Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 50



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Ghost of the Sea (6)

Neither Galen nor Lilia were big eaters for breakfast, so they had almost finished eating.

Galen asked absentmindedly, munching on the last piece of bread.

“Are all our sailors on land?”

“Oh, yes.”

“Good job. If there’s any personal luggage left on the boat, tell them to take it all out. Just in case. Oh, and put the small boat down too.”

“Oh, I see!”

The captain rushed out again.

Galen, who had swallowed the bread, looked back at Lilia, who was drinking water.

“Have you eaten everything?”

“Just now!”

Galen nodded and stood up from his seat. Lilia followed suit.

Galen, who had entered his room, packed all the items he didn’t need for battle into his bag and lightened his load as much as possible.

Lillia was the same, but instead she added a weapon, so she appeared to be heavier.

A black leather belt worn over a white robe. A sword was attached to the left waistband, and two swords were crossed behind the back.

He said that he would prepare a reserve of reserves so that he could swing his sword freely without worrying about it becoming useless.

Yesterday afternoon, I simply rested from using my magical or spiritual powers, and did not spend it lazing around in my room.

Galen went around trying to get a feel for the city and get some more information, while Lilia went around trying to comfort people.

It was the sword she had bought at that time. Lilia, who had been walking around naked since she was able to use the miracle of light, answered Galen, who asked her why, like this.

“This time, it’s really just you and me, brother?”

“Yes.”

“The Miracle of Light is convenient, but it consumes a lot of stamina. I’m trying to conserve stamina as much as I can.”

If the miracle had been of a nature that could fire indiscriminately, Moritz would have been killed in the Devil’s Cradle.

At that time, there were three of them, including Myra, and although they were of no help in the battle, the other priests also accompanied the punitive force.

On the other hand, since now only the two of them have to solve everything, the intention was to prevent waste of energy.

‘I too must fight wisely.’

The skill of the woman who handles the ghosts of the sea is unknown.

If you use up all your magic power to show off your skills against pirates, only to lose when you actually fight the Seven-Man Group, what kind of comedy is that?

The best way to develop this would be to deal with the Seven as quickly as possible and then leisurely hunt the pirates with the remaining magic power.

First, I planned to see how my opponent would react and then respond appropriately.

“Go.”

“yes!”

After finishing their preparations, the two headed to the dock.

Even considering that it was morning, the streets were deserted. Frightened people had hidden inside their homes.

However, soldiers from the city and soldiers from influential families were mobilized and were gathering at the port.

The numbers were hardly large, even in vain. Their strength was greatly damaged after they had suffered a crushing defeat in the previous naval battle off the coast of Banan, and were pushed back again during the subsequent landing and plundering by pirates.

Since they were dragged out crying and eating mustard, it was only natural that their morale could not be high. The overall atmosphere was cynical.

“Still, I’m glad that Princess Lilia looks a little better than yesterday.”

“Well, you were a little tired yesterday, weren’t you?”

Lilia has seen many times how innocent people are treated by certain villains.

But this was the first time I had seen thousands of people suffering across an entire island.

It wasn’t that Galen had any experience, but even though it was the first time for both of them, the purer Lilia was more shocked.

Because of that, Lilia had been gloomy all day yesterday, but fortunately, when I met her again this morning, she seemed to have recovered somewhat.

“Rather than continuing to be sad and exhausted, I’d rather cheer up and punish the culprit of this situation!”

“It’s a good mindset.”

Galen praised Lilia for her burning fighting spirit.

While they were talking, they arrived at the dock. The two men exchanged greetings with the captain and crew gathered on one side and looked out over the sea.

“Hmm.”

The captain’s expression that they came like a pack of dogs was quite accurate.

Because no matter where you looked, you could see pirate ships everywhere.

At that level, it was an encirclement that made it absolutely impossible to go out to sea without fighting.

“There are more than I thought.”

“It’s more than I thought······.”

The two expressed completely opposite impressions. Lilia, who had spoken earlier, tilted her head.

“Huh? Brother, it doesn’t look like much to you?”

“It’s not like that, it’s just that they’re at the pirate level. You can’t even see a large ship.”

“Isn’t that… a large ship?”

“A large ship must carry hundreds of people.”

“Hundreds of people?!”

“Of course, such ships are incredibly expensive, so pirates can’t touch them. Even a medium-sized ship is considered a large ship by pirate standards.”

Although there were a lot of them, they were not a big threat because they were mixed with small ships between medium-sized ships.

The standard of comparison was the fleet of House Oceanis, so it would be a harsh standard for pirates.

“Anyway… they don’t seem to be rushing to land on the island right away.”

“You already know we only have one ship, right?”

