That left those who had only fled a dozen or twenty kilometers with nowhere to hide.
Powerful spells kept landing around them, and some struck the warships and airships themselves.
Their defensive barriers shook even more violently, cracks spreading across them...
"Aaaaargh! Those bastards' attacks are getting stronger! How are we supposed to hold out?"
"Damn it! Those are ninth-tier spells, World-Destroying Meteor and Sea God's Wrath.
"And what is that enormous black sun? Judging by its energy alone, it's definitely no lower than ninth tier... even among ninth-tier spells, it must be a powerful one.
"And that blue radiance shooting into the sky...
"Those lunatics actually used ninth-tier spells! Which of those doesn't come at a tremendous cost?"
"Aaah... it's impossible! There's no way we can survive the aftermath of attacks like these!"
Aboard some warships, people feeding their magic power into the defensive barriers to keep them intact screamed as their bodies bounced with the ships.
"Damn it! Are we really going to die here?"
"I told you long ago that the Tolian Magic Empire's inheritance wasn't something we could covet! You wouldn't listen, and now look! We're all finished!"
"No!!!"
Amid countless screams.
Some warships' defensive barriers finally shattered, and the ships were torn apart and blasted to pieces, becoming steel wreckage on the sea and towering fireballs.
Without the defensive barriers' protection, the weaker people were killed on the spot.
Some of the stronger ones relied on their own strength, equipment, and smaller bodies to keep desperately dodging, putting as much distance as possible between themselves and this terrifying stretch of sea that resembled an apocalyptic catastrophe.
Rumble...
Dark clouds covered dozens upon dozens of kilometers of sky, thunder boomed, lightning flashed, and tornadoes howled.
Endless black flame covered the sea.
Sea dragons roared as waves