Chapter 9: Blackstone Island (3)

The geist's eyes suddenly narrowed into a slit, as if the real gaze was firmly fixed on the golden light that 'shot' from the opposite side, and Rhaegar could clearly feel that those lights, like the power he had just used, were the product of the embodiment of the rules. What's more, even if he saw it with his own eyes, he couldn't even feel the presence of those golden lights except for the warnings given to him by the forbidden magic's keen intuition about the power of rules, which was enough to show that the other party's mastery of the rules was far above his own - unlike ordinary magic, the power of rules is often restrained, they don't 'waste' their energy on anything other than the target they are targeting, and the higher the degree of mastery of the rules, the better they will do at this point.

For a forbidden mage like Rhaeggar, the depth of magic is not the main factor that determines victory or defeat, but the mastery of the rules is the best proof of each other's strength. Although he didn't understand why the existence that was hiding in the shadows and using the power of the rules with the help of Neven's body didn't 'show up' on his own, the geist knew very well that with the protection of such an being, it would never be possible for him to achieve his original purpose again.

Instant decision-making is another trait of the undead, they rarely stalk when they know they are hopeless, and quickly summon several magic shields to delay the attack of the 'shot' line, and Rhaegar's body disappears into thin air at the same moment. The same force of rules blocked the induction and locking of the 'shooting' line to him, and the golden light that lost its target passed through the air where Rhaegar was originally located, and hit the sea in the distance, where a huge empty 'hole' with a diameter of nearly 100 meters and a direct to the bottom of the sea without seawater was formed, and the next moment, the poured sea water poured into this empty 'hole' from all directions, and a huge and terrifying whirlpool was formed.

Neven, who had successfully repelled his opponent, did not take advantage of the victory, and the power of the rules of the '' Commander from the shadows was a huge burden on its badly injured body and soul, barely supporting it to re-establish its shield, and the monster used its last strength to '' its body and fly back into the jungle below.

The exhausted Nevin didn't notice that in the opposite direction to where he had just been, Rhaegar who had merged with the air around him had seen all of this in his eyes.

At the beginning of the attack, the geist did think about leaving the place for a while to avoid the enemy's edge, and then wait for the opportunity to come back again, but just before he was about to move away from the island, a thought came to his mind: that being was undoubtedly much stronger than him, and if the former attacked him or even sneak attack him at the beginning of the battle, he would definitely not be able to dodge, and the monster that was clearly subordinate to the other party would never be hurt. However, in fact, it wasn't until Nevin was almost caught by himself that the former had no choice but to make a move, and after calming down, Rhaegar could be completely sure that although those few golden rays of light showed that the unknown existence did have a higher realm than himself, it was not very powerful in terms of its power, to be exact, it was not even a really skillful rule attack, at most it was just a matter of condensing the rules into substance. Shooting it is like a warrior who has a razor-sharp sword in his hand and only knows how to throw it like a javelin.

"There's got to be something wrong with that," Rhaegar thought to himself, "and he's either unable to leave the island for some reason, and can't attack anyone directly, or he's ......"

Rhaegar then remembered some kind of creature that lived in the distant age of the gods, this creature nicknamed a cow did not have much combat power in itself, but it could increase the strength of its companions tenfold in a short period of time. When this secret was discovered, the creatures suffered a catastrophe - everyone wanted to have such a pet, and when people saw a cow next to their opponent, they all regarded it as a primary target, and after centuries of frenzied hunting and sniping, they finally disappeared from the universe completely with low fertility and scarcity.

But disappearing is not the same as extinction, and even if all these creatures are really extinct, it does not mean that there is no second kind of similar life, and the magic of the universe lies in the fact that there are countless unexpected possibilities for people.

Nevin's final performance confirmed Rhaeggar's idea to a certain extent: if that being was really that powerful, even if he couldn't get out of the island or fight directly with people for some reason, he should never just sit idly by and ignore a powerful tool like Nevin that could make him fight indirectly, no matter what way he considered, that being must first heal him, rather than leave the other party to fend for himself.

