31 Trapped (2/2)

”oh no” He yelled.

Sappa rushed towards the bell hanging near the lower deck and rang it furiously.

As he saw some children rush out of the lower decks, he shouted. ”Everyone on the top deck. Out of the cabins now”

The doors stayed open, and all the children and women came out to the top deck, it seemed as if they had been trained of such a scenario.

”What happened bro, is it a spiritual beast” Haruki asked, with a muddled look on his face.

Next to him, Enri also had a confused expression. She was expecting Koren to have returned by now, but they hadn't even reached the border city yet, and they were already in danger.

”I hope so. A normal spiritual beast is something I can deal with.” Sappa replied as he turned to look at the ships portside. ”Because the alternative is much worse.”

…HisssssssS…

A loud hissing sound could be heard from the port side, as a massive claw erupted out and banged at the ship, it completely destroyed the section where the lower deck cabins would have been.

…HisssssssS…

The creature hissed again and a small tornado formed in the ships vicinity, taking up the sand with it, and trapping the ship within.

”What the hell is that thing.” Someone shouted, fear apparent in their voice.

”A wind type spiritual creature, and it seems to be fairly high level. There aren't any wind type spiritual creatures in the Goliath desert naturally so it can only mean… That this creature has a master.” Sappa stared back at the creature, sweat dripping from his brow. The ship was now floating on a bed of windy dust clouds, with its rudder and the central keel damaged. They wouldn't be able to sail even if they wanted to.

”We're trapped, and there's nothing we can do about it.” Sappa said as he looked to Haruki.

”Haruki, remember the pommel I gave you.” Sappa whispered, his eyes not leaving the beast for a second.

”U huh” Haruki mumbled, he pulled Enri behind him, and looked around to spot Sumi standing next to her pregnant mother.

”Swallow the Pommel Haruki, don't worry, I'm getting you to the city.” Sappa stated, his voice filled with desperation. ”Somehow, someway, I am getting you there.”

The Cloud Komodo stared down at the humans in front of its eyes. If it wanted, it could swallow all of them in one bite, but it was under orders, and had to wait for its master to catch up.

It continued to hiss intermittently, causing the tornado to keep the ship trapped in its center, and preventing anyone from the outside from looking in.

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Ralf had his eyes closed, sweat was dripping from his temple, his feline ears standing erect and his furry tail wrapped around his waist.

Ralf was not a hegemonic Raavi, his bloodline was very mixed when compared with the other noble families.

The Raavi had many ethnic groups, the largest was the mixed group, who mostly had varying qualities, like feline qualities, and avian qualities. The smallest and the most powerful, was the Hegemonic ethnic group. They were known to be carriers of the bloodline of Rayvus himself.

Thousands of years ago, long before the time of Rayvus, the Raavi were savage beasts. They used to fight a lot, and didn't acknowledge the other ethnic groups. They used to be known as the beast race. Back then the Lizard Men, who later became the draconian's, were also a part of the beast race. However, then Rayvus came.

Rayvus was from the ethnic group known as the colossal silver bears, and with him becoming a path walker, the entire bear blood line became the Hegemonic ethnic group.

Rayvus united the numerous ethnic groups of the beast race and established the Raavi. However, some ethnic groups decided to simply migrate elsewhere, like the Lizard Men, and the Merfolk.

Ralf had always been very proud of himself. He pushed his clan into the top 10, by his own hard work. It was proof that even the mixed ethnic group had Rayvus's blessing.

Ralf was smiling as he floated exactly 1 meter off the ground, the soul stone on his forehead releasing a blue glow intermediately.

Surrounding him were 3 blue beads. The beads had some type of repulsion force, forcing them to move away from each other. Meanwhile Ralf was trying his best to bring them closer. Every now and then, they would release tiny bursts of blue lightning bolts, turning the small courtyard, into the host of a mini storm. Suddenly, Ralf opened his eyes, and the beads simply dropped on the ground. They lost their blue color and turned pure white, with the repulsive force gone, as if it was never there. The storm dissipated and only Ralf could be seen, still floating 1 meter off the ground, but with an ugly look on his face.

”I thought I told you not to disturb me while I train.” Ralf said angrily. ”What is so important that it's worth losing your head over.”

”General Arvo, the human ship was intercepted while it was climbing the Pyros dunes.” The cleric gulped. ”It was attacked by a spiritual beast”

”What did you say!!” Ralf turned around, his feet still not touching the ground.

”The human ship was attacked by a spiritual beast, it seems to be trapping them.” The cleric replied, as he dropped on his knees, not daring to look at Ralf directly.

Ralf's brows creased as he floated down and his feet touched down on the wooden boards of his courtyard. He stared down at the cleric and asked. ”What type of spiritual beast is it”

”Wind type, the ship is surrounded with a tornado.” The cleric replied, quickly. ”It should be the draconian's sir, they really did come.”

Ralf didn't reply to that remark, the cleric gulped and finally looked up. He could see fire in the generals eyes, he just wanted to get out, so the general wouldn't take it out on him.

”Immediately tell governor Lisandra to meet me at the wall, the security of the city will temporarily be in the hands of her nephew commander Kavain.” Ralf stated flatly. ”We will escort the ship to the city.”

”Yes general” The cleric bowed twice before rushing out of the courtyard like someone set his bottom on fire.

Ralf gestured with his hand, and the three beads floated up and rushed into his open palm.

With the three beads in his hand, Ralf looked towards the sky.

”No one takes my prey from me” Ralf said with a determined look in his eyes. ”NO ONE!!”