The eyes scanned back and forth.

Aiven finally spotted that familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar figure!

Ah—

At a corner of the city wall.

A spirited and tall female knight, dressed in leather light armor, wielded an oversized giant sword taller than a person, turning herself into a sharp sword-blade storm, reducing approaching demons to minced meat.

Seeing that face that had appeared countless times in his dreams, Aiven's heart skipped a beat.

Thump!

"Six years..."

Since the night Black Stone Town fell, Aiven had waited six years for this moment!

Although time had left indelible marks on both of them, Anita had turned into a chic and beautiful woman with long brown hair, yet the pull of their bloodline made Aiven instantly certain of her identity.

Aiven wished he could take his sister away from this obviously dire situation in the "Pirate City," far from the wretched pirates.

But he himself relied on Milan's Divination Ceremony amplification to temporarily project his vision across thousands of miles to this place.

He could barely hear and see, let alone interfere with reality.

Seeing Anita trapped in chaotic combat, Aiven could only worry in vain. As for his sister appearing here, it's probable that she had already become a pirate, which wasn't something Aiven, a Kingdom Navy Major and ship captain, could consider.

What did you say? I didn't see anything at all!

Fortunately.

With Aiven's current experience, he could tell that Anita, a genius swordswoman since childhood, had encountered some extraordinary opportunity later on. In the six years he'd not seen her, she had become a powerful Peak Knight, no less formidable than Uncle Gel!

Now, her slender arm wielded the extraordinary giant sword flickering with a green spiritual light, displaying Swordsmanship that bore only a slight shadow of the "White Sail Swordsmanship."

More so, it was an unfamiliar Swordsmanship that balanced agility and strength attributes, and Aiven felt that this unknown Swordsmanship suited Anita even more.

Within her slender and graceful body lay a power that made even monstrous creatures shudder! She was one of the most formidable combat forces on the city wall!

Solely protecting a group of comrades behind her, she ensured the safety of a large section of the city wall.

The formidable female knight let out a soft shout:

"Slash!!!"

The giant sword turned into flowing light, cleanly cutting down a grotesque creature over ten meters in size with a decomposing body, as if it were a distorted sea creature carcass.

Exuding Divine Power, Anita continued to march toward the next batch of opponents, unaware that she had been targeted by the demon commanders—an emerald juvenile sea dragon.

Strong and cunning, the sea dragon silently merged into the torrent formed by the demons, gradually approaching that segment of the wall, its intelligence on par with humans giving it human pride.

With its Dragon Vein lineage, there wasn't anyone in this city it feared, and that strong female knight was no exception. It believed it could easily create a breach, and the strong and weak on the wall made no difference to it!

This scene was caught in the eyes of Aiven, who was constantly watching the sea dragon.

"Not good!"

He easily predicted the juvenile sea dragon's trajectory, but due to his current status, he could do nothing but watch. For a moment, Aiven even entertained wild thoughts of truly converting to the Goddess and praying for Divine Spirits to descend their might...

Fortunately, Aiven wasn't the only one on-site keeping an eye on the sea dragon's movements.

The juvenile sea dragon, the strongest presence of intimidation on the scene as a Half-step Tier 3 demon, was also under the watch of Edward Teach, the Guardian of the Pirate Code.

Seeing its strange actions, he immediately understood its intentions.

"Is that direction... Captain Anita Galliot of the 'Golden Horn Deer'? It mustn't succeed!" Although most pirates are unscrupulous scoundrels who only care about profit and disregard rules or loyalty, with an indisputable chaotic evil alignment, Edward, as the de facto order maintainer of the Pirate City, was not among them.

If he sat idly by while his comrades were in danger, then the so-called "Pirate Code" would truly be a joke!

Without hesitation, Edward loudly ordered, "Cannons ready! One o'clock direction, 300 meters away, fire!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!...

Simultaneously, twenty cannons on the city wall within firing range fired together.

Perhaps from an extraordinary vantage, as long as no Tier 3 Great Knight level forces were deployed, not much could threaten the sea dragon. But in the mundane realm, even a Great Knight couldn't withstand such cannon fire!

Woosh woosh woosh—

Gigantic waves appeared out of nowhere, stirring countless bubbles to form a continuous flowing white barrier, providing the sea dragon with full protection.

The sea dragon pushed forth against the blazing cast-iron cannonballs towards the city wall; with its size, even as a juvenile dragon, the 300-meter distance was but a skip away.

Using its formidable Dragon Vein casting ability, most cannonballs were deflected by the "Torrential Water Curtain"!

However, that white water curtain couldn't hold for long, getting torn apart by artillery fire before approaching the wall, with at least three weakened cannonballs striking the sea dragon's body.

Roar—

A painful dragon cry filled with immense pressure seemed almost tangible, cascading down upon the wall.

Being injured by those "mortals" through mundane measures filled it with rage beyond belief, even resorting to releasing "Dragon's Might," an incomplete bloodline-inherited ability, to teach those insignificant ants a lesson.

Taking advantage of most artillerymen and common pirates on the wall being dazed by the intimidation, the juvenile sea dragon finally surged up the city walls with endless water vapor, entering cannon shooting dead zones.

Whoosh—

Disregarding its chest and ribs already slightly seeping blood, stepping on the bodies of the demons, it leaped atop the walls, with a boundless stench gusting upwards.

The target was directly where Anita Galliot was stationed on the wall!

Snap!

Just then, a clear pop reached Aiven's ears.

The view in front of him instantly blurred and quickly retreated, the three-minute limit striking at this critical moment...

"No—!!!"

Whether it was a second or ten minutes, when his vision returned, Aiven found himself back at Milan's manor, heart pounding furiously as he lay gasping on the carpet.

"Huff... huff..."

Turning back, he saw the "Divination Ceremony" host Milan in even worse shape, teeth clenched, eyes slightly rolled white, looking ghastly pale.

No matter how worried he was about his sister's safety, Aiven couldn't do anything, so he moved to Milan's side in a step, producing a pre-prepared "Full Moon Spirit" potion, forcibly pouring it down his throat.

After some time, Milan finally regained consciousness, awakening weakly with a cough: "Cough cough... Overestimated! Even with the aid of the 'Moonlight Spirit' ceremony for this level of Divination, the mere three minutes exceeded my limits, nearly depleting my Spiritual essence."

While speaking, the potion took effect, and Milan's complexion improved significantly.

When casting the spell to break through Aiven's vision's "frosted glass," Milan's sight had fully receded back, focusing entirely on maintaining the Divination's effect.

During this process, he could only sense Aiven's state vaguely without knowing what was happening on the other side.

At this moment, seeing Aiven's hesitant expression, Milan knew what he wanted to ask, but could only meet his hopeful gaze with a wry smile: "Now, don't mention using the 'Moonlight Spirit' again, even the simplest Divination Art can't be performed. We can only attempt the simplest Divination tomorrow."

Worried as he was about the sudden attack by the adolescent Sea Dragon, Aiven silently prayed for Annie's safety...

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