Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 129
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Episode 129 Oceanis (5)
Excluding the head of the household who was bedridden, the golden force of Oceanis now numbered eight.
It was a generational change where the golden age of the old generation was just before retirement and the golden age of the new generation overlapped, so to speak, the old generation was coming down from its prime and the new generation was not yet fully mature.
But even so, gold is gold. When eight people are gathered together, there is nothing to fear.
The situation was going that way too.
Five more ships joined in, making a total of ten large ships taking turns fiercely pouring down oars and iron bars, while the medium-sized ships were silently taking the beatings. How could there be a sense of crisis?
The water barrier was surprisingly durable, but Lius had no doubt that it would soon reach its limit.
Chiiing―
That was until a creepy, unfamiliar sensation suddenly began to creep up my spine, coming on without warning.
“Ugh!”
With a terrible feeling of his soul being crushed, Lius involuntarily sucked in air.
The visible scenery clearly had not changed at all.
However, the world seen through the wizard’s senses has clearly changed.
If a giant so big that it reached the sky appeared, would you feel somewhat similar?
Just looking at it made my heart pound with a sense of transcendence that made me feel overwhelmed.
“Ugh… … .”
“What… … What is this… … .”
Even Tarina, who was almost always upright, rarely showed a look of bewilderment, and when it came to Raven, her usual frivolity was nowhere to be seen, and only fear seemed to remain.
It wasn’t just the three siblings. Every single wizard on board the flagship was shaking equally.
Baek Eun was terrified, instinctively recognizing the vast difference in status between herself and her opponent, even though she didn’t know what was going on.
Although Gold could understand his opponent a little, he was shocked as he felt the difference in class even more keenly.
“Huh, huh huh.”
Claude let out a hollow laugh.
Having recently experienced this feeling, he was the most calm person on this ship along with Irvin.
Not only was I not panicking, I was also desperate in another sense.
“I see, that’s right… … Was it really just a taste at that time… … .”
“Uncle?”
Since he was nearby, Lius barely managed to understand Kled’s monologue and opened his mouth to ask.
“Do you know anything?”
“Is this what you mean?”
“yes.”
“It’s a revised world.”
“yes?”
“It’s the exclusive property of the Gem Wizard.”
“Jewel… … you say?”
“Yes. Beyond changing some of the laws of the world, the miracle of coloring the world with its own colors is something that only Jewels are permitted to do.”
Cled added with a laugh at the sight of Rios’ dumbfounded expression.
“I don’t know why you’re so surprised. I told you clearly.”
“That’s… … Could this be… … .”
Rios trailed off. His brain stopped for a moment as a possibility he had never seriously considered became a reality.
“Huh!”
At that moment, the ship became noisy.
Lius, who was already feeling uneasy, was about to yell at him, asking what was going on.
Soon he too could figure out what the commotion was about.
The flagship was moving.
“no?”
Of course, since the sea is constantly moving, ships floating on the sea are also constantly moving.
But until a moment ago, the flagship had been holding its position as long as possible. Since the enemy was not moving and was taking damage on their own, there was no need for the captain ship to move first.
If the ship suddenly starts to move forward as if it were sailing at full speed, would you not panic and board the ship?
“What are you guys doing!”
“We, we’re not like that!”
The sailors shouted in terror.
Rios also knew. The sailors of the flagship, who were carefully selected, would not act as they pleased, and in fact, they remained silent.
Literally, the ship was moving on its own.
“Focus on your senses.”
Clad spoke softly.
“You will feel the current under the boat.”
Only then did Rios belatedly come to his senses and recall his feelings.
I could sense the massive hand of water gripping the waterline below, pulling the entire flagship under.
“By magic… … who on earth… … !”
“Do you think we would have done that? It’s something we wouldn’t have done even if you asked us to.”
That was true. Small ships can sway even in small waves, but large ships can withstand even moderate storms. This is because they are so large and heavy.
If it was gold, then interference was possible, but considering the efficiency of magic consumption, it was nothing short of crazy.
