TL: xLordFifth
ED:
There were more than 25 Flame Strikes, but more than 50 water cannons were flying toward those Flame Strikes.
Tsssssssssssss…!
[… Can a water spirit of low purity produce this much power? A water cannon from a water spirit that isn’t even part of the Undine clan-]
“…The mermaid over there! Come this way! We will save you!”
Seeing his skill being negated, Bailephus was momentarily confused, Alexander quickly ran.
And all that remained from the other users’ minds were ‘danger signals’. All they thought about was how to get out of the situation quickly.
However, Alexander’s voice did not reach the mermaid in the dark sea, where human speech could not be heard properly due to the sound of thunder, lightning, and waves.
The thing that approached the Sea God’s guard captain the fastest was not a ship, but another mermaid.
***
“Guard captain! This way! Come over here!”
“… Anderson?! You were alive?”
“I was rescued by the humans over there and survived!”
“Did you bring those humans?”
While Anderson, the NPC Mermaid who was fascinated by the skills of the expedition members including Leeha, tried to convince the Sea God’s guard captain, the fishmen had narrowed their distance.
“Yes! They are incredibly talented people! They could be our strength-“
Splash-!
A fishman dove in and interrupted Anderson.
Just by its size alone, it was already 1.5 times larger than a mermaid, and it was a monster with human-like legs and arms.
The only difference was that their hands and feet were webbed.
However, they had no problem wielding their dangerous weapons.
“Hakit, hakit-!”
Fortunately, fishmen were not the only ones who had narrowed the distance from the mermaids.
A woman standing with one foot on the bow of the New Serpent raised her voice.
“[Bounce Arrow!]”
Shweeeeek—-!
There was only one arrow that cut through the wind. But it was enough. Just before the fishman swung its weapon at Anderson, the arrow struck the fishman’s back.
“Hakyukyu!”
The fishman was unable to overcome the force of the arrow strongly hitting its back and was pushed away. But surprisingly, the arrow also bounced off the fishman’s scales without piercing it.
The players watching from the deck screamed.
“It couldn’t get through! No way!”
“Are you saying that it can’t be pierced by the arrow of a ranker in the top 10?”
“Bobae-ssi’s arrows couldn’t even pierce the scales of the fish-“
“That is not the case!”
Bobae’s arrow was different from usual. After the arrow bounced off the first fishman like a rubber ball, it flew toward another nearby fishman.
It even retained the strength it had when it was shot.
“It’s a magic arrow that endlessly bounces toward the same type of monster!”
Teuuung-!
Teuuung-!
Teuuuug-!
“Hakiiit, hakit!”
It was at that time that the formation of the fishmen, who were flocking towards the Sea God’s guard captain, collapsed.
The arrow constantly flying between the fishmen was almost artificially intelligent itself.
“Damn iiiiit! I should save face for the Dragon Knights. Again, [Gaebolg]!”
“You need to give it your all first. As Alexander said, even if it’s called escape after rescue… What you need now is-“
Dadadataaaang—!
“- is a clear check!”
Kidd was the one who woke up the users around him, but he had a bitter taste in his mouth.
Four bullets hit four fishmen, all of which hit accurately, but none of them died.
The users of the Blue Marlin, who saw the New Serpent’s struggles, also got out of their daze.
Do skills not work? Why are the fishmen ridiculously strong?
Those questions needed to be asked at another time!
“I learned something from Bobae again. [Siege Form].”
The person standing on the deck of the Blue Marlin carried a huge crossbow on his back. If the monster at using a bow was Bobae, then when it came to using a crossbow, no one could beat him.
‘Armboost’, a tournament participant from Minis, quickly raised his crossbow.
“Isn’t it a crossbow at best?”
“My crossbow is faster than your bullet.”
His body hardened as he cast his skill. The crossbow and his body became one, like a siege weapon ballista.
“What? This-“
“[Power Pull.]
Huuuuk-!
The thick crossbow string was pulled as if it was getting torn apart.
Luger tried to say something, but before he could open his mouth, the bolt had already left the crossbow.
Booooooooool—– Kwaak-!
The bolt had enough power to make an eerie sound of blowing wind even in a storm, completely impaling a fishman and disappearing into the sea.
“-this… arrogant guy.”
Even if the fishman wasn’t dead, it would struggle in the sea for a long time until the bolt completely lost its strength.
Luger’s mouth closed.
