Others Summon Dragons, I Summon Legendary Knights

Chapter 481: Lost In The Depths

Below the boat, thousands of centipedes, some were small, some were a little bigger, others had enormous sizes that could strike enough fear to kill a man.

All of them were heading for the boat. Suddenly, a bright golden light shone as Solstice appeared on the boat. Tempest and Toria joined him. Toria activated her Golden Light State and became a beacon of light, scaring away the darkness and revealing the centipedes hundreds of meters all around their boat.

Ken also summoned Asahi. Kenji snapped out of his shock and yelled, "Enough! This boat can’t carry any more weight. If there’s a storm, you have to send them back to wherever you brought them from or we will sink!"

A droplet of water struck his face. Then more fell from above. Kenji’s hands almost trembled when he heard the distant sound of thunder rumbling in the clouds above.

But then his eyes went to Solstice, who stood at the forefront of the boat in his Half Dragon State. He breathed flames from his mouth and his two hands. It didn’t just burn the centipedes before them, it also vaporized a great portion of water. Unfortunately, it was near impossible to dry up a sea.

On the right flank, Tempest launched his dual-bladed greatsword and watched the weapon spin on the surface of the sea like a Beyblade, crackling with lightning.

While the blade itself sliced through a lot of centipedes, the lightning electrocuted the water, killing a great number of them.

A rune lit up in his gauntlet. It was the Pull Rune, but specialized for his weapon. It forced the dual-bladed greatsword out of the water after it had lost its momentum, back into his hand.

Tempest caught the sword with a grunt, then Spartan-kicked a huge centipede that had just burst out of the water right beside the boat.

He pulled out his spear and stabbed the falling centipede.

When he noticed more were still coming, Tempest looked at Godfrey. Godfrey was ensuring Kenji wasn’t infected and kept the boat from tilting with his telekinetic skill.

’I shall free you of this burden, My King.’

After saying that, Tempest shot upward. Godfrey had already informed them about the fog. The moment he entered the fog, Tempest vanished, but suddenly, the ear-splitting crackle of a lightning bolt pierced the air.

The silhouette of a being with tendril wings flickered in the gray fog for a split moment, then thick bolts of lightning fell from above.

They struck the water all around the boat. The sea became restless, water splashed and poured into the boat, but Godfrey kept it floating while Kenji kept it in the right direction.

With great thunderous sounds, lightning kept falling, incinerating centipedes into nothing but ash while Ken and Asahi moved as one within the boat.

Their katanas sliced through water droplets before cutting the tough heads of centipedes that had managed to enter the boat.

’The rain is getting heavier,’ Godfrey said after retrieving Tempest. "How long will this last?"

"I don’t know. Days."

"Days?!" Godfrey’s eyes narrowed. He would run out of mana before a day at this point. Ken couldn’t also cut down centipedes for days without rest.

He retrieved Toria and summoned Mountain, who entered the Golden Light State and transformed his shield into a dome.

Then he retrieved Solstice. His mana was dropping, and fast. He barely had over a month’s worth now.

And that was one huge skill away from being drained.

Unfortunately, his dome didn’t seem able to go around the entire boat.

It only protected the sides and left the bottom exposed. Mountain’s dome was meant to be a mobile one. It was meant for the battlefield, and from the look of things, Mountain might have never fought on water before.

If he did, this flaw would have been noted. Fortunately, the centipedes didn’t try to force themselves through the boat’s bottom. They just slammed themselves against the golden barrier.

"Why aren’t they ripping this boat open from below?" Ken asked.

Kenji shook his head.

"I have no idea."

Ken looked around. "Or the demon doesn’t want them to break boats because this is the only means of transportation. If he’s transporting something, like those messengers, he wouldn’t want their boats destroyed."

"That could be it." Godfrey wiped his face. His hair stuck to his face due to the rain, which was now blocked away by Mountain’s shield barrier.

"As much as I love this relief, that man in armour weighs too much, and the centipedes are pushing against us. It will take us a week at minimum to get to the island if it goes on like this."

"Asahi will handle it," Ken said as his summon stood where Solstice once stood and began to unleash massive fiery mana slashes.

As the Samurai’s slashes went through the great numbers of centipedes blocking them, the boat began to pick up speed once more.

Like this, six hours went by, and the centipedes weren’t their main problem anymore. The downpour had become fierce, with great winds pushing the water current.

The waves were manageable at first, but as time went by, they grew bigger and bigger. As the boat rose over a wave and slammed into the water’s surface, everyone jerked, but a much bigger wave reflected in Godfrey’s golden irises.

He stretched forth his hand, unleashing a telekinetic force that tore the wave apart. It fell like a curtain, revealing the chaotic sea ahead.

