< Chapter 87 - The Sea Devil >
Chapter 87 – The Sea Devil
In less than a year since awakening their memories of their past life, Uder and Cordelia have experienced everything.
Although he was sealed, he saw the Demon Prince up close, experienced many mines, and fought countless monsters and lower-level demons, led by Bicorn.
Even now, when I close my eyes, I can vividly recall the sight of the two monsters pouring out of the gates of hell.
That’s why it was okay.
Up until now, I’ve never frozen in fear when I see a new monster or demon.
But this time it was different.
I lost my mind for a moment.
The sight of giant octopus arms, many meters in diameter, rising out of the water and pouring down toward the pirate ship was enough to induce instinctive fear.
“Kiaa!”
The serpent, wrapped around a giant octopus’s arm, screamed as it was dragged beneath the water.
At the same time, the octopus legs struck the pirate ship!
“damage!”
Kwagagang-!
Kaisa’s cries were drowned out by a series of loud noises. The sails snapped and the decks shattered. The blows did not split the ship, but it was meaningless. The pirate ship was now wrapped around the legs of the Kraken, just as the Serpent had been.
Kwajijik-!
The deck and walls buckled at the same time. Kaisa, who was holding onto the key, looked up and saw Uther and Cordelia.
“Caesar!”
Cordelia was wedged into Uther’s side as he rode on the Phantom Steed.
To be exact, Uther was holding Cordelia’s waist with one arm.
“get on!”
“what?!”
The moment I asked loudly, the air twisted. Green smoke burst out, and then another Phantom Steed appeared.
Hehehe!
“Hey, save me!”
Bentham’s voice was heard simultaneously with Phantom Steed’s cries.
Kaiser, who looked back reflexively, held his breath for a moment. This was because he saw Bentham carrying Sebastian on his back with his limp limbs hanging off his back.
“Caesar!”
There was no time. Kaisar leaped high in one breath, hugged Phantom Steed’s neck, and spun around to climb onto the phantom horse’s back.
“Me, me too!”
“Catch him!”
Caesar responded immediately to Bentham’s cry.
He untied the rope around his waist and threw it at Bentham and Sebastian.
Tsukwahak!
It was a large and heavy chain anyway.
Since such an object was imbued with Caesar’s monstrous power, it became an attack that would destroy one’s body if one got hit wrong, let alone catch it.
But I was in no position to be picky about whether it was cold or hot.
Bentham, who was practically lying face down on the shaking body, followed the chain with his eyes, and at that moment, a miracle happened.
Chararak-!
The iron chains that were pouring down as if they were going to crush their bodies suddenly shook and moved like living snakes, wrapping themselves around Bentham and Sebastian’s waists at once. It was Cordelia’s telekinesis.
“Pull!”
Kaisa reacted reflexively to Cordelia’s rebuke. She pulled the chain with all her might, and Bentham’s rock-like body rose up in an instant.
“Kwaaak!”
Bentham screamed with his waist in chains, but it was important to live anyway.
I tried to open my eyes despite the excruciating pain that felt like my back was going to break, and thanks to that I was able to witness the pirate ship being split into three.
Kkwaduk-!
The sleepy pirate ship was completely destroyed by the Kraken’s legs.
Uther drove the Phantom Steed into the sky while placing Cordelia in front of him, and Kaisha also turned his nose towards high ground instead of placing Bentham on his back.
But it was at that very moment.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Again the sleep was shattered and several kraken legs rose up.
In the midst of the pitch-black sky and sea, the pure white legs of the Kraken looked like pillars supporting the sky.
Quagga River!
Thunder erupted as the Kraken’s legs struck the water.
A panicked Bentham screamed, clutching at his chains, while Kaissar cursed as the Kraken’s legs rained down on his head.
“Tsk!”
“Hehehehe!”
As if startled by the shadow covering his head, Phantom Steed tried to fly away, but the Kraken’s legs were incredibly fast and huge. It tracked Kai’sa with such precision that it seemed as if it had eyes at the end of its legs.
“Hey, Yuder!”
As Cordelia shouted, Uther was already waving his hands. He swung the upright sword and released a jet-black sword energy.
Kaka kaka-!
The sword cut through the leg. It didn’t completely cut it off, but it cut more than halfway through, and succeeded in distorting the leg’s trajectory.
Kwakang!
The half-broken leg hit the surface. Kai’sa barely managed to avoid the attack thanks to the twisted trajectory, and wrapped the chain around Phantom Steed’s neck.
And Cordelia could feel it.
The air currents were changing. A tremendous rage was coming from the bottom of the sea.
Kukookung-!
A real thunderclap erupted along with a strong wind. As black clouds covered the sea of stars, the sky and the sea began to shake simultaneously.
It was a storm.
The sea devil was calling for a storm.
Quagga River-!
The sky flashed white with a lightning strike. The sea devil finally revealed itself in the pouring rain.
Kuoooo-!
A huge, huge monster.
The Kraken’s head, half-revealed above the water, was incomparable to that of a pirate ship.
The sight of the island rising up made Uther and Cordelia’s breath catch in their throats.
Kukookung!
