Galahad did not know much about Selene. He only knew that the beautiful woman with long, wavy brown hair was usually quiet and did not talk much unless spoken to.

When they met on the ship, the most she would do was give him a sweet smile as a greeting. Most of the time, she gave off a cold feeling. If Galahad had arrived earlier, the black-haired, pale Selene would have been even colder, not even offering a smile when encountering people.

He also was not sure what Selene's abilities were, and in the past few days, no one had suddenly brought up the fact that this person was actually a vampire who had lived for over six hundred years.

It was not until today that Galahad realized how formidable Selene was.

He could tell that Selene was not using her full strength, because every attack he unleashed with all his might was easily parried by her, not in a way that deflected his attacks using skill, but by meeting his attacks head-on.

Selene's steady hands revealed that his full-force strike had not caused any trouble for the beautiful woman who appeared slender and frail.

This was quite a blow. He had originally thought this frail woman would be weaker in terms of strength. Nᴇw ɴovel chaptᴇrs are published on NovᴇlFir(e).nᴇt

Selene's appearance was very deceptive. She was not tall, only slightly taller than Mikaela, her arms were slender with no visible muscle, making her look like a weak and powerless beauty.

In their daily interactions, Galahad had also learned that Selene mainly studied the Holy Light and Shadow powers of a priest. He had a general understanding of the various abilities on the Prinz Eugen and knew that a priest's Holy Light spells primarily focused on healing and protection. From various pieces of information, Selene seemed to be a spellcaster whose main training direction was focused on healing and protecting teammates.

In contrast, Diana, who stood over 1.8 meters tall in her combat boots, with clear muscle definition on her arms and an astonishing aura, was clearly a powerful warrior at first glance.

Unexpectedly, such a seemingly delicate woman possessed astonishing strength and exquisite swordsmanship that left him scrambling to cope. Aside from being able to attack initially, Galahad quickly fell into a purely defensive state.

He did not defend for long. After a few moves, his weapon was knocked away, and the opponent's blade was pressed against his throat.

Galahad knew clearly in his heart that the attack where his opponent knocked away his weapon, then rushed in front of him and held the sword to his throat, was when she finally used a little of her real strength. Before that, he could barely see the trajectory of her attacks and react accordingly.

The last two moves, he did not see what happened at all. He just suddenly felt an irresistible force on his hand, his weapon was already gone, and when he came back to his senses, he had already lost.

He was stunned for a moment, then said thank you to Selene, who had already sheathed her weapon.

Selene, as usual, returned a smile, then extended her hand and cast a healing spell, removing a shallow cut on Galahad's neck.

She usually sparred with Logan or Ada and the others. Those two had physical constitutions far exceeding ordinary people. Even if they accidentally suffered minor injuries, it did not matter. Even without using spells or potions, they could recover quickly. When sparring with Logan, she could even use various killing moves, since he could not be killed by stabbing anyway.

Sparring with an ordinary person suddenly made her lose control of her strength slightly, accidentally cutting Galahad's neck.

Galahad did not mind this at all. He had suffered many injuries during his knight training, ranging from bruises all over to broken bones. A small cut was nothing.

But this spell made him realize that this Selene seemed to be the ship's doctor? Even a doctor possessed such powerful combat ability?

He did not feel discouraged, nor did he think that with so many strong people protecting Her Highness Mordred, he was not needed for protection and might as well just slack off.

What Galahad was thinking about now was how to improve his own strength. He was ordered to accompany and protect Princess Mordred, not to loaf around.

Moreover, with so many powerful beings around, not learning something would be a waste of such a good opportunity.

Mordred had similar thoughts. After seeing Galahad also being cleanly defeated, she finally understood one thing: there was not a single ordinary person on this ship.

Although Mordred was still a child, her judgment was not bad. It was not hard to see that Selene had deliberately held back and let Galahad get a few moves in. The final attack would have defeated even her.

Mordred, who could enhance her strength with magic, had faster reactions than ordinary people, but that did not mean she could withstand attack force far beyond her limit.

What is more, there was Jonathan the chatterbox, who immediately revealed Selene's true identity, making Galahad realize he was completely wrong. Selene was not any kind of ship's medical staff. She was actually the Deathwalker on the ship most skilled in stealth and assassination.

As for constantly studying the Holy Light spells of a priest, that was because Selene wanted to better learn Shadow spells.

