[Congratulations on obtaining a full-level rune knowledge, and your rune proficiency progress: 20/100.] Special Reward: Spirit Level +1. 】

[You have successfully branded the Mechanical Stand-in (Grim Reaper) rune and learned the Mechanical Double-Technique (Grim Reaper), level 1.] Evaluation: The wizard who invented the origin rune of the gods, what a ...... Special Rewards: Survival Point +10, Tenacity Level +3, Spirit Level +3. 】

[Note 1: Mechanical Stand-in (Reaper) Level 1, Spirit Cost 50, Effect: Within a radius of one kilometer, the caster and the mechanical golem swap positions.] 】

[Note 2: The defense of the replaced mechanical golem is blessed by the Origin Power of the Reaper, and the defense is increased by 10% of the caster's toughness level.] 】

[Note 3: For each level of mechanical stand-in (Reaper), the mechanical golem's defense is increased by 10% and mental cost is reduced by 10%.] 】

[Congratulations, your skill: Mechanical Stand-in (Reaper) level 3 has been upgraded to level 4......]

【…… Your skill: Boiling Blood (Reaper) level 2 increased to level 3. Effect: Blessed by Oranel, the god of death, your body will gain an explosive power of 150% Toughness Level Amplification for 5 seconds. 】

[Note: For the Boiling Blood (Reaper) spell, each level of improvement increases the toughness level by 50% and the duration increases by 2 seconds.] 】

【……】

[Congratulations, your skill: Transfiguration (Reaper) level 2 has been upgraded to level 3.] Effect: You will be able to change your body form, and any source power that is less than 30% of the original strength of the god of death Oranel will not be able to detect traces of your transformation when it perceives your body, and it will last for 3 hours. 】

[Your wizard level meets the promotion conditions, will you be promoted?] 】

[Yes.] 】

[Congratulations, your class: Wizard, level up to Intermediate Wizard!] Special Rewards: Survival Point +200, Resilience Level 100, Spirit Level +400. 】

Wayne looked at the series of prompts on the panel and waited quietly for a moment, only to breathe a sigh of relief after making sure that he had been promoted to an intermediate wizard this time and had not fallen into the previous illusion.

He remembered the illusion he saw when he was promoted to a full-fledged wizard before, and he was still a little skeptical.

The girl who claimed to be his sister - Estelle Lovet, the girl who told him not to forget her......

Wayne always felt that the Loft family where the predecessor was located was hiding some secret, or what did the Loft family do to the predecessor when the predecessor left?

So much so that in the memory of the predecessor, there is no memory of the girl.

"If you have the opportunity to return to the Eastern Continent in the future, let's go to that family and have a look......"

As if it had been said in the previous newspapers that the Loft family had declared that they had expelled him from the family?

Tsk, interesting.

Wayne glanced at the panel again, looking at the description of the skills he had just learned, as well as his current stat values.

Toughness Rating: 6052.2

Spirit Rating: 6052.2

Origin: 507 (508) (seal 1 point origin)

Survival Point: 2040

"After the wizard level, you will be rewarded with attribute points every time you advance?"

Wayne touched his chin and wondered if it was because of the panel, or if other wizards would also receive such a reward?

One more thing to know......

But overall, he is quite satisfied with this improvement.

The six spells selected—the Puppet Double, Teleportation, and the Flesh Enhancement System's Boiling Blood, Healing, Fortified Wall, and Transfiguration—were added to a decent amount of money after fusing the Death Origin Rune.

When used as a stand-in, the mechanical golem's defenses are strengthened, and teleportation increases the teleportation range.

Boiling Blood further strengthens the toughness level and strengthens the explosiveness.

Although the healing skill overlaps with the healing power of the Calamity contract, after his test, the recovery from the injury can be stacked.

The Wall spell mainly increases his body's defense, and when he reaches level 3, he can resist attacks up to 130% of his toughness level.

