My Dungeon Life – Chapter 1557-1559

Chapter 1557

After a rather uncomfortable day on the ship, I was eager for a distraction, and if that distraction just happened to be the pirates, that was also a problem that needed addressing. Perhaps I would get lucky and be able to take care of the pirate situation on the coast in one go. If I could capture the leader of this pirate ship, then we could find out who is behind the attacks.

Given my Soulsmith job, I was confident that I would be able to force the information out of anyone I captured. Unless the person or people behind it were flawless, there had to be some hints hidden in their lore that would tell us more. I could then pass that information on to the Tibults and perhaps they could resolve the issue before we even got back from the peace talks. I liked when things were convenient, so I made my decision immediately.

I looked out into the distance, pulling some binoculars from my soul world to look at a ship that was sailing toward us. It had black sails. The flag at the top appeared to be an image of a cat. Well, it’s not like I would have known any pirate signs anyway. I looked over to the man who was piloting the ship, a local Ost Republic captain of no particular notable repute.

“Do you recognize the flag?” I asked curiously.

He shook his head. “The Ost Republic was very good about keeping back piracy up until the Osterians left. There aren’t any known pirate captains along these parts. I heard that Aberis and the Imperial Cloud Meadow have problems. They seem to be exporting their problems down south. He spat to his side as he said that, only blushing when he saw the princess coming out.

It appeared he had confused me for an Osterian. After all, I was rather tall, and I was friendly with the other Osterians on board from Titan Fall. However, he knew the princess came from Aberis and didn’t want to insult her, so he quickly made himself scarce. Just behind Eliana, the unpleasant face of the church leader Anne appeared.

“Are we going to flee?” She demanded out loud, expecting someone to just answer her.

“No. We’re not.” I responded in a voice clear enough that it informed the entire crew. “We’re going to capture it.”

I had just wanted to capture the leader, but couldn’t I just drop the boat in my Soul World? I seemed to remember from Lydia’s survey that there were some rivers in the Wilderness, and they would not just go all the way south into Dioshin, but reach the ocean. If I could set up my dock, we could start a ship trade. The pirate boat was small and light, aimed at being able to escape, so it probably would work in a river. That also meant that it could probably catch up to us.

Anne sniffed, crossing her arms. “It’s not like I was suggesting we run away. My soldiers can take on the threat, and if anyone dies, I’ll just resurrect them.”

“We will die for you!”

“I want to be resurrected by Anne…”

“Watch me as I protect you, my sweet!”

It seemed like her entourage was perfectly happy to fall in battle. If the church of the daughter had one thing going for it, the Paladin’s gave off energy as if they would gladly die for their lol… I mean for the church head.

Chapter 1558

“Are you sure it’s a good idea to encounter them directly, princess?” The captain asked nervously as they drew closer.

“I left specifically from a distant port because I was hoping to encounter the pirates,” Eliana explained.

“You admit it’s a more distant port!” I cried out.

She blushed. “Yes, I guided us to the northernmost port city of the Ost Republic. I wasted to survey the entire coastline, and what’s an extra day of travel?”

Remembering the last day, an extra day of travel was the worst! However, I understood the need so I remained quiet.

The captain turned white. “I’m a transport captain. This ship isn’t built for battle. I’d prefer to never meet a pirate.”

Eliana gently touched his arm and gave a disarming smile. “I’m sorry to put you in this situation, captain. However, don’t worry so much. It may not look it, but this is a heavily guarded ship. Titan Fall is an S-class adventuring team, and the paladins under Prelate Anne are all skilled fighters as well.”

He let out a breath of relief, even shooting the woman an appreciative look. I noticed that she deliberately left me out of that equation. Perhaps, she didn’t want me to feel pressured to get involved, or maybe she was just making a point about the fact that I came there to protect her as if to imply that I wasn’t needed.

Either way, they were right. S-class wasn’t as strong as a person got, but it was strong enough to handle most threats. The only ways to exceed the limitations of an S-class were to either form a god soul or become a dungeon master, and if you didn’t form a god soul before becoming a dungeon master, there was just as much a chance that the dungeon would take control of you as the other way around. There was a reason Demon Lord Aberis wasn’t able to pull on his various dungeons. Like me when I created my dungeon originally, he was never the master of them. Creating a dungeon and being the master of a dungeon were two very different things.

Boom! Just as I was getting comfortable waiting on their approach, there was a sudden loud noise, and immediately to the right of the ship, there was a giant splash of water. This seemed to alarm several of the people on board, and I immediately pulled my binoculars to get a close look at the ship again. It was only now that it was much closer than I was able to see what I didn’t notice before.

“This ship has cannons!” I cried out.

“What’s a cannon?” Eliana asked.

“It’s…”

Boom! There was another burst, and another ball came flying out. Since I was paying closer attention, I was able to see its movement as it narrowly missed the hall by an inch and then splashed into the water on the other side.

“Whatever it is, we need to stop it!” Anne declared. “If I knew we’d be versing something long-range, I would have brought some mages.”

I didn’t expect to run into cannons because this was a world with magic. Prelate Anne was capable of using protective shield magic, so Eliana hadn’t been worried about that. However, unlike me, she couldn’t block physical attacks. It looked like I’d be useful too.

Chapter 1559

There was once a time when White Mages were common. During the war against the Fae, the White Mage had become the bane of their existence. The Fae couldn’t be resurrected, and so they were slowly wiped out while the invaders seemed to be able to reincarnate. It had to feel a bit like a zombie invasion, or so I imagined. To turn the tides, Fae managed to somehow wipe out the White Mage lore, making it increasingly difficult for new White mages to be created. Had I not chosen it as my job before coming to this world, that lore might have been lost forever.

Without the ability to resurrect, there was a standstill between the Fae and the humans. The standstill was brought to an end when humans began to depend on faith. With Faith, they could create priests, and priests were able to lean resurrection at a far lower level than what was required for a white mage. The result was that the fae was eventually thrown from the land, where they ended up on another continent on the other side of the planet.

White Mages and Priests have as many similarities as they have differences. Priests had mastery over the soul. They could heal just about anything, but healing was a relatively slow process for them, sometimes taking days to repair the significant damage. One could see their healing like increasing regen up extremely high and then promoting proper healing. They could also protect against ghosts and other spirits.

White Mage was more of a combat class. Other than being super-effective against the undead, they also had defensive spells that could create shields and block physical damage. They also could cause almost instantaneous healing, which usually came at the expense of the soul. That last part I hadn’t known about until fairly recently. Priest healing was slower, but it healed the body and soul, while White Mage healed the body extremely quickly, but damage to the soul would accumulate over time and potentially cause issues. Why did we never experience issues? That was because we were all also drinking the waters of life, which continually healed and renewed our souls.

As for where I learned all of this information, it was seemingly absorbed from King Roth’s dungeon. He didn’t have a ton of information, but there were enough fragments of lore that I was able to take what I already knew and piece together what sounded about right based on my own experiences. There was still a lot of information to digest. Most of it was about the inner workings of Dioshin. If the animalkin knew how much I knew about their country and its secrets, they’d likely be sweating right about now.

What all of that meant was that while Priests could block magic attacks and ghosts, they were unable to block physical damage, so the enemy pirates were using a woman Eliana didn’t even know existed. Other than Bernice’s gun, I also hadn’t known that black powder had been discovered in this world. Did this technology come from the Imperial Cloud Meadow? I had heard they considered our country undeveloped savages, but if it was because they were already in the Industrial age while were stuck in the middle ages, I’d understand.

The ship fired again, but this time I used the skill shield and erected a barrier. The ball struck the barrier and fell back to the ground. Now, it was my turn to attack.