Chapter 299 The Kingdom of Kalon was the only maritime kingdom among the small kingdoms union, and was proud of itself as having a navy that was comparable to the top three powers, not the top four.
The general consensus of the alliance is that one of the three great kingdoms can be easily defeated if only a defensive war is waged at sea rather than an invasion war on land.
In fact, soon after the war began, Calon proved its pride by defeating Teronan’s naval forces several times. Even if 30% of that power is assessed to be thanks to the activities of Tsunami Mage Gustav Clemens.
However, at some point, due to an Auror user who suddenly appeared in Teronan’s naval battle, Calon’s navy was slowly being pushed back into their waters.
In this era, naval battles generally involved colliding with and sinking an enemy ship using the ship’s angle of attack, engaging in long-distance combat using bows or magic from a short distance, and then engaging in hand-to-hand combat with ships.
Therefore, when evaluating the capabilities of naval power, the criteria were a skilled helmsman who could smoothly control the advance and retreat of a ship, and soldiers who were strong in close combat on a shaky ship.
But Calon’s navy was different.
Their main force was the water wizards, who mainly used tactics that completely denied access, such as changing the ocean currents to entangle the entire fleet’s course, or using seawater to exert incredible physical force to capsize ships from afar.
Truly absolute people on the sea. And at the center of it all was the tsunami mage Gustav Clemens.
But here and now.
There was another superhuman who broke the balance of the naval battle in a slightly different direction from the tsunami mage.
“Here we come again!”
“Stop it!”
“How can I stop this? Damn it!”
Calon’s soldiers screamed as they saw the brown-haired man ‘jumping’ over the sea.
Following the shout, arrows rained down, and magic such as water arrows and ice baptism rained down from some ships.
Bubbling bubbling.
Cracking.
The dark red aura that shimmered around the superhuman running on the sea easily repelled any attacks from enemy troops.
“Does that make sense?”
“Damn it!”
“What on earth is that!?”
Looking at the auspicious red light covering his entire body, it was clear that he was an Auror user.
But what kind of auror user in the world can walk on water and deflect attacks coming from above without any problem?
Even ‘Iron Wall’, originally known as Terronan’s only superhuman, did not seem to have that level of defense power. Of course, he wouldn’t even be able to stand on water in the first place.
“Wow!”
The faces of the Calon soldiers were distorted by the shouts that erupted from the Teronan ships approaching from behind the superhuman.
Now, that superman will just climb onto the ship as if climbing a hill and mercilessly slaughter those who cannot even resist.
And while the shattered fleet was struggling, Teronan’s fleet would come close and engage in close combat with superior numbers. That was the driving force behind the Terronan Navy’s recent push toward Calon.
however.
Kwaaaaaaaaaa!
The surface of the water on which the approaching enemy was standing suddenly rose with a roar as if flying.
The sight of the seemingly disaster-stricken Superman, who had been ignoring all attacks until now, being thrown away helplessly like a boat caught in a strong storm.
And when Kalon’s soldiers saw a ship with a tsunami flag approaching behind them, they all shouted.
“It’s Gustav!”
“Tsunami Mage!”
“Wow!”
On three routes from the continent to the Calon Islands, the two superhumans who were changing the course of the war finally met.
And the result of that first fight was clearly the advantage of Tsunami Mage Gustav.
However, the expression on the mage’s face after intercepting Terronan’s superhuman was not good.
‘That easy?’
An older man with sunburnt skin and a muscular physique that did not resemble a mage frowned.
His original intention was to shock the enemy Auror users running on the water using a bizarre method, shaking their balance and sinking them into the depths of the sea.
However, the enemy was completely blown away by a light attack that could be said to be a check. For a moment, he thought he had used too much magical power.
However, when Gustav saw the enemy flying in the air, sliding down as if riding the wind in the air and landing on the flagship, Gustav immediately erased that thought.
I don’t know exactly what kind of trick he was doing, but it seemed like it was one of the tricks that made his body infinitely lighter.
Fortunately, he knew that some Auror users sometimes had unusual abilities that he could not understand, so he was not able to panic too much.
I heard that in the next kingdom, there is an Auror user who can fly on the wind. Isn’t it cute if he just falls at an angle?
In addition, as a water mage, he was a battle mage specialized in naval warfare, having awakened to the 6th circle and even acquired the attribute of wind.
Gustav believed that no one could beat him on the sea.
“No way!”
With Gustav’s confident shout, the flying enemy stumbled and fell.
The moment the enemy’s body fell close to the water, the sea water turned into a giant’s spear and shot out as if it would pierce the enemy.
Quaaaaaaaaa!
Binge drinking continues again.
A smile spread across Gustav’s face as he saw his enemy bouncing around erratically as if he couldn’t control his body at all.
But he quickly realized something was strange.
‘Bounce off?’
Rather than being pierced and shattered or exploded?
The moment Gustav’s expression hardened again, the enemy that had bounced away landed gently on the sea as if it had been attacked.
Then they started rushing towards his flagship again.
Considering that they were superhumans, the speed was somewhat slow, but the heavy ship could not avoid the superhumans who were galloping across the sea at a speed similar to that of ordinary horsemen on land.
It seemed that the superhuman had talents such as halving shock or moving with force.
then?
“I’ll crush it to pieces.”
Snapping.
The magical power vibrated according to the will of Gustav, whose pride was hurt, and soon the sea water that the enemy superhuman was running through became his weapon and enveloped the enemy on all sides.
“Get lost!”
With clenched fists, the sea water surrounding the enemy constricted the enemy in the center with powerful pressure.
but.
“…uh?”
