Beside the Bloody Raider—or, rather, drawing close overhead—sailed a ship that could travel through the air.
It looked as though it were made entirely of bones. Yes, its windows, rudder, hull, and sails all looked like bones.
Through gaps in those somewhat "leaky" bones, Lin Yun could even see the sailors aboard, who looked like ghosts, standing ready for action.
In fact, they were ghosts. And not just the sailors—the ship itself was a ghost, too.
Though it seemed strange that an inanimate object could become a ghost, that was exactly what it looked like now.
This was Captain Vangess and his Shadow Ghost.
The story began when Captain Vangess and the crew of the Stormbreaker were hired by an Archmage.
The man was a gifted Light Wizard, devoted to combating the forces of Chaos.
On the sacred waters of Manann—or, more accurately, in the waters around Manann Temple that fell within its holy precincts—
this great Light Archmage demanded that the Stormbreaker's crew swear a solemn oath. In exchange for a chest of pure gold, they swore to obey the wizard's commands, whatever they might encounter.
Vangess's crew gladly accepted the terms. In their eyes, the great Light Archmage was a man with a fortune in Gold Coins, shining with every color of sunlight.
But less than two weeks into their service, the crew of the Stormbreaker began to regret their rash decision.
The Archmage ordered them to sail straight north. Though the Stormbreaker's cannons could bring down the most stubborn raiders, the Chaos Sea concealed things far more terrifying than humans.
They dealt with the first few encounters with ease. The sea scorpions shrieked as the wizard drove them off with burning bolts of light cast from his fingertips. Enemy pirate ships burst into blazing white flames as