Chapter 21: A man's dream

Perseus and Elliot ran and got a cannon each and charged it with their arcana. There was only 2 arcane cannon on the ship, so those 2 were in charge due to them usually being marksmen.

Perseus shot one at one of them, the cannon shot out a powerful ball of arcana straight at the ship, it tried to move out of the way, but it hits the hull and the ship started to smoke. Elliot finished the job with his shot as the the pirates all fall into the water.

They only managed to shoot 3 down as the other got closer.

"We're not gonna shoot them all down in time, these canons take a while to charge up" Elliot told Nova "We'll probably have to fight them as they board our ship"

"I can call Damon and Diana, they are a dragon and a phoenix after all" Perseus suggested

"Go ahead" Nova nodded "But we'll really need to handle things on our own from now on, so no calling them when we're bounty hunting unless we really need to"

Damon and Diana appeared and jumped off the ship to transform into their true form. Diana was a black phoenix with black and purple flames at the size of an average fishing boat, while Damon's dragon form was at least 5 times bigger than her.

It took only a short moment as the 2 easily took them down. They also caught a few pirates to to bound and tied up on the ship as evidence.

"Are we leaving those guys in the water to die?" Emma asked

"Well that's why we're bringing these guys along with us" Nova pointed at the bounded pirates "The enforcers will come and take those guys in, our ship does not have enough space to hold them all, so we can only take these much with us"

"Yeah, and if they do drown and die, they deserve it" Dabria added "These guys do not hesitate to kill, so you 2 better be prepared to kill, it's part of our job, and we will encounter these things more often than you realize"

"Well, are you going to quit now?" Perseus teased Emma "You're definitely not suited for the job if it involves killing"

"I'll have you know that I have already prepared my mind for that, father taught me all about it" Emma replied smugly

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"What keeps a whole nation floating like that?" Ace asked

It was a huge kingdom that was in the clouds with flying ships constantly going in and out of it.

| Constantly going in and out of it? Word it better please, narrator |

Please shut up and let me do my job. *Cough* Now back to the story:

"No one knows!" The captain shouted "But the huge chunk of land that the nation is on started to float up to the clouds with people on it, and the people up here used their knowledge to expand their small town into a large nation became self sufficient. After our technology advances and people could now tap into Arcana, it wasn't long till everyone found out about Modia, and the people up here were more than happy to welcome the others after being isolated up here for so long"

"Yeah, Modia is only second to Artia when in comes to trade" Nova added "But they are number 1 when it comes to tourism"

"I can tell, who wouldn't want to visit a kingdom that is floating up in the clouds" Perseus responded as he took the sight in

"You're in for a real treat kid" The captain chuckled "When this flew up here, not just us humans were here, there were others, the elves. They might look similar to us, but their beauty is something, I definitely want one as a wife"

"Aren't you already married?" Nova raised an eyebrow "And have multiple kids, no less"

"It's every man's dream to marry multiple beautiful women, you might not realize it now, but somewhere deep inside you, you have the same dream" the captain chuckled "It just takes a while to be realized. You're pretty handsome, so you'll probably have a much better chance than I do. So don't waste your youth and live a little"

"He's already pretty popular, women approach him all the time" Elliot grumbled

"What about you?" the captain asked "You're not that bad either, it should also be easy for you"

"I already have a woman in my heart, so I'm quite famous back in the academy for turning them down" Elliot answered "Nova just change the subject because he doesn't want to hurt their feelings"

"I'm surprised that he has standards" Siege commented

"Was that a compliment or an insult?" Elliot turned to the white wolf

"Take it as you will" Siege replied

"If you got one then good, because I got an advice for ya" the captain smiled "Be confident, women love confident men, but not too confident. Because it usually means that you're over compensating for something or they'll just be repulsed by your behavior"

The captain should've also given this advice to the author as he's the most helpless when it comes to women since

| Hey pal, you're working for me here |

You should've seen him, it was quite hilarious.

| I'll dock your pay |

I do not get paid anyway, so I'm not scared of your measly threats.

"If anything, I think Eliza likes Perseus more than you" Ace laughed "I'm imagining how funny it would be if he marries her, and he'll have to invite you to it where you'll have no choice but to go since he's your cousin. The look on your face would be priceless!"

"Oh that would be funny" Dabria chuckled "I'd pay to see that"

"If that happens, just know that I'll never forgive you Perseus, never" Elliot responded

Their ship then landed in Modia's dock as they turned the bound pirates in to the enforcers, showed their identification before finally stepping into Modia for the first time