Years after arriving at the Erberus Islands, Spike begins his path of growing stronger alongside new friends while facing new dangers. All while being secretly manipulated to his destiny that will decide the face of the world
Wow, that was epic. I feel bad that Aquilina had to suffer like that but Spike finally gave that bitch Loveshot what she deserved. It feels like this arc is coming to a close soon. Maybe next chapter they will finally be able to rescue Captain Razorwing‘s daughter and get out of there.
Good chapter, but I personally think you're starting to make the Red Lightnings a bit too overpowered. When you have individual characters wiping out 30 plus guards by themselves and dodging/cutting bullets, it makes you wonder what can possibly be a threat to them by that point. The Legion is talked up on how they're actual trained soldiers unlike everyone else, but they still need squad tactics and teamwork to take on a group, when the Red Lightnings don't.
The fact this takes place in the Assassinationverse also creates an odd sort of dissonance as the rest of the universe is played rather realistically while this is more of your generic action movie fare.
9989827 Well when you think about it the slavers aren't really a major threat. They mostly spend their time just bullying slaves around and executing defenseless ones while barely doing any fighting whatsoever. Overconfident in their invisible shield that will let them see danger from a mile awhile. Plus if the Red Lighting crew was to fight ALL of those slavers they would lose based on the numbers. Still individually they can take out a good number of them because they are skilled fighters and skilled fighters can be multiple opponents before they are taken out. Think of it as the Nord vs Imperial scenario. A single Nord warrior is worth five Imperial soldiers and can defeat them all in one by one easily. However, if the five soldiers work together in unison the can defeat the warrior.
I think if they had to deal with an actual army they would loose. So far they have been dealing with small squads or not as well trained individuals. Hopefully we can see them attract some attention for this from the country that was sponsoring this island.
Overall this was a good arc but I think they just knocked over a big hornets nest and they are not going to like the reprisals.
Another nice chapter. It's a shame Aquilina had to go through that but maybe we'll find out more about that tattoo and maybe see how permanent it is. That seems like something your really don't want on you if you can stand to have it removed. Probably can only be removed by who put it there sadly but who knows. Still love that this is continuing. Seeing it in tandem with Princess Son-to-be Bitch over in the other story is very interesting
A couple mistakes here and there but human eyes can only do so much lmao. Keep up the good work.
"Fausticorn damnit," Mistress Loveshot cursed, as she glared at her guards. "Well, what are you waiting for?! Get out there and protect me!"
They nodded and left to do their jobs, but the slave master stopped two Diamond Dogs. "Except you two! We're leaving this island and heading back to the Reef! But before we do, you're going to get that prisoner Vandar wanted! I'm not leaving without her!"
Of course she wants to leave with Captain Razorwing's daughter.
"Mistress, why?" one of the dogs asked, "I know she is valuable, and Vandar is paying a large sum for her, but she can't be worth it."
"Fool! She has information that could change everything! You'll get her, or I'll take that sword and neuter you right here!" Mistress Loveshot screamed. Her two guards quickly bowed and rushed out to grab the prisoner.
What could this information be?
Windward had been in the mercenary business for a long time, but he had never seen the Legion act in battle before. Witnessing them now made him glad they were on their side. Every member of the Red Lightnings was a trained warrior in their own right, but the Legion fought like soldiers. He watched as a squad of legionnaires charged forward against a group of guards who outnumbered them two to one.
Windward was about to help out, but it soon turned out that he wasn't needed. The front spearmen, mostly consisting of minotaurs and griffins, charged forward and skewered the first line of opponents in vital areas that killed them instantly. Meanwhile, the second group of all ponies and zebras jumped onto their comrades' backs and leaped up to land directly onto another group, stabbing them with their short swords. The final group, composed of archers and mages, fired in unison and took down many of their targets while forcing the others back so that the spearmen could finish them off.
Whoa...who wouldn't give to have an army like that....
In less than five minutes, the squad had won with such precision that it was like watching a dance. Just as they finished slicing the last of the guard's neck, they went back into formation and continuing to search for their next targets.
