Chapter 16
Elimination
"Damn it! They're too arrogant. There are only a dozen or so of them, yet they demand that we kill each other every day, resulting in five deaths?"
A wizarding apprentice, who sounded quite righteous, shouted.
Seemingly to show his anger, the man roared, his face flushed red, and then slammed his steel knife into the deck with a loud "bang".
To be able to cut a steel knife into the deck, this guy must be quite strong.
However, most people dismissed this, and only after the sailors left did this guy start showing off.
Despite their disdain, the many wizarding apprentices still gathered around this person, after all, they all shared a common enemy.
Deep down, the wizard apprentices still looked down on those dirty sailors, considering them inferior to themselves.
Even before becoming a wizard, but still just a wizarding apprentice, every wizarding apprentice already possesses the pride that belongs to a wizard!
Even from another perspective, there were at least a dozen sailors, which should have been enough to keep the numerous wizard apprentices safe for three days.
"Since five people have already died today, let's just let it go. Tomorrow we'll..."
……
The next day, the Masked Wizard stood on the deck, counting the number of people on the ship.
A moment later, the wizard chuckled, "Five are missing. It seems you've already begun to grasp the mindset of becoming a dark wizard. Heh heh, not bad, not bad. It seems I won't need to lift a finger today."
After saying this, the wizard returned to his tent and ignored the people in the middle.
Solem, Yunli, Bibiliona, and the boatswain also left one after another, leaving only two distinct factions on the ship.
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Sailor faction and Wizard Apprentice faction!
Although the sailor group only had a dozen or so people, they were all strong and healthy and knew some fighting techniques. Ordinary wizard apprentices could not defeat one of them even if there were three or five of them, let alone in a real fight.
On one side, there was a group of wizard apprentices, nearly four hundred people, who had an overwhelming numerical advantage. However, the group was divided into many small groups and did not seem very united.
The sailors sensed the tense atmosphere and, unlike yesterday, didn't charge directly at a squad to kill them. Instead, the strongest-looking sailor stepped forward and shouted, "What, haven't you prepared five scapegoats yet?"
"We won't let our comrades die. If anyone's going to die, it'll be you guys first!"
The wizard apprentice leading the group shouted inflammatory words in the crowd, but made no move forward himself.
Some foolish wizard apprentices, or perhaps pushed and shoved by those behind them, rushed toward the dozen or so sailors in front, while those behind, unaware of what was happening, shoved each other forward.
"You're asking for it!"
With a roar, the sailor nimbly dodged a charging wizard apprentice, a savage glint in his eyes, and with a flick of his wrist, beheaded the apprentice.
Glug glug!
The apprentice's head rolled into the crowd, while the corpse lurched a few more steps before collapsing.
On the other side, three wizard apprentices rushed out first, but were killed by the strong sailors almost instantly. Seeing that four people had died, the sailor leader couldn't help but look at the wizard apprentice who was closest to him.
At this moment, even the wizard apprentices at the forefront were frightened and stopped in their tracks. After all, no one was stupid enough to throw their life away for nothing.
The wizard apprentices shoved each other, some anxiously asking about the situation ahead, whether the sailors had been killed.
The person being watched by the sailor leader was none other than "Rat," the helper that Bai had called up after clashing with Yokris on the first day of boarding the ship.
The mouse was extremely nervous as the sailor leader, who was a head taller than him, stared at him. His axe trembled uncontrollably, and he roared inwardly, "Which bastard pushed me?"
Looking behind them, no one was willing to continue charging forward. And Andrew, the humanoid monster they had once regarded as their support, had been killed by the real sea monster. At this moment, no one could help them.
The rat's triangular eyes darted around, watching the sailor captain approaching him and the blood dripping from his long sword. With a shout, the rat suddenly had a flash of inspiration and swung his axe at a witch apprentice behind him.
With a "thud," the witch's apprentice fell to the ground, half of her head a bloody mess.
"That's five enough! That's five enough! We don't need to kill each other anymore!"
Shouting excitedly, the sailor leader was clearly surprised by Rat's decisiveness. After a moment of stunned silence, he let out a cold laugh and left with a dozen or so sailors.
"Ah! You bastard, I'm going to kill you!"
Among the wizarding apprentices, a male apprentice roared, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at the rat. This male wizarding apprentice clearly had some connection with the female apprentice who was killed by the rat.
The mouse was also startled, but the male apprentice who wanted to take revenge was stopped by a group of wizard apprentices.
Are you kidding me?
