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"Okay then… my punishment is ten more years as The Sea King!" Erick exclaims with a smile, causing all of the Sea Giants to look at him with a shocked face but Jonah and Trick were smiling at Erick's statement. Elbor stood up quickly and walked in front of Erick. "I do not need your sympathy Pathfinder, our people have been like this for hundreds of years, the victor decides the losers fate." Elbor says with a disheartening face. "This isn't sympathy Elbor…" Erick says with a smile as he turns to Jonah and Trick. Erick then turns his head and looks back at Elbor and all of the Sea Giants behind him. "… when I come back you better be stronger because I'll have loads of cool moves to show you." Erick says as all three of them begin to walk back to the Black Pearl.
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Elbor's face grew with surprise as Erick began to walk off with the sun setting on the Sea. "What is your name boy?" Elbor asks in a deep and boisterous tone. Erick turns around with a smile as his slick flannel blew in the wind. "My name is Captain Erick Drake of South Estoria and when you see me again… I'll have found the North Star." Erick says with a confident smile as he stared at Elbor, causing Elbor to smile and then begin chuckling. Elbor walks toward him, causing Trick to grasp his sword in anticipation. Elbor stood right in front of Erick as he then squats down and puts his fist out to Erick. "When you come back I'll be the true King of the Sea and that's when our real battle will begin." Elbor says with a wide smile. Erick smiles at him as he connects his fist with Elbor's. "Then let's get stronger… together!" Erick says as he and Elbor lock eyes, both having adventures and boisterous smiles on their faces.
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Erick turns around as he begins walking away from Elbor and back to The Black Pearl but as he walked off Elbor had a genuinely happy smile on his face. As Erick and the other step onto the Black Pearl Nol walks over to Elbor. "Those Pathfinders were odd, don't you think my lord?" He asks with a confused face. Elbor smiled as Nol asked him this question. "Yes… they sure were." He says as he looks at the Black Pearl set sail. "Put out a call to all Sea Giant kingdoms within Estoria." Elbor says with a wide smile. "Are you serious my Lord? You've only put out a call for one other man ever!" Nol says back to him with a surprised face. "I know, twenty years ago wasn't it? But me and you can both agree… that rookie is special." Elbor says with a smirk.
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Jonah, Erick and Trick were all on The Black Pearl as they sailed toward North Estoria once again but all three of them turn their heads back to Sea King Island as they heard a loud trumpet like horn blowing loudly into the sky. On the edge of the island was Elbor, holding a massive beast horn as he blew into it again, causing the sound to Blair throughout the sea once again. "WITH THIS SOUND YOU ARE FREE TO ROAM THE SEA, YOUNG ERICK, YOU HAVE MY PROMISE THAT THE SEA GIANTS ARE YOUR ALLY!!!" He yells with a boisterous smile. Erick smiled back at him as his slick flannel blew against the wind. He then points his fist toward Elbor and with a wide smile he gave him a thumbs up. "YOU JUST DONT WANT TO LOSE ANY MORE SOLDIERS HUH ELBOR!?!?" Erick yells sarcastically causing Elbor and all of the other Sea Giants to laugh boisterously.
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"You know, for a group of dangerous monsters, they were pretty nice." Trick says with a slight smirk. "I still think we should stay away from as many Sea Giants as possible." Jonah says with an annoyed look in his eye. "Didn't you hear him Jonah, he said we're allies now." Erick says with a smile. "And why is that news so great Erick?" Jonah asks with a smirk. "I mean, we've only been at sea for about two days and now we have all of the sea giants as allies of our exploration team!" Erick says with an ecstatic smile. "Ooooo, speaking of that we have to come up with a name guys, I was thinking… the pearls!" Erick says as he hops around the ship happily. "Definitely not." Trick and Jonah both say with annoyed faces. "But he is right, we need to have a name for our exploration team or we'll get some sort of bounty or something." Jonah says as he rubs his chin.
