There, they saw the pirate captain and his crew, along with several people who looked like they were kidnapped as well. "Oi! What's the meaning of this?! How could a cat best my men like this!?"
"Ah, my apologies sir, but I can't just leave a poor maiden behind in the hands of some smelly pirate. Besides, my order's rules demand me to do the righteous thing." Nyancelot calmly replied as the pirate captain drew his saber and pointed it at the Exceed. "How dare you disrespect me! You shall pay for this!"
The cat, however, was completely unbothered by the threat. "Sir, I believe it would be more appropriate for you and your men to surrender and let these good folks go. After all, I doubt you have the means to best a knight, right?"
"I would rather die than surrender! ATTACK!" And with that, the battle between Nyancelot and the pirate crew started. The battle itself wasn't a difficult one for the cat, whose skill and experience were second to none, even among the legendary knights. In a few minutes, the cat had managed to best the captain his crew, leaving them unconscious and injured on the floor, and was now facing Captain Jelial in a glorious one on one duel. The Exceed parried every blow the man delivered and countered them with a strike of his own. Soon the man found himself cornered and disarmed, and the cat wasted no time to deliver his judgment.
"For crimes of kidnapping, slavery, murder, and smuggling, you have been judged guilty and sentenced to execution! Have you any last words?" The pirate captain grinned as he revealed a small crimson jewel, a magic infused crystal which was on the verge of detonating, an act which would surely kill the captain and his opponent. However, Yu who had sensed the surge of mana rapidly extended a hand into the direction of the duelists, her mana flaring outwards as it seemingly disrupted the flow of the energy building in the crystal, causing it to crumble into dust instead of a huge explosion.
WC: 350
Total WC: 1560/1800