#571
As Lucia and Mukapa nodded, Sanford, blinking, turned around.
“There’s no rest from now on! Kids! You’re going to keep going, alternating between even and odd ten! Keep going until I tell you to stop! Do you understand?”
What spread below deck was, surprisingly, not curses or accusations, but shouts.
It was clear that everyone was inspired by the warmth and blessings that came with it.
“Now let’s do it one by one! Okay, one!”
Hashim, who had caught Sanford’s gaze, quickly raised his voice. Meanwhile, Ian, who had turned to Lucia and Mukafa, said.
“Never overdo it. Mukapa, take good care of Lucy.”
“yes.”
Lucia answered, picking up the firewood and sinking to the floor, clearly intending to pray again.
Instead of answering, Mukapa untied the leather straps that held his war hammer in place and held it in both hands. Perhaps due to his size, he was in a much more stable position than when Ian had held it.
“So now, shall we go back to our seats?”
Tessiah added with a subtle smile on her lips. Ian nodded and turned around, motioning for Sanford to follow him.
“Please take good care of me.”
He didn’t forget to leave a word for Brennan, who couldn’t hide her bewilderment.
Brennan nodded absentmindedly.
“You two, be careful.”
Lucia’s voice followed.
Tessiah looked back at her and winked one eye.
“Don’t worry. I’ll show you what this girl is capable of.”
Ian entered the stairs.
The light from the brazier was also flowing into the stern deck with warmth. The blessing of the fight was not even half-full, but it was enough to shake off distracting thoughts and boost the will to fight.
Of course, the heat that had settled inside my body was also helping.
“God’s blessings are truly amazing.”
It must have been thanks to this that Thessaia regained more composure.
Of course, not everyone was like that.
-Friend. I guess I’ll have to keep drinking your blood every now and then. Will you allow me to do so?
Nodding to the subdued whisper, Ian stepped onto the stern deck. The sea, covered in fog and waves, seemed even darker now that the ship was brighter.
Swaaaaaaah- thud-
Even leaning toward the front, it felt like I was left alone in the middle of the swaying darkness. But beyond the water in the distance, blue and purple were still shimmering. It seemed clearer than before, probably because the fog mixed with the wind had thinned out a bit.
‘… It’s not just the fog.’
Ian’s eyes narrowed slightly.
This is because the rippling blue light was also lighter than the purple light.
It was clear that the Bukiakia clans that had sunk the smuggling ships were now in command of the archipelago’s ships.
“lily…!”
It was then that Sanford’s shout spread from behind. He came running across the deck, his right hand gripping the hook and his shoulder draped with rope, casting a long shadow that swayed forward.
“I knew it, but….”
He stopped staggering in front of Ian and continued speaking with shining eyes.
“You are truly the superhuman of the North, Nari. I can only feel it when I see that red deity. It is just as I heard in the rumors…!”
“I don’t think so?”
Tessiah interrupted. She nodded as she caught Sanford’s gaze.
“If you receive the blessing properly, it will be incomparable to what it is now. It will be as intense as a blazing fire. It will become very scary.”
“Let’s finish the drinking later.”
Ian let out a hollow laugh and looked at Sanford.
“Let’s first look at the items you brought.”
“Oh, yes. Here it is…!”
Sanford quickly held out the hook in his hand. Ian grabbed it with his left hand. It was four large fishhooks connected together like a bouquet. Of course, it was very strong.
“Imperial steel.”
“Yes. As I said, this line is made from a mixture of seaweed and tendon. It’s very strong and long enough.”
Sanford said, shrugging his loosely draped shoulders. Ian nodded, and Sanford turned to Tessiah and added.
“Would you please wrap it around Nari for me, Elder? My left arm is in such a state.”
His left arm was still wrapped in a soaking wet bandage. The splint seemed to have broken, but it had not been removed.
“Of course. Ian, how do you want me to wrap it?”
Tessiah asked, quickly grabbing the rope. Ian looked down at his body revealed through the cloak.
“I think it would be okay to tie it tightly around your waist and wrap the rest around your left arm.”
“I know what you want.”
Tessiah nodded and sat down in front of Ian.
She pushed the hand holding the end of the rope deep into her cloak, and hugged Ian’s waist with the other hand.
“Don’t misunderstand. I’m doing it because I need to.”
Tessiah looked up at Ian, who was furrowing his brows slightly, and smiled bashfully. Even so, she was still pushing the end of the rope that was wrapped around his waist into between Ian’s legs.
“… I don’t think it’s necessary to go that far.”
Ian narrowed his eyes a little more and spat out. Tessiah shook her head.
“This way, it won’t fall off and will stay firmly in place. You’ll regret it if you just wrap it around your waist.”
“… … .”
Ian, who was about to refute her, soon licked his lips. Her words made sense.
I just muttered to myself, “I can’t believe I’m making a harness out of seaweed.” While Tessiah giggled softly and moved her hands.
“Why are you doing that?”
Ian looked around and spat out coldly. Sanford was watching with a hesitant expression.
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“That, that’s it… .”
