My Dungeon Life: Rise of the Slave Harem

“Are you sure it’s a good idea to encounter them directly, princess?” The captain asked nervously as they drew closer.

“I left specifically from a distant port because I was hoping to encounter the pirates,” Eliana explained.

“You admit it’s a more distant port!” I cried out.

She blushed. “Yes, I guided us to the northernmost port city of the Ost Republic. I wasted to survey the entire coastline, and what’s an extra day of travel?”

Remembering the last day, an extra day of travel was the worst! However, I understood the need so I remained quiet.

The captain turned white. “I’m a transport captain. This ship isn’t built for battle. I’d prefer to never meet a pirate.”

Eliana gently touched his arm and gave a disarming smile. “I’m sorry to put you in this situation, captain. However, don’t worry so much. It may not look it, but this is a heavily guarded ship. Titan Fall is an S-class adventuring team, and the paladins under Prelate Anne are all skilled fighters as well.”

He let out a breath of relief, even shooting the woman an appreciative look. I noticed that she deliberately left me out of that equation. Perhaps, she didn’t want me to feel pressured to get involved, or maybe she was just making a point about the fact that I came there to protect her as if to imply that I wasn’t needed.

Either way, they were right. S-class wasn’t as strong as a person got, but it was strong enough to handle most threats. The only ways to exceed the limitations of an S-class were to either form a god soul or become a dungeon master, and if you didn’t form a god soul before becoming a dungeon master, there was just as much a chance that the dungeon would take control of you as the other way around. There was a reason Demon Lord Aberis wasn’t able to pull on his various dungeons. Like me when I created my dungeon originally, he was never the master of them. Creating a dungeon and being the master of a dungeon were two very different things.

Boom! Just as I was getting comfortable waiting on their approach, there was a sudden loud noise, and immediately to the right of the ship, there was a giant splash of water. This seemed to alarm several of the people on board, and I immediately pulled my binoculars to get a close look at the ship again. It was only now that it was much closer than I was able to see what I didn’t notice before.

“This ship has cannons!” I cried out.

“What’s a cannon?” Eliana asked.

“It’s…”

Boom! There was another burst, and another ball came flying out. Since I was paying closer attention, I was able to see its movement as it narrowly missed the hall by an inch and then splashed into the water on the other side.

“Whatever it is, we need to stop it!” Anne declared. “If I knew we’d be versing something long-range, I would have brought some mages.”

I didn’t expect to run into cannons because this was a world with magic. Prelate Anne was capable of using protective shield magic, so Eliana hadn’t been worried about that. However, unlike me, she couldn’t block physical attacks. It looked like I’d be useful too.