The Legend of the Rosy Cross

The sailors on deck had all been hypnotized by the Sea Bride's singing, sinking into a sleep so deep that even grievous injury or death would not wake them.

Only Professor Lasimi, still struggling desperately against his drowsiness, witnessed everything in full—

He saw Miss Aleister standing on deck, with that unfathomable butler standing diagonally ahead of her.

Whenever that "butler's" gaze swept over Professor Lasimi, he felt a faint threat of death... There was no doubt that the other party possessed the ability to take his life with ease.

Yet the butler had both hands clasped behind his back, looking as though he had no intention of making a move.

Because Miss Aleister had merely waved her hand, and summoned an extraordinarily terrifying phantom demon—

Terrifying flames billowed from its body, while a pair of strange and bewitchingly gorgeous butterfly wings spread from its back. The wings were outlined with eerie patterns resembling eyes, and the lasers fired from those patterns could instantly dismember a sea monster that had once been at the Fifth Level!

Professor Lasimi had still been struggling desperately against the peaceful drowsiness in his mind, so he could not make out its exact appearance. He could only feel that it was as terrifying as a demon king...

After Aleister's summoned creature grievously wounded the sea monster, the magic deep within Lasimi's brain, which had seemed intent on dragging him into the abyss, dissipated as well. As Twilight Power filled his entire body, his mind gradually cleared.

The instant he opened his eyes, he saw a blazing stream of flame so radiant that it seemed capable of tearing the night sky apart!

The heat of those flames made Professor Lasimi, who was at least seven or eight meters away, feel dizzy and short of breath. The