With the help of an Acceleration Scroll, Odys ran faster than the floating evil spirits.
As he raced upward, he shouted, "Everyone, get up on deck!"
When he passed the dining room this time, all the corpses inside sat upright and watched him run past.
They looked like diners enjoying a bit of excitement with their meal.
By the time Odys shouted a second time, he had reached the deck. He used another Defense Scroll.
A cold wind swept across the ship, bringing a chill that seeped into the soul.
The evil spirits had caught up.
Odys threw out a Blazing Sun Scroll, forcing them back for the moment. Then he took out Spiritual Materials and rapidly began drawing a Magic Formation on the deck.
Bazel and the others, who had heard Odys's order, arrived on deck.
Elijra also noticed the evil spirits and flew over from above.
The corpse in the captain's cabin came out as well. It stood quietly to one side, as though watching the spectacle.
Odys threw out another Blazing Sun Scroll. "Hold them off for half a minute!"
The intense light, which had begun to fade, blazed bright again. The evil spirits recoiled just as they were about to surge forward.
Bazel kicked a broken piece of decking at the spirits and seized the chance to use Bribe and Weaken.
The evil spirits grew feeble. They retreated into the corners to wait out the Blazing Sun Scroll.
At that moment, small cylinders sprouted from the deck around Odys. They opened, and Black Anemones reached for him despite the "sunlight."
Whoosh!
A fierce gust swept through. Wind Blades hidden within it sliced the Black Anemones in half, one after another.
With Bazel and Elijra protecting him, Odys could concentrate on drawing the Magic Formation.
He had