During the last few weeks before arriving at Amelia’s next stop, the cinema showed two movies: the live-action film Peter Pan, which was released on Earth in 2003, and the 2013 film Jack and the Giant Slayer, which starred Nicholas Hoult.
Anton hadn’t seen both movies and only selected them because of their setting, which was a fantasy set in a world that had almost the same setting as his current world. He was tired of seeing too much fantasy films and television shows since even their recently completed television series that the family had been watching was fantasy.
He knew that he had to follow everyone’s reasoning that they could not show films that were radically different from their world, but they did agree that the moviegoers were getting used to how movies work, that it was not the reality but a result of the imagination of talented people and because of that, the people were beginning to understand that in the movies, anything could happen.
Because of that, his family agreed to include the Harry Potter films in the list of films that would be shown to the passengers. Anton was also a little excited to see those films since he hadn’t watched them yet due to his aversion to watching movies based on one of his favorite book series, fearing the fact that it could not live up to the magic of the world that J.K. Rowling had created. His fear subsided greatly since he was now living in a fantasy world himself so he didn’t have to care too much if the movies ruined his carefully crafted imagining of the world of Harry Potter.
Besides, the reviews of the movies were good and some of those reviews even came from the readers of the books. He was planning to watch the films with his family because he wanted to share the excitement with them.
Anton also reached the maximum level of his Amazon character and collected the best-in-slot gear before he did so since he expected that great changes would happen once he did reach the highest level.
After his Amazon reached level ninety-nine, he received a notification from his Diablo II system, and he knew that it was the expected major update. He excitedly opened the notification and he was informed by his system that it would undergo a major update, which made him exasperated since he knew that already. The update would take four weeks, and in the meantime, he could still enter his Diablo II system normally and do everything that he had been doing inside, like hunting for gears, practicing his spells, and creating enchanted items safely outside the Rogue Encampment. At least his system did not become unusable during the update like some of the novels that he had read.
Another disappointment that Anton experienced was, when he reached the maximum level of his last character in his Diablo II system, he thought he would reach the Supreme Rank but when he checked his wizardly ranking using the magic tool that he borrowed from the Supreme Wizard Numinor, the tool only ranked him in the upper ranges of the archmage rank. He wasn’t that disappointed, though, since he knew deep inside that his power did not match those Supreme Wizards that he had seen.
Anton’s family also recently completed season one of the television series Game of Thrones. There were some funny situations while they were watching the show. When those scandalous scenes appeared, with a command from Anders, Lunelle had to cover Anna’s eyes. The guys all laughed, and Nemina openly wore a disapproving face.
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He could see in his father’s expressions that Anders also wanted to cover Anton’s eyes during those scenes, but he saw that his father stopped when he just rolled his eyes. Anton was the one who had intimate access to all the movies and shows and even boasted to the family that some of those shows were truly lewd so there was no sense in restricting him.
Anders unexpectedly announced that they would watch the second season after they left the second stop and continued on their journey, and since it was from the family’s patriarch, everyone had to obey.
Anton and his band were dissolved during those four weeks as well, which was expected since they only formed it so they would have a reason to hang out with each other. After that, they only spent the time that they were supposed to practice their music just simply hanging out. He also completed his next album, which he privately titled “Café Music,” and gave the recording to his father and sister. There was a total of sixteen cover songs in that album, and his father and sister both said that they played the songs in the background when they wanted to relax.
He could hear his songs playing in the background in the suite while his sister and the others practiced their magic, and he felt gratified that his family and friends found his singing good enough to listen to just like a regular singer. He was also a little proud that Antonia and Lucia requested to borrow the recordings from Anders so they could record them and listen to them as well whenever they wanted. Because of that, a trend happened which caused all the magic item recording in the market to disappear.
The bards and singers on the ship copied the idea of making a record of their songs, but a bard told Antonia that the idea probably would not spread too much. Their world was not ready for recorded albums since the only ones who would have the time to listen to music and could afford a magic item to do so were the rich, and most of them would prefer live singing than recorded ones, and Anton did agree with them. He also thought that live music was better than recorded songs.
Frederick had already reached the third rank which they already celebrated, but the good news was, Anna had reached the second rank. Lunelle, Ramona, Belinda, and Walter had reached the first rank, and because of that, the family held a celebration party for everyone and it was a major event. Anders rented a huge hallway and invited a lot of people. Most of Anton’s remaining Kraken meat was also used as some of the party’s dishes, which made the party extremely successful. Because of that, Anton only had a hundred kilos of Kraken tentacle meat so he was saving it for important events. He was also praying that a Kraken attacked them so he could steal another tentacle.
The name of the islands of the Amelia’s next stop was Ooalu, which sounded too much like one of those Hawaiian names in Anton’s opinion, but then again, he didn’t know anything about Hawaii. They were supposed to reach it in two days, and Anton was highly anticipating the vacation that would happen while they were in the islands since it was a tropical location.
During dinner, two days before they arrived at Ooalu, an alarm sounded on the ship’s hidden magical speakers. The surprising thing was, it was not Captain Robertson who spoke but one of the Supreme Wizards.
“This is the Supreme Wizard Numinor. The Amelia would not be stopping at the island of Ooalu. The island had been conquered by the Undead Coalition, and a huge Armada that came from the Coalition is now stationed on the island. There are roughly six hundred ships from the Undead Coalition stationed there, and a third of those ships just left the island and are now pursuing us. Since we can’t fight two hundred ships, we will use all our powers to outrun and avoid the pursuers. All mages, regardless of rank, are to report to the temporary mage academy to receive your assignments. Please remember to not lose hope and remember that there is an Invincible Wizard on the ship who would do everything in her power to protect us. For all other passengers, please obey the command of the ship’s captain and officers to avoid chaos and confusion. May the divines assist us in these dire times.”