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"I'm telling you guys the pearls would be so awesome!" Erick exclaims once more, causing Jonah and Tricks faces to smile nervously. "Do we really need a name or anything?" Trick says with a confused face, causing Erick and Jonah's eyes to widen slightly. "I mean, our Captains name is Erick Drake, we should just all get a large D somewhere on our clothing, like a patch or something." Trick says with a calm face. "Or better yet we all change our last names to D!" Erick says with an ecstatic smile. "I like Trick's idea better." Jonah says with a nervous smile, causing Erick's enthusiastic face to deflate. "Maybe we can ask Kora to make us some!" Erick says aloud. "Who's Kora?" Trick asks with a confused face.
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"She's a woman we met in Arton. Her husband, Kuma, was a Pathfinder back when Rory was around!" Erick says joyfully. "Ohh I've heard of him, Kuma the bomber. That's pretty crazy you met a former Titan of the sea." Trick says with a smirk but Erick and Jonah stared back at him with baffled faces. "What?" Trick asks them, also baffled now. "You said Kuma was a Titan of the sea but he was only worth sixteen million Estos?" Jonah asks him with a confused look. "Huh?! Captain Kuma was worth sixteen million at the time of his retirement but when he was sailing… he was worth fifty million Estos." Trick says with a calm face but causing Erick and Jonah to look at him with wide and completely baffled faces. "Did you guys seriously not know this?" Trick asks them curiously.
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"He told us that his peak was sixteen million not fifty!" Erick exclaims with a surprised face. "And a Titan of the sea?! What the hell was that old man lying to us for?" Jonah exclaims with a distressed face. "I don't know why but we need to talk about something more serious." Trick says with a straight face, causing Erick and Jonah to fix their own faces. "We're about three days out from North Estoria, if I'm being honest, Grey beard can kill all of us, even without a berry." Trick says to them. "I've met the guy before, he didn't seem all that strong." Erick says with a slight smirk. "I saw him for years Erick and I know that we aren't ready." Trick says with a straight face. "What do you think we should do, turn around or something?" Jonah asks him with a confused face. "Hey! No way!" Erick exclaims.
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"No I don't think we should turn around but we should stop at an island and train for one day, nonstop." Trick says to them. "I don't think Grey beard will make a move right away, even with the mountain berry… attacking the capital, where Captain Don resides, would be insane without a plan." Trick says as he was rubbing his chin. "OKAY!" Erick yells, causing Jonah and Trick's ears to ring. "Jonah do you think that makes sense?" Erick asks as he looks at Jonah, who then smirks at him slightly. "Yeah, I agree. We'd only be one day behind and even if Grey beard attacked right after acquiring the Mountain berry he might not be at full strength." He says as he looks at trick. "So where do you think we should go?" Erick says with a wide smile, causing trick to smile softly. "I know just the place" Trick says to them.
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As Don and Himá stepped back onto the harbor of North Estoria they saw Captain Kalan waiting for them. Don stepped off of his ship and Himá came right after him as he walked up to Kalan. "You're in better shape than I thought." Don says with a smirk. "I was actually doing my job and not going after some rookie." She says back to him with a snappy tone. "Technically I was doing my job considering he's already eaten a Berry." Don says with a smirk, causing Kalan's eyes to widen slightly but then she looks over Don's shoulder and sees Himá standing there silently. "And what is your name little lady?" She asks with her lips poking out toward Himá. "Vice Captain Himá, ma'am." Himá says with a straight face causing Kalan to reel back slightly due to Himá's lack of emotion. "She's just like you isn't she Don?" Kalan asks as she smiles at Don.
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"The real question is… why are you here Kalan?" Don asks with a straight face. "I was tracking Grey beard and after seeing the pattern he was taking I assumed he would come here, though I thought he'd be here sooner." She replies back to Don. "Don't play dumb with me, I'm the captain that resides over this Capital!" Don exclaims as he began to speak with a little bit of aggression. Kalan throws her hands up in defeat as Don said this. "Don't you forget, I've taken down twelve captains since I've been in the Coastal Gaurd… you better start respecting me." She says with a sly grin. Don looks at her with a straight face as he stepped closer to her.
