Versatile Mage

Translated by XephiZ

Edited by Aelryinth

The bay a few kilometers away from the island was affected by the waves. The waves rolled onto the bay and dragged the paralyzed Zhao Manyan into the ocean.

The two assassins did not expect something like that to happen. They quickly cast defensive spells to prevent themselves from being knocked away by the strong tide.

“Where did he go?”

“He was dragged into the water, I’ll go get him!”

The female assassin glanced after Zhao Manyan and immediately turned into a shadow bird, chasing after Zhao Manyan, who was being dragged further away by the strong backwash.

“What…what the hell is that!?” Zhao Youqian stood on ground now under seawater. He pointed at an island quickly approaching the bay in disbelief!

The island was huge! The sight of it approaching the bay so quickly was horrifying!

“I…I have no idea, why is such a creature in Venice’s territorial waters!?” The male assassin’s eyes widened. Even someone as experienced as he had never seen such a gigantic beast before.

A great cruise liner was heading toward Venice’s harbor. It managed to halt when the huge waves came past, and did not flip over.

There were around a thousand people on the cruise liner. They were totally clueless about what just happened. A few Mages went up on the deck to investigate the matter.

To their shocked surprise, a huge mountain happened to pass by. The difference in sizes between the mountain and the cruise liner was like an infant and an adult man. The people who were watching from the city were amazed by the difference in size.

The Seagull was the biggest cruise liner in Venice. Its symbol of a seagull was visible from a great distance away, yet it was extremely tiny compared to the gigantic Island Beast!

When the people thought the creature was going to flip the Seagull over, it simply swam past it and headed for the long bay!

“Zhao Manyan…” Mo Fan suddenly recalled that Zhao Manyan was still at the bay!

The sea monster had already swum a few kilometers into the distance, yet its body was still very clear. It did not become smaller because of the distance.

Mo Fan collected his thoughts and quickly turned into a shadow bird, sprinting across the surface of the water in the darkness…

He was moving at his quickest speed, yet he still needed some time to reach the bay. However, the distance was only a few steps to the Gigantic Island Beast!

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Out on the bay shore, the assassin realized that the Gigantic Island Beast was coming right at them. He quickly grabbed his client, Zhao Youqian, and sprinted to the other end of the bay.

The Gigantic Island Beast still did not reveal its true appearance. The darkness had shrouded its figure. The people could only see a giant silhouette that was like nothing they had seen before.

Its body slammed into the seawall and snapped it in half. The structure collapsed and fell into the water.

Zhao Youqian’s face was filled with disbelief when he felt the whole place about to sink from the impact.

With a deafening roar, the Gigantic Island Beast suddenly opened its mouth.

With a single bite, it drank down hundreds of tons of seawater. The water that was almost the capacity of a reservoir was gone.

“Crap!” the male assassin exclaimed.

That area was where the female assassin and Zhao Manyan were. They were like two planktons swept into a whale’s mouth without any resistance.

“Why did it have to swallow there!?” Zhao Youqian blurted out.

The gigantic Island Beast swallowed both the humans and water down. It had no intention of staying any further. It sank into the ocean, only leaving its massive backbone above the surface…

It looked like a moving island was slowly sinking into the ocean. The gigantic beast that had shocked Venice finally submerged into the water. Its black silhouette soon disappeared into the horizon.

The male assassin and Zhao Youqian were left speechless as they watched the gargantuan Island Beast leaving.

-Did…did the creature eat them both?-

Was it a coincidence? The Gigantic Island Beast happened to be drinking water here, and sucked both the female assassin and Zhao Manyan into its stomach.

“Should we go after it?” Zhao Youqian asked, but he realized how dumb it sounded as soon as he said it.

The male assassin immediately snapped coldly, “A creature of that level is the highest even among the Ruler-level creatures. Even if our Assassin Palace was to send everyone, there’s no way we could fight against it. My partner has died, and your target won’t live, either. Just pay the remaining sum; I’ll be taking her pay, too!”

Zhao Youqian was startled. The man was still thinking about money after what just happened.

He did see the beast eat Zhao Manyan with his own eyes. There was no way Zhao Manyan could have survived that. However, for some reason, he was feeling uneasy. Why did the creature appear out of nowhere when he was about to end Zhao Manyan’s life? Were the authorities in Venice and the Shoreline Alliance useless? How were they not aware of a creature that could easily endanger the city?

“I’ll pay you in full,” Zhao Youqian agreed.