An unfathomable smile appeared on Rhaeggar's face, and the geist had a brilliant idea. He reappeared in the air in the distance of the island, his hands waving rapidly, once again summoning the power of the embodied rules, and then, under his 'manipulation' control, these powers turned into a shield that went from the bottom of the sea to the sky, covering the island tightly, and sure enough, as he thought, the being who had used the power of rules to save Neven did not react to it.

This further strengthened Rhaeggar's confidence in his own judgment, and the next moment, the spirit that was in control of victory turned around and flew in the direction of the mainland.

In the mortal world carried by the Endless Sea, there are countless lands like the continents where Rhaegar lives, and they may be hundreds of millions of kilometers apart, and there will never be any 'intersection', maybe they are close at hand, and only a small boat can reach them. Trade between these different continents was undoubtedly a great deal for the merchants who were chasing wealth, and although the fearful storms, the unpredictable currents and reefs, and the behemoths that infested the seas made the sea voyage full of unpredictable dangers, in the eyes of the merchants, these routes to the other continents were golden routes.

A fleet of dozens of huge sea ships slowly sailed on the calm waters of the Coriano Sea, a caravan belonging to the kingdom of Solai. As a nation of several port cities, maritime trade has always been one of the country's main incomes, yet even for such a country, the size of the fleet is large enough.

Clay stood comfortably on the bow deck, enjoying the slightly salty sea breeze and completely immersed in the "mesmerizing" scenery of the sea.

"What a 'fascinating' scenery!" He looked at the sea in the distance, and said with a sigh to Captain Sandel beside him: "If I could write poetry, if I had a pair of painter's hands, I would definitely make all this a masterpiece that will be passed down in the world!"

"That's right," said the old captain dryly to his young first mate, "but before that you have to get back to your post first—our cargo seems to be planning to make trouble again, and you must settle it at once." ”

"It will be resolved soon. The first mate casually agreed, looking at the scenery in front of him with nostalgia, and turned to the cabin on the ground floor, "Come here!" the young man from the declining aristocracy yelled at the sailors, "bring your weapons and whips, we must make those lowly fellows suffer a little!"

However, he never had a chance to make the restless orc slaves suffer again, as a huge fireball rained down from the sky, blasting the huge ship in two, killing everyone on board before it sank to the bottom of the sea.

This sudden blow threw the entire fleet into a 'chaos' and 'chaos', "enemy attack——!" shouted the sailors standing on the watchtower, and in fact, needless to say, almost everyone was aware of the sky-high fire and violent explosion. "It's magic!, where's the mage?" the commander shouted to the mages in front of the team, while shouting orders to his men, "Get back to your positions and get ready for battle!"

As a nation that started out as a seafaring nation, Solay valued the navy far more than the army, and it had the most powerful fleet in the entire Coriano Sea, in addition to the warships escorting the caravans, these caravans also had a fighting power that could not be ignored, and, in order to ensure safety, the merchants also hired two mages, which were strong enough to repel any pirate attack. It is for this reason that despite the loss of a ship in the raid, the people did not panic, and the good qualities cultivated by many years of sailing and fighting with pirates were revealed at this moment, and after the initial panic, people returned to their posts and methodically prepared for battle, while the mages began to chant incantations in an attempt to find the enemies who were hiding in the shadows.

- If they encounter a group of pirates, such a measure is enough to make their opponents useless, but alas, their enemies are not pirates.

Hiding in the air with the help of stealth, Rhaegar looked down at the fleet at his feet, waving his hands incessantly, and large fireballs roared down from the air far away from him, some hit their targets, and some fell on the surface of the sea, 'stirring' up huge 'waves' and 'flowers' - he didn't want to destroy the fleet completely, in order to achieve his goal, at least one of these ships could escape back.

The mages of the fleet finally completed their spells, and a ball of light rose into the air, emitting waves in all directions, a kind of magic used to detect the movement of enemies and crack the invisibility technique, while one of the mages concentrated on 'manipulating' the ball of light, his companion was also ready, ready to be sent out at any time according to the former's instructions.

This kind of spell that was only seven orders at most was just a child's trick for Rhaegar, those 'waves' swept past him, and his existence could not be detected at all, but in the air hundreds of meters away from him, following his thoughts, a figure that looked like a dragon, but was only the size of a horse, and had no scales on its body, appeared in the air at the same time as the 'waves' swept by.