"Brace yourself," he whispered, as if to himself, as he began slapping away one wave after another with telekinesis.

Some were so massive, he had to use his hands to rip them apart.

Ken and Kenji watched him flatten waves like he was some god of the ocean, but Godfrey felt his hope depleting.

All this took mana. At one point, he might have to retrieve Mountain.

And so, minutes became hours, and hours eventually became a day. An entire day on the Black Sea, below an endless gray cloud, in a small boat constantly being battered by the waves.

Another day went by.

The sail had torn twice and had to be stitched back by Kenji while he and Ken controlled the boat based on what he told them.

After two days, Ken sat exhausted. The constant movement and jerking had taken their toll on him. And worse, the cold made his right leg worse.

"This storm might be fierce, but it’s the worst I’ve seen. We’ve witnessed tsunamis hundreds of feet high crashing into fleets. There are thousands of ships beneath the Black Sea," Kenji said as he stood beside Godfrey.

"We made sacrifices most times, but you were able to control the waves with your hands. It’s the first time I’ve met demigods, and I don’t even know what to think."

Kenji continued speaking when he noticed Godfrey might not respond.

He looked at the waves. "If both of you had been there that day, Clan Takeda would not have fallen. I would not have lost my father... and my mother."

His voice softened to a whisper.

"We would have never been here if the demon had not arrived in the first place," Godfrey responded softly.

"That’s... true." Kenji sighed.

Right then, a soft melody flowed into Godfrey’s ears. It made him involuntarily shut his eyes like a man who yearned for the embrace of peace.

’The... flute!’

Godfrey’s eyes went wide and his neck snapped to his left, but Kenji grabbed his head, and a red-backed centipede, as thick as an adult’s forearm, crawled out of his back with great speed that no centipede so far had ever shown.

Kenji had grabbed his hair with one hand and his mouth with the other as this centipede lunged for Godfrey’s mouth. It all happened in a split second.

Godfrey also threw a punch, reacting almost instinctively.

’Your Majesty...’ Mountain couldn’t even get those words out in his mind as a mighty wave crashed into the boat. Right at the moment Godfrey’s focus was taken away, the rage of the sea crashed upon them.

The boat and everyone were buried in the Black Sea.

It seemed like Godfrey had just blinked. One moment he was on the boat, and now he was in the sea. Mountain’s bright light revealed the centipedes all around them.

Two had already wrapped around Mountain, and many were heading for him. One small centipede moved right above his face.

Godfrey retrieved Mountain instantly and propelled himself out of the water, but just as he burst out of the water, another wave struck, forcing him back down.

He fell back into the water and this time fell deep, seeing pieces of the boat above him. It was at this moment Godfrey remembered Ken.

’Ken!’

He saw glimpses of fiery light on a large piece of wood above. That had to be Ken.

But he was now in the embrace of centipedes. There were thousands of them all around, and they were quickly blocking out the light at the surface.

He quickly formed a sun ball and launched it. It blew apart a great portion, spreading centipede blood, but there were still many more. These centipedes were endless.

Much bigger ones came from the dark depths, reaching out for him like they were saying there was no need to struggle anymore.

With no other choice, Godfrey summoned Solstice, Tempest, and Toria. They quickly unleashed massive firepower and lightning at their greatest capacity, giving him the space to swim out of their confined space while his knights were swallowed.

Godfrey never thought anything would ever force him to do something like this. To sacrifice others on his behalf.

Toria’s Blue Phoenix Petal bloomed, sweeping out with intense heat, followed by Solstice’s countless mini suns.

The heat and light were so intense they lit up the Black Sea.

At the tail end of his mana, Godfrey had to swim to the top, but when he got there, the surface of the Black Sea was dark. There was nothing but scattered wooden planks.

"Ken..."

He looked around.

Lightning struck the sea, revealing an incoming wave. When Godfrey turned, he couldn’t believe his eyes. It was tall, taller than anything he had ever seen.

This wasn’t a wave, it was a tsunami. The restless sea had taken out Ken, and now, as the lightning struck, he saw countless centipedes in this tsunami.

To Godfrey, it was the biggest he had ever seen, but he had little clue this tsunami was over two thousand feet tall and stretched over a massive distance.

He had two choices: teleport back to land with the last of his mana or endure and push forward, since he might lose this opportunity forever.

In a flash of purple light, Godfrey vanished and appeared over five hundred feet into the air. He found himself in the gray fog with no idea how he got there. He teleported once more. With no idea of how high or how far he could go due to the fog, he crossed the fifteen-hundred-foot mark.

Right then, the wave slammed into him, and Godfrey blacked out.