“What’s the point of having a strong skill if you can’t hit? All attacks start from the enemy, Luger.”
“Damned German.”
“You’re a German too, so don’t say things like that. It’s like spitting on your own face.”
“It, it, it’s because I didn’t buff myself earlier! [Cannon Reinforcement: Flak Cannon]”
Seeing Armboost not losing a word, Luger’s competitive spirit was ignited.
Luger with his buffed Cobalt Blue Python and Armboost who had been strengthened to the level of a siege weapon.
Baaaaaang, Booooooom, Baaaaaang, Booooooom
The two people who stood at the deck of the Blue Marlin could not have been more reliable.
***
“Slow Down.”
“Slow down! Rescue the mermaid!”
At Drake’s words, the Kraven user urged the NPCs.
“Tell summoner Elmi and tamer Yongyong to take the mermaid aboard New Serpent along with Anderson!”
“Understood! Everyone, please do your best to protect Hyein-nim!”
“Don’t worry, I got it!”
Hyein, Bobae, and Kijung focused on the mermaids that approached 100m away. The users were pushing the fishmen back using all the skills they had, but it was not easy to progress.
If they slowed down and delayed rescuing the mermaids, they could be in danger.
“Uh, huh? Is the Blue Marlin slowing down?”
“Get the fishmen’s attention while we rescue the mermaids!”
“Ah!”
Without Drake saying much after he decided to rescue the mermaids, Burke immediately decided on what he should do.
Of course, even without Burke saying a word, Drake was able to guess his intentions through the movement of the Blue Marlin.
“Casting has started, 3 seconds to go!”
Hyein focused his mind as he looked at the two mermaids who were almost on the right side of the New Serpent. He needed to grab the space and pull them up.
But the problem was the disrupters.
Many of the fishmen were dealt with by the Blue Marlin, which turned without slowing down, but the number of fishmen swimming directly at the mermaids was by no means small.
“Fishman at 3 o’clock-“
“Hakit!”
A fishman jumped on the surface of the water and tried to swing at the mermaids, but the Elementalist Jin’s skill was faster.
The blurry figure that suddenly appeared on the sea was a horse’s head.
An incredibly large head.
The horse’s head made of seawater opened its mouth and swallowed the fishman.
“Kuroook, Kurook!”
As a fishman who was born in the sea and lived only in the sea, it couldn’t help but be flustered that there was a seawater it couldn’t escape.
But no matter how hard it struggled, it was impossible to escape the kelpie’s mouth.
“Quick, hurry, get them!”
Kuuuuuu…… kuuuuuung……!
It was then that a huge amount of water began to splash near the Blue Marlin.
In addition to the shots of Luger and Armboost, the trapper’s snare had begun to activate, meaning that the fishmen were about to board the ship.
“[Space Grab]!”
Finally, after Hyein’s casting, the two mermaids began to rise into the air.
“Hikyaaaa! Don’t let them go!”
“Hydro Needle!”
“Hydro Needle!”
The fishmen dove back into the water and spewed sharp water cannon from their mouths.
Water cannons that were strong enough to cancel Bailephus’ Flame Strike were fired at the mermaids.
“No! We have to stop then-“
“It’s okay! I knew they would use that again! [Seal of Protection]!”
It was a templar’s protection skill that took the damage for the target instead.
Shwaaaaah!
Kijung, who was standing near the deck holding a shield and sword, quickly cast a skill on the mermaids.
Perhaps the Sea God’s guard captain knew what skill had been cast, he hugged Anderson and tried to block the Hydro Needle with his body. The water cannon hit as if it would pierce the body of the Sea God’s guard captain, which was wrapped in a blue membrane.
“Cough, w-what? The damage is no joke?”
Of course, Kijung took the brunt of the damage. He quickly opened his character window to check his HP and his expression became stiff.
Fortunately, Hyein got them up on the deck before they could take another hit! Kijung deactivated his skill and quickly drank a potion.
“Waa, mermaid rescue complete!”
“… I whispered to Alexander! Andersion! How can we get out of here?! Where there are no fishmen!”
“Uh, the area all around here is the area of the Dragon Palace-“
“Hakit, hakyuuuut-“
Chwak, chwak, chwak!
While Bobae tried to ask for directions, several fishmen approached from the bottom of the sea and jumped to the New Serpent.
“Hakit, human- give us the mermaids!”
“Let’s kill the mermaid first, hakut!”
