The two arrived in the fishing village of Nghe'o. A poor fishing village with a small community of no more than two hundred people. The village was filled with dilapidated wooden shacks and structures that littered the shoreline of the sea. Only a few structures were built on land as ninety-five percent of the population were fishers as even the soil quality was poor and hardly anything grew besides weeds. The villagers, even though poor, looked contented and even happy with their quality of life as the children run and play in the streets. The women gossip and cook in their homes and the men pull in fish from their small wooden boats. Most of them wore brown torn pieces of clothing weaved together to make clothing.
The pair quickly braced fishermen to escort them to their location. But all of them refused, stating that the journey was too dangerous to take the job. Only one man was willing to take Kiyoshi and Lilly up on their offer. A man by the name of Bach, a middle-aged man of Asian descent, with a long scar running down his face. His eyes were bluish- grey and his hair was long and black and rolled up in one as he wore a straw hat. He spoke broken English as he offered to carry the pair for eleven bags of gold coins of Xeng.
Kiyoshi agrees as he and Lilly were pressed for time as they made their way to their destination by sea. The rough blackish saltwater rocked the small wooden vessel from side to side. "Is this boat safe? I feel like it is going to turn over?' Lilly asked Bach who laughed and remarked that the Gods blessed his boat and will never turn over. To which Kiyoshi sighed at what he believes is a foolish belief in beings that had allowed mankind to suffer.
As they continued to ride through the brutal waves, Lilly and Kiyoshi could see several fins circling the boat. With the fins coming closer, Bach shouted out Cá mập as the fins closed in with extreme speed. Kiyoshi handed over his hat with the prince inside to Lilly as he drew his sword for battle.
Suddenly loud splashes of water accrued as large black and white fish with razor-sharp teeth fly out of the water. "Sharks!" Shouted Kiyoshi as he slices through the belly of one, killing it. As Kiyoshi shakes the animal's blood off of him, it saddened him that he must end the beast's life in order to protect the prince as more and more sharks jump out of the water.
As he slices and dices the sharks, turning them into sushi, he shouts at Bach to keep the boat moving as he rather outrun the sharks than kill them. Bach proceeds to accelerate to the boat's maximum potential as the sharks give chase to them. After a few minutes of chasing the sharks give up and consume the corpses of their fallen instead. With the chase being over Bach slows down, stating any further that the boat will overheat and they will be strained at sea.
As Kiyoshi watches the map, he notices that they must traverse through a swamp to reach their destination. Bach remarks that he hopes Kiyoshi is more skilled with his sword, they just turning sharks into sushi. Kiyoshi smiles as they proceed out of the sea and enter the swamp waters. Suddenly, Negesi flies from underneath Kiyoshi's hat and lands on top of Kiyoshi's head. In shock, Bach flies back screaming con hoang as Negesi's sudden appearance catches him off guard.
"Is that a flicking peacock?" Asked Bach as he composes himself. "Yes he is our son isn't that right Kiyo," giggled Lilly. "Your son, how can two people have sex and make a bird am so confused, " replied Bach as he rubs his head. "Your only concern should be making sure we reach our destination in time, fisherman," remarked Kiyoshi." And Lilly, behave yourself please for once." he continued as Lilly continued laughing at Bach's expense.
As they reached the mouth of the river leading into the swamp, they saw four boats approaching their direction. Bach pulled out a small cross and started praying. Kiyoshi and Lilly looked over in shock as they try to understand why Bach became so scared. Bach continued to mumble the words Cướp biển. Lilly listen is to Bach carefully and soon realizes the gravity of the situation as Cướp biển meant pirates in Bach's native tongue.
"Pirates hmmm, no wonder the other fishermen refuse to go," laughed Kiyoshi as he prepares the collision to happen. "We are dead, we are so dead," cried Bach as he became unhinged by certain death. Lilly soon slaps him across his face and tells him everything will be alright as Kiyoshi is here. Bach looks up at Kiyoshi and sees a determined look on his face with killer's intent flowing through Kiyoshi's eyes. "What are we going to do?" Asked Bach as the pirates slowly approached them. "Let's see what they do first and I will react to suit. But don't worry, you won't die here today fisherman, I promise you that." Remarked Kiyoshi as she steadied his mind for the skirmish ahead.
The first two boats passed Kiyoshi and the others without problems. With at least eight men in each boat drinking and looking like they trying to catch fish with bamboo fishing rods. The last two boats turn to each other, blocking Kiyoshi and others from moving forward. The first two boats pull behind them and the men inside them smiled as they pulled their guns and other weapons. The men in the other two boats also begin to pull their weapons as devilish grins fill their faces.