Whistling, Windward nodded his head with approval. "Good thing these guys are on our side." He glanced over to where he saw the love of his life—even if she still denied it—casing a few ice spells towards the guards that frozen them in place. Windward dived down and used his brass horseshoes to shatter them all one by one with well-placed kicks to the face.
Landing in front of Azura, he smiled, "Guess we taught them how to cool down?"
Really? That was the best you could come up with?
"... that was lame even for you," Azura said, eyebrow raised.
"Yeah, I'll do better," Windward said with a shrug as he and Azura charged further into the fortress. Entering the main hall, they saw Legion fighting the slavers as both sides began to take casualties, but there were more bodies of the latter than the former.
Try taking lessons from a real G-talker.
"Where's Aquilina, Yasahiro, and Captain Razorwing?" Windward asked as he dodged an ax and kicked the diamond dog in the face. His teeth shattered upon impact before Windward kicked his gut and then followed with a knee to the face to knock him out.
"Aquilina told Yasahiro where they were keeping the Captain's daughter, and then she headed off. Three guesses where she is going," Azura said before firing a magical blast into the back of an earth pony guard. He struggled to get up, but she cracked his head open with her staff while leaving him to die with his blood flowing out of his skull.
"You'd think she'd learn by now not to charge without thinking or backup!" Windward cried as he noticed a few pegasus guards were aiming crossbows at the Legion below.
Haven't even known her for that long and I am already loving her character! She kind of reminds me of a few other anime characters who're like that.
Deciding to take action, he flew up towards them and managed to knock one out with a blow to the temple before the others noticed. With bladed gauntlets, three of them chased after Windward while the other two were speared in the back by ice spears thanks to Azura. Windward grinned as the three guards continued to chase after him in the air. Slowing his speed, he aimed for one of the towers and kept his eyes on the prize. One of the pegasi tried swiping at him, but Windward was able to maneuver his haunches to avoid them without slowing down.
Just as he was about to smack right into the tower, Windward pulled a one-eighty and shot straight up with two of the guards following him, but one of them was unable to pull up fast enough and slammed head first into the castle. The unfortunate one fell to the ground where Legion members speared him before he could recover.
Damn!!!
Windward decided to use this time to turn around and take the fight to the other two guards. The three pegasi circled one another, diving and dodging blows like birds of prey. Each was trying to land a critical blow on the other, but Windward, despite the odds against him, was able to keep his guard up easily. When one of the guards tried to rip his face off, he grabbed his wing and delivered an elbow blow to the point where the wing bone met the spine. A loud snap and a scream of agony made Windward smirk before he shoved the pegasus away, screaming as he fell from their height. Despite his efforts to stay afloat, he slammed hard into a tree and didn't get up.
The remaining guard decided enough was enough and drew a pistol from his side, modified for a hoof instead of a claw or hand. Windward just stood there, arms crossed as he gave a cocky smile. "You got one shot in that thing. Can you hit me in time?"
Unless they are like freakishly fast...nopony can dodge a bullet.
"You think you can dodge a bullet?! You're crazy!" The guard shouted as he pulled the trigger. Before the shot could go off, Windward dived forward.
He could feel the bullet narrowly missed his face before pushing the shocked guard in the solar plexus. He finished him off with a headbutt to the face and let him drop down to his doom. "Crazy? Damn right, I am."
He grinned before diving back into the fray below.
Crazy, but the good kind of crazy.
The moment Spike and Rexius got back up, the fighting was already well underway. Rushing out, the two could hear the battle all around them, but there wasn't any sign it had reached them yet. Rexius turned to Spike and nodded. "Well, this turned out better than I hoped. I give it about an hour or two before this island is ours."
"Thanks for your help," Spike said, holding out his claw as Rexius shook it.
"No worries, but keep in mind, you owe the Legion one," Rexius said, grinning. "And we all always call our debts." He paused before his ears twitched. "Quick, play dead. Guards are coming."
Like a possum!
Spike quickly got on his stomach and closed his eyes, trying to look like a corpse as a set of guards arrived. "Sir!"
"We're too late, boys. This dragon managed to shatter the crystal, which led the Legion to attack us," Rexius growled before kicking Spike as he lay down. "I managed to kill him, but we were too late. Damn Legion Spy. What's the situation?"
