Bonus Chapter [4] - 640 Power Stones
[A/N: Guys, two things: first, we've reached 30 chapters ahead on P_treon, and second, volume 1 is almost finished there, as is the voting for the female lead(s).]
[P_treon: March_Rain]
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Back on the island, the sea slowly closed behind them as the power of Poseidon's trident ceased to hold back the rift.
Instead, Dalma looked with excitement at Rigel, who was holding the trident. The excitement was evident, but underneath there was still the fear that Rigel would ignore his promise.
Rigel rolled his eyes at her, instead he was thinking about something else. "What will happen to Davy Jones if I break this?"
Dalma blinked, confused for a moment, before thinking. "Davy Jones will become human again for a while, but he'll soon return to normal. Although the Dutchman is truly a curse, the trident's power can't deal with the source of the curse."
"And what is the source?" Rigel asked curiously.
"Charon's remains." Dalma shrugged. "That guy's power chooses an owner at a time, it's a rule, someone must guide the dead to the afterlife, although the trident's power is mighty, not even Poseidon himself could interfere with the fate of men."
Rigel blinked, curious, but quickly shrugged, it wasn't his problem as long as Davy Jones was still there.
Raising the sword Triton, Will and Elizabeth took a step back and Dalma smiled like a madwoman.
Triton's sword then fell upon the trident.
As soon as Triton's sword shattered the trident, a ripple formed, sweeping across the entire world's ocean, the remaining divine power spreading everywhere. The pirates stared in shock, but their shock only grew.
On the ship, Ragetti screamed in pain as the wooden eye in its socket seemed to catch fire, no, it was actually on fire. Ragetti managed to rip it out quickly, but its empty socket was still emitting smoke.
Not only Ragetti, but throughout the sea, every pirate lord realized that that symbol of status had begun to burn.
Dalma, on the other hand, was screaming in pain, lying on the ground. Her body rapidly began to grow, growing larger and larger as the pain gave way to pleasure. She laughed excitedly, a giant, causing Rigel, Elizabeth, and Will to run away in shock.
Dalma finally grew to her full height, she turned her gaze to Rigel, smiling slightly at him, before her body began to disintegrate, hundreds of thousands of crabs fell like rain, all rushing swiftly to the sea, disappearing never to be seen again.
Rigel stood there, stunned, as did Elizabeth and Will, even the crew stared at the scene with evident shock in their eyes.
"Calypso is free." Rigel concluded.
"I hope she doesn't hold a grudge about the food you threw into the sea, Captain." Elizabeth joked nervously.
Will let out a laugh that wasn't funny at all, completely out of nervousness.
Above them, the sky quickly darkened, heavy rain clouds formed, the winds roared, and a woman's laughter seemed to emanate from the sea itself.
Ragnarok rocked fiercely, but was not attacked, the heavy rain lasted only a moment before stopping, the sea returning to calm as if nothing had happened.
Rigel blinked, looking around curiously. He realized that Dalma... no, Calypso hadn't attacked, so he sighed in relief. Instead, he looked at the ground where a small orange gemstone lay, glowing faintly. Picking it up, he smiled. This was the second Triton Sapphire.
He put it away again, thinking it might be useful later, right now he only needed the sapphire with the mermaids.
Rigel was about to leave when he stopped, looking around and seeing all those precious stones everywhere. He blinked. Well, diamonds are actually very common and are only expensive because the industry limits the amount that can be put on the market and uses marketing to make them seem like symbols of love.
Even if Rigel takes all the diamonds, without certificates, they're only as good as paperweights.
However, there were other precious stones around here, mainly giant rubies, those things must be worth a fortune.
Rigel smiled and turned to Elizabeth and Will. "Let's go back, these guys have a long road ahead of them."
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The extraction process took even longer than expected, the stones seemed to grow around the gemstones, taking a considerable amount of time to remove them.
But it was worth it: Rubies, sapphires, emeralds...
Rigel amassed yet another great wealth, primarily rubies, if cut, rubies of this size could be worth a ridiculous amount.
Of course, it was just another treasure for Rigel, he kept the rubies in his bag and the rest in the ship's hold.
The pirates, having amassed yet another fortune in the form of precious stones, were even more eager to follow Rigel, this life is dangerous, but very lucrative!
In the middle of the night, Ragnarok finally began sailing again. Rigel sighed, tired from the day, and threw himself onto the bed instead of the coffin, just thinking about where to go this time, ready to calmly look at the rewards he had received.
With his eyes closed, he was lost in thought when he felt a pressure on him.
Shocked, he widened his eyes, only to see Calypso above him, looking at him with an excited and possessive smile.
"My hero, you truly freed me, now come and receive your reward..." Calypso said excitedly, but Rigel's eyes widened as Jormungandr seemed to sense the danger, quickly the walls opened as the snake's head lunged towards Calypso.
Calypso laughed, leaping away, not caring about the snake, with her powers restored, Jormun could do nothing more to her.
Rigel placed his hand on his chest, his heart still racing, he had been terribly frightened.
Looking at the woman with irritation, he said. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be having fun playing in the sea?"
Calypso chuckled lightly, unconcerned, she approached again, ignoring Jormun's fixed gaze, and sat down beside Rigel.
Her movements were much smoother now, almost supernatural, there was an even stronger charm to her actions. Rigel had to focus on his Occlumency to resist it.
"Have you forgotten our promise? My hero, I still have to tell you where to find Atlantis and give you the shell, and besides, I promised to help you with the mermaids." Calypso explained, her body moving slowly closer. Rigel quickly rolled to the side and stood up, feeling that freeing Dalma had truly been a terrible idea.
"I understand, just say it and hand over the shell, I need to sleep." Rigel swallowed hard, speaking quickly.
This only made Calypso's eyes shine even more brightly. She didn't try to approach Rigel again, looking at him with interest and excitement, but seeing the boy's watchful eyes, Calypso sighed. Rigel was truly a strong-minded 'man'.
This disappointed her only for a moment, before an even stronger desire for conquest arose within her.