Chapter 5

A Stressful Situation

It wasn’t looking very good for our friends.

The ship was wrecked with Thora and Emily holding up to their last drops of mana.

As their shield was weakening there was a need for a solution, and it needed to be fast.

There needed to be some weakness that these creatures had. They, however, did their best hiding it.

The monster was still grinding the shield while the beast was flying himself into it.

‘‘I will get you… ‘‘

"You’ll be dead before you know it"

Making these threats they continued on with their business.

Nick was watching hopelessly, as he didn’t yet know what magic and how much magic power he had.

Thora carelessly launched a blast at the monster, angering it even more, as it went out of its way and started chasing some man which it ate.

Whilst it was distracted, our heroes took control.

Nick distracted the beast while Thora and Emily hit him.

Immediately upon making contact with the surrounding water, the beast’s hair stood up and he launched himself up into the air.

Nick caught that.

‘‘Guys the beast's weakness is water! ‘‘

He shouted that pointing the obvious fact out.

The problem now isn't knowing he was weakened by water.

The problem was getting there in the first place.

He was a really strong fighter, it’d be hard to get him even in his weak spot.

Thora and Emily were busy with Strole, that was the monster’s time to strike.

He jumped at Nick and missed by only a hair’s distance.

Nick whose adrenalin was kicking in is now running in the wrecked ship until he stumbled upon Glegmore. By stumbled I mean he ran straight into his cell.

‘‘Kid if you want to live, promise me you’ll make the police get me out of prison when we get to Locu! ‘‘

‘‘Okay just save me! ‘‘

Glegmore immediately made a hole in the thin wall of the DIY prison cell he was in and made his way to the monster.

‘‘Just know, I am not going easy on yo-‘‘

He was cut off (literally) with a cut on the face by the monster which managed to land a hit on him.

This monster was unique- It was a black monster with glowing eyes. Upon hitting it would turn into a jelly-like substance and back to normal. It can only be damaged by magic attacks.It was like the jelly you would eat on a strange cake or the one you would play with as a kid.

Glegmore, angry with that sudden attack shot fire at the monster, setting it on fire.

It quickly jumped into the water to extinguish itself, but while it was underwater Glegmore froze the top of the water aiming to drown the monster.

Meanwhile.

Thora and Emily were on their last drops of power.

Their only hope was a bit extraordinary, but it was the only idea they could think of.

Emily jumped in the water, pulling the cat along with her forcefully because she was afraid of water. Both of them took deep breaths and went underwater while Glegmore was freezing it on the other side of the ship.

The monster searching for escape went around the ship and was met with a surprise – our girls.

It quickly reached out to grab them both as it was getting hungry. It can only maintain this form if it eats.

To its surprise, its belly lit up as the light pierced it and the man that was eaten before now emerged.

This time he had an outfit, resembling a cultist.

All of the other people who were hiding in fear (including the captain) changed into these powerful cultist-like beings.

Grabbing the monster and ripping all of its mana away from it- turning it back into an old lady and handcuffing it.

And as for Strole.

He was surrounded by water- his one and only weakness.

It is unclear why he would take up such a risky assault anyway. Now he is paying the price for it.

They grabbed him as well and shot him down to the bottom of the ocean. He didn’t die but in his attempt to get up and kill the cultist lookalike he got his head cut off.

They all said in one voice:

‘‘ We are the international magic and crime police. We have an eye on you Nick Sole- be careful of what you do. As for Glegmore. ‘‘

They took Glegmore away, repaired the ship and left the captain there to drive it.

‘‘You are all forbidden to talk about or mention this occurrence to anyone. Goodbye. ‘‘

It was quite an unusual occurrence. The International police were known for such strange interruptions, though this time it was for the better.

The ship has sailed yet again.

‘‘Wow. That was so close. ‘‘

Said Thora, wiping sweat off her face.

‘‘Indeed. We had luck with the international police. ‘‘

Responded Emily.

‘‘I could go for a nap now, I’m reaaaally tired. ‘‘

That was Nick, who was just as tired from all the running.

‘‘There is quite a bit more distance to Locu. We should all probably rest.‘‘

‘‘ Ahhh my shoulder hurts. ‘‘

Immediately after saying that blood started sipping from his shoulder.

‘‘NICK! WHAT IS IT? ARE YOU OKAY? ‘‘

Emily said this with hope she would get an answer but instead, Nick fell down to his knees, probably from sudden blood loss.

‘‘Oh no NICK! I can’t heal him, I don’t have enough magic power. ‘‘

Thora was hoping she could fix this but I guess it just wasn't Nick's day.

‘‘I also don’t. We need to get him to a medic FAST. ‘‘

After saying that she was greeted with the face of the captain.

‘‘I can’t heal him. The ship can’t go any faster either. Sorry, but I can’t help ya. ‘‘

The best they could do was bandage his wound, which was still bleeding fast. And with the captain showing literally no care for the boy, our heroes are in a dangerous situation with Nick’s life at stake.

So the monster really did get him.

Another problem is they didn’t know Locu at all so finding a healer would be quite difficult.

What is going on in Nick’s mind this very second is a mess with a soon needed result.