Bonus chapters [1] - 160 Power Stones
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Two days came much sooner than expected, the land location was far from the coast, far from the cannons of his ship, close to rural properties. Rigel was not bothered, still curious about the outcome.
However, when speaking to him, Cletos may have considered that the distance from his ship meant being free from cannon fire, but what happens when Rigel possesses a bag capable of carrying dozens of cannons at once and has enough time to point them all at the meeting point?
What happens when Rigel summons dozens of snakes and hides them all around?
What happens when Rigel controls his snakes to kill a pack of wolves and then reanimates them with the Aztec Rune, gaining a pack of undead wolves to command?
What happens when Rigel takes a stroll through London in his noble attire, kills some thugs with his pistol, turns them into zombies, makes them wear capes to hide their bodies, and forces them to act like normal humans, using them as bait?
In the end, Rigel almost felt sorry for this nobleman and his accomplices if they were truly prepared to use force to 'negotiate', although it was only an 'almost'.
Inside, he was even more excited than the pirates hiding, ready to use the cannons.
Elizabeth didn't take no for an answer this time, when she heard the plan, she was so excited that she was the first to raise her hand to participate.
Along with her, Rigel brought Will, Cotton, Marty, and the Mobs pirates, the others stayed on the ship.
When Rigel finally saw the group arriving on horseback, with four large carriages on their backs, he knew he had gotten it right this time, there was no way he could bring four carriages just to carry things that would fit in one or two.
Rigel, hidden in the bushes next to Elizabeth and Will, who had a cannon ready aiming at where the four covered zombies and two carts with cloths over them were, the carts were full of stones, just a ruse, if the deal was honest, it wouldn't be too late to exchange the contents, but Rigel wouldn't put such valuable things in the line of fire of a cannon.
Rigel couldn't hear what the zombies were hearing, he could only control them with his limited vision through the trees.
Fortunately, the terrain was favorable, they were on a steep slope with a wide view of the clearing.
Cletos was standing in front of the group, but seeing only 4 pirates, he was relieved.
As the carriages finally drew closer, shots rang out one after another, taking advantage of the gaps in the windows, bullets struck the zombies from four directions.
Rigel smiled and controlled the zombies to make them fall, pretending to be dead.
Cletos wiped the sweat from his brow and jumped out of the carriage, passing the corpses and heading towards the wagons. Meanwhile, from the carriages, a group of guards in white and red uniforms emerged, ready for combat, looking around to see if there were any more pirates.
However, when Cletos removed the cloth covering one cart, his smile froze, he was shocked and ran to the other cart, tearing the cloth off that one too. Then he began to curse loudly, furious.
This attracted the guards, who quickly returned and began cursing along with Cletos, some kicked the zombies, others pointed their weapons at Cletos.
Rigel looked at all this with cold eyes, dog eat dog, in that case, they'll find out which is the biggest dog today.
Rigel commanded the zombie wolves to howl, at that moment, it was a signal. The next instant, the deafening sound of cannons was heard across the clearing. The guards and cletos didn't even have time to scream before the cannonballs arrived, sending men and earth flying through the air.
Rigel didn't stop, with a cold, indifferent face, he controlled the human zombies to rise and fight, controlled the zombie wolves to advance, controlled the snakes to attack.
The disoriented and injured guards didn't know what was happening, some even died or suffered serious injuries from the cannonballs.
Cletos was lucky, he not only survived but wasn't hurt. However, his luck ended there, he fell right next to a zombie.
As he tried to get up, he saw the face with blind, bluish eyes of a zombie, the zombie opened its mouth and let out a groan, its hand reaching for Cletos's throat and choking him.
The guards screamed, tried to flee or fight, but snakes came from behind and zombie wolves came from in front.
They were quickly torn apart and poisoned. Rigel left two of the Guards with minor injuries, the zombies caught and restrained them, but did not kill them.
Rigel felt it was a pity that the baron hadn't come, he also doubted whether there would be any money in the wagons, but he would still inspect them later.
Instead, he controlled the zombie by grabbing Cletos by the throat to pull him closer. The zombie squeezed hard enough to make it difficult to breathe, but not enough to kill him quickly. Even so, when Cletos was thrown to the ground in front of Rigel, he coughed fiercely, his face bluish and a deep red handprint on his neck.
When he finally stopped coughing, he felt a hard object against his head. Looking up, he saw Rigel pointing a gun at him again, this time with a very smug smile.
Cletos froze, an extreme fear that almost choked him, he swallowed hard, knowing it was over.
The cannons, the snakes, and the zombies, he knew he'd made the wrong bet this time. He opened his mouth and threw aside what little pride he had left.
"Sir! Please! Spare me! It has nothing to do with me! It was the baron! He forced me! I'm just a poor man, I had no choice, please, please, let me go." He knelt down, his voice hoarse from choking, and continued pleading incessantly.
Rigel smiled and said. "You are a gift to your master, don't worry."
Cletos didn't understand what the gift was, but Rigel's tone seemed to suggest that he might survive, he was about to sigh with relief when a gunshot rang out.
Cletos froze, looking down, his light white clothing now rapidly becoming stained red right over his heart. He looked up, confused, only to see Rigel's cold face.
Cletos fell to the ground and Rigel looked away from him, turning to the guards who had been brought by the zombies. They were embraced from behind, their hands trapped, frozen in place. They had been trying to fight to escape before, but the zombies' arms seemed like steel pincers, they could only fight in vain.
Now they were shocked with fear, frozen there.
Rigel smiled at them and said, "Don't worry, you'll live to tell the tale. Remember well, my name is Rigel, Pirate Captain Rigel C. Black, don't forget that name."
The guards nodded weakly, too afraid for anything bigger than that.
Rigel smiled and concluded. "Furthermore, I need one last favor from you..."
The Guards nodded again, whatever Rigel asked now, they would do it to survive.
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Baron Vincente was a blond man with a neatly trimmed mustache, an overweight man. He hadn't been like this two years before, but the quiet life on land and stress had made him overeat. He watched in shock as only one carriage returned with two guards whose clothes were stained with dirt and blood, their eyes still showing evident fear.
"What is this?! Where are the other carriages?! Where is Cletos?!" the fat man asked, shocked. Could the pirates really be that ferocious?
The guards swallowed hard, they didn't speak, quickly jumping out of the carriage, and taking something out of it, the dead body of Cletos, they threw the body in front of the Baron and ran away as fast as they could.
If it weren't for Rigel saying they would be cursed if they didn't keep their promise, they wouldn't have even come this far.
The baron was confused and annoyed, but thought he would deal with those guards later. Now he looked down, seeing Cletos's body, and frowned deeply.
"Useless! You don't even know how to die after you've finished the job," Vincent said angrily, even kicking the corpse once in disgust, ready to call a guard to bury this waste somewhere.
However, in the next moment, before Vincent's shocked eyes, Cletos's eyes snapped open, their whiteness as if he were blind. But this was no mere involuntary spasm, in the next instant, Cletos leaped at Vincent, his open mouth biting directly into Vincent's throat.
The guards were shocked, raised their weapons to shoot, but the zombie ignored this and continued to attack everyone around it. The incident took hours to contain, and when enough guards managed to deal with the zombie, it was burned alive soon after.
When they tried to find out how the event started, the only thing they found was a short message left on a piece of paper inside the carriage.
[I always pay my debts.]
[From your beloved Pirate Captain, Rigel C. Black.]