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"And don't you forget fifteen is the highest number I can display on my jacket, now leave." Don says bluntly. Kalan looks over Don's shoulder and at Himá. "It was nice meeting you kid." She says in a soft tone but Himá didn't say a word back to her and just stared. "I've see you got her trained just how you want, we know how that turned out though, right Don?" Kalan says as she begins to walk away. She then stops and turns her head back to Don. "Oh and for your information, Grey beard is probably headed to Fruit island, I assume he wants to get his two lackies a berry." She says as she then turns back around and off into the city. Don stood there, slightly surprised by what Kalan had just said to him. "How will we prepare Sir?" Himá asks in a soft tone.
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Don stared at the ground without saying a word to Himá. "Captain?" She says to him, a little worried now. "Ah, sorry. Gather all of the Coastal Gaurd ships within North Estoria and set them along the shore of the capital also gather every available Vice Captain and Coastal Gaurd soldier into the capital within the next twenty-four hours." Don says to her confidently. "Yes sir!" She says as she walks past him and twenty five of the men behind them follow. "Himá!" Don calls out to her with a worried tone, causing her to snap her head around. "We are about to go to war with a very dangerous man, if-" Don began but was cut off by Himá. "I am your Vice Captain Sir, you taught me everything I know. Let me be present." She says in a soft but demanding tone. Don smiles as he then nods at her, causing her and the men with her to turn back around and began walking up the steps.
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"What are you gonna do Captain?" One of the soldiers behind him asks curiously. "We're getting back on the boat and heading to Fruit Island." Don says with a smirk as he then turns around and walks back onto the ship, causing the men to do the same. As a war between Captain Erick, Captain Grey beard and the entire Coastal Gaurd of North Estoria began to fall in motion each side silently prepared for the battle. Captain Don and twenty five of his men sailed to Fruit island in an effort to stop Grey beard from ever setting foot within the Capital. With the technology of the government and a ferocious wind Captain Don would make it to Fruit island in one day.
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Captain Grey beard and his crew would sail from Captain Rory's grave to Fruit island in preparation for their next battle. On Fruit island Pig and Charles would both acquire a berry but just as they received it, Captain Don would soon appear onto the shore of Fruit island leading to a bloody battle where only one side came out as the victor. "Here he comes Grey." Pig says with a smile as she was holding her large mallet over her shoulders. "Just make sure we stick to our plan, if we do that we will be able to win." Grey beard says with a straight face. Charles stood there silently but he had a bullet of sweat running down his face as he saw Don with his hands on his hips and smiling while at the edge of his ship.
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Meanwhile, Erick and his crew turned around and went back to Sea King Island, only taking a few hours for this trip. "Has it been ten years already?!" Elbor yells with a smile as Erick and his crew step onto the shore. "Not yet but we came to ask for a favor." Erick says with a straight face. "Anything for a friend." Elbor says as he smiles at Erick. "We need to stay here until this time tomorrow and we need to train every second until then." Erick says to him with a stern glance. Elbor grins as he says this as he then pulls out a horn that was attached to his waste. As he blows the horn, hundreds of giants begin to run over to them and stand behind Elbor, Nol and Jon were even there.
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"I don't know what's going on kid but If all you need is training then you've come to the right place!" He says with a wide smile. "Trick and Jonah can stay here with my men to train but you have to come with me." Elbor says with a wide grin. "What?! why?!" Jonah explains as Trick was smirking at him. "I have a few things I want to show Erick and our tradition only allows captains to learn our technique." Elbor says with a straight face. "I'll do it." Erick says bluntly causing Jonah to completely spazz out. "You two just train your hardest with Nol and the others, whatever Elbor is teaching me is gonna be worth it… trust me okay?" Erick says with a smile, causing Trick to smile at him and Jonah's eyes had widened slightly. Erick turned and looked at Elbor with a face of pure determination. "I'm ready… Sea King!" Erick says with a slight grin.
Chapter end.