Every wizarding apprentice is now a valuable resource, because nobody wants to die.
Since he didn't want to die, he could only let someone else die instead. The rat and the male wizard apprentice who wanted revenge had nothing to do with him, so it would be best if they both died.
Unfortunately, five people had already died today, and if another one died, it would be a shameful and enormous waste. That's why the crowd "kindly" stopped the male wizard apprentice.
Another long day passed, and the four of them, including Green, were still together in one room. In the current tense situation, no one dared to be alone.
The next day, the Masked Wizard praised everyone for completing the task and then left.
After a brief silence, the wizard apprentices themselves descended into chaos without the sailors needing to lift a finger. At the center of the chaos were, of course, the rat and the male wizard apprentice who had roared for revenge the day before. At this moment, the male wizard apprentice actually called for a helper.
On the other side, the rat also called for help, namely Bai, who had clashed with Yokris on the first day.
The two sides quickly engaged in a fierce and irreconcilable battle.
Although this rat looked somewhat sleazy, it showed no fear in the face of a life-or-death battle, and the two sides fought fiercely.
However, a battle must eventually be decided. A few minutes later, with a scream, Bai was struck in the back by his opponent, suffering a serious injury. He was then killed by the combined attack of the two opponents.
The desperate mouse unleashed its last strength, taking one down with it before it died, and the duel ended in victory for the vengeful wizard.
puff!
However, before the wizard could even savor the joy of revenge and the pain of parting from his friends, a short sword pierced his back and emerged from his chest.
The killer vanished in a flash from the crowd.
Almost simultaneously, Joklis, standing next to Green, roared, "You're asking for it!"
It turns out that someone had set their sights on Yokliana amidst the chaos!
Strangely, Yoklyana was a girl who looked quite frail, and now that she had injured one eye and could only stay by Yoklyana's side, she naturally became a target for some people with ulterior motives.
After all, four people had already died, and they only needed one more to make up the five required for the mission.
The man who attempted to ambush Yokliana was about 1.8 meters tall and appeared quite calm. After his attack failed, he immediately sheathed his dagger and prepared to flee into the crowd.
Just then, a huge vine suddenly appeared from under the male wizard apprentice's feet, and then tightly wrapped around the man. Amidst his terrified and desperate whimpers, Yocris killed him with an axe.
"asshole!"
Reese cursed.
The white and red substance splattered all over Yokris's face. Green quickly ran over, glaring fiercely at the people around him, and pulled Yokris back to the group.
However, since the death toll had reached five for the day, nothing unexpected happened, though many people looked at Raffi in surprise.
Clearly, the influence of a wizard apprentice who knows witchcraft is enormous, and from now on, few people will dare to easily provoke Green's team.
The sailors were astonished to see that some of these wizard apprentices could actually perform witchcraft, and they looked at Raffi with serious expressions.
Time passed day by day.
Everyone on board the ship was eagerly awaiting its arrival at its destination, because every morning was a hellish journey for them.
The ship was divided into three classes.
The class is, of course, the terrifying faceless masked wizards, the boatswain, Solem, Meteor, and Bibiliona. These people are the absolute ruling class, the absolute masters of the ship. Their only duty is to count the number of people and distribute a limited amount of mushrooms every day.
The second tier consists of a dozen or so sailors and small groups of wizard apprentices like Raffi who possess witchcraft skills. As the days go by, other wizard apprentices who have mastered "witchcraft" finally emerge and make a name for themselves.
There are five wizard apprentices who know witchcraft, including Raffi.
Because no wizard apprentice dared to provoke these five, they were secretly referred to as the Five Great Spellcasters by the other wizard apprentices on the ship.
The third tier, naturally, consists of all the remaining wizard apprentices.
Every morning after the wizards counted the number of people, five of them had to fight each other to the death. Therefore, the sailors jokingly called these wizard apprentices "pigs" and the morning fights were called "pig slaughtering."
Thirty days later.
One hundred and fifty wizard apprentices were thrown into the sea, and the ship no longer seemed so crowded.
Almost every wizard apprentice who survives on the ship has a chillingly fierce look in their eyes, and a smile is practically the most luxurious thing on board.
In this situation, almost everyone was like a vicious demon reincarnated, a far cry from the arrogant and naive people they had when they first boarded the ship.
It is a necessary maturation for an ordinary person to become a wizard apprentice.
Late that night, Green, Yocris, and Yokliana followed Raffi to the deck, where nearly twenty people brought by the other four spellcasters had already gathered.
