84 The hollow mountain (1/2)

A dull hum sounded from around me as I slowly came to. The sun stood glowering down from the sky as a faint thud came from under me. The rancid stench of rotting fish assaulted my nostrils as I slowly looked around.

As I did, I began to remember, the kidnappings, the huge Yuda, and the ridiculously huge fleet of sea kings that I had had to face.

I inhaled deeply in surprise as I looked at what looked to be a severed head of an octopus like fish with a collection of deep gashes on its forehead. On its side I could see one of my daggers wedged in between what looked to be a rib like bone structure that protected its skull.

The only reason I had not sunk yet, as I found out from further observation was because a sea king had been used as a float to keep be on the surface of the sea.

The creature was bigger than the usual infant and faint memories from the previous night revealed it to be the one that had caused my failing, having wrapped me in its huge and gritty scaled tail, it had proceeded to choke me, had it not been for the fact the Terrick had just finished his own end of things I might not have survived.

Speaking of Terrick however, I was once again struck with a dilemma, in that I could not see him anywhere around me.

The man was surprisingly absent from the ensemble that was my surroundings. It would not do to assume that he had died, because the last time I saw him, he had been perfectly fine. A collection of shallow bruises were his only take away from the deadlock that the fight had proved to be.

He could not have been assaulted after my falling unconscious because of the simple reason that I was fine, next to me the ship still stood stock still. Untouched save for the brutal violation that it had suffered from the foggy guest that had alighted onto it.

So that left only a single option, though it wished to all things holy that it was not the case.

”That motherfucker, he went after them didn't he?”

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Terrick tucked into the rancid scented flesh of the sea king as it swam through the waters. After the battle that had occurred the previous night, he had already made up his mind to go on a foolhardy rescue mission.

However capable his captain was, he would only prove to be a burden if his plan was to be followed. That coupled with his weakness to water battle had made Terrick sure of his plan of action.

As soon as he had saved his captain he had begun to pack all the things that would be required to safely sneak into the stronghold of his poison wielding foe.

He had made sure to double check his collection, sure that a failure like the one he had suffered sneaking onto this very ship would not be a good outcome.

As he prepared to employ one of the smaller safety rafts that existed on the ship to serve as his vessel on his chase however, he was met with a happy coincidence.

The creature had been very cooperative, it had been more than happy to ferry him to his kidnapped crew.