Extraordinary Voyage-Chapter 670 - 580 Theseus School

Swipe! Swipe!...

Watching the galley, resembling an ancient relic, slowly approach the island with its long oars, now less than a hundred meters away, Aiven's eyes slightly narrowed.

Others might be deceived by its outdated appearance without shipborne artillery, but Aiven could clearly sense the extraordinary spiritual aura of the warship on a spiritual level.

It was a strong extraordinary spiritual light only one step away from becoming a legendary battleship, second only to the "Steam Fortress" and "Divine Demon Wings," the two powerful legendary battleships belonging to the Tulip Alliance that he had seen before.

As the captain of such a powerful warship, that middle-aged man may seem common except for his handsome looks, but he should never be underestimated.

Just listening to his words made it clear that his target was very specific—the "Golden Compass" in Aiven's hand!

Moreover, the guy's demeanor felt somewhat familiar... Is he collecting "Golden Compasses"?

To Jelos, who was preparing to explore behind the door.

Although the [Divination Art] was ineffective on the "Golden Compass" related to the mysterious Ocean Goddess, the mystical connection between the thirteen adventurer families was tangible.

Nearly two hundred years ago, Jelos was far from as powerful as he is now, and obtaining this "Divine Gift" back then required a "price" as well.

For a wizard as powerful as him, it's similar to how Aiven could easily see through the anomalies of the boy underwater; he can use the mystical connection between adventurer families to locate the "Adventurer's Blood" when close enough.

As the galley gradually approached the island, this powerful wizard also became aware of the mixed-blood teenager underwater.

"Hahaha..."

Jelos couldn't help but laugh heartily, raising his hand to drink the fine wine in his cup.

Ever since embarking on the journey of searching for the "Golden Compass" worldwide, most of the time, he depended on luck. The range of mystical connection sensing was limited, and this was the first time he encountered descendants from two families who possessed the "Golden Compass."

Once he found their bloodline descendants, naturally, locating the compasses they held wouldn't be difficult.

Only by collecting all thirteen compasses can the gate guarded by the "Golden Kingdom" be opened, revealing the ultimate secret of this world; therefore, he was determined to obtain these treasures!

A mere hundred-meter distance for powerful extraordinaires like them was already akin to a face-to-face encounter.

"Hey, an intense life energy field like a furnace! A Tier 3 Great Knight, huh? Worthy of me, Jelos Fernan, to personally make a move. Let's have a bout before discussing serious business!"

Observing that Aiven's life magnetic field, which intimidated 'Death God' Mutu earlier, hadn't been restrained again, Jelos was thrilled. What a rare Tier 3 Physical Side Transcendent among the thirteen 'Golden Compass' families!

Yesterday's acquisition of a "Golden Compass" was virtually effortless, being a world-leading great adventurer who had faced countless crises and foes. Jelos held great contempt for Bizeyas, another compass-holder family among the thirteen.

Or rather, the original owners of all previously collected compasses were disappointing.

Adventures without strength as a safeguard are not adventures but suicide! Better to give the compasses to him, letting them truly shine in his hands.

When the "Golden Compass" completes its mission, those inept folks can escape suffering and return to ordinary life.

Fla—

With a hint of an indulgent smile, Jelos raised his right hand; endless flame streams rapidly gathered in his palm as if alive, transforming into a dazzling bright white flame bullet in the blink of an eye.

Whiz!

The raging flame stream engulfed the flame bullet, like dragon breath spewed by a giant dragon; hundreds of meters vanished in an instant.

Recognizing that the middle-aged captain's casual witchcraft strike was at Tier 3 level, Aiven's expression slightly changed, and he shouted in a low voice:

"Kaka!"

A shadow instantly engulfed the other four people aside from him.

At the same time, a blue and white electric light shot into the sky, swiftly crossing the long distance toward the frozen northern realm without pause.

Boom—!

The flame bullet struck the ground.

After the dazzling explosion, the white sandy beach they had stood upon earlier had transformed into a pool of molten glass-like magma.

"Oh? It's not a knight but a special profession transcendent I've never seen before. Though, that makes it even more interesting."

The spiritual radiance surged in Jelos's eyes, and his original gentlemanly demeanor completely faded away. That mild manner was clearly exclusive to someone else.

The unbridled aura radiated from inside out, not influenced by the "Adventurer's Blood." Instead, this was the style of this great navigator, great adventurer, great wizard.

The storm rolled around.

Clad in leather, Jelos had already soared into the sky, breaking the sound barrier with his body, moving faster than a Tier 2 Thunderbird.

Meanwhile, black and red witchcraft spiritual light, intertwined with countless fine rune ripples, burst from his body, quickly donning heavy black and red knight armor on him.

The air around the Great Wizard's person dramatically changed, as if restrained under the heavy armor was a bloodthirsty, ferocious beast, making one almost believe he was a formidable berserker surviving countless battles.

[Talent Magic: Trait Incarnation: Fury]

Effect: Extremely enhance different traits in one's soul, gaining unique extraordinary ability while maintaining the primary form unchanged.

