Two star swordfish dragged long spiraling columns of water, turned around, and flew back, drawing a huge arc in the air. Nairn looked lost.
Why did they fly away?
The enormous double-spiral star swordfish flew away, and the pressure on Bauhinia instantly vanished. They were no longer the protagonists of the battlefield.
He was obviously full of energy, and he felt like his body was about to explode from the sheer force of his might, but the enemy was gone. At this point, there was still some distance to the wizard's ship. There was a huge difference between throwing a knight's gun from a distance and confronting a double-spiral star swordfish head-on. Only a head-on collision would have any real impact. Long-range attacks had no feedback and couldn't allow Nairn to gain a promotion.
This was his best chance for promotion. He hadn't felt as refreshed as he did today in over ten years. He had smashed the Star Swordfish several times and resisted the Druid Scourge's vortex, which had made him in such good shape. He believed that as long as he was given the chance to fight the Double-Helix Star Swordfish, he would definitely be able to smash the Double-Helix Star Swordfish and earn a promotion.
However, all of this suddenly changed with the arrival of the wizard Rudolph. Rudolph the Furnace is the target of the Ancient Sea Mages. There will be no reward for killing the knight, but killing Rudolph the Furnace will make the Carolingian Alchemical Council pay.
Whether it's protecting Kedric or seizing the magical weapon for Master Caleb, it no longer matters to Nairn. A hatred appears on his face, ruining his chances for promotion. His future is bleak because of the actions of the wizard Rudolph. If Nairn could turn his head and look back, he would understand why Rudolf had decided to make his move now.
The white wolf was very strong, but as Nairn was constantly depleting his strength, he was losing weight at a rate visible to the naked eye. His fur was gray, and his condition was extremely poor.
Rudolf saw all this in the air, so he was forced to interrupt Nairn's fight with the Swordfish Wizard by falling.
If Nairn struck with that blow, regardless of the outcome, the white wolf could die, something Rudolf absolutely could not accept.
Yvonne was taken from Fabro because the Red Wolf King had appeared around Fabro. If Yvonne remained there, the Red Wolf King would eventually discover her, something Rudolf absolutely did not want to see. The trip to the southern continent was for his promotion. If Yvonne had any accidents during her promotion, Rudolf would never forgive himself.
This time, the White Wolf willingly granted Nain supreme power, giving Rudolf ample opportunity. Furthermore, they couldn't afford to suffer any more on the ship. After the intelligence was gathered, Rudolf felt he could act. Rudolf had a rough idea of the strength of the Southern Sky Wizard Swordfish and the Scourge Druid. The time had come to fight to the death.
Swordfish Wizard Svo looked with satisfaction at the man falling from the sky. This was one of the Wizards' Association's plans: to make Rudolf fall from the sky and find a way to defeat Rudolf on the surface of the sea, or even in the sea. The Fish Wizard was even stronger in the sea. As for the knights rushing forward, let the druid Thorned deal with them.
The druid had once again received a whirlwind powerful enough to distort light, and he was on guard against the knight at all times, but he clearly saw that the knight's momentum had diminished significantly. The knight's momentum was like swimming against a current, and if he didn't advance, he retreated. The knight had finally reached the end of his strength.
The swordfish wizard Svo curled his lips, awaiting the final moment of the hunt, and the furnace finally couldn't escape. Suddenly, he valued friendship and took the initiative to fall into the sea after Bauhinia.
In Svo's eyes, or in the eyes of many others, Rudolf's behavior at this time was so foolish and tragic.
Swordfish Wizard Svo's eyes were full of disdain. He'd originally thought there was a ruthless man among the wizards who nearly killed the city's alchemist council. It was something many wizards wanted to do but didn't dare. Furnace must be a cold-blooded and cruel killer.
Now, it seemed, his guess was wrong. The records of Rudolf Furnace, 1 Speaker, 2 Vice Speakers, and 1 Director of the District Court, definitely contained water, and a lot of it. The possibility of sinking his ship caused Furnace to lose his composure and rush toward two Level 5 apostles, regardless of life or death. Such behavior was despicable.
This was a fall to his death. Rudolf's bat wings vibrated rapidly, pushing the air upward, making his fall faster and faster. The Double Spiral Star Swordfish chased after him very quickly and could strike him before he could hit the main ship of the Mage Association.
Swordfish Svo thought that if
And if he didn't do anything, Furnace could fall to its death. The Double Spiral Star Swordfish pursued swiftly, and Furnace Rudolph fell at high speed.
Druid Toned also looked at Furnace Rudolph. This wizard, who had made the Carolingian Council of Alchemists hate him to the core, was destined to die here, and his work was on the verge of completion.
