'Guys, I'll let you handle the situation here. You know what to do.'
Eren said to his subordinates via his private communication channel.
He then disappeared from his position before Marina could take action against him.
However, Marina knew that Eren merely wanted to change their battlefield.
With her draconic senses, it was very easy to follow Eren's movements despite the fact that he ran like the wind itself.
A lot of things happened at the same time as soon as Eren made a move and disappeared from the platform. Eren's forces moved toward the island, initiating combat with the sea monsters that were still in god Raashim's faction.
Some of Eren's subordinates landed on the island and were immediately confronted by sea god Raashim's forces. Even though the element of surprise was with Eren and his forces, Baga Island was still the temple's stronghold. It wasn't something Eren could conquer with a flick of his fingers.
As long as Shir managed to stabilize the seal-strengthening ritual, the brewing chaos on the island would die down like it never existed. All the temple needed to do was make sure Shir didn't get disturbed until the disrupted seal-strengthening ritual reached its expected conclusion.
Meanwhile, Eren's force that had barged into the temple's stronghold needed to ensure that Eren managed to get his hands on the faith-based God Spark currently in Shir's possession. As long as Eren had that, the game would change, and their objective of coming here at such a crucial time would be achieved.
As such, Baga Island, the skies above it, as well as the seas surrounding it, became battlegrounds for various individuals who belonged to two opposing sides. The battle between these individuals started right away, adding to the chaos and mayhem already unfolding on the island.
Osha Daman, for example, was confronted by the enemy S-Rank merman half-blood. Since both were S-Ranked entities, a tacit understanding was passed between the two to leave their subordinates alone. They both took to the skies above the island, turning it into a battlefield between the two S-Ranked entities, which couldn't be interfered with by A-Ranked individuals or lower.
Of course, Marina had dealt with the temple's enemies for her own reasons. She didn't want the sea monster released under any circumstances. Plus, associating herself with the temple brought her a lot of benefits.
However, she had never dealt with someone like Eren who could shapeshift like he had been reborn into the skin of the person he wanted to play as. She had never seen a berserker Ranker interfere with the seal-strengthening ritual with the expertise of an Array Expert. And lastly, she had never seen the same person use a movement-type skill with the proficiency of a Ranger profession Ranker.
'What... What kind of creature is he? Is... is he related to that sea monster?' Marina had a random thought as she followed Eren and looked at his back. She too wanted to see what Eren had in store for her and wanted to test the guy's limits.
No matter what kind of traps he had set for her, she believed that Eren would not be able to do anything against her.
After all, not only was Marina a sea dragon in the middle of the sea, but she was also a rank above Eren. She believed that the higher-rank suppression alone would be something that Eren could not surpass on his own.
'Hm. This seems like a good place,' Eren looked at a barren island in the middle of nowhere and thought to himself. He quickly approached the island before landing on its shore and dispersing the Wind-Fire Wings behind his back. He then turned around and offered a slight bow to Marina before introducing himself.
"Hello there, miss sea dragon. Name's Eren. It's nice to meet you," he said before straightening himself up. His emerald green eyes sparkled with excitement and trepidation as he faced off with a genuine sea dragon who was a whole rank above him.
Eren knew that this was the strongest opponent he had faced so far. He was ready to test the limits of the seven-fold mana core as well as Reen's capabilities on her. He couldn't help but look at Marina with a certain longing as a result of his excitement.
'This man... he is the biggest omen for the temple yet.'
Marina suddenly thought as she looked at Eren's pleasant-looking smile.
For some reason, she found his smile to be the most unsettling view in the ongoing chaos.