Anton's conversation with his family and friends lasted the whole afternoon until evening. It was a bit funny to see them talking very loudly while the mages practiced their magic in the nearby theater setup they had in the suite.

  He almost laughed out loud when Anton sometimes saw them pausing a bit and looking irritably at the people in the suite who were disturbing them but they just simply went back to memorizing and casting their spells.

  Everyone had to carry the burden of making do with whatever they had because of the situation but Anton would try his best to resolve the situation as soon as possible. He knew that it was his pride talking because if one looked at the situation, how could he, a single archmage, deal with something that a Supreme Wizard and several archmages from the ship were having trouble with?

  The confidence that Anton had was using himself as bait. At first, he thought of using his summoned animals like the Ravens to track down the enemies but that would defeat the purpose of acting as bait. The best thing that he could do was act like he was some stupid youth roaming around defenseless and since his family seemed to have been targeted by the criminals, it was almost certain that he would be attacked.

  Anton truly wasn’t afraid for himself especially if the attackers were just ninja wannabes since based on Devon, Colin, and Frederick’s description, most of the attacks, even backed by what he supposed as special skills, were physical ones. His defenses were considerable coming from different spells. He had the Sorcerer’s Frozen Armor and Energy Shield, the Druid’s Cyclone Armor, the Necromancer’s Bone Armor, and the Paladin’s defensive auras aside from the actual armor pieces and accessories that his character was wearing that were being reflected in real life.

  He had an inkling that even without the spells, the “Best in Slots” gears that he was wearing were possibly enough defenses that he would not receive any damage and even if he did, his healing auras were truly powerful and he had thousands of Full Rejuvenation potion in his inventory.

  Right now the gear that his character was wearing was the very best gear a Sorceress could wear but once he had all the characters and hunted all of the best gears of all the characters, he would then research the combination of armor, weapons, and accessories that would best serve his needs in the real world but for now, the Sorceress items were powerful enough.

  During dinner, Lucas volunteered to get dinner for everyone together with Devon, Colin, and Frederick but this time, they were followed by two Spirit Wolves and three Dire Wolves. Anton felt that Lucas and the others should be safe since their first attack on Devon and the others failed, the attackers would probably consider their next move carefully but of course, he kept in mind what his father and Lucas had said about not assuming things.

  “Everyone, I will be removing all of you from my system so tonight you will not have the auras to assist you in memorizing your spells. I planned to roam around acting as bait and capture some of those ninja wannabes so the ship’s mages can finally root out the attackers,” Anton announced to everyone while they were waiting for dinner.

  “Isn’t that very dangerous?” Selena asked worriedly but when she, Norma, and Belue looked around, they saw that everyone in the family was calm.

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  “You don’t need to worry about Anton. He was able to battle with an army of the undead consisting of several liches and high-ranking vampires,” Anna told the three women.

  “He also defeated a powerful werewolf pack and I’m guessing that those attackers were only as powerful as those monsters,” Lunelle said.

  “He even captured and enslaved a Vampire Duke before together with two of the vampire’s powerful progeny. They were really powerful and helpful but the Undead Coalition destroyed them,” Frederick added.

  “I remembered when he subdued an army of monsters that gathered in the forest and attacked a caravan. Those monsters gathered because of the coalition but Anton effortlessly slaughtered them,” Lunelle continued.

  The three women's eyes widened when they heard Anton’s battle history and even Antonia, Lucia, Walter, and Phillip were impressed. Everyone knew that Anton was an archmage since the other mages said so but due to him appearing very young, how his father and the others in the family treated him which was mostly just like a regular member of the family, and possibly his behavior as well, the others had not truly grasped the fact of how powerful an archmage could be.

  “If an archmage is that powerful how can those attackers manage to kill off the two archmages that were with the first family that died?” Norma asked.

  Everyone looked at Anton since most of them were probably wondering the same thing.

  “They might have been sleeping and then caught by surprise or were poisoned before or something,” Anton shrugged.

  “Will something like that work on you,” Anders asked and Anton simply shook his head confirming that something like a surprise attack wouldn’t work on him.

  That simple confirmation looked like one of the things that truly impressed his four rich friends and his father’s girlfriends.

  “Norma, Belue, Selena, I have a gift for you three. Here are Wands of Ice Bolt. Ask Father to teach you how to use them so you will have something to defend yourselves in case you are attacked. As I’ve said, I’ll give you a lot of magical things if you consent to be my father’s girlfriends,” Anton gave the wands to the three women and the three accepted them while having red faces.

  Anton’s father shouted at him which made everyone laugh and Anna was glaring at him. Ramona and Belinda looked like they heard something scandalous but most of the people there found the situation extremely funny. There was even some sort of acceptance on some of the others' faces since having multiple mistresses was normal for the very rich and due to Anton’s support, his family would certainly become one of the richest in New Drennor if they all arrived there safely.

  Soon, Lucas and the others arrived with their dinner and everyone enjoyed their food. After that, they all decided to watch a couple of television shows to pass the time before they rested so Anton played the next episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and Xena: Warrior Princess. Surprisingly, when Anton asked what was the next episode would be, it was Colin who answered. He was actually taking notes on the last episodes of the television shows that they had been watching. Lunelle was also nothing them down though and she confirmed that Colin’s notes were correct then the two compared their notes and fixed some of the discrepancies.

  At least, during that time, everyone forgot the situation they were in and enjoyed the shows. Norma, Belue, and Selena were very excited and after the shows ended, they had a lot of questions that Anton’s family and friends were willing to answer. The talks went on for a long time but soon everyone went to their rooms to sleep.

  At around midnight, Anton prepared himself to go out of the suite to begin his hunt for the attackers. He summoned the Dire Bear and the Clay Golem though to make sure that his family and friends were safe in his absence then cast all of his defensive spells making sure to turn off the visual special effects of the buffs.

  Anton was thankful that he had that option since if people saw him walking around glowing, looking like some sort of deity moving around the halls, it would probably cause a panic and the attackers would probably not take his bait.