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Chapter 356
🕑 Added 2025-01-23 02:00:04 +0000 UTCAnton was calling the attackers ninja wannabes because of their dark clothing but when he observed them carefully, their clothes looked more like those worn by desert warriors with fully covered arms and faces. They were also wearing gloves and everything was dyed in black.
The three attackers were floating in place since the other two already escaped. Anton wasn’t really sure if the other two dove to the ocean but more than likely, with their skills, they were able to escape safely in other parts of the ship.
He removed the cloth that was covering the three faces and when Anton saw their visages, they did look like men from the desert with their sun-burnt dark skin, brown eyes, and black hair. They had the look of panic on their faces and there were some sort of foamy bubbles leaving their mouths. It was possible that they had bitten something that contained poison causing their mouths to foam that would eventually take their lives but because of Anton’s healing auras, they were continually being healed.
Anton did notice that there were movements in his mana bar meaning that the Prayer Auara was healing the three men. Since the Meditation and Prayer Aura came from his mercenary and his Vigor Aura came from his bow, it meant that he could activate another defensive or support aura so he immediately activated the Cleansing Aura since just like with his other characters, he put a single point on every one of the Paladin’s skills. He even put a single point on every one of the Necromancer’s spells including the skeleton summoning spells even though he had no intention of using them.
He saw that the three men suddenly seemed surprised. They probably noticed that the poison in their bodies was leaving them and they looked at Anton in horror. Anton cast a minor Cleaning Spell on the men’s faces to remove the remnants of poison from their lips so there would be no accident since he didn’t know how potent the poison the men used.
Suddenly the Supreme Adinor appeared covered in powerful magic with a face full of wrath but the powerful supreme wizard immediately calmed down when he saw Anton standing there unharmed with three men floating before him. It was obvious that the floating men were captured by him since they were unable to move even the tiniest bit.
“Archmage Sunder, are you alright?”
“Yes, Sir. Five men attacked me but the other two managed to escape by diving into the ocean but I have a feeling that with their movement skills, they probably re-entered the ship to hide. These three tried to kill themselves by ingesting some sort of poison since foam appeared in their mouths but I cleaned their bodies of poison and healed them. My healing spells probably healed all the ailments in their bodies,” Anton answered the Supreme Wizard.
The Supreme Adinor suddenly cast a spell and three glowing large collars appeared and enveloped the three men’s bodies.
“Go ahead and let go of the men. The spell that I cast will prevent them from moving and thank you for making sure that they are alive. I must say, your healing spells are very powerful. Truly impressive, Sir Archmage,” Adinor praised him.
“Thank you for your praise, sir. I’m happy that I was able to help. These attackers are affecting our family’s morale. I hope with these three men, these attackers will be rooted out from the Amelia,” Anton bowed.
“We will make sure of that even if we destroy their souls. I will inform you of whatever we will learn from these prisoners,” the supreme wizard said.
Several mages entered the door to the deck and three of them cast a spell that lifted the three prisoners. The mages then reported the two dead sailors who were guarding the deck door and the supreme wizard’s face darkened and looked at the prisoners fiercely.
Anton could understand the Supreme Adinor’s reaction. Those sailors were not warriors but ordinary staff members of the ship assigned to prevent ordinary folks from entering the deck during off hours for their safety. Anton didn’t know that they only let him in because they recognized him as an archmage and probably had some ship’s business that needed to be done on the deck.
“How did the sailors die?” Anton asked the mage who was reporting.
“They died from some sort of poison.”
“Are you sure they’re truly dead and not in some sort of suspended animation due to the poison?” Anton asked and the mage shrugged.
The Supreme Adinor rushed to the two sailors and examined them by casting some sort of spell on them.
“Archmage Sunder, you are right! These men are still alive. Quick go ahead and find a healing priest!” The Supreme Adinor shouted.
Anton then said to the powerful supreme wizard to let him see if his healing spells would heal the poisoned men and when Adinor nodded, he immediately removed the three prisoners from his party system and added the two sailors. Since all of his auras were still active including the Cleansing Aura, soon the two sailors revived and after a couple of minutes, returned to being two healthy men.
All the mages in there including the Supreme Adinor looked impressed at what Anton had done.
“Archmage Sunder, your healing spells can rival the most powerful priests! It’s unusual for a mage to have powerful healing spells since these types of spells are almost always the purview of the divines. I would have asked you for a copy of your healing spells but all of the Supremes and above know that you’re primarily a bloodline mage and most of your spells are from your bloodline magic and I assume your healing spells are?” Adinor asked and Anton nodded.
The other mages in the area looked at Anton in awe when they heard because those were rare and those who became powerful enough to become an archmage through their bloodline magic were rarer still and that was according to the Archmage Voduria back in Zalnothel. More than likely, Anton thought that the other mages were impressed not because of him being a bloodline mage but because the Supreme and above wizards in the ship knew him.
Anton found it funny that his excuse of him being a bloodline mage was still working. He thought about it before and he thought that maybe the best description one could give him wasn’t a bloodline mage but a system mage but he would stick to bloodline since those exist in this world.
The two sailors thanked all the mages in the area for healing them and the Supreme Adinor commanded them to rest. Adinor and his mages left bringing the three prisoners with them leaving Anton and the two sailors behind. Once they were gone, Anton told the sailors that he would return to his suite so after that, he hurried home to his family and friends.
He was glad that this situation was almost resolved but he would only be truly relieved once those attackers were rooted out from the ship. Anton didn’t doubt that it would be resolved soon because the Supreme Wizards were truly powerful and they should be able to retrieve enough information from the three prisoners.
On the way to the suite, he surprisingly met Harun. Apparently, their sailor guide received a command from higher-ups that Anton was returning from the deck and to make sure that he was comfortable. Anton didn’t know if the regular staff like the sailor knew about the attacker. Certainly, they knew that some families were attacked but he didn’t know how deep the information they had so to prevent misinformation, Anton didn’t share anything about the attackers.
