The Fight was short-lived, the pirate ship had too much weaponry and completely put the duke's ship on defense. "Father we need to place one good shot in an important part of the ship, either the cockpit or the engine room." Kid said. In everyone else's eyes, Kid wasn't doing anything except staring at the enemy ship. They knew their young master good enough that that wasn't just what he was doing, he must have been making a plan. They were right, Kid was studying the enemy ship for the most likely spot the cockpit would be and where the engine was. He was also studying who could have made a ship this big, ship companies tended to make their ships in their own unique way and depending on how the ship was built would help him figure out who could be the possible kingpin of this whole operation, 'It has similarities of both the SCS and Wings of Space companies, are they joining together? They both work under enemy dukes so that could be a possibility.' Kid thought "I have studied the ship father and I figured that the engine would be the best shot."
The duke looked at his son who was currently wearing his new armor that he had been working on for the last three months with a possible wife. "I trust you, son, everyone, listen to Kid, he is now my second-in-command," he instructed his crew, "Yessir!" The crew seemed excited about it as if they were wanting this. "Ok, on my mark turn the power from the shields to our strongest weapon, just in case I need twelve point three percent still in shields." Kid ordered the crew. When he was studying he noticed that for some odd reason the turrets had a pause in their fire rate. 'I'm guessing that they would overheat if they keep firing, but that only happens if the energy being fired at is too strong for the turrets. By the look of it, the turrets are normal class-3 turrets, they have a high energy tolerance, that must mean..."
The duke watched his son at work 'He's ready, I guess I will tell him everything.' he thought while holding something under his chest.
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At that moment the duchess was still in the pod waiting for it to be over. "It's taking a while, why are they done yet? Maybe there were quite a few enemy ships, yea that has to be it." She confirmed her thoughts, she had full confidence in her husband and son. "Those two can beat anything as long as they want to do so. Sigh, I want to see their serious face right now~ So cute!~" the duchess then went into a daydream about her love for them.
Soon after, the maid woke up from being shocked, "Ugh... Why am I- Gasp! Oh no I failed..." the maid quickly got up and checked her surroundings. The duchess noticed her "So. would you like to tell me how you failed, I have a guess but I still would like to hear your side of the story." the duchess spoke in a soothing tone. The maid looked at the duchess but quickly averted her eyes in shame "I failed to capture you, now my little brother will die because of it." she then began to cry. I'm sorry dear, I would like to comfort you but as you can see I'm a bit stuck." the duchess joked. The maid looked at her "It's not like you would know about him, you are a noble. Us people without rankings like that are not worthy in your eyes.". This caused the duchess to tilt her head in confusion "Your name is Nyx Frostweb. You were born on ****/**/**04, You had a rough childhood without a father and had to take care of your little brother, Kylic Frostweb, with your mother after you became a Player you were taken to the university on your planet only to be accused of something you didn't do. At the age of 16, you took the job as a maid in our house. I can tell you more if you want." the duchess told the maid in a sweet voice. "How Did You-" " My husband and I memorize everyone that works in our house. My husband is a kind person and likes to remember all his subjects." the duchess interrupted.
Nyx felt warmth in her heart hearing that, she believed that no one cared for her which was why she convinced herself that this was a good idea. Nyx then recalled all the times she was given extra money because she was in a tough spot with her mother's sickness. 'Why didn't I just ask the duke or duchess for help, they would have done it, hell the young master would have done something. Why am I so stupid... Wait, why does she memorize everyone's history?' "Ma'am I'm sorry for everything, if I could make up for it I will do anything. I have a question though, why do you memorize everyone's history?" the duchess then showed a silly smirk "I do it to make sure that no one tries to seduce my son without my permission. Why do you think that one maid got fired?" Stunned, Nyx looked at the duchess 'Isn't normally to watch if anyone seduces her husband?' but did not say it out loud.
