Dragon's Soul Chapter 17: Escape?

Escaping from the pirates would not be an easy task. Zhang's group had less than twenty people whereas there are hundreds of pirates wanting to claim their lives. Zhang was confident he could single handedly kill most of the pirates. But he was not confident in being able to safeguard Yuying, Ai, and Jian Wei.

"There had to be a way." Zhang though.

"Everyone follow me! We have to make sure there are no more pirates on this ship. Once we know that the ship is clear we can escape! I have a plan!" Zhang said excitedly as he headed for the door.

If the pirates did not outnumber the sailors by such a high number by following Zhang's commands they most likely would have beaten back the pirates by now.

Every pirate who came across Zhang's path was quickly cut down before they could even utter a single word.

A thought suddenly entered Zhang's mind. The storage room on this one ship had so much treasure then the other ships most likely had an unbelievable amount of treasure also.

Thus he decided after the sunk the other pirate ships he would visit the store rooms to the ships that were now pirate free. Zhang somewhat regretted the he would not be able to get the treasures that could very well be on the ships that he will sink. But he was not going to let greed get the better of him at least not in a situation like this.

Anticipation filled Zhang's eyes as the ships inched closer and closer toward him.

These orbs of course were filled with the corrosive poison inside and if throw against a hard surface would shatter like glass.

Once the two girls had walked up to Zhang he handed them each six of the orbs filled with poison.

"Hmmmm why not." Yuying said.

Thus the trio started a game which in a way decided the fate of hundreds of pirates.

The logical answer would be these three are geniuses. But being a genius also had its limits thus the trio was labeled human shaped monsters in the eyes of the sailor. This was meant in the nicest way possible with a hint of reverence

A huge hole soon became vision on the ship's side and water began leaking. After moments the pirate ship bow began sinking. Not long after that the pirate ship disappeared from sight.

"One point for me." Zhang said smugly

Ai's orb hit the hull of a pirate ship towards it's bow just like Zhang. The ship began taking in water and began sinking and soon it just like the ship before it disappeared from sight.

"Now it's a three-way tie. What now brother?" Yuying said with a smile.

Zhang's orb landed square on the side of the ship at the place where it meets the edge of the water. Water could be seen flowing into the hole that was made but the ship still stayed afloat.

"It must have floating compartments in the interior of the ship keeping the whole thing afloat." Zhang said looking at the ship.

"This way!" Zhang said as he led everyone in the direction of one of the empty ships.

These pirates were out for blood. Many of their comrades had perished and they wished to get revenge. A man bulging with muscles jumped down from the deck of the flag ship.

"Captain! No one is here!" A pirate yelled toward this man.

At this point he clearly did not care about the mission that he was hired for anymore. Too many of his subordinates had died and he fell into an endless abyss of rage.

And as the pirates searched for them on the ship they swam to the other side and were climbing their way up and onto the pirate flag ship.

Once they reached the deck of the pirate flash ship they found it completely empty.

"Let's go see if anyone is still left on board and silence them." Zhang said.

At once they rushed down toward the lower decks and slayed everyone they came across. Zhang's primary objective was to kill as many pirates as he could. His 2nd objective was naturally the storage room in the pirate flag ship.

Soon they reached the door leading into the storage room. Zhang withdrew his sword from the interspatial ring and stabbed it into the lock of the door.

Thousands of chests laid about most likely filled with gold. Hundreds of smaller boxes and chests were neatly laid out on shelves. Without bothering to open the large chests Zhang took them all into his ring.

What caught Zhang's attention was in the corner of the room were hundreds of kegs stacked on top of one another. A black powder like substance was scattered on the ground in front of these kegs which peaked Zhang's interest.

A glint could be seen in Zhang's eyes as he took the kegs into his ring.

As they made their way toward the upper deck Zhang left behind a gift for the pirates when they came back.

During his wait for the pirates to return Zhang took the chance to set up his trap further.

"COME OUT HERE NOW!!!!!"

A short while after the pirates began dejectedly coming back to their flag ship. Their search had been fruitless and many of their comrades had died for no reason. Their captain being furious is not a good thing either.

"BOSS!! Something is wrong! All our men that were left behind are dead!!" One pirate yelled out toward their leader who was still onboard the other ship.

"Time to leave." Zhang said as he jumps off the massive sail of the pirate flag ship. As Zhang falls toward the water in his hand appears a small orange fire.

Looks of horror appeared on all of the pirates faces. They saw the trail and the ones near it tried many means to stop it. Some kicked at the small trail of black powder on the ground. Others toss things over it. Some heroic souls even took to jumping on top and trying to stop the fire.

Many pirates seeing that they had no way of stopping the burning trail jumped off the side of the ship. However only a few of them made it off before the trail reached its destination. Zhang had lined the 2nd of the flag ship with kegs of black powder at certain intervals.

Watching from after was the group of survivors they had swam onto the ship on the opposite side of their original ship. Once they got onto the ship they had cut the ropes attaching it to the other ships and began sailing away.

Once he reached the side of the ship they tossed down a rope and pulled him up.

Although Jian Wei is the powerful ruler of Aurora City he did not have any successors this was due to him being too caught up in developing the city and its influences ever since he had become the rule of the city.

What he wished for the most was for his people to thrive and not all successors were good ones. He had seen many times over where ancient clans were taken over by useless successors and began to decline.

Zhang smiled back at Jian Wei and began walking towards Yuying and Ai. But before he was even able to take a few steps he heard a roar off in the distance.

"Shit, everyone go hide!! I will try to take care of him. If not abandon ship and swim in different directions. That way if he purses at least some of us will survive.

None of the sailors seemed willing to go either.

That instant the captain of the pirate fleet had jumped out of the water and landed on the deck of the ship. His eyes filled with fury as his vision swept the deck of the ship.

Chapter end