Chapter 705 Setting Sail on the Homeward Journey <TOC> Chapter 707 Helen's Doubts
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The Cloud Conch is an ocean-going cargo ship, with flags adorned with white shell patterns fluttering all around.
Its size is similar to the previous Purple Bohemia, carrying over two hundred personnel. There are four levels below the deck and three levels above.
Angel is assigned a room on the third level above the deck.
From boarding the ship to entering the room, Angel has seen many people along the way, all of them ordinary humans. Now, looking down from the balcony of his room, the busy people on the deck are all bare-chested human sailors.
As Angel is observing the Cloud Conch, there is a knock on the door.
Although the visitor does not speak, the energy fluctuations emanating from them are enough to prove their identity. Angel waves his hand gently, opening the door lock directly with his mental power, revealing a middle-aged man dressed in a deep blue uniform outside.
The middle-aged man looks up, and through the glass wall, he sees Angel leaning against the railing of the balcony, bathed in sunlight, his face shining brilliantly.
His pupils contract slightly, and he thinks to himself: A third-level apprentice.
The middle-aged man walks up and joins Angel on the balcony, “May I know your name, sir?”
“Sir Roman, you can call me Pat,” Angel replies with a smile.
Roman is not curious about how Angel knows his name, “So, it’s Sir Pat. I thought I was the only third-level apprentice on this ship and was worried that if we encountered danger, I would be inadequate. Now that we have Sir Pat, I suppose we can rest assured.”
“I’ve only recently advanced to the third level and haven’t even started learning third-level spells, so I’ll still have to rely on Sir Roman’s guidance along the way,” Angel blandly compliments, “Of course, I’m grateful to your company for giving me a ride this time. If you need my help, I won’t refuse.”
Assured that Angel will not stand idly by, Roman finally smiles, and the corners of his narrow eyes gather a cluster of wrinkles.
“I won’t bother you any longer. If Sir Pat has any questions, you can find me upstairs,” Roman nods at Angel, preparing to turn and leave.
“Sir Roman,” Angel calls out to him, and under Roman’s inquisitive gaze, Angel points to the figurehead of the Cloud Conch, “Can you tell me what the gem in the hands of the figurehead is?”
Due to the Purple Bohemia figurehead, Angel’s gaze has been on the figurehead of the Cloud Conch since he boarded the ship.
The figurehead is a silver female mermaid with an incredibly beautiful face, ears with fish fins, and peculiar snake hair. What catches Angel’s attention the most, however, is the conch held by the female mermaid, with a light purple gem at the top.
This gem, if not mistaken, should be a Nightmare Stone.
What puzzles Angel, though, is that the Nightmare Stone doesn’t seem to have much of the misty Nightmare aura.
“You mean the sea monster figurehead?” Roman’s eyes squint slightly, “Sir Pat, that’s a Nightmare Stone. Activating it can make the ship enter an illusionary hidden state to avoid powerful magical beasts.”
Angel felt there was something odd about Roman’s tone, but upon closer inspection, there seemed to be no issue.
“Ah, I see, no wonder I sensed a strange energy fluctuation. Nightmare Stones are incredibly rare and precious; I never imagined they would be used on a figurehead,” Angel exclaimed with a sense of wonder.
Roman smiled and then turned and left directly.
After Roman left, Angel still stood on the balcony, looking at the figurehead. After a while, he shook his head and returned to the room.
Once the Cloud Conch set sail, Angel returned to his research state.
He primarily studied clothing spells, but since Roman was right above him, Angel didn’t experiment with illusion spells. Instead, he took the notebook Sanders gave him every day to preview new illusion spells.
Time flew by in his research.
Three days later, the Cloud Conch entered the Devil’s Sea. After entering the Devil’s Sea, the ship switched to roller coaster mode, facing dangerous weather almost every day. Torrential rain and hurricanes were trivial matters; at one point, the Cloud Conch was surrounded by hundreds of water tornadoes. A slight deviation in steering would have caused the sturdy Cloud Conch to be torn to pieces by nature’s mighty force.
Two captains were in charge of steering, one named Helen and the other, the chief captain, called Alvin. It was their superb navigation skills that kept the Cloud Conch from falling into peril.
Moreover, each time they escaped a dangerous natural killer, the Cloud Conch would experience route deviations, and even lose its way. However, the two captains always managed to break through the confusion and return to the route.
Angel was grateful that he wasn’t navigating the Devil’s Sea alone; otherwise, he would have undoubtedly gotten lost.
Half a month later, the Devil’s Sea route had advanced by one-fifth.
In this journey, not only was the climate lethal, but there were also occasional minor incidents along the route. Of course, they were deadly dangers for ordinary people, but for wizard apprentices, they were unexpected surprises.
That was—sea beasts.
They encountered at least ten waves of sea beasts along the way, but most of them were dealt with by Roman alone. Sometimes, when Angel wanted to help, Roman would laugh and decline.
Clearly, Roman was after the sea beasts’ resources, and if Angel participated, he would have to share half of them.
