The Founder's POV

Chapter 13: Another Journey

The captain hurried out of his room, looking around with a worried expression. He felt as though an earthquake had just struck his ship.

He saw members of his crew running around in panic.

He had a large crew specifically formed to manage such a large ship, and each one of them was an expert since he had chosen them carefully.

They had never faced any problems before, regardless of sea conditions, but it seems they finally encountered a problem today, just hours away from their destination...

His eyes scanned the entire place and quickly, he grabbed one of the crew members by the shoulder.

He felt this time the matter was serious, unlike the usual waves that posed no threat to the ship and those on it.

"What's happening?" He was genuinely worried but maintained his composure as best as possible.

After all, he was the captain, and showing his concern would only double the chances of failing to ward off the unknown danger.

The person he grabbed was a young man not yet twenty, with very short brown hair and black eyes. The calm look on his face was strange considering the surrounding commotion.

"What's happening?" repeated the question, perhaps the boy hadn't heard him the first time due to the loud noise.

The ship was rocking strangely from side to side, as if it were some kind of toy, and it looked bad.

"There are waves coming from a distant island, Killian said it's because of a fight between powerful people."

"By the name of god..."

Ronald let the boy go and moved quickly towards the ship's helm to better understand the situation. What kind of power could affect the sea like this?

Since he was approximately ranked -B, he realized that even those ranked A+ could barely create ripples in such a sea even if they used all their power on it.

He left the boy and rushed to meet the other members responsible for maintaining the ship's system.

Ronald quickly reached the helm where several expert individuals gathered, issuing their commands through communication devices, and the worry on their faces slowly faded.

"The situation has improved as we gradually move away from the site, at least we won't face the danger of sinking..."

One of the elderly experts spoke, and the bodies of the other exhausted crew members fell onto the ship's wooden floor. Their chests rose and fell; most in this room were of an older age and only a few of them were awake.

Such an event had completely drained them, in the entire room only Killian still bore a grave expression.

"It's not over yet..."

Everyone looked at him and their hearts stopped for a moment when they heard his words, they all knew his skills, and if he said that, he was right, this isn't his first time sensing danger...

In that moment, they heard the sound of tearing wind faintly, some of the awakened noticed immediately, that sound definitely didn't signify anything good.

As seconds passed, the sound became louder and louder, eventually, it sounded like an airplane engine above them.

What they didn't see was that a wave of sword energy had been launched from the distant island, alongside a man-shaped shadow, his aura close to at least A or A+ Rank.

He was among the world's elite, but now just a remnant of what he once was, and by coincidence, he collided with the giant ship that covered the entire horizon.