Even though they were underwater, they had overwhelming strength and were able to climb up to the deck of a huge skip with just one jump.
Where should they go? How should they get there?
The distance between the New Serpent and the Blue Marlin began to increase in an instant. On a stormy sea, the heavy storm and uninvited guests other than the waves were enough to distract the users.
***
“Hakit- Hakyuuuu-!”
“Ugh, did you see their gills opening every time they make that weird breathing sound?”
“How could you notice something like first in this situation? That’s amazing, Kijung-ssi. [Spread Arrow]!”
Bobae shook her head and pulled the bowstring.
It was an awkward sight to pull the bowstring without an arrow, but when the bowstring was released, dozens of mana arrows were shot.
The arrows spread out over 90 degrees in front of Bobae, and the translucent mana arrows made a crackling sound and penetrated the scales of the fishmen.
“Kyuwat!”
“Kyusiit!”
Those who were hit with one or two arrows were pushed back, and those who were hit with three or four arrows fell flat on their backs.
Bobae is great!
Someone cheered, but the celebration was too early as the fishmen who fell got up again after a while.
“Excuse me… Bobae-ssi? What is the damage of that skill?”
“If they could survive being hit by four shots- well, I don’t even know how to express it.”
“The fishmen are certainly overwhelmingly stronger than ordinary monsters, so we must hurry and throw them overboard! [Reverse Gravity]!”
“Hakyuuu-“
Tadaaaaaaaang—-!!!
Six bullets were fired in succession at the fishman that was floating in the air.
Having already been hit by Bobae’s arrows, the fishman was unable to withstand Kidd’s bullets and finally turned gray.
“This is bad, this is extremely bad!”
“It would have been nice if Biyemi or Pyro were here at a time like this.”
“Don’t look for those who are not here, hurry up and fight!”
Kuuuuuu!
As the expedition members of Blue Marlin and New Serpent were fighting the fishmen, the fishmen continued to climb the ships.
They were stronger, faster, and had more health than regular monsters, but once the fishmen were understood, it was not difficult to deal with them.
At least for the users who held the title “New Continent Expedition Member”.
TL’s notes:
I usually don’t like chapters where Leeha doesn’t appear. But this chapter was intense, and I liked it.
TL: xLordFifth
ED:
There were more than 25 Flame Strikes, but more than 50 water cannons were flying toward those Flame Strikes.
Tsssssssssssss…!
[… Can a water spirit of low purity produce this much power? A water cannon from a water spirit that isn’t even part of the Undine clan-]
“…The mermaid over there! Come this way! We will save you!”
Seeing his skill being negated, Bailephus was momentarily confused, Alexander quickly ran.
And all that remained from the other users’ minds were ‘danger signals’. All they thought about was how to get out of the situation quickly.
However, Alexander’s voice did not reach the mermaid in the dark sea, where human speech could not be heard properly due to the sound of thunder, lightning, and waves.
The thing that approached the Sea God’s guard captain the fastest was not a ship, but another mermaid.
***
“Guard captain! This way! Come over here!”
“… Anderson?! You were alive?”
“I was rescued by the humans over there and survived!”
“Did you bring those humans?”
While Anderson, the NPC Mermaid who was fascinated by the skills of the expedition members including Leeha, tried to convince the Sea God’s guard captain, the fishmen had narrowed their distance.
“Yes! They are incredibly talented people! They could be our strength-“
Splash-!
A fishman dove in and interrupted Anderson.
Just by its size alone, it was already 1.5 times larger than a mermaid, and it was a monster with human-like legs and arms.
The only difference was that their hands and feet were webbed.
However, they had no problem wielding their dangerous weapons.
“Hakit, hakit-!”
Fortunately, fishmen were not the only ones who had narrowed the distance from the mermaids.
A woman standing with one foot on the bow of the New Serpent raised her voice.
“[Bounce Arrow!]”
Shweeeeek—-!
There was only one arrow that cut through the wind. But it was enough. Just before the fishman swung its weapon at Anderson, the arrow struck the fishman’s back.
“Hakyukyu!”
The fishman was unable to overcome the force of the arrow strongly hitting its back and was pushed away. But surprisingly, the arrow also bounced off the fishman’s scales without piercing it.
The players watching from the deck screamed.
“It couldn’t get through! No way!”
“Are you saying that it can’t be pierced by the arrow of a ranker in the top 10?”
