Chapter 52: Into the Whirlpool (3)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
“It looks even worse at night.”
Cale looked down at the largest whirlpool underneath him and commented. He then started to think.
‘Toonka really is a crazy bastard.’
How did Toonka end up getting the Sound of the Wind in the novel? He was shipwrecked and arrived on this island, and then starts to show interest in this whirlpool when his condition got a bit better.
Volcanoes, glaciers, desert, this bastard who liked to crash against the elements with just his body could not help but be interested in this ocean whirlpool.
Toonka enjoyed dangerous situations. No, he was obsessed with them. That was why Cale was calling him a crazy bastard.
< “It’s my first time in the ocean, but it looks fun.” >
Toonka said that before jumping into that whirlpool without any preparations. Naturally, Cale had no plans to act in the same manner.
Cale had already packed everything he needed in the scuba gear’s pockets.
“Is it here?”
Cale nodded to answer the Black Dragon’s question and looked around. Maybe it was because it was a country village, but the entire village was dark at night.
The ocean was even darker. But it was much louder than the village from the sound of the whirlpool. The fact that it would get louder will not draw any attention. They will just think it is the whirlpool being weird and forget about it.
Cale turned away from the ocean and looked toward the Cliff of Winds.
< Toonka discovers a hidden cave underneath the Cliff of Winds and enters with curiosity. He finds something at the end of the Cave and lets out a laugh.
“I didn’t expect such a good thing to be here.”
It was a fateful encounter that Toonka had never even expected. >
Cale put aside the information from the novel and spoke to the Black Dragon.
“Let’s start.”
“Alright, human.”
Black mana started to come out of the Black Dragon’s short front paw.
Ooooong.
The magic bomb reacted to the mana and started to vibrate.
The magic bomb in Cale’s arms was not the magic bomb used by the secret organization in volumes 1 and 2 of the novel.
‘It is a much better magic bomb.’
Around the second half of volume 3, the mages of the Whipper Kingdom, who were pushed to the brink, start to develop new tools to fight against the non-mages.
One of those tools was similar to the magic bomb in Cale’s hand.
The condensed mana, which is the main ingredient of the magic bomb, reacts to the developer’s mana and divides into multiple smaller mana balls before exploding.
It wasn’t as strong, but the chain of explosions was useful to kill even more enemies.
Cale complimented the Black Dragon.
“You must be amazing to create such a thing.”
“Yes. I am a great and mighty dragon.”
Even more black mana flowed out of those short paws and disappeared into the bombs.
Ooooooong.
Cale could feel the magic bombs vibrating in his arms. Cale was aiming for the moment when the moon had set but the sun had not yet risen.
“Be careful, do not get hurt.”
The Black Dragon headed higher into the air as he put a shield around Cale and said bye.
Click.
A small noise sounded from inside the magic bomb.
Cale released the bomb from his hand and then put on the scuba mask. It was a magic tool that will allow him to breathe underwater for 5 minutes.
A few moments later.
Boom! Boom! Booooooom!
The bomb went off and Cale summoned the silver shield before falling straight down. The night wind rushed fiercely past his face.
Once the tens of smaller explosions went off, the whirlpool lost its strength and could no longer spin properly. Cale opened up the wings of the shield.
Splaaaaaash!
The shield clashed with the ocean as Cale dove underwater. He put on some goggles and headed to the bottom of the ocean. Thanks to the shield, Cale’s body was quickly sinking like an arrow.
Boom, boom! Even more explosions were going off and making the whirlpool lose even more strength. The shockwaves created from the explosions touched Cale’s shield and silver wings, but Cale still managed to safely arrive at the bottom of the ocean.
Boom!
Cale used the shield once more to easily handle the last explosion, before starting to walk on the ocean floor.
The small central island and the large whirlpool in front of it.
That whirlpool was caused by a small top that was underneath a large boulder.
This top had continued to spin for hundreds of years without stopping.
Cale could see that large boulder in front of him. It was so large that Cale thought it could easily crush a person.
