Chapter 431: Rolling Waves (1/2)

Spirits were Arthur's favorite power manifestations, as they involved mutual trust between the user and the spiritual being. However, spirit users were as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns.

Now that he thought about it, Trevor's ability to use a dark knight might have been a spirit in some way. However, abilities, traits, and spiritual contracts were hard to distinguish even by the users themselves.

An awakening back on earth could have been simply a spirit contract, while the user did it unaware. An ability could have been a human trait like those of Demis, only on the spiritual level rather than their genes.

There was an oblivious relation between summoners and spirits, so Arthur was sure that Jin was someone of high spiritual attainment.

They had to go far away from the harbor for Hana to show Arthur her spirit. There was a meadow where tall grass grew on the riverside. As they looked at the deep and wide Lo River, they could see countless ships going into Aquamia's harbor.

”You can go ahead,” Dia told Hana, who jumped off the ice platform that the princess created. The little girl skipped toward the water before raising her hands toward the sky.

The princess's hand nudged him slightly to pull Arthur's attention toward the girl. When the ice platform disappeared from beneath them, lights began to gather atop Hana's hands.

'That lich was the one who gave this spirit to Hana, so it must be something valuable.'

After all, that spirit governed a domain of the Skyey World. True to his expectations, the lights began to manifest a conch shell that was pink in color.

When the process was over, the shell landed in Hana's hands, looking no different from any other. However, Arthur knew that appearances were deceiving.

”Watch me closely, Seika!” Hana shouted before she blew the conch shell, and a whistle that rang through their soul was emitted from it.

Arthur was confused because as he could feel the call from within the shell, nothing happened. However, the princess simply gestured for him to look at the water.

There was nothing for a while, but Arthur felt a presence approaching from within the river. It was faster than any ship, and it was rapidly approaching. While he was considering throwing a barrier to protect Hana, she stopped blowing as she threw her hand in the air.

”Mei!”

As the girl shouted, something broke the water surface in front of them. Arthur's eyes widened when he saw the giant whale that had appeared.

'This is... not an ocean!'

The whale was as big as a ship, and it took a large portion of the river. It was as big as a medium-sized ship, spanning the length of thirty meters at least.

The whale emitted a deep sound as if it was celebrating meeting Hana again. Arthur couldn't help but gape at the spectacle, and the princess pushed his chin to close with her finger,

”A lord should never make that expression,” the princess smiled sweetly. ”Everything is within calculations, right?”

”This is beyond logic,” Arthur shook his head. ”Whales usually inhabit oceans or seas at the very least. You don't see a whale in a river every day!”

”Well, that's because she isn't just calling for them. She is summoning them.”

”What?”

”These creatures aren't from this world; they are summoned from other worlds to answer her call. However, she can only summon this one at the moment, and she calls this whale Mei,” Diana walked toward the river and patted Hana on the head.

Then, the water began freezing to create a path toward the creature. The two girls walked on it until the princess carried her and jumped.

”Let me show you what I meant!”

Diana called out for him with a smile, gesturing for Arthur to hop on the whale's back as well. Then, with a sigh, Arthur teleported to stand beside her.