The five spellcasters gathered, seemingly about to make a major decision.
A wizarding apprentice, who sounded quite righteous, shouted.
Seemingly to show his anger, the man roared, his face flushed red, and then slammed his steel knife into the deck with a loud "bang".
To be able to cut a steel knife into the deck, this guy must be quite strong.
However, most people dismissed this, and only after the sailors left did this guy start showing off.
Despite their disdain, the many wizarding apprentices still gathered around this person, after all, they all shared a common enemy.
Deep down, the wizard apprentices still looked down on those dirty sailors, considering them inferior to themselves.
Even before becoming a wizard, but still just a wizarding apprentice, every wizarding apprentice already possesses the pride that belongs to a wizard!
Even from another perspective, there were at least a dozen sailors, which should have been enough to keep the numerous wizard apprentices safe for three days.
"Since five people have already died today, let's just let it go. Tomorrow we'll..."
……
The next day, the Masked Wizard stood on the deck, counting the number of people on the ship.
A moment later, the wizard chuckled, "Five are missing. It seems you've already begun to grasp the mindset of becoming a dark wizard. Heh heh, not bad, not bad. It seems I won't need to lift a finger today."
After saying this, the wizard returned to his tent and ignored the people in the middle.
Solem, Yunli, Bibiliona, and the boatswain also left one after another, leaving only two distinct factions on the ship.
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Sailor faction and Wizard Apprentice faction!
Although the sailor group only had a dozen or so people, they were all strong and healthy and knew some fighting techniques. Ordinary wizard apprentices could not defeat one of them even if there were three or five of them, let alone in a real fight.
On one side, there was a group of wizard apprentices, nearly four hundred people, who had an overwhelming numerical advantage. However, the group was divided into many small groups and did not seem very united.
The sailors sensed the tense atmosphere and, unlike yesterday, didn't charge directly at a squad to kill them. Instead, the strongest-looking sailor stepped forward and shouted, "What, haven't you prepared five scapegoats yet?"
"We won't let our comrades die. If anyone's going to die, it'll be you guys first!"
The wizard apprentice leading the group shouted inflammatory words in the crowd, but made no move forward himself.
Some foolish wizard apprentices, or perhaps pushed and shoved by those behind them, rushed toward the dozen or so sailors in front, while those behind, unaware of what was happening, shoved each other forward.
"You're asking for it!"
With a roar, the sailor nimbly dodged a charging wizard apprentice, a savage glint in his eyes, and with a flick of his wrist, beheaded the apprentice.
Glug glug!
The apprentice's head rolled into the crowd, while the corpse lurched a few more steps before collapsing.
On the other side, three wizard apprentices rushed out first, but were killed by the strong sailors almost instantly. Seeing that four people had died, the sailor leader couldn't help but look at the wizard apprentice who was closest to him.
At this moment, even the wizard apprentices at the forefront were frightened and stopped in their tracks. After all, no one was stupid enough to throw their life away for nothing.
The wizard apprentices shoved each other, some anxiously asking about the situation ahead, whether the sailors had been killed.
The person being watched by the sailor leader was none other than "Rat," the helper that Bai had called up after clashing with Yokris on the first day of boarding the ship.
The mouse was extremely nervous as the sailor leader, who was a head taller than him, stared at him. His axe trembled uncontrollably, and he roared inwardly, "Which bastard pushed me?"
Looking behind them, no one was willing to continue charging forward. And Andrew, the humanoid monster they had once regarded as their support, had been killed by the real sea monster. At this moment, no one could help them.
The rat's triangular eyes darted around, watching the sailor captain approaching him and the blood dripping from his long sword. With a shout, the rat suddenly had a flash of inspiration and swung his axe at a witch apprentice behind him.
With a "thud," the witch's apprentice fell to the ground, half of her head a bloody mess.
"That's five enough! That's five enough! We don't need to kill each other anymore!"
Shouting excitedly, the sailor leader was clearly surprised by Rat's decisiveness. After a moment of stunned silence, he let out a cold laugh and left with a dozen or so sailors.
"Ah! You bastard, I'm going to kill you!"
Among the wizarding apprentices, a male apprentice roared, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at the rat. This male wizarding apprentice clearly had some connection with the female apprentice who was killed by the rat.
The mouse was also startled, but the male apprentice who wanted to take revenge was stopped by a group of wizard apprentices.
Are you kidding me?
Every wizarding apprentice is now a valuable resource, because nobody wants to die.
