Book Seven: Chapter 84

Puzzled as to why the naga had done that, Ingrid turned her attention back toward the ship just as Ratu’s fireball emerged from a different part of the woods and smashed into the side of the ship. Before anything could burn, the water swirled up like a massive tongue and licked the flames away. The skeletons on guard lifted a variety of ranged weapons from spears to guns, and opened fire on where the fireball had come from.

All three of them crouched behind the trees and waited for the gunfire to cease. Ratu looked at Quetzalli first, then Ingrid.

“I did not expect guns,” she said with a frown. “Some sort of magical shield, but modern weaponry?”

Ingrid almost laughed. “Yeah, well, we should have. The man has an actual skeleton crew. Why not give them guns? They wouldn’t be effective on the spirits, but they work perfectly fine on the living.”

There was a long moment of silence and Ingrid realized what she had just said. Quetzalli looked like she was going to