Episode 1039
‘I’ve seen the Kraken a few times now… .’
Raon let out a heavy breath as he looked at the kraken hiding under the brown sand.
‘This is my first time seeing something that big.’
I had seen the Kraken before, when I was on Alice’s ship hunting the mad dragon Kaibar, and also when I was staying in Montiro to bring down the Black Tower.
The krakens I saw back then were large enough to easily destroy sailing ships, but they were only monsters.
‘But that guy is different.’
The Kraken that was now in his sight was boasting an unusual size, to the point where it seemed to be carrying a city on its back.
‘And he has a lot of blood.’
The Kraken not only possessed terrifying strength and speed with its massive body, but also harbored a chillingly dark aura.
It seemed that even he would have a hard time dealing with that guy in the sea.
-You’re also using stealth, right?
Las frowned, thinking that even with a Grand Master-level skill, it would be difficult to find the hidden Kraken.
‘That’s not stealth, it’s a characteristic of octopuses.’
Raon shook his head while looking at the brown sand.
-Huh? The characteristics of octopuses?
‘Octopuses have special pigments and muscles that allow them to change the color and texture of their skin to suit their surroundings.’
The Kraken’s hiding by turning the color of sand was not due to witchcraft, but rather the octopus’ own ability.
-Of course, that guy is harder to find than a regular octopus.
It seemed that even the slightest traces were erased using the sea’s mana and sorcery, as it was visible only when the mind of Cheonghwa was used.
[Is that a Kraken…?]
Roen swallowed dryly, as if astonished by the Kraken’s unimaginable size.
[Is that really a Kraken? Is this the first time I’ve seen one that big?]
Evelyn blinked blankly, saying that she had seen many krakens, but this was the first time she had seen one that big.
[I don’t know if it was raised through magic or if it was just born that way, but you shouldn’t think of it as a normal kraken.]
That thing was not the monster they knew, the Kraken, but a real monster from myths and legends.
[And that makes sense.]
This valley. No, the reason why there were no sea monsters or fish since the place where the turtle rock disappeared, and the fact that the White Blood Cult headquarters is located under this underwater valley instead of where it should be, were all explained by the existence of that monster alone.
[This won’t be easy.]
Roen bit his lip as he watched the sand sway ever so slightly with the Kraken’s breathing.
[I’m not sure I can avoid the Kraken’s tentacles either.]
He let out a low groan, thinking that he would have to use his aura to avoid the tentacles, and that the White Blood Cult would know his location.
[Me too.]
Evelyn let out a short sigh, her fingers gripping the wetsuit.
[Even if you use magic, it is impossible to break through that magical barrier without leaving a trace.]
She lowered her eyebrows, saying that the spells were so tightly connected that it was difficult to interpret them.
Krrrrrr.
The sea spirit’s fur fluttered as if it was afraid of the Kraken. No, judging from the way it looked at him, it seemed like he was more afraid of the White Blood Cult leader within the White Blood Cult headquarters than the Kraken.
[Let’s step back for now.]
Raon turned his head and stroked the sea spirit’s back.
[already?]
Evelyn’s eyes widened in surprise. She seemed to want to stay and study the spells and techniques more.
[If we’re being this vigilant, they might notice our presence because of the fish we threw a little while ago. We’ve obtained important information, so it’s best to retreat now.]
I’d like to look around a bit more, but since I don’t know how the White Blood Cult will react, it was right to stay out for now and watch the situation.
[I think so too.]
Roen raised his hand in agreement.
[I will take the lead again.]
He immediately turned around and went back the way he came, telling us to get going.
[Let’s go too.]
Raon grabbed Evelyn and followed Roen up the sea valley.
[Can’t you come here every day?]
Evelyn’s purple eyes turned to him.
[Isn’t it so nice to be able to feel your body temperature?]
She let out an excited breath, saying she wanted to be stuck like this every moment.
[Today is the last day.]
Raon said he wouldn’t support her next time and gently dropped Evelyn.
Kyao.
As soon as the sea spirit left the valley, the trembling subsided and she put her leg on his shoulder, letting out a soft breath.
[Thank you for your hard work.]
Raon smiled faintly and patted the sea spirit’s head. Since he had already decided to retreat, he moved quickly without any lingering attachment to the White Blood Cult headquarters and returned to the beach near the port.