The next moment.

Under the azure sky, above the emerald sea and white glaciers, amidst the golden sunlight-filled sky-sea, a blue and white electric light and a black and red phantom collided fiercely.

Rumble...

The rumbling thunder continuously exploded over the coastline of the Eternal White Land.

With the violent shock waves spreading, even the glaciers on the sea let out groans of unbearable weight, fine ice shards rustling down. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Tss——

Turning the [Thunder Fang] in his hand, slashing towards the opponent's finger along the handle of the long-handled war axe. After Jelos released his grip, the war axe suddenly disappeared, already leaping up to brutally strike at Aiven's head.

Aiven swiftly dodged aside.

"This guy is actually the first great adventurer to reach the 'Golden Kingdom' as mentioned by the 'Sky Goddess' Kurutena. His strength truly lives up to his magnificent achievements.

It's been two years since I heard news of him, and now, has he finally come to find me?"

Gathering the pieces of the "Golden Compass" together with the opponent's self-declared identity, Aiven already understood the opponent's identity. Yet, he did not expect the powerful adventurer from Kurutena's words to actually be a wizard.

All along, he thought that he and Olivia were the only two wizards among the thirteen "Golden Compass" families. They had descended to the Spirit Realm simultaneously, brought together by the mysterious connection from the 'Endless Ocean's' Phorcys.

Feeling Jelos's power firsthand now, Aiven was surprised to realize that he had long since advanced to an Upper-Rank Wizard, possibly just one step away from Tier 4 Crown!

With such extraordinary level as support, using weaknesses against strengths, transforming into a berserker to launch a close-range assault recklessly, relying solely on powerful strength, speed, and violent direct offensives, he was gradually suppressing the sophisticated Swordsmanship of Aiven.

After continuing to fight for a dozen moves, Aiven gathered strength and swung the [Thunder Fang] in his hand, launching a straight chop.

"Ha, take my sword!"

When Jelos subconsciously raised his long-handled war axe to intercept this straightforward strike,

Aiven suddenly opened his mouth towards that black-red face shield:

Whoosh——

A dragon breath mixed with countless pale cyan Wind Elemental Spirits struck unerringly onto Jelos's face.

[Breath: Hurricane Burst]

"Ah——!"

Like a sword and shield soldier suddenly pulling out an RPG, catching Jelos off guard he was already hit, involuntarily letting out a cry of pain.

Seizing the advantage, a gesture turned the thousands of lightning into a Thunder Dragon, spiraling around to tightly enclose him.

In the next moment.

The pure strength wave of the berserker shattered the thunderstorm, and a figure, charred black like charcoal yet still smoking with blue smoke, reappeared in front of Aiven.

Under the protection of the witchcraft barrier.

Crack.. crack..

Accompanied by the sound of tiny cracklings, Jelos's charred shell peeled off layer by layer, revealing beneath it the intact and remarkably clean Great Wizard clad in leathers as fresh as new.

[Witchcraft: Regeneration Shell]

"Dragon Vein? I truly underestimated you."

Whoosh——

Afterward, a stream of flames interspersed with golden runes quickly rose from his feet, engulfing his whole body. As the light stream withdrew, it subtly mirrored the form of the Flame Elf that Aiven had seen before, named Ephelide.

The air around him shifted again, the typical description being "FFF Unit! Burn! Burn! Burn!"

[Talent Magic: Trait Incarnation: Envy]

Raising his right hand, a point on his fingertip suddenly radiated blinding light, like a tiny sun descending into the Material World.

Boom——!

An attack comparable to the speed of light knocked Aiven fiercely from the sky, the tremendous force piercing through a towering iceberg and simultaneously collapsing an ice bridge along the shore.

"Pant... What the hell, you're schizophrenic, definitely schizophrenic!"

Aiven, whose body was promptly layered with a tough dragon scale with hardly any injury, brushed away the ice shards on him, while constantly exhaling white vapor, couldn't help but quip.

"No, to the 'Theseus School', this is merely common sense.

The whole takes the dominant position, the whole commands the parts, possessing functionalities that the parts lack; parts, in the existence and development of things, hold a dependent position, parts submit to and serve the whole.

When each part forms a whole with a reasonable structure, the whole holds brand-new functionality, and its function exceeds the sum of the functionality of each part."

Descending to stand slowly in front of Aiven, Jelos uttered a tongue-twisting statement which, placed in this era, would sound utterly mystifying even to erudite scholars, but Aiven understood it clearly.

The dialectical relationship of the whole and parts, is this the ideology of their school? Theseus School?

Theseus School, their final creation is the "Theseus' Ship."

A 1500-year-old ancient ship, enhancing a bit each time it's replaced, now it's a hair's breadth from being a genuine Legendary Battleship, and the ultimate goal is true immortality!

Then all crew members standing upon it could share in the glory of immortality.

However, as the eight wine bottles placed in the captain's cabin of that galley indicate, each bottle holds a ship almost identical in appearance. Along with the ship outside, there are a total of nine; who indeed is the real Theseus?