Thorn actually stayed with us longer hell her and her siblings had practically become a tribes man her siblings went to school and played with my people children her little brother played with my little brother and my little sister loved to watch over her baby sister who at this point had gotten pretty big but she wasn't the only one we all had grown I had gotten taller I was probably 5'10 or a bit taller and I was only 11 I was going to be a big bitch plus I had put on a lot of muscles from my training and working at the forge my body had undergone a big change we had just started to plant the potato seeds that we had gotten from carts speaking of those we completely destroyed then completely and the metal from the cages we melted down and used in many things as for the dead bodies they was stripped of there valuables we let them keep there clothes sense none of us wished for them nor did we want anyone to suspect my tribe if anyone came looking but we after that we simply burned there bodies and crushed there bones into powder before putting it in our farmland as for loot we got plenty of good stuff like fur and some cotton plus the seeds, and horses plus all the armor and weapons we got from the guards oddly enough there was three enchanted items in this mix and I had killed them all the first was the fathers monical I could easily read the runes on it and understood what it did
Magic monical - allows the wearer to see and detect magic
A very basic and common magic item but it was still pretty good if someone couldn't already detect and see magic but most of my people had are tattoos which detected magic and quite a few of us could see magic as well the next magic item was the mother bone scythe
Bone scythe - can turn into a one or two-handed scythe plus it does necrotic damage ontop of the already slashing damage
I took this weapon as my secondary especially sense I had the ability to mold bones but it wasn't very strong I could at best make the skulls on it disappear and make the edge of the scythe blunt that's what I did wall the last item made me very excited
Magic artificer tools- what ever tool one would need all you need to do is reach down and grab it from your belt
Gods is it Christmas or something hahaha sense then you would never see me with out the belt or the scythe sheathed on my lower back but it was the mid of spring when one of the hunters came running back to the camp yelling Hunter, Hunter and some stopped at the forge where Bronze and I was at two separate anvils working on different weaponry but I glanced to the hunter that just ran into the forge the first thing I noticed he was dripping wet the second thing he had an excited expression what is it Mikey and y are you wet he laughed sir I was out on the boat pulling in the nets like I normally do when it got stuck so I jumped in to unhook it that's when I seen it a have intence I put the dagger into the fire as I turned to him with interest saying a cage you say he nodded yes its right below the cliff I naturally want to check it out that's when I found the cave intense led me to a small cave where it was completely dry that's where I found 5 skeletons that had 4 strange barrels and weaponry with them my eyes went wide looking to Bronze can you take over he nodded yea go on lad I nodded and rushed forward saying show me Mikey nodded and lead the way when we got to the beach we got into his canoe and he paddled me to the wall we stopped ones we reached the center he looked to me saying its straight down from here sir I nodded and took off my shirt and boots I grabbed my katana which wasn't much if a katana anymore with how big I had gotten it was a Wakizashi always had been I dived into the water and as I swam down I put the Wakizashi in my mouth like a true pirate as I swam down I seen the cave and quality moved interning through the hole the intense was pretty wide so I could easily swim through it I same forward and noticed the floor was starting to incline so I followed it up after a few seconds of swimming up is when my head broke the waters surface my glowing eyes sweeped over looking around this cave I seen Stalactites growing from the circular ceiling I swam pulling my self onto the land in front of me where I seen leaning against huge stalagmites was 4 skeletons with dirty old sailors clothes I walked forward looking over these skeletons mumbling sailors here of all places mmm what happened to your ship I crouched down looking over one of the skeletons mmmmmm male elf I looked to the other 4 and seen the rest was male humans I looked back to this skeleton gently brushing his bones to the side holy hell these bones was 50 year or older but how in that time this land was a fucking undead warzone unless and I brushed off the skull that's when I seen the black tribal tattoos mmm cursed ones but y did yall die I mumbled and gently flipped the body over and seen his ribs was completely broken mmmmm broken ribs I then moved to the next skeleton broken neck then to the next which was ripped in half and I got to the last skeleton who's bones had what looked like claw marks going across the chest mmmmm they all died facing this back wall I walked forward walking passed a stalagmites that's when I seen one last skeleton this one in a black leather coat on his head was a black caption hat and dropped over his shoulders was a black flag in his hand was a hand cannon but in his other hand was a journal I walked forward gently picking up the journal and opened it and started to read
Captions log date Jon 15 - 1763
The war against the lich has fully kicked off and my crew and I along with several other pirates have been hired to defend this cost haha I dont think this war has been going quite the way the kingdoms thought it would especially when there desperate enough to hire scoundrels and thieves like me but its easy work plus we dont got to worry about them royal navy dogs we just got to do are job and the first day want ok nothing to amazing we simply made on to shor and built are camp the boys and I got drunk honestly I dont understand y the navy officers warned us against coming to this post they said something like how dangerous it was and the beach was taken over with undead hahaha who cares its a easy pay day.
