Lost Mages 3: A Progression Fantasy by DB King & Shawn Whitney

Author:DB King & Shawn Whitney [King, DB & Whitney, Shawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-08-22T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Captain Bild stood on the docks surrounded by hundreds of sailors and pirates. They were staring at Zhe and Raquel as they drifted down towards the water from high above in their bone fishing vessel. Behind them, in the small harbor in front of Mangrove City, were a dozen three-masted sailing ships.

The ships gleamed in places where the golden whale bones had been used to make the ships whole again. Some of the ships were almost completely wrought of the golden bones.

Also in the harbor were two dozen golden whales swimming back and forth. They rose to the surface, leapt through the air, and spouted water, making themselves deliberately visible.

Before their dramatic landing, Zhe had led their flying, ghostly white fishing vessel in a circuit of Mangrove City. He and Raquel both shouted over the sides of the ship that any patriotic pirate with courage should go to the docks.

It had the desired effect, including on the “supreme commander” of the pirates, Captain Bild. He looked like he had just woken up but had managed to pull on pants and a jacket in order to be presentable.

A shirt had proved too much, as had a comb for his hair and scraggly beard. He was at least sober, which was more than could be said for most of the pirates.

Zhe’s boat glided across the water and up to the pier where Captain Bild stood and came to a stop.

“What wizardry is this?” Captain Bild said as Zhe and Raquel disembarked. “This is a respectable town, and you’re making a clatter in the middle of the night with that demonic thing.”

“Easier to be heard when the drunks are already all asleep and the bars are closed,” Zhe replied. “And Mangrove City is little more than a pirate cove. There is nothing respectable about it.”

“You still haven’t answered what wizardry this is? We’ve had just about enough of that after the Dragon Riders destroyed my fleet and half my sailors.”

“It’s bone magic,” Zhe said.

“Bloody briskets, I knew I recognized you,” Bild groaned. “You freed those two crippled wizards and then stole the Black Death from me and nearly scuttled the Marionette. You’re as bad as the Dragon Riders. I advise you to get back in your flying death ship and be gone.”

“I’ve come to offer you a fleet of golden vessels, a chance at vengeance, your weight in gold, and the opportunity to be a hero of T’iru Midiri all in one go,” Zhe said. “But if you’d rather stay here and slowly drink your way through what’s left of your past thievery, then we shall be off.”

Bild scowled and eyed Zhe, then turned and looked at his own sailors.

They were a sorry looking group of men and women. Half of them were so drunk that they could barely stand. They all wore tattered clothing, and many suffered sores and black eyes, along with signs of malnutrition.

His “fleet” had become nothing more than a group of scurvy-ridden scallywags, who looked at him with dog eyes, desperately hoping that he would take this magical offer.

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