“But since more than a dozen ships were hit, they must be very alert.”

“They might be trying to lure us into the sea!”

“I also like being on the sea.”

Galen snickered. At that, Lilia’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“What is coming over there?”

It was true. After a while, Galen could also notice it.

A pirate ship slowly approached the port.

If they wanted to tamper with the warship, they were going to do so right away, but the pirate ship came close to the dock without even looking at the warship.

A few pirates came out onto the deck, keeping some distance but not making contact.

“Surrender!”

They gathered together and shouted loudly.

“Suspicious guys! They arrived yesterday! Hand them over! Then this time! I will hand them over! Surrender obediently!”

The voice was good and the surroundings weren’t noisy, so people near the dock could hear it.

It seemed like he was trying to cause division in his own way.

“I think I can reach it if I walk that distance.”

Lilia muttered softly.

“Shall I bring it?”

“You don’t have to come, but if you go first, I’ll follow you. Just ask if there are any Seven-Man Crew.”

“Leave it to me!”

Galen walked towards the warship, or more precisely towards the small boat that had been laid down right next to the warship.

Lilia also took a step.

Her body, which seemed to be taking a couple of steps normally, suddenly shot forward at an incredible speed.

“uh?”

“Huh?”

When the people in the port and the pirate ship belatedly noticed her movements and questioned her in a friendly manner.

Lilia, who had already run to the end of the dock, kicked the ground hard.

Woozijik!

The wooden plank broke, unable to withstand the force. Lilia’s body, which had jumped with such force, flew in a parabolic arc towards the pirate ship.

bang!

With a loud noise, Lilia was slammed into the deck.

“Wh, what?”

The words uttered by the pirate, who had not yet properly grasped the situation, became his last words.

Five pirates who had been shouting for surrender from the bow of the ship were knocked down by the blow and fell into the sea.

“Do you have a seven-person team?”

“What, what did you say?”

“Oh, you don’t understand if I say it like this? I’m talking about the men and women who have recently become pirate leaders.”

“What the hell are you talking about, you crazy bitch!”

“I can’t say it any easier than this.”

Lilia walked along with pouting lips.

“Huh, huh?”

“Hey, stop it!”

Two pirates who rushed to stop her as she walked towards them naturally had her head blown off before they could swing their swords.

Lilia, who recognized pirates as a species that could not be dealt with, no longer used the method of sending them off cleanly by stabbing only the heart.

Shh! Shh! Shh!

Literally, as if cutting down a villain without any emotion. One cut at each guy, one cut at each step.

In a short while, more than ten corpses appeared. The dead pirates died without even knowing what caused their deaths.

“It’s not a difficult question to answer, is it? Yes or no. That’s it.”

“Ugh, euaaaah!”

Pirates ran around in panic. Some just rushed in, some tried to hide pointlessly, and some jumped into the sea.

By the time Galen, who had boarded the small ship, leisurely arrived at the pirate ship, the situation was already over.

“What is it?”

“They’re dispatched! The whole Seven-Man Team!”

“If you send a bunch of subordinates and the damage is great, it will damage the authority of the leader. What other information do you have?”

“The leader said he was on the best ship, but he couldn’t tell me what kind of ship it was. He just kept repeating that it was the best ship.”

“I guess they can tell just by looking at each other. Well, wouldn’t they know more or less if they went there?”

“Are you going right away?”

“At first, I thought about trying to guide the landing, but I couldn’t use the Ghost of the Sea or whatever.”

Galen nodded slightly.

“But, even putting aside the damage the islanders will suffer, there is no guarantee that they will fall for the bait.”

“If you look at their actions, they don’t seem like ignorant authors.”

“If it’s disadvantageous, you can kick them out. If they hide, it won’t be easy to find them. I think it would be better to catch them now while our abilities haven’t been revealed yet.”

“I agree!”

“However, never overdo it. If your opponent is stronger than you expected, you should retreat. Even in the worst case, you should at least convey the news to the Archdiocese.”

“yes!”

Lilia answered vigorously and boarded the ship.

The slickly gliding boat soon began to charge towards the center of the pirate fleet.

Since the captain is often in the center of the line, I planned to stab him from the place with the highest probability.

Swish!

It is a feat that is absolutely impossible for anyone but a wizard, and it has already been proven countless times that just approaching it can break the hearts of pirates.

“Hey, what is that?”

“Wake up! Move quickly!”

The small ships that seemed to be escorting the medium-sized ships moved quickly and tried to stop the small ships somehow.

It was impossible for ships to form a phalanx with their shields held high on the ground, or for ships to engage each other without any gaps. That was called a collision.

“Please!”

“yes!”

The small ship that passed leisurely between the small ships left Lilia behind. She jumped down and landed gently on the deck.

