Guests...

Inside the Tower...

When I entered the tower, I was immediately teleported into a big room.

This room had bookshelves, tables with chairs, a bed, and some large windows to the sides.

I ignored the room and asked what was important.

"So, what are your functions?"

~[The primary objective of the Tower of Knowledge is to train young mages into the path of mysticism]~

"Your secondary?"

~[House the most powerful artifacts and forbidden knowledge]~

"I see, so what I saw on the test was nothing."

I moved to one of the bookshelves.

~[Correct]~

"Can I access that knowledge?"

~[Yes, as the current owner, you can dispose of everything inside the tower]~

"Got it, then lock every knowledge that corrupts the user for now and let me see the knowledge that is left."

I moved to the tables.

~[Gladly]~

On the tables, rows of books started to appear.

"This is going to take a while."

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On the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean...

A strange-looking submarine ship was speeding through the ocean.

"Did you find it?" (???)

"No, sir, we lost contact before we could triangular the exact location" (???).

"Hmm, the Queen will not be happy if we don't identify the incident. Keep looking!" (???)

"Yes sir!" (???)

The ship accelerated more.

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On a northern Atlantic island hidden from the world...

A magnificent civilization built it's paradise there.

"Mother, did you feel it?" (???)

"Yes, I did, child; that's why I ordered a regiment to scout those waters."(???)

"Can I go with them?" (???)

"No"(???)

"But mother..."(???)

"End of discussion"(???)

"...yes mother"(???)

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Back at the Tower...

After a couple of hours, I finished reading a couple of books when suddenly...

~[Unauthorized people detected near the perimeter]~

"Oh, let me see."

~[Understood]~

Two holographic windows appeared in front of me; on these windows, the outside of the concealment barrier was depicted.

The first one depicted the surface of the ocean, where an ancient vessel was sailing directly to this island.

The second one depicted the nearby bottom ocean, where a strange submarine ship was approaching this island at a rapid pace.

"Of course these two will come."

~{What a pain...} ~

~[What are your instructions, Master]~

"Right, first, I want you to take control of the whole island; you can use it as you please, and second, I will receive the guess."

I stood up from the table.

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The ancient vessel stopped in the middle of the ocean.

"Is this the place?" (???)

A rough, feminine voice came from the captain's room of the vessel.

*Thud* *Thud* *Thud*

"Yes, Captain Faruka, according to the artifact, it is in front of us."(???)

The so-called Captain, a 5' 8" woman, had white skin and long, curly brown hair with a patch in her right eye.

"Interesting..."(Faruka) 

She looked in front of her and saw nothing.

"What do we do, Captain?" (???)

"Kalia!"(Faruka)

"Yes, captain!" (Kalia)

A 6' 2" woman with brown skin and black long hair answered her call.

"Prepare your warriors"(Faruka)

"Yes!(Kalia) She went below deck.

After a couple of minutes, six more fully equipped female warriors came out.

They began to move into the smaller boats, but suddenly, in front of the vessel, a distortion appeared.

"Everyone to arms!" (Faruka)

*Ching* *Swish* *Clank*

Everyone on deck was prepared for battle.

From the distortion, something came out: what it looks like is a person; this person had robes and a mask.

This person was floating with a piece of ground on its feet.

"At ease, Amazons, I meant no harm."

The voice of this person was bizarre—an amalgamation of different types of voices.

"Introduce yourself!" (Faruka) She demanded.

"That can wait..."

"To what!?" (Faruka) She was losing her temper.

"To them"

He pointed at the empty part of the ocean beside them.

"Huh?"(Faruka)

Suddenly...

*Splash*

A futuristic submarine ship came out to the surface of the water.

*Tssi*

A vent opened on top of the vessel, and from it, eight armored people came out.

"Now we can begin. Welcome guests. I'm Sephiroth, and I have claimed this piece of land as mine. Now what can I do for the both of you?" The man floating declared.

"Ha, ha, ha, you claimed? All the ocean belongs to the  Atlanteans.(???)

"Is that so? then I don't mind buying it from your kingdom."

"You! That's it; guards kill this groundwalker." (???) 

The Atlantean lost his temper easily.

"Stop it immediately, Prince!" (???)

An Atlantean put himself in front of the enraged Prince.

