Arrogance

The howling sea wind, carrying huge raindrops, pounded the porthole, making a bang sound.

Just as Raymon had calmed his mind, before he fully immersed himself in memorizing the symbols, there was a loud knocking on his cabin door.

A familiar voice followed. "Raymon, Raymon! Come out quickly, something happened!"

The loud knocking startled Raymon. He opened his extremely tired eyes and looked up at the time display hanging above the door. It was 3:30 am now.

The fierce knocking made Raymon's confused mind dazed for a while. Squinting his eyes, Raymon thought for a long time before realizing that the voice belonged to Hobart, the boy who boarded the ship with him from Kendon port.

Crash, bang...

The door collapsed with a bang. Hobart, who rushed in from outside, staggered in front of Raymon.

Panic-stricken, the short and stocky royal son of the Kingdom of Augasto, Hobart, glared at Raymon with bloodshot eyes and screamed at him in a hoarse voice. "Ray... Raymon, please, please save my cousin..."

Raymon's slow thoughts made him stare dumbly at Hobart in front of him for a while, squinting his eyes to sober up.

However, the headache like needles in his head and the dizzying sensation in his body as if riding a roller coaster prevented him from concentrating.

His vision drifted, and he unconsciously waved his hand at Hobart, who was shouting loudly while leaning on the table, wanting him to calm down. But the anxious Hobart spoke at an extremely fast speed.

Looking at Hobart explaining something in front of him, Raymon wanted to speak but couldn't utter a sound with his dry throat. His ears seemed to be blocked, filled with buzzing noises and unable to hear anything.

Hobart, who was getting more and more anxious, suddenly shut up. He grabbed Raymon's arm and dragged him out of the room.

In the dimly lit corridor, Raymon felt like he was stepping on cotton as Hobart dragged him. With weak legs, Raymon was dragged like a dead pig. Feeling that he had lost control of his body, Raymon was horrified.

Stumbling and dragging Raymon through two decks, Raymon barely regained some sensation in his body. He heard Hobart shouting and crying, "Martina will be ruined by that guy. You must save her!"

"Mar, Martina..." Raymon's tongue seemed to be tied in knots. He smacked his lips a few times to regain some ability to speak. "What happened to Martina?"

Upon hearing the sound, Hobart, who had been dragging Raymon all the way, couldn't help but turn his head in surprise. But Hobart, who suddenly stopped, made Raymon rush forward from his side due to inertia.

His vision drifted, but no longer needed Hobart's explanation. The figure appearing from the passageway of the lower deck allowed Raymon to see Martina.

Martina, slowly coming up from the lower deck, had her long blond hair loose, covering her face. Her body was motionless.

Following Jeffery, who walked up wearing a white robe, Raymon saw everything clearly.

Martina on his shoulder seemed unconscious. Exposed to view, Martina's back clothes were torn open, revealing her pink skin. Her bare arms hung down, swaying with Jeffery's movements.

"Get out of the way!" Jeffery, whose face was flushed as if drunk, kicked Raymon in the thigh and kicked him aside, blocking the staircase.

The powerless Raymon didn't feel the pain and fell to the corridor. He saw Jeffery's sneer: "Two idiots, get out!"

Lying on his back on the floor, Raymon only heard Hobart roar angrily, followed by Hobart's low chanting and the rapidly activated energy particles around him, making Raymon sober.

A few steps away, the suddenly erupting breath of magic startled Jeffery, who was carrying someone on his shoulder. He quickly threw Martina aside and raised his palm at Hobart with a roar: "Looking for death!"

A dazzling white light suddenly burst from Hobart's hand. Squinting, Raymon saw the finger-thick white light instantly hit Jeffery's body.

But when the white light touched Jeffery's body, a strange energy force field suddenly appeared on his white robe. Hobart's magical attack seemed to be like a stone thrown into a calm lake, only causing ripples on the surface of Jeffery's energy force field, producing undulating waves like water.

Slowly leaning against the wall to stand up, Raymon's mind became clear, but his body was still weak and extremely slow to react.

But under Raymon's gaze with red dots, the energy force field that suddenly appeared on Jeffery's body was also completely revealed under the impact of the white light.

Before the chip could feedback specific data, Jeffery's body shook slightly after being attacked by Hobart's white light and steadied his footing again. But Jeffery's face turned hideous, and the low chant from his mouth was brief and sharp.

After launching the magical attack, Hobart, who was short and stocky, immediately drew out the short knife around his waist and rushed over with a roar.

However, Jeffery's brief chant ended. The surging airflow between them instantly formed a circular shock wave, smashing directly into Hobart's face.

Focusing his magic on Hobart, his body immediately fell back, blood splattered from his face, and his whole body was knocked back by Jeffery's magic shockwave.

"Idiot!"

After attacking Hobart with magic, Raymon, who had just stood up, was kicked flying by Jeffery with ferocious eyes and fell heavily on Martina who lay motionless beside him...

Squinting, Raymon listened to Jeffery's contemptuous scolding and quickly leaving. Martina, pressed under Raymon, had her upper clothes torn into rags, exposing her fair and protruding breasts. The purple marks on her neck also made Raymon understand why Martina was unconscious.

Struggling to turn over, Raymon only felt pain in his body at this time.

Lifting his head with difficulty, Raymon saw Hobart, who was hit by Jeffery's magic, still struggling to get up from the ground. But Jeffery kicked Hobart over, grabbed his head and slammed it against the wall of the passageway, making a muffled sound...