"We're getting killed out there, sir! We don't have the numbers or the skills these guys have. Plus, those guys from the ship from earlier are with them! The Mistress has ordered any guards that aren't fighting to escape via the hidden port!"
So she can escape with the hostage.
"Are we taking any slaves?" Rexius asked.
"From what I know, the Mistress wants the one Warlord Vandar wants and no other."
"I see. Well, I'll get the slave and meet our mistress. You get any provisions we'll need for our trip to the Reef! Move out!" Rexius ordered as the guards saluted and rushed to fulfill their order. When he was sure they were gone, Rexius told Spike he could get up.
"Did you have to kick so hard, ow," Spike said, rubbing his chest.
Cutting attacks won't work on a dragon, but blunt force certainly will.
"Had to make it look convincing," Rexius answered. "Well, it looks like Loveshot is fleeing the coop. You going to go after her?"
"As much as I would love too, my job is to get the daughter," Spike said, cracking his knuckles. "That doesn't mean I can't bash a few slavers in my way."
"Well, guess we'll be sticking by each other for a bit longer," Rexius said, drawing his daggers. "Let's go."
Spike nodded before the two rushed to rescue their primary targets.
Onward!!!
Yasahiro had led their client through the battlefield while his swords cut down any foes in their way. Many wielders of the sword often though it was the strongest that were the best fighters, but speed was the actual key. A single blow, in the right location, was all it took to end the life of an enemy. Being a former Samurai, Yasahiro learned how to kill ever since he could walk. The guards he was not impressed with, but the Legion was a different story. They were real warriors forged out of the fire known as war.
They move like one unit, slaying all who came towards them while facing death with dignity should it come for them. If this were any other opportunity, the four-tailed kitsune would have loved to clash blades with them in a duel. However, the mission took priority.
Mission now, duel/spar later.
Their client, Captain Razorwing, had yet to bloody his sword, but he charged on without fear. Yasahiro had to give the sea captain credit; he was determined to find his daughter and save her. A great mindset, but he failed to realize that his death would only worsen the state of his daughter's well being. Just by looking at her, the ronin could tell she had almost given up on life. He had seen that state many times before. Most would end their lives and misery just to let death's embrace take them.
Yasahiro did not fear death, but he did not welcome it. He never would. There were those he needed to kill, and lives he needed to avenge, including his own.
So that so many souls can rest in peace.
Remembering Aquilina's directions, he guided them to the door she had taken to find Lana and smashed through with a shoulder tackle. Two guards were surprised to find him charging, but a slice to their sides ended them before they could do anything.
Yasahiro motioned for the captain to follow him as they made their way down the stairs. However, when they arrived on the first floor, they found about twenty-five guards in their way. Various slave pens were open, and the guards had bloody weapons on them. Bodies lingered on the floors as one guard removed their ax from the back of a female earth pony. The guards just stared at each other before raising their weapons at Yasahiro.
Staring at the bodies of the dead slaves, their blood decorating the floor red, Yasahiro glared at the guards who slowly inched away from him. Drawing all four of his katanas with his tails, and putting one in his mouth, the kitsune prepared to send these bastards to Mordum for judgment. With but a single breath, Yasahiro dashed forward faster then the front guards could react. Two of his tails flashed, cutting off two heads before the other two would find themselves deep into the chests of another.
They never saw it coming.
Spinning around, Yasahiro delivered the one in his mouth straight into the gut of a minotaur guard before twisting it out and slicing upward, cutting his head like a melon. By this point, the other guards had broken out of their stupor and charged forward with their weapons. Yasahiro calmly dodged a blow to his head before blocking with one of his tails before using his lower tail to chop off the unicorn's front legs, bringing him down for a slice against the neck.
A rain of blood began to emit from the decapitated limbs and necks of the dead guards, making his black robe spotted. Yasahiro wasn't bothered by the blood as he quickly sliced three more guards with all four of his tail katanas before jumping into the air and slicing a griffin's body in two with one in his mouth.
So...much...blood.
Ten down, and it had only been forty-five seconds. Two Diamond Dog guards tried to attack from behind with their axes. Without looking, all four of Yasahiro's tails spun around from behind, blocking their blows and cutting them limb from limb until they were pieces on the floor.