“Phew.”
Raon took off his diving suit and ran his hand through his wet hair.
“Is it daybreak already?”
Perhaps because of the tension caused by the White Blood Cult headquarters and the Kraken’s presence, more time had passed than expected.
“Ugh… .”
Evelyn sat down on the sand and shut her eyes tightly.
“I didn’t know you were hiding so deep inside. This won’t be easy, will it?”
She wrinkled her nose, saying it looked difficult to get through.
——————
faqwiki.us
Join our Discord for new chapter updates!
https://discord.com/invite/xr7SxG5T6V
——————
“Yes. No matter how we raid, we’ll probably get caught.”
Roen nodded, shaking off his wetsuit.
“It is a place where assassination is impossible unless you have inside information.”
He scratched his forehead, thinking he would be caught before entering the main building.
“Let’s stop here for today.”
Raon took a quick bite and placed the sea spirit still hanging on his shoulder down on the sand.
-Hmm… .
Lars sighed deeply, rubbing his chin.
‘Why are you worried too…?’
-That thing looks really delicious. I think it would be good either baked or boiled.
The guy licked his lips as if he was already thinking about eating the Kraken.
“ha….”
Raon took a deep breath and approached the sea spirit.
“It must have been scary, but thank you for coming with me.”
He patted the sea spirit’s head and expressed his gratitude.
“Kyaang!”
The sea spirit licked her hand as if it was okay. It felt like the cool sea water was touching her fingertips.
“for a moment!”
Evelyn looked at herself and raised her hand.
“What is that child’s name?”
She asked, holding the sea spirit in her arms as if it was about to burst into tears.
“Name? I don’t know either.”
I didn’t know its name, because I only called it the sea spirit.
“Eek?”
Evelyn opened her mouth wide as if she thought it was nonsense.
“You treated me so roughly and you don’t even know my name?”
“Huh, rude? When did I ever treat you rudely…?”
“It was really scary! The kid who was shivering guided me to that dangerous place, and you don’t even know his name….”
She rolled her eyes as if to ask how that could be possible.
“No, I didn’t have time to know your name, and you’re not a spirit that made a contract with me….”
“A contract? Are you so unreasonable? This is just too much!”
Evelyn said in disappointment and hugged the sea spirit with wide eyes.
“No, that’s right… .”
-Now that I hear it, it’s pretty bad.
This time, Lars cut him off.
-This time, the king agrees with the madwoman’s words.
The guy didn’t think much of it himself and now he’s mumbling that it’s his fault.
“Heh heh heh!”
Roen burst into laughter as he tidied up his diving suit.
“Everyone else is in the palm of Raon’s hand, but Evelyn is the only one who is in the opposite position.”
He nodded his head vigorously, saying it was an interesting relationship.
“That’s right. It’s a special relationship!”
Evelyn grinned, muttering that that was true.
“Not at all.”
Raon shook his head firmly and looked at the sea spirit in Evelyn’s arms.
“Do you have a name, by any chance?”
“Kyaarung?”
The sea spirit shook its head as if it had no name.
“then….”
Raon nodded as he watched the spirit change its color according to the color of the sea.
“How about Haerang? It means wolf of the sea.”
“Kyaoooooo!”
The sea spirit looked up at the sky like a real wolf and let out a cute cry, as if it was pleased.
Wooooow!
As the otter howled three times in a row, a blue light began to bloom from its body and its fluffy fur grew a little longer. It no longer looked like a wolf, but like a fluffy puppy.
However, unlike her appearance, which had not changed much, the sea energy blooming inside Haerang’s body had become surprisingly thick. It felt like the shallow sea had become a deep sea.
“what?”
Raon let out a sigh of relief as he watched Haerang crying happily.
‘Just receiving a name changes you this much?’
It was surprising that he had grown this much just by being given a name, without even signing a contract.
“It seems like it’s not an ordinary spirit.”
Evelyn narrowed her eyes as she stroked Haerang’s fur, which had become softer.
“Well, I don’t think a person like the White Blood Cult Leader would use an ordinary spirit.”
She nodded, saying that she was no ordinary spirit, judging by the fact that she had endured the blood of the White Blood Cult Leader.
“Haerang-ah. I’ll come back again tonight, so please ask me again.”
