Eldritch Creature's Guide

Chapter 266  Vs. Ox Head Pirates

Yvraine jumped on the deck of the Ox Head Pirates and started slaughtering pirates one by one while the Templar Knights were advancing steadily. The ship of the Ox Head Pirates was even bigger than Samiel's, at least when it came to the size aspect.

Samiel observed this for a while because he was gauging how strong the Ox Head Pirates were and at the same time, he was also observing how well the Templar Knights were fighting against the Pirates.

That was something new to see and he wanted to see how they operated. Till now, he saw only Juulius fighting and he was a special case as he was Heir Apparent of the House Crawford.

This was the first time he saw Templar Knights fighting as one unit.

"Their teamwork is flawless... but that was to be expected as they are trained from birth."

Samiel thought while observing the Templar Knights killing the pirates because only a fraction of the Templar Knights boarded the ship and were fighting against this scourge of seas.

"I should join the fray..."

He muttered as he saw the huge shadow of a five-meter-tall minotaur appearing on the deck of the ship.

Minotaurs were large, muscular humanoids. They had the head of a bull, upper torso, hands, and the body of a human and hooved feet. Their fur and wild hair typically ranged from brown to black and covered forearms, chest, abdomen, and legs.

He was wielding an enormous two-sided waraxe as he advanced towards Yvraine and radiating a very powerful Bronze-Tier aura; it appeared that the captain of the Ox Head Pirates had advanced even further and reached higher Levels or something different happened, which increased his power.

And substantially at that.

Using the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method, Samiel concentrated Mana into his legs as he jumped high in the air and fell directly in front of the minotaur and in a split of a second, he slashed at the minotaur with his Ice Trident.

Surprisingly the minotaur managed to raise his waraxe and block Samiel's strike with a swift movement. Seeing this, Samiel grinned because he was glad that his opponent wasn't dealt with by one move.

With how he progressed, finding someone on the lower floors which could withstand more than a few moves from him was harder and harder. Naturally, the only people against whom he fought with full power were those of similar circumstances to him.

"Let's dance."

Samiel said in R'Lyehian Eldritch Speech as the minotaur captain of the Ox Head Pirates became dizzy for several seconds, which Samiel used to his advantage and appeared in front of a huge creature and kicked him in his stomach, sending him flying like a cannonball.

An enormous body of the minotaur crashed into several unfortunate pirates from the crew, who were crushed to death from the impact.

When the dust settled, the minotaur was okey, before he barked something in his native language that probably only his crew understood and attacked Samiel once again as he flashed in front of his person.

Minotaurs were not among the strongest creatures of the Cosmos, but even Samiel felt that this one was certainly different, at least compared to what he read about the minotaurs as species in the Compendium of the Species of the Cosmos.

'Either it is a mutated bloodline or some kind of Divine Intervention.'

Samiel thought while exchanging a few blows with the minotaur and observing the towering creature.

He quickly completed the analysis of the creature's combat prowess through the Architect and precisely estimated the combat capabilities of his opponent.

He dodged to the side as the minotaur captain slashed at him with his huge waraxe; because of the huge statue of the minotaur, its agility was relatively subpar compared to Samiel, so he kept on dodging easily.

After a short time, Samiel counterattacked as he hacked his ice trident at the vulnerable spot of the minotaur around his neck, managing to pierce through his armor with ease.

Captain of the Ox Head Pirates shrieked in pain, as part of his neck was severely injured and it was running for time.

Naturally, the minotaurs had a rather strong healing factor, so the moment it was injured, it had already started regenerating, but because the minotaur was injured by Samiel's ice trident, the residual ice aura was preventing its recuperation completely.

Exchange after exchange, Samiel began pushing the minotaur captain of the Ox Head Pirates back step by step. Without the usage of his Magic and purely based on martial mastery and physical capabilities, he was slowly turning the clash into his own advantage.

He rarely fought without the usage of his Magic as that was his strongest weapon, but right now, Samiel felt a weird type of joy that he could be the captain of the Ox Head Pirates purely on martial arts.

He had to admit that the minotaur was very skilled when it came to handling the waraxe, not to mention his physical strength was rather fearsome, even from Samiel's view of point.

Naturally, the longer their fight progressed, the worse it became of for the minotaur, as after Samiel flipped backward and landed behind the captain of the Ox Head Pirates, he pierced through his chest with his ice trident.

In a split of a second, the minotaur captain exploded into countless frozen shards as he was destroyed from the inwards. Meanwhile, Samiel was fighting against the captain; the Templar Knights, together with Yvraine, essentially slaughtered the entire pirate crew of the Ox Head Pirates.

"Clean the ship of the bodies, collect the head of a captain."

Samiel issued an order to the Templar Knights, who diligently started doing what he said and collected the head of the minotaur after Samiel killed him before they went to check up on the ship.

Naturally, they were looking for anything of even remote value in case the pirates had something. Fortunately for him, and which was a big surprise, was the fact that the Ox Head Pirates managed to gather some good loot.

They were a relatively big pirate crew and had been reading for a long time already, not talking about their targets as they were attacking only those who were rather rich, so they managed to gather sizable wealth.

Samiel kept only some of the most precious objects that caught his interest, while the rest was distributed among the Templars fighting against the Ox Head Pirates.

The things that the Ox Head Pirates gathered were worth nothing for him, though they had some Magic Tomes, which he kept.

The rest was rewarded to his crew, as they would need it far more than him. From his side, it was not only an altruistic move, but also a move to gather loyalty and build up his reputation among the various branches of the Hall of Kadath.