The two kept talking for a little more until the ship's lights flickered for a short moment. This made the duchess frown "Nyx, I need you to go to the cockpit and check to see if my son is alright ok?" Nyx noticed the seriousness in her voice and stammered "Ye-Yes ma'am! I'll do as you say and protect him with my life!" She then ran off to the cockpit.
Watching the little maid run gave the duchess a thought 'She's promising...'
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"Now!" Kid yelled.
The shot hit the ship and Kid was able to see that the ship's power shut off and stopped firing. "Ok. now let's wait until our power regenerates. For now, we wait." Kid studied the ship carefully 'The fact that the turrets overheated concerns me. I want to know why... Maybe if we get on we can go and extract it.' After debating in his head over it he decided to go and get it, they were about to board it anyways.
Thirty minutes later, the duke commanded to fly to the ship. "Father, can I join you? I have a couple of questions about the ship that I want answered." After some thought, the duke answered "Ok, but you need to have three players with you at all times, do you understand?" 'If not I will be killed by your mother.' but he didn't say that part.
The duke's ship moved to the connection bay and carefully entered. Just because the ship is shut down doesn't mean that the people on board are out of commission. the duke, Kid, and twelve other soldiers came. Since the ship was huge it took almost an hour for the team to search most of the ship. There were not as many people on the ship as they thought, maybe fifty or so that they found in their search. Finally, when the team arrived at the engine room Kid's eyes perked up and studied the room thoroughly. Most of the tech around was normal equipment that all ships had, what caught Kid's attention was the engine itself. It was odd, to say the least, 'Why does it look more like a capsule than an engine?' To study it he started to touch it, when he put his hand on it he felt a shock which caused him to instinctively pull his hand away.
'RELEASE ME!'
This startled Kid 'What was that!' his thoughts were running all over because of the voice in his head.
'I WILL ONLY REPEAT MYSELF ONCE! RELEASE ME!'
Kid looked at the engine 'It is a capsule! But should I open it... Whatever it is, it can speak to me mentally.' After some deep thought, he came to a decision 'I'll open it. I can't let my fear stop me, plus I doubt it could hurt me... Why do I feel jinxed.'
Kid then reached for the capsule and started to open it. Right when he opened it the object shot out directly for Kid before anyone could react. The duke saw his son open the engine but thought nothing of it, his son worked on ship engines since he was ten, this one was odd but he was sure nothing could happen to him. A sudden object came out and aimed at his son before he could react which shocked him, he was a Tier-X player, his reaction speed was excellent. The duke ran to his son and noticed that his son wasn't moving but still breathing "To the ship! Now!"
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Every one of the duke's crew was worried for their young master, they all knew him as an intelligent, kind, and caring boy, a chip off both parents. As they got closer they noticed that the ship's doors were open, this worried them "Keep your wits about you, someone has entered our ship the duke announced to them.
The duke was carrying his son while still watching his surroundings carefully. His son still had his suit on which he didn't take off in case someone aimed for him, it might protect him even if it's only a little. Entering the ship he headed directly to the infirmary, which he had to go through the cockpit to get too. As he entered he felt something was off, out of nowhere, his instincts told to duck. The duke just barely dodged the ax that was swung at him by a pirate. He quickly glanced at him and immediately noticed that this pirate was stronger than him. "As expected, you dodged that. I should have expected no less from you." the pirate said. He looked rough but also had muscles everywhere, by the look of it he seemed to be an orc. "Who sent you here. Even if you did this on your own volition, it would be impossible for you to have that kind of ship. So tell me, who was it." The Pirate grinned evilly "A dead man doesn't need to know."
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Nyx had entered the cockpit and noticed that no one was there, figuring that they went somewhere else, she then set off to search the rest of the ship. After searching for around an hour, she noticed that they were docked on another ship. Nyx ran to the connection bay and noticed that it was open oddly enough, suddenly she heard a scream and decided to go there. Upon entering the cockpit, she saw a pirate with an ax and a dead body below him. She quickly hid and used her powers to shrink down to three inches and hid behind a piece of machinery.