Sanford shrugged his shoulders and continued speaking, looking away.
“I heard that the Northern Superman… wields a sword of brilliant light and a golden shield… and commands thunder…”
…Who on earth is spreading such rumors?
One corner of Ian’s mouth twisted. Of course, his eyes were not smiling at all.
Sanford muttered, wiping the cold sweat that had begun to form on his forehead.
“I thought maybe if I waited… I might be able to see it… As you know, today could be the last day of my life… .”
His groping voice died down. It was because Ian had grabbed the hook in his left hand and a dazzling golden light began to spread through the gap between his gloves.
Jiiing-
Then a golden shield, drawn in a hexagon, rose up, centering on the back of his hand. It was enough to make Sanford’s mouth drop open.
“Okay?”
Ian’s cold voice penetrated his ears. Ian, who received Sanford’s swaying gaze, nodded his head with an expressionless face.
“good.”
“This is the honor of a lifetime, Nari…!”
Only then did Sanford nod his head as if his neck was about to fall off, and suddenly met Ian’s eyes.
“Then, please take good care of me, Nari. No… Superhuman.”
“… I’ll try my best, so just focus on your work. From now on, don’t let anyone come near this deck.”
“yes!”
Sanford answered calmly, crossing his legs, then turned around and ran.
…I heard you were a Navy veteran.
Ian’s gaze then lowered again, smiling faintly.
“It’s all done. Move.”
“I’m waiting,” said Tessiah, who had been shaking her hands. She was still sitting on the floor.
The rope was wrapped around Ian’s waist twice, just right. The rope that crossed his groin was the same. It wasn’t pretty to say the least, but it was dark, like the armor, so it didn’t stand out.
Ian, who was moving his legs and waist here and there, finally began to hum.
“It’s a little tight, but… it’s great.”
“I see, isn’t that so?”
As Ian nodded, Tessiah stood up with a strange smile on her lips.
Meanwhile, Ian turned his gaze to the hook in his left hand. Fortunately, even though he grabbed it, it did not interfere with the platinum barrier.
If you handle it with just a little care, you can throw it without hesitation even in an emergency situation. At the same time, colorless waves rippled in Ian’s eyes.
Slurp-
The hook, which had risen slightly into the air, moved in a spiral around Ian’s hand. The rope that had been hanging down under the cloak was loosely wrapped around Ian’s left arm.
“To this extent…?”
When he was no longer able to get caught on the hem of his cloak, Ian grabbed the hook again. Of course, the undead’s hooded cloak would not get caught on the line, but it couldn’t hurt to be careful.
“Step aside for a moment.”
Ian, who had added to Tessiah, raised his left arm over his shoulder. Then, Ian slightly twisted his waist and extended his left arm diagonally upwards.
Shhhhhhhhhhhh!
The hook shot out as it was. The ropes wrapped around his left arm untangled themselves without any tangles. This was also thanks to the help of the hand of thought. A faint smile spread across Ian’s lips.
“That’s great.”
Ian grabbed the rope with his left hand and pulled it in the opposite direction with all his might.
The hook that had been drawing a curve returned as if it was being sucked in. Of course, it stopped dead before it reached Ian. It was caught in the grip of the will.
“That superpower is amazing every time I see it.”
Tessiah, leaning against the railing, nodded as she spoke. Ian shrugged as he moved the hook again and wrapped the rope around his left arm.
“It’s harder to handle than you think. There’s a reason I practice whenever I have time.”
Of course, when it actually came to actual combat, things would have been different.
Weren’t his characteristics concentration and intuition? The more a crisis situation arose, the more freely he was able to control his thoughts.
Of course, you won’t be throwing the hook into the air like you just did.
“But the uses are endless-”
Tessiah’s voice trailed off. A scream erupted from far behind her. She opened her eyes and turned around.
“… There’s chaos.”
“We are gradually catching up.”
Ian, who had come closer and said this, looked back at the side of Tessaia’s face.
“I’m saying we’re going to need a capable orderer soon.”
“of course.”
A cool smile spread across Tessiah’s lips, without averting her gaze from the sea beyond, which seemed like a surging darkness.
In the distance, a large shadow was rising, drawing a purple trajectory, and falling. The rising spray of water could be seen from here as well.
“… In that sense, I guess I should start preparing in advance.”
As if sensing that the ship was beginning to tilt toward the stern, Thesaia leapt up onto the railing.
There was no need to explain that it looked extremely precarious and dangerous. Ian blurted out.
“What if you fall?”
“Then Ian will accept it.”
Tessiah smiled, lowering her head, her right hand resting on the wooden frame. Ian shrugged.
“I might miss it this time. I’ll be casting my spell too.”
“…Ian?”
Tessiah, her eyes wide open, looked back toward the central deck where the Holy Fire was swaying.
“What if we get caught?”
“Didn’t you hear what the captain said?”
Ian shrugged.
“The Northern Superman rules over thunder.”
“… … !”
Only then did she look back at Ian, blink, and spit it out.
“Are you really going to cry like that…?!”
“It’s called Karha’s power.”
