Anton wondered why there were raised platforms since the deck was open and large enough that anyone in there would be able to see the ocean in all directions without any problem so he asked one of the mages there.

“It’s for mages who want to stand somewhere high so the range of their spells would be magnified. There is also a magic circle that would allow mages in the platforms to double their spell range,” the mage Anton asked the question.

That was interesting information and Anton then truly wondered if he could learn it since an item like that would truly assist him in his spell casting. He suddenly also speculated if he could use the magic items of this world inside the game.

An example of that was the magic circle that enhanced the range of spells. It wasn’t that helpful if one were playing the game behind a computer screen or even if one were using the on-screen option in his Diablo II system since the range of what the characters could see was limited by the screen but if he were playing virtually by entering the game himself, a very long range would truly benefit him.

Anton knew then that isolating himself from other mages was a huge mistake. Even if his magic system were different, the ideas of the learned mages would give him deep inspiration on how to do magic, and not only that, he did have the ability to learn the magic of this world.

He decided then that after this situation was resolved, he would mingle with other wizards.

“So is there anything that I should do or avoid doing?” Anton asked the mage beside him again.

“Nothing special. As commanded, just spend all your spells in delaying the three ghost ships since the true battle, if we don’t manage to escape, will be done by the Supremes.”

There were five raised platforms and there were three archmages assigned to each platform. He did learn that there were more archmages but they were the ones who were assigned first, basically the initial attacker or cannon fodder if you will, although he was assured that there were no dangers since they were far enough away from the ghost ships.

The archmages then flew toward the raised platform including Anton. One of the wizards that was assigned to his platform said to him that he could start casting spells as soon as he knew that the three ghost ships were in range.

The moment Anton stood on the platform, he could feel the effect of the magic circle that was etched on them. He saw the three ghost ships in the distance and normally, if the object of the attack were that far away, his spells would not reach them but the magic circle that increased spell range did bring a massive effect. He could feel it in his mind.

Before Anton started casting spells, he told the mages on his platform and the ones beside him that he had a spell aura that would allow up to seven people to have a massive energy regeneration and could share that aura. The mages gave their consent to be affected by his energy regeneration spell but to be honest, he didn’t know how it would affect regular mages’ casting since from what he knew, spells would be expended once it was cast and they would need time to memorize the spells again.

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It was truly unlike his Diablo II system spells wherein he could cast as many spells as he wanted as long as he had mana and with the Meditation Aura and his almost unlimited supply of mana potion, he could cast spells non-stop.

When the mages that were added to his party system felt his aura, they exclaimed loudly that they could feel the regeneration. They said that it felt like they could memorize spells faster than normal.

“How fast are we talking about?” Anton asked since he felt that that information would help his sister and Frederick.

“It needed to be tested but I’m guessing that the time would be shortened massively,” the mage said.

If that were true, that would allow his sister and Frederick to benefit greatly since one way to increase magical capability was to use spells, and casting spells and memorizing spells in a very short time would allow the both of them to increase their power in a shorter time than normal.

Anton saw that some of the archmages began casting their spells and different spells flew out from the archmages' hands towards the three ghost ships who were nearing the Amelia.

There were rays of different kinds. One looked like a frost ray that caused the water in front of the ship to freeze, slowing them down a bit but due to the movement of the ocean, the frozen water did not last long. Some rays looked like purple light that caused waves to appear in front of the ghost ships causing them to be pushed back.

One of the rays that looked bright red was about to hit the ship but was stopped by a gray force field.

Anton began casting Meteors one after the other and because of his massive mana and rapid mana regeneration, he kept casting the spell non-stop. The magic circle on the platform that allowed him to double his casting range helped him greatly.

He made sure that the meteors hit the ships and even though it was blocked by the gray forcefield, Anton knew that it would affect the ghost ships’ defenses and could possibly cause delay which was their mission. He also made sure that half of the meteors hit the front of the ships since flaming large meteors did cause waves that would delay the ships as well.

The other mages were casting different spells but Anton only cast a single spell which was Meteor. His meteor rained from the sky non-stop causing the sky to turn red as if the apocalypse had come and Anton noticed the archmages looked at him with flabbergasted expressions.

After around five minutes, he saw that some of the archmages sat down and began memorizing spells. He thought that if a mage spent his spells they would be replaced but they didn’t signal the mages below that they needed to be replaced and Anton noticed that the only ones who did that were the ones covered by his Meditation Aura. After another ten minutes, the mages who were memorizing spells stood up again and began casting spells again but Anton’s spell casting was unrelenting.

Soon the mages not covered by his aura were replaced by some of the archmages below but those in his party system kept casting spells.

One surprising thing happened though, one of the supreme wizards flew up to them to ask about the situation since a lot of wizards did not ask to be replaced. One of them stopped casting and Anton overheard him explaining to the powerful supreme wizard that because of Anton’s spell aura, they only needed a few minutes of rest to memorize their spells and cast them again.

The supreme wizard was highly surprised and then flew towards him.

“Sir Sunder, are you okay? You have been casting your meteor spell nonstop. It’s highly impressive but please remember that your potential is one of a kind and I don’t want you to experience any sequelae due to this battle. It’s not needed for you to sacrifice yourself since the Amelia is protected by powerful wizards and we don’t intend to engage them in direct battle.”

“I’m fine. I should be able to do this for another ten minutes,” Anton made a limit for himself to avoid rousing the curiosity of the powerful supreme wizards.

His non-stop casting could be explained by his Meditation Aura which he explained was one of the spells that he cast.