Odeta got herself ready to be carried by me to fly up into the sky.
Unlike the last time where I carried her in a princess carry, this time I simply lifted her by holding her under her arms to let her hang under me.
It was a little tricky to make sure I wasn’t spotted while trying to fly towards them but I managed to position the ship to have the sun shining behind our mast.
When our boat hit another wave, I used the sails to cover our ascent and flew up in the sky with Odeta under me.
The pirates on board did not seem to have spotted me, allowing the two of us to fly above their ship unhindered.
“Drop me! Sister Aster!” Odeta shouted.
“From this high?! We’re even higher than their mast right now, you know?!”
“Yes! This is the perfect height, sister Aster!”
Trusting her, I let go of the Amrap and watched as she dropped down towards the ship below us.
There was a single pirate sitting in the crow’s nest who noticed the sound of something descending from above.
He looked up just in time to have Odeta hit him with a lariat across the neck, smashing him through the guardrails of the crow’s nest to flail down onto the deck below.
Odeta then smashed her fist into the mast, using it to slow her descent while carving a large hole through the side of the wood.
With a loud roar, she tore off the top section of the mast and threw it down onto the deck as well.𝑂𝗏𝓁xt.𝒸𝗈𝗆
Several people looked up only to be smashed into pieces by the debris, staining the wooden deck red with blood.
Odeta then leapt off the mast to descend into the crowd below, landing on top of a poor pirate to smash him face first into the deck.
The Amrap raised her hand and struck the mast with the back of her arm, cracking the wood and causing the ship to rock from the impact.
The shockwave was enough to cause several pirates to fly back from her while the others struggled to regain their footing.
As much as I would like to stick around to see what would happen, I needed to get Emilia here to help her as well.
Without the need to be stealthy anymore, I flew myself back towards our ship where Emilia was already waiting for me on the ship’s bow for me to pick her up.
I could see that Cherith was already at the ship’s wheel with the other Sirens manning the sails, so there was no need to worry about the ship drifting somewhere while we were busy.
Emilia raised a hand into the air and I swept down to grab her by her wrist, lifting her up with me without slowing down to take to the skies once more.
I banked my wings and we were soon on our way back to the pirate ship, skimming across the top of the waves.
Last I checked, the pirate ship’s main mast only had its top broken off. Now, it looked like it was broken at the base and the entire mast had crashed on top of the bow, toppling the foremast in the process.
I reached the deck just in time to see Odeta punch a pirate in the face, sending him flying towards a broken piece of wood that speared him through the abdomen, his entrails remaining stuck on the sharp end of the wood.
Emilia let go of my hand and also unsheathed her blade, grinning at the pirates around her.
“It’s Scarlet Flash!!”
“Ahhh! The Loveless Neko!!”
“What’s is that crazy Nekomata doing here?!”
“I don’t see her Floating Pussy anywhere! What is she doing here?!”
Emilia… You really should consider renaming your ship…
The Nekomata smirked at the pirates, “Ohohoho~ Putting up a sword on your flag I see? Trying to rob my ship I see? Well hand over all your loot and die!”
There was a flash of metal and I realised she had moved from her position to stop on the other side of the deck.
The very next moment, heads were separated from several pirates’ bodies and scarlet red blood flew through the air like a fountain.
Scarlet Flash alright.
While the other pirates were distracted by Emilia’s appearance, Odeta leapt towards a group and quickly punched the both of them in the chest, caving their ribs in and smashing them on the broken mast.
That prompted the melee to begin again as pirates leapt at the two girls from every direction, only to be cut down or smashed away with ease.
And of course, something like this had to be accompanied by some music so a steady drum beat started in the background for me. True to the music, we were most definitely giving No Quarter.
A mage spotted me in the air and tried to shoot a water ball at me, so I dodged and fired a [Spark Strike] at him in retaliation.
The small bolt of lightning hit him in the chest, electrocuting and also stunning him for a second. Enough time for me to use [Shadow Forge] to create a javelin made of shadow to throw at him.
The projectile speared him through the neck, pinning him against the railing before the weapon melted away back into darkness.
I then landed on the bow, joining the melee on the deck as several of the pirates turned to engage me.
One of them charged at me with a cutlass, yelling out a few expletives at me while he slashed his sword down towards me.
His movements were slow enough that I could easily sidestep him and punch him in the gut.
Since I wasn’t holding back, I could feel the insides of his body turn to mush and his spine snapping from the blow, leaving the pirate to die on the floor with blood spilling out from his mouth.
I kicked up the cutlass he had dropped and raised it in time to block the downward swing of the next pirate before kicking him in the knee, snapping his leg.
He yelled out in pain as he collapsed on the ground, only to be silenced as the sword in my hand was stabbed through his neck.
I had no time to pull out the sword as the next pirate was already leaping at me with his weapon slashing at me from my left.
Kicking the dead pirate away, I then took a step back to avoid the weapon swing, only to quickly step in again to punch the pirate in the face with a [Lightning Clad] infused punch.
The smell of charred flesh filled the air as his face was burnt off from the discharge of electricity while his skull caved in from the blow, killing him instantly.
I turned to see the next two pirates running up towards me, a third one lagging behind while his mouth moved to chant a spell.
A quick scan of the third pirate with my [Screened] showed me the pirate had a tier two proficiency in Pyromancy for his Magic Skills so I pulled the pirate I had just burnt the face of towards me, using him as a human shield.
Right on time, a ball of fire was hurled in my direction, hitting my human shield in the chest and setting him ablaze.
I shoved the burning corpse forward at the two pirates charging at me, forcing them to step aside to avoid it.
The third pirate was unfortunately blocked by his comrades and could not react in time, resulting in the corpse he had set ablaze himself to fall on top of him and burning him as well.
While they were distracted by his screams, iI quickly used [Shadow Forge] again and conjured up a spear made up of darkness to stab through the chest of one of the pirates.
The second one turned back just in time for me to kick him in the stomach with the bottom of my foot, sending him crashing right on top of the burning corpse as well and preventing the fire mage from climbing out.
Grabbing the dark spear with both hands, I pushed the pirate I impaled towards the pile, tripping him over so that I could stab the spear through all four of them like a skewer.
I heard a yell and another pirate was charging at me, this one a female Mahun who was screaming about me killing her boyfriend or something.
Ducking under her sword sing, I ended up behind her and swung my tail to smack against the back of her head, causing her to stumble forward.
She tried to turn around, only to see me standing there with a drawn bow made with my [Shadow Forge] with an arrow nocked and ready to fire.
Sorry, but this is a you or me situation.
I loosed the arrow and let it pierce through her throat, the arrow travelling clean through her neck to embed itself in the bow behind her.
The pirate stared at me in shock before slumping onto the deck, dead.
I made sure to put out the fire with a quick cast of [Aqua Ball] before turning back to look at the rest of the ship.
The Mahun I first spotted through the spyglass earlier was locked in a sword fight with Emilia, the Nekomata obviously toying with him with how relaxed she looked.
With a few more swipes of her blade, the pirate captain was quickly disarmed and helpless.
Before he could even say anything though, Emilia had slashed her sword again and he was decapitated without a word.
And just like that, we’ve cleared the ship. Easy.