And what satisfies Wayne the most is the effect of the illusion. After using this method, it greatly reduced the possibility that he would be discovered by other people's origin perception after his illusion.

With the quality of the Origin of the Grim Reaper, even if it is only a thirty percent bonus, it is enough to resist most of the Origin Perception.

"Well, I'm hungry."

Wayne touched his stomach and turned to leave the studio.

The tenacity reward he had just obtained, coupled with the fact that he used his talent to convert some of his mental power to maintain the balance of the tenacity spirit level, also overwhelmed his body, and he once again gushed out a strong sense of hunger.

Well?

When Wayne pushed the door and went out, he frowned slightly when he saw the empty theater, and then relaxed.

Tina is taught by the Joker to master the Calamity Origin, and Sava and Zero are busy making mechanical golems in their respective studios, while Claire ......

"That woman, I didn't expect her to be so attentive to those guards......"

With that in mind, Wayne walked over to the table, found the remaining blue marlin, and took a big bite of it.

When sailing on the sea of Cordo, don't think about vegetables and fruits, and the bread and butter that you used to eat in the city-state of Caster are also very scarce, and you can only maintain the daily consumption of everyone on board.

And the most are the various fish in the sea...... Excluding the vast majority of aberrations, there are not many species left that can be used as food.

Blue marlin is definitely the most delicious of them all, melts in your mouth, and has a special sweetness, much like eating a light cream cake.

So, within ten minutes, Wayne ate two blue marlin, which were about the same length as him, and patted his belly with satisfaction.

"Not bad, no ......"

Bang!

At that moment, the door of a nearby studio was slammed open.

Well?

Wayne turned his head to look at it, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"What are you?"

"I'm sorry, Wayne, I messed up."

At this time, Miss Zombie's long hair was sporadic and sparked, which was extinguished by her hand slapping, but it also burned half of her hair.

Her body was even more black and white, like those impoverished Vazquez people in the Oss neighborhood, wearing the skirt that had become tattered, barely covering the two taels of flesh in front of her.

"I can see ......"

Wayne's gaze skimmed over Miss Zombie to the studio behind her, where he could faintly see some orange-red glow as the flames burned, and a puff of smoke spreading out of the wide open door.

"Need help?"

Sava stiffened even more, leaning sideways and nodding slightly, her pale face flushed a little from the firelight, her mouth slightly open, and she muttered again, "I'm sorry for the ...... Wayne."

Wayne took out his secret division uniform from the space ring, walked over and put it on her, and smiled: "Practice will inevitably encounter accidents......

Bang!

Before the words fell, the two of them saw Zero also slam out, and the two mechanical arms danced rapidly and slapped the flames on their bodies.

"Something's wrong, there's an accident, father!"

Zero looked up and saw the two of them standing at the door, and then looked at Miss Zombie's studio on the side, and couldn't help but move, "Sister Sava, you are also ...... Something went wrong? ”

"......" Wayne glared at him, "Shut up!" ”

"Oh."

Sava looked at the fire behind Zero, and a stiff smile squeezed out of the corner of her mouth, this time Wayne shouldn't blame me alone, right?

Wayne looked at the two of them, and it seemed that it was a little reluctant to let them learn how to make mechanical golems at this time......

He reluctantly walked into the studio, tried his best to salvage some of the materials that had survived, exchanged the remaining gold pounds for new tools, and rearranged them for the two of them.

"Okay, I'll have to teach you well......"

……

……

Outside the theater, the Ronan also resounded with an earth-shattering roar around it at this time.

Cannonballs flew above the steamship and struck a three-masted galleon not far ahead, crashing into the Ronan and furious as she trained her guards underneath.

"Triangle Eyes, what's going on?"

"First mate, look." Ronan smiled bitterly and pointed out through the cockpit window to chase the three ships, "It was they who suddenly appeared......

"You're a pirate, and you're being bullied like this?"

"This ......"