Raon told Haerang to rest and put her down in the sea.
“Kaaaaaaaaa!”
Haerang nodded, narrowing her eyes, as if she was glad to have a name.
“Are you going again tonight?”
Roen opened his eyes wide as if to ask if it was okay.
“Yes. We must thoroughly investigate. It will increase our chances of defeating the White Blood Cult.”
Raon raised his hand, saying that it was obvious.
“That is correct.”
Roen had the same thoughts as her, but she couldn’t say it out loud, so she smiled softly.
“I also have a lot to check on the drinking side. However….”
Evelyn was eager to interpret the spell that protected the White Blood Cult.
“Instead of tonight, how about going in two days?”
“Two days later? I don’t mind, but why?”
Raon tilted his head, asking why.
“This….”
Evelyn raised her finger and pointed to the wetsuit she was wearing.
“I’m going to try to make some improvements.”
***
dripping.
While the ten apostles were working, there was a knock at the door of the office.
“Come in.”
As he gave permission to enter, a blonde woman in a white robe opened the door and entered the office.
“What’s going on?”
The ten apostles asked the matter without taking their eyes off the documents they were holding.
“Something was caught in the Kraken’s barrier a little while ago.”
The blonde woman bowed her head, saying there had been movement from the kraken.
“…an intruder?”
The ten apostles looked up, crumpling up their documents.
“No. According to the guards, it was already a dead fish. It must have been carried away by the current.”
The blonde woman shook her head, saying she was definitely not an intruder.
“Normally, we would just let it go on our own, but now that security is heightened… .”
She bowed her head again, saying it was nothing special and that she was sorry for bothering her.
“Do any fish come around here?”
The ten apostles lowered their eyebrows as they unfolded the crumpled documents.
“It is rare for them to come in on the ocean currents.”
The blonde woman lowered her voice, saying that it happens very rarely.
“… … .”
The ten apostles narrowed their eyes at the blonde woman.
“First of all, I have given instructions to further strengthen the border… .”
“no.”
He stood up, interrupting the blonde woman.
“I will look into it myself for a few days.”
The ten apostles headed toward the door, saying that they would personally stand in the position of sentinels and observe the situation.
“Huh? There’s no need to do that….”
The blonde woman’s eyes widened in surprise.
“No, this is correct.”
The ten apostles shook their heads firmly.
“Since the Nine Apostles died and the Blood Spirit Ship collapsed, Sieghart or the Five Emperors may be on the move.”
He opened the door and went out, thinking that it was the right thing to do to check for himself.
‘His great work is not long…’
The ten apostles clenched their fists as they looked at the sky above the main altar covered in a hazy mist.
‘You can’t miss a single mouse.’
He bit his lip deeply and headed towards the observation post.
***
“ruler!”
Evelyn held out her diving suit, which sparkled a brighter shade of blue, before entering the sea.
“what’s this?”
Raon blinked as he looked at the new diving suit Evelyn handed him.
“I added invisibility magic to the diving suit.”
“uh?”
I gasped as I examined the diving suit Evelyn had given me.
“I told you before that magic was too heavy and wouldn’t work.”
“It has improved.”
“In that short time?”
“I got a hint from the Kraken.”
Evelyn smiled, saying that the kraken used a similar magic to give it protective coloration.
“It’s not a perfect invisibility spell, but it’ll make you invisible in the ocean.”
She waved her finger, saying it wouldn’t be easy to find unless the Transcendent One saw it for himself.
“Isn’t that great?”
“Wow! Magic is always about creating something out of nothing.”
Evelyn straightened her back and puffed out her nose, seeming pleased by her own compliments.
“thank you.”
“What’s between us!”
She waved her hand, saying there was no need to say thank you.
“Then let’s go.”
“Hahaha. Okay, I understand.”
Roen seemed to like his new wetsuit, so he swept his shoulders and went into the water.
Kyaaa!
As Raon and Evelyn followed them into the sea, Haerang jumped up roughly like a bluefin tuna, as if he had been waiting for it. After being given a name and growing up, he seemed to have become more energetic.
Kyaang.
Haerang went across the sea, wagging his tail as if to show the way.
“let’s go.”
Raon smiled faintly and followed Haerang back down to the valley where the Baekhyeol Church was.
‘I have a bad feeling every time I come here.’