Since he didn't want to die, he could only let someone else die instead. The rat and the male wizard apprentice who wanted revenge had nothing to do with him, so it would be best if they both died.
Unfortunately, five people had already died today, and if another one died, it would be a shameful and enormous waste. That's why the crowd "kindly" stopped the male wizard apprentice.
Another long day passed, and the four of them, including Green, were still together in one room. In the current tense situation, no one dared to be alone.
The next day, the Masked Wizard praised everyone for completing the task and then left.
After a brief silence, the wizard apprentices themselves descended into chaos without the sailors needing to lift a finger. At the center of the chaos were, of course, the rat and the male wizard apprentice who had roared for revenge the day before. At this moment, the male wizard apprentice actually called for a helper.
On the other side, the rat also called for help, namely Bai, who had clashed with Yokris on the first day.
The two sides quickly engaged in a fierce and irreconcilable battle.
Although this rat looked somewhat sleazy, it showed no fear in the face of a life-or-death battle, and the two sides fought fiercely.
However, a battle must eventually be decided. A few minutes later, with a scream, Bai was struck in the back by his opponent, suffering a serious injury. He was then killed by the combined attack of the two opponents.
The desperate mouse unleashed its last strength, taking one down with it before it died, and the duel ended in victory for the vengeful wizard.
puff!
However, before the wizard could even savor the joy of revenge and the pain of parting from his friends, a short sword pierced his back and emerged from his chest.
The killer vanished in a flash from the crowd.
Almost simultaneously, Joklis, standing next to Green, roared, "You're asking for it!"
It turns out that someone had set their sights on Yokliana amidst the chaos!
Strangely, Yoklyana was a girl who looked quite frail, and now that she had injured one eye and could only stay by Yoklyana's side, she naturally became a target for some people with ulterior motives.
After all, four people had already died, and they only needed one more to make up the five required for the mission.
The man who attempted to ambush Yokliana was about 1.8 meters tall and appeared quite calm. After his attack failed, he immediately sheathed his dagger and prepared to flee into the crowd.
Just then, a huge vine suddenly appeared from under the male wizard apprentice's feet, and then tightly wrapped around the man. Amidst his terrified and desperate whimpers, Yocris killed him with an axe.
"asshole!"
Reese cursed.
The white and red substance splattered all over Yokris's face. Green quickly ran over, glaring fiercely at the people around him, and pulled Yokris back to the group.
However, since the death toll had reached five for the day, nothing unexpected happened, though many people looked at Raffi in surprise.
Clearly, the influence of a wizard apprentice who knows witchcraft is enormous, and from now on, few people will dare to easily provoke Green's team.
The sailors were astonished to see that some of these wizard apprentices could actually perform witchcraft, and they looked at Raffi with serious expressions.
Time passed day by day.
Everyone on board the ship was eagerly awaiting its arrival at its destination, because every morning was a hellish journey for them.
The ship was divided into three classes.
The class is, of course, the terrifying faceless masked wizards, the boatswain, Solem, Meteor, and Bibiliona. These people are the absolute ruling class, the absolute masters of the ship. Their only duty is to count the number of people and distribute a limited amount of mushrooms every day.
The second tier consists of a dozen or so sailors and small groups of wizard apprentices like Raffi who possess witchcraft skills. As the days go by, other wizard apprentices who have mastered "witchcraft" finally emerge and make a name for themselves.
There are five wizard apprentices who know witchcraft, including Raffi.
Because no wizard apprentice dared to provoke these five, they were secretly referred to as the Five Great Spellcasters by the other wizard apprentices on the ship.
The third tier, naturally, consists of all the remaining wizard apprentices.
Every morning after the wizards counted the number of people, five of them had to fight each other to the death. Therefore, the sailors jokingly called these wizard apprentices "pigs" and the morning fights were called "pig slaughtering."
Thirty days later.
One hundred and fifty wizard apprentices were thrown into the sea, and the ship no longer seemed so crowded.
Almost every wizard apprentice who survives on the ship has a chillingly fierce look in their eyes, and a smile is practically the most luxurious thing on board.
In this situation, almost everyone was like a vicious demon reincarnated, a far cry from the arrogant and naive people they had when they first boarded the ship.
It is a necessary maturation for an ordinary person to become a wizard apprentice.
Late that night, Green, Yocris, and Yokliana followed Raffi to the deck, where nearly twenty people brought by the other four spellcasters had already gathered.
The five spellcasters gathered, seemingly about to make a major decision.