“Eww!”

“Ugh!”

Lilia, who had reduced a ship to rubble in an instant, leisurely kicked the side of the ship.

Her slender body, which had jumped with such force that the footing creaked and broke, fell flat on the small boat next to her.

“Huh!”

“Oh, how!”

The actions of the small boats, which had banded together to block the path of the small ship, ended up being the worst possible outcome.

Lilia’s sword leaped between ships, creating a merciless wind of blood.

While small ships were being devastated, the situation for medium-sized ships was not much better either.

Because Galen was swinging his magic while creating small waves and boarding the deck of a medium-sized ship.

Thud th …!

The spirit, who had been feeling a little left out for the past few days, fired a barrage of grenades indiscriminately as if to vent his anger.

There were only enemies around, so there was nothing to worry about.

The pirates at the front who had been bravely charging forward were beaten to death, the pirates in the middle who had been hesitating were beaten up, and the pirates in the back who had been trying to run away were given a lot of back massages and had their bones broken.

“Ugh, ugh······.”

The survivors, frozen in place, were the captain and first officer of the pirate ship, who had been deliberately left untouched. They were easy to distinguish because they were wearing nice clothes.

“Where is the boss?”

“What, what?”

“Woman, the Seven. Which ship are you on?”

“I, I will say it―”

Before the captain could even finish his stretch, the grenade shattered his skull.

“Ugh!”

“Where is the boss?”

“Go, to the best ship―”

“Stop explaining it like that. Tell me so I can understand.”

“That··· That is······.”

The remaining pirates screamed as they were told to make it so that the hesitant second-ranking pirates would never be able to hesitate again.

“Over there! Over there!”

“To the big ship over there!”

It seemed that even when faced with extreme life-threatening situations, this was the only answer he could come up with. I wonder how they could manipulate such idiots.

Still, I decided to be satisfied with at least finding out the direction. The remaining pirates who had held vain hopes were all wiped out.

The seawater again supported the hull. The ship slid down from the deck into the sea as if on a slide.

“Lilia, let’s go!”

“Oh, you’re done!”

As we were pulling the small boat next to the small ship, Lilia quickly joined us.

“I’ve figured out the direction, so I’ll just keep repeating it. It’ll come out as I keep doing it.”

“yes!”

The ship sailed across the sea again.

The pirates’ eyes were not slits, so they rushed towards Galen after seeing the medium-sized ships and escort ships completely destroyed.

The agility of the small ship was not something that could be chased by ordinary ships in the first place. How could a ship slower than a man and a ship faster than a horse be a match?

“Here it comes again!”

“Stop it! Stop it!”

Rather, the small ship slaughtered the pirates by moving between ships as if making fun of them.

Shortly afterwards, five more medium-sized ships and twenty-three smaller ships were taken out of service.

Only then was Galen able to obtain meaningful information.

“Excuse me, that’s the boat over there!”

The captain of the pirate ship that had just been subdued shouted, trembling. It was a ship that Galen could see in his eyes.

“There they are riding!”

“All seven?”

“Yes, yes!”

“I finally found it.”

Galen had just put his small ship into the sea after dismissing the captain who had given him valuable information.

“······?”

The sea is constantly moving, with waves crashing and currents existing even under normal circumstances.

But something felt out of place in the sensory realm of water flow manipulation.

There were clearly no signs until just a moment ago.

Suddenly the flow of water became strange.

There was some distance. Galen quickly steered the small boat around the medium-sized ship.

Lilia was slashing at pirates on her small boat as usual.

A strange current was flowing underneath the ship―

Choaaaah!

Columns of water exploded from both sides of the small ship.

No, it didn’t explode. The water column itself shot up high, spraying water on the sides.

“damage!”

Galen shouted in a hurry. He was so in a hurry that he couldn’t even use polite language.

“yes?”

Lilia, who had assumed that Galen had done it and was not paying much attention, was startled when she saw the water pillars coming down from the left and right with terrifying momentum.

Kwajijijik!

A plume of water fell on the deck like a giant’s whip, splitting the small ship apart.

“Whoaaaa?!”

The seawater exploded right behind Lilia, who flew forward with all her might. The water storm swept Lilia away.

The whip would have landed on her head if Galen had not altered its course by manipulating the water flow at the last moment.

Even so, she only avoided a direct hit. Lilia was thrown into the air and rolled around several times before crashing into the deck of the small ship next to her.

“Are you okay?!”

Galen shouted as he steered the boat as fast as he could.

“It’s okay!”

Fortunately, Lilia jumped up. It was thanks to the miracle of the strong body that she was able to raise her chin.

“What the hell is that?!”

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