A figure soon passed in an instant, heading towards the Cydracil where one of its head were about to take on Marshall and just as Marshall were about to jump, something swinged like a sword at its face making the Cyrdracil groan in pain.

"You're my employer!! You're supposed to stay behind!!"

With the surprise attack from Matilda, Marshall widens his eye as Matilda appeared with an armed big sword as she engages to fight the monster.

"But just because we're your employer, we'll have to rely everything on you!"

He continued forward, with his dagger drawed out of him, "Now! Come right at me you bastard!!"

This stubborn brat!!

As Matilda continued to fight the Cydracil. The other Cyrdracil's head attempts to attack Marshall from the back with its claws, and Marshall jumped from his position, evading the attack and puts his strength to his dagger, charging right at it's neck, enabling him to pierce through with great force. 

Matilda scratches her head as she follows Marshall and headed straight in front of the Cydracil.

WIth the pain, making the Cydracil shake with his body, Matilda went ahead and created slashes right through the Cydracil's body to where the scales is less tougher than above it's body.

The Cydracil agonized in pain as its head reduced to 7 of them. With its rapid movement on its body, Marshall struggles to stay on his balance and went to his next move as he attacks the other head with his dagger, gripping tightly as his blue eyes began to glow like an aquamarine.

"Impossible! That kid... !"

"How come his daggers are not damaged?!"

As the monster were in pain.

Marshall took the time to quickly scan the whole area, along with the Cydracil's position. He grabbed another object, looking like a sphere and threw it off the ship's external parts.

"Wha- What is that?!" 

While the people's ship looked bewildered. 

Myra watches him closely, not letting her eyes take off his moves. 

Marshall. Truly... What are you?

Instead of expecting to let the sphere break or damage the ship, the sphere sticked to the ship like glue. 

He brought out some paper looking leaves and scattered it around the ship.

"What is that kid doing?!"

"Hey! You gotta help out here!!"

"Is he going to harm us?!"

At Myra's range of sight, she were puzzled with what Marshall is planning.

Marshall's expression changes as if he's planning something and became focused on provoking the Cydracil. He instantly faced the Cydracil while holding out his daggers.

With his heart pounding rapidly, he prepared himself unto having another clash.

As the Cydracil got closer and closer, Matilda rushed within the edge off the ship and jumped right through to deflect the Cydracil's attack with desperation.

She puts a lot of strength within her arm and swinged hard towards its head, making the other head get sliced into two, which makes its left with 6 heads.

The Cydracill fell back on its body and went back to the deep of the ocean.

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!" - Matilda yelled at Marshall with anger and mad expression on her face. grabbing his collar without thinking twice.

Mar stepped up with the situation going on.

"WERE YOU PLANNING TO GET US KILLED??!"

"Hey! Let go of him!!"

Myra, with the attempt of pushing Matilda to let him go.

Someone roughly pushed her and glared at her with eyes filled with hate.

As she stumbled back, she looked to see who pushed her and it was none other than Charles along with Lia on his side. She glared hard on them.

"WHAT'S WITH ALL OF YOU?! YOU ALL GOT THE WRONG IDEA!!"
"You're lying! You saw what he did?!"
"HOW CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT ALL YOURSELVES?!"

Marshall grits his teeth and said, "I DID IT TO LURE IT IN MY TRAP!!"

They were silenced with his sudden answer.

"Are you ridiculously going to have it with that excuse?!"

"You must be plotting to blew this ship with that ball!!"

Myra went towards Matilda and grabbed her arm tightly, "LET MARSHALL GO!!"

Seeing Myra's eyes glow in her bright peridot eyes and expression welling up in tears from anger.

She released him.

And Myra immediately ran to Marshall, wrapping her arm around his shoulder as she looked at Matilda with fear and disappointment.

Matilda were stunned by such a sight, coming to her senses within her surroundings that had turned out.

She puts her palm on her face, If... If the sphere he threw earlier were really explosive, why would he even return to the ship if he knew he'll get involved in it?

Myra's trembling... - Marshall.

"The both of you... Your eyes glow differently before... Weren't you from the same clan?"

Matilda spoke in a low tone voice.

"..." Marshall looked at her for minutes as the other people were both astonished and confused with Matilda's question.

The both of them paused.

"No... We are not."

""!!""

After hearing Marshall's answer, all of the people on the ship had gone quiet.

Are we now going to get kicked out of the ship... ?

"This is..."

*GWWAAAARRRRRGHHHHH!!!!*

"""!!!!"""

Lia and the others went to the edge of deck's fence, checking out to see left and right to where the sound came from.

Don't tell me...

Suddenly, behind them.