The male assassin was a Super Mage, while the female assassin was a talented Advanced Mage. Zhao Youqian had spent a fortune just to hire them. If he knew the gigantic beast would do him the favor, why would he have bothered spending the money to hire the assassin?

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The area close to the seawall was like a little town. Now that the seawall had been destroyed, the area was drowned in seawater.

The Mages in Venice finally showed up. They all had dark faces when they saw the seawall had been destroyed.

Venice was the famous City of Canals, hence it had Super Mages stationed in the city. However, none of them could react before the Gigantic Island Beast left.

The whole city was overwhelmed by fear; no one knew that a gigantic beast that could destroy the entire city was so close to them!

If the gigantic Island Beast was hostile to humans, Venice would have sunk into the ocean in an instant!

It was a relief that the beast was not hostile to them, or perhaps it simply disregarded their existence. The Seagull was the perfect example. However, the people still did not understand. Why would the beast hide itself here? What was it after?

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Mo Fan did not find Zhao Manyan. He even asked the Shoreline Alliance, the advisors, and the team to search for him, yet they could not find him anywhere, not even his corpse…

At dawn, the Shoreline Alliance finally found a person who had witnessed two people being swallowed by the gigantic creature.

Mo Fan was downhearted at the words. If that was really the case, Mo Fan really had no clue what he was supposed to do.

“Mo Fan, did you know what that thing was?”

“You said that it has been following us since Japan. Was that true?”

Even Mo Fan was unable to answer the questions.

The only thing he knew was, the gigantic Island Beast was the reason that Miyata had died. It was there at Japan’s Xixiong City, and Miyata spent a night on it, assuming it was just an island, but it somehow disappeared the next day.

Mo Fan caught a glimpse of it on the train, too. He was supposed to have a clear view of the sea, yet he saw a gray island.

Later, at the Twin Guardian Towers, the defensive mechanisms of the place had sensed the beast’s existence. It was then that Mo Fan speculated that the creature was following them.

After that, they went to South America, the whole Pacific Ocean apart. Mo Fan felt that it was unrealistic for the creature to keep following them…

Little did he know, the creature had actually followed them. Not only did it cross the vast Pacific Ocean, it even crossed the Atlantic Ocean into the Mediterranean Sea!

Mo Fan had no idea how the creature ended up in the Mediterranean Sea. Either way, the creature was following them, without them knowing it!

“Why did it show up?” Mo Fan was still confused by the question.

There must be a reason that the creature was following them, but it had decided to show up at this time, as if it was going right at Zhao Manyan, and swallowed him!

Mo Fan had a feeling that it was not as simple as Zhao Manyan being eaten. The creature was comparable to the Black Totem Snake. If it wanted to harm them, it would have done so back in Japan…

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Left with no choice, Mo Fan could only ask the Clearsky Hunter Agency for help. Surprisingly, Old Bao promised to investigate it personally after learning about it.

Mo Fan knew Old Bao was an authority who had retired from some powerful organization. If he had to involve himself, it must be something extremely important.

“Old Bao, what exactly is that creature? I don’t think there are a lot of creatures of that size in this world? There must be some records of it, right?” Mo Fan asked on the phone.

“There are actually lots of huge creatures in this world, especially in the ocean. Even the strongest Mages have no clue what kind of creatures are lying twenty thousand feet down in the ocean. I need some time to do some research on what the creature is. Don’t panic. If that kid is dead, his body would be found on the spot. That creature could have killed him with a single breath. If his corpse isn’t there, he should be fine. He will be back once the mysterious creature is closer to land…” Old Bao told him.

Mo Fan’s face twisted. “What do you mean by that? I guess I’ll have to visit Hangzhou.”

“Either way, there’s nothing you can do about it. Even if you ask the Black Totem Snake for help, he won’t be able to find the creature, either. The Black Totem Snake won’t dare to venture deep into the ocean. The sea isn’t as simple as you think!” Old Bao reminded Mo Fan so he would not act on impulse.

The Black Totem Snake might live in water, but he was not a creature of the sea. The Gigantic Island Beast had already left, meaning that there was nothing the Black Totem Snake could do. It was unnecessary to bring the Black Totem Snake to a foreign country, resulting in great panic.

Venice was already ashamed of what had happened. The people were extremely worried, too. If the Black Totem Snake appeared again, it was likely that Forbidden Mages would show up!

Things would be very complicated if Forbidden Mages showed up. It was unnecessary to stir any more trouble!