The sky and the sea became white hot as the lightning struck again.
A set of three eye lights shone between the heads of the Kraken, a giant octopus that must have been dozens of meters long.
The large yellow eyes and long, slit black pupils were terrifying in themselves.
Just facing it seemed like the fragile human spirit would be crushed in an instant.
The wind and rain grew stronger.
Unlike a normal octopus, dozens of tentacles squirmed above the Kraken’s mouth on the front, and the torn corpses of Serpents and fragments of broken ships wavered between them.
Caesar couldn’t think of anything.
Bentham passed out, shitting and urinating, and the two Phantom Steeds, unable to overcome their fear, started to run wild.
Quagaga-!
Dozens of Kraken’s legs burst through the water and rose up. In an instant, it felt like all directions were blocked by a huge white wall.
“Hehehe!”
The Phantom Steeds turned to the sky, spitting out fear, trying to escape somehow.
“Coming.”
Uther said reflexively. And the sky fell. The legs of the Kraken fell all at once, covering my head, and it seemed as if the world was collapsing.
In overwhelming despair, Caesar closed his eyes.
But instead, Uther and Cordelia opened their eyes wide. They shouted at the same time as if they had made a promise.
“Shield!”
Cordelia looked at Kai’sa. She opened a large translucent membrane and then shrank it, enclosing Kai’sa, Phantom Steed, and even Bentham and Sebastian inside a circular shield.
Uther activated the ring’s magic.
Count Chase used his shield magic to protect Uther and Cordelia, and finally hugged Cordelia tightly.
Quagga River!
The world was shaken.
Heaven and earth were turned upside down.
I couldn’t even see properly in front of my eyes, let alone distinguishing between my surroundings.
Cordelia gritted her teeth and closed her eyes. When she came to, she was in the ocean.
I couldn’t breathe. I couldn’t even open my eyes.
The sea was so cold that I couldn’t feel anything.
“Wake up!”
Cordelia opened her eyes with a start.
Black sky. Raging sea. Pouring rain.
Nothing changed. It was still the same, I couldn’t breathe properly.
But Cordelia didn’t panic. Because she had Uther. Because she could feel Uther’s arms tightly wrapped around her waist.
“Cough.”
Cordelia vomited water, breathing heavily as she tried to assess the situation.
With only my head barely above water.
It seemed like he somehow managed to survive thanks to the shield magic, but that was it.
The Kraken was still there, and I could feel its gaze.
“Ha, ha.”
Phantom Steed was nowhere to be seen. It was difficult to figure out what had become of Kaisha, Bentham, and Sebastian.
The storm did not cease. The waves crashed over the water, crashing down on us, making it difficult to breathe.
“Hah.”
Her body temperature dropped. Her body became cold. Cordelia’s already white skin turned white, like a blank sheet of paper.
Uther held Cordelia tightly in his arms and stared straight ahead.
He did not avoid the Kraken’s yellow eyes.
‘Why.’
The Kraken was the master of the deep sea.
Why did that guy show up here?
Is it a coincidence? Or is there some kind of inevitability?
Could it be that they were not chasing the Serpent, but were after themselves in the first place?
If so, why?
Why did the Kraken target them?
Could this be the work of the devil’s followers?
Is that possible?
Even if that were the case, how would they know that they were out in the sea?
A lot of thoughts came to my mind at the same time.
If it were normal, Yuder would have cut it off right away, but he couldn’t do that.
The situation was so desperate that I kept thinking about how to pull something out.
What should I do?
What should I do?
The Kraken looked at them. It didn’t seem like it had any intention of giving up.
Are you angry because I cut your leg?
Or is it someone’s fortune?
The destructive instinct of a demon?
It was so huge.
In any case, Yuder’s own skills, which were based on one-on-one combat, were not able to inflict significant damage on such a large opponent.
Moreover, the fact that it was the sea was a problem.
If it were on land, he would have tried to fight somehow, but in the sea where there was no place to set foot, Uder’s mobility was extremely limited.
Uther continued to think.
What to do.
What should I do?
What should I do to protect Cordelia?
How can I at least save Cordelia?
“Uder.”
Cordelia said.
I interrupted Yuder’s thoughts. I turned my head and looked at Yuder.
As always, she gave a typical answer.
Instead of just doing the math, I instinctively figured out the answer the moment I was faced with the problem.
Without really explaining, he just gave me a look and said with a wonderful smile.
“Let’s unite.”
How many people can laugh in a situation like this?
A smile spread across Uther’s stiff face. Uther kissed Cordelia’s forehead and immediately moved his body. He hugged his neck and held onto Cordelia’s thighs as she clung to his back.
‘Once in a while.’
There was no second chance. That was why Yuder concentrated. He soared into the sky, emitting the aura of a black dragon amidst the pouring rain.
Kwarrung!
Lightning struck. At the same time, the Kraken moved. Its legs rose again, and dozens of tentacles from its mouth reached out toward Uther.
“Woooooo!”
Uder kicked the air. He looked just like Landius, radiating the black dragon’s energy from his toes and cutting through the air.
Quagga River-!
Breakthrough.