The secret blood was dissolved in the sea, so much so that even the Grand Master had difficulty noticing it, and just touching the water made me feel dirty.
‘Fortunately, it didn’t move.’
The Kraken and the White Blood Cult’s main group remained in the same place, seemingly unaware that they had come and gone two days ago.
‘Let’s go a little closer today and take a look… hm?’
Since it was a place I had been to before, I tried to move around a bit leisurely, but then stopped moving and clenched my fist to signal Evelyn and Roen to stop.
‘I feel someone’s gaze.’
Although I couldn’t see him directly, I felt like a considerable number of experts were scanning the area.
‘Ras. You felt it too?’
-Of course.
Lars nodded as if asking what he was doing.
-Today it’s not octopus… .
The guy raised his hand and pointed to the White Blood Cult headquarters.
-There’s someone inside watching this place.
Las frowned, as if to confirm.
‘It’s a gaze I didn’t feel two days ago. Then… .’
Raon frowned as he looked at the White Blood Cult headquarters.
‘So it means that the fish was caught entering the barrier.’
The fish I threw two days ago got caught in the barrier, and the boundary seemed to have been strengthened even further.
‘That’s fortunate.’
If they can sense their gaze from here, they are quite skilled. If Evelyn hadn’t cast a stealth spell on this diving suit, their location would have been revealed right away.
‘The guard is tighter than I thought. I don’t know who it is, but a cold-blooded guy is in charge of defense.’
Judging by the heightened vigilance despite the presence of sorcery, barriers, and a monster called a kraken protecting the surroundings, it was clear that a cold-hearted apostle was in charge of defense.
[what’s the matter?]
[Someone is watching this area right now.]
Raon explained the situation to Roen and Evelyn, saying that they would have to inspect the base from a further distance than yesterday.
[As expected, Samara lives up to her name.]
Roen gushed about how great they were.
[It doesn’t matter as long as you don’t get caught completely.]
Evelyn waved her hand, saying that even in this street, witchcraft and sorcery were visible.
‘fortunately….’
Raon nodded while looking at the faintly shining White Blood Church headquarters.
‘We didn’t get caught.’
If their true identity had been revealed, the white blood cult leader or apostles would have immediately emerged. The heightened security and the gazes that had not existed before were clearly evidence of suspicion.
‘Then what I have to do is….’
I’m just gathering information.
Raon circled the closest distance he could, thinking only about how to break through the main unit’s defense system.
[… … .]
Roen and Evelyn also looked at the White Blood Cult headquarters and the Kraken hiding beneath it with serious eyes, each thinking about what they could do.
[Let’s go back now.]
Laon felt the day dawning and motioned for Roen and Evelyn to go out.
[huh!]
[All right.]
The two people nodded as if they had finished confirming their opinions to some extent and followed him out into the sea.
“ha….”
Raon took off his diving suit and let out a heavy sigh.
“I’ve gathered the information, but I don’t know what to do with it.”
It would not be difficult to return to Sieghart and relay the information, but I still had no idea how to attack the White Blood Cult headquarters. It seemed impossible to penetrate the ancient fortress, which was located deep in the sea, if not the deep sea, and protected by sorcery and the Kraken.
“Me too… .”
Roen frowned deeply.
“No matter how much I think about it, I can’t see the path.”
He shook his head, saying that it was difficult to even enter, let alone assassinate.
First of all.
Evelyn and Haerang came out of the sea for the last time, as Roen was smacking his lips while looking at the rare sight of them making an impression.
“Thank you, Evelyn. If it weren’t for you, I would have been caught right away.”
Evelyn reached out, saying that thanks to her improved diving suit, she was able to avoid the gaze of the White Blood Cult.
“… … .”
However, unlike usual, she did not rush towards him, but just stared blankly at the sea.
“Do you think it will work?”
Evelyn nodded, as if it might be something.
“What does that mean?”
Raon approached Evelyn with his eyes wide open.
“The White Blood Cult’s main group’s attack… .”
Evelyn smiled, lifting a slender finger.
“I think it might be possible.”
“Me, really? How?”
I opened my eyes wide because it was something I had never even thought of.
“As I said before….”
Evelyn smiled, pointing to the wetsuit she had been given today.
“Because magic is the study of creating something from nothing.”