Now the floor was becoming more of a river of blood, but Yasahiro never lost his step as he charged forward again. Stabbing into the chest of a female unicorn, Yasahiro used his momentum to throw her into a small group of other pony guards who struggled to get up. With one group distracted, Yasahiro turned to the others before his instincts warned him to duck. A gunshot followed as other guards began to take out their guns and take him from a distance.
Any other warrior would have been dead at this point, but Yasahiro was not the third-best in the guild for nothing. Narrowing his eyes, he remembered his training regarding ranged attacks. The purpose of his family's style was to read their opponents and react before they could strike. With shooting, it was no different. The eyes and the position of the barrel told the story, the rest was down to speed.
And speed is what he is!
The guards' jaws dropped as Yasahiro ducked and jumped out of the way of the gunfire. Before they could reload, he jumped off the wall and threw all four of his tail wielded katanas in their direction, each hit in the chest at blinding speed, which knocked them off their feet. One was fast enough to reload, but the impact caused him to fire off into the side of a fellow guard.
By now the pony guards he knocked down earlier had gotten up and tried to trap Yasahiro with them one side, and the remaining guards on the other. The last shooter aimed his gun at Yasahiro and fired, but the ronin surprised them both by slicing the bullet in half with his sword. The split bullet ended up in the skulls of two of the pony guards before they knew what hit them. Yasahiro charged again with the guards trying to run away with panic on their faces. Yet, they couldn't escape the blade.
The Blade of the Fox!!!
With no hesitation, Yasahiro finished them off one by one with the katana in his mouth. A few even begged for surrender, but he coldly cut them down before they could even finish a sentence. Of the group of twenty-five, only one unicorn pony remained of the guard in less than three minutes of fighting.
The lone guard, barely keeping his magic wrapped around his sword, slowly began to step back from the blood-covered kitsune who was calmly pulling his remaining katanas out of the bodies of his victims. Slowly turning around, he glared at the lone pony who dropped his sword and began to run away only to meet his end at the saber of Captain Razorwing. The dying guard gasped before the light left his eyes, and the griffin pushed him off to let him join his comrades in the void. The griffin looked at the stone eyed kitsune and grumbled, "What? I needed to do my part."
And do it you did.
The moment they entered the main corridor, Spike had unleashed his fiery claws upon an unsuspecting guard who was about to overpower a Legion member. Rexius already had his knives out and was going to work with Spike joining him. The young dragon unleashed punch after punch and kick after kick. Smashing the bones and burning the flesh of any of the slaver scum that stood in his way. The pent up rage he had been building since landing on this gods forsaken island had been unleashed, and he was taking every moment to savor it.
Scratching half the face off a pony, Spike then turned around and snapped a roundhouse kick to the head of another one. When he sensed someone trying to attack him from behind, Spike lit his tail on fire. He speared it into the neck of a griffin flying right at him with two swords before throwing the burning corpse into a group of his slaver comrades, catching them on fire as well. Rexius had moved like lightning with his knives to stab at various joints and weak points in the guards' armor before finishing them off with a stab or slice to the throat, sometimes even throwing a spare knife or two to finish off changing opponents.
Wreck them!!!
Just as another was about to charge at him, a flash of burning white flames erupted. Peewee, faithful as always, scratched and burned the goon's face before retreating to his partner. Spike allowed his familiar to land on his shoulders before he tweeted hello.
"Good to see you too, Peewee," Spike answered.
!!!
A Legion Diamond Dog with a funny spike-like hat with a red mane slammed his squad shield into the head of a guard, dazing it before he finished with a stab to the gut. Tearing the guard off, he made his way to Rexius before giving a quick salute. "Frumentarii Rexius!"
"Centurion! What's the word?!" Rexius asked while slitting the throat of a unicorn guard.
"All landing parties have secured the beaches! We've taken most of the hold save for a few places that are boarded up!" The Centurion then looked up and smiled. "And our new friends seem to be helping out as well."
A half-dead pegasus crashed onto the ground before Windward landed right on top of it, breaking the spine. He smirked at Spike and nodded. "Glad you joined the party, Spike."
"Where are the others?" Spike asked.