{Ah, Ocean Master, what a surprise}

"What are you doing, Vulko?" (???)

"Please escort Prince Orm back to the ship(Vulko)

""Yes sir!""(Guards)

The enraged Atlantean was forcefully escorted back into the ship.

"My apologies for the both of you"(Vulko)

He bows to the Amazons and me.

"Hmm"(Faruka)

"It's alright"

"Then, Mister Sephiroth, I welcome you into the Kingdom of Atlantis to solve this misunderstanding." (Vulko)

{Clever guy, you must be a politician}

"It will be my honor to visit."

The man floating made a little bow to the Atlantean.

"Very well, a messenger will be coming in three moons." (Vulko)

"I will be waiting."

"Then goodbye"(Vulko)

He bowed again and left.

*Tssi*

The vent closed, and the ship was submerged underwater.

"Well, then, Amazon, what can I do for you?"

The man floating looked at the Amazon vessel.

"I'm here in the name of the Queen of the Amazons to retrieve the artifact that you used to create this island!" (Faruka)

""Huh?"""

Some Amazons were confused; those were not the orders of the Queen.

"Your ambition is strong, Amazon, but don't try to eat more than you can chew. By the respect I have for your Queen, leave this place; if not, all of you will die."

That person saw right through her scheme, but it doesn't matter to her.

"You defied a decree by the Queen; what is the punishment, warriors?" (Faruka)

""Death!""

"FIRE!"(Faruka)

*Zip* *Zip* *Zip*

A couple of dozen arrows were shot at the floating person.

*Fwa* *Fwa* *Fwa*

Only for the arrow to miss the target spectacularly.

"What!?""Why!?""I can't hit him!"

These phrases became common in a couple of minutes.

"Stop this foolishness, Amazon. Last warning: leave this place."

~[Hostile people detected initiating security protocol]~

{Don't attack yet; wait for my signal}

~[Understood]~

"Tch, useless; if arrows don't do anything, then..." (Faruka)

She leaped into the mastiff of her vessel, and with this support, she launched herself toward the person floating in front of her.

"Aaagh!"(Faruka)

"[Boost]+[Repulsive Blast]"

Out of nowhere, the person floating pulled out a staff and pointed at the Amazon in front of it.

*Boom**CRASH*

The Amazon was pushed back into her vessel, crashing into the captain's quarters.

""Captain!""

"A Sorcerer"(???)

"Amazons, if you attack me again, I will kill you. If you don't, you can leave this place. Your choice."

Some of the Amazons began to doubt...

"Don't falter, sisters; kill that person! for the Queen!" (Kalia)

This Amazon managed to rally a couple of the doubtful Amazons, and they attacked by using the same strategy as her leader, using the vessel as a launching pad; others were shooting arrows at the person.

{Kill the ones that are shooting and leaping into the air}

~[Understood]~

~Zip~ ~Zip~ ~Zip~

From behind the person, rapid flashes of light were shot.

*Thud* *Thud* *Thud*

And with each shot, an Amazon fell... dead.

*Gasp*

*Crash* *Crash* *Crash* *Splash*

Now was the turn of the Amazons that leaped into the air; some of them fell into the vessel, but others fell into the ocean.

"..."

The hole vessel was silent, but this didn't last...

*Crash*

"You bastard! ...huh!?" (Faruka)

The Amazon leader saw her vessel with a dozen corpses of Amazons.

"What!?"(Faruka)

"[Boost]+[Shadow Bind]"

From her shadow, ropes came out, imprision it her.

"You! Release me!" (Faruka)

{Did you record everything?}

~[Yes, master, since the very beginning]~

{Good, pass the recorded orb into my inventory}

~[Understood]~

"You...piece of...release me..." (Faruka)

With a wave motion of the person floating, a rope from the vessel covered her mouth and her body. He made a pulled motion, and she was pulled into the person's island.

"Mmh..mmh"(Faruka)

"Leave Amazons, here..."

The person threw something into the nearby Amazon.

"That is a record, orb; I recorded everything that transpired here. I will take your leader as a hostage; next time, bring a proper leader."

He turned around and left; the distortion closed.

"Laila..."(Amazon)

"Stop, gather the bodies in the ocean, and we are going back, understood!" (Laila)

""Yes""