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Chapter 9
Duel
Jolly Roger right in front of me, with the place smelling of smoke and hundreds of pirates down. If they didn't stop him, then how could I? I take a peek at him while having most of my body still protected by the rock and I see his body.
A grotesque man, made of bone with a combination weapon in one hand being his hand and a hat with playing cards on it. He had a sword sheathed along with it and his coat being dirty and stained. He was the man on evil, and I was the only one left to defeat him.
I was terrified at that specificied moment but I knew what I had to do. Defeat him, or have him defeat me, along with the town and the end of Padres and stuff, but that wasn't on my mind.
I unsheathed BOTH my bloodfire cutlass and mt bloodfire broadsword each turning to flames the second they touched the air.
I ran, screaming with all of my rage and fury, going directly toward him.
Jolly turns around startled but quick with his wits and does something I didnt expect at all. He summoned a tornado of cursed souls around him, and apparently me with it.
Surprisingly it did NOTHING at all, to me, shocking Jolly Roger and giving me the window of opportunity to take a slash at him.
I slashed at his leg chipping of bone, not doing much but still making his leg collapse to the ground having him scream this:
Gah! Impossible! Immune to my powers! I am no simpleton fool, I know you have voodoo on your side, but from who is my question! No matter, we shall duel to the death then!!!
He took a swipe at me with his armlet combination which knocked me back a few feet. He then started to look angry and summoned a lightning bolt to meet me.
It does nothing, nothing at all to me.
He screams this:
Gah, you may be immune to voodoo, but how do you fair with explosives, fool!
He waves his arm in the air and surrounding him are four powder keg runners. I start to panic and went to hide behind my rock once again.
You fool! These keg runners will destroy you if you even come close to me!
I had to figure something out. I see a pistol right there a few feet in front of the rock but I knew that Jolly was just waiting. If I could take the pistol and shoot the keg, it should cause a chain reaction to blow everyone and cause some harm to Jolly.
I make a run for the pistol dashing with all my strength to obtain it. I grab it with no harm and try to shoot it.
I press the trigger, aiming carefully but nothing came out. I clicked it once more.
Nothing.
I look inside and see no bullet in there. I made a mistake.
A costly mistake.
The powder keg was right next to me but I think quick wits took over, because I take out my sword in a flash.
In another his Powder Keg Arm fell to the ground with the powder keg safely falling and I hack the skeleton into tiny pieces.
JOlly looks shocked.
I find on the ground a bullet. A bullet that was right next to the pistol.
How was I not able to see it? No matter I slide it in and shoot, hitting my target spot on. The kegs start a chain reaction, destroying one and causing the others to explode. Shrapnel flies everywhere and smoke starts to blind me. I smell lost bones of the skeletons along with this smoke dulling my reactions and senses, making me kneel on a foot.
As the smoke clears I see Jolly kneeling on a foot as well. That sight gave me strength and courage. I stand up and turn both swords on fire. I run at him, screaming and stab right through the place where a man's heart would be, I hear several cracks go off and Jolly screaming.
Rah!!!!
Jolly says this:
You boy have power, power that I must have! The next time we meet it will not be so easy. Prepare for death the next time, and the torment of serving me in the afterlife! Mwahahaha!!!
A green aura starts to emit from him and was circling around him swiftly and freely. It started to get dense and then he was entirely covered in this aura.
The aura started to give way and when I had a clear sight, he was gone.
I hear a cannon blast in the distance. I then realize it's the sound of his ship's cannon. I leap to my left and look back.
An explosion comes and I see smoke billowing from where I was standing only moments ago. A close call.
When the smoke clears I see a paper, I pick it up and read it. It had words on it, words to a riddle of some sort.
The Father of Fire holds no power
To make anybody cower
Yet one man knows where true power is
The power he could use to make it his
He can fly away at times of trouble
Even when the enemy is tis near in winning
Finding this man be no easy task
And doing so may cause sadness, and regret.
True power shall come, along with a price.
If there was no price then there is no reward...
That's what the riddle said. I was stumped at to what it meant. I just didn't get it. If I kept going would I find something I'd regret? Who knows... who knows...
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What does the riddle mean? I'm giving a chance for readers to take a guess as to what it means. The next chapter MIGHT say what it means, but no hints will come until the chapter is released. What will happen next...?
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