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Chapter 294
🕑 Added 2024-11-22 02:00:03 +0000 UTCAnton was happy that the wizards accepted his explanation that his auras were some bloodline spell. He did not even know what true bloodline was and what kind of spells that magic system contained; he only learned about it through reading novels and playing games back in his old world.
At the very least, the bloodline system existed in this world and seemed to be accepted. Anton could not say for sure if a similar system to his Diablo II system existed in this realm.
Since their ship outran the three ghost ships, the three supreme wizards who were performing the ritual that created the magical defenses that defended them against undead spell stopped their ritual and only a single supreme maintained it.
Everyone was still very vigilant though since according to the Supreme Numinor, it was known that the Undead Coalition sometimes performed a surprise attack whenever their target was about to escape.
The other archmages were still rotating themselves when it came to benefiting from his auras and the one who managed the list of wizards rotated them around every fifteen minutes.
It did drain Anton’s mana but the meditation aura was enough to offset the drain. In the meantime, the three supreme wizards were also rotating themselves around every thirty minutes to maintain the defensive spell.
“Normally, the Amelia’s original defensive spell was enough if a malevolent spell attacked the ship but when it comes to something like this situation, the standard operating procedure is to have some high-level wizards conduct a ritual that would block powerful undead spells. I admit that this procedure only began when the Undead Coalition decided to declare war on everyone,” The supreme wizard Setoro said.
“You all mentioned that the Coalition attacked ships leaving the continent before. Can you tell me more about it?” Anton asked the wizards since it appeared that they were willing to answer questions.
“We received reports of about four ships falling to the hands of the undead ever since their attack began. However powerful the Undead Coalition is, it’s a given that some wizards aboard those ships would be able to escape,” Numinor said.
Suddenly, the archmages that were in the platforms above them shouted and it appeared that the three ghost ships that they had thought they left behind appeared on the horizon again. It appeared that the enemy used some sort of spell that accelerated the movement of their ships and Anton was thankful that the Amelia’s wizards were vigilant.
What truly alarmed Anton was, above the three ghost ships, he could see two huge monsters flying above enemy ships and upon closer look, the monsters were undead dragons.
The speed of the three ghost ships and the undead dragons were very fast and Supreme Numinor began issuing commands. The archmages in the platforms were doubled and that meant that there were only a few wizards remained in the ground to relieve those who exhausted their spells.
Anton was one of the wizards who flew towards the platform. He saw that the supreme wizard Numinor joined them as one of those who would attack the three ghost ships and the two undead dragons while the remaining two supreme wizards remained below to continue the ritual that created the spell that would defend them from the undead spells.
Numinor's command was simple which was to cast spells at will. Anton did not know too much about strategy and he intended to follow the supreme wizard’s command to the letter but he focused on one of the undead dragons.
When Anton saw that the dragons were within his spell range, he began bombarding one of them with the Frozen Orb spell. After his fifth Frozen Orb, the undead dragon that he was focused on which also received a lot of spell damage from the other archmage looked like it would fall anytime so he intensified his spell casting by mixing other spells with Frozen Orb like the Lightning spell.
Anton saw that the other mages were looking at him in awe but this time he was truly relentless. He wanted to make sure that the ship was safe because his family was there and if the other mages became suspicious of the amount of power that he could output or if the undead suddenly targeted him, it didn’t matter. If the undead managed to win, all of them would be targeted anyway.
The Undead Dragon also spat some sort of breath attack. One of the breath attacks was green colored and looked like a poison breath attack and the other was dark, like a shadow and Anton didn’t know what kind of breath attack it was. He was just happy that the magical defense they had, which came from the ritual that two supreme wizards were performing was powerful enough that the attack did not reach them.
Half of the mages were focused on the dragons and the other half was on the ship but the most impressive spells came from the supreme wizard Numinor. The supreme wizard summoned a cloud that spit out large columns of lightning that attacked the three ghost ships continuously. He also summoned powerful whirlpools and even tsunamis. Even though there were time gaps between each spell casting, the spells were glorious and terrifying and it made Anton a little insecure.
Anton had always felt a little proud of himself thinking that his spells were powerful but now he saw that he was mistaken. It was obvious that he was looking down at the magic system of this world especially when he saw the spells that the archmages cast to attack the three undead ships but when he saw the spells that Numinor cast, he learned that he was just a frog at a bottom of a well.
He thought of the fact that there were more ranks above Supreme and his imagination was failing him on what type of spells the higher-ranking wizards could cast.
The good thing about learning that he wasn’t as powerful as he thought was, instead of making him depressed, it inspired him. He knew that his Diablo II spells mana structure and mana pathway could be manipulated, meaning if he mastered his spells, he could achieve the effect and magnitude of the spells that the supreme had shown. Not only that, Anton also thought that combining his spells would also give him spell variety and would probably make his spells contain different effects.
A good example was combining sorceress spells with the effect of paladin skills. That would be especially fatal to undead creatures. Even though he did not stop casting, his mind was beginning to be filled with inspiration. The glorious spells that were flying above the sky made his imagination soar to the clouds and he could not wait for this situation to end so he could go back to his room in the family suite and enter his Diablo II system to practice his spells and continue leveling up so he could get the other characters’ skills.
Anton kept casting his spells and his mana began to dip so he began consuming the mana potions in his inventory but his spell casting did not stop. No other archmages could compare to his frequent spell casting. Those who were in his party system rejoiced since they could cast spells almost like Anton, without stopping and if they exhausted their spells, they only needed to stop for a few minutes and they would begin casting spells again.
