Chapter 55 Battle Of Bloodlust

As Captain Crimson eye spoke, I could feel his bloodlust clashing against mine.

My magical energy erupted, shrouding my body in my physical manifestation of mana with a dim white light surrounding my body with a gust of wind.

"And haven't I told you before…. You should close that leaking tap of yours" Captain Crimson eye spoke, pushing his blade deeper, easily piercing through my skin.

"Let the Prince go".

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Witnessing what had just happened, Captain Crimson eye didn't know what to believe anymore.

At first, he thought that Prince Wyatt would be angry if he saw his Guardian Knight in chains, however now, seeing the same Knight attack the person that she was supposed to protect first and foremost, he started to think that there was more to the story that Prince Wyatt hadn't told him.

After all, why would the Prince need to jump into a dangerous ocean like the 'Depts of Leviathan' just so he could protect his ship and his crewmen?

Why didn't his Guardian Knight take charge and stop him from indulging in such a reckless endeavour, especially when her first and foremost task was to safeguard the Prince no matter the situation?

Moreover, she hadn't stayed to at least confirm his death or hope that she could retrieve his body since Prince Wyatt has shown himself to be a very strong beast tamer, then waiting to search around for a little while might have been the most reasonable thing to do if she had a conscious.

He was beginning to smell something fishy.

This smelled like a royal conspiracy and stank-like one. A banished Prince journeying through the ocean with his Guardian Knight whose only purpose wasn't to provide him comfort and protection but to kill him.

What a messy chain of events!

And from what he was witnessing, it was a dramatic one too.

Unfortunately, he didn't care whose idea this was, or how many months or years they had planned and plotted for such an event to take place because as long as the Prince choose to become allied with him and help him in his plans then he won't let such a happen.

Besides, Prince Wyatt is a beast tamer and is way stronger than he had imagined him to be. So if a battle were to take place now, the one that will bear the most consequences would be him and his ship.

The Guardian Knight wasn't useful anyway, so it was better to get rid of her now or risk one more variable that would affect his plans in the future.

"Haaaa" Captain Crimson eye released a breath of fresh air as he brandished his sword against Knight Camille's neck while looking at Prince Wyatt's wide-spread smile.

He found the situation funny since the trained Knight had forgotten about her environment and went straight for the kill.

However, just looking at Prince Wyatt who was smiling in glee even in the face of death was enough to give him a shudder.

What kind of thoughts was going through the First Prince's head?

Nonetheless, he didn't want to find out.

"Do you want me to repeat myself?" Captain Crimson eye said to Knight Camille who was now shrouded with her magical energy covering her like a blanket as wide winds circulated all around her form.

Trying to measure her rank, Captain Crimson eye could see that she is only a rank 3, 4th circle Knight. She was only a circle higher than Annabelle and 3 circles lower than him.

He was a rank 3, 6th circle Fighter which was a circle higher than Prince Wyatt's Tiger Whale, and was also the reason why he was confident that he could at least put up a fight with the Prince since his capabilities are limited by the water around him.

But after witnessing the combined strength of both the beast and the beast tamer, he had to withdraw his intent for battle even though the beast was just a circle lower than him.

Still, if she or were to go all out, there would be nothing left of his ship to salvage which was why he needed to diffuse the situation now that it was still budding.

"It seems that if I want to get some answers out of you, then I need to take care of some pests" knight Camille said as she let go of Prince Wyatt who fell to the ground and tried to fill his lungs back with air while he rubbed his neck to ease the pain.

Although Prince Wyatt had already placed Toothless to attack, he was still glad that Captain Crimson eye decided to step in and save his life since he didn't want to reveal that he was weak without Toothless and break the intimidating figure he had crafted in the Captian's mind.

"Stay here and wait for me till I am back. You should know that you can't hide from me even with your powers, so be a good boy and sit" Knight Camille said with a haughty smile as she bent down to whisper at him before she then turned to face Captain Crimson eye, ignoring the gaze Prince Waytt was giving her.

Captain Crimsom eye couldn't help but frown her actions. There was really something happening between the guard and the Prince that he wasn't aware of.

"You know, since the first moment I saw you, I always wanted to see how it would feel like for my blade to tear through your flesh" Knight Camille said as she traced her gaze from the blade of the sword resting on her neck to the towering figure of the man holding the sword himself.

"The feeling is mutual. But for someone way weaker than myself, you have a way with words" Captain Crimson eye said as he mirrored her malevolent gaze while their bloodlust clashed in the air for dominance.

The air around them was nauseating, pungent and god damned distasteful, even to the point that it became thick.

Yet, as time went by, it was clear to all those who could resist the urge to throw up all of their breakfast to figure out who was dominating the battle of bloodlust that had spawned from years of killing and senseless murders.

"Remember what I had told you that the only reason I let you live is that I respect the authority that's behind you….. But after seeing your actions today, I think they would have no qualms with me offering up your corpses to them".

Knight Camille gritted her teeth as she could feel her opponent's killing intent making its way into her body and the nauseating feeling it gave her. Their first clash, and she was already at the losing end.

She needed to change that!

Seeing on discomfort on Knight Camille's face, Captain Crimson eye decided that it was time to end the senseless charade.

"Booom!!" And just like that, his magical energy erupted with the sound of a volcano, covering him in a blazing red crimson aura.

Knight Camille's eyes widened as she smelled the bloodlust in the air suddenly thickening together with a pressure that appeared out of nowhere, gently pushing pressing against her body.