Tessiah looked at Ian, who was selling the name of God so carelessly, for a moment, and then burst out laughing.
“If you look closely, Ian is just as shameless as the nobleman.”
“So come down now.”
“Still, that won’t work.”
Thesaia immediately shook her head and looked at the sea with a determined face.
“Actually, I only knew about this spell, but I’ve never actually tried it out. I feel like I’ll fail if I don’t stay alert and stay focused. So just let me prepare like this.”
“You even learned advanced magic.”
Ian asked, his eyebrows furrowed. Tessiah curled the corners of her lips and looked up at the sea that filled her vision.
“I’ll cast a higher level spell. If I fail, I’ll try again. Until I succeed.”
Ian didn’t stop her any further, even as he squinted his eyes.
“I knew about high-level magic, too,” he muttered to himself, turning around and walking to the right of the wooden frame.
He then jumped up and climbed onto the railing, and looked back at Thesaia as he put the hook in his left hand on the frame.
“Then where, try it.”
“Okay. Just watch, Ian. I’ll show you what I can do.”
Tessiah, who had a nervous smile that was different from her words, soon caught her breath and narrowed her eyes.
He placed his left hand under his chest, exposing the jewel in his palm, and placed his right hand on top of it at an appropriate distance.
Saaaaa…
Then, a bluish light spread across his half-open eyes, and a subtle magical power lingered around the jewel in his palm.
Contrary to what he said, Ian did not take his eyes off Tessiah.
He didn’t use spells as a skill. Moreover, his casting speed was unparalleled, so it wouldn’t be too late to start preparing after confirming that her spell was successful.
-I guess you’re quite the order-maker.
Yog whispered lazily, sucking another sip of blood from the other side of Ian’s neck.
Yes, Ian answered inwardly.
Thanks to the firelight of the brazier, the shadows in front of Tessai were now thick. Through them, the bluish glow of her eyes and the light of her jewels seemed mysterious even in this extremely dangerous situation.
Perhaps it was because of this situation that her still appearance felt that way.
Kia- Aaaah-
It was then that the roar spread on the wind. Ian turned his head to look beyond. The view of the power lines that had been hidden by the waves was revealed.
Fog scattered in all directions. The water surface was swaying with purple. The silhouette of a giant monster rising up seemed more appropriate to be called a dinosaur.
‘They’ve almost lost their will to fight.’
And the ships being chased were literally running away, one after another.
It still felt like a struggle, even though it was still firing back at me with its blue flashing crossbow bolts.
And their ranks were much closer than I thought. If things continued this way, they would be caught up in less than a few dozen minutes.
‘That’s right. No matter how many blessings are added, there must be a limit… .’
Ian’s narrowed eyes were filled with purple. The essence of chaos was beginning to emit the power of chaos.
“…done.”
It was then that a soft voice came from the side.
Tessiah, with her eyes filled with blue magic, looked back at him as she stood precariously on the railing. She couldn’t hide the smile on her lips.
“The order arrangement… was successful…!”
Her voice, spoken slowly and carefully, was filled with pure joy. Ian, who smiled back at her, opened his mouth and cast the lightning cloud spell.
“Be careful not to fall.”
“of course.”
Tessaiah briefly looked into Ian’s eyes, which were turning ash-colored with a hint of purple in the middle, then glanced behind her.
“I apologize to the goddess, but… I have to make the area a little colder… I hope you understand. The temple is in the north.”
It was a low, suppressed voice, but it was enough for Ian to hear. He looked back at the wires with his gray eyes etched with purple, and his lips curled.
“Well then, let’s make them even more of a mess.”
Instead of answering, the old spellcaster put forward both hands that had been clasped in front of his chest.
In the middle of it, a jewel that was shining so brightly blue spurted out a condensed spell forward.
Shh …
It was immediately after this that the fog mixed with the wind that was blowing into the ship began to freeze like paint spreading in the air.
The fog suddenly turned into sleet and scattered, and the direction of the blowing wind suddenly changed.
Kwaaaaaaa-
A cold storm of sharp crystals began to spread out towards the front lines at incredible speed. Ian finally realized the nature of the spell that Thesaia had cast.
High Blue Magic, Blizzard.
‘It fits my order very well.’
He looked at the snowstorm spreading fiercely, then turned his gaze to the sky filled with dark clouds.
Before he knew it, he was holding the steel sword drawn in his right hand, extended at an angle.
Shh …
The spell spread along the blade and soared into the sky, leaving a thick purple lightning bolt in the air.
Kururung-
It was just then that a purple flash appeared between the thick dark clouds.
A purple flash of light descended through the dark clouds that had begun to billow unnaturally.
Kwarung!
The purple lightning that fell through the swirling snowstorm scattered across the sea surface.
But Ian didn’t care.
He simply held his sword upright at an angle and looked beyond with eyes filled with chaos and magic.
Kuaaaah-
Because the blizzard, full of blade-like ice crystals, was reaching the front lines.
Kwarung-! Kwarung-!
With a shower of purple lightning, amplified and filled with chaos.
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Episode 572
24.03.05
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