Wizard: You can become stronger by living life to the fullest.

Chapter 82, Section 030: The Wizard!

"Are you alright? Are you alright? Are you alright?!"

Nicole kept asking Rosie questions, her eyes filled with anxiety and unease, as if Rosie might disappear from her sight at any moment.

"I'm fine."

Only after hearing Luo Xi's reply did the unease on her face finally ease somewhat. Then, she burst into tears, hugging Luo Xi tightly and sobbing:

"I'm so scared, I'm so scared, I'm so scared!"

Hearing the cries of pain around him, Luo Xi felt a sudden pang of heartbreak, and anger surged within him.

"Pat-pat-pat-pat!"

What's even more disheartening is that this cruel reality didn't even give Rosie a chance to adjust.

With a crisp flapping sound of wings, swarms of terrifying moths swept across the deck like a black storm.

Masts, sails, hulls—everything in their path turned to dust in an instant. The knights standing on the deck vanished one by one into the black storm, leaving not even a bone behind.

Nicole hugged Rosie tightly, as if she wanted to melt into Rosie's body.

Luo Xi glanced at Nicole, who was feeling sad in his arms, and then at the black storm that was right in front of him. His eyes suddenly turned cold.

Fine, fine! You're forcing me, aren't you!

Then nobody's going to have an easy time today!

He swiftly opened the system panel, intending to gamble his future efforts on forcibly breaking through to obtain wizarding power.

"Phew~"

However, at that moment, a gust of wind suddenly blew across the deck.

Immediately afterwards, a large six-pointed star magic circle quietly appeared on the deck and quickly spread outwards, eventually covering the entire Apprentice.

Then, with a "whoosh!" sound, we heard something.

A figure suddenly appeared in the center of the magic circle; it was none other than the wizard Karen, who had been missing since the start of the war!

Rosie frowned, hesitated for a moment, but ultimately suppressed her impulse. She simply took a deep look at the skeleton man, memorizing his ugly face, and then pulled Nicole away from the front lines, handing over control of the battlefield to Wizard Karen.

At this moment, the wizard Karen had put on a wizard's cloak, the gray cloak covered with dense, strange runes, all of which lit up.

He raised his right hand upwards, holding a short-handled magic wand and slowly stirring it towards the sky.

"Hoo hoo~"

The small magic wand seemed to possess the power to stir up the wind and clouds; at that moment, the wind elements in the air all came to life and stirred up a fierce gale around them.

That was an unparalleled power; the pirates, gnolls, and even the arrogant, terrifying moths on the deck were all swept up in it. Everything within the scope of the wizard Karen's will was sucked into the storm.

Above the deck, centered on Wizard Cullen—no, more precisely on the Apprentice—a giant tornado rose, hundreds of meters high, seemingly connecting the sea and the sky.

At this moment, even the seemingly invincible skeleton man had to take it seriously, stepping back and quickly summoning the surrounding flock of black crows to gather in front of him and form a wall.

The next second, the giant tornado, under the control of Wizard Karen, crashed into the wall of ravens.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar shook the heavens and earth, as if the world itself had exploded at that moment.

The moment the two made contact, an invisible ripple swept rapidly across the surroundings, creating a giant wave tens of meters high on the sea surface. Under the impact of this enormous energy, both the Apprentice and the Black Ship were violently shaken, and the two, which had been connected by the collision, were blown apart.

The black wizard was pushed hundreds of meters away.

"Hoo hoo~"

Taking advantage of this moment, Wizard Karen quickly twirled his wand again, and instantly, a storm of wind swept in and swirled around the Apprentice. Dragged by this wind, the Apprentice slowly detached from the sea and rose into the air.

Immediately afterwards, the wind elements gathered on both sides of the ship quickly arranged and combined, gradually forming two huge wings over a hundred meters long. Against the backdrop of these huge wings, the Wizard Ship seemed to have transformed into a giant bird in the sky.

"Stop them!"

The black wizard, seeing through Karen's intentions, frowned and immediately gave orders to his crew on the black ship, while also rushing towards the ship at great speed.

Most of the crew on the Apprentice had just been swept into the terrifying storm summoned by Wizard Karen, but many others had already fled back to the Black Ship when they realized the situation was dire.

They were certainly terrified of the wizard Karen, but they believed the dark wizard was even more terrifying.

So, upon hearing the dark wizard's command, even though they were unwilling, they still grabbed the ropes and swung towards the deck of the Apprentice.

"Don't leave my side!"

Rosie quickly spoke to Nicole beside her, while kicking up a saber from the deck and grabbing it in her hand. She also kicked Joshua behind her. At this moment, his mental energy was completely depleted, and Nicole behind him was in no better shape. All they could rely on was the power of the knight.

Fortunately, although there were many enemies rushing onto the deck, they had all witnessed Rosie's terrifying magic and knew that he was not someone to be trifled with. Apart from two mindless kobolds, the rest of the enemies deliberately avoided him. Rosie even chopped off the heads of the two mediocre kobolds with a few strokes, so no one dared to come any closer.

Some enemies rushed towards the knights, some towards the wizard Karen in an attempt to interrupt the magic, and others surged into the cabins, trying to seize the apprentices there.

Faced with this chaotic situation, Rosie didn't have any good ideas. At this point, his mental energy was completely exhausted, and he was barely able to protect himself, Nicole, and Joshua beneath his feet. He had no strength left.

The fighting knights in front had already suffered heavy losses, and now they were struggling to withstand the enemy's charge. The defended cabin was quickly breached, and two apprentices were immediately snatched out and taken hostage back to the black ship.

They were both girls, and from minor noble families. When they boarded the ship, Rose had overheard them discussing their experiences of whipping serfs, so he remembered them quite well.

Fortunately, at that moment, the wizard Karen's magic finally came to an end, and the wings made of wind elements solidified completely, spreading out wide on both sides of the Apprentice.

"Damn it, get back quickly, he's about to fly away!"

The enemy noticed this and hurriedly fled towards the Black Ships.

"Wait, there's one more here!"

Just then, a pirate suddenly swung across the rope to a corner of the deck, where there were several wooden barrels. Hiding among the barrels was a little girl holding a puppy, the same little girl who had handed Rosie the saber earlier.

"Nil, get out of the way!" A boy ran towards the scene like a madman, shouting loudly.

The girl heard the boy's shout and instinctively wanted to run over, but as soon as she took a step, she seemed to remember something and hesitated for a moment.

In that very second of hesitation, the pirate swung over, grabbed the girl, and swung her toward the black ship. The next second, he and the girl disappeared from everyone's sight.

"No!!!" the boy cried hysterically, running recklessly toward the black ship.

A knight nearby quickly pinned him to the ground.

The next second, the Apprentice's wings flapped wide, and the Wizard, hovering in the air, suddenly accelerated, flying straight into the distance.

(End of this chapter)