The tavern where Torun and the others led him sells cheap beer and the establishment was fairly huge. The tables and chairs and the bar counter were reminiscences of the taverns that he had seen described in fantasy novels and it brought a warm cozy feeling of parties of adventurers that just returned and now resting and unwinding from the stress they received from their adventures.

Anton quite liked the place and decided to make it the preferable meeting place with his friends. The fact that the owner of the tavern, who was also the bartender, was so laidback added to its charm.

He knew the main reason why this tavern was the way it was, was because it was on a ship and the customers were the passengers who couldn’t always buy things for the reason that almost everyone had no incoming coins.

That was also the main reason why it was important that the ship stop on some of the islands on the way to the New Gale continent so the passengers could supplement their dwindling wealth with the items or services they could sell to the local islanders.

When Anna expressed her distress about passengers running out of money, therefore running out of food, Antonia and Lucia assured him that most responsible passengers had already calculated their budget during their stay on the ship knowing that the Amelia would spend more than a year on the ocean.

“It was just there would probably more people who would be in danger of lacking in budget on this journey due to the fact that the Amelia had to leave earlier than planned because of the Undead Coalition but you don’t need to worry too much, Anna. The ocean offers a bountiful resource to anyone who can claim it and the ship has very powerful wizards. That’s the reason why most of the food that was being consumed was some type of seafood because the ship's logistic teams knew how to spread the Amelia’s resources. Our family has been in the shipping business for hundreds of years, Anna so you don’t need to worry too much,” Antonia assured Anton’s sister.

“Even your brother was able to hunt tons of that delicious Kraken meat,” Lucia added.

Anton thought of the fact that he planned to hunt more magical beasts in case they were attacked again and based on what Harun had told them before, it was inevitable that edible sea monsters would attack them during their travel.

Torun led Anton and the others to one of the larger tables but they still had to join another table together so they could all fit. He didn’t know where Soren got the table and the extra chairs since all the furniture on the ship was usually bolted onto the floor.

“What do you want to talk to us about, Anton?” Torun asked after they all ordered some cheap beer from the bartender.

Everyone looked at Anton since they all knew that what an archmage would say would be important.

“Did you notice anything unusual when you’re in your place?” Anton asked everyone.

“Yes! About an hour ago, we noticed that a lot of mages in uniform went to the north side. We didn’t know why since when Norlan attempted to follow them, he received a very severe glare that chased his spirit out from his body,” Soren said while snickering.

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Anton then informed them of what happened with their neighboring suite and the family that was also murdered in that place where the mages gathered. He informed them that the ship’s mages would probably capture them if they spread the information without their approval because they didn’t want to cause panic among the passengers.

“Why are you telling us though?” Blake asked.

“The mages wouldn’t touch me whatever I do as long as I don’t go over the limit. I’m an archmage and I helped them before. I told you because I want you all to be extra careful. Don’t roam around alone and you have to have a couple of people awake all the time so your family has to sleep in shifts,” Anton answered.

“Will that help? You mentioned that the family that was murdered had a couple of archmages in their employ.” Soren asked looking frightened and Anton saw that everyone else looked scared as well.

Anton thought deeply about how he could help his new friends and remembered that he still had a few Spirt Wolf and Dire Wolf summoning tablets remaining in his inventory but he was averse to just giving them those since Frederick kept telling him that he was being too generous to his friends and that would result in them taking advantage of him and not only that, it might also result in his friends treating him as a provider and that could become their crutch.

He did tell Frederick that it was because he had the means that’s why he was generous but he could understand the mage’s point so Anton was curbing himself in just giving out things freely. Anton then thought what if they purchased it from him? That would allow him to give some sort of protection to his friends but since they bought the items, they would know that they couldn’t just get things from him for free.

Torun and the others waited for him while he was thinking. Anton finally started speaking.

“I have an enchanted item that will let you summon a very powerful Spirit Wolf. It can destroy your enemy including those invisible ones like ghosts and wraiths aside from normal enemies. The Spirit Wolf will obey the summoner unconditionally so technically, you can even do evil by commanding it to destroy your enemies even if they were good people. I would have given the item to you for free and just one of them will allow all of your family to be protected I think but my family told me that I can’t give anything for free anymore so you will have to purchase it. I think it would be best if I speak to your elders.”

Anton saw that every young person there got very excited when they heard that they could receive a very powerful enchanted item from him. The good thing about their families was, that they lived close to each other so a single Spirit Wolf should be able to help a lot in defending them but to be honest, he wasn’t sure if the wolf could truly help.

Why were the archmages employed by the noble family that was murdered got killed without using their magic? Was it because they were taken off guard or were they asleep or something? The good thing about the summoned was it would be awake all the time to guard them. They only needed to feed it, which was different from his summons since it would come from a wooden tablet that he enchanted.

His friend then led Anton out of the tavern to where they stayed on the ship so their fathers could talk to him. It took around twenty minutes of walking before they arrived in the rooms where they stayed and Anton had to admit that it was better than he was expecting.

The rooms where Torun and the other were staying were serviceable and clean so Anton knew that at least the ladies in their families were responsible. There were huge windows that were opened so the air was streaming unblocked making everything smell fresh. The ventilation was one of the best that he had seen since there was no stale air anywhere and knew that the windows were just a small part of it.