Versatile Mage : Reborn As Mo Fan

After resting for a while, Mu Ningxue got up, washed, and left her place.

Outside the low embankment, the sea was rhythmically crashing against the long beach, with the waves still about 30 meters away from the 10-meter-high embankment.

Mu Ningxue found a quiet spot, wanting to be alone for a while. However, she could hardly ever truly be alone. It wasn't long before someone mustered up the courage to come over and talk to her. She could tell that this was a rather shy guy. His first words came out nervous and stuttering, but he tried hard to act all smooth and casual.

Unfortunately, she didn't like such approaches because she knew exactly what they were after.

Had it not been for the curse she encountered earlier, Mu Ningxue would have already left.

The morning was the same as usual, but unlike Mu Ningxue's feeling of helplessness, Mo Fan was being served breakfast attentively by Chiyou. After breakfast, he didn't hurry back to his team.

The morning passed quickly, and as he looked at Chiyou, who was lying there exhausted, Mo Fan nudged her with his foot. "Get up and clean up. We need to get to Tokyo by night."

Upon hearing this, Chiyou froze for a moment, wondering if she had heard wrong. But looking at Mo Fan's serious face, she realized she hadn't.

She didn't want to move but still dragged her exhausted body to the bathroom to freshen up.

Half an hour later, she came out with her hair tied up and dressed in a kimono. To be honest, Mo Fan hadn't thought much of her before, but now, with her hair up, she looked like a mature beauty.

A ripe peach, and yet she hadn't even married!

Mo Fan felt a sense of accomplishment. If it weren't for him, Chiyou would never have transformed into this perfect state.

In a way, she was on par with Tang Yue, though their situations couldn't be more different.

There was nothing Mo Fan could do about it. After all, Chiyou came from Sakura. And Mo Fan had little fondness for the place.

The next day, Mo Fan and Chiyou arrived at Sea Battle City. As soon as they got near the coast, they noticed that the sky had darkened. The color of the sky was now a dense gray, signaling that rain would fall soon.

Chiyou furrowed her brows, staring in the direction of East Sea City. As a local, she quickly realized this was no ordinary scene.

She immediately said, "Master, based on the sea wind, sea clouds, and humidity in the air, I fear we're about to face a major tide."

"How's your body?" Mo Fan asked.

Chiyou panicked a little and quickly replied, "Master, weren't you going to guard the streets?"

By this point, calling Mo Fan "Master" had become second nature to her. She didn't resist or mind it at all.

"???"

Mo Fan looked at her, slightly speechless. Did she really think that's all he was interested in? On second thought, maybe she wasn't wrong. He had indeed treated her like a certain kind of object over the past few days.

Seeing Mo Fan stare at her, Chiyou felt a bit flustered. But her body still ached.

"What I mean is, can you fight? If not, go back and wait. If you can, go help my teammates." Mo Fan clarified.

At this point, seawater had already flooded parts of the city. If nothing unexpected happened, that silly woman Mu Ningxue had probably run off to do something reckless again.

What you can't have always seems the sweetest. Mo Fan didn't deny he still had some obsession with Mu Ningxue. After all, every time he thought about what had happened at Dongting Lake, it made him burn with frustration.

Chiyou sighed in relief and agreed to help.

As long as the battle didn't involve Mo Fan's direct attack, she was still okay with it.

"I don't like that scared look on your face. I preferred you when you were more defiant." Mo Fan added.

Chiyou couldn't help but mock herself. How could she still act defiant?

As the eldest daughter of the Mochizuki family, she had become nothing but an embarrassment to her clan. After all, she had ended up becoming Mo Fan's...

In just two short days, she felt like she was falling apart.

Mo Fan wasn't concerned about the tide or her thoughts, since he knew the tides well enough. With his strength, he didn't have much to worry about.

Two massive embankments stood tall along the coast, one high and one low. They stretched along the shoreline, forming a crescent shape. As the white waves gradually approached, the entire East Sea City was enveloped in a dense magical atmosphere. It felt like the different magical elements had turned into visible force fields, colliding with one another in vibrant colors throughout the city.

The waves continued to surge. Initially, they were about 100 meters from the low embankment, leaving a stretch of exposed muddy ground. Gradually, the water began pounding at the base of the low embankment, with each crash growing stronger, the sound of the waves like roars, and the spray like a downpour.

Unlike the way battles were fought around the ancient capital's walls, the low embankment here served purely as a boundary. Beyond it was the battlefield.

The Sakura people hadn't entirely kept the tides out of the city, nor had they prevented the sea monsters lurking in the waves from entering. There were no guards stationed on the long, ridge-like low embankment, as they had all retreated to the tall embankment, forming a long defensive line.

The tall embankment was the true marine defense line of Tokyo, towering like a mountain and as strong as steel.

The original East Sea City had been divided into 32 districts. On top of the buildings in each district, several mages stood, and from a high vantage point, the number of mages was quite astonishing.

These mages weren't all from Sakura; many were hunters from all over the world.

They were fighting these vast numbers of sea monsters not only without loss but with considerable profit, too. The reason was that Sea Battle City wasn't built for ordinary humans to live in; it was a battlefield set up specifically for sea monsters.

Whenever the sea monsters attacked, the ones defending were never the Sakura guards but mages from all over the world.

The loss of their own country's mages had been reduced to almost zero, and they even made good money. After all, the corpses of monsters were valuable.

When Mo Fan arrived at the outskirts, he saw the tide. This was not a natural tide. The most ferocious tides people typically witnessed reached only about 10 meters, and standing before them, people could already feel their insignificance.

But the tide crashing toward the city now was a demon tide, summoned by countless sea monsters. Its towering height easily surged over the low embankment, like a massive blue-and-white tongue about to swallow the entire sea city into the ocean!

The rumbling sound was deafening, and even from a distance, it could be heard, with the ground trembling continuously.

The sky was blanketed by thick clouds, leaving not a single crack of light. The tide line seemed to be reaching for the clouds, bringing with it a breathtaking visual impact. Among the rolling waves, tiny black dots could be seen, scattered densely across the tidal wall. From a distance, it was impossible to tell what they were, but once you stood in East Sea City, you'd realize those were the sea monsters rising from the tide!

By now, the sea monsters had likely already infiltrated the city.

At the same time, the 16 districts lined up along the low embankment formed a coastal shield made of buildings and mages. Normally, small and medium tides wouldn't reach beyond these 16 districts, but this time, the water easily submerged the first row of defenses. Most of East Sea City was now underwater, a chaotic mess, with even the buildings unable to withstand the force of the waves.

(End of Chapter)