Chapter 176 The Lost Shipyard part three (1/2)

Nix disarmed her and stowed the dagger she carried in his inventory. She was still squirming on the ground in fear so he removed his knee and stepped away.

/Alpha Team: Nix: Follow me, they must be in this direction if they've met the King.

The trio ran in the direction the crab-woman had come from. Almost immediately Nix picked up the thermal signatures of two people lying on the ground. The fire next to them nearly cloaked their image.

Eron leaped off of Fajii's shoulders and landed nimbly next to the Gemini Thieves. ”Spider Toxin, no damage besides that.”

[Detoxification]

All toxins have been removed from Wind.

[Detoxification]

All toxins have been removed from Semmi.

Nix helped Semmi sit up, the blond coughed up a greenish looking fluid before spitting it out in disgust. Wind didn't manage that, he rolled onto his stomach and then vomited into the fire.

/Alpha Team: Pon: Welcome back. And thanks for the burnt vomit smell.

Wind climbed to his feet and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand. ”What the hell happened?”

/Alpha Team: Nix: Ambush at the orchard, we were stunned and bound. I was killed and you two were carried off by spiders. We tracked you to this cavern. The King has been watching your back, we arrived just as the inhabitants of this place overstepped and he sent them packing.

King Lubo jumped nimbly to Nix's shoulder, a small webbed hand patted his cheek while chittering softly, after a moment he returned to Wind and disappeared.

/Alpha Team: Pon: They should return shortly.

/Alpha Team: Nix: Get ready to fight. No matter what, we need to ensure that Fajii survives.

Nix continued to scan the surroundings, within a few moments he could see the thermal images of their opponents returning.

A man wearing an eyepatch was the first to return, if he was surprised that there were five armed guests waiting for him, he didn't show it. ”Looks like dinner has armed itself.”

Nix pushed Gemini Flames into the Archon blade he gripped in one hand. ”Come and get it then.”

/Alpha Team: Nix: I sense Ice in him.

”Forgive my poor attempt at humor. I am Yor, Captain of the Moon Goddess.” Yor bowed slightly, he could see no sign of the gecko that had 'Feared' them. ”There's been a mix-up, I don't wish to fight.”

/Alpha Team: Pon: Maybe just kill this guy now boss, save us the trouble of doing it later.

”If you can properly explain why we were ambushed, and why my people were brought here, then we can have peace.” Nix watched as the Captain's three companions quietly flanked them behind the ice walls.

/Alpha Team: Nix: Two behind on the left, the other is directly right of my position.

Yor gestured to the spider amulet around his neck. ”This gives me domain over the spiders. I use them to bring us food, sadly they don't know the difference between dhassi and furies.”

Nix didn't comment, he was fairly certain the man knew they weren't dhassi.

”My people brought your friends here. We were in the process of investigating their identity when a harmless looking lizard used some sort of 'mass fear' on us.” Yor cringed at the words he spoke, it was nearly laughable unless you felt the mind-numbing terror.

Nix nodded, ”you met the King. He does leave an impression.”

Yor let himself relax a little, the foreigners didn't seem bent on fighting. ”Come out, I'm sure they already realize you are there.”

Two men and a woman stepped out from the darkness, all three of them had similar crab afflictions as the Captain. The female Nix had pinned to the ground stepped forward. ”I'm Shipwright Vy, the guy to my right is our First Mate Tully and the other gentlemen is Handsome Rollie.”

Nix's thermal vision didn't pick up anyone else. ”Seem like a bit of a small crew Captain.”

/Alpha Team: Pon: We could use a Shipwright.

/Alpha Team: Nix: Let's make her our number one priority.

Yor came closer and sat down on a rock near the fire. ”The Winter Witch has the rest of them, frozen like blocks of Ice, far beneath us.”

Nix pulled out a half dozen cans of Kraken meet and sat them on the floor next to the fire. ”I'm Nix, The Guild Leader of Inferno. Let's share a proper meal so that you can tell us the story.”

Yor stared at the cans. ”What's in those?”

Nix walked a few steps into the darkness, where a large rock lay propped up against the ice. He picked it up without showing the strain he felt and then placed it near the fire with a ground jarring impact.

/Alpha Team: Wind: Damn boss.