"Ultimate: Frozen for Miles!"

Above me, a huge magic array unfolded in midair, blue runes slowly spinning as a massive blue ripple shot towards the direction of the Aquatic Tribe.

"Hey hey hey, how are we supposed to fight like this, Master?" Pure White complained from beside me.

"Well, it should be fine," I pointed forward.

Following my gesture, the blue ripple in midair turned into a large expanse of ice, about to freeze the enemies, only to be met by a towering column of water bursting up, directly colliding with my ice and splitting it in half!

"Oh? Water magic, huh."

"From the image, it looks a lot like the water magic 'Ice Blue Ray,' but since it's the Aquatic Tribe, it's hard to say for sure," Dale's voice came through the earpiece.

"So, this earpiece has a camera function too?"

"Yeah, and by the way, your students went off causing trouble on their own, so I sent a drone to follow them, should be okay."

"Oh my... really, sigh."

That must be Kaneria, Alexia, and Beatrice... Well, since the drone is following them, it should be fine, but...

I quickly switched channels to their frequency.

"Hey, you three, if you don't want to follow orders, don't come along next time, okay?"

"But, teacher, we're going to eliminate evil for the people."

Kaneria's voice came through.

"We saw someone sneaking towards the north of the city, didn't seem like they were going to attack the Aquatic Tribe, so we followed."

"A person?"

"Yeah, seems like it."

"Alright, keep following."

I switched back to Dale's signal.

"Have your drone scan the person Kaneria and the others are following, see what their identity is."

"Spy?"

"Very likely."

"The Aquatic Tribe actually has spies... as incredible as it sounds, well, leave it to me."

Ending the call with Dale, the rest of us charged ahead. Of course, except for Blanche, who leaped onto the city wall and tower, raining arrows down on the distance like a machine gun.

Hey hey hey, is this kind of attack really okay? Even if it doesn't harm teammates, it looks incredibly dangerous in every other aspect.

Oh well, but since she's an elf, I'll just have to trust her skills a bit.

"Great ultimate: Judgment of the Cross!"

Oyado in the distance transformed into a red light that danced among the Aquatic Tribe. But from afar, all I could see was a red shadow jumping between the names in red. How am I supposed to attack like this without any visual enhancement abilities?

But the Pure White legion was doing a great job, turning one-on-ones into group battles, and Aliyah, after directly shifting as a werewolf, was even more fierce, like a lone wolf among the enemy crowd.

...

Something feels off. Why am I hiding behind a bunch of girls in battle? Even if I'm a mage... who says I can't fight in close combat?

"Combine ultimate· Ice Skateboard!"

I jumped directly onto the ice skateboard, accelerating towards them.

But...

Just as I had flown up, a red light suddenly attacked me from both directions on my left and right! I caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of my eye, and jumped into the air! Two streaks of red light brushed past under my feet, with a loud bang turning the ice skateboard I had just summoned into ice powder!

Oh my, what on earth is this?

The red light slowly faded, revealing the two red objects.

"Huh?"

Why do they look like shells?

Next, the two shells closed together like blades and slashed towards me from bottom to top! I hurriedly dodged and created an ice domain!

The shells immediately slowed down, and I summoned the Judgment Sword and ice skateboard, accelerating towards them, slashing the sword at the shell!

But the shell was not cut by the Judgment Sword, instead, it was hit like a hammer and flew out directly!

The Judgment Sword had not faced any opponents so far, and it was unexpected that it didn't cut through the shell, indicating its extraordinary hardness.

But now is not the time for astonishment; even if the hardness is a racial trait, the opponent's ability to defend against my attacks means their strength is not weak.

"Great ultimate· Ice Prison!"

I pointed my hand, and several blue magic arrays appeared around the shell flying backward, followed by several ice chains shooting out and securely locking the shell in place! Frost quickly attached to the shell, sealing it.

Now you can't escape.

Thinking this, I accelerated and rushed over, the sword in my hand stabbing at the immobilized shell again.

However, that shell suddenly emitted a light in front of me, then flew away in an instant.

"Hmph! You still think you can escape like this!"

While accelerating to catch up, I also drank a blue potion.

The consumption just now was quite significant, almost depleting all my mana, but since the potion restored it quickly, I decided to wait until it was almost depleted before using it.

Chasing the red light, I zigzagged and reached a redwood forest near the seaside.

Looking at this peculiar forest growing on the coast, I hesitated a bit. It seemed that there was no name within the entire redwood forest, indicating that the opponent's hiding ability was better than my reconnaissance ability. Moreover, I had no idea how many people were inside; if I entered recklessly, I might walk into an ambush.

I thought about burning down the redwood forest directly to force the opponent out, but they were water-based, and the forest was by the sea, so water could arrive in minutes. And using ice, the opponent's water could freeze quickly too.

It's really troublesome, how should I do this?

After much thought, I couldn't find a better way, so I reached into the ring and pulled out the old bomb.

"Well, forgive me; I am also for world peace through destruction."

After saying that, I threw the bomb into the middle of the forest.

It was just a black square, but it startled the opponent, who immediately turned into a red light and dashed out, followed by the whole redwood forest exploding with a loud bang.

My bad, my bad, but I'm a fan of nuclear deterrence~

However, now that I've done this, I can't let the opponent go. I locked onto their position, pointed my finger, and a huge magic array emerged. A massive ice dragon roared as it rushed out from the magic array, chasing after the opponent.

"No!"

The opponent turned around to block the ice dragon's attack. It was only then that I saw, the opponent was actually a young girl with blue hair wearing a seashell bikini, holding a seashell in one hand to cover the ice dragon's mouth!

So, the Aquatic Tribe are all humanoid, huh? Well…

But since they are Aquatic Tribe and are here to kill humans, I can't just let them go.

With that thought, I increased the force of the ice dragon, slowly closing its mouth.

"Hah!"

Just then, another huge figure suddenly rushed out from underwater, swinging its body and hitting my ice dragon with a loud thud!

The ice dragon that was hit was sent flying! I was surprised, what kind of creature could actually send the ice dragon flying like that!?

And the giant figure slowly shrank, transforming into a humanoid.

He landed on the shore with the blue-haired girl in his arms, and a blue light emanated from his hands, apparently healing the girl.

Looking at their names… Hmm, they're strong too.

Clam Siren

LV54 Water mage

A humanoid Aquatic Tribe evolved from clams, proficient in using water magic, able to manipulate their own shells as weapons for both attack and defense.

Sea Dragon

LV65 Water mage

A direct descendant of dragons, belonging to the branch of Eastern dragons, they do not live with other dragon tribes and only enjoy being in the sea. Proficient in the water branch of dragon magic, capable of flying in the air for a period of time.

… You two… Isn't this inter-species romance going a bit too far?