Netori: Stealing The Hero's Party!

Land at last, yet nobody was pleased. A fleet of pirates have been drowned, a pair of mother and daughter killed, and what did the party have to show for it? The culprits behind it all, still breathing alongside them.

It was only a matter of time before Amedith and Liliyana returned to the shore and revealed everything that had happened at the lighthouse and then, it would fall onto Raven to change his mind about keeping the culprits alive.

"That was quite a show mister!" But for now, there was something else entirely that the party had to deal with. A fleet of young children crowded them as they got off the rowboat, every single smug one of whom was a criminal in the making. "How did you do that? Those tentacles from under the ships!"

Having seen through the facade of innocence, however, Raven as well as the others expected to be robbed by their guileful techniques, but to their surprise, the pack of children appeared to be genuinely curious.

Most of the group remained indifferent to their curiosity, but Linkle and Regalia appeared visibly angry while Moxy hid behind Raven, feeling shy about the sudden confrontation with the children.

"Oi, you kids scram!" Growling at them all, Regalia conjured a massive tentacle behind her. Surprised by the thundering sound of the creature piercing the water, the kids scattered screaming and left the group alone. But that didn't help calm Regalia's anger, and thus turning to the false heroes, she grabbed Amber by the arm and threw her forward. "Take us to an inn, now!"

"HEY!" Screamed Gunther, angered by Regalia's violent handling of Amber.

The girl herself looked back at him and attempted to make him shut, but before she could say a word, Regalia raised an arm and brought it down against Gunther's head. Getting slammed into the wooden pier, he lost consciousness in an instant. Both Amber and Baylee gasped at the sight while Regalia glared down at him and stomped on his spine.

"I've been a royal guard for longer than you've been alive, don't you dare treat me the same as you mutts!" Drawing her leg back, she kicked his body into Amber. Dragging mud as their bodies skidded across the pavement from the attack, the two lay lifeless on the ground while everyone at the bay watched their heroes being manhandled by a single woman.

Ignoring the many gazes, however, Regalia turned her head to Baylee and ordered once again.

"Take us to an inn or do you want me to beat the shit outta you as well?" Scrunching her nose in anger, she let her frustration be known.

"Y-yes…Just follow me," She stammered, her voice still not in sync with any visible emotions. Continue reading at empire

But that didn't matter for now as the party had to get a place to stay while the false heroes worked on repairing their ship. Walking through the barren island with only a handful of straw huts and some decrepit buildings, the inn was visible from the shore as the tallest structure after the lighthouse.

Most of the inhabitants lived on the other side of the island where the church had been established–the very same place where most of the farming was done and the indigenous people of the island praised Lantherm.

Unaware of his death much like Athenian citizens were unaware of Aphrodite's death, they kept praying to him every day until most of them had lost their faith and turned to outlaws and pirates. The older generation and a handful of the young, still believed in good even though their faith was dwindling as well.

"This side of the island is mostly for passersby and outlaws, crime is our main bread and butter, mostly prostitution and robbing those who land on the shores," explaining the workings of the island while taking the group towards the inn, Baylee was making every effort to appeal to their mercy.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

She knew that once the ship was repaired, they would be of no use to them, and also if her suspicion was right, there was a real threat of the same once Amedith and Liliyana returned from the lighthouse.

'I guess it depends on how rough those idiots were playing with those girls.' Hoping that the pirates weren't too rough, she continued leading the group while ever so often waving at the locals who still thought of her as a hero's companion.

"Hey Baylee, what happened to Gunther and Amber?" Asked a woman carrying a basket of laundry towards the shore.

Fanning her hand in passing, Baylee gestured to her not to worry and that everything was just okay. Obviously, the others had similar questions, but ignoring every single one of them, she brought the true hero's party to the Booty&Barrels Inn.

Looking up at the raunchy wooden sign, Raven wasn't sure if he was impressed by the name and the pair of tits in place of the double o's, either way, it appeared like the perfect draw for pirates.

"I'll go and prepare to get your ship drawn to the shore, how about you guys go ahead and settle in?" Turning around to face Regalia, Baylee once again put on a mask of fear that didn't exactly match her desperate tone. "Keep those two with you for now if you want, I'll come back to get them soon too!"

Waving at the group before running off into the distance, Baylee didn't think twice about abandoning her siblings. As for Raven who'd been dragging them both through the streets, he was already done with them and had begun to wonder if their help was even worth the trouble.

"We should've just killed these people…" He sighed, but Reina had something to say.

"No way I'm nailing another plank to that ship if you do that!" She complained, although deep in her mind, she was more worried about something else.

So far nobody had recognized her but that soon would change the moment she stepped into the inn, and in that knowledge, she hoped that the owner–Meowri was either missing or dead.

'That bitch better not talk about that in front of these guys!' She thought to herself, already blushing with embarrassment thinking about what would happen if her secret–the reason she left this island was out of the bag.

'I'll kill her if she opens her mouth!' Unlike the false heroes whom she was essentially saving at the moment, she won't show the same mercy to the loud-mouthed cat girl waiting inside.

Following Raven regardless of what happens, her fears turned into reality the moment she saw the orange cat girl standing behind the counter, looking all surprised before a wicked smile took over her lips.

'Bitch…' She cursed, knowing it was coming.