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Lloyd stared at the body of the woman with a scared look on his face. 

Why?

Why?

WHY?!

He didn't mean to do it. He would never....but, he did. He killed her and ate from her body. He could feel bile come up his throat yet quickly swallowed it down. This was all his fault...no, Clouse's fault. Speaking of which, he could hear him laughing at his breakdown over this truly awful thing that he has done.

"Do you think that this is funny?" Lloyd yelled as he turned to glare at Clouse. At this, he noticed that Kai shook her head and tried to stop him before Clouse spoke again.

"Yep and it's all thanks to that piece of the Jewel of Abigor (unwilling) around your neck. If we didn't have that then you would just become a pain to me and my forces." Clouse said. Lloyd quickly looked down and saw a shiny red jewel on his collar and as he tried to remove it...his body froze.

"Sorry, but getting the Jewel of Abigor off would need someone outside to help you get it off." Luna (Loona) said. This caused Lloyd to grit his teeth since he couldn't remove it without help. Speaking of help, he wondered when the others would come back to save him and Kai. The same Kai who has been acting strangely in the throne room and seemed to be afraid. Did something happen after she sent that letter? Before he could ask, Clouse snapped his fingers and a worried Tori came into view.

"Take my queen back to her quarters while the heads of my armies and I discuss our next tragedy." Clouse said as Tori quickly grabbed Kai and took him away. At the same time, Clouse stared down at Lloyd before arrogantly smirking and snapping his fingers. He was confused for a moment before his surrounding changed into a cell. 

"Now that he's gone...We can discuss how to slow these pesky ninja from stopping our conquest." Clouse said.

"Is that even possible? The ninja have been nothing, but disappointments. Especially since they could barely hold off my shadow army." Wisp said.

"Unfortunately, they are being lead by a wise man named Wu who probably told him about a special artifact that could stop us." Clouse said. He waved his hand and showed the Portal of Ancients which had the ability to help the ninja with stopping him. 

"I see so they're after this portal." Beta said.

"Yes and if they manage to get it then our conquest would be over before it really takes off." Clouse said.

"Hm...then maybe you should summon an old friend of mine to distract him from their mission." Beta said.

"Beta...What do you mean?" Loona said.

"I have a friend who commands an army of pirates. They are strong and will be able to do some serious damage to the ninja while some others retrieve this artifact and lock it up." Beta said. Clouse pondered this before agreeing that her plan could work so he quickly said a spell:

Piratae tenenararum mare prodeunt

At first, nothing happened until the island started to shake. It caused the group to look outside only to see a spooky pirate ship raising up from the sea. A sight that would've startled them if they haven't witnessed seeing Clouse summon many people over to the mortal realm. 

"Wow." Loona said. 

"Just wait until you see the captain." Beta said as they slowly made their way over and once they did...they saw a humanoid male cat on the mainmast. 

(Captain Ebony)

"Hello Ebony." Beta said as she spotted him. Ebony quickly jumped off from the mainmast and onto the main deck. 

"Beta, I see that our master summoned you as well." Ebony said.

"He needed some help with his conquest so he summoned me and my crew. Anyway, we need you to distract some people from reaching something that could stop the conquest." Beta said.

"Hm...Are they going to be difficult?" Ebony said.

"According to my associate...they aren't since he had no problems taking care of him with the help of his shadow demons. Though that doesn't mean that you should underestimate them." Beta said.

"The same could be said for us. We will keep them busy while you and your crew get to that item." Ebony said. At this, Ebony started to set off with his crew to stop the ninja from getting to the Portal of Ancients. Leading to disaster for the ninja and the civilians who are on the sea. Though, Clouse had more pressing matters to attend to at the moment especially with a special surprise for his future queen.

 Hope you enjoyed the chapter...Bye 👋