"Azura and I have been having fun here. Yasahiro and Captain Razorblade are off to save his daughter and Aquilina...."
She's...well....
Spike resisted the urge to facepalm. "Let me guess. She went after Loveshot." Windward nodded. "Damn it, Aquilina. I'm going after her."
"I think she can handle a slave master, Spike," Windward stated, raising an eyebrow.
"Yes, but the last time she did something like this, she got caught by this guy!" Spike shouted, thumbing towards Rexius. "You stay here and wait for Yasahiro to get back. I'm going after Aquilina!"
Before she gets herself killed!
"What about your daughter in distress?" Rexius asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Yasahiro is the best of us. He'll be fine. Where do I go to find Loveshot?" Spike demanded.
Pointing to a small tower in the distance, Rexius answered, "That way. Just try not to get killed."
It is never easy to kill a dragon.
Spike didn't even answer as he rushed as fast as he could in the direction Rexius pointed with Peewee flying right beside him. Come on, Aquilina. Please don't do anything stupid!
Wishful thinking Spike...wishful thinking.
Aquilina removed her knife from the latest victim as she licked the blood off and stared at the three guards that prevented her from meeting face to face with the head bitch of this island. "And that's thirty-nine of you bastards so far. Wanna add yourself to the count, boys?"
The three were staring at her with wide eyes and sweaty faces. No doubt seeing six of their comrades stabbed to death multiple times with their organs coming out had something to do with it. Twirling her knives, Aquilina slowly made her way forward as one of the pony guards, a unicorn, decided to charge forward with his blade levitating above his head. Even gave off a war cry, but was silenced the moment Aquilina dodged his attack with a simple spin and sliced his neck open. Ignoring his futile attempts to delay his death on the ground, Aquilina made for the second pony guard, an earth pony, and ducked under his sweeping attack before stabbing him in the gut with both her daggers and ripped them out. His organs started coming out as he fell to his stomach while vainly trying to keep them in before his eyes rolled to the back of his head.
"Grandus above..." the lone griffin guard muttered as he stared at Aquilina. He quickly dropped his pole staff and held his claws up. "Mercy! I surrender! I swear I just did this for the money! I didn't do anything wrong."
But you did...you hurt, maimed, raped, and broken the lives of countless slaves...you feed of their suffering, relished I their main, and feed of their misery......and for that, you must PAY!!!
Aquilina stared at the slave guard before walking up to him and asked, "Didn't do anything wrong, huh? You just stood around like an obedient little pet and tried to stay out of trouble?"
"Y-Yes!" he answered.
Aquilina sighed before taking her rear leg and shoving it straight between his rear legs. He squealed in pain, kneeling over as Aquilina spat in his face. "You did nothing. You just stood there as innocent creatures were beaten, tortured, raped, killed, and forced to act like worms! You. Did. Nothing?!"
Nothing at all....
"W-wait... I... I don't want to die!" he begged, tears streaming down his face. His pleas fell on deaf ears as she shoved both her daggers into the side of his head before kneeing him in the face.
"And they didn't want to be slaves. Tough shit."
See ya....
With a huff, Aquilina went over to the door that led to the final room on the top floor and kicked it down. Her wings spread out, she glared at the Slave Master unicorn who just stared at Aquilina with a raised eyebrow. "Who the hay are you?"
"Me? I'm room service. I'm here to deliver these knives into your skull and shove it up your flankhole before giving you an all-expense paid trip to the void," Aquilina replied, walking in as if she owned the place. "Gotta say, normally when I see slavery shit like this, I go berserk and kill every one of you ruckers with extreme prejudice. However, I've had to hold back on that for the sake of a job. Now?" She lifted both her knives and grinned. "Oh, sister, I'm going to have fun with you."
"... I should have realized there was something wrong when you and your group of friends arrived," Mistress Loveshot answered, sighing. "I got soft with this job."
Hmmm....
"You're about to get dead in a second," Aquilina snorted.
"Oh, I do not doubt that this is the end," Mistress Loveshot sighed, shrugging her shoulders. "Even if I were to get past you, no doubt the Legion has already taken control of the island. And with most of my guards dead or surrendering, I won't have enough to help me control the boat out of here."