I chuckled sying as I shook my head at this captions foolishness as a pirate caption no a pirate emperor the words a easy pay day for one those days dont exist especially after one says those words its like the world hears you and it takes it as a challenge I flipped the page reaching the next page but it was unreadable do to time and a bit of blood I turned the page till a got to a page was clear to read
Captions log date February 8 - 1764
A year has passed and a lot has happened I have had to barry quite a few of my man but my crow and I got lucky we didn't get hit the hardest after what happened on the beach all of us captions made are crows sleep on the ships we thought we was safe boy was we wrong they came at night like the did before somehow a swarm of undead made it onto my ship and they didn't act like mindless undead O no they had sentience in those undead eyes and many of them was skilled fighters many of them even able to operate hand cannons luckily at the end of the day they was undead if you destroyed or cut off there heads they was no threat bit like I said my crow was lucky and one of my crow members got up to take a piss and he seen the creatures come unto the ship with one shot from his pistol we all woke up the man was killed soon after hand cannonball to the head but the other ships wasnt so lucky many of there crow members had there throats cut and body parts missing or nod off honestly I had seen a lot of fucked up shit mate but nothing could have prepared me for that many of the captions have talked about but honestly I highly doubted the kingdoms would just allow us to leave just like that besides I we all have already been paid and I gave my word and a pirate and scoundrel I may be but I am first and foremost a man of my word so I will see this through till the end even if it kills me .
I side nodding as I looked up to the skeleton saying it sounds like your a man of grit a man after my own heart through thick and thin we ant scares to cheat, kill or even blackmail but when we give our word we keep it even if it kills us it sounds like you would have been a man who I could have respected lets see how you met your end and I looked back down to the journal and started flipping through the pages but most of the pages was to far gone to read hell some was even stuck together so badly it was practically one page I got to the last three pages and these had legible writing
Caption logs Date October 20 - 1799
It has been 35 fucking years since I and my crew joined this fucking war 35 long years we have stood are ground against these fucking undead 35 years I have watched people I have called my friends and allies die from the 20 ships that started here only 3 of us remain some had been completely slottered some had ran away never to be seen again but we got a report that the war on land was about to strike at the lich hopefully they will win and this war will end cuz I am tired my man are tired as we just want this to end may the sea empress protect us from Davy Jones and his locker.
I side the sea empress a goddess of the sea and Davy Jones the grim reaper of the seas to most people especially the navy these was just legends and superstitions the ravings of madman but to any pirate worth there salt knows there is always some truth in legends pirates them selfs was already a superstitious bunch but to me someone who was compared and faced these legends I new the truth both was titans of the seas Davy Jones and I had a mutual relationship built on blood, threats and him sending his Kraken to kill me and I dont mean a huge squid like you see in movies or story books o no all those creatures was its children the real Kraken was much scarier with a huge face as wide as 3 war ships and jaws big enough to swallow a ship hole its long dark body was covered in purple and black scales with two arms and sharp claws directly under its head its tentacles as long as any ship with sharp spines and teeth all along its tentacles this beast was a absolute annoyance to deal with sense no modern weapons could even scratch the damn thing let alone harm it but this is where we get to the sea empress who I was on very good terms with I had done several quests for her and her people plus it was I who saved her people from being captured this was when the navy was hunting down merfolk do to how valuable there bodies was especially there tears which was used for life-saving medicines and there bones used for magic ingredients plus there colorful scales and tails sold for a pretty penny plus I heard merfolk was a delicacy in some kingdoms it discussed the hell out of me and I was friends with the sea emperess and her people so I couldn't sit back and do nothing so as a emperor of the sea I summoned my forces and gave them their first orders to say my followers was happy to protect the merfolk who was known for helping sailers I lived up to my title and I don't even know how many ships I had sunken hell even Davy Jones joined in him and I put aside are corals with each other and work together this was the first time we had worked together and the result was cataclysmic hole fleets was distorted port cities flooded and the seas bent under are controlled might and fury hehe those was the days and I flipped the page
Captions log date January 5 - 1800
We just got word The war ended buy the empress it is over praise that man Hellsing may him and his family be blest for all eternity for what he has done all though many in my crow my self including have change these strange tattoos have appeared on us and we no longer need sleep I don't know what has happened to us nor do I care the navy will be here tomorrow to give us our last payment and my crew and I will hit the high seas again hahahaha I can't wait I am going to drink my self to death and ride a hore till I die ones we back home hahaha.