"Uh... so who is the doctor on the ship?"

Thanks to King Arthur's nationwide promotion of advanced medical systems and concepts after his ascension to the throne, the nascent Kingdom of Britain possessed a medical system far exceeding that era. Although training doctors was difficult, after more than a decade, a framework had finally been established.

As a knight who often needed to campaign for the kingdom, almost all knights had been ordered by King Arthur to study a lot of medical knowledge, so Galahad believed there would definitely be a doctor in such a team.

Unexpectedly, after being stunned for a long time, Jonathan suddenly had an expression of realization. He turned his head and asked Ethan, who was not far away, "I've always felt like something was missing on this ship. It wasn't until Galahad mentioned it that I realized, Captain, why don't we have a ship's doctor?"

Hearing this question, Logan suddenly burst into radiant laughter, leaving everyone puzzled and unsure what Logan was laughing about.

Ethan, who knew what he was laughing about, was quite helpless, but he could not just give a dry explanation to everyone. He could only simply reply to Jonathan, "Otherwise, why do you think I've been concocting various enhancement potions for you? Isn't it because I'm afraid you might accidentally get sick and there's no one to treat you?"

Jonathan's mouth fell open. He had not expected that this was the reason Ethan gave everyone enhancement potions.

But upon closer thought, if everyone's physique was enhanced, then possessing physical abilities beyond human limits would indeed make them less susceptible to illness. If they did not get sick, they truly would not need a ship's doctor. The logic held.

As for injuries, there were many ways to deal with them on the ship.

Galahad was startled. Was there really no doctor on this ship at all?

Ethan knew what he was worried about and explained briefly.

"Don't worry too much. Although there isn't a dedicated doctor, Selene's spells can handle common illnesses, and Annette can also deal with some difficult and complicated cases."

Annette knew a lot of medical knowledge, and indeed, common illnesses were no problem for her.

Illnesses that neither Selene nor Annette could solve were definitely not ordinary diseases. A regular ship's doctor would not have any good solutions either. At that point, Ethan would need to step in. Since he could not cure it, he would change direction and strengthen the patient themselves, allowing the patient to eliminate the illness through their own self-healing ability.

In critical moments, he could even use the God-Blood Potion. Evolving into a demigod meant the life level reached a new stage. Illnesses that could threaten ordinary people or even transcendent beings who had just broken through human limits would have difficulty posing a threat to demigods.

If it was an illness that could even threaten a demigod, Ethan had no solution either. In such a situation, a regular ship's doctor also had no way. It would be better to just wait for death honestly. What Ethan could do was protect the soul of that unfortunate person and resurrect him later.

So, from any perspective, the presence of a doctor on the Prinz Eugen was no longer very necessary. The ship's doctor that Ethan had been talking about for a long time was resolved in this manner.

Only then did Galahad breathe a sigh of relief. At the same time, he realized that his understanding of this ship was still too little. Next, he would have to communicate more with everyone and study new knowledge more diligently.

Mordred also wanted to work harder. After being thoroughly beaten this time, Mordred finally became more well-behaved, though only to a limited extent, as she was still young after all.

But ultimately, she was more like an ordinary child now, rather than an arrogant brat who thought she had great talent, did not take others seriously, liked to look down on people, and was unwilling to properly learn new knowledge.

As for these two, Ethan's arrangement for them was to first learn basic common sense. After they had caught up on these fundamentals and had fully adapted to life on the ship, they could then consider further directions for their efforts.

In any case, neither of them was very old, and there was no rush to use any enhancement potions. If nothing unexpected happened, they would undergo enhancement around the same time as Shirley.

The one who needed enhancement recently was Laura. After so many years, Laura was already a young woman. Ethan placed the enhancement potion in front of her and let her choose the direction of enhancement herself.

However, Laura suddenly made a request that forced Ethan to create a new specialized potion for her, because her request was a special case that could not be solved without a custom-made potion.

This request was not difficult: it was to remove the metal claws extending from Laura's feet or transfer them to her hands, so that claws would only extend from her hands, just like Logan.

It was not hard to understand why she made this request. Although having claws extend from her feet could be surprising in combat, she did not want to ruin a pair of shoes every time she fought or got too excited, unless Laura only wore open-toed shoes from now on.

"Besides, it's neither cool nor good-looking!"

(To be continued.)