Claire glared at him, turned and walked out of the cabin, standing firmly on the swaying deck, her eyes coldly scanning the two three-masted galleons that were gradually chasing her.

"First mate Claire, do you want to inform the captain about this?"

Ronan had no choice but to chase him out, although he was a pirate, he had been sailing the sea of Cordo all the year round, and he knew that not all ships could go up to rob him.

Like the two fast-moving three-masted galleons not far behind, each with five batteries, not the small movable guns on the Ronan, but the large ones fixed on the deck.

The cost of these batteries alone is more than the cost of building the entire ship of the Ronan.

Not only that, but the crews of the two ships were all dressed in uniform sailor suits made of black canvas, each armed with a well-made musket, and the transcendents led by them were dressed in armor with elaborate patterns, and the strength of each of them was greater than that of the minister.

It is not difficult to see from the marks on their chests that they are all from noble backgrounds, to be precise, they should be the family guards of those nobles, and their strength is by no means comparable to ordinary merchant ships.

"Inform him?" Claire shook her head, "When he comes, I'm afraid these people will die, so I'd better go and see, maybe ......"

Perhaps, some powerful female transcendents can be found just in time to expand her Queen's Guard.

"Then," Ronan gritted his teeth, "then I'll prepare them for war." ”

"Well, there's no need to be in such a hurry, wait until they're almost done, and then go on." Claire's eyes narrowed, she wasn't Wayne, but she wasn't interested in overpowering those transcendents with her strength.

"Good!"

Ronan nodded, and began to gather the pirates and prepare for battle.

However, he still hoped that the powerful red-haired captain would be there, but if he didn't show up, he really didn't have the courage to knock on the bedroom door, so he had to do as the first mate instructed.

The two three-masted sailing ships that were busy chasing glanced at the Ronan and continued their pursuit.

However, a young man standing at the bow of one of the boats noticed Claire who was looking at them, his eyes lit up, and he gestured to the guards next to him.

Then the guard, dressed in fine armor, ran to the side of the ship, and shouted to the Ronan, "Beautiful lady over there, I hope you will wait a while, our lord would like to have dinner with you." ”

Claire glanced at him, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a charming smile, "Okay~ It just so happens that I'm hungry too~"

"Okay, hurry up and catch the person in front of you and catch her!" The young man in the purple aristocratic costume was excited when he heard her words, and waved his arms as if he had been beaten with chicken blood.

It wasn't long before the two ships overtook the Ronan and launched a fierce attack on the three-masted galleon at the front.

The roar of the artillery batteries resounded throughout the sea, and the shells the size of a human head fell around the fleeing ships from time to time, setting off waves of the sea.

"Triangle Eyes, can you tell which family these people belong to?" Claire asked, retracting her smile.

Ronan stood behind her with the remaining thirty-two pirates, looked at the ships for a moment, and hesitated: "It looks like the nobles of the Shatlan Kingdom, which family on the west coast is specific, I don't know." ”

"The nobles of Shatland? No wonder......"

No wonder they're all so stupid!

Claire couldn't help but be happy, it seemed that the incident in the city-state of Karst last time did not have any impact on these nobles.

I don't know how Wayne will feel when he finds out?

I guess he'll be happy to slaughter all of them, right?

Soon, the two ships caught up with the three-masted galleon at the front, and the incessant firing of the gun emplacements beat it like a sieve.

There were holes in the hull and deck, and the sea was carrying distortions to the ship, fighting the equally well-dressed guards.

“…… Vivian, you can't escape, come with me! ”

"Don't even think about it, Massimo! If I die, today's events will definitely spread to the Northern Continent, and you, and your family, will definitely pay the price! ”

A crisp and bright voice sounded, and I saw a young lady wearing a noble dress, with a graceful posture and long dark green hair fluttering in the wind, standing at the bow of the boat, covering her chest with one hand and pinching the side of the ship with the other.

