The blue girl took control of around 20 of the Warlord's slimes while he wasn't looking and ran to the beach with them.
One by one, the slimes walked towards the shore, the first one placed his arm in the water and inhaled deeply.
Slowly, its skin started to turn blue from the molecules of water it had absorbed.
Soon the others followed as they used their bodies as vessels for storing the blue liquid.
Each of them looked like a sumo wrestler once they were filled to the brim.
Her next step was to put out most of the fire.
She knew that the source of this heat was far too strong and wouldn't be fully put out just by this.
But it would buy them some much-needed time.
Once she made her way through the outskirts of the burning area, she was able to see The Fearmonger in front of Gloppy.
'He will kill Dad, I need to stop him!'
The slimes awaited her command. And a command they got as she raised her hand forward.
"I won't let you hurt them!"
Sapphire shouted as she commanded a row of slimes to expel the water from their mouths.
A barrage strong enough to overcome the heat pushed The Fearmonger away from Gloppy and the others, letting them reconstruct.
"Pain... Hurt... HUURT!"
Another heatwave struck, much weaker due to the dying heat inside it but it sent the water-filled slimes away.
Ruby's slimes helped her get out from under the log and ran off to the beach to continue the push against their enemy.
In no moment at all, the 3 gems and Gloppy were commanding 80 slimes with surgical precision to pour as much water onto The Fearmonger as they could.
Its movements came to a crawl as the flaming organs died down one by one until it went back to being a motionless statue.
"Thank... youuuuu..."
[Quest Completed!]
[Rewards: Pirate subclass, Conquered Cutlass, 20 Summoner's Slots]
[New Subclass: Pirate Captain]
[New Skill: Cannon Barage]
[New Skill: Bounty Rush]
Leo's inventory opened in front of Gloppy with his reward highlighted.
He took out the cutlass, small black sparks crackled from the surface of its blade.
The black coating on the sharp edge devoured all sunlight poured onto it.
[Conquered Cutlass]
[+25% to Galleon speed]
[+50% to Cannonball damage]
[+15 Agility]
[+10 Strength]
[+10 Stamina]
[Active Ability: If the enemy is weaker than you, intimidate them]
Before he could test it out, a few windows took his attention.
Compared to Leo's inventory, they seemed to be his, as they had everything about the new subclass he got.
[Fleet]
[Galleon]
[Plundering]
[Treasure]
One by one, he checked the different popups up. The last two were empty due to him having just started, but as he pressed the one related to the Galleon a massive window of text showed up.
[Ships]
[Flagships: Slime Pearl 80/250]
[Galleons: x]
[Frigates: x]
[Ketches: x]
[Crew]
[1x Captain]
[3x Vice Captain]
[80x Pirate]
'I even got a ship from just getting the class?'
He pressed it to get more information. There were all the details including a 3D projection of how it looks in front of him. It was even bigger than the Galleon they sailed earlier.
But that could wait, first, he needed to check up on The Fearmonger, who was now just standing there without moving.
Gloppy put his hand on its side and transferred 20 of the slots he had.
A swarm of Hellbats appeared in an instant, swarming the scarecrow and lighting it up again.
"What are you doing Dad!"
Ruby controlled her bunch to rush towards the shore to grab more water, and she ran towards the two.
"If he lights up again we will need to do it all again."
Her sisters had also run towards the shore, scared of having to do it again.
"All of you STOP!"
Their Warlord shouted, forcing the girls and slimes under their command to freeze in a place where they stood.
[Unlit Elemental - Charge 98.6%]
POOF!
Instead of an explosion like the previous time, they were met with a wave of warm air, and a humanoid creature fully engulfed in flames.
Gloppy expected to see a male creature, but as the fire died down, the silhouette expanded upward, until his head ended on its chest.
"Aren't you a naughty one?"
A female demon with skin as pale as snow appeared as the fire went out. She put her hands over her chest to hide her bountiful curves from the slime in front of her, who had now looked coloristically closer to Ruby due to the embarrassment.
"I... I... I'm sorry!"
The Slime fell to the ground, his eyes spinning wildly as the image of her bare chest got engraved into his brain.
"Dad!"
Sapphire ran towards him to see what was going on, and so did Emerald and Ruby. However, once they realized what was the reason for him being down on the floor, all 3 of them looked with disgust at the Warlord.
***
At the same time, the other group had an uneventful climb up the mountain.
[Generals]
[Slime Strategist - level 21]
[Slime Strategist - level 21]
[Slime Strategist - level 21]
[Unlit Elemental - Charge 98.6%]
'Phew, it seems he didn't need my help after all.'
"How much longer until we get there?"
Leo was very worried about how the slime team was doing, but couldn't go back.
That stupid barrier was even more pronounced than before, with each step the arcane runes on it multiplied and became denser.
Instead of getting an answer though, he heard The Apex humming loudly.
One by one, his skeletons dropped to the floor until only the two of them were left.
Just as that happened, they reached the peak of the mountain.
"Cloaked in folds of midnight waters..."
Blackbeard started to sing as he took the first step. The runes around seemed to glow to his words.
"Side by side with my brothers..."
A weird energy started to gather around him, it didn't seem to be harmful though as he spread his arms, inviting more of it to coat him.
"We've sailed together!"
The summoner could now make out shapes of the unfamiliar energy. It no longer felt like one source, but multiple smaller ones.
"Hold fast! Tides are turning!"
Slowly, the barrier started to close on them, shrinking at a rapid pace.
Leo didn't even realize that as he was too invested in what was happening in front of him.
"Flames roar! Fires are burning!"
Multiple of the energies became more pronounced as the barrier closed onto them, taking their real shapes.
All of them looked just like Blackbeard's skeletons. They played instruments and joining to his singing.
"We'll all be going."
Suddenly the same energy engulfed The Apex, which made him smile widely with his eyes closed.
His voice became shaky as he sang the last verse.
"Since we've sailed together..."
As the last verse fell, a singular tear could be seen falling down Blackbeard's face while the barrier closed onto him.