Chapter 218 Ambush
About an hour later, Colin and his party arrived at the dock.
A familiar scene appeared in front of Colin again.
A flock of seabirds with white feathers and black beaks fluttered overhead and made crisp calls.
The blue water below is beating against the rocks rhythmically, and the sea breeze mixed with water vapor is coming towards you, making people feel relaxed and happy.
"Come on board and gather on the deck first."
Link, who was not far away, gave a simple order, and then took the lead and flew towards the steam iron ship parked not far from the pier.
Colin withdrew his gaze and stood up.
At this time, it is already autumn and winter in Siya continent, but on Gupil Island, the oncoming wind is still warm and intoxicating.
Since the wizards participating in the Alseus Society are all senior wizard apprentices, it saves some time on boarding the ship.
The wizards rained down on the deck.
Although the deck of the steamship was large, by the time all the apprentices gathered, it had already taken up almost half of it.
Wizard Link stood in the front without hesitation. He was the leading wizard of Neustadt City in the Athios Conference.
Normally, the wizards who led the team in the past usually came from the nine major sects in the city... I don't know why this time it was him from the Supreme Council.
Next to Link were nine second-level wizards, and the first among them was the wizard in charge of this Athios Society.
The chief wizard is a witch, a rare middle-aged woman with a kind face and a slightly stout body, just like an ordinary aunt.
However, according to the usual practice, although this "aunt" looks plain and only wears an ordinary gray witch robe, but if nothing else happens, she should be from the Supreme Council like Link.
‘Ten second-level wizards, nearly a hundred first-level wizards… The Supreme Council of Siya Continent still attaches great importance to the Alseus Society. ’ Colin sighed secretly.
He looked around.
The senior wizard apprentices stood neatly, and at a rough count, there were thousands at least.
There may not seem to be many, but those who can stand here are undoubtedly the highest-ranking group of wizard apprentices in the entire Siya continent.
The most inferior among them is also from a school affiliated with the nine major schools in Neustadt.
The Siya continent is so vast, but there are only nine wizard cities.
There are countless schools of thought in the nine wizarding cities.
However, only suitable senior wizard apprentices from a dozen or dozens of schools can participate in this Athos meeting.
In such a comparison, Colin even felt that the accompanying configuration of ten second-level wizards and nearly a hundred first-level wizards was still slightly weak.
After all, in other words, the senior wizards here represent the future of the top forces in the Siya continent.
However... Colin shook his head. No matter what kind of test it is, the difficulty is always based on the senior wizard apprentices.
There are ten second-level wizards here, which is enough. No matter how many there are, it is just a waste of combat power.
You must know that this is a time of war, and every high-level wizard's combat power is extremely precious.
"I am the general person in charge of this Athios Society, Siresa."
After scanning the apprentices in front of him, the aunt-looking wizard slowly spoke.
Her tone is gentle, her face is kind, and she has the temperament of someone who has read a lot of poetry.
‘It should be time to read out the specific assessment content and rules of the Athios Society. ’ Colin secretly thought.
But to his surprise, Siresa simply said a few words——
This time the Athios meeting was different from the past, emphasizing the wizard's practical ability. After encouraging the apprentices, he waved everyone back to their assigned cabins.
"I always felt like something wasn't right there."
On the way to the assigned room, Sowok, who was walking beside him, suddenly spoke.
They were all three members of the school affiliated with Ishtar, so the rooms were naturally divided together again.
"If there's anything wrong, it's just that some things are being hidden from us, the wizards of the affiliated schools." Meier sighed, "I've long been used to it. The Nine Schools are not in the same class as us."
He glanced at Sovok and Colin, and then sighed: "I definitely have no chance, but you two are still young. If you have the ability, you should try to see if you can be promoted to the Ishtar School."
"If you join the Ishtar School, you will be in a different situation..."
Colin remained silent and continued walking.
"Woo——"
Wow~
The blue water ripples,
With a whistle blowing, the steamboat started to move slowly.
As they walked off the deck, Colin turned to look to the side.
In the distance, where the sea and the sky meet, surrounded by the magnificent debris left behind after burning clouds, the orange-red sunset is slowly setting, and is about to touch the deep blue sea and sink.
Rare beauty...
It's a pity that he couldn't watch the whole sunset.
Walking down the narrow stairs, the field of vision was gradually replaced by gray-blue steel. The rich orange light of the sunset was replaced by the soft white light emitted by the bright crystal...
A while later, when Colin walked into the room and just sat down.
Buzz——
Waves of magic energy came.
‘It should be that the steamship has activated a defensive witch formation or something. ’ he speculated secretly.
If you look down from the sky at this moment.
You can see, in the sea dyed red by the sunset, a gray-blue steam iron ship cutting through the waves and speeding all the way.
Then at this moment, he suddenly disappeared!
Even the waves that had rolled up disappeared without a trace, and the sea surface became calm again.
Captain's interior.
Link and other second-level wizards gathered together and listened respectfully to Siresa's speech.
The speech was not long and came to an end very quickly.
Celesa looked at her watch and then gave instructions.
"This operation cannot fail... It's almost time to summon all the official wizards and tell them the current situation."
Link and other second-level wizards nodded.
five minutes later.
In the hall on the second floor, all first-level wizards gathered here.
The leading wizards in each city and the accompanying wizards from the top schools in the city guarded Siresa and stood at the front.
Celesa glanced around the wizards and slowly said:
"Relax and take a little test."
Then, she and the other second-level wizards waved lightly.
Invisible ripples suddenly appeared in the air, spreading towards them in circles.
‘Crimson Mark Technique? ’ Colin recognized the witchcraft and was confused.
After a moment, seeing that no red light came on in the field, Siresa waved her hand again,
Buzz——
In the hall, the soft white light of the bright crystal suddenly disappeared, falling into darkness.
Immediately afterwards, a light suddenly appeared in the center of the hall.
A three-dimensional projection appears.
On the deep blue sea, a gray-blue steel steamship sailed quietly.
"It seems to be the steamer we're on now."
Colin speculated secretly.
Although the steel steamship was marked with a blue light for some reason, he still recognized the ship from the details.
"Um?!"
The next moment, Colin's pupils shrank slightly.
The projection in the center suddenly changed the perspective, raising the perspective to a higher place in the sky, just like the aerial photography in the previous life.
It was precisely from this overlooking perspective that Colin was surprised to discover——
Not far in front of their ship, a huge fleet was assembled!
There are so many fleets that they are densely packed almost all over the corner of the projection, and they are all marked with blue light.
At this time, Celesa spoke.
"You read that right, there are a large number of ships gathered in front of us... Don't be afraid, they all belong to our wizard side."
"And the reason why we are waiting here is for an ambush."
"An Ambush on Gupil Island."