It was Sunday and the last day of the week when they would show the film Titanic. Nemina requested to have Anton record the film trailers of the movie The Fellowship of The Ring since they would be showing it from Monday until Thursday outside the theater. They would be showing the trailers on a special screen that they would set up just outside the cinema and then the first opening of the film would be held on Friday next week.
Anton found it funny that the advertisement for the next film would only be three days when compared to Earth wherein advertisements for new movies would last for months and sometimes even more than a year.
He recorded the trailers after breakfast and since the trailers were very short, he was done with the recording of the video trailers in a short while.
“Are you planning to hold an advance screening?” Anton asked Nemina.
Nemina asked him about that and Anton explained to her the concept of advance screening. Anton saw Nemina thinking deeply but then said that it was not needed on the ship since there was a limited number of people and more advertisements were not needed anymore. Nemina then added that they would probably do advance screenings for powerful and influential people once they established their cinema in a huge city.
“Are we receiving any complaints from any businesses on the ship like the live theater?” Anton asked Nemina.
“As you’ve asked before, I did go to them one time to inquire about their situation and they weren't angry. As a matter of fact, they gratefully told me that the movie gave them an absurd amount of inspiration and the fact that the movies were only shown three times a week, the cinema actually boosted their popularity. Apparently, because some of the passengers became addicted to the films, they couldn’t wait for the next week's showing so they went to watch the play in the theater instead.”
“Did you tell them about items that can be created that were based on the films?”
“I didn’t since I want to use that idea for ourselves once we reach the city or country where we will be establishing our cinema.”
Anton was about to go back to the suite so he could enter his Diablo II system when the ship’s alarm sounded. Everyone then heard the captain’s voice.
“Please return to your rooms. Three ghost ships were spotted near our ships. As I’ve announced before, there is a huge chance that our ship will be attacked by the Undead Coalition before we truly depart the vicinity of the Rendindura Continent. We received news that the undead had been attacking the ships in the ocean but rest assured that we will do everything in our power to escape the undead’s clutches.”
After that announcement, everyone hurried back to their rooms and Anton and his family did the same thing. When they arrived in the suite, he saw that one of the wizards, the old High Wizard who wanted to reprimand him for gallivanting with the whales and the dolphins was in the suite together with his family and friends. Antonia, Lucia, Walter, and Phillip were in the suite as well.
“Mr. Sunder, you registered that as an archmage. We highly request that you help Amelia in defending against the Undead.”
“When I told Captain Robertson that I’m an archmage and was willing to defend the ship for a discount, he said that there was no need for my help and he charged our family to what I’ve learned as thrice the amount of the ship’s suite,” Anton told the old wizard sternly.
Antonia gasped and Anton forgot that she was the niece of the ship’s owner.
“You don’t need to worry, Anton. I’ll talk to Captain Robertson about that,” Antonia said and her anger was visible on her face. Even Lucia, Walter, and Phillip were infuriated.
Anton nodded his thanks then told the wizard that he would help in defending the ship since he and his family were passengers as well.
Anders wanted to come with him but the old wizard said that non-mages were not allowed to join the location where defense would occur since spells would fly around and non-wizard would be severely affected.
“Father, just stay here and look after the family. As you know, I have the means to escape if worse comes to worse and you also have several hoverboards. You know what to do,” Anton told his father and Anders nodded while looking at his son.
While the old wizard and Anton were walking, he overheard Lucas comforting his father about how powerful he was and that he was always prioritizing his family and that meant that he would return for sure.
Anton was glad that the others were there with his father and sister and he thought of everyone, Lucas, Nemina, Devon, Lunelle, Ramona, Belinda, and Frederick as his family. He was also glad that his friends were in the suite as well, his four new friends and the two female bodyguards would also liven up the place and prevent his father and his sister from worrying too much.
The old wizard introduced himself as Wizard Parvor and the old mage was a High Wizard. Wizard Pavor was greatly in awe when he learned that Anton was only seventeen years old but already an archmage. Mage Parvor admitted that there was little chance for him to become an archmage since his energy was already spent and would probably remain a high wizard as long as he lived but the old mage said that he was proud of his combat prowess and would not be afraid of fighting an archmage if the worst happened.
Anton asked the Mage Parvor more questions about the attacker but the old mage said that they should avoid discussions, not until they arrived in the meeting room, to avoid confusion.
They arrived in the room that was next to the huge deck that they would use to defend the Amelia. It was the uppermost part of the ship and the deck was big enough that an army would fit it.
The meeting was simple. Several archmages would attack the three ghost ships first, exhausting their power to make sure that the enemy ships would be delayed. Once the ghost ships neared the Amelia, the three Supreme Wizards that joined them would then handle the next move.
“It would be easier for us since we would only use our powers to make sure that our ships would outrun them. We are not planning to engage in direct combat with them since we don’t know the actual firepower of the ghost ships,” One of the Supreme Wizards said.
Anton was in awe of the aura that the Supreme Wizards were emitting. The power that emanated from them was palpable and he wondered when he would reach that status. At first, Anton thought that once he reached the maximum level of his necromancer character, he would have the same power as a Supreme but based on what he could feel from one of the Supreme Wizards, he was still far away from that rank.
He was sure though that once he reached the maximum level of his next character, which was the paladin, or possibly the next character after the paladin, he would surely reach that rank. Probably.
There was a very high platform located in the deck where the archmages would place themselves so they could cast spells and once the three ships were in range of their spells that had the longest range, they would bombard the three ghost ships. They were hoping that those spells would be enough to cause delays to the attackers that they would be able to outrun the three ghost ships.