"Well, you're kinda ruining the fun of this," Aquilina said, sighing in frustration. "I wanted to see you beg for your life or at least put up a fight."
Something's not right....
"Well, I was going just to drink some poison I keep at hand and end it all, but seeing you, well, I've decided to have some fun before I die," Mistress Loveshot answered with a sly grin. Her eyes checking out Aquilina with such leer that it made the griffin shiver. "Hmmm, yes, I think I'll enjoy seeing you suffer a bit. It turns me on, you can say."
"The ruck are you smoking?!" Aquilina growled as she lifted her daggers. "The only one going to enjoy seeing any suffering is me!" She made an effort to head for Mistress Loveshot.
"You know that's a nice tattoo you have on," Mistress Loveshot replied as her horn glowed along with the chain tattoo on Aquilina's cheek.
No....
Immediately, a familiar and unwanted pain ripped through Aquilina's nerves as she screamed. Falling to the ground, she held her head in agony as the cursed tattoo on her cheek went to work, slowly making it feel like her brain was getting crushed while an invisible rope was around her neck. She tried to breathe, but she could only gasp for air as her eyes nearly popped out of her skull. The only thing she could do was scream and curse as a laughing Mistress Loveshot walked over.
DAMMIT!!!
"Do you think I don't know what that tattoo on your face is, slave? I worked for Ars Arcadum, and I know how to use such a thing with ease," Mistress Loveshot said, grinning with delight as Aquilina squirmed underneath her. "That's it. Feel the pain. Know that for all your high talk and mighty strength, you're still trapped in the chains of your betters. The powerlessness that flows through you as you try to shield yourself from the truth. That no matter how free you think you are, all it takes is the right spell to make you my bitch!"
You'll be the one who's made the bitch if you don't get away from her!!!
"R-Ruc-AAAUUGH!" Aquilina screamed as the pain now spread to her wings and chest. Her claws were digging deep as she tore out bits of her hair and feathers from her wings. She kicked in the air and rolled around, trying to stop it. It was like fire in her veins. Nails hammered into her spine. Flashes of those days as her master disciplined her entered her mind. The taunts. The shame. The utter disgusting ways he tore her apart. Tears were coming out of her eyes as she begged for the pain to stop in her head.
For a moment it did, she felt the pain lessons as she began to breathe again, her energy spent in dealing with a real nightmare from hell. That all froze when she felt a hoof on her rear end, the Mistress caressing her like she was a pet toy. "Hmm, fine flank. Very fine."
Not. Another. Move....
"Don't... touch me... bitch!" Aquilina hissed, slowly getting up, but then the pain returned, and she was brought back down again.
"That's mistress..." she ordered, glaring at Aquilina with a grin. "I am your mistress. I am your master. You will obey."
Aquilina felt the pain getting lower, towards her feet and haunches.
"Obey!"
She was now openly sobbing. Her entire body was a slave to this demon who was hurting her without even touching her. The feeling she buried, the pains she locked away, what she fought to remember every day, and in every dream to forget. All unleashed with a straightforward spell.
"Obey!"
She wanted someone to save her. She didn't care who it was as long as it either ended the pain or ended her life. She wanted her mommy. She wanted her uncle. She wanted... she wanted...
"Obey me, slave!YOU WILL OBEY!"
"SPIKE!!!!" Aquilina screamed as loud as she could.
BURN HER ALIVE!!!
And then there was a roar filled with nothing but utter rage. Something exploded in the background before a scream followed. There was a tussle, fire roaring from the depths of hell as pleas for mercy where shouted, but we're over showed by the roaring rage that overwhelmed Aquilina's ears. She didn't dare look, all she could do was close her eyes and shed tears as the pain faded, but she could still feel the feeling. The feeling of helplessness. The feeling of worthlessness. The shame. The anger. The memory that she was, and always would be, a slave.
It was quiet, now. Too quiet. Aquilina hoped that the mistress wouldn't hurt her again. Aquilina would be good. Aquilina had to be good.
Snap out of it...snap out of it.
Then something touched her, and she froze up. It lifted her into its embrace, and she felt neither the cold air nor the sharp pain, but warmth. Caring warmth. A voice whispered into her ear, "It's okay. I have you. I have you, Aquilina. You're safe."