"Guess they choose violence." sighed Kiyoshi as he prepares to engage them. As the pirates aimed their weapons at Kiyoshi and the others. Kiyoshi shouts to them the other to lie down and he invades the boat in front of them. With a gust of speed, Kiyoshi enters the pirate's boats as they fire upon him. With his extreme speed, Kiyoshi avoids the shots fired, causing several of the pirates to shoot each other with their guns. As Kiyoshi slaughters the pirates in the boats in front of them, the pirates behind them begin invading their boat, with Lilly and Bach inside. Who quickly made their way to the next end of their boat.
Lilly confused as if to use her weapons because if she does, it will relieve her that she isn't human, but she must protect Bach and Negesi. Meanwhile, Kiyoshi battles the other pirates as they attack with spears and board blades, but Kiyoshi's overwhelming power quickly overpowered them.
As the pirates close in on Lilly and Bach. Lilly quickly comes to turn that she must relieve herself to be a demon in order to do what is right. But before she can transform, Kiyoshi comes in and brutally murders them, causing the surrounding water to turn red with blood as body parts float up to the surface of the water.
Kiyoshi, soaked in pirates' blood, turns to Lilly and Bach and asked them if they were ok and unharmed. Lilly and Bach nod their heads, signaling that they were both ok as Negesi flies on top of Kiyoshi's, knocking his hat off, and goes and sleeps. Bach remarks that Kiyoshi is a remarkable warrior and his movements were like a violent dance of grace and beauty as he starts up the engine again. As they continued on their way, both Lilly and Kiyoshi rejoiced at how well things were proceeding despite everything that happen. The trio laughed as Negesi continued to sleep in Kiyoshi's hair.
With everything going so well, the trio didn't the boat being rocked violently, even though the swamp waters were so calm. They only notice when everyone was thrown back but the sudden jerking motion of the boat as it something underneath the water. From a distance, they could see large ripples jet streaming towards them. "What could be making those ripples?" Lilly asked as the ripples moved in on them. Bach ponder what type of creature could be coming towards them when it dawn on him. "QUỶ" he shouted, " What in the fuck is a QUỶ?" Asked Kiyoshi as the unknown creature zoomed in on them.
"He is a giant crocodile! He is about two hundred feet in length and he is a man-eater." Shouted Bach in horror as the crocodile closed in on them. "The blood from the last battle must have drawn him in," remarked Lilly as the giant green croc rammed into the boat, knocking Negesi off Kiyoshi's head. As the peacock prince splashes around in the water, the killer croc turns its attention to the chick and charges forward.
As the crocodile opened its mouth to devour the young prince, Kiyoshi jumped on top of the croc's mouth, whilst grabbing the Negesi and throwing him back on the boat. Enraged, the croc threw Kiyoshi into the deeps of the water and drove behind Kiyoshi with murderous intent. As the battle between Kiyoshi and the croc raged on, Lilly and everyone else looked on over the water, awaiting the results of the confrontation. Soon, large pools of blood arose from the surface, grabbing everyone's attention, including Negesi.
With a sudden burst, something flew out of the water and landed on the boat. To everyone's surprise, besides Lilly, it was Kiyoshi unharmed by the skirmish as the enormous crocodile's body floated up to the water's surface. " You killed QUỶ. You're more amazing than I thought, chiến binh," remarked Bach as hugged Kiyoshi to his displeasure. As Lilly started the engine, to the displeasure of Bach who taught Lilly would blow his engine out.
The following morning, they arrived at their final destination. Which was a beach. The warm blue water was a far contrast from the swamp water they encountered before. The sandy shore was white and had a pure look to it as the coconut and palm trees lined the shore. As Kiyoshi and Lilly depart from Bach's boat, Kiyoshi rewards the fisherman with two of Gyasi feathers which have a heavy price tag. The fisherman rejoices as he could feed his family for yes to come with these two feathers.
As Bach departs with his newly found riches, he waves to his friends as Kiyoshi and Lilly look for Negesi's uncle. "Now, where can a giant cosmic bird be hiding?" remarked Kiyoshi as he looks around for the peacock. With Kiyoshi looking around for Negesi relatives, Lilly and Negesi enjoyed themselves in the warm salt water when a strange voice invaded their minds. "So you are the filthy creatures my brother entrusted the prince to. What a shame," remarked the voice as a shadowy figure came walking towards them from a distance.