From a distance, you can still see that her silver-gray eyes are full of unwillingness and sadness, and her delicate appearance is very protective.

Not far in front of her, the only five remaining guards, led by a blonde, blue-eyed female transcendent, slay down the aberrations that had slammed into the sea one by one.

"Miss Vivian, I'm sure you should know that your Sawyer family sent you here to marry our Brand family, and even if I imprison you in the castle, no one will come to your rescue."

The young nobleman at the head looked at Vivian over there lovingly, as if admiring a withered precious flower, and sighed: "Obviously we have experienced a beautiful afternoon, why do you refuse my affection?" ”

Vivian bit her lip, holding back the tears in her eyes, and turned her head away unwillingly.

"Why bother?"

The young nobleman named Massimo stared at Vivian with burning eyes and waved his hand behind him, "Go and get her back, be careful, don't let her die." ”

"Yes~"

"Huh? Samanta, when did your voice become so soft? Massimo looked back, his eyes widening suddenly, "You?!" ”

I saw Claire leaning on the side of the boat, looking at him lazily, licking her lips and saying, "Didn't you invite me to dinner?" I'm coming~"

"What about Samanta? What are you still doing in a daze, arrest her! No matter how stupid Massimo was, he sensed that something was wrong, looked at the guards on the left and right, and roared.

But no matter how much he shouted, all the guards on the ship beneath his feet, along with the artillery fire next to him, stood motionless, staring at him with a pair of blank eyes.

"Are you going to let them arrest me?"

Claire chuckled, her fingers tapped on the side of the ship, and she saw the guards around her turn into her appearance one after another, with the same charming expression on her equally delicate face, "Come and try it~"

"You ......" the young nobleman's eyes widened and he looked at the Claires in front of him in a daze, "you ...... them ...... all."

"What do you say?"

The smile on Claire's face retracted, and her eyes glared at him coldly, "There is not even a woman on the entire ship, I doubt your noble identity." ”

Well?

What do you mean, woman?

"Forget it, you'd better die."

Claire snapped her fingers, and several puppets stepped forward behind her, dragging the young nobleman's body and walking towards the side of the ship.

"Hey, what are you going to do? Let me go! Let go of me, don't, our Brand family won't let you go! Don't kill me!! ”

Poof!

The young nobleman's face was pale, and he was thrown into the sea in terror, leaving only a few desperate cries, and he was torn to pieces by the aberrant species that had been waiting in the sea, stained red with blood.

At this time, the people on the other ship looked at Claire in surprise, not expecting that the young nobleman would die in the sea before them.

"Vivian, Vivian ......"

Hearing this voice, the young lady with dark green hair came back to her senses and looked at the blonde-haired transcendent not far away, "Haisha, what's the situation now......

The blonde-haired transcendent looked at Claire over there vigilantly, and said in a low voice, "The woman over there is the Thousand-Faced Claire of the Eternal Society, a very terrifying person. If we are caught by her, the end will be even worse than being taken away by Massimo, and we may even become her puppets. ”

"Listen to me, don't make any moves later, dance with me. I'm not 100% sure, but with that sophisticated rune equipment, we should be able to escape to land. ”

"Haisha, you can escape by yourself, that way you have more certainty, with me, maybe you can't escape." Vivian refused.

She looked at the faintly violent sea around her, months of sailing had already made her in awe of the Kordo Sea, those terrifying deep-sea aberrants, even the priesthood of the Lady of Storm could not deal with, let alone the two of them.

"Listen, you have to listen to my ......"

"I said, you ignore me like this~ okay?"

After Claire finished dealing with the transcendents and guards on the two ships, she flashed to the three-masted schooner that was about to sink to the bottom of the sea, and looked at Vivian and the others with interest.

"Why don't I wait for this ship to sink completely, and then come and salvage you?"

When!

