My dear witch, please turn evil according to the script!

Chapter 186 The Mysterious Thirty Nautical Miles
"Fusion!"

Roland, who had been planning this for a long time, immediately merged the two spells.

Rather than evolution, the process of fusion requires Roland's intervention.

Although Roland only discovered before using it that Fusion Cards had the same limitation as Improved Cards, namely, that they had to conform to basic spellcasting logic.

Fortunately, fusion cards are items produced by the system, and their judgment on some spells is not very strict.

Moreover, the statement "in accordance with basic spellcasting logic" is itself very vague.

Especially after Roland acquired some relevant knowledge at the Royal Magic Academy and clarified some issues with Fram, this limitation was no longer a problem for him.

Although this was only his second time performing a spell fusion, his movements were already very orderly.

Not long after Roland finished adjusting the two spell structures, the Fusion Cards also began to exert their power.

With a flash of blue light, a brand new spell appeared before him.

[Cursed Seal (Lv6/Lv10), Note: The skill level after fusion is the average of the two levels.]

[Curse Seal: Condenses a curse seal to strengthen oneself. The curse seal is permanent. Can be used on others.]

[The caster can release a maximum of seven spell seals on themselves. Each spell seal strengthens the host's physical body, and the seven spell seals will give the caster the physical strength of an ordinary nine-ring warrior.]

The saying goes well.

The fewer the skill descriptions, the higher the numerical value.

If someone writes long essays in their skill bar, they're usually a weirdo when it comes to mechanics, and probably a weirdo with humorous mechanics.

But numerical skills are real, tangible stats!

Roland was not in a hurry to condense the curse seal, because although the curse seal was effective, it consumed too much energy.

Moreover, as the number of curse seals increases, the consumption also increases exponentially.

To condense seven spell seals, Roland would need at least nine rings of magic power.

For strong players, this is a common skill to enhance their abilities.

After all, once you create the curse mark, you don't need to worry about it; it will always exist, and the same goes for strengthening it.

Furthermore, it can be combined with other enhancement techniques.

This is equivalent to giving a ninth-ring mage the physique of a ninth-ring warrior.

Moreover, its constant presence is also an advantage.

But Roland was not satisfied with this.

Even if he feels that the skill is strong enough, who would complain that the skill they have is too strong?

"evolution!"

Roland decisively used the Evolution Card on this promising skill.

The same prompt box, the same utterly unresponsive response.

【Cursed Seal (Lv6/Lv10) → Steel Protection (No Level)】

[Steel Protection: The protection of the Great Source's will.]

Roland: “???”

Gone?

If you don’t tell me this, who would understand?
Skill descriptions can be short, but if you make them as short as a riddle, that's not right!
And why didn't he feel the effects of the blessing?
Roland pinched his arm.

It still hurts the same, and my skin is still just as soft and supple.

What are the effects of the protection?

If it weren't for the small print following the skill indicating that the blessing was active normally, Roland would have doubted whether he had given away his evolution card for nothing.

But the current situation isn't much better.

At least he still doesn't understand what this thing does.

And the Steel Guard... it can't really just be strengthening one's own body into steel, right?
Forget it, I'll just ask the all-knowing Demon King and the Fairy Aunt when the time comes.

These two have lived a long time, are strong, and have seen a lot. Even if they don't know the effect of Steel Guard, they should at least know what Guard is, right?
Roland didn't think too much about it. At least today's gains from the evolution of Flash, the qualitative change in his talent spells after entering the sixth ring, and the resulting surge in mental power combined with the Rune King's Badge, were enough to satisfy him.

And protection is something like that.

At least it has a high level of sophistication.

The effect won't be too bad, no matter what.

Moreover, such high-level skills might come in handy in some unexpected ways.

Just then, Roland looked out the window and noticed that the Pomegranate Flower seemed to be slowing down.

Roland leaned out of the window and saw the huge, heavy anchor being slowly lowered at the stern.

"Is this a sign that the ship is going to stop?"

Roland's doubts didn't last long; there was a knock on his door.

Roland went to open the door, and there stood Allen, panting heavily.

"Your Excellency... we've finally found you... please proceed to the conference room; we're just waiting for you!"

"Another meeting?" Roland frowned. "Has something happened?"

It's understandable that Roland thinks that way.

After all, the meeting held shortly after boarding the ship had already clearly outlined the subsequent actions.

Everyone agreed with the proposal.

Unless an unexpected event occurs, a meeting will not be held immediately.

Allen stood there catching his breath, gesturing for Roland to come with him, while also beginning to formulate his words.

Roland followed Allen down the aisle of the ship's cabin, and Allen began to explain.

"It's like this, Mr. Roland... During dinner time, not long after you left the mess hall, the shift workers who had finished eating were preparing to go to the port turret for their shift, and then... then they discovered that everyone who was supposed to be at their post had disappeared!"

"There were only clothes and equipment scattered on the ground... They disappeared..."

