The hull was sliced clean in two, along with the structures and navigation equipment aboard.
Broken planks and snapped chains flew everywhere. Seawater surged through the split across the center of the hull, filling the nearby cabins in the blink of an eye.
The bow and stern began to tilt upward, and the ship sank into the sea, slowly at first, then rapidly.
"Repair Spell, now!"
At this moment, Son of Heaven remained composed as their leader. He gave the order decisively while taking the lead in casting a Repair Spell on the hull.
The others with repair-type spells promptly followed suit.
The sooner a Repair Spell was cast after the damage occurred, the better its effect. Their timely response narrowly salvaged even damage as severe as a hull split in two.
Under several beams of restorative light, the keel slowly rejoined, and the hull gradually returned to its intact state.
However, too much seawater had flooded in during the repairs, and the entire ship continued to sink.
"Get underwater and look!"
They had no time to worry about the flooding. Once they had barely stabilized the hull, they immediately assigned several people capable of underwater combat to jump into the sea and investigate.
Smile was among them. All of them were prepared to be ambushed the moment they entered the water.
Yet once they actually went underwater, they found it completely quiet. The attack they had expected never came, and there was no sign of anyone nearby.
"There's nobody underwater!"
After sweeping the area with Detection, Smile finally reported his conclusion.
"Are you sure?"
"Positive! They've already left." Smile sounded certain. He had also used Arcane Missile along the way; even someone using Deep Invisibility could not have escaped his scrutiny. Yet he still found nothing unusual. The only