My expression want dark reading this I could guess what was about to happen but I flipped the page and seen the last piece was written in blood
Captions log date January 6 - 1800
What has happened to me I almost lost my mind to the darkness I killed Jon, Criss, starless and Wolfgang my gods I killed them what have I done none of this would have bloody happened if the damn navy officers didn't open fire on us the second seen us changed ones he called us cursed what the fuck has happened what did we do we followed are orders we did what they said but they shot us down cuz of being so called cursed the fuck is that logic my crew and I didn't bloody deserve this ugg even know I can feel the darkness whispering for me to let it take over but after what just happened I will not allow it the only thing that made me transform back was cuz of my lycan blood I was able to control it but I have no idea y if someone finds me and is reading this now first hello stranger I have no idea what has happened nor what will happen sense I will end it soon but if your like me a cursed one listen take the pendent around my neck it will help you control your powers and if your a full blooded lycanthrope blood hunter like my self listen up from what I have understood of this course it is similar to our crimson right that it grants us abilities related to our power level and the more we us this power the worst the side effects will be but I believe there is a way to make this power your own with no side effects I believe with the right procedure one could withdraw the darkness from ones soul of course one would have to battle this darkness ones it comes out I believe this is called soul cleaving sense you will quite literally be cutting the darkness from your soul but there will be side effects from doing this so if this is to scary for you find someone who was born with the ability to use their powers with no side effects take there blood and study it I am sure if your a blood hunter like me you will figure something out or if your not on my person you will find another journal that will have the ritual and all you will need for it plus in there will be all my battle techniques good luck and my the sea empress bless you and ps there is plenty of sunk ships close buy hehe.
I gentle closing the book and looking up at this dead caption and a happy smile spread across my face thank you brother of the blood your knowledge and techniques wont die down here your legacy will live on with me with that I looted his body and found a waterproof journal that I picked I also found a bag that had 3 led balls in it plus a rusty cutlass I picked up the hand cannon noticing its barrels was badly rusted also but the black purl grip was fine I easily separate the two pieces and pocketed the grip I stood up looking to one of the barrels that was close by I walked over to one of them and picked it up mmmm pretty heavy but it isn't slashing around so it isn't liquor or oil I was tempted to open it but a thought interest my mind and I side shit fine, fine yall are coming with me and like that I started grabbing a the skeletons and barrels as I along with anything I was hold disappeared into the shadow I reappeared on the beach when I appeared I whistled getting Mikey attention he looked to the beach and he seen me standing there he nodded and started paddling back to Shor as he did that I disappeared a few more times bringing out the rest of the skeletons and barrels Mikey pulled his raft onto shor asking did you find anything useful a huge grin spread across my face as I looked out at the sea I seen the fog barrier I looked to the captions skeleton chuckling you could say that but help me carry these barrels up he nodded looking to the skeletons asking what about them I smile looking to another group of hunters that was walking towards us I pointed to the skeletons saying give them a proper burial, looking out over the sea the group nodded I crouched down taking the black leather coat from the caption saying sorry brother I am taking your coat but I will leave you with your hat a caption should be put to rest with his hat if not his ship I stood up throwing the coat over my shoulder before Mikey handed me my stuff I left in his raft I put them back in before picking up two saying lets move my nodded ones we got up top I walked straight to Bronze forge placing the barrels down I pulled out a crowbar from my magic belt as Bronze walked over smiling wow whats this some treasure I popped the top of one and slowly opened it I seen a black powder inside if it my face want pale as I shut the barrel quickly yelling move the barrels away from the forge now black powder both of there faces want pale and very quickly we moved the barrels away from the hot open flame forge we moved into the dry wear house that was next to Bronze house we side as I opened my barrel again and ran a hand through the powder smiling its still its still draw but Bronze and Mikey looked at me like I was a fool as they looked at the barrels which definitely looked waterlogged and still damp I noticed what they was looking out before chuckling there's metal wall sealed with wax trust me the black powder is perfectly dry both of them was shocked and they rushed forward and they felt it to he is right Mikey said I nodded and there might be more out there what do you mean more son and walking into the wear house was my mother along with Uncle Thick I turned to her excitedly and explained her what I had found but I left out the part about the soul cleaving virtual and anything else about our course here was not the place to talk about such a thing but her eyes want wide so did uncle Thick holy hell who would have thought such a treasure would be off our Shor I nodded but we must be careful and I explained to them the undead thing but Mikey laughed that won't be a problem Hunter the lich us gone there for his undead are not a problem but I didn't look convinced especially since the book said these undead had some level of sentience if they was normal mindless undead I wouldn't be bothered but undead with even the bar minimum of sentience is cause to worry I side we wont get anything done here lets talk back at Bronze shop they nodded and we walked back to the forge Snape and the elder joining us Thick cot them up on before we all stopped in the forge but how are we to dive that far down Hunter Snape asked our people may be able to without air for long periods of time but to explore and loot a hole ship that isn't practical I nodded your right Snape so that's y I will become a artificer they all was shocked hearing this Thick saying but how will you do that nephew I know you smart but you only 11 and magic items is not only very hard to make but one wrong move and shit could explode in your face I chuckled shrugging if father could do it I can to Helge face want pale as she asked how did you know that Hunter you barely met your father so how could you know he was a artificer I shrugged staring into her eyes saying mother do not forget I have seen what is in the case you keep under your bed I maybe a bit foolish for looking snooping through your room but I ant stupid it isn't hard to deduce the truth Helge side mumbling I forgot you did that go on Hunter I nodded sying there is a water breathing mask that I know of and will be easy to make but and I looked to Bronze I will need the forge he waved his hand saying you dont even need to ask kid I nodded and looked to mother saying I will make 2 masks at first I will be using one I will allow you mother to choose the other she nodded sying ok Hunter we will leave you to your work I side stretching my body and side time to become a artificer.