Chapter 202.

PART 1.

The nobles are meeting. They love these meetings since their rebellion has been a resounding success, even if they do have some hiccups to deal with. They divided the various areas among themselves, and are pretty much showing off during these meetings, displaying their new levels of wealth and influence, while being def to the screams of pain and suffering in their domains.

The hiccups are the still uncaptured the City of Throne, and the Academy. some tribes are causing trouble here and there, but they will be dealt with soon enough. Once the last two independent places crumble, their takeover will be a complete success.

“Have any of you heard from Shakuntala?” asked Jeevan at the end of the meeting.

“Not as such.” Said the Sharma representative. “She has gone quiet.”

“As long as she doesn’t cause any trouble for us, I fail to see why we should worry about her.” Said another noble.

“I agree.” Said Jeevan. “Let us meet next week to discuss even more of our successes.”

“Here. Here.” they all said.

PART 2.

Though the ship does not have many rooms… I mean cabins, it does have a few of them, and the team is sharing. Hatori is sitting in the cabin which he is sharing with Josh, and meditating. He senses something deep within the sea, and that something also senses him in return.

The creature does not appear to be hostile if anything, it sent a hello, in the form of a tentacle waving, much like how a human might do. Hatori knows about the squids and octopuses, but he has not seen them ever since he acquired his vision. So, the sight takes him by surprise, but he is not bothered by it, so he returns the greeting, making his telepathic image wave its arm.

Then the squid surprises Hatori. it sent some runes, which Hatori processes as the phrase “Why are you here?”

This is something that Hatori has never done with the runes. But it is a great idea, now that he thinks about it. in the end, runes are symbols, and human language is based on symbols. So, it stands to reason that the magical runes can be used for the same purpose. “We are just going to our home in a vessel.”

The squid returns an image as a reply, waving its tentacle in a goodbye. Hatori does the same thing, and he then comes out of his cabin. That could have gone far worse for them if he angered this squid. Though Hatori does not know of its size, the fact that it can use runes is a good enough sign that it is a pretty powerful member of its species, and it will not end well for them should they mess with it in the middle of an ocean.

Meanwhile, Avinash is keeping an eye on the ship pursuing them. he takes a look at the map. They have entered Asia, meaning they are getting closer and closer to their home. Avinash does not plan to give up this time. The Kemets have given them much better weapons compared to the Vinland ship they had earlier, though it is likely that the other ship could overpower them in sheer firepower.

“Josh, you’re the most experienced water user among us,” said Avinash. “Be ready to fight. and call Hatori for the support.”

“Yes.” agreed Josh, already expecting something like this.

It is not like that the ship has hidden its Albion flag. But even if they kept the flag down, they would have still recognized this ship, since it forced them to go on a brutal trek of the desert. A miracle is the only reason why they survived there.

The Succubi on the ship waited until they arrived in Western Asia, and then they attacked their ship. Avinash knew this would happen, so Tom and Praduman were put in charge of weapons. They managed to dish out some damage to the enemy ship, but it is not going to sink them any time soon.

Hatori is sensing, and helping out with any magic thrown their way. they are close enough that the mages can cast some long-range spells, and Hatori is countering them. “At this rate, we’ll end up in a stalemate.” Grumbled Hatori.

Despite the din of the battle, Avinash heard him. “Josh, you’re up.”

With a nasty smile, Josh manipulates the massive quantity of water in the ocean and attacks the Albion ship. At first, it was just a few waves crashing on their prow, and disrupting their aim. But Josh then freezes the water around their own ship, and then fired these icy mistles on the enemy ship, which exploded on the deck of the Albion ship, and dismembered the mages who were casting spells on them, and it also disrupted the fire for a moment.

Hatori snaps out of his trance, when he senses the squid coming on the surface, getting annoyed from all this noise. “Avinash, gun for it. we have to leave, now!”

“What? They will attack us from behind!” he argued.

“They won’t. now do it!” insisted Hatori.

When a massive tentacle comes out right in front of them, Avinash understands the urgent warning of Hatori. they turned around and thanked their lucky stars for the open area, otherwise, they would not have been able to turn their ship around so quickly. and just as Hatori said, they escaped.

As the battle of their sight gets further, they witness a monster coming out of the depths, and thrashing the Albion ship. The weapons do not have any effect, and the spells are reflected from its skin, which is covered with runes that glow when it is hit. Once satisfied that the annoying humans are no more, it goes down underneath the ocean, to do whatever it is doing.

Hatori and Josh breathed a sigh of relief. “Good thing we accelerated the ship.” They said together.

“Yeah, I don’t want to get on the other side of that thing.” Said Daphne.

PART 3.

Amelia and Emmeline abandon the ship and its crew to their miserable fate, and take the small rafts. They still continue to pursue the ship, but now they no longer have any forces with them. whatever revenge plan they have, they must fulfill it on their own.

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“Mother, they are stopping.” Said Emmeline.

“That is an interesting place to stop.” Said Amelia, “Given their history, I would have thought they would know better than to come to this island. But apparently, I thought wrong.”

