sailor struggled to stand. The rest of the sailors were lost at sea, probably already forced to the bottom of the ocean through its sheer strength alone. What a horrible way to die.
"Noooo! dammit! see what ye've done? ye killed me men an' ye almost killed me!" He exclaimed. He had a reason to be upset, the prince wouldn't take that from him. Konyo did take it too far. Still, things like this happened. Sometimes mistakes caused good people their lives. Khal pushed himself up with only a little scratch to his arm before turning to Kon.
"Losing your touch, old man." he said with a sigh.
"I'm sorry about your guys. We'll handle this and be on our way. Stay here." he turned to the captain and his lackey.
The panther didn't expect his cold words to provide any real comfort, but he truly was sorry, even if it didn't seem like it. Regardless, there was a job that needed to be done and the dragon slayer intended to finish it quickly. Contrary to what people believed, powerful mages weren't just on standby waiting for someone to call with a problem. They also had lives and other matters to attend to. Immediately after Khalfani spoke, a large screech bellowed from a cave on the small, barren island. No trees, no other signs of life, just rocks surrounding a giant cave.
"Let's go." He said as he took the first steps towards the cave. The Spell sword was merely glad that he was no longer on the boat, at least not for now.
When this was over he would likely call to his Gryphon to fly him out of here. Shit, the Gryphon would probably have to fly them all out of here seeing as there was literally no way to leave the island without swimming. It could be done, but swimming a couple hundred miles would take all of his stamina and it just wasn't worth it. For now, the rogue prince focused on the task at hand. As he made his way towards the caves whether Konyo had decided to come or not, the ground beneath him shook. Again, the creature inside the cave screeched.
A giant octopus you would think would remain in the sea right? These monsters were growing weirder day by day. Soon they would take the form of something a lot more human-like. Constantly killing these creatures weren't going to stop the problem. A more sustainable solution was needed and fast. In any case, this was another beast that would be added to Khalfani's book of monsters. Khal had been working on a portfolio for all the monsters he had fought. From ghosts, to demons and sea critters, they were important to note should he ever encounter the same creature again. The captain and his lackey watched the duo walk towards the cave. They watched them closely. Perhaps they doubted the two of them would make it out alive.
Finally they had approached the cave. Without saying a word to his teacher, the light eater entered and tapped his earpiece causing the helmet to take shape around his head. Perhaps he couldn't see anything inside a cave that was completely dark, but he could definitely hear the slithering of tentacles about 30 meters out and he could smell blood..a lot of it. This is the part where Khalfani had missed his vampirism. If he had it now, he would be able to see in the dark too.
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