A spark appeared in the pitch-black night sky and streaked across it. It was an enormous Flame Spear.
The spear hurtled toward Nars, the White City.
Shevich had transformed into that spear. Only after he had used the Disaster Pen to inflict a catastrophe on the unfamiliar demigod and declared his affiliation with the Feysac Military had the other demigod, who also belonged to the Hunter pathway, chosen to leave.
However, judging by the demigod's defiant attitude at the time, Shevich believed the man had left for some other reason, rather than out of apprehension over his status as an admiral of the Feysac Empire.
Unfortunately, Shevich had been in no mood to ponder it. He had hurried back to the White Whale, only to find that half its crew had been transformed into zombies, Lambert and the navigator Lola had died in battle, and Morse Abraham was missing. Shevich had nearly lost control in his fury.
Clearly, everything that night had been aimed at Morse. The enemy's objective had been explicit: find Morse and take him away. They had departed in such haste that they had not even taken Lambert's and Lola's Beyonder characteristics.
Still, Shevich had considered this possibility while escorting Morse and had made some preparations.
He had drawn a certain amount of blood from Morse and carried a Tracking Charm. Using these two items, he had now pinpointed Morse's location and was rushing toward him.
Shevich was both shocked and furious. He was shocked that the Abraham Family could actually enlist a demigod's help, something far beyond his expectations. Clearly, this ancient family still possessed considerable resources. His fury stemmed from the fact that their deployment of a demigod meant they had already learned the composition of his crew. He did not know where the information