A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

After jumping onto the magic boat, Misala discovered that there was no one on board.

How does this magic ship operate if there's no one around?

"Let me go! Let me go!" Dove struggled, more violently than ever before.

It's Redipple! Dove knew it must be him!

"Stop messing around!" Misala glared at Dove.

Dove bit Misala's arm hard, but she remained unmoved.

"Bang—" An explosion rang out.

"!?!" Misala noticed that the magic ship was starting to become unbalanced. What happened? "This magic ship is sinking? What's going on?" Soon, Misala began to feel the magic ship sinking.

"Bang!" Another explosion rang out from the engine of the magic ship.

"Who is it?" Misala's eyes turned cold as she flipped over and jumped off the sinking magic boat.

Misala landed on the sea surface and stood firmly without sinking.

Using magic, Misala can stand steadily on the sea surface, but of course, it is impossible to stand on the sea for a long time.

Otherwise, Misala wouldn't have gone out of her way to rent a fishing boat.

Misala turned her head and saw that the small fishing boat had started to sail back.

"That guy." Misala gritted her teeth in resentment. The fisherman had taken two gold coins from her and then abandoned her like this.

"Hmm! Where did that little girl go?" Misala suddenly realized that Dove, whom she was holding, was gone.

Upon closer inspection, Misala saw the splashing waves that had just appeared.

The little girl jumped into the sea while she was distracted.

Without saying a word, Misala dived into the sea.

Misala, who had dived into the sea, discovered that there was another man beside Dove.

She immediately realized that this man must be the one who came in the magic boat.

With that in mind, Misala swam faster toward the two of them.

The man swimming in front of her, Redip, also noticed the woman relentlessly pursuing him and desperately tried to get away from her.

Doffin, who was being led by Redip, stared at him blankly.

"Redipe came to save me."

Dove's lips curled up, a sense of joy rising in her heart. It was a pity that Redup didn't have time to turn around and look at Dove. The important thing was to stay away from that crazy woman.

In Redip's view, this woman was a human trafficker.

"Have human traffickers become so rampant these days?" Redip frowned, a sense of disbelief washing over him.

In order to catch up with Dove, Redip directly spent money to rent a magic boat at the dock.

Unfortunately, the magic boat just exploded like that.

Although Redip himself was the one who blew up the ship, he was still heartbroken.

The rented magic boat is now scrapped, and I don't know how much money I'll have to pay to get it back.

Just as Redip's thoughts drifted to the compensation for the magic boat, Misala swam over at an extremely fast speed.

Are you kidding me? An assassin can't even swim?

"This guy swims so fast!" Redip exclaimed in surprise, not expecting Misala to swim faster than him, a former lifeguard.

If they don't step up their efforts, Misala will catch up to them very soon.

If this crazy human trafficker gets close to her, Dove will definitely be kidnapped again.

Redip would absolutely not allow such a thing to happen.

"Hmm!" Dove, who was being led by Redup's hand while swimming, suddenly took the initiative and started swimming with Redup's hand.

"?" Redup's dead fish eyes stared in confusion, not understanding why Dove was doing this.

Dove glanced at Redipple, clutching the soaking wet atlas tightly in his left hand and holding Redipple's hand in his right.

"Whoosh—" The ocean currents suddenly became turbulent.

This turbulent ocean current was caused by Dove's terrifying speed.

The turbulence caused Misala behind to momentarily lose her balance, significantly reducing her speed.

"What?" Misala stared incredulously at Dove's swimming figure.

This speed... I guess you'd be a true hybrid of sea creatures, wouldn't you say?

Admittedly, Doffin did not possess great strength, but he still retained the sea creatures' skill in swimming very well.

Misala was surprised, and Redip, who was being led around by a rope, was even more shocked.

Dove pulled himself along in the sea at a speed only slightly slower than when he was piloting the magic boat.

Misala, underwater, could only watch as Dove and Redip's figures turned into black dots and disappeared from her sight.

"Thump!" Misala decided to stop chasing and surfaced to breathe in some fresh air.

"Come back here, you damned fisherman!" Misala flicked her hand, and a grappling hook flew out at lightning speed.

"Ding—" The hook rope was nailed to the fisherman's fishing boat.

A grappling hook is useless in the sea, but it becomes very useful when you're not in the sea.

Misala pulled hard, and the small fishing boat was pulled to a stop.

The fishermen on the boat were sweating profusely when they turned around and saw Misala looking furious.

“Take me back.” Misala’s voice was cold, sending a chill down the fisherman’s spine.

