“What did you see?” Anton’s father asked him.

“Our ship was attacked by what they called a middle-sized Kraken. Even though it was supposed to be middle-sized, its tentacles managed to wrap about a quarter of the ship so the Kraken monster was gigantic. The ship’s mages were very powerful and managed to drive the monster off even though the only ones who moved were not the most powerful wizards employed by the ship. I managed to slice off a tentacle since according to Harun, it’s a delicacy and as huge as four carriages!”

“Did you have any trouble cutting off the tentacle?” Lucas asked and Anton understood that the warrior wanted to know how the defenses of the Kraken were.

“It was a bit tough. I froze off the section of the tentacle near the root and then shattered the frozen part with a spell until I separated the tentacle from the octopus monster so when our sailor guide told me that it was a delicacy, I doubted it but when I sliced off a small part of the tentacle to give to Harun as a reward since I used him as a scapegoat, the meat was sliced off without any effort at all. It was so tender that I could imagine that once we ate part of it, it would melt in our mouths. I’m guessing that once a part of the Kraken’s flesh was separated from the monster, the vitality that was supporting it would leave and that would make the meat tender,” Anton said and he could not help but swallow when he imagined the tender meat of the Kraken tentacle.

“What do you mean about making Harun your scapegoat?” Anders asked.

“Well, after the battle, the mages, of course, were a bit angry that somebody barged in on their battle so I told them that I was an archmage passenger and that Harun told me that the Kraken was a delicacy that’s why I sliced off a tentacle.”

Anders glared at him while everyone else laughed. Even Lucas, who wanted to be serious, couldn’t help but laugh a little.

They all sat at the dining table and the lounge set and wanted to continue talking about the situation.

“Are we still going to watch Hercules?” Anna asked and Anders told her that it was late.

Suddenly they heard knocking on their door and when Colin opened it, everyone saw that there were three visitors and one of them was Captain Robertson. Anton knew that the other two were mages and extremely powerful mages at that. Anton could feel the magical aura coming off from the two mages and he saw that Frederick and Anna felt it as well.

Anders immediately stood and greeted the visitors.

“Captain! To what do we owe the pleasure of your visit tonight? I also wanted to congratulate you for successfully driving off the Kraken that attacked Amelia,” Anton’s father told the captain.

“This is the Archmage Denube and the Supreme Atrosnu. They wanted to talk to you about Anton’s behavior earlier during the battle with the Kraken,” Captain Robertson said.

Anders invited the three men inside the suite and with Nemina’s urging, everyone went to their rooms except Anton then the three visitors, Anton and his father sat in the mini living room.

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Anton kept forgetting the hierarchy of the wizards so he reminded himself that it was supposed to be High Wizard, then Archmage, then Supreme, and then Invincible next, and then finally “God” which according to the Archmage Voduria wasn’t truly an official rank like Invincible but was just a name given to those who went beyond the Invincible rank. Apparently, there were so few of them in the history of this world that there was no official name given to someone who went beyond Invincible.

“I would like to apologize for my son’s behavior. He is usually well-behaved despite becoming very powerful at a young age but as you know, teenagers, especially young men, are hot-blooded and would sometimes forget themselves,” Anders told the captain and the two ship wizards.

Anton was curious about the Supreme rank mage so he kept trying to detect the magical essence coming off the man but the only difference that he could say from the supreme mage to the archmage one was the size of the magical essence that he could feel and that was about it.

“Is your son truly seventeen years old?” The Supreme Atrosnu said.

“Yes. He would be turning eighteen in a few months in December so basically while we’re on this ship!” Anders said.

“Is it true that you said to one of our mages that you could have defeated the Kraken by yourself?” Archmage Denube asked Anton.

“Yes. It’s just I avoided taking part in the battle since I thought that there was a reason why the other mages didn’t want to kill off the monsters like maybe it would provoke other monsters or something like that. Again, I apologized for cutting off a tentacle since according to someone I know, it should be a delicacy and I just wanted to taste it,” Anton said.

The two ship’s wizards look at each other.

“May I ask a delicate question? Who informed you that you are an archmage rank?” The supreme Atrosnu asked.

“The wizards of Zalnothel conducted a couple of tests on me. First was the globe that was supposed to determine the rank of a wizard then after a group of wizards from the said city said they needed to make it official it was held in a large room with an array. After that, I was also awarded the title of Baron. My father has all the documents.”

Anders went to his room to get the documents when the ship’s mages expressed the desire to view the papers then after Anton’s father returned, he handed the documents to the mages.

The two mages reviewed the documents in detail which surprised Anton a bit while the captain and his father separated themselves to discuss business.

Anton thought that maybe after the ship’s mages reviewed the documents, they would retrieve some sort of magical device to test Anton’s magical aptitude but after around thirty minutes of reviewing the documents in-depth, it seemed like the ship’s archmage and supreme accepted Zalnothel’s ranking without any problem.

“Archmage Anton, I’m truly surprised by your talent for reaching your rank at a surprisingly young age. You don’t need to share with us the loot that you’ve taken from the Kraken but we still advised you not to join any of the ship’s battles since any intrusion or interruption could result in unintended consequences. We do appreciate your willingness to help out and it’s understandable since the ship’s safety is also your and your family’s safety but please trust our wizards. If we truly need your help, please wait for us to call you,” The Supreme Atrosnu said and Anton assured one of the ship’s Supremes that he would not make the same mistake again.

Honestly, the fact that the ship’s wizard did not want Anton to partake in the ship’s defenses was what he preferred. He was relieved to learn the firepower of the ship was tremendous and the fact that his power wasn’t needed made him so relieved that some sort of vague burden was lifted from him.

The captain and the two ship’s wizards said their goodbyes and left their suite. The captain did ask Anders about the blanket hanging from one of the walls and the pillows and blankets scattered on the floor and Anton’s father told the captain and the ship’s wizard that it was used to watch a show that came from one of Anton’s spells. The mages asked if they could watch as well so they could check out the spell and Anders informed them that they would prepare an event for that. The captain offered the stage tomorrow and Anders agreed.