—————Perspective: Dale————Location: Rezhou——————

At first glance towards the horizon, there was nothing particularly unusual, but after a moment, the distant sky seemed to be covered by dark clouds like ink poured into a pond, all at once.

Moreover, the speed at which the dark clouds were moving was quite fast, and in no time, they had covered the sky ahead of us.

Oh my, are we in for a Witch's Night? I could only smile bitterly.

Seems like there are quite a few troublesome people in this world. I thought we had just defeated a boss and could take a rest, but turns out there's another one coming.

...

Well, maybe it's not so simple. After all, we did ruin the Aquatic Tribe's invasion plan and destroyed their city, so it's only normal for them to send their army to attack us... But I thought they would send some Aquatic Tribe members to assassinate us, instead of waiting till now, right?

Or are they just waiting for a reason?

Meanwhile, the village by the coast started blaring piercing alarms. The residents living there all rushed towards us as if they had heard the call to start a race, and headed into the forest behind us.

"Oh no, we don't have sailors with us."

I remarked looking at the people running past.

"Under these circumstances, it's impossible to send them out to sea, right?"

Mary shrugged.

"I think you should just build an airship and fly us back faster."

"Hey, what do you think I am? I can't build something like that without a few production lines."

"So useless."

"Sis, if you can do it, why don't you go first?"

I shook my head continuously.

"Well... Looks like we have to drive back the Aquatic Tribe."

Fran shrugged.

"But I'm a fire mage~ So this task is up to you guys."

Wait, aren't you a necromancer? Don't think I don't know.

Although using necromancy on this continent might be problematic, considering it's illegal on the Lost Continent.

Well, sometimes when I'm playing games, I do like using a necromancer, after all, magic doesn't determine who's right or wrong, it's people who do.

...

Of course, I'm not sure if Fran is a good person or a bad person.

"Well, I just leveled up quite a bit, so it's a good opportunity to try out some skills I learned before but couldn't use."

Mary, on the other hand, seemed very excited, taking out a crystal-like wand from her ring.

No, judging from the icy aura emanating from the wand, this seems to be an ice wand... Made of ice?

Where did she steal this from? This looks very valuable.

And it's quite surprising that she's using a wand, she usually uses magic guns, right?

"I haven't used magic directly in a long time and I've forgotten most of the spells."

She said, taking out what looked like a notebook for taking notes in class from her ring, flipping through it, and silently reciting something in front of us.

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Come on, can't you be a bit more professional? I wonder how you manage to teach at two schools, starting to look up spells only when the enemy is right in front of you, what's up with that?

Although the incantation is long, just memorize the strongest one, right? With so many incantations, memorizing them all is useless, just remember one and hit the enemy with it when you see them.

Meanwhile, the sea in the distance started getting more turbulent, and several waterspouts rose up from the sea. Shortly after, behind the waterspouts emerged a sea monster that looked like a water dragon, shaking its head, five water dragons surged towards the shore.

Though we were quite far from the danger, if this persisted... the ships by the shore would be in peril.

"Hey, are you sure about this? What about those ships..?"

"...Great ultimate · Eternal Frost Glacier!"

Before I could finish my sentence, I heard Mary wrapping up her incantation.

A huge blue magic circle, tens of meters high, appeared in mid-air in front of us, flickered, and instantly teleported to the depths of the sea.

Where the magic circle passed, the sea froze in an instant, extending for several kilometers and freezing the entire sea surface.

It seems Fir had used this magic before, but on flat ground, the effect was not as impressive as using it in the sea.

Not just the waterspouts, but also the sea dragon that had just emerged were all frozen solid in one go.

Well, if that's the case, let me join the fun.

"Well... Incantations are too much trouble, so I'll go for a short but high-cost large-scale magic... Hmm."

With that in mind, I recalled a magic I practiced before.

It's short, but it consumes quite a bit of magic.

"Alright, to boost my attack power, I'll take a staff... and what was the incantation again?... Hmm..."

And with that, I silently recited the incantation.

It wasn't that I didn't want to speak it out loud, but the incantation was quite edgy, reciting it would be embarrassing.

"Forbidden Art · Thunder of Heavenly Punishment."

As the words left my mouth, lightning bolted down from the sky, piercing through the dark clouds above. A flash of purple electrical light filled the air, and the sea sounded as if a thunderous explosion had hit it.

The dazzling light made me quickly shut my eyes to avoid the glare.

After a moment, I opened my eyes to look at the sea.

At that moment, besides floating ice, debris, and some unidentified Aquatic Tribe corpses, there was nothing left on the sea.

Though, the houses near the shore weren't spared either, since the ice spells we cast, one for freezing and the other for attacking, directly doomed the frozen targets to destruction.

"Um... Dale!"

Mary suddenly said next to me.

"Is this alright? It seems like all the ships are destroyed as well."

"Huh?"

Upon hearing this, I quickly turned to look at the sea.

Sure enough, the ships that were moored by the harbor had turned into mere debris floating on the water, no longer resembling ships.

...

"Dale! Look at what you've done!"

Mary pointed at me and scolded.

"It was you who started... Wait, wait, don't slap me! Stop it!"

And so, I got slapped again.