Only once, during the day today, when the Devil’s Sea’s weather was unusually sunny, the Cloud Conch hadn’t been sailing for long when they encountered a sea beast at the peak of an apprentice’s level!
It was a massive barbed fish covered in large spikes, and Angel couldn’t even distinguish the fish’s species.
Angel and Roman were both standing on the high platform, and when Roman saw this sea beast, his eyes lit up. Without any hesitation, he flew out of the ship’s side, exclaiming, “Let me handle this sea beast!”
As Roman flew out, he also blocked Angel with his hand, meaning he would handle the situation alone. Originally, Angel wanted to help but had to hold back, as he was just a guest on the Cloud Conch.
Roman’s strength and the sea beast’s strength both seemed to be at the peak of the apprentice level, but the sea beast had the advantage due to its powerful body.
However, Roman wasn’t lacking either. As an ocean wizard, his water manipulation and ocean control spells were extremely proficient. He engaged in a lengthy stalemate with the sea beast.
But as time passed, Roman’s physical and magical energy were being depleted, while the sea beast still had reserves. It was extremely dangerous for him to continue holding it off alone.
Angel had been waiting for Roman to call for help, but Roman never spoke up.
Angel couldn’t help but shake his head. When Roman first met him, he repeatedly said that he hoped for help when he was outmatched.
Now that Roman was in danger, he still hadn’t called for help. Was it all just for the resources of a single sea beast?
Angel found it hard to understand Roman’s obsession with monopolizing the sea beast’s resources.
Perhaps this was a desperate struggle for life and death as his lifespan was nearing its end?
Since Roman didn’t ask for his help, Angel merely stood silently on the high platform, watching the fierce battle below.
Suddenly, the sea beast’s huge tail fin rose high and came crashing down towards the deck.
At this point, Roman didn’t have enough magical power to raise a water shield to block the sea beast’s tail attack. It seemed that more than a dozen innocent mortals were about to meet a tragic end.
Still, Roman clenched his teeth and refused to ask Angel for help.
But at this moment, Angel took the initiative to jump down, as the group of mortals on the deck included the Cloud Conch’s deputy captain—Helen.
If Helen were to die, the continuation of the voyage would be in question.
Moreover, if the sea beast destroyed the deck, the consequences would be hard to predict.
Under these circumstances, Angel had no choice but to intervene.
Taking into account the effects of gravity acceleration, Angel erected several ice walls in succession, barely stopping the sea beast’s tail fin just before it struck the deck.
However, the weight of the tail fin and the ice walls caused the ship to sway violently.
Furthermore, the barbs on the tail fin pierced several sailors deeply. Two of them were impaled directly through the head and throat, dying instantly.
On the constantly swaying deck, Helen held onto the mast as her hat had already flown away, and her long black hair fell down. She yelled at a man wearing a headscarf next to the cabin, “Nagi, hurry up and command your squad to take away the injured crew members.”
Seeing several sailors being tossed about by the waves, Helen looked anxious, “Captain, we can’t keep swaying like this. We must steer and temporarily avoid the wave peaks!”
Alvin stood in the captain’s room on the fourth floor, nodded at Helen, and immediately turned the helm to its maximum, trying his best to change the course of the Cloud Conch.
At the same time, a faint flame appeared in Angel’s palm, and a mysterious rune directly covered the tail fin of the sea beast that hadn’t had time to leave.
Flame Formation Phantom Attack!
In an instant, flames spread up from its tail fin, and the smell of charring wafted through the air.
In pain, the sea beast quickly retracted its tail fin and plunged into the water.
However, this spell of the illusion formation school wasn’t so easily extinguished. In the past, when Angel was at the bottom of the Purification Sea, the Flame Formation Phantom Attack could burn for a long time under the immense water pressure, let alone now.
The sea beast writhed in pain in the water.
Roman, seeing this, had a glint in his eyes and said to Angel, “Pat, you continue to defend the Cloud Conch. Leave this sea beast to me!”
Hearing Roman’s words, Angel’s expression slowly sank.
Roman still defined Angel’s attack on the sea beast as “defending the Cloud Conch,” and claimed the killing of the sea beast for himself. Even if the Flame Formation Phantom Attack damaged the sea beast, it was only defense, not attack.
This guy would resort to any means to get the sea beast, even when so many people saw his actions, he didn’t care.
He ignored the lives of ordinary people and even the safety of the Cloud Conch.
Angel initially thought that Roman’s life was coming to an end, and some paranoia about promotion could be forgiven. However, he was still shocked by Roman’s despicable actions.
Angel snorted coldly and directly withdrew the Flame Formation Phantom Attack that was still burning on the sea beast.
At the same time, he shot a cold glare at Roman.
Roman seemed to realize that he had gone too far earlier, and as Angel withdrew the strange flames, he felt somewhat apprehensive. If Angel decided to attack him now, regardless of the consequences… Roman would definitely suffer. His physical and magical powers were almost exhausted, while the other party’s consumption was not significant.
Under such circumstances, Roman’s efforts to deal with the sea beast gradually relaxed.
Chapter 705 Setting Sail on the Homeward Journey <TOC> Chapter 707 Helen's Doubts