Hearing this, the blonde transcendent Haisha violently waved the long sword in his hand, slashed at Cleya, and roared, "Vivian, don't hesitate, just use that rune equipment to leave here!" ”

"I ......"

"Don't move~You're going to die~" Claire dodged the attack of the long sword, and with a tap of her toes, she instantly appeared next to Vivian with a hand on her shoulder.

"I'm ......" Vivian looked at Claire who was close at hand, and stopped her movements in a dejected manner.

Claire gave her a satisfied look, then looked at the blonde transcendent, and chuckled, "Now, are you still going to wield that broken sword?" ”

"You!?" The blonde transcendent glared at her in annoyance, but after two seconds, she dropped her long sword, took a deep breath and said, "Don't hurt her, she's just an ordinary person, if you want a puppet, use mine!" ”

"Puppet?"

Claire shook her head and said, "It's a shame to do that, you have more use, especially you, transcendent~"

Haisha was stunned for a moment, but seeing that she didn't hurt Vivian, her heart was slightly relieved, "Lady Thousand Faces, what do you want to do to us?" ”

"Me?" Claire smiled with a smile on her eyebrows, "Of course I want you to be a member of my escort~"

"Convoys? Me, she? ”

Vivian's mouth was wide open, no matter how smart she was, she didn't expect this terrifying transcendent to think like this.

"Are you sure?" The blonde transcendent Haisha shook her head slightly, looked at Claire and asked seriously, "If we agree, do you promise not to hurt us?" ”

"Promise? Something cheap, do you believe it? ”

"Hmm......"

Claire showed a hint of impatience on her face, "Either you agree to be the one of my queen's guard, or the old lady will throw you on the ship to be maids!" ”

"I'm sure those pirates will welcome you to join us~"

"Girl, maid?"

"Sea, pirate?!" Only then did Haisha notice the Ronan not far away, and when she saw the obscene triangular eyes of the second deputy Ronan above, she didn't want to agree: "We promise you!" ”

With a little anxiety and fear on his face, he kept signaling to Vivian on the side that she agreed.

Vivian just glanced at the bare-chested pirates, and nodded in a panic: "As long as you don't hurt us, I promise you!" ”

It's horrible, how can those people do this?

"That's right~"

With a smile on her face, Claire returned to the Ronan with Vivian and Haytha.

"First mate," Ronan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her return unharmed, "how did the other two ships ......?"

"I'm still useful, you can continue to sail according to the route, so that the captain won't blame me when he comes out~"

"Leave it alone?"

"Huh?"

Noticing that her eyes became unkind, Ronan quickly nodded in agreement, "Follow the first mate's orders." ”

With that, he took the pirates who were staring at Vivian's drooling back to their posts.

Vivian and Haysha glanced at each other, their hands clasped tightly together, and their bodies were closer.

The people on this ship...... It's so scary!

"By the way," Claire glanced at them, "there's one thing I need to remind you of. ”

"You say." Haisha gritted her teeth.

"Others, you can not worry, but there is one person...... Well, it's the captain of this ship, who is very fond of bullying beautiful ladies like you. ”

"Bully, bully?"

Vivian's mind couldn't help but think of the book she had read on the journey, the evil captain who loved to imprison beautiful ladies, all day and all night......

"That's right, that's what you think in your head right now!"

"That, Lady Thousand, Lady Thousand Faces, to be your bodyguard, you shouldn't be bullied by the captain, right?"

Seeing the expressions of the two, Claire showed a little smile in her eyes, "Don't worry, I will keep you safe." But when I saw a young man with long red hair on the boat, remember to stay away. ”

Redheads? Young captain?

Haisha looked at her suspiciously, why did it sound familiar?

"Let's go, take you to meet the rest of the Queen's Guard~"

Vivian and Haysa glanced at each other and followed closely, both frightened and panicked.

I don't know when I'll be able to escape from here......

PS: There will be a change in the evening, but as before, it will be later.

(End of chapter)