Bonus chapter [4] - 640 Power Stones.
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[Congratulations writer, for killing the legendary pirate - Hector Barbossa, and receiving the reward: Magic Passport - x3]
As soon as he killed Barbossa, Rigel saw the Adventure Book open before him. Reading the message, he was satisfied, now he had six magic passports. He wondered if he should kill Davy Jones to try again, but for now he ignored the thought.
Pintel and Ragetti cringed at Barbossa's death, again, but it was Jack the monkey who looked at his former master with some sadness. He had been pretending not to see Barbossa since he appeared, after all, he now belonged to Rigel. Seeing him die again saddened him, but life must go on.
Rigel was unaware of Jack's inner turmoil, instead, he looked at Dalma and continued. "So tell me, do you accept?"
Dalma smiled and said. "Yes, I accept."
"Great." Rigel smiled, ready to pick up the merman's shell.
"Don't get too happy so soon." Dalma winked at him. "I can tell you the location of the last sapphire, but I'll keep the shell with me until you fulfill your promise. Plus, as a bonus, I can tell you the location of Atlantis along with the shell."
Dalma retrieved the shell before Rigel's hand could grab it.
Rigel blinked, glancing at Dalma with irritation, but finally nodded, he had no intention of breaking his promise anyway.
"Okay, where's the sapphire?" Rigel asked.
Dalma smiled as if she had thought of something funny. "With the mermaids."
Rigel blinked, blinked again, staring at the woman who had begun to laugh irritably in front of him. Even Elizabeth started laughing. Will, Pintel, and Ragetti tried unsuccessfully to hide their laughter. Rigel glared at them angrily, causing them to freeze in fear and fall silent.
Elizabeth, on the other hand, already knew that Rigel wasn't a bad guy, so she just stopped laughing, but kept a smile on her face, clearly amused.
Rigel took a deep breath and turned to Dalma, who had stopped laughing. "You tricked me!"
"No, you didn't know the sapphire was with the mermaids, now you know." Dalma shrugged.
Rigel opened his mouth, but in the end no words came out, she was right, he didn't know, perhaps even if he went to the mermaids, he wouldn't find out.
"The sapphire doesn't work without the shell, and the shell doesn't work without the sapphire. That's why the mermaids want it. This means you'll have to find a way to convince the mermaids not only to give you tears, but also how to part with the sapphire." Dalma said, curiously.
Rigel frowned, this complicated things considerably.
He needed the sapphire, but he doubted the mermaids would give it to him, he also needed the tears, but if Rigel gave them the shell, he knew the mermaids would be even more reluctant to give him the sapphire.
However, there's always a solution, he just needs to obtain the sapphire to complete the mission. If the mermaids were to give it to him, provided he promised to return the sapphire along with the shell, they should accept, right?
He even had an excuse, wanting to find Atlantis.
Taking a deep breath, he looked at the shell and frowned, he needed to break Calypso's seal to get the shell, but that would still take a few years.
Should he speed up that process as well? Or should he ignore the sirens for now and go after the trident?
Shaking his head, Rigel stood up, ready to leave. "Alright, there's still some time before destiny aligns, then I'll help you resolve the seal."
Dalma stood up and said. "Very well, then let's go."
Rigel stopped, stunned, as did the group behind him.
"What?" Rigel finally managed to say.
Dalma smiled. "Of course, silly, I'll stay with you until you keep your promise. Come, help me pack my things."
Rigel blinked, blinked again.
Looking at the smiling witch, he closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then let out a long sigh.
//-//
Rigel watched as Dalma's zombies loaded everything onto the ship, not that Rigel was going to let them stay on the vessel, they left soon after unloading, though they seemed stoic, they still appeared alive. Rigel had no idea how Dalma had done it.
In any case, there were few separate cabins on the ship, Rigel left one of them for the women, with the men sleeping below deck.
Therefore, Rigel thought that Dalma would either choose a private cabin or choose to sleep with the other women.
But when the woman walked straight into his room, Rigel's eyes widened. "Hey, woman! This is my place, get out!"
Dalma completely ignored Rigel. For a moment, Rigel drew his wand, ready to give the woman a dose of zero gravity, but as soon as he tried, he felt his spell seem to have bounced off something!
He tried again, surprised, but nothing. Dalma looked at him, winking playfully, and went further into his room.
Rigel stopped, confused, staring at the wand, even sensing a slight confusion emanating from the wand itself, apparently as confused as its master.
Rigel ignored this for the moment, entering the room and seeing the woman sprawled on his bed.
Well, he didn't really use that bed, so he didn't mind much, but the woman in his room still had to disappear.
"What's the coffin for? It smells like the dead." Dalma asked curiously.
Rigel blinked, Dalma really saw his coffin?!
However, upon reflection, even in sealed form, Dalma was still a goddess, although the coffin's concealing effect was strong, there was still a limit.
Rigel felt that meeting this woman was his worst misfortune.
"Go out, find an empty room, there's one next to the women's, or just sleep with them, now get out." Rigel narrowed his eyes at Dalma.
"No." Dalma leaned erotically on the bed, maintaining that seductive smile of hers, her eyes inviting him, even though Rigel couldn't be called a man yet, he felt his blood rush, this woman wasn't a goddess, she was a succubus.
Rigel took a deep breath, his patience had reached its limit.
He waved his wand and a green snake quickly formed, Dalma's face finally turning serious as she looked at Diabolus with apprehension.
"This thing, it's alive, yet it's not, part of its spirit, like nature itself, interesting spell." The woman said, then focusing on his wand. "I've never seen anything like it, a magical conduit?"
"Out!" Rigel repeated, Diabolus growing slowly.
Dalma looked into Rigel's cold eyes and knew he wasn't joking. She sighed, shifting her posture to that of a shy woman, and sat down, speaking. "Why don't you let me stay here? I can teach you a lot about women."
She slightly opened her neckline, lowering it further and further. Rigel kept his eyes fixed on that spot, he swallowed hard and closed his eyes. Diabolus grew even larger and lunged towards the woman. He didn't swallow her, but circled her waist and floated away, dragging her with him.
Rigel placed his hand on his sword, controlling the door to slam shut behind her.
Taking a deep breath, Rigel took a moment to calm down, but feeling something strange in his lower region, he squeezed slightly and was shocked. "It went down..."
[A/N: I really have to stop with the ball jokes, I have a problem, sorry. Rigel took so long to get his balls down, so I wrapped up that joke in the last paragraph, which, although funny, might end up bothering some more serious readers.]