The vampire Qi Qi's doubts faded.
She turned toward the distance, opened her mouth, and made a breathy exhaling motion.
The books had said Bloodkin could communicate through ultrasound. It seemed that was true... Ahab cupped a hand to his ear, but he could not hear a thing.
Before long, three other vampires crept over through the jungle.
Ahab noticed that each of them had underdeveloped wings on their backs.
It seemed they had reached this island with those wings.
But because they were still young, they could not fly far, and there were no other places to land nearby.
So they had been trapped on the island.
"This is Number One, Number Five, and Number Nine."
Qi Qi pointed at them one by one, introducing them to Ahab.
Then Qi Qi turned around again and introduced Ahab's background to the others.
Including: he was a Void Cultist, and he had come to save everyone;
the other evil wizards had also come to the island, and the big one of their kind who preyed on them had already been killed by Ahab.
"Then how are you going to save us?"
The three little newcomers exchanged a glance.
"The evil wizards' ship is anchored on the east side of the island, and none of them can fly."
"I can teach you how to sail the ship.
"That way, you can avoid being hunted, leave the Academy's sphere of influence, and hide on the wider continent!"
At the same time, Ahab silently added another sentence in his heart.
That way, I won't have to worry about anyone stealing credit from me, and I can capture you little ones back to the Academy without shedding a drop of blood.
Oh, what a perfect plan.
What, then what about Old Feng?
No problem. Ahab's Old Feng refreshed daily.
Ahab led the four little Bloodkin through the shadowed areas, moving toward the eastern side of the island.
The small seagoing ship was moored below the sea cliff up ahead.
"Thump, thump, thump..."
Once all four little ones were on deck, Ahab pulled away the gangway and ordered the Bloodkin:
"Number One, you're responsible for feeding that white stone into the mechanical furnace. Make sure the flame passes the standard line."
"Number Five, hold this.
"This is called the helm. Don't let it drift. Just keep the ship moving straight ahead, and I'll adjust the course once I'm free.
"Number Nine, pull the anchor up as fast as you can. It's this big, thick metal chain.
"The ship can only leave once it's up."
Ahab gave his instructions in an orderly fashion.
The Bloodkin, who had been locked in prison all this time, naturally did not know how to sail a wizard's seagoing ship.
So when the apprentices landed on the island, they had not put any other safeguards in place.
After all, who could have expected there would be a "mole" among the apprentices?
"Qi Qi, you're on flexible standby. If anyone gets hurt, replace her immediately."
After making the final arrangements, Ahab leaped a few times and landed on the platform at the top of the lookout mast.
It was about time.
"Damn it, what's going on? Why is the ship raising anchor?"
Bill, who was exploring on the sea cliff, noticed the anomaly immediately.
Then he saw Ahab standing on the lookout mast.
Bill raised both hands over his head and fired a fireball into the sky.
Then he strode forward, climbing down the cliff ridge as fast as he could and rushing toward the shore.
"Ahab Gul? You're not dead!"
"I think I revived."
Ahab extended an index finger and wagged it from side to side a few times.
At the same time, he secretly began planning in his heart. It was time to use See Through.
"See Through" was not something he could use whenever he wanted. He needed to reserve it in advance during several specific time slots each day.
Then, only when he encountered witchcraft that contained the reserved content could he perform See Through.
"Bill had an affinity for the fire element, so every spell he learned was bound to involve explosions, raising temperatures, and things like that."
"Then I'll... See Through a deflagration, and See Through a temperature increase.
"When we tested elemental affinities, Bill seemed to have an affinity for the wind element too? I can't ignore that either.
"Then I'll See Through high-speed airflow movement too..."
In the jungle, the three apprentices, Lie Qi, Eleanor, and Daliyuan, had just finished exploring their respective areas.
They gathered at the center of the island to discuss what came next.
"Whoosh—boom boom boom!"
Then they saw the fireball shooting into the sky.
"Is that Third-Rank Apprentice called Bill? What happened?"
"That's black smoke from the mechanical furnace. The ship's starting up???"
Lie Qi and Eleanor exchanged a look.
The island was neither particularly large nor particularly small, and none of the three of them could fly.
There was no way for them to reach the coast in time to check the situation.
Daliyuan, known as "Big Smart," crouched halfway down and pressed his palm to the ground.
"Rumble—"
He had an affinity for the earth element, and in an instant, he used a spell to gather sand and soil, creating a towering pillar of earth.
The earth pillar carried the three of them high into the air, widening their field of view.
"That guy called Ahab is on the lookout pole, and there are vampires on the ship. Is he asking for help?"
"Could it be that the vampires took Ahab hostage and forced him to start the ship and flee?"
Daliyuan scratched the back of his head and said.
Lie Qi and Eleanor, the pair of "good friends" who had changed to the same surname, could not help but look at Daliyuan speechlessly.
You really are Big Smart.
"What do we do now? None of us can fly. We can't get over there to reinforce him, and if the ship leaves, we won't be able to get back to the Academy."
Daliyuan was so anxious that he started wiggling his butt.
What he said was actually true.
"Lie Qi and I learned a joint spell. Its attack range can reach four or five thousand meters."
"When the timing is right, we'll act and help."
Eleanor soothed "Big Smart" with a sentence, then walked shoulder to shoulder with Lie Qi to the very front of the earth pillar.
In truth, the two of them could attack right now and knock Ahab down from the lookout pole.
Without a wizard apprentice commanding them, those few little Bloodkin could not possibly sail the ship well.
It was just that the joint spell was too powerful. Once they used it, the seagoing ship would inevitably be damaged too.
They should keep observing for now.
"Ahab Gul, I swear by the Ancestor of the Wizard World, you're in big trouble!"
Bill sprinted all the way, passing through the dense jungle and constantly closing in on the shore.
As long as he jumped down the gentle slope ahead, he would be on the beach!
The mechanical furnace had not finished preheating, and the ship had only just gone a few dozen meters out to sea.
He could absolutely swim after it and catch up.
Ahab Gul, this time, I absolutely won't let you get away!
After this period of painstaking meditation, his mental power had already reached a full 20 points, and he had even learned a fourth spell.
As for Ahab Gul?
He probably still had single-digit mental power, along with those three shabby little spells.
The advantage was mine!
Bill was very confident that today, he would finally get to vent that foul breath in his chest to his heart's content.
Then Ahab, standing at the top of the lookout pole, extended his hand from afar and made an empty grasp in midair.
Bill, who had already made a great leap out of the dense forest, suddenly felt a cold wind blow from behind him.
"Whoosh—rip, rip."
In the jungle behind him, countless vines lashed out and surged forward.
Bill was still in midair and had yet to land when he was bound up tightly from head to toe.
He was dragged back by force and tied to a thick tree that even three people could not wrap their arms around.
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