118 Vol. 2 pt. 55 Patch 10.0: Something Stupid (2/2)

Nell's smile is as wide as ever. Were it not for her tail being pinned to the floor by Alexander's sword still, it would most likely be wagging.

Fenrir instinctively shakes to dry off and opens his eyes to see Alexander staring at him when he's done.

”How did – where did you come from? Why are you here?!” Alexander shuts, clenching his fists.

”Hey, Alexa. Thought I'd drop by to congratulate you on coming in second place,” Fenrir says as he pushes his hair off from his forehead. ”What's the hurry? I thought you would've wanted to stick around for the free food at least.”

Alexander shoots a spear of fire at Fenrir that is only dodged thanks to the shared stats from Nell.

He feels Nell underneath him on the ship, and Alexander is standing at the front, so it should be safe to do this.

”I've got a fiery spear too now. Well, it's more of an exploding spear, and it's not really a spear,” Fenrir says, taking the explosive bolt from its straps on his back.

”Why do you care so much about her?” Alexander asks, eyes locked onto the bolt that Fenrir holds.

”I could ask the same thing to you and everybody else trying to force her into being their property. At least I just want her to choose her own path instead of forcing anything onto her. Plus, she's a cute monster girl. I'll be the first to admit that I'll go and be a white knight for some cute monster girls. I mean, have you seen her tail?” Fenrir jokes around, dodging another flaming spear mid-speech.

With that, Fenrir throws the bolt like a javelin directly at Alexander!

Alexander dives forward to get away from its path. Mid-dive, an explosion erupts behind him that sends him flying toward the ship's stern as its bow is all but destroyed.

”Those things are seriously OP against small ships like ours,” Fenrir says.

Two of Alexander's men go to charge up the stairs at Fenrir but get stopped by Alexander.

”I will deal with him. He clearly wants a fight, so I will give him that – I will put him in his place and show him the strength of our empress,” Alexander says before taking a swig of a yellow potion.

The damage he took from the explosion is instantly healed. There were a few cuts on his face from debris cutting him, but now there are none.

”Thanks, Alexa. I know I can beat you on your own, but I wouldn't be so sure if your friends there helped out,” Fenrir taunts, taking mental note of what was said about an empress as he readies himself.

Alexander looks Fenrir over for any more tricks or weapons. He fails to see anything. ”Are you going to fight me without a weapon? You really are an idiot,” Alexander says.

”Oh, no, I've got one,” Fenrir says and looks at the hand holding Rod.

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”You intend to fight me with a fishing rod?”

”Sure, why not? Rod here is pretty awesome.”

Alexander looks as if he doesn't know whether to laugh or cringe with rage at Fenrir's words. ”And you really think you are going to defeat me with a fishing rod?”

”I don't think that, I know that. Like I said, Rod is awesome and we make a pretty good team. I think. I'm not sure, actually. Never fought with him before unless you want to count when he was still in his rebellious phase and kept trying to hook my ears.”

Alexander takes the sword from one of the men standing next to him and walks up the stairs to Fenrir.

”By the way, you're too easy to distract. Don't you know that monologuing is one of the oldest tricks there is? I mean, really?” Fenrir asks.

Alexander and the other two men look around to see what he's talking about.

What they see is The Shoebill on a collision course with The Steel Tiger, their bows—or what's left of them—lined up for a head-on crash.

Alexander's grip on his sword tightens, turning around to face Fenrir once more.

”You brought us a replacement for The Steel Tiger? I'll make sure that we treat her well and give her a better name once we're done killing all of you,” Alexander says.

”Man, I know that I can sound cheesy and cringy at times, but you sound way too much like a tryhard. Are you forgetting this is just a ga—” Fenrir shuts up when Alexander charges at him.