The First Magic World War

Although this world possessed supernatural powers and Sacred Level individuals who could cleave mountains and part seas, it still had not been entirely explored by humankind.

To date, mankind had set foot only in the New and Old Continents and seven seas.

Among them, the Agres Sea is located between the New and Old Continents!

One only needs to cross the Sea of Giant Whales to encounter an expanse stretching thousands of kilometers with at least tens of thousands of islands, collectively known as the Agres Archipelago, and the sea where these islands are located is called the Agres Sea.

However, the Agres Sea is closer to the New Continent. It takes approximately three months to sail from the Old Continent to the New Continent. Setting out from the Old Continent, one can reach the Agres Sea in about a month and a half. To cross the Agres Sea, it only needs an additional twenty-odd days of sailing to reach the New Continent.

Hmm, crossing the Agres Sea is extremely dangerous, and it takes at least half a month.

Originally, Charles only had twenty-eight days left, and after delaying for over ten days in Black Phoenix City, the normal voyage time would definitely not suffice to reach the Agres Sea. But Charles's fleet was unlike any other; it was composed of a flagship that was a Legendary Warship, plus seven Magical Alchemy Warships, and did not include any ordinary vessels.

The speed of the Magical Alchemy Warships was more than three times that of a regular sailing ship.

Although the time was a bit tight, in Charles's calculations, there was enough time; after all, he was a mathematics teacher and had no issues with calculations.

Charles left two Sacred Level individuals behind and did not bring along the nobles of Black Phoenix who had pledged allegiance, so there were only nine Sacred Level individuals in the fleet: Kresto from Mount of Light, Aspros, former first deputy commander of the Fars Royal Knights Order, Herolf the Golden Goat, Quedero the Silverback Ape Person, Agon the Elephant-man, the hefty Gales Mecklen, Antonio Constantine, the youngest Sacred Level from the former Black Phoenix, and Vigo, the Flame Paladin!

Plus his teacher, Juno Arthur!

This lineup could truly slaughter gods!

Charles entrusted the seven Magical Alchemy Warships to Kresto, Aspros, Herolf, Quedero, Agon, Gales Mecklen, and Antonio Constantine!

He and his teacher Juno, along with Vigo, stayed aboard the Dolmabahçe Number.

This time, he had also specifically recruited a group of seasoned sailors, most of whom were from the naval forces of Black Phoenix, and he also brought a large number of Labyrinth Guardians, including some subordinates of old goats. Although Charles himself had little experience in navigation, his fleet was not lacking in veteran seafarers.

This unprecedented fleet did not take long to depart from Black Phoenix City before delving deep into the Sea of Giant Whales.

On the way, Charles often saw enormous whales brush past the fleet, and some of the whales even curiously followed for a stretch of the journey.

Princess May and Sabastine each had their own pet giant whales, and Charles had also been interested in such regal pets. However, since he seldom traveled at sea and did not quite have the means to care for them, his interest was slight and not enough to spur him into action.

Charles had originally thought of setting sail on the Holy Light Divine State Title after it had been repaired, but to this day, the Legendary Warship still lacked three final items: the venom fang of the Great Sea Serpent Witch Posuji, the Tears of the King of Giant Whales, and a branch from the Gomodoro Tree.

Charles did obtain the coordinates, but he had never understood why the coordinates of these three items were all in the same location. According to the common sense of Earthlings, apex predators like the great sea serpent and the King of Giant Whales wouldn't normally be in the same area, otherwise they would surely fight each other.

The day before Charles set off, he explained to all his subordinates that they were going to fight the Labyrinth Evil God Agmillar, and, as he expected, almost no subordinate shrank back!

However, this time Charles did not bring along old subordinates like Dobin.

The reasons were threefold: they were only ordinary Transcendents without much sailing experience, and wouldn't be of much use in the battle to explore the Agres Sea; Charles felt that these old subordinates deserved to enjoy a peaceful life, there was no need to adventure with him; and his Mecklen Duchy was in great need of reliable people to manage it, there were no more reliable people for him than this group of old subordinates.

Standing on the highest deck of the Dolmabahçe Number, Charles looked out over the sea; in the first few days at sea, he found it quite fresh, a bit like traveling on a luxury cruise ship.

On Earth, he was just an average math teacher with a salary insufficient to afford the luxury of a cruise ship. Now he was on the Dolmabahçe Number, a vessel far more luxurious than any cruise ship, and he was the master of this fleet, feeling quite elated.

But as days went on sailing, seeing nothing but endless sea every day could get quite monotonous.

He wished to see something different amongst the waves of the sea, like passing ships, but, regrettably, since leaving Black Phoenix City, he had not seen any other human ships.

Charles was thinking of going back to his training for a while, as he had reached level eighteen during Georgiadi Hadrian's surprise attack on Black Phoenix City. He even threw all the depictions of Agmillar's Labyrinth and the ancient paintings that recorded the true likeness of the Evil God into the Bloody Vortex of the Van Gaal Family, upgrading the Infinite Mirror Realm sixfold but still fell just short of advancing to the Sacred level.

After setting sail, Charles had been striving to break through to the Sacred level before entering the Agres Sea, but so far the bottleneck of the Sacred level had not loosened.

Charles had asked Juno, who just smiled without speaking, simply telling him that he needed to be more patient.

The cabin where Charles resided was once occupied by the emperors of Black Phoenix. On the Old Continent, no other nation reserved a cabin on a Legendary Warship for their emperor because other nations' Legendary Warships were for war, whereas Black Phoenix's Legendary Warship was for the emperor's pleasure.

This room, with over a thousand square meters, featured two bedrooms—one for the emperor and one for the empress—a study, a reception room, a music room, two dining rooms, and two viewing decks!

Charles had thought to offer this bedroom to Juno, given that this number one powerhouse of Byron was his teacher, but Juno tactfully declined, saying, "Your status will be different in the future; you need your own dignity."

Charles returned to the bedroom, looked out the porthole at the scenery, felt a bit bored, and with a swipe of his hand, the porthole dimmed. It had only been a few days since he set sail, and he had turned all the portholes and mirrors aboard the Dolmabahçe Number into the Mirror World.

It added a function to the Dolmabahçe Number, allowing all the portholes to adjust their brightness, making living even more comfortable.

Charles was lying on the court sofa once used by past Black Phoenix emperors, preparing to strive further in his practice, when he heard the bronze bell ring inside the room. He knew that Vigo would not disturb him unless it was an emergency, so he hurried to the Captain's Cabin.

Upon reaching the Captain's Cabin, he saw a vast fleet in the distance. The fleet was dozens of times more numerous than theirs, and each ship bore the noble crest of the Black Phoenix!