According to Swordfish Wizard Svo's plan, Furnace, and Swordfish were to meet above the main ship. At that time, no matter what means Furnace possessed, the speed of both sides was so great that Furnace could be killed by kinetic energy alone.
To everyone's eyes, Rudolph was dressed in black and appeared as a small black dot, while the main ship of the Wizards' Association was enormous, and the Double Spiral Star Swordfish was even more impressive. The spiraling column of water roared, and the swordfish's kiss was so sharp. In the ocean, it was already one of the most powerful means of attack.
It seemed the wizard's end was sealed. The white wolf's forelimbs softened, and he fell to the ground, whimpering. Rudolph could die. He was such a good man, why did he die here?
Cooper watched Rudolph fall outside, through the glass, with an endless sadness in his heart. He had few friends, and his fate was so unfair.
However, the next moment, everyone seemed to see the sun on the sea.
A bright glow lit up above the Wizard Association's main ship. It was the Spark of the Lion King, Rudolph!
The Lion King's Spark is a defensive forbidden technique that can only be released around the body. If you want to utilize the spark's dominant energy, you must slam into the enemy like a cannonball, like now.
When he saw the red ball of light, Swordfish Wizard Svo's face changed dramatically. He was a Level 5 Wizard and had seen such a red light.
Red plasma! The red light illuminated Svo's face, and he instantly understood what it was!
Sparks, or starfire!
Theoretically, water conquers fire, and water is the first choice for extinguishing a fire. However, when the flame is of a special nature, using water to extinguish it will cause harm. For example, when an oil pan or certain chemicals are burning, using water to extinguish the fire is extremely foolish.
The sparks that lit up everyone's faces and made Svo feel his cheeks burn were more terrifying than the flames of an oil pan.
The Ancient Sea Mage Association recorded that sparks were extremely deterrent to water mages. It was deterrent by nature. When confronted by a mage who had mastered sparks, a water mage would have to choose to flee the first time.
At that moment, Svo thought hard. He had read all the secrets of the Mage Association, and there were only three ways to create sparks.
The first was the legendary forbidden fire technique, which was impossible. A fourth-level mage couldn't master the forbidden technique. The forbidden technique was a sorcery that only ninth-level mages could practice.
The second was the special ability of the Southern Heavenly Sovereign. Among the 42 Southern Celestial Wizards, only the Ruler Wizard can create sparks. These sparks contain the characteristics of the Ruler constellation and are the sworn enemy of all water wizards. Rudolf the Furnace is only a Level 4 wizard, definitely not a Level 5 Southern Celestial Wizard.
The third is a magical weapon created by the Nantian wizard Jochi. According to Siwo, this is the only possibility.
No wonder, no wonder Rudolf the Furnace could kill so many alchemists, no wonder Rudolf the Furnace could earn the nickname "Furnace." Even if a wizard wielding a Level 5 magical weapon cannot fully manifest the weapon's power, it is no problem for them to stealthily attack several Level 4 alchemists.
A Mage Ruler is so rare that the southern continent hasn't had one for over ten years.
A ruler is a tool for measuring dimensions and distances. Some fire mages who have mastered a special inheritance can measure the precise distance to stars in the sky, and then use special secret formulas to become a Mage Ruler.
They signed a contract with a red star in the sky, and since then, they can use the star's power to simulate stellar fire and use sparks, which water mages fear most. The sparks' special properties alone are enough to make a Mage Ruler the most powerful among the mages of the southern sky.
Sivo also knew that among the 6th-level mid-sky mages, there was a sextant mage. A sextant is an instrument specifically designed for measuring stars. A sextant mage can create yellow sparks, which are more powerful than the red sparks we see today.
The only thing Svo was looking forward to was the fact that the 4th-level wizard Rudolf wouldn't be able to unleash the full power of the Starfire.
To Svo's disappointment, Rudolf wasn't worried about the power of the Starfire, but about whether his heart would be able to unleash it.
She laughed. The veins pumped blood back to her heart again and again, but it didn't become arterial. Part of it was burned away by the forbidden technique and transformed into the ferocious Lion King of Starfire.
Under the gaze of both sides, the double helix of the Star Swordfish and the red fireball collided.
As the sword kiss pierced the red plasma fireball, Swordfish Wizard Swo's heartbeat stopped for a moment.
As the strongest ability of a Level 5 Southern Sky Swordfish Wizard, the Star Swordfish was truly powerful. A sharp sword kiss directly pierced Rudolf's first starfire, and two sword kisses even crushed the first starfire, rendering it unable to maintain a uniform sphere and completely exploding.
