Chapter 769 Cap 767: Stuck?

I was talking to Irina when Carla, Marcos' wife who is the captain of the ship, appeared with a worried face.

"We are surrounded by ships from the local navy." (Carla)

"..." (I)

I'm silent for a few seconds, processing what she said.

"How do you know they're from the local Navy?" (I)

"I've lived most of my life in a port city, I can tell from afar when it's pirates, traders or military." (Carla)

"How many?" (Irina)

"There are more than ten ships the same size as ours." (Carla)

"It's dozens of Lower Catastrophe Grade." (Hinata)

Hinata appears through the ceiling of the room.

"Let's get this sorted out, I'll ask for some help in the meantime." (I)

I close my eyes to connect with Nix who is inside the Dungeon.

"(Need something, master?)" (Nix)

"(Bring Diana and Vanessa to boat, also bring the rest of my Familiars, maybe some battle is needed.)" (I)

"(We'll be there in 5 minutes.)" (Nix)

"Let's go upstairs, I want to see for myself who these people are." (I)

I walk outside the ship and stand on the edge of the deck as I see the various Ships surrounding me, all ships are the same in shape and color, and also carry the same flag with some kind of boat and a wave.

Thanks to my excellent eyesight, I can see perfectly the crew of these ships wearing armor or leather clothes, the two pieces of clothing are patterned, there are almost 40 ships around us and they seem to be waiting for a reaction from us as I see several magic circles pointed for us.

"Pirates sure aren't." (I)

"What should we do?" (Irina)

"Wait, for now, they're keeping away from our barrier and are waiting for a reaction." (I)

"I need to wait for Ragnar to come to us along with the others, I just hope it's before..." (I)

"You are surrounded, surrender, or we will be forced to attack you!"

"(We are ready.)" (Nix)

I head back inside the Ship when I get Nix's message, so she and the others step out of my shadow accompanied by Fairies and Spirits.

I briefly explain what is happening before I feel an attack land on the barrier causing the entire barrier around the Ship to shake.

"Let's go back upstairs." (I)

I go back to the deck of the ship and do a simple wind element manipulation to broadcast my voice for all ships to hear, something similar to what the person from before did.

"I would like to know who are you and why are you attacking us?" (I)

"We are from the 14th Marine Troops of the Navary Kingdom, you are being arrested for theft, kidnapping, murder, illegal trade, and smuggling."

"Keep quiet Layla." (I)

I interrupted Layla that she was going to say some bullshit before broadcasting my voice again.

"You took the wrong ship, this is our first time on this continent." (I)

"Actually, we haven't even reached the Central Continent yet." (I)

After I spoke there was no response, but in the meantime, I nodded my head for Ragnar to use his Aura to find out more about these people's strength, but soon a different voice spoke.

"Could you accompany us to the port for a few questions?"

"I'm not sure of your identity or your motives, so I won't follow you anywhere, but we can meet on land." (I)

"< Freeze >" (I)

I aim my magic downward, freezing the ground between our ship and the two ships that are surrounding us.

I jump off the Ship with the others and stay inside the barrier while I wait, without delay a thin man with sharp eyes and dressed in clothes the same color as the ship appears along with some other people, even without smart my Aura I can tell that these people are all in the Lower Catastrophe Grade, but the thin man in front seems to be stronger, he is above the others in strength from what I can feel but I cannot accurately measure his strength.

They stop outside the barrier, I step forward and so does the Skinny Man, we stand facing each other with only the barrier between us.

This thin man is a Runic, he has Runes on his forehead and neck, all Runes are blue and have a slight glow.

"My name is Wagner Fndyr, I am the Commander of this fleet, how should I address you?" (Wagner)

"My name is Zenos, nice to meet you Commander Wagner." (I)

Commander Wagner held out his hand for me to shake, I hesitated a little longer as I looked at him trying to pick up some clues before reaching my hand out of the barrier, but ready to rip that arm off if necessary.

As soon as our hands touch I feel my brain work faster and a mental bond form between the two of us.

"(Good evening sir Zenos, I am here to escort you to the Royal Palace of the Navary Kingdom.)" (Wagner)

"(Is that supposed to mean something to me? Who are you?)" (I)

"(I am the 7th Prince Wagner Navary, my family wishes to meet with you and send you away from our Kingdom without causing too much trouble.)" (Wagner)

"(Why should I believe you?)" (I)

"(My family, at least most of my family are devotees of the Church of Fertility.)" (Wagner)

"(I've been asked to say this and say that there are people behind your group waiting at the port.)" (Wagner)

"(I assume all this acting is to deceive someone among your troops, right?)" (I)

"(Yes, we have to keep an eye on those we don't trust)" (Wagner)

"(I don't know who you are, but information from the Church of Fertility I believe is correct.)" (Wagner)

"(He's speaking the truth.)" (Nix)

The moment I felt a new mental connection form in my mind, even a temporary connection like this, I opened up the connections I have with my Familiars to be in the conversation as well, but they're only told to me, so the Prince or Commander Wagner can't hear them.

"(I'll be in your care, Prince Wagner.)" (I)

Soon our mental connection weakens and Prince Wagner lets go of my hand, for the others, it must have been a handshake of a few seconds, when in fact it was a conversation of a few minutes.

"I hope we can resolve this whole messy situation." (I)

"I hope the same, they could..." (Wagner)

After that there were a lot of questions about where we've been during the last week, then they ask about the reason for our trip and a lot of other things.

They were generic questions that I only answered with the truth or in some cases I answered with half truths.

After answering his questions, which were very general, we board our ship again as we are escorted towards the mainland by a fleet of ships.