Chapter 353: Antonio Made His Move
Among the hundreds of ships docked on the surface of the sea, the leader of a sizable gold-tier ship, Casey, saw the pitch-black scene below in the deep water. He swallowed his saliva and turned to Daniel beside him. He said, “Father, it’s not good to throw poison into the sea, right?
“Those potions are gold-tier poisons that we spent a lot of money to buy from the black market. One drop can kill an elephant, and we’ve brought tens of thousands of bottles of that poison. With so much poison, we might pollute the sea. And the Lake Priest is connected to the sea. Even if we kill the sea folks, the floating city will suffer too.”
The name of that poison was Black Plague. It was a poison that was very effective against living creatures. Any living creature infected with that poison would explode into black blood if they were not at least gold-tier. Then, they would infect the next target. It was not wise for humans to fight against the sea tribes in the ocean, but poisoning them was different.
Even if those poisons could not kill all the sea folks in the ocean, they could force them out of hiding. Those sea tribes had no chance of winning if they were to face humans whose numbers were ten times more than them.
“Casey, you didn’t have any pity in your heart when you killed women so cruelly. Why are you worried that the seawater is polluted? If you’re so worried, then go home and stay put. You know that you’re still grounded. Father has been merciful to let you out.”
Mike, who was standing behind Daniel, mocked him. Among the three Ptolemy children, only Lana was not there.
At that moment, Mike looked at Casey with disdain because he had already heard from his father that Casey was not the one who saved the floating city. Instead, he suspected that Antonio’s disciple had disguised himself as Casey and did all that. However, Mike had already guessed that. His good-for-nothing brother had been decadent for more than 20 years, so how could he become so powerful?
However, he was still a little uneasy. He was worried that his brother was ready to explode in one fell swoop to eliminate him and take the position of the future head of the family. He had been concerned when he was summoned back to the mansion. He only heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the truth from his father. Unfortunately, that made him even more disdainful toward Casey.
It was not his contribution, yet Casey had claimed it so effortlessly. He did not even hesitate to give an autograph to others to prove that he was a true hero. As a result, the Ptolemy family could not refute the matter even if they wanted to do that. He would laugh if that got their family into trouble.
“Eldest Brother, what do you mean? Who harmed other women? I have no idea what you’re talking about!”
Casey’s eyes flickered, and he defended himself with a guilty conscience.
He knew that his family knew what he had done, but he could not accept it if they said that in public. Did his brother not care about his dignity?
The contempt in Mike’s eyes hurt him deeply. His brother had been good to him just half a day ago; he did not even dare to speak harshly to Casey. It felt refreshing. However, the situation had reversed in just a few hours. The difference was unbearable.
“It’s all that b*stard Watson’s fault. If I see him, I’ll kill him!” Casey glared at the blackened sea.
At that moment, Casey was almost sure that Watson was the one who had saved the mermaids and the slaves in the city in his place. Watson was not in the floating city at that moment, so he must be with the sea folks.
The Ptolemy family was there to seek revenge against the sea tribe. After all, the sea tribe had attacked the floating city. As the most prominent Ptolemy family in the city, they could not be quiet. On the other hand, they were also there to find Watson. Perhaps it was not Watson who had helped the sea folks. No matter who he was, he would undoubtedly show up in the fight.
As long as they could find that person, the Ptolemy family would be able to prove that Casey was not the one who had done all those actions. They were scammed.
Casey cursed Watson in his heart. He wanted nothing more than for Watson to appear in front of him immediately. Suddenly, there were ripples in the blackened seawater.
“Look, it looks like the sea folks are coming.”
“It’s just as Lord Daniel has predicted—those sea folks won’t be able to hold on for long.”
Silver and gold-tier elites were pointing at the sea surface with relaxed expressions.
Daniel had brought elites from his family and transferred soldiers from some of their family’s affiliations. There were more than a hundred gold-tier warriors, thousands of silver-tier elites, and countless bronze-tier warriors. They would have no problem dealing with Atlantis if the city were not underwater.
At that moment, the black sea water turned from ripples into surging waves that were hundreds of meters tall. Black whales dozens of meters long carried the highly toxic seawater rushed toward the ships.
“Protect Lord Daniel.”
When those black whales appeared, hundreds of gold-tier elites immediately rose from Daniel’s ship. Those elites included warriors, mages, archers, and priests. There were more than twenty of them in each class; the distribution was very uniform.
