I need to have some good rest. I almost fully activated the illusion signet.’ Angele sighed. He was not even sure if the illusion signet would work on those Cloud Bees. The great harpy was terrifying but there were stronger creatures even in the ancient times. He was not sure if the monsters around the mountains were inheritors of the ancient beasts.

Angele raised his head and glanced around.

He was the only one on the deck. Broken weapons and s.h.i.+elds were everywhere. There were five Cloud Bees’ corpses beside the railings and the main mast. They were all soaked in the green sticky fluid.

‘If they didn’t come in such a large swarm…’ Angele bit his lips. He held the cursed scimitar tight and started walking around.

"Anyone? Hey!" he shouted.

Angele’s loud voice echoed in the sky.

The chilling wind was blowing over his face. He suddenly detected some movement under one of the dead bees.

"Help…I’m still alive…" It was a male wizard.

Angele ran to the direction of the voice and pushed the Cloud Bee’s corpse away. It was the man in a black robe, whose name Angele had never asked before.

The man’s right leg was pierced by a stinger, but the bodily fluid of the bee already removed the poison for him.

However, the man’s Stamina was much lower than Angele. He looked exhausted, blood was running out of his eyes, mouth, nose, and ears. He was also suffering from a concussion.

"Anyone else?!" Angele yelled again as he helped the man to stand up.

No one responded.

The two walked to the entrance of the cabin and saw two light wizards lying in the hallway but they were not moving.

The one on the left was a female wizard with long black hair. Her left palm was pinned on the floor by a black stinger, and her body was frozen.

The other one was Hikari. The female potion master lay on the floor, but the black stinger missed her neck. She was unconscious as she was still affected by the poison.

"They’re still alive!" Angele helped the man to sit by the staircase and rushed to the deck. He came back after several seconds with a full beaker of green liquid. He started applying the liquid onto the two female wizards’ wounds right away.

The frost disappeared from their body after about half an hour. Angele removed the security rune from the rooms and helped the man in a black robe walk into the room on the left.

"Why’re you still helping us? You’re severely wounded too." The man looked at Angele and shook his head. "If it’s me, I’ll just kill everyone and take all the rare resources they have."

"Do you really think I can make it to the other side alone?" Angele answered in a light tone, "Saving you is saving myself."

The man lay on the bed and took out some healing gel from his pouch.

"Heal yourself, alright?"

"Sure." The man nodded.

"Good, I’ll go check the airs.h.i.+ps’ condition." Angele scrunched his eyebrows and walked out of the door. The two female wizards were sitting in the hallway. Their faces were still pale, but they already regained the consciousness.

"Thank you for saving us. Where are the others?" Hikari asked when she saw Angele walking to her.

"The Cloud Bees carried them away. They’ll be feasting today." Angele was tired. He checked his wound again.

"There are not many wizards left on the airs.h.i.+p."

He turned to the other female wizard.

She opened her mouth, "Master…I’m Morrisa, thank you for helping me…" She stopped for a second and continued, "We heard you yelling during the fight and ran to the cabin right away, but I’m still hit by the stinger. Someone cast a spell that removed the smell and sound, so the bees didn’t come for us…"

Morrisa recalled the fight against the Cloud Bees and Angele could see the fear in her eyes.

"They’re terrifying! None of our spells worked! None of them! How is that even possible?! We’re wizards and they’re stronger than us? How?!" She lowered her head and muttered. The lady’s body was trembling.

Morrisa knew the trip would be dangerous when she agreed to be sent to Omandis but the first monster she met had just killed most of the crew. Only several of the wizards survived the attack. She had lived in the peaceful Nola for too long and she found this kind of reality quite difficult to believe.

Morrisa calmed down after several minutes. "Sorry…I’m just…"

"It’s fine." There was a bitter smile on Hikari’s face. "It felt like a dream…but my wounds are still aching.

"Heal yourselves and have some rest. I still have something to do. The good thing is the airs.h.i.+ps are still operating like usual and we’re still on the correct route." Angele nodded. "Alright, Reyline is still resting in the room I think. Go check on him after you feel better."

Hikari and Morrisa struggled for a while and returned to their own rooms.

Angele walked to the staircase and returned to the deck. He decided to double-check the dead bees.

He found several more frozen wizards but that was it. The others were all captured or killed by the Cloud Bees.

Angele checked the other two airs.h.i.+ps as well, but he did not find anyone. The third airs.h.i.+p was straying from the right route due to the impact of the battle. He returned to the first airs.h.i.+p after modifying the speed and direction of the third airs.h.i.+p.