Voyage Of The Villainess

"What is this?" Lila whispered when she witnessed the sudden changes in their environment. She felt the troubles in her breathing and the unconscious shaking of her whole body. This-this," her voice was full of uncertainty while holding tightly to the side to find her balance and when she looked at others they were doing the same except for Malaya and Rein who were just standing still and looking calm. 

"Seriously, what kind of people are they?"

What they were currently experiencing was the waves were towering, the wind was becoming stronger than before and the combination of strong along with the sight of the monsters that were trying to attack them and destroy the Bituins.

Malaya gritted her teeth as her hands couldn't stop shaking. Seeing this scene reminded her exactly of what happened five years ago. The same event where everyone was fighting. Her father and Jules along with those sailors back and her that were hiding in a barrel.

"Those traumatic events from the past, why do they keep repeating the same cycle and emotions?' She looked at her hands shaking. 'No, this is not right, Malaya. You've been through a lot and you experience so much pain in your life, this is now the time to get the rewards,' her blue aquamarine eyes were full of determination looking directly at the monster. 'Wake up, Malaya. You have goals you need to achieve and don't let the past hold you back.'

While those memories kept playing in her mind. 'Calm down yourself, Malaya.' She kept repeating inside her mind as she dodged the monster's attacks.

"What is this snake-like creature?" Iris said as she jumped out with her spear towards the serpent that was heading her way. Slicing it into two.

"They are not snake-like creatures!" Malaya screamed. 

But there was still much of it surrounding the entire Bituins. When Iris got down, it was too late for the other incoming serpent heading her way. And since she was still suspended in the air, there was no way where she could dodge it. 

"Lady Iris!" She heard Dorris' screams. A teleportation circle appeared in front of her. And just before she could completely get hit, she vanished and reappeared on Malaya's side. 

"Nice support, Dorris!" Iris yelled as she gave Dorris thumb-ups. Then with her scythe, Dorris slashed the serpent that was supposed to head to Dorris.

"Be careful next time if you want to live long, that is dangerous, Iris," Malaya said.

"My offensive magic works in close range, there is no other way for me to head directly to them," Iris said as she was preparing to leap once more. "You said these are all tentacles of the Kraken. Are you really sure about that? When we observed it, the Kraken was truly quite a big and dangerous creature in this sea."

"That even sounds more dangerous! There are even two of them if they are really Kraken." Rhyme screamed as he maneuvered the ship. 

Rhyme was referring to the first one who was heading in their direction and the one who suddenly appeared beneath their ship.

"It is not surprising since we are nearing the Red Current. That is why you need to be prepared for more." Malaya said calmly.

"That's completely insane," Iris said.

"Yeah it is, If we manage to cut off all its tentacles, that is where it will reveal its whole appearance."

"How do you even know about that?" Iris asked. 

"Because she already saw this kind of event, she has been here before" this time it was Rein who spoke up after slicing two of the tentacles. Then went on attacking once again.

"Iris!" Hyun Jae came running to them. "Let me heal your shoulders!"

That's when Iris saw that her right shoulder was bleeding." Oh! I didn't even notice this before. Sure." Hyun Jae immediately placed both her hands and a faint green light glowed. Iris' wounds started to heal. 

"Thank you, Hyun Jae," Iris said. 

"No problem!" Hyun Jae said as she ran towards Dorris and Lila's side. "I'm glad to help!"

Iris continued speaking. "That was really amazing, this group is really a perfect group for fighting. We have close-range fighters, a healer, a teleporter, and an all-rounder." All of them looked at Kayden who was raining down flames with the tentacles, then disappearing and reappearing, slashing the tentacles with his burning dark swords.

"He really grows more overpowered every single day," Iris said. "He was incredibly evolving his magic"

"Yeah, he is." Malaya agreed as she smiled looking at Kayden. "He is a scary enemy but when he is your ally, he is really reliable."

Iris looked at Malaya who was still staring at Kayden. "I see, I see…" She nodded her head in understanding. "I understand, I understand," she patted Malaya's shoulders.

"What do you understand?" Malaya raised a brow. 

"Nothing, I have finished those tentacles now so the main dish will show itself now." Iris then leaped once again. You know we need to save more food. We don't know how many days this journey will be"

"Really," Malaya just shook her head. And strangely her trembling stopped. 'How strange, to be able to talk like that and calm down in this situation. It seems I really found some reliable and strong friends.' Malaya grinned this time, as she brought out her Tyr. With the stash of teleportation on her right side, she picked one then tore it into pieces. She immediately teleported on one of the tentacles and slashed it with her Tyr.

While still suspended in the air, she tore another talisman and appeared in one of the tentacles. She slashed it. She kept doing the same thing over and over again.

"I am no longer the weak little girl from before..." Malaya slashed another tentacle. "I can fight even without magic and…"

Malaya held her stashed and the talismans were already gone. She was still suspended in the air.

"Milady!" Dorris yelled out as she prepared teleportation for her just before she could fall. She fell on the magic circle and reappeared on Dorris' side. "I have friends, whom I can trust with my life now. And I think I am now in the right time, moment, and situation in my life where it will be the breakthrough of my life." 

'And this time, I'll make sure that we will protect each other not just as teammates or friends but as a family. I believe we can make it, we can make it happen in the end as long as we fight together!.' Malaya pressed the button of her Tyr. And the grappling rope flew straight ahead. A tentacle that was heading in Hyun Jae's direction was thwarted off.

"So none of them could die as well." She pressed another button of her Trinity as she received the new stock of teleportation Talismans from Lila, then continued her series of attacks on the Tentacles.

After half an hour passed and the last tentacles, that were sliced by Kayden, dropped down on the water. 

Malaya and the others landed on the ship. Kayden remained suspended in the air as his eyes narrowed in the raging sea.

The ship started to tremble heavily. "Rhyme!" Malaya screamed.

"I know! I know" Rhyme maneuvered the ship once against the towering waves. And soon from behind them, two creatures that were waiting to show their appearance finally appeared.

"So the final boss finally appeared," Iris said as she stepped beside Malaya. "And there are two of them at that. So the real fight was just starting!"

Malaya simply chuckled. "Yeah, how unfortunate of us."

"Seriously," Iris let out a tired sigh. "Being unfortunate is really now part of our life whether we like it or not.." 

All of them prepared their weapons for another round of the fight.. While the Bituins was now stealthily getting near to the first hurdles of the Red Current.