The warriors released their combat aura and stood in front of the two young masters to protect them. Mages chanted spells to raise the sea into a protective barrier to block the black whales. As for the archers, they drew their bows and nocked their arrows. They fired a series of shots at Owen to prevent him from returning to the sea. The priests collectively cast the God’s Blessings spell to enhance their companions’ abilities.
Under the cooperation of hundreds of gold-tier elites, the black whales that Owen summoned finally disintegrated before they could hit Daniel’s ship. On the other hand, the other vessels were unprotected. So, the black whales rammed into them with millions of tons of seawater. The men’s bodies were stained with the poisoned black seawater and then exploded into black pus.
Owen’s furious attack had killed hundreds of people, but that was only a fraction of the entire troop. It did nothing for Daniel. On the other hand, because hundreds of people had died, the poison in the seawater became even denser.
“Ahhhh, d*mn humans, die! The sea tribe’s Platinum-tier secret skill, the Sea God’s Finger.”
He waved his arms, and the seawater under his feet continued to rise before turning into a wall of water to block the arrows. Owen roared. The sea under his feet immediately turned into a vast vortex. The space in the vortex was constantly pulled as it became unstable, and an illusory finger without fingerprints emerged from the unstable space, gradually spreading upward.
That finger was dozens of meters thick. Even though there were no fingerprints on the finger, it had mysterious wave-shaped patterns engraved on it.
If the Sea Spirit’s Breath was the strongest platinum-tier large-scale spell that Owen had mastered, then that was the strongest single-target spell he had cultivated.
The Sea God’s finger went straight for Daniel’s ship. More than 20 gold-tier mages were responsible for releasing the protective shield, and they spat out mouthfuls of blood before they fell to the floor. Their protective shield was like a piece of fragile paper for the Sea God’s Finger. It broke almost immediately.
The 20 warriors in front of Daniel were even more miserable. Some of them were crushed into meat paste because they were too close to the finger.
The finger could poke a hole in the sky, let alone a mere small ship. Owen was happy when he saw Daniel and the others were about to be crushed by the finger.
Daniel took a handkerchief and wiped his subordinate’s blood on his body. He said unhurriedly, “Master Antonio, I’ll leave the rest to you.”
Swish!
In an instant, the world seemed to have come to a standstill. A massive door made of layers of light wheels appeared in the sky. A gorgeous young man with platinum hair and a wooden cane walked out of it. The tumbling waves froze when he stepped on it. The Sea God’s fingers, which rose constantly, trembled as if they were trying to break free from some cage.
However, before the finger could break free, the young man stomped his feet. The Sea God’s Fingers, which could poke a hole in the sky, began to collapse, inch by inch, until it dissipated into nothingness.
Owen, who had also come to a standstill, coughed the moment the Sea God’s Fingers dissipated. He spat out a large mouthful of blood and looked at the man in the sky in horror. Everything around him also resumed its flow, and the waves began to churn again. “You are Antonio? The greatest mage in the kingdom who has lived for more than four hundred years? That Antonio?”
“I did not expect to be so famous. Even the sea folks know me.”
Antonio descended from the sky and came to Daniel’s ship. The huge light wheel behind him gradually disappeared.
“Master Antonio.”
Daniel bowed respectfully, “I had planned to ask Mike to invite your disciple to our family to participate in the trial, but he could not find your disciple. I suspect that the sea folks had captured him. Please kill the sea folk elite so that we can get to Atlantis to save your disciple. We will help you!”
“Well, we can go to the bottom of the sea. But if he is really there, then there’s no need for me to save him.”
Antonio stroked his nonexistent beard and chuckled.
Daniel’s expression changed. “Master Antonio? Don’t tell me that you sympathize with the sea tribe and don’t plan to kill them?”
The sea folks had three platinum-tier elites. The reason Daniel dared to attack that place was not that he had hundreds of gold-tier warriors but because of Antonio. The oldest mage in the kingdom would not care about three platinum-tier warriors. At the very least, it would ensure that the sea folks would not threaten him.
Of course, other than using Antonio to fight against the sea folks, he also hoped that Antonio would find Watson at the bottom of the sea. That would prove that Casey did not do all those things. He did not expect Antonio to refuse him.
“Not to the extent of sympathizing with them. I can help you to get rid of the sea folk in front of you. However, I don’t interfere with Watson’s matters. I am an open-minded teacher who respects the thoughts of his disciple.”
Antonio was still smiling amiably. He raised a finger toward Owen in the distance. “Platinum-tier peak water-elemental spell, Myriad Arrows, Heavenly River Flash!”