Black Online-Chapter 69: Monstrous Party

"Why do they want her?"

Abigail asked.

"...Raon, what the fuck did you do this time?"

Machary asked, looking like he was about to blow a gasket.

"They were mistreating her, so I ’stole’ her for our party. I don’t really get what’s such a big deal."

Fang Raon shrugged his shoulders.

It made both Machary and Abigail roll their eyes, as they would’ve really liked to know about that before they took off to the Sea God’s Tomb!

"Raon... Stealing members from another party is frowned upon, and you should’ve honestly expected them to come for revenge."

Abigail said.

"I didn’t really steal. She wanted to leave the party. I also expected them to do something, but I honestly didn’t think they’d chase us right away."

Fang Raon said.

"...You don’t have to argue because of me... I’ll go with them... I don’t want you guys to get in trouble."

Poppy said, looking like she was on the verge of tears.

Machary, Abigail, Ragnar, and Fang Raon looked at her, but they all had the same thought going through their minds.

"Hmm... nah... It’s really hard to get Helper these days, and we would also have to give up the Sea Tower Key."

Machary said with a smirk.

"And most likely they aren’t planning to let us leave. They don’t have Helper, and if we give you away to them, then neither will we."

Abigail said with a serious look and took out her grimoire that was already shining bright green.

"B-But... We are at a disadvantage."

Poppy said with a tremble.

In her eyes, there was no way they could survive. Their boat was sinking, they had fewer members, and some of them were already injured.

"Are you worried that we will die, Fang Raon?"

Machary asked.

"...No, are you?"

Fang Raon asked back, and Machary just laughed and shook his head. In the same moment, he pulled out his sword from his inventory.

"The fools never learn."

Lucas said coldly and then waved his hand, and two Rangers of his party pulled back their bows and aimed at the sinking crew.

"FIRE!"

In that moment, the rain of arrows came crashing down on the boat, and everyone scrambled for cover.

Everyone except one.

Poppy wiped the tears off her eyes, took out her healing staff, and slammed it against the deck of the sinking boat.

"SHIELD!"

In that moment, a magical shield covered the entire boat, and the arrows bounced harmlessly off of it.

Everyone looked at her in surprise, and Lucas’ gaze was filled with greed and desire when he looked at her.

There was a reason why Lucas was so desperate to keep Poppy in her party. It was because she was the most valuable member of his party.

"That’s a very powerful Shield skill... It must be level 3!"

Abigail exclaimed and looked at Poppy in a new light, as for a moment, she thought that she would be more of a burden.

However, it looked like she had also been underestimating her.

"Heal."

In that moment, Poppy healed both Machary and Fang Raon and brought them back to their full health.

"...Give me a boost."

Ragnar said with his deep, rumbling voice, and he held his axe in a tight grip, the muscles on his right arm straining like steel cables.

"Earth Wall!"

Abigail cast an "Earth Wall," and it rose under Ragnar’s feet, sending him flying through the air.

He crossed the distance between the sinking ship and Lucas’ ship and landed on the deck with a loud thud.

"Kill him!"

Lucas ordered angrily.

The players attacked the scary-looking Ragnar, but he looked unfazed, and he then grabbed his axe with both hands.

"Ivar’s Massacre!"

Ragnar cut through the players like he was cutting a block of wood, and they all tried blocking the strike with their weapons and shields, but the axe went straight through.

The axe strike killed two players, severely injured another, and caused the rest to shrink back in fear.

"...Useless!"

Lucas spat under his breath, and he then pulled out his sword and attacked Ragnar with the fierceness of a hungry lion.

Ragnar masterfully twirled his axe, parrying everything Lucas threw at him, and the angry-looking gangster screamed in frustration.

"Boss, the others are trying to climb the boat!"

The party members shouted.

"STOP THEM!"

Lucas shouted, thinking, "Can’t they do anything themselves?" in anger, as he was occupied with Ragnar that he didn’t have time to also bark orders.

"Tank’s Taunt!"

Ragnar raised his axe high, and in that moment, every member of Lucas’ party turned their rage-induced eyes towards him.

With Tank’s Taunt skill, Ragnar attracted every player’s aggro to himself so the others could also enter the boat without getting attacked!

In that moment, Fang Raon and the rest entered the boat, and saw that every player was focused on Ragnar, and without further ado, attacked them.

It didn’t take them long to take all of them down.

"Ah..."

Lucas looked in shock as every member of his party was dead on the ground, and he couldn’t understand how they all died so quickly.

’What kind of a monster party is this? How are they all so monstrously strong?!’

He wondered in shock.

In that moment, a shadow fell over him, and Ragnar’s axe chopped him in half before he could finish his thought.

"Well done!"

Fang Raon said to Ragnar with a smile on his face, and Ragnar just nodded, as if he didn’t think he did anything special.

In that moment, Fang Raon and Machary realized that they might’ve actually recruited quite monstrous individuals to their party.

Wasn’t their party actually really strong?

"The boat’s gone."

Abigail said as she saw the white sail of their former boat sinking underwater and gave it a final goodbye wave.

"We got a new one, at least!"

Machary said as he looked at Lucas’ boat under his feet, and it was in an even better condition than their previous one.

It was also much bigger.

"Now that we are done with that hiccup, shall we head to the tower?"

Fang Raon asked with a smile.

Everyone agreed and took the most straightforward direction to the tower.

"..."

Poppy watched everyone, a smile finally coming to her face, as this felt like a proper party and not whatever Lucas had going on.

They worked perfectly together, like they had been a party for years already.