In the scorching airwave, Swordfish Wizard Svo was stunned to discover that, in addition to the first starlight, there were several more starlights behind him!
The Heart of the Lion King Rudolph beat on his chest, and every time it beat, it scattered a circle of Lion King Sparks.
Rudolph was falling so fast, and he, too, was plummeting along with the Lion King Sparks. When Swordfish Wizard Svo tried to resist, it was too late.
The second, third, fourth... several Lion King Sparks melted the kiss of the Star Swordfish sword, melted the fish body of the Star Swordfish, melted the double-spiral column of water, and slammed into the Wizard Association ship and Swordfish Wizard Svo with unstoppable force. A powerful explosion erupted at sea. In the expanding sparks, the hull's reinforcing mass had no effect, and the entire ship was torn in two.
When Rudolf sent forth the Lion King's Sparks, Druid Thorned sensed mortal danger. This flame was something that shouldn't have appeared, and it completely exceeded the upper limit of energy that nature could bear.
He leaped to the surface of the sea, and at the same time, he shifted his arms from horizontal to vertical and attacked the Starfire Lion King with a whirlwind. In other words, he used the whirlwind to push him down and away from the Starfire Lion King.
The people on Bauhinia saw Rudolf fall onto the Wizard Association ship and thought Rudolf was using his life to delay time for Bauhinia. They then saw Rudolf suddenly transform into a red fireball, the entire fireball spewing out a high-temperature, scorching gas. The Double Spiral Swordfish blocked the fireball, and the Level 5 Druid finally directed his whirlwind at the fireball.
After this, everyone could no longer see the details, as a powerful explosion followed, and the Wizard Association's ship was completely destroyed by the blast. The ship's stern flew into the air, and the bow disappeared completely.
The Wizard Association's main ship was destroyed, and the giant wolf born from the explosion pushed the other two armed merchant ships farther away.
The red fireball finally collided with the seawater, exploding on the surface and raising countless amounts of water vapor. No one knew what kind of flame it was, but it was capable of directly vaporizing the seawater. A water mist soon filled the surface of the sea.
The water mist expanded outward like a thick cloud, engulfing Bauhinia. Captain Cooper hastily gave the order: "Quiet! Proceed slowly!"
Two Level 5 Apostles simultaneously attacked Rudolf. It was unknown whether Rudolf would survive.
If he saw nothing and rushed forward, he might hit something and sink the ship, but at the moment he didn't care.
Nairn, standing at the bow, looked lonely and lost. He had just thought he might be promoted again, but Rudolf's last desperate attack cut short Nairn's most important breath. The guard chain behind him was broken, and now, no matter how much extraordinary strength he had, it was useless.
Nairn sank into a vast emptiness and fatigue. It was the weakness of spirit after intense consumption. Every time a knight failed to achieve a promotion, he required a long period of development and meditation to achieve the next promotion before death. Nairn suddenly became much older, and he knew he wouldn't have another chance.
In the white fog, Bauhinia moved forward. In the strange white fog, everything became so quiet.
The hurricane created by the druids disappeared, and not a single gunshot could be heard on the Wizards' Association ship. If an enemy fell into the water, cries for help should have been heard, but upon listening carefully, no sound was heard at all.
Bauhinia was not far from the Wizards' Association ship. Ten minutes later, they arrived at the sea zone where the Wizards' Association's main ship was located.
The first crashing sound frightened everyone. Someone leaned on the railing, looked down, and saw that they were fragments of the ship that had struck Bauhinia.
"Cooper!"
A scream in the white fog startled Cooper and made him tremble. It was Rudolf!
"Cooper! Let's go!"
"Those bodies are descending to work! Everything that can be moved, held, and used must be brought to our Bauhinia!"
Rudolf's voice was full of energy, and he didn't seem to be in any trouble at all.
"Okay..." Cooper finally responded. Rudolph had indeed defeated the enemy. He said, "I'll be right there!"
The corpses emerged from the cabin one by one. These corpses jumped into the sea and began salvaging useful items from the sea. Of course, the main goal was to save the apostles' bodies. Whether it was carrying out the relics or Cooper collecting them, they were very useful.
Rudolf stood on a floating wooden plank. In his hand were the relics of the swordfish wizard Svo. It was a shame the druid had no idea where he had escaped to. Under the cover of fog, Rudolph couldn't find his trail at all. Under the cover of fog, Larry had just guessed, but couldn't predict, where the druid had gone.
At that moment, in the deep sea, a whale swam away in the darkness. In the whale's empty mouth, on the whale's tongue, lay the druid-scourge Thorned. He was covered in some kind of special mucus and was nursing his terrible burns.