Yeah, like that water barrier.
But there was a crucial difference from the water barrier that was somewhat understandable.
“They’re not even moving their own ships… … They’re moving this ship? From that far away?”
“Didn’t I tell you not to judge gems by common sense?”
Cled sneered at Rios, who was repeating in a slightly trembling voice.
“It’s just as you said. Even if the opponent is a jewel, you can’t avoid a fight, right? Now it looks like we’re really forced to meet.”
The remaining nine ships that did not participate in the encirclement were around the flagship.
The ships in front quickly moved aside to clear the way for the flagship, which was advancing at full speed.
But it was never a random move.
It would have been impossible to slide sideways on the ice without changing the direction of the sails or turning the bow.
“I’ll try to think positively.”
Cled blurted out to Rios, who was growing more depressed after seeing multiple ships being controlled at the same time instead of just one.
“If the opponent we’re going to fight anyway is wasting his magical power like that, isn’t that a good thing? If we conserve our magical power, we might be able to move forward.”
Of course, there’s no way your opponent would be so stupid that you wouldn’t have enough magical power to use in battle.
Claude didn’t add that, but even so, Lius knew what had been left out.
* * *
An emergency was declared throughout Oceanis’ fleet as not only the flagship but other ships began to be forcibly repositioned.
Flags were waving in all directions to signal the coming of the war, and even the flagship was responding with bated breath.
The confusion did not seem to subside, as the flagship itself was being dragged along like a magnet.
Galen watched the scene silently.
Lilia, who no longer needed to search for hidden flagships, returned to Galen’s side and said a word.
“Are you a little quiet today?”
I was trying to set the mood, but it was all shattered in one go. Galen, who had heard the sound of the screams, coughed a few times and then said.
“No, you mean, quiet? If someone heard me, they’d think I was a troublemaker.”
“When is the last moon… … quiet?”
“That’s… … not really.”
“Then it’s okay to be quiet, right?”
Since water wizards have a hard time protecting the ship by themselves, they target the crew and the ship with arrows and iron spears?
In Lilia’s view, that tactic was one that Galen could have countered much better.
You can put out a fire with water, but you can’t stop an explosion. If you set off a few blasts of the Vanity Flame, a large ship or a rocket will split in two. How can you stop that?
But today, Galen seemed quite docile.
Galen whispered impure words to Lilia, who had innocent doubts.
“It costs about three or four thousand gold coins to build one of those large ships.”
“Eek?”
“Do you know why I don’t use my hands?”
“I understood!”
Lilia, who was still afraid of big money even though she had a lot of money, nodded diligently.
Elisa, who heard their conversation, smiled sadly and apologetically.
“You really don’t have to worry about it, Galen. The battle is more important.”
“Since the result is already decided, what happens after the battle is more important. The ship and the people will all belong to the young lady. It would be a shame to ruin them.”
Galen said nonchalantly.
“And since I’m doing it because I can, you don’t have to worry too much.”
“I wonder what it would have to be like to be worth doing that… … .”
Terti shook his head. Now, he had accepted that Galen was a jewel, but the jewel’s power still didn’t feel real.
“They must have felt Mr. Terti’s feelings even more deeply. They probably had no idea that he would lose at sea.”
As the conversation continued, the flagship had grown close enough that Galen could now distinguish the people on deck with his eyesight.
“That’s why I purposely used more water magic. So that you won’t have any other excuses. Get ready, young lady.”
“……yes.”
Elisa, who had been looking confused, soon nodded with a determined expression.
The barrage of arrows and iron spears had long since ceased. It was impossible to continue firing when the flagship had entered the encirclement, let alone when the ship was moving on its own.
Galen lifted the water wall. A transparent cat jumped up and ran from under the melting wall.
When the cat hanging on Galen’s left arm transforms into a bracelet and slowly wraps around him.
“Rius… … !”
Elisa, who was only looking at the deck of the flagship, gritted her teeth.
In a movement that would be impossible for a normal ship, they slowly approached each other in a parallel state facing each other’s sides.