To my dismay, the water mass that trapped the enemy in the center was still rushing towards the ship, although it was definitely slower than before.
“Profit. How dare you!”
Gustav’s face turned red.
Kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa-kwa.
The mass of water surrounding the enemy soon rose up with sea water, forming a pillar connecting the sea level and the sky.
The greatest arcane sea god’s wrath that even Gustav himself has used only a few times in his life.
Its power did not betray his expectations.
“Wow!”
“Hold on to the railing!”
“If anything happens, we too will be swept away!”
The huge ship faced the turbulent waves, accompanied by a mix of shouts and screams from the allies.
“How could he do that!?”
“What is that?”
“That’s what humans did!?”
The joys and sorrows of the two countries, who confirmed the power of the Tsunami Wizard, were clearly mixed.
After confirming that the turbulence subsided in an instant and that there was no trace of the enemy left, Gustav raised his fist.
“The enemy superhuman has been taken care of! Defeat the invaders!”
With Gustav’s shout, Calon’s fleet began to advance.
Calon’s fleet used a lot of magic attacks from a distance, but at this moment, they were confident that they could defeat any inland army.
On the other hand.
“shit!”
“We rush too!”
“There is no retreat!”
Teronan’s fleet, whose morale was low, had no choice but to rush into the battle, crying.
‘The only way is to get into close combat as quickly as possible and prevent that scary mage from using magic while being aware of his allies.’
The number of simple ships and troops is on top here.
“The entire fleet charges at full speed!”
Terronan’s commander, Marquis Calibros, thought so and continued to scream.
Then at some point.
“uh!?”
A strange sight appeared in the eyes of some of Calon’s soldiers who were setting sail with confidence.
A red meteor-like shape was falling from the sky.
“What is that?!”
The moment when the gaze of the Calon soldiers turned to the sky one by one.
Kwaaaaang!
A red meteor(?) pierced the deck of one of Calon’s ships, showing off its presence.
And then.
Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuch.
The Teronan superhuman announced its return by bursting open the side of the ship.
“Wow!”
“Armored!”
“Ahmaud Hassen!”
“Guardian of Theronan!”
Once again, a shout erupted from Teronan’s fleet, and Calon’s fleet, which was charging with great momentum, attempted to hastily turn, led by the leading flagship.
“Rush straight ahead! Are you going to ruin your formation just because of one enemy?”
Only after Gustav shouted did the ships move to reorganize their battle lines, but as they made two sharp turns in that short moment, their speed had no choice but to slow down significantly.
And in that gap, Teronan’s fleet gained momentum and rushed towards the enemies. The large, sharp horns on the bows of the leading ships looked particularly bright.
‘Ugh. This hurts a bit.’
Armored, Eilen trembled from the dizzying shock that went through her whole body.
When I suddenly rose above the clouds with a strong pressure, I was so dazed that I thought of death for a moment.
But she endured it in the end, and it gave her even more confidence.
‘It’s right to use my characteristics like this.’
Her characteristic, the Indomitable Citadel, consisted of dozens of layers of thin aura tightly covering her entire body, giving her strong defense even in normal times. Furthermore, when deployed with all its might, the shield became much stronger due to the vibrations of the overlapping auras.
When they first awakened this trait, Eilen and Logan thought it was right to change their swordsmanship to focus on extreme attacks while ignoring defense.
But I soon realized the problem.
Eileen’s characteristics had as many disadvantages as her strong advantages.
Because the aura is constantly deployed, the amplification rate of physical abilities is significantly lower than that of other auror users, and because there is little change in the fixed form, versatility is also significantly reduced.
Just barely being able to put an aura on a long sword is the limit.
At least it didn’t boast extreme cutting power like other auror blades, but all it did was make the sword incredibly strong.
– In this way, even if you have superior swordsmanship, you will only be able to draw a picture of one-sided defense in a fight with other Auror users.
– Should I wait for the attacking enemy to get tired first? This is a bit…
Logan was frustrated, but Eilen laughed.
Because the advantages were clear.
– Now you are virtually invincible to people below your level. No matter how much you attack, you won’t get hurt.
In addition, the swordsmith, who can now be said to be the couple’s teacher, taught them a trick to maximize their strengths.
– The basis of confrontation is footwork. If you use this well…
Geomgong suggested a way to add the vibration that automatically develops when Eilen deploys her aura to the maximum to the ghost shadow.
As a result, Eilen developed her own method of locomotion, the feather walk, which allows her to absorb external shocks with infinite ease.
Of course, there were many problems when switching to attack, but at least when she was consistent in defense, even Logan, who was two levels higher, had a hard time subduing her.
In addition, after that advantage was perfected, it was possible to acquire unexpected additional talents, such as gliding in the wind from a high place or moving on turbulent water at half the speed of flat land.
– It is invincible against opponents below Auror users, and even against mages, it would be extremely effective against most people. I created another monster.
It has become a season where the swordsman’s exclamation is not something to be ashamed of.
‘That’s why I came here. To catch that tsunami mage.’
Of course, there were dangerous moments, perhaps due to the nature of being on the sea.
However, as Eilen saw Gustav’s bronze skin turning pale in the distance, she was convinced that that tactic would never appear on this battlefield again.
And that day.
Charon’s navy was defeated, and Gustav, the tsunami mage, was barely able to escape while being seriously injured.
It was the moment when the divine Auror user ‘Guardian of Terronan’ Ahmaud Hasen, who first appeared in this war, made a name for himself on the eastern continent.
Just in time, news came from the inland that Liberty’s ‘Silver Reaper’ Guile Slayer had defeated the main force of the three countries’ alliance, and from then on, the alliance’s war began to quickly settle down.