Safe
That was what she was.
She was not a slave.
Not a slave.
She was safe.
I'm not a slave... I'm safe... I'm not a slave... I'm safe...
You are safe...in the arms of the Drake of Emerald Flames.
She repeated this in her mind, sobbing tears down her cheeks as Spike carefully held onto her while the crushed and burned body of Mistress Loveshot lay behind them. Peewee landed nearby and began to sing a song that echoed warmly over the ruins of the now conquered island.
Well... That's one hell of a way to end this hextilogy, that's for sure.
Wow, that was epic. I feel bad that Aquilina had to suffer like that but Spike finally gave that bitch Loveshot what she deserved. It feels like this arc is coming to a close soon. Maybe next chapter they will finally be able to rescue Captain Razorwing‘s daughter and get out of there.
Good chapter, but I personally think you're starting to make the Red Lightnings a bit too overpowered. When you have individual characters wiping out 30 plus guards by themselves and dodging/cutting bullets, it makes you wonder what can possibly be a threat to them by that point. The Legion is talked up on how they're actual trained soldiers unlike everyone else, but they still need squad tactics and teamwork to take on a group, when the Red Lightnings don't.
The fact this takes place in the Assassinationverse also creates an odd sort of dissonance as the rest of the universe is played rather realistically while this is more of your generic action movie fare.
Remember; A man/pony/griffon chooses, a slave obeys.
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Well when you think about it the slavers aren't really a major threat. They mostly spend their time just bullying slaves around and executing defenseless ones while barely doing any fighting whatsoever. Overconfident in their invisible shield that will let them see danger from a mile awhile. Plus if the Red Lighting crew was to fight ALL of those slavers they would lose based on the numbers. Still individually they can take out a good number of them because they are skilled fighters and skilled fighters can be multiple opponents before they are taken out. Think of it as the Nord vs Imperial scenario. A single Nord warrior is worth five Imperial soldiers and can defeat them all in one by one easily. However, if the five soldiers work together in unison the can defeat the warrior.
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I think if they had to deal with an actual army they would loose. So far they have been dealing with small squads or not as well trained individuals. Hopefully we can see them attract some attention for this from the country that was sponsoring this island.
Overall this was a good arc but I think they just knocked over a big hornets nest and they are not going to like the reprisals.
Another nice chapter. It's a shame Aquilina had to go through that but maybe we'll find out more about that tattoo and maybe see how permanent it is. That seems like something your really don't want on you if you can stand to have it removed. Probably can only be removed by who put it there sadly but who knows. Still love that this is continuing. Seeing it in tandem with Princess Son-to-be Bitch over in the other story is very interesting
A couple mistakes here and there but human eyes can only do so much lmao. Keep up the good work.
Of course she wants to leave with Captain Razorwing's daughter.
What could this information be?
Whoa...who wouldn't give to have an army like that....
Really? That was the best you could come up with?
Try taking lessons from a real G-talker.
Haven't even known her for that long and I am already loving her character! She kind of reminds me of a few other anime characters who're like that.
Damn!!!
Unless they are like freakishly fast...nopony can dodge a bullet.
Crazy, but the good kind of crazy.
Like a possum!
So she can escape with the hostage.
Cutting attacks won't work on a dragon, but blunt force certainly will.
Onward!!!
Mission now, duel/spar later.
So that so many souls can rest in peace.
They never saw it coming.
So...much...blood.
And speed is what he is!
The Blade of the Fox!!!
And do it you did.
Wreck them!!!
!!!
She's...well....
Before she gets herself killed!
It is never easy to kill a dragon.
Wishful thinking Spike...wishful thinking.
But you did...you hurt, maimed, raped, and broken the lives of countless slaves...you feed of their suffering, relished I their main, and feed of their misery......and for that, you must PAY!!!
Nothing at all....
See ya....
Hmmm....
Something's not right....
No....
DAMMIT!!!
You'll be the one who's made the bitch if you don't get away from her!!!
Not. Another. Move....
BURN HER ALIVE!!!
Snap out of it...snap out of it.
You are safe...in the arms of the Drake of Emerald Flames.
And so the Bolts of Crimson prevail.