There were four people leading the boat.
Lius, Tarina and two other cousins of the same line.
They were ‘young’ golden boys in their thirties and forties.
“It seems they were all gathered on the flagship. Well, there was only one ship here, so there was no reason to split up their forces.”
Before Galen could finish muttering, huge columns of water rose almost simultaneously from the sea between the two ships, which were still some distance away.
Choaaaak!
The number was four. The type of magical power contained was also four. Four people were using magic at the same time.
The water column that had risen high like a waterfall pouring down invertedly suddenly turned its head like a snake and fell targeting the medium-sized ship.
Immediately afterwards, four new water pillars rose from the sea. However, unlike before, they contained only one magical power.
Papapapang!
Eight water pillars collided in the middle and broke apart, sending water showers flying in all directions.
Water droplets flying into the air soon start to clump together.
Some made spheres, some made spears, some made arrows. Each of them fired their desired weapon at the medium-sized ship again.
Choaaaak!
But the hundreds of projectiles could not penetrate even a single wall. The wall of seawater that Galen had raised easily swallowed up all the attacks.
Then the wall split into hundreds of shards, flying like meteors towards the large ship.
The frightened gold of Oceanis quickly raised their magical power. Their sum was slightly off. That turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
Whirlirik!
A whirlwind-like phenomenon is created when slightly entangled magical powers push and pull the same object in the same space.
Although it was a bit clumsy, we managed to stop the meteor shower.
Then, the whirlwind sucked up seawater and swelled in size as it advanced toward Galen.
Paaaaang!
And it didn’t take long for it to burst. It was torn apart by the collision with the giant sword that Galen had created by drawing seawater. Of course, the sword also burst.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Since the water in the battlefield was nearly infinite, the four golden ones could unleash their full power of magic without any restrictions. The water they swung in all sorts of ways flew towards their enemies.
The problem was that the same benefits applied to Galen.
“Fuck, fuck… … !”
Tarina, the youngest of the four and therefore the weakest, was the first to lose her sanity.
I was terrified when Galen pulled his flagship through the water from a great distance.
I started the fight crying and eating mustard, but surprisingly, it turned out to be something worth fighting for.
Surprisingly, I didn’t see any special techniques unique to Jewel.
Is it because it can’t be used or because it’s not being used?
Anyway, looking back, it seemed like both sides were using water as a weapon.
Maybe, we can win.
Tarina thought about that for a moment.
… … It was a very stupid idea.
On this side, four people are attacking at the same time, but on the other side, they are blocking all of it by themselves and counterattacking. They are not particularly persistent. They are relaxed.
If four to one are sufficiently established, what is the same?
If it had been hit by some other special technique, it would have been an excuse, but it was even more terrifying because it was so overwhelmingly powerful and fast.
Not only her, but all the young golds were thinking the same thing.
“Please! Hurry up!”
Tarina shouted in a cursed tone.
Fortunately for her, the answer she wanted came back before her mental strength was completely depleted.
With your eyes, not your ears.
Chaaaaaaaaaaah!
Not between a large ship and a medium-sized ship, but behind a medium-sized ship.
A huge tsunami occurred that could easily swallow up not only medium-sized ships but also large ships.
The four elders who had been slightly behind gathered all the magical power they could muster, divided up their roles, and secretly prepared a single attack.
The combined magic of the four golden ones even obscured the sun.
“Everyone, hold on tight!”
Rios stepped back and shouted.
If it gets hit directly there, even a flagship won’t be safe, but it’ll hit the medium-sized ships first, so you should be able to hold out after that.
It was a desperate determination that even risked self-destruction, where one had to rush in with the determination to give up one’s bones in order to take the other side’s bones.
“hmm.”
Galen looked back at the shadow of the tsunami that had fallen across the entire medium-sized ship.
Even as Lilia’s expression changed, he waved his hand absentmindedly as if he was swatting away an annoying fly.
That was the end of it.
The tsunami stopped in its tracks.