After a few moments, she saw the pirate look in the direction of the Connection bay, seconds later she saw the duke holding the young master who wasn't moving, This made her blood run cold 'Did I fail already? No! He's not dead yet! I must protect him!' Nyx thought. The pirate swung at the duke at a speed she could barely see, this scared her. The duke then asked some questions to which the pirate answered with a smirk.
The duke pressed a button on his wrist, this caused the whole ship's alarms to go off. 'This will at least get everyone to abandon the ship' "Everyone, get to the pods. Take my son-" Before he could give his son to one of the crew the pirate swung at him again. The Pirate kept the same grin the whole time, 'looks like I'll have to do something else.' the duke thought "Go to the ships now!" The crew was hesitant "But-" they were stopped by a glare from the duke and did what they were told with tears in their eyes 'Stay alive Sir, and you too young master.' they all thought.
Nyx continued watching the fight layout in front of her 'I wish I could do something.' By this time it had been ten minutes and the duke somehow seemed to be holding his ground. The duke was known to be one of the best fighters in his generation, he was able to learn techniques that were known to be almost impossible, in addition to his strategy skills, the duke was able to become a duke without the help of his family. This was all public knowledge, no one knew why he didn't like his family.
Anyway, the duke was barely able to hold off the pirate, the reason he was doing it for so long was so his crew could get off quick enough and so he could gather enough energy to open a portal to send his son through. He had to do it quickly because if not then this pirate will destroy the portal. The pirate also seemed to be holding back for some reason but he didn't have a clue as to why that was, but at the moment it wasn't important.
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The duchess was currently listening to the ship alarms with worry. Even if she wanted to help sh would only be a hassle, she still decided to wait and see if everything was going to be alright. 'Husband, Son... Please be alright."
Nyx was struggling to think of a way to help the young master. She knew that with him out of the way the duke will be able to fight back, it was then that she noticed that the duke was looking at her. She carefully watched as he gestured for her to wait till he did something, she didn't fully understand but she prepared herself for whatever that was to come.
Another ten minutes passed as the duke continued to charge his mana for him to open a portal. He noticed the maid in the corner and gestured for her to prepare to grab Kid and get in the portal. He was sure just how much she got but it should be enough. The pirate seemed to be getting tired of this so the duke put more into the fight to buy himself more time and at the last minute he began his plan.
It started with the duke doing a series of faints and hits, he gained this technique as a kid when he played with his friends. This confused and threw off the pirate and got him to hesitate his moves. After that, he opened the portal behind himself as a small hole and slowly made it grow. The duke looked at the maid and saw that she then ran towards, when she grabbed Kid he put an item inside her poker without her noticing and watched her run to the portal. The pirate saw that and tried to stop this from happening, the duke then pulled a different technique. This technique didn't have a name, or at least he didn't remember it because he didn't care as long as he could use it. What it did was for a full twelve moves it will pull a full counter, after that there was a seventy-five percent chance to block it.
Running towards the portal, Nyx hurriedly ran towards the portal because she knew the life of all three of them depended on her. The duke was excited about his son's escape until he noticed the portal looked odd, the color wasn't right "Wait!-
"SHWABOOM!*
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Flying away from the ship now was all the crew members of the ship and the duchess. The duchess was watching the ship intently when she noticed a bright flash coming from the cockpit. Worried she started to fly closer until suddenly a crack opened up next to her space. She wasn't worried because she knew that this was her husband's teleportation totem. When he arrived he had cuts all over him and seemed to be both mentally and physically exhausted, another problem was that he didn't have their son with him. The duke then pulled out a remote with a big red button on it and pressed it.
The ship simply dissolved within a large bright light. "My love... I may have done something horrible." the duke said with a grim expression. "Where's our son? What happened!?" the duchess started to think of some horrible thoughts that could have happened to her son. The duke told what happened and watched as her face went through a plethora of emotions. Eventually, it stuck with a calm but serious face "I'm sure he will be fine, you gave him his heirloom. Wherever he goes I'm sure he will make a big mark and try to get home, after all, he is one of the best in all the galaxies." She said in a loving note to it.