Versatile: Alternate World

["Welcome Back, Bladeheart"]

I materialized once more inside the room where Lina and I are staying. Lina is still sleeping quietly so I decided to go out of our room and explore the Argo on my own and familiarize the whole place. It would be a great time to imprint the whole Argo's interior in my mind.

First, I explored inside the blimp only. There are a few people in the other rooms but I can tell most of them are influential nobles in the game, though they are only NPCs here. Aside from the accommodation room for the passengers, there is also the dining area and the recreation room where some mini games are placed. It was a fine choice for the people of the Argo to place them all in the second floor due to how troublesome it was if they are all placed in the first floor where sometimes, all the actions exist and all the work for running the ship is currently happening.

The dining room is not that busy right now but I saw a few ladies eating with their friends and some other nobles enjoying their drinks on the bar. There are even some people playing in the recreation room. And I bet they even have some prices to exchange your winnings in some of its games, however, that is not part of my interest.

The second floor is just pure place for the passengers, nothing more to be said in here.

With my interest gone from the second floor's features, my interest went to the main deck of the Argo. Leaving the second floor, my ears perked up when I heard the clanging sounds of weapons on the main deck.

'A fight?'

Hearing the weird noises, I quickly went out to look for the source of the noise. When I went out, I saw the crew kicking a large monster out of the deck. From the looks of it, I missed the fight that happened. They just managed to wrap up the battle.

"Holler up if anyone spotted those bastards. We can't keep them messing up the Argo. If possible, ram them up with the Argo's hull," the older guy who only has only one hand, has an eyepatch and holds a katana said. If he still have his whole arm and attach a hook on the missing part of his arm, he would look like a pirate. He does look like a guy who would look like a ronin but I am doubting my judgment on that.

"Captain! What the heck are you saying?! We can't keep on having the Argo get ruined by slamming them on flying monsters! Don't be so harsh at at our poor ship!" the guy who seems to be handling one of the cannons of the ship said.

"Hahaha! You should already be used to his behavior. He wouldn't care much on the ship as long as the monster that messes up with the ship itself gets thrown to the oblivion. If you are not careful, he might toss you to the chasm," one of the women who looks like she could pass as the Captain of ship said. However, since she is not the one called "Captain", from the looks of it, she is the "First Mate" since I can see a spyglass on her waist and seems to be one of the people commanding the crew.

"Holia, you are shouldn't joke around like that, even though everyone knows how you like to joke around, no one knows whether you are serious or not," the captain said.

"Heh, chill there Tora. I may be unpredictable at times but I am not that hard to predict at all," the woman named Holia said.

"Captain! I spotted two flying Wing Worm, on our right! Around 75 kilometers away from us! With our speed, we will be making contact with it for around 20 seconds!" the guy who is handling one of the cannons said.

"Hoh, those guys are really getting persistent in and loose on their flying patterns nowadays. It seems the Insect Kingdom has done something to disturb their natural habitat. Troublesome bastards as always," the captain named Tora pulls out one of his tobacco and using his finger, he lit up the tobacco. I didn't expect this guy to be able to use magic even though he is a samurai unless he uses a katana but he was actually a Magic Knight.

Hearing that a Wing Worm is coming, I decided to look at the incoming danger. Wing Worms are one of the banes of the Airships and as soon as one of these things are seen in the radar or seen nearby, the airships would immediately need to kill them as they can disrupt the ship and sometimes, they can break the flying engine of some airships causing wide accidents in many airships.

I am curious how the crew of the Argo will handle the danger so I decided to see how they are going to do it. The crew didn't move and they are just standing there and seems to be observing the changes. The captain just continues on puffing the tobacco, without much care.

"It's now in sight!" the one who spotted the Wing Worm shouted.

"Captain, are you going to personally deal with it?"

"Yeah, I have to deal these f*ckers out by myself. I will just holler if I mess up so be on standby."

Holia nodded and pull out her spyglass while Tora approached the rear of the deck and stood there, looking in the distance. His hand is on his tobacco. And just like what the crew said, two Wing Worms appeared on sight, flying fast.

"Ah, damn, these f*ckers are indeed coming so fast to us, huh."

He throws the tobacco on the chasm below the ship and stare at the incoming monster.

"Ready the harpoon cannons guys, we might be able to get a good haul today after this," Holia ordered while she continue to spectate the situation using her spyglass.

The crew made their move and prepared with synchronization. As for Tora, he sighed before he grip the hilt of his katana. The Wing Worms appeared before the ship and like a sandworm, their mouths are a bottomless hole. However, Tora did not flinch and without a sound, the two Wing Worms that are flying towards the Argo were split in half. It was cleanly cut in half that the Wing Worms did not even release blood after being cut through into two parts.

"FIRE!"

Four Harpoon Cannons were fired and the parts of the Wing Worm that Tora cut were pierced by the Harpoons without any kind of difficulty, showing their expertise in the job which seems to be their everyday life.

"As expected of Tora, you seemed to be improving day by day!" Holia said.

"Tch, its not that amazing, any ronin and samurai can do that without much problem," Tora said as he sat down on where he stood with a bored look on his face.

"Captain, how are we going to bring these "lures"? Are we just going to let them hang or should we throw them out if there is already a target?"

"Let it hang, only a few creatures would prey on the Wing Worms anyway so let it be hanging until something bites."

The crew then stabilize the harpoon cannons so that the wire that attached the Harpoon and the Cannon is not going to break. Holia is about to go back to where she was when she noticed me watching the scene unfold.

"Oh? I didn't notice someone was watching. There aren't many people who watches what we are doing nowadays."

"A passenger? That is indeed rare, most passengers would be staying up above the "Blimp" rather than expose themselves on the threat. I didn't know someone would be curious on what the main deck's situation is," Tora pulls out another tobacco and just like the first one, he light it up using his finger's flames like some lighter.

"What brings you here, young man? It's very unusual for passengers to be here especially with the recreation area meant to be a place where the passengers can pass their time while they are heading to their destinations," Holia asked as she approached.

"I am just looking around the Argo, touring on the various areas of the famous ship. It was just a coincidence I was here after you guys hunted two Wing Worms."

"Ho? No wonder you are different from the other people, you are one of those "Adventurers" that I have been hearing about who are said to be blessed by Titania herself. You are first "Adventurer" to have ever managed to get a ride on the Argo. So you should be proud of that and brag it on your friends!" Holia laughed while tapping my shoulder.

"Is that how it is? Well, that didn't matter to me. You have seen our ways of reducing the threat. Since you are riding with us, might as well introduce ourselves. I am Tora Worth, the captain of the ship.. Thank you for riding with us on the Argo."