“This won’t do! Pondering over matters we know we can’t resolve just by contemplation alone, is useless. It would not get us anywhere”Jace deliberately put a stop to the group’s indulgence at dwelling on their misfortune since he believed it was not helping them achieve anything. Now that they established the likeness that these business owners of Brujeria were ganging up to discourage the students from abandoning the aforementioned school mission altogether, then they too have arrived at the understanding that no amount of thinking could help them convince the ship owners to lend them their property.Unless, of course, they have a hidden ace up their sleeves. Otherwise, there was no way they could reverse the current situation without playing a card or two.“If at this time we can’t find what we desire yet, then we just have to keep searching harder.”Shortly afterward, Nike showed his friend his agreement in a roundabout manner.At the same time, as someone who believed in old ada

On the flip side, the moment Audrey heard their question, she too sported a confused expression. It took her a while before she was able to give a proper response because she took a seat first at the edge of Jace’s bed.“Now that you mentioned it, I also could not help but feel a little weird.”Intrigued, all of the others stopped whatever they were doing at that time and listened attentively to what she was about to say next.“The thing is, I offered to pay but he insisted on having us for free under one condition. He demanded that he too has to be onboard the same ship with us.”To be honest, Audrey was just as perplexed as her friends about their current setup. However, when she noticed that David seemed to be genuinely overjoyed when he heard where they were headed, she no longer had the heart to turn the other party down.“For free? But there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world.”Almost immediately, Allan expressed his doubt. He could not help but feel that whoever th

During their first few nights in the vast open water, the voyage had been pretty much uneventful. The water was calm and they did not encounter any mishaps. David’s ship took them to places and they explored the moonlit landscape blanketed by the cool breeze of the night without breaking a single sweat. Audrey would even go out at night to watch the countless stars sparkling in the clear dark sky overhead. This had been her nighttime routine before going to bed. She believed doing so was what helped her have a peaceful and dreamless night. However, if the master was enjoying her time, the pet was experiencing the exact contrary to that. For three nights straight, Nero would see or imagine he saw, a vessel standing for them under a press of sail, as though it would run

Alec Romanov was a great sailor until he fell in love with the goddess Hekacy. Surprisingly, the word "heka" in the Egyptian language is also both the word for "magic" and the name of the god of magic and medicine, Heka. Hekacy was the chief goddess presiding over magic and spells. Not only was she the one responsible for bestowing the first men the secret knowledge of using the art of witchcraft, she was also said to be the mother of necromancy. Not only that, but she holds a certain domain in the underworld as well and it was she who would appoint her lover the sacred task of ferrying souls who died at sea to the worlds beyond using the famed, Phantom Ship. Rumor has it that Hekacy made Alec the captain of an exemplary ship that was not only capable of traversing all parts of the water but could also cover distances and cross dimensions with an inexplicable speed like no other; thanks to its ability to glide both in the air and water. To prove his love to her, Alec Romanov agreed t

With the combined attack of the strong wind and waves, their ship rocked violently akin to a leaf shaking from its branch, as the torrential rain and wind gang up on it, hitting it teasingly from left and right. Two forces of nature, both held great power at each of their own very rights joined hands and were determined to not give them a rest. That was why everyone was holding for their dear life to whatever they could grab onto, out of fear that a single misstep would cause them to inadvertently end up getting tossed into the raging water below.  “Have your wands ready. I don’t think our ship would hold for long..” Stating the obvious, David announced their grim situation to the group as if Audrey and her friends could not make this assessment by the