Chapter 7

It had been two days since we left. I and Surya observed the sea from the upper deck. Rest of them were sleeping in their rooms. The cold wind and the deep fragrance of the sea were making me enjoy the journey. The weather was not as cold as I thought. The warm sunlight falling on my skin made me have orgasms. 

"It has been two days now," I mentioned. 

"Yeah, still a long way to go," Surya said. 

"I don't know what we are going to face there. We not only have to be careful in The Great Black Sea but also around that old man Ghosavasu." I looked far in the sea. 

"He has not done any suspicious activity yet. Let's see what he does when we reach there." Surya picked up the spear which was kept leaning by the wall. "If he tries to do anything, I will shove this right into his ass." He showed the tip of the spear when he spoke.

Surya was a childish guy. He always tries to have fun in any situation. Despite being an adult, he loved to play with toys. He was the mood maker of our group. 

"Hahahha." We both laughed. 

"Please, do not do that. My ass would hurt a lot." We heard a voice coming from behind our backs. 

It was Ghosavasu's voice. We turned and saw he was standing, holding his arms together behind his back. 

Damn, could there be a worse timing than this? Since how long he was standing there? 

"Ah, we did not mean it like that..." Surya threw the spear on the floor immediately. 

"Yeah, we were just joking," I said. 

He was staring at us with a piercing gaze. I don't know why but I felt really uncomfortable looking into his eyes. 

He slowly walked towards us. I tried to hold my dagger which I put under my waistband. "Oh, do not get scared," He said. "I am not going to do any harm to you. To any of you."

Like I would believe that. Did this old man take us as fools? 

He came to the corner where we were standing and enjoyed the scenery of the sea.

"Do you still think I would stab you from behind your backs?" He inquired, his eyes fixated far in the sea. 

I and Surya looked at each other. We did not have an answer for that.  

"Your silence has given me the answer," He added. He turned and started walking away. "You can remove your hand from your dagger."

Phew. I sighed in relief when he went away. 

"Why do you fear that frail old man? We are six and he is just one. We could kick his ass anytime," Surya said. 

"I don't know, I just feel an intense aura whenever I am around him. My mind automatically says that this man is dangerous. Stay away from him."

"Hm, you are just overthinking this." 

"Maybe you are right. I should not think about it too much."

As we were talking, I spotted a black dot like something far ahead in the sea. I pointed towards the dot. "What is that?"

Surya tried to look at it clearly by placing his palm above his eyes. "I don't know. Is it an island?"

As we were moving ahead, the dot was getting larger and larger. 

"What is that?" I was still not sure.

As we got closer, it became clear that... 

"It is a ship," I said. 

It was a ship. It looked like a dot from a distance. It was a wooden ship just like us but was bigger. It had cannons around its sides and was swarming with... 

"Pirates," Someone said all of a sudden. 

It was Ghosavasu standing beside us. We got freaked out. Why did he have to sneak on us like that? But we had a bigger problem now. We were raided by pirates. 

"Pirates!!" I screamed. 

Rest of my friends came running to the deck. 

"What? Pirates?" Rahul was shocked when he looked at the pirate ship. 

"Pick up your weapons," Ghosavasu told us in a low voice. 

I was standing beside him, so I heard him clearly. "What? Are we going to fight them?"

"We have no other choice. We fight or we die," He responded coldly. I quickly understood he did not joke. It was a matter of life and death now. 

The pirate ship was now side by side our ship. I could see those ugly pirates wearing torn and shabby looking clothes. They jumped on our ship with swords and weapons in their hands. 

I picked up my sword and prepared myself with my legs shaking in fear. I was sure that we were going to die before even reaching to our destination. They screamed and marched towards us. Ghosavasu took out his sword and ran towards them. 

"Does this old man has a death wish?" I thought, but I was certainly wrong. 

That old man was fighting all of them alone. Bhaskar joined him with a spear in his hand. He was a soldier, so he was trained in combat.

We were just standing awe-struck by their insane combat abilities. They were cutting them, stabbing them and even incapacitating them, but those pirates were in great numbers. 

"Stop the fight!!" Someone shouted out of nowhere. It sounded like an order.

All the pirates froze wherever they were. Suddenly, a brown old man with an eye patch came out of the crowd. He had a dense white beard and long white hair. Despite looking so old in age, he had a fit body. He was wearing a black coat with black fitting pants and high boots. He had a small dagger in his right hand. He came forward and looked at us. I guessed he must be their captain. 

"I am impressed by your fighting abilities," He said to Ghosavasu. 

I realized Ghosavasu was a having a terrified expression on his face just them. "Why is he..."

"Who are you?" Bhaskar inquired. 

"People know me by the name 'Captain Agnitejas'," The man replied. 

"I don't care who you are. You will face the same fate as your crew members," Bhaskar threatened him in a loud voice. 

"Oh, really?" Agnitejas smiled. "Why don't you come at me then?"

Bhaskar thought he was mocking him. So, he ran towards him in full speed. 

"No! Stop!" Ghosavasu shouted. 

Bhaskar and Agnitejas crossed each other in a blink. Before we knew it, Bhaskar was having a cut on his chest. Blood came spraying out of it and he fell to the floor.

"Bhaskar!!" Govind screamed. 

We all were heavily shocked. The person who just killed dozens of pirates was now lying on the floor in a pathetic position. 

Agnitejas' dagger had blood on it. He took it to his mouth and licked it. "Hm, a warrior's blood," He said. "Let's see who is next."