Chapter 363 A King Who Fights His Own Battles [Part 1]
Two days later, they finally arrived at their destination.
The Flying Ship landed on a small deserted island in the middle of nowhere.
They were over a thousand miles away from the mainland, and the Professor was certain that no one would be able to sense or bother them this far out into the sea.
The sun was peeking from the East, officially beginning the start of a new day.
“Are both of you ready?” Professor Barret asked.
Ethan and Henry nodded. The two of them had already made their preparations—especially Ethan, who had kissed dozens of Fairies in the garden in order to raise his magical reserves to its peak.
He knew how important this trial was for Henry, so he had no plans of letting the other party down. Especially after everything that the Head Prefect had done for him in Dud Manor.
“Let’s do this, Ethan,” Henry said.
“Understood.” Ethan nodded.
Professor Barret then chanted a long Magical Verse, gathering power at the tip of his wand that was aimed in Henry’s direction.
Unlike last time, when the Bronze Golem had forcefully taken Henry into its Domain in order to fight, the gigantic figure would appear in the real world to conduct its trial.
This was also why Professor Rinehart and Professor Barret told Henry that asking Ethan for help was his best course of action, especially since they could choose the battleground where they would fight the Bronze Giant.
The moment Professor Barret finished chanting his invocation, a blue beam of light shot out from the tip of his wand and hit Henry’s body.
A moment later the teenager took off his wizard robes, pants, and shirt, leaving only his swimming trunks.
His chiseled body, honed for combat, glistened as the rays of the sun hit him.
A liquid-like coating could be seen on his skin, making it look glossy. A moment later, a pair of gills appeared on the sides of his neck, which made Ethan understand what Professor Barret was chanting earlier.
It was a Transmutation Spell that gave Henry the ability to move and breathe underwater, similar to a Merman.
As if to prove this point, Henry jumped off the cliff, diving into the sea.
The moment his body touched the water, his feet grew flippers, allowing him to swim faster in the water.
His hands didn’t change, and he used them to hold one silver dagger each, ready to fight against the foe that he would be fighting.
Ethan also disrobed, leaving only his swimming shorts behind.
He then summoned his Sea God’s Trident before jumping into the sea to follow Henry.
“Ready?” Henry asked through telepathy.
For this mission, Professor Barret had given them two Guardian Rings that would allow them to communicate and coordinate their attacks.
“Let’s go deeper first,” Ethan thought. “We’re too close to the island.”
Henry nodded in understanding and followed Ethan towards the depths.
This wasn’t Henry’s first time swimming in the sea, but this was his first time diving to such depths.
It was still dark around them, making it hard to see. At most, he could only see a dozen meters in front of him, and that was it.
Perhaps, understanding this as well, the Sea God’s Trident in Ethan’s hand glowed, shooting a beam of light toward Henry.
A second later, the teenage boy gasped upon realizing that he now had clear vision under the water.
Although everything around him looked light gray, it was much better than being in complete darkness.
Henry saw many alien-looking deep-sea creatures that would certainly freak out his fiance if she were ever to lay her eyes on them. Finally, after reaching a depth of a thousand meters, Ethan gave him a nod, signaling him that they were deep enough for battle.
The Head Prefect of Dud Manor took a deep breath and pounded his chest once with his closed fist.
Suddenly, an arm made up of crystal shot out from his body.
It then grew bigger and bigger. From inside the crystal, a giant opened its eyes.
Its blue eyes shone brilliantly in the darkness of the sea, making the crystal that trapped its body shatter into countless pieces.
“Well, it sure knows how to make a grand entrance,” Ethan commented with a smile on his face.
The moment the Bronze Giant Appeared, it immediately found itself submerged deep underwater, facing his Chosen One and the companion he chose to fight alongside him.
Ethan didn’t wait for the Bronze Giant to make his move and immediately unleashed his opening attack.
“Aqua Anguis!”
The sea churned as dozens of water snakes, the size of a motorbike, swam toward the ten-meter-tall Bronze Giant, with their fangs ready to strike.
Showing no reaction on its face, the Bronze Giant unleashed a punch that instantly obliterated the nearest Water Snake within its strike range.
“This is weird, it’s not sluggish in the slightest,” Henry commented after seeing that the Bronze Giant was fighting normally as if it was on land.
With a swift flurry of punches and kicks, it decimated several Water Snakes in the span of a few seconds. However, some of the Water Snakes managed to get close to it and sank their fangs into its body. Follow current nov?ls on Nov?lFire(.)n?t
Unfortunately, they were not able to penetrate its bronze skin, making Ethan smirk.
“Good!” Ethan sneered. “It wouldn’t be fun if you were defeated so easily.”
Unlike Henry, Ethan could talk under the sea and still be heard by people around him as if he were talking on land.
He didn’t know if the Bronze Giant could understand him or not, but after he said those words, the Giant shifted its attention to Ethan and threw a punch in his direction.
The water rippled as the force of the Bronze’s Giant’s punch surged forward, similar to a cannonball shot from a cannon.
Ethan wasn’t fazed by such an attack in the slightest. This was his Domain, and even the Bronze Giant would find it difficult to harm him on his home turf.
With a wave of his hand, the force behind the attack of the Golem dispersed without a trace.
The Water Snakes who had been biting and ramming their heads on the Bronze Giant weren't doing any real damage, making Henry frown.
Ethan, who was finding this amusing, ordered the Water Snakes to restrict the Bronze Giant’s movements.
All of them obeyed and coiled themselves at the Bronze Giant, who struggled to break free from their hold.
Ethan then pointed the tip of his Sea God’s Trident at his opponent and chanted.
“Aqua Tormentis!”
A giant Water Ball, half the size of the Bronze Giant, shot out from the tip of Ethan’s trident, hitting the Bronze Giant on its chest, causing it to take several steps back from the force of the attack.
Ethan laughed as he swam above the Bronze Giant and once again repeated his attack. However, this time, countless giant Water balls appeared around him.
“Magna Aqua Tormentis!”
The Water Balls descended upon the Bronze Giant, making its body fall prone on the seafloor.
However, the young man didn’t stop his attack and continued to unleash a barrage of death, the violent sight of which made Henry vow to himself not to fight Ethan in the sea, where only a watery death awaited him.
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