“Bobae-ssi’s arrows couldn’t even pierce the scales of the fish-“
“That is not the case!”
Bobae’s arrow was different from usual. After the arrow bounced off the first fishman like a rubber ball, it flew toward another nearby fishman.
It even retained the strength it had when it was shot.
“It’s a magic arrow that endlessly bounces toward the same type of monster!”
Teuuung-!
Teuuung-!
Teuuuug-!
“Hakiiit, hakit!”
It was at that time that the formation of the fishmen, who were flocking towards the Sea God’s guard captain, collapsed.
The arrow constantly flying between the fishmen was almost artificially intelligent itself.
“Damn iiiiit! I should save face for the Dragon Knights. Again, [Gaebolg]!”
“You need to give it your all first. As Alexander said, even if it’s called escape after rescue… What you need now is-“
Dadadataaaang—!
“- is a clear check!”
Kidd was the one who woke up the users around him, but he had a bitter taste in his mouth.
Four bullets hit four fishmen, all of which hit accurately, but none of them died.
The users of the Blue Marlin, who saw the New Serpent’s struggles, also got out of their daze.
Do skills not work? Why are the fishmen ridiculously strong?
Those questions needed to be asked at another time!
“I learned something from Bobae again. [Siege Form].”
The person standing on the deck of the Blue Marlin carried a huge crossbow on his back. If the monster at using a bow was Bobae, then when it came to using a crossbow, no one could beat him.
‘Armboost’, a tournament participant from Minis, quickly raised his crossbow.
“Isn’t it a crossbow at best?”
“My crossbow is faster than your bullet.”
His body hardened as he cast his skill. The crossbow and his body became one, like a siege weapon ballista.
“What? This-“
“[Power Pull.]
Huuuuk-!
The thick crossbow string was pulled as if it was getting torn apart.
Luger tried to say something, but before he could open his mouth, the bolt had already left the crossbow.
Booooooooool—– Kwaak-!
The bolt had enough power to make an eerie sound of blowing wind even in a storm, completely impaling a fishman and disappearing into the sea.
“-this… arrogant guy.”
Even if the fishman wasn’t dead, it would struggle in the sea for a long time until the bolt completely lost its strength.
Luger’s mouth closed.
“What’s the point of having a strong skill if you can’t hit? All attacks start from the enemy, Luger.”
“Damned German.”
“You’re a German too, so don’t say things like that. It’s like spitting on your own face.”
“It, it, it’s because I didn’t buff myself earlier! [Cannon Reinforcement: Flak Cannon]”
Seeing Armboost not losing a word, Luger’s competitive spirit was ignited.
Luger with his buffed Cobalt Blue Python and Armboost who had been strengthened to the level of a siege weapon.
Baaaaaang, Booooooom, Baaaaaang, Booooooom
The two people who stood at the deck of the Blue Marlin could not have been more reliable.
***
“Slow Down.”
“Slow down! Rescue the mermaid!”
At Drake’s words, the Kraven user urged the NPCs.
“Tell summoner Elmi and tamer Yongyong to take the mermaid aboard New Serpent along with Anderson!”
“Understood! Everyone, please do your best to protect Hyein-nim!”
“Don’t worry, I got it!”
Hyein, Bobae, and Kijung focused on the mermaids that approached 100m away. The users were pushing the fishmen back using all the skills they had, but it was not easy to progress.
If they slowed down and delayed rescuing the mermaids, they could be in danger.
“Uh, huh? Is the Blue Marlin slowing down?”
“Get the fishmen’s attention while we rescue the mermaids!”
“Ah!”
Without Drake saying much after he decided to rescue the mermaids, Burke immediately decided on what he should do.
Of course, even without Burke saying a word, Drake was able to guess his intentions through the movement of the Blue Marlin.
“Casting has started, 3 seconds to go!”
Hyein focused his mind as he looked at the two mermaids who were almost on the right side of the New Serpent. He needed to grab the space and pull them up.
But the problem was the disrupters.
Many of the fishmen were dealt with by the Blue Marlin, which turned without slowing down, but the number of fishmen swimming directly at the mermaids was by no means small.
“Fishman at 3 o’clock-“
“Hakit!”
A fishman jumped on the surface of the water and tried to swing at the mermaids, but the Elementalist Jin’s skill was faster.
The blurry figure that suddenly appeared on the sea was a horse’s head.
An incredibly large head.
The horse’s head made of seawater opened its mouth and swallowed the fishman.
