In the end, the enemy resisted for quite a bit due to his physiology, but at the same time, he was unable to escape the trap. The steam cloud enhanced and worked to keep the enemy stun locked on that spot. He eventually passed out while emitting a ton of steam himself…
You obtained 375.000 experience points.
You received 100.000 coins.
The class Necromancer has leveled up.
The class Necromancer has leveled up.
The class Necromancer has leveled up.
…
"He still had money in his pockets, huh…" Aion said while looking at the semi-burned body of the wolfman.
While looking at the metal parts covering the enemy's arms, Aion thought of analyzing it. However, he didn't have time for that… even if they looked strangely technological, and he was interested in them.
After storing the body away, Aion left the warehouse and then saw his earth mage already done with the cleanup. He didn't notice it, but he used a lot of his mana by being damaged. Defeating all the enemies effectively would be difficult without the mana of the necromancer class. Aion could use his death knights, but he didn't want to risk revealing them.
Bard Lv 33
Health: 10/10
Mana: 294/294
Stamina: 28/28
Strength: 01
Dexterity:10
Magic: 141
Endurance: 04
Resistance: 06
Speed: 04
Status: 00
Lute Refinement Lv 0
Bonuses:
Skills: Power Song Lv 44 (Efficiency Lv 96), Magic Song Lv 29, Speed Song Lv 11
Passive: Recovery Aura Lv 16, Increased Range Lv 10
Improvement Points: 00
Accumulated Experience: 0
Coins: 00
Inventory:
Absorption: 0/1000
Processing: 0/1000
Reset
Speed Song: Boosts the speed of all allies that listen to your song by one point per level and up to five minutes after listening to the song.
Increased Range: passively increases the reach of your songs by one percent per level.
Aion changed his class, and after using the points that he had yet to use, Aion began to play his lute. Since his magic power increased tremendously. The song of the lute managed to reach and boost the strength of all his allies, and since he increased the efficiency of Power Song, the bonus of strength almost doubled… each one of them obtained almost ninety points in strength.
You obtained 125 experience points.
You obtained 125 experience points.
You obtained 125 experience points.
…
That wasn't something that Aion expected to see… he was gaining experience by giving support to others and defeating the enemies. That was another way to make the class level up, but Aion completely forgot about it since he always tried to fight by himself.
"The enemies are dying quite fast… I suppose I can also take the support role once I trust enough people to become the damage dealers…" Aion thought.
After half an hour, Aion stopped receiving notifications, and he assumed that the fight was over. He didn't have to check the others or look for them. They approached the central area of the island and found him and those buildings. Some of the crew members looked pretty wounded, and Aion could see only fifteen of the seventeen that left with him.
"It is over," Sauros declared.
"What about the prisoners?" Aion asked. "Before you say anything since we accepted so many risks, we might as well try to win in all possible aspects."
"I didn't say anything," Seris said.
"You were thinking about saying," Aion said.
"Some of the pirates tried to use them as shields, but thanks to your help, we managed to pull it off," Seris said. "I have heard that song magic existed in the past, and I can't guess how you learned it, but it helped a lot."
"Putting that aside… Aion," Sauros said.
"All right… healing time," Aion said, and then he approached the wounded.
With the bard class, Aion had a recovery aura, and it was supposed to heal those nearby. However, the range was quite limited, so it didn't help during the battle. It would be insane if it could… Aion would be able to create a semi-immortal army even from a distance.
While Aion was helping with the seriously injured, Sauros and Seris left to bring the prisoners. Although they were helped during the fight, they still didn't trust those who helped them and scattered across the island. Some even jumped into the ocean, imagining that there was no barrier around. It took them a full day to get all of the prisoners, and the pirates had at least one hundred of them…
"It seems three of those ships will be used by them… if you manage to convince them that you are on their side," Aion said when he saw the prisoners still roped since they refused to listen to reason.
"I guess that they still will think that this is just a game for us once we give them the ships and the supplies for their travel…" Sauros said and then sighed.
"Well, whether they trust us or not, that is beyond our hands," Seris said. "We already did plenty for them."
It wasn't often that Aion could hear Seris say something that reasonable… Aion thought that she would try to become friends with them, but in the end, she knew her position among her family and couldn't reveal much about herself to others. She still put her family and mission above everything else… even if only a little.
Although they had been working nonstop for a while, once they dealt with most problems of the island, Aion, Sauros, and Seris left to check the warehouse and the other buildings. They didn't find anything worth noticing on the houses, but they found a well-organized stock of a lot of things in the warehouse. They also had a massive stock of magic stones… so that side job paid off a lot considering their real mission.
"I found some papers with accurate descriptions of the goods here…" Seris said once she found a hidden room at the back of the warehouse. "They truly were preparing for something since they didn't sell anything they stole over the last few years…"