Had appeared the Cydracil once again.

"I thought it was already out!"

"Tch! GET READY!!"

The Cydracil revealed its long body form with more claws and hard scales as if it is planning to fully take down the ship.

It's so huge!! And way different than before! Is this... Its full form?!

"EVERYONE!! SOME OF YOU MAINTAIN THE SHIP"S STABILITY!! We southerns! Will fight this persistent beast!!"

""YEAHHH!!""

As Marshall picks up his daggers, Matilda held out her hand, looked at him and say, "Stay here, leave this to us."

The both of them were left with widened eyes on their faces of the calm tone like none of what they've heard ever since they've entered the ship.

"Ready!"

Matilda immediately took action, grabbing her big sword away with the determination to strike the Cydracil.

While Myra and Marshall stays behind.

"Lia! Charles!"

""Got it!!""

Something's strange...

Charles' eyes glowed as he glanced at Matilda, helping her get thrown faster.

With the Cydracil's range of sight, it were able to notice them and rushes to attack her.

Gnawing it's mouth at her faster, as she ran.

This-

Just as she were about to be eaten, a deflect of a long sword were heard and appeared, it was Lia struggling and parried the Cydracil's head away.

Matilda managed to pass her way as Lia continued to be her support with her long sword.

While Charles' jumped from his position as he sensed the Cydracil's claw, attempting to catch him with its sharp claw.

As it kept trying with its might in damaging some part of the ship, Charles made his move with his poisoned sword that he picked from a soldier.

However, as Lia and Matilda continued to jump their way beyond the deck, "No!"

"Stopp!!!"

In the moment of distress, vines like leaves from a running vine spreaded across the ship, glowing like a shining peridot and leaves from its vines sproated qucikly, helping Matilda and Lia leap higher like they jumped from a trampoline.

Matilda's eyes began to glow in purple and drew their swords higher, piercing through its head and claws.

"What the- !!"

"What is happening??"

The vines and leaves around the ship began to grow more and as they followed the root of where the leaves came from, they were reminded of an ability from a certain clan.

They all turned their gazes towards Myra and Marshall, where they found Myra surrounded with tangled up vines and chaotic leaves, and posed with her reached out hand and half looked glowing eyes directed at Matilda and Lia.

"I'll try helping them!"

Marshall paused for a minute and couldn't resist himself to curve the edge of his mouth, and soon picked up his dagger and joined the battle.

I don't know what to do with this... This is my first time I'll be able to use the clan's ability...

But if I get my thoughts all jungled up like these vines, my mind might go even more unstable.

Calm down...

Myra closed her eyes for a while and opened them.

Looking straight at the battle.

While Matilda and the others were surprised and took a quick look at the ship.

And Myra soon shouted, "Trust Marshall!!"

Matilda sensed on her left side a passing figure preparing to penetrate with a forceful dagger right at a missed point to where the Cydracil were at the very front, as if he went and stopped right at the face of the Cydracil's menacing red eyes.

"WHAT IS HE DOING??!"

"Are you stupid?!"

"Marshall!"

Marshall's eyes glowed and smirked.

And soon one of the Cydracil's head opened its big mouth and rushed to eat Marshall.

As he's about to be eaten, a vine from his feet suddenly gripped tightly on him, and the vine quickly spreads throughout his body.

With the vine's grip and sprouts.

Myra focused her eyes on Marshall and said, "Now!"

"Yeah. Let's get this stubborn monster get a taste of his own medicine."

Marshall took out a leaf from his pocket and wrapped it in his fist.

With the big mouth about to close, the vine soon striked with spikes everywhere in the vine except for the othersides. Making the Cydracil open its mouth with a roaring pain and soon Marshall opened his left fist, letting a leaf go and quickly piercing with it, with Marshall's dagger through the Cydracil's head.

"ATTACK!!"

Soon, Matilda and the others rushed forward and made a big blow with the same time of big attacks along with their abilities.

Making their eyes glow in purples like Amethysts, bringing out some black shadow like figures on their weapons and soon swarms in the insides of the Cydracil. Making it get attacked in its insides nonstop.

After that, all of them pushed themselves back to the ship, and with Myra's vines they were able to land quickly and safely.

As the Cydracil continued to be dying, Marshall looked at Myra and said, "Tie something around my waist, I'll grab the sphere from the ship."

With Myra's confused expression, she continued to follow through Marshall's instruction and soon Marshall rushed towards and jumped and gripped one of his daggers through the ship's exterior, and soon were able to get a grasp of the sphere carefully.

Marshall pulls the vine, signaling Myra to get him back.

And as he were pulled back through the deck.

"What are you going to do?" - Matilda approached.

