Watching the Sky Ghost Ship sail farther and farther away until it vanished beyond the edge of sight, Angel still looked somewhat dazed.
He looked at his palm and could feel ripples of energy still radiating from it.
Those ripples were unprecedentedly powerful.
He had merely conducted a casual experiment earlier—what effect would the energy generated by the new magic vortex have when used to activate an illusion? And, while he was at it, if he could help the Sky Ghost Ship buy a little time, it would kill two birds with one stone.
Angel had genuinely intended to stall for time when he cast an illusion on Sese Bilas.
Yet after casting it, he discovered that Sese Bilas seemed to have little resistance to illusions. Angel effortlessly plunged that enormous scarlet eye into a muddled state of confusion.
Having succeeded so easily, Angel decided to further manipulate the illusion, guiding Sese Bilas away from the Sky Ghost Ship.
In the end, he truly succeeded.
The energy cost had been far lower than Angel had expected.
After his breakthrough, Angel had known very clearly that his strength should have increased tremendously. But exactly how much it had increased had only been a vague concept. Not until he cast that illusion... not until he used even such a simple basic illusion, did Angel truly gain a new understanding of the changes in his strength.
Wizards and apprentices seemed separated by only a thin line. Yet their strength was worlds apart.
Saving the Sky Ghost Ship had merely been a convenient act, and Angel had not thought much of it. But from Sanders's perspective, it was an act with a hundred benefits and not a single harm.
It seemed that Angel had only saved the people aboard the Sky Ghost Ship, but