Cordelia unfurled her wings. She flew straight towards the Kraken with Uther, and just as she was about to collide head-on with the tentacles, Uther unleashed the power of the Black Sun.
Black Dragon Wave Heaven!
It was a push. The goal was to push the tentacles out and create space.
And so it happened. The tentacles that had been blocking the path between Uther and the Kraken were pushed back in an instant, creating an empty space.
Uther released his hand from Cordelia’s thigh. He turned his body so that he would fall head first, and Cordelia flew up, kicking Uther away. She rushed towards the Kraken through the brief gap created by the Black Dragon’s Wave.
It was a reckless act.
Charging towards a kraken whose head alone was dozens of meters tall was like throwing one’s body towards a tall building.
Furthermore, the demon’s magical power was truly formidable. In particular, the eyes imbued with the power of the Demon Eyes were so powerful that simply looking at them was enough to destroy magic.
All three of the Kraken’s eyes looked at Cordelia.
He tried to tear Cordelia’s body apart by unleashing his magical power.
Cordelia unleashed her witch power. She resisted with the white snake’s eyes. She unfurled her angel’s wings and pulled her fist.
The solution Cordelia found.
A secret strategy to utilize the Spirit King, who cannot be summoned even if all of one’s magical power is consumed.
‘It’s not magic.’
Spiritism wasn’t magic.
However, it wasn’t a superpower like telekinesis.
If we were to be exact, it would be closer to summoning magic.
So that was the only way to do it.
We were able to gain momentum because a storm was brewing.
He clenched his fist and called out the soul’s name.
“Ainix!”
The spirit king of storms and lightning.
He responded.
He lent his power to his contractors.
That’s why Cordelia smiled.
I shouted “thank you” in my heart and swung my fist.
“Spirit King Punch!”
He consumed all his magical power at once. And at that moment, lightning struck. The huge, gigantic fist of the Spirit King appeared, breaking through space. He dashed through the raging storm toward the Kraken’s eye. He crushed everything that stood in his way!
Quagga River!
Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahh …
The kraken screamed.
The yellow pupil located in the center was shattered and shattered. Green blood, which was poisonous in itself, gushed out madly. The Kraken, which was pushed back greatly by the reckless spirit king’s attack, struggled, striking the water surface with dozens of legs at the same time.
Because it was his first time.
It was the first time for a guy who had been reigning as an overwhelming presence to suffer such an injury.
The unimaginable pain soon gave birth to fear, and the creature did not stay any longer. Instead of fighting back, as wounded beasts do, it chose to flee.
Quagaga-!
It was the last lightning strike.
The storm suddenly weakened and the rain clouds dispersed.
And in the meantime, Cordelia fell towards the surface. She had lost consciousness immediately after striking the Spirit King, having consumed all of her magical power at once.
“Cordelia!”
Uther desperately flew towards Cordelia.
If you can’t summon all the spirit kings, just summon one right arm – a truly Cordelia-like idea, he snatched her out of the air after she defeated the Kraken and held her in his arms. He protected her by falling from her back.
“Cough.”
Cordelia, unconscious, didn’t move at all.
Uder hugged her small body tightly and continued to move his feet. He looked around with his head sticking out of the calm water.
Even though the Kraken was defeated, the situation was still dire.
The only thing that could be blocked by the protection of the four seasons was the cold of winter. Therefore, even Cordelia, who had the protection of the four seasons, would eventually die from the loss of body heat if she continued to stay in the cold sea like she was now.
At least Cordelia needed a place to hide.
It seemed like if I had just one plank, I could do anything.
But unfortunately, not even a single piece of the pirate ship was visible. The situation of Kaissa, Bentham, and Sebastian was also unknown.
Uther took a breath.
I tried hard to keep my composure.
The worst crisis, the Kraken, has passed.
Cordelia provided the answer.
So this time it was his turn.
I had to find a way to overcome this situation somehow.
Kraken.
A monster that does not originally live in this sea.
The bastard’s appearance was not their only problem.
It would have been a bigger problem for those who lived in this sea in the first place.
Kraken.
Those who originally lived in this sea.
Serpent.
The Kraken’s escape.
A sudden storm.
Uder raised his head. Numerous thoughts were connected in his head.
“Cordelia.”
Uther, who was reciting it as if it were a spell, pressed his lips to Cordelia’s forehead, which had turned cold.
He hugged her tightly once more and sang in a trembling voice.
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star. How beautiful you shine.”
It wasn’t about calling fairies.
They did not stay in this sea.
“In the eastern sky, in the western sky. Twinkle, twinkle, little stars. They shine beautifully.”
He raised his voice higher and higher. He sang with all his might so that everyone in the surrounding area could hear.
Sea race.
They react to the song as much as fairies.
He must have been keeping a close eye on the Kraken’s movements.
They too must have been surprised by the sudden storm.
So it will be nearby.
It will definitely be so.
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star!”
“It looks beautiful.”
The answer came back.
Uder let out a ragged breath and looked back in the direction where the song had come from.
Siren.
Elves of the sea.
They came towards Uther and Cordelia, their heads sticking out above the water, singing.
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