The Itemancer 2 by Forrest Minter

Author:Forrest Minter [Minter, Forrest]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-07T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

The first thing I did after sneaking aboard the ship was to awaken it’s spirit. His eventual avatar had a long beard, and a strange accent. After some pondering, he settled on the name Dave Jonas after an old folk tale. Since we didn’t have enough people to properly crew the ship, I gave him physical control over it by inventing a new item power. (Item Self-Manipulation 10,000 XP)

Implementing this new ability, caused a sheen of strange flesh-like substance to sprout from the ship. It had the same consistency as the wood, but was able to form appendages to operate the various mechanisms of the ship. I shuddered as I watched the deck spring forth into tentacles that pulled up the anchor. Naturally this didn’t go unnoticed by the passerby on the shore, and I heard several screams. Luckily, after a tentacle batted a curious guard through a barrel to collapse in stunned unconsciousness, we were left largely alone.

Wanting to distract myself from the disturbing mass of tentacles operating near me, I popped out of my invisibility coat, and waved at the assembled crowd. They gasped, pointing, and it was only due to being tackled by Izzy that I narrowly avoided being skewered by a flying crossbow bolt.

“Not my finest idea.” I admitted out loud.

“Agreed.” She said stoically.

A flapping sound signalled the unfurling of the sails, accompanied by a lurch as the ship began to accelerate. I donned my invisibility cloak, and stood up, grabbing Izzy’s hand to help her to her feet. She disappeared into her own invisibility, causing me to lose track of her. Unfortunately, Izzy’s prediction about how the demons would react turned out to be completely false.

“Hey Izzy, do those ships seem like they’re following us?”

“Looks that way.” Izzy said from somewhere to my right.

“Should we do something about them? I think they might be faster than us.”

“I doubt it matters too much. If they try to board us we simply kill them.”

Thunder roared as a counterpoint to her words, and the ship rocked. I was thrown from my feet by the severity of the impact.

“What was that?” I called out, struggling to get back on my feet.

“They have really big guns poking out of their sides. I think maybe we should do something after all.” Izzy replied.

Dee, Gwen, and Amy chose that moment to re-materialize. “Want me to do another firebird?” Dee asked, referring to a spell that sought out heat sources, and consumed them until it ran out of targets.

“No, I don’t want to kill them. We need to take out those guns though.”

Dee frowned. “How long are you going to keep holding onto this hangup? We’re at war, and you’re a Duke. You can’t afford to keep dancing around this.”

“I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it.” Gwen interjected before I could respond. “We shouldn’t just go around killing people.”

“We need to be able to defend ourselves. I’d rather not see Rowan’s head on a spike again. I’m sure he’d rather not see that either.

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