Holy Light Knight, Eudora

At some point, Yang Mu had appeared at the prow of the Undead and was burning souls as well. However, they were only the souls of ordinary sailors, barely enough to be worth his time.

What interested him more was the woman standing by the rail of the merchant ship. She was a supernatural being, and one far stronger than Hound Nosk and that major.

The reason she had not intervened in the battle aboard the warship was Yang Mu's appearance. She had waited until the fighting on the ship was over.

A skull burning with deep blue flames appeared out of nowhere beside Yang Mu. A bridge made of bones extended from the Undead toward the merchant ship.

Yang Mu walked across it step by step. There were sailors aboard the merchant ship as well, but although they held flintlock rifles, none of them dared fire. Both the skull floating beside Yang Mu and the bone bridge were far too bizarre.

"Ghost Captain, black wizard Yang Mu. I have heard of you—the pirate who rose to prominence recently. You possess a magical ship that can emit black mist and are skilled at controlling corpses."

"I am Maria Eudora of the Dutch royal family. If you withdraw now, I will pretend none of this ever happened. The Kingdom of the Netherlands will not pursue this matter either."

Eudora spoke to Yang Mu with a lofty attitude, just as she usually treated her subordinates.

Yang Mu looked at the Wish Compass in his hand, which had already shattered into several pieces.

"I spent one hundred and twenty thousand Gold Shields on this Wish Compass, then wasted two full months at sea before finding you. And you are telling me to leave, saying that you will not hold me accountable?"

"Are you mad, or am I? What gives you the right to speak to a mage with that kind of attitude?"

Yang Mu was in a terrible mood. A month ago, he had already completed all the research in his hands. Other than continuing to refine the Dark Forge Meditation, he had nothing to do every day, and his mood had grown worse and worse.

He had not expected that, even at the Undead's current speed, it would take a full two months to reach their destination. That was twice as long as he had estimated, wasting an entire month of his time for nothing.

Moreover, during those two months, they had not encountered a single ship, captured a single supernatural being, or acquired a single supernatural item. As a result, his spiritual power had barely grown.

How could his mood possibly be good? He had finally found his target, and now she was putting on this superior act for whom to see?

I am a dignified Sixth Level Moonlight Mage. Every day of my time is worth several low-level planes. Even if I have fallen on hard times, is some plane native like you qualified to give me attitude?

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. The Floating Skull immediately launched an Ice-Fire Annihilation Blast at her.

Boom! After the explosion, a five-meter-wide hole appeared in the merchant ship. Yet along the outermost edge of the hole, a white energy shield had appeared.

It was that energy shield that had blocked the Ice-Fire Annihilation Blast. However, the shield was already covered in cracks. After flickering a few times, it vanished.

A gemstone set in the middle of Eudora's forehead shattered along with it.

If Jack had heard Yang Mu's thoughts, he would definitely have complained, Fine, you are in a bad mood, but why are you taking it out on an innocent girl?

You rammed your ship straight into her escort warship, then your men killed her naval guards. The fact that she could still speak to you like this was already being very polite.

But Yang Mu had no such awareness. Seeing that she used light-based power, he immediately fired two Holy Corruption Arrows at her.

To his surprise, Eudora reached into the air, and a white longbow formed from Holy Flame appeared in her hand. Three white, flame-like arrows appeared on the bowstring.

With a release of her fingers, the arrows flew out. Two cancelled out the Holy Corruption Arrows, while the last shot toward Yang Mu.

Screech! The arrow pierced through two Bone Shields and stopped only three centimeters from Yang Mu. Yet those three centimeters were a distance it could never cross.

Mages were extremely frugal when estimating and using power. Yang Mu's method was already rather wasteful.

If it had been another mage, they would probably have intercepted the white arrow with a Bone Shield from three meters away, then detonated the shield before the arrow could pierce through it.

That would weaken most of its power, after which a second Bone Shield could block it with almost no cost. The second shield could then be preserved.

Yang Mu could not be bothered to waste the mental effort. One of the dozen or so black pearls around his left wrist shattered. At the same time, he raised his staff, and a Bone Spear materialized out of thin air. One of the more than twenty crystals replacing agates on the staff dimmed.

With a shriek, the Bone Spear shot out and reached Eudora in an instant.

Eudora flicked her wrist, and the white bow transformed into a shield, blocking the Bone Spear with a crisp clang.

Just as Eudora was about to knock it away with force, the Bone Spear exploded with a boom, countless fragments of bone shooting at her like shrapnel.

White energy instantly spread over Eudora's body, condensing into a set of white female armor that covered her from head to toe.

Bang! As the visor lowered, Eudora transformed into a knight clad in pure white. With a wave of her right hand, a longsword burning with white flames appeared in her grip.

A Holy Light Knight, a First Order Formal Rank profession.

The instant she finished equipping herself, Eudora stamped down hard. Like a sharp sword, she crossed the five-meter gap in an instant and charged toward Yang Mu.

After only two rounds of probing, she had determined that Yang Mu was not a close-combat professional. Black wizard was likely his true profession. As long as she got close, she could easily kill him.

A faint smile appeared on Yang Mu's lips. What kind of battle had mages experienced the most? That was right—being rushed head-on.

Every melee professional knew that as long as they charged before a mage, victory was half assured.

But how many actually succeeded?

Bang! A huge figure landed on the deck. It stood three meters tall, its muscles knotted, its mouth filled with steel teeth and its hands fitted with iron claws. Steel plates shielded its head and chest.

It was Ghoul Werewolf Allen. Yang Mu had been bored and lacked supernatural materials, so he had tried modifying Allen using the methods of a Mechanical Mage. Judging from the results, it had worked rather well.

"Weakness!"

Yang Mu experimentally cast a Weakness Curse on Eudora.

But a layer of white light merely rippled across Eudora's armor, and the effect of the Weakness Curse disappeared.

"Dueling Shackles."

The Floating Skull directly placed Dueling Shackles on her. Although only three layers could take effect due to the difference in rank and strength, it still suppressed three layers of her enhancement effects and recovery ability.

Clang! Clang! Clang...

Dense sounds like hammering iron rang out between Eudora and Allen.

Meanwhile, Yang Mu continuously bestowed various enhancement effects upon Allen, forcibly raising his strength to Eudora's level.