"Hm? My dear disciple, why aren't you saying anything?"
"Oh~~ Have you finally wised up too, my disciple?"
"Then I won't disturb you!"
"Keep it up!"
A Ken's plump face nearly crumpled into tears...
A hundred meters away, An Kai heard the voice that had suddenly appeared and confirmed that it could only speak, with no other effects.
With a thought, he acted.
The many terrifyingly powerful spells above his head hurtled toward A Ken!
On the deck, Aris and his two companions had already leaped overboard during the few seconds An Kai had paused.
They plunged into the sea.
They knew very well that An Kai had no intention of giving them special treatment.
In An Kai's own words, "Whether you live or die is up to fate..."
Facing the spells shooting toward him, A Ken's eyes nearly bulged from their sockets.
Summoning the last of his strength, he screamed desperately before his master's voice could disappear:
"Master, save me!!!"
"Hm?!" The elderly voice coming from A Ken's chest faltered...
In an instant, a surge of energy spread out.
It sensed what A Ken was facing...
"Holy shit! Disciple, how many Tier Six mages ambushed you?!"
A Ken looked miserable. He wanted to say there was only one person.
But he was already out of time.
The spells above An Kai's head had descended...
Boom!
In a brief gap between explosions, the elderly voice at A Ken's chest murmured, "Puppet substitution!"
Boom!!!
Three [Flame Bursts] compressed for a full minute, thirty [Fireballs], six [Wind Blade Spells]...
When these spells struck the thousand-meter-long ship, it was as though a nuclear bomb had detonated aboard it.
In just an instant, An Kai's spells swallowed the ship whole!
The sea churned, and waves of explosive aftershocks spread outward, tossing Aris and