Once the whirlpool image was completed, Cale could finally feel his heart calming down.
‘Did the Vitality of the Heart strengthen the Sound of the Wind as well?’
He was curious, but did not have any time to think about it.
Beep, beep-
The alarm rang once again to let him know that not much time was left.
However, he still had plenty of time.
Cale activated the Sound of the Wind and a gust of wind started to swirl around his feet.
Cale lightly moved one foot forward.
Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish!
Cale’s body instantly cut through the water. Although the large whirlpool in front of the central island was gone, the other whirlpools were still existent. However, Cale easily moved past them without any issue.
‘The other whirlpools will disappear within a week.’
However, Cale was planning on maintaining those whirlpools for about a year. The whirlpools recognized the Sound of the Wind, the symbol of their owner, and made way for Cale.
His destination was the Cliff of Winds.
Cale watched the cliff quickly get closer and kicked off the ground before he got too close. His body shot upward in reaction.
Swiiiiiiiiiish-
The ocean breeze welcomed Cale as he came back above water. Cale quickly took off the scuba mask and threw it aside.
Beep-
The alarm went off to sound that five minutes were up.
Cale looked toward the village and saw that quite a lot of lights were starting to turn on.
“I need to hurry.”
Hans probably wouldn’t come to wake him up because he said to not bother him unless it was a matter of life or death, but it was still better to return quickly.
Cale swam toward the Cliff of Winds and noticed large and small boulders underneath the cliff. These boulders were the reason that anybody who fell off the cliff to their death ended up with mauled up corpses.
Cale looked to find the boulder that resembled the head of a lion. It was easy to find because it was the largest boulder in the area.
Cale then started to smile after seeing the small cave behind the boulder.
‘Found it.’
Toonka had a fateful encounter in this cave after earning the Sound of the Wind. It was something useless for Toonka, but it was an ‘ingredient’ that Cale would put to good use in the future.
If this ingredient was combined with the ingredient that Lock will acquire for Cale in the future, the Queen of the Jungle will have no choice but to make a deal with Cale.
‘The queen needs to save the jungle.’
Cale carefully swam past the boulders and entered the cave. The cave entrance was dark because the moon had already set, but it did not matter. Cale entered the cave and quickly jumped out of the water.
He then looked up at the sky outside.
‘It’s about time he arrived.’
The Black Dragon immediately started to speak, as if he had read Cale’s mind. However, the Black Dragon was speaking inside Cale’s mind.
- Weak human, you are not hurt.
There was only one reason for the Black Dragon to talk inside Cale’s head. Cale started to get the chills. He slowly turned his head toward the inside of the cave.
The Black Dragon only spoke into Cale’s head when there was someone unfamiliar nearby.
- There is a lifeform inside this cave. Although it is almost dead, thankfully, it is not a corpse that you fear.
Pssssssss. Pssssssss.
Cale could hear something dragging inside the cave and started to contemplate his choices.
‘Jump back into the water? Or ask the Dragon to take me home right now?’
Psssssssss. Pssssssss. Pssss.
But that dragging noise became more urgent and the lifeform revealed itself before Cale could make up his mind. Cale put one foot back into the water.
The lifeform that revealed itself started to speak in a shaking voice.
“P, please save me.”
Ah. A gasp came out of Cale’s mouth. The lifeform had a salty smell to it. It was the smell of the sea.
‘No way.’
“There is something I must accomplish. I, cannot, d, die here!”
A human looking existence, with its horrendously scratched up leg dragging behind it, approached Cale.
There was a green fluid on the scratches that made the existence continue to vomit up blood. That was clearly the work of a mermaid.
“P, please-.”
It was a whale.
This beautiful human with messy hair that was crawling toward Cale with his hands, was a whale.
- Weak human, did you catch a cold? Your face is pale.
The Black Dragon was talking into Cale’s mind, but Cale could not hear it. Cale felt like he was facing a scene straight out of a horror movie.
An injured, almost dead, member of the Whale Tribe had revealed himself to Cale.
Teaser
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