“What do we do?” asked Emmeline.

“Simple.” Said Amelia. “We wait for them to come on the shore, and then attack. these are young boys and girls, and I doubt they will be able to face us together.”

Though Emmeline has her doubts, she agrees with her mother. She has experienced what a monster that seemingly blind boy is, and she has no interest in facing him ever in her life. the rest of his team doesn’t seem that impressive in comparison.

PART 4.

After this battle and the destruction of the Albion ship, they do not encounter any trouble. But since they are running out of supplies, they bank on an island to purchase food and water. while Avinash and Josh are dealing with their supplies, the rest of the team explores this island.

Hatori is talking about why he modified those cacti with Ravina, and he suddenly chokes on his words. “What? Are you okay?” she asked in concern.

“Look there.” he wheezed and pointed at a board.

“What is it there—oh.”

The board has these words clearly written upon it: “Welcome to the Magical Girl Academy!”

Running to the shore, Hatori grabs Avinash by his collar, and demands. “We need to go. We can find our supplies somewhere else!”

“The hell is up with you now?” asked Avinash, spinning away from Hatori’s grip. “I’m not willing to brave the sea with our dwindling supplies in the hope of finding some other place. Besides, I have already placed the order, they are completing as we speak.”

“This is Magical Girl Academy,” screamed Hatori. “I don’t want them to learn about us being here!”

“What can they do?” asked Avinash. “They do not own this island. They have a city with males as well. why don’t you go to the city and see for yourselves? If the Academy comes after you, it will be a perfect place to hide I think.”

“Mad,” said Hatori, as he was dragged to the city against his will. “You’re all mad, and I’m going to pay for your madness.”

PART 5.

After his initial bout of uneasiness, Hatori calms down, though he remains paranoid enough. Liking the sight of some benches near some trees, he takes a seat, while other members of his team move on deeper in the city. One particular conversation attracts his attention, which is amusing and terrifying at the same time.

“So, that is what I think a gentleman would be like.” Said a girl.

“Nonsense.” Said another girl. “You might like that fluffy stuff in the bed, but I rather have the man who is a tiger in the bed with me. that is the true gentleman.”

Hatori discretely spies upon these girls. They look to be just a year younger than him. In any case, he did not expect the girls to talk about such matters, especially when they went to a girl’s school. In any case, he must make sure they do not see him.

As they walk past him, he sneakily gets up from the bench and tries to escape. However, his great height, which is not normal for this area, and his clearly foreign look immediately attracted the attention of these girls.

“Hey look, a foreign gentleman.” They said together. “Hey, come back, we wish to speak with you.” they start to chase after him.

During his running, Hatori finds that Praduman and Josh are escaping from a mob as well. “What did you two do?” he asked.

“Not much, we won all our bets in a club.” Said Josh. “They think we cheated.”

In the crowd, the boys get separated again. But they all have enough of this crazy city, so they make their way to the outside. Hatori is still trapped in the city, but other team members have arrived on the shore.

Where they immediately get blasted by the allure of the two Succubi waiting for them. “Well, well, well. the prey finally walks into the trap. None of you will be leaving this shore alive!” said Emmeline, and attacked them. She targets Daphne and Ravina since they are resisting their allure the most, while the boys are unable to move or react.

“Why don’t you help us out, boys?” asked Amelia in a charming voice.

“Go… Fuck… Yourself!” replied Avinash.

“Such a hard one. I love hard nuts to crack.” Said Amelia.

As she makes her way to Avinash with a sensual predatory walk, she gets blasted with fire, which hits her directly on her face. “You bitch!” she said to Daphne.

A fast exchange of spells takes place, during which the older Succubus finds herself on the backfoot, and struggling to put away the younger girl. All those times when she seduced men on the court, and played politics, it has dulled her reflexes. The spells do not come fast enough to her, and whatever spells she still remembers are not enough to deal with Daphne.

All of this culminates in her death, her half-burned body crashing on the sand. “Mother!” said Emmeline, trying to get to her mother’s aid.

She was able to match Ravina better compared to her mother since she recently trained for a dueling tournament, and her reflexes have not declined yet. But when she lost her attention, this gave Ravina a chance. The sand comes up her legs, reaches her torso, and soon reaches her head. Ravina clenched her fist, and the sand started to strangle her. The last thoughts of Emmeline were about losing air and being full of panic, unable to deal with her death.

The boys slowly recover from the allure, and Hatori walks out of the city. He then sees the two corpses. “One crisis after another. At least this one is taken care of permanently.” He muttered.

They throw the bodies into the sea, and after their supplies are delivered, they quickly get on their ship and leave this island. “I am never returning to this place.” Said Praduman.

“What are you talking about? I had a great time,” said Josh, jingling the purse which was finally filled after remaining empty for so long.

Hatori and Avinash exchange a look. Hatori is smug to see that Avinash agrees with Praduman. “You were right.” he finally said after Hatori continued to look at him expectantly.

Hatori sighed, and all was right in the world once again.