"It is dangerous if that Cydracil were to be here any longer, that monster's presence, will soon attract creatures from the ocean, which who we might not know what anymore will that be. We need to silence it."

"And?"

Marshall soon threw the sphere right at the Cydracil, making it break into pieces and lights its pieces forming into a chain, and soon wrapped all around the Cydracil. And the chain soon gripped with great force, making the Cydracil silent and soon die.

"What was that?!"

"..."

"It was like a big chain!!"

As Marshall paced with the sight, he quickly turned his attention at Myra as the vines grew larger across the ship.

"Myra?"

"... Ha....."

"Do you not know how to control your ability?" - Matilda

Marshall quickly went straight to her side as he looked at her still trembling.

Some vines went to his feet, he soon embraced both his hands on Myra's reached out hand and say, "It's fine now... Get some sleep." - He said so as he closes her eyes with his other hand, making her fall on her knees.

"!"

He catches her on his arms and sits on his own knees.

Marshall smiles at her. "How unusual." 

Matilda sighed in relief, as some of the others fell and panted on exhaustion and sat for awhile.

"What an unusual sight."
"Isn't she a Nelveran? Miss Matilda?" - Lia.

"With that ability, she's no doubt is one. But this boy..."

"What are you, boy?" - Mar

He looked at their puzzled yet exhausted face.

"I'll only disclose about that to Myra. So, it is up to you to figure that out yourselves."

"!"

"Are you mockin' us, brat?!"
"Stop."

Matilda looked at them with cold eyes, and looked at Marshall.

"Sorry, but It is something I need to do to protect myself." - Marshall.
"..."

The atmosphere fell silent. 

As Matilda looked at them and said, "We are indebted to you. So you consider this trip as free and about the Cydracil's..."

"Why don't you use it for bag?"

"!?"

""Hm?""

His reply made everyone speechless.

"Uhmm, what is it again?"

Is this guy for real? A bag?!

And he's saying it with that stupid blank face!

"Why a bag?! Have you really gone NUTS?! Don't you want to use its scales as shields or armor instead?"

"Ah, that? Hm...."

He contemplates and looked at them with a tedious expression and said, "Not really? Come on... Even a bag will be useful, you know?"

"And a bag?! With that big scales?!"

"Don't you also know, that a Cydracil's scales is very rare to get in the sea?! Even its price were much more expensive just to get that kind of scale!!"

"Really?!"

"Yes, they're right, mr. stubborn employer. And you're thinking of making those scales a single bag?"

"Well, I don't know about things like that... However, since you're saying something worth that much, can I take some of them for auction?"

"That's fine."
"And... Can you also do us a favor of arriving at the south port and keep all quiet about us participating in this battle or even in this ship?"

Matilda crossed her arms and looked through her surroundings, "Fair enough."

"Miss Matilda?!"

"Everyone, for now, or even until we arrive. Just think of them as kids and take care of them, VERY WELL."

She continues as she glares at her surroundings - "I don't want to hear anymore of you yapping why do we have them in this ship."

"Are we clear?!"

Their back felt the chill of the atmosphere's cold air, as they all looked at themselves and say, "We're clear."

"Go and take some rest, as some of you shall handle the Cydracil."

"Yes, ma'am."

She sighed out of relief and as she were about to enter the ship, Marshall said, "Thank you."

She paused.

"We also thank you."

Lia and the others also took their turn in entering the ship and soon took charge of taking care of the aftermath.

Leaving Marshall and Myra at the deck.

"Are you done pretending now?"

"!"

Myra jolted out of Marshall's lap as she says, "You knew?!"

"Well, I noticed you, holding your laugh when I told about the bag."

"Pfffttt! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Myra laughed out loud as she continues, "How can I not laugh out of that?!"

"Are you finished now?"

"Pfft! HAHA, yeah yeah. I'm good now."
"How's your head?"
 

Myra looked at Marshall and said, "It's fine. My head only stings a little."

"You seem pretty spirited even after all that." He scoffed.

"Sigh... It's a first time I did that, okay?"

"Oh? And for you to handle it good?"
"Well. I'm raised by my mentor after all. However, that was perhaps a luck or whatever it is."

"..."

If he hadn't closed my eyes, maybe I would've took the bait of going berserk.

I got saved by this person again.

She looked deeply at him.

"Thank you."

"Hm?"

Myra smiles at him.

"What's with that creepy smile?"

"Huh?"

"Really, what a lame one. Maybe you still haven't come to your senses at all. Spiky Queen."

Myra made an annoyed face as she grabbed a bottle from her bag and deliberately poured on Marshall's wounds.

"AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"