"Okay...okay..." The fisherman gave an awkward smile; he had no other choice but to comply.

The fishermen never expected that Misala, who had fallen into the sea, would not only survive but also stay alive.

Completely soaked, Misala simply took off her scarf and threw it onto the sea.

Although the fisherman wanted to say that throwing things into the sea was wrong, he swallowed his words when he saw Misala's expressionless face.

"Get back as fast as you can, as fast as you can!" Misala said gravely.

The fishermen dared not say anything and strained to push up their oars.

Even the fastest human-powered boat has its limits.

Misala then regretted not renting a boat in the first place.

The time was too tight, so Misala didn't have time to think carefully about these follow-up issues.

"Too slow!" Misala glared at the fisherman.

The fishermen were trembling with fear.

"No, no, miss, I'm using manual labor, that's all I can do." The fisherman would rather not have accepted the two gold coins and had just gone fishing honestly.

“…” Misala’s face was gloomy, but she understood this principle all too well.

Misala climbed to the back of the fishing boat and placed her hands on the sea, creating ripples.

"If I give you motivation, can you go faster?"

"Power?" The fisherman found Misala's words somewhat puzzling.

But the next second, the fishing boat was propelled by a gust of wind.

"!!!?" The fisherman, who was losing his balance, almost fell into the sea.

The thrust came so suddenly that the fishermen were completely unprepared.

“That’s the kind of wind,” Misala said.

Misala just cast a rather low-level spell.

"Whirlwind" can summon a whirlwind.

"That way, it will be a little faster." The fisherman wiped the cold sweat that had just broken out from his fright.

“It’s just that it’s hard to maintain a balance like that.”

"Of course I know it's hard to keep your balance, otherwise why would I let you drive the boat?" If Misala could sail the boat herself, what would be the point of having this fisherman?

The fishermen thought Misala's words made perfect sense.

If maintaining balance were easy, Misala wouldn't have thrown two gold coins at herself.

“Well, if that kind of wind comes every few tens of seconds, we can get back to the port quickly,” the fisherman said.

"How fast?"

"About half an hour," the fisherman estimated the time.

"Okay." As soon as she finished speaking, Misala gave the ship a boost.

If only we had sails, we could go much faster.

It's impossible to take Dove away from Vinicado again; there's simply not enough time.

Misala now has no choice but to return to Vinipado and kill the Dofen there.

“Don’t blame me for being cold-blooded,” Misala murmured as she drew her dagger. Bray stood on the beach with his arms crossed, gazing at the boundless sea.

The sea breeze made his coat flutter loudly.

Now only Bray is alone; Levy and Naruko have both been sent away to be with their younger sister.

Immediately afterward, Bray glanced down at the people lying on the beach, and his expression suddenly turned strange.

Redup, Dove, and Nisha were all lying on the beach.

Redup and Dove were still conscious, but they had lost their strength and could not move.

As for Nisha, she immediately fainted.

But! None of that matters!

The question is, why did all three of you end up on the same beach? Did you plan this together?

Bray pinched Nisha's philtrum and flicked her forehead with his inner energy.

"Ugh...it hurts," Nisha mumbled.

"The knight's voice was unexpectedly cute just now," Bray remarked. Even the knight princess, who was always dressed in armor, had her adorable moments.

“That’s right, the sea creatures!” Nisha seemed to have thought of something and struggled to get up from the beach.

"Hey, hey, hey, you're still not over it?" Bree pulled Nisa back.

“Mr. Bray, the sea creatures are almost here.” Nisha pursed her lips.

"Okay, okay, you should rest for a bit first," Bray quickly reassured Nisha.

Oh my god, I just got back from being tortured, please don't do anything rash again.

Bray turned to look at Redipple beside him, who was holding Doffin tightly in his arms.

“Dead fish eyes, wake up,” Bray said to Redip.

Why is it that calling someone "dead fish eyes" is particularly enjoyable?

Despite the pleasant atmosphere, Bray was still concerned about Redip and Dove's condition.

“I’m awake,” Redip said weakly.

Swimming long distances continuously is not easy at all, even when Dove is pulling me along.

Dove's face looked pale, indicating that she was severely exhausted.

Despite this, Dove still held the atlas.

This atlas has been soaked in water and is completely rotten; it's unreadable.

But for Dove, this atlas was more than just a book.

"Thank you, Redip," Dove whispered, nestled in Redip's arms.

"Hmm." Redip responded casually, then stood up with Dove.