Seeing Allen trembling slightly, Roland patted the guy who was actually a few years older than him: "Don't panic, then what?"

"Those who went to take turns reported the situation immediately. Grand Inquisitor Suren and Miss Cherlinina were the first to go." "Then Ms. Fram also arrived at the scene. After inspecting the scene, she looked unwell and said that she needed to urgently call a meeting. The chairman also suggested that the ship be stopped immediately to investigate the situation."

"Ok?"

Roland frowned slightly: "Are you sure this is an order issued by Ms. Fram?"

"Um... I'm just a messenger. Vice President Max told me to notify everyone in the cabin to gather in the conference room."

"How many people did you notify?" Roland continued, his gloves now transformed into the Sword of Silence, which he held in his hand.

"You are the only one here."

"Don't you find it strange, Mr. Allen?" Roland asked slowly.

"strangeness?"

"You walked all the way through the cabin without thinking of notifying anyone else? Weren't you ordered to notify everyone?"

Allen said somewhat dazedly, "Ah...it seems so...I knocked on several doors, but no one was home."

Roland sighed, then used the two techniques he had just learned.

When the blinding golden light transformed into a spear and Roland grasped it in his hand, and when the runes symbolizing the World Tree appeared, their power washing over the entire ship's passageway, Allen instantly regained consciousness.

Moreover, eerie black mist and shadows emerged from every corner of the ship's cabin amidst faint, piercing shrieks, and then transformed into pure magical molecules.

"Stay close to me. No matter what happens, stay close to me."

After saying that, Roland conjured several more light spears that hovered beside him: "I'll take you out. To the deck."

"it is good……"

Allen gave a weak reply, then gritted his teeth and followed Roland's footsteps.

The spear remained suspended, but no strange monsters emerged to attack the two.

However, the situation remains far from optimistic.

Because Roland had already been walking briskly along this corridor for ten minutes.

It has far exceeded the length of the ship.

Moreover, even if it doesn't exceed the length limit, the passageway in the cabin is not a straight line.

What should have been a passageway with many turns is now just a straight path.

Before he knew it, Roland had returned to his room.

Allen's expression darkened further upon realizing this.

His teeth chattered, and he murmured, his whole body trembling, "The corridor phenomenon... Damn it... Isn't this, isn't this, shouldn't this be an anomaly that only occurs in the far seas?"

Roland heard Allen's murmur but made no attempt to inquire further.

After all, he was very familiar with this phenomenon.

A maze of ghosts.

Roland remained calm. Now that he was buffed, Roland was clearly not afraid of this mere ghost wall.

Although he was curious as to why this anomaly had not been broken by the power of the World Tree, Roland did not give up.

He planned to use some different methods.

He pushed open his bedroom door again.

The intense power of the World Tree within instantly restored Allen's composure. Although he still couldn't avoid trembling, at least his speech was no longer shaky.

"Mr. Roland, should we hide here for now?"

"Hide?" Roland laughed. "Why would you think that?"

"Because...you seem to have a way to avoid the impact..."

Seeing that Roland didn't intend to interrupt, Allen continued, "You don't mean to stay here and wait for Ms. Fram to resolve the issue before leaving, do you?"

Roland shrugged. "Of course not. In this situation, I'm the expert at handling these kinds of problems."

"Lady Flam is indeed powerful. As a living legend, she is even stronger than she was in the Demon King War."

"But everyone has their own expertise... This kind of cognitive interference is not her strength."

After speaking, Roland used his long-unused Hand of Evocation to grab Allen.

Ignoring Allen's terrified screams, Roland smashed the window and jumped out with Allen.

"flash!"

By the time Allen came to his senses, he and Roland were already standing on the deck of the Pomegranate.

Before Allen could react, he saw a huge, twisted, unidentified creature pressing down on the two of them from above.

Roland simply looked up, and the monster exploded into a cloud of black mist in mid-air and vanished completely.

Allen didn't even sense any magical aura emanating from Roland, yet he still managed to defeat this terrifying-looking monster...

But Allen's surprise didn't end there.

After killing the monster, Roland's smile vanished, replaced by an ever-growing number of light spears.

Roland only raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead when the enormous light spear covered the entire deck.

But his actions did not end there.

He held a sword in his hand and slowly used the holy sword to carve runes belonging to the World Tree onto the alloy deck of the ship.

This time, Roland moved extremely slowly. It was as if each movement of the sword tip was a tremendous drain on his strength.

The moment he inscribed the runes, monsters continuously surged from the sea and lunged at the two people on the deck.

Then they were pierced one by one by the light spears.

Roland finally completed the inscription only when the light spear was almost completely depleted.

He pulled out the last spear of light stuck in his side, turned around and stabbed, piercing the monster that was trying to kill Allen.

The next moment, the phantom of a giant tree formed on the deck.

A gentle green light illuminated the night sky at that moment.

(End of this chapter)