“Kuroook, Kurook!”
As a fishman who was born in the sea and lived only in the sea, it couldn’t help but be flustered that there was a seawater it couldn’t escape.
But no matter how hard it struggled, it was impossible to escape the kelpie’s mouth.
“Quick, hurry, get them!”
Kuuuuuu…… kuuuuuung……!
It was then that a huge amount of water began to splash near the Blue Marlin.
In addition to the shots of Luger and Armboost, the trapper’s snare had begun to activate, meaning that the fishmen were about to board the ship.
“[Space Grab]!”
Finally, after Hyein’s casting, the two mermaids began to rise into the air.
“Hikyaaaa! Don’t let them go!”
“Hydro Needle!”
“Hydro Needle!”
The fishmen dove back into the water and spewed sharp water cannon from their mouths.
Water cannons that were strong enough to cancel Bailephus’ Flame Strike were fired at the mermaids.
“No! We have to stop then-“
“It’s okay! I knew they would use that again! [Seal of Protection]!”
It was a templar’s protection skill that took the damage for the target instead.
Shwaaaaah!
Kijung, who was standing near the deck holding a shield and sword, quickly cast a skill on the mermaids.
Perhaps the Sea God’s guard captain knew what skill had been cast, he hugged Anderson and tried to block the Hydro Needle with his body. The water cannon hit as if it would pierce the body of the Sea God’s guard captain, which was wrapped in a blue membrane.
“Cough, w-what? The damage is no joke?”
Of course, Kijung took the brunt of the damage. He quickly opened his character window to check his HP and his expression became stiff.
Fortunately, Hyein got them up on the deck before they could take another hit! Kijung deactivated his skill and quickly drank a potion.
“Waa, mermaid rescue complete!”
“… I whispered to Alexander! Andersion! How can we get out of here?! Where there are no fishmen!”
“Uh, the area all around here is the area of the Dragon Palace-“
“Hakit, hakyuuuut-“
Chwak, chwak, chwak!
While Bobae tried to ask for directions, several fishmen approached from the bottom of the sea and jumped to the New Serpent.
“Hakit, human- give us the mermaids!”
“Let’s kill the mermaid first, hakut!”
Even though they were underwater, they had overwhelming strength and were able to climb up to the deck of a huge skip with just one jump.
Where should they go? How should they get there?
The distance between the New Serpent and the Blue Marlin began to increase in an instant. On a stormy sea, the heavy storm and uninvited guests other than the waves were enough to distract the users.
***
“Hakit- Hakyuuuu-!”
“Ugh, did you see their gills opening every time they make that weird breathing sound?”
“How could you notice something like first in this situation? That’s amazing, Kijung-ssi. [Spread Arrow]!”
Bobae shook her head and pulled the bowstring.
It was an awkward sight to pull the bowstring without an arrow, but when the bowstring was released, dozens of mana arrows were shot.
The arrows spread out over 90 degrees in front of Bobae, and the translucent mana arrows made a crackling sound and penetrated the scales of the fishmen.
“Kyuwat!”
“Kyusiit!”
Those who were hit with one or two arrows were pushed back, and those who were hit with three or four arrows fell flat on their backs.
Bobae is great!
Someone cheered, but the celebration was too early as the fishmen who fell got up again after a while.
“Excuse me… Bobae-ssi? What is the damage of that skill?”
“If they could survive being hit by four shots- well, I don’t even know how to express it.”
“The fishmen are certainly overwhelmingly stronger than ordinary monsters, so we must hurry and throw them overboard! [Reverse Gravity]!”
“Hakyuuu-“
Tadaaaaaaaang—-!!!
Six bullets were fired in succession at the fishman that was floating in the air.
Having already been hit by Bobae’s arrows, the fishman was unable to withstand Kidd’s bullets and finally turned gray.
“This is bad, this is extremely bad!”
“It would have been nice if Biyemi or Pyro were here at a time like this.”
“Don’t look for those who are not here, hurry up and fight!”
Kuuuuuu!
As the expedition members of Blue Marlin and New Serpent were fighting the fishmen, the fishmen continued to climb the ships.
They were stronger, faster, and had more health than regular monsters, but once the fishmen were understood, it was not difficult to deal with them.
At least for the users who held the title “New Continent Expedition Member”.
TL’s notes:
I usually don’t like chapters where Leeha doesn’t appear. But this chapter was intense, and I liked it.
