No one understood how powerful Abner was better than Vice Admiral Dusk's father, the Demon Hunter Peter Ivan.
He was a burly, middle-aged man with a typical Feysac name. His arms were thicker than Abner's waist, and standing before him, Abner looked like a child.
Yet it was Abner who held the initiative. Alone, he had forced the Demon Hunter and his entire fleet onto the defensive.
Abner himself was, of course, controlling the Historical Projection.
After more than a dozen failed attempts, Daphne had finally managed to summon his image. Abner immediately sent an Eye of Wisdom into the Historical Projection and took control of its actions.
It felt much like controlling the Owen Avatar. The only difference was that Daphne had to supply the Spirituality to sustain it.
This projection had neither the Pure White Eye nor his many handy Mystical Items. But even without those advantages, a Prophet who had fully Analyzed the Incomplete Mythical Creature forms of all twenty-two Beyonder Pathways was terrifying!
He could draw on the abilities of any Pathway, unleash one powerful Secret Art after another, and use information to predict his opponent's most likely moves. Just thinking about fighting him was enough to give anyone a headache.
The Demon Hunter also possessed the Demon Hunter's Eye and excelled at exploiting each enemy's Weaknesses.
But apart from his ability to counter Abner's Prophecy to some extent, he was outmatched in every respect. He had to keep raising invisible, solid walls to protect the fleet. Otherwise, he might not even have had anywhere left to stand.
Watching the five fireballs circling the "Professor"—each able to attack and defend, each replenishing itself even as it bombarded the fleet—Peter Ivan knew he could not remain passive. He took out a charm and recited its activation phrase