Chapter 203: The Ocean is ... (3)
Translator: miraclerifle
Editor: Borderline Masochist
It looked like the migration of seasonal birds.
The approximately three hundred ships cutting through the water were moving in a triangle formation.
This fleet of ships had started from the Indomitable Alliance’s Norland Naval Base.
At the center of the formation was the largest of the icebreaker ships that broke through the frozen northern shores. The helmeted knight was currently being healed at the highest cabin on this ship.
“How pitiful.”
The Dragon Slayer started to frown after hearing the healer’s comment, however, he could not speak properly right now. The healer sighed before casting a healing spell onto the Dragon Catcher’s heart.
Approximately ? of the heart was destroyed.
It would take at least a week to restore this damage. Even after that, it would take at least another month for it to heal back to normal.
He also came back without an arm.
However, the arm should be easy to restore once they informed the organization. The healer scoffed at the Dragon Slayer and started to speak in a mocking tone.
“Looks like you need to be locked up for a while like old man tamer.”
“Shut, ugh!”
The Dragon Catcher could not finish speaking. The magic claw that had clenched his heart at the end of the fight was still causing him a lot of pain.
A third person who had been watching the helmeted knight and the healer started to speak.
The aged mage’s voice was cold.
“A sword master just below your level, a necromancer, and someone with an ancient power that can block your sword once all exist in that small territory?”
“Yes.”
The helmeted knight’s attitude was slightly rude, however, the mage did not care as he continued on.
“And there is also a mage who is stronger than you?”
The helmeted knight flinched internally, but did not let it show on his face.
“Yes, it is a mage who was able to imitate my Sword of Disasters and almost destroy my heart.”
The helmeted knight had seen a Dragon’s eyes.
However, he did not mention that.
‘I need to take that for myself.’
These bastards would take the Dragon for themselves if he mentioned it. They’ll give him the Dragon’s snood while taking the rest of the Dragon. That was the original deal that fell through when the Dragon they had in mind suddenly disappeared.
The helmeted knight recalled the pair of Dragon eyes that had looked at him.
‘It wasn’t an ancient Dragon based on the size of the eyes.’
He was certain that it was a young Dragon that had not even had its first growth phase yet.
The helmeted knight suppressed his heart that was beating wildly.
It was not that the Dragon didn’t use Dragon’s Breath, it was that it could not use it.
That fact brought the helmeted knight some bliss. If he worked this properly, he might get the opportunity to get stronger without the head of this organization, that crazy bastard, knowing about it.
‘I will eat the second Dragon.’
The helmeted knight was thinking about this beautiful future. He heard the mage’s voice once again as he did that.
“The sword master that is not at your level. How is his plate?”
Plate referred to a body that could hold ancient powers.
Ancient powers were known to be weak, however, that was just something that the stupid people who did not know anything had determined.
Ancient powers that were created in nature and have natural affinities that came directly from nature and not from humans. How could these powers be weak?
They just thought that they were weak because they did not know how to use them. Of course, the human-generated ancient powers were weaker than the ones with natural affinities.
The helmeted knight flinched at the mage’s question, but answered with a calm expression.
“Not much. He didn’t have a big plate.”
The helmeted knight lied without any issues.
The sword master with the black aura actually had a plate that was about the same as his own.
That was why he could not tell them the truth.
If he did, they wouldn’t have a reason to heal him. They would just go find another person with a similar plate instead.
“Hmm.”
The old mage started to frown as if he was contemplating things.
“We will need to head for the Henituse territory as soon as we conquer the Roan Kingdom’s shores. We need to get rid of them.”
The helmeted knight clenched his hurting body as he urgently added on.
“That damn noble! I will kill that red-haired bastard!”
‘He’s the one with the Dragon’s protection. I can take the Dragon if I get rid of him.’
It was possible to take that noble down with just one arm. He was someone who only had a shield and human regeneration powers.
The mage answered back to the Dragon Catcher who seemed to be getting angry at the person who had multiple ancient powers, just like he did.
“Whatever. It shouldn’t be difficult if you, the healer, and I go together.”
The Dragon Catcher did not disagree. The old mage and the healer were both useful, even though they were both also weaker than him.
The mage looked at the healer and Dragon Catcher for a moment before opening the cabin door. There was someone bowing to greet him outside.
“Sir, we are almost at the Roan Kingdom’s northeastern shoreline.”
It was the magic spearman, the same enemy that Cale’s group had faced the most in the past. This was also the person who had used magic and spear arts together in order to betray the sword master and fake Holy Maiden, Hannah.
He bowed while looking at the three people inside the cabin. They all held a rank higher than him. These three were pretty much part of the organization’s core.
That was easily visible through the red star on the mage’s robe.
Unlike the white star and five red stars on the magic spearman’s outfit, they all only had a single red star on their outfits.
Only five people had these outfits with just a red star.
These were the five that served the white star.
“We’ll head out soon. I’ll be heading to the front ship.”
“Yes sir, I will escort you there.”
The mage bowed his head at the old mage as the healer started to grumble.
“Didn’t you say that the Roan Kingdom’s naval base was shabby? Why do we need so many ships when they barely have any?”
“We’re trying to conquer the Whipper Kingdom’s shores at the same time. Plus, it’s good that we did since the Roan Kingdom was stronger than we expected.”
The old man casually brushed it off as he headed toward the door.
“More importantly, shouldn’t we get them back since they landed the first hit?”
The healer smiled in a twisted manner as he nodded his head.
“I suppose so. The Roan Kingdom is probably only expecting the Indomitable Alliance. They probably have no idea that we are on the ship. This should be fun.”
They were all used to the healer licking his lips as if this was extremely exciting. None of them argued against the young child’s words.
However, there was actually someone else who was having the most fun right now.
Deep in the waters underneath the three hundred ships.
A Humpback Whale was swimming very deep in the ocean.
This Humpback Whale with an X shaped scar on her back, Witira, the future Whale Queen, looked toward the south.
‘They are almost at the fourth boundary.’
The Humpback Whale started to smile.
She recalled what Cale had said last night.
‘WItira, please take the Whales and destroy the Paerun Kingdom’s shores.’
He then continued to speak.
‘In return, we will obliterate the enemy fleet.’
‘This is going to be fun.’
Witira became certain after seeing Cale’s confident expression.
“Come back in 1 minute!”
The healer nodded his head at the shouting person as he turned the doorknob.
Click.
The door opened and the healer immediately left the room.
The Dragon Catcher peeked out the window once the door closed.
It was his intuition.
His intuition after being defeated at the Roan Kingdom’s Henituse territory once already was telling him something.
The kingdom that had hidden a sword master, necromancer, and a Dragon probably had something else up their sleeves.
He tried to focus in order to be able to fight even though his body was not healed yet.
It was at that moment.
Click.
He heard the sound of the door, as well as the healer’s hair.
The Dragon Catcher started to smile.
This middle-aged healer who looked like a child was sly but listened well.
“Hey, hurry back in!”
It didn’t matter to him if the foot soldiers died.
He urged the healer who could be of some assistance during battles to hurry back in.
Screeeeeech-
The door opened.
Plop.
The healer who looked like a child fell to the ground.
The Dragon Catcher could see something red.
‘Fog?’
The healer was covered by red fog. It then registered in his head.
“Shit!”
The Dragon Catcher immediately stood up from the bed.
Bang!
However, his body was soon stabbed into the wall by a black aura.
“Ugh!”
The Dragon Catcher let out a groan.
He heard a very quiet noise at that moment. He then saw a white glove. The Dragon Catcher had no choice but to take out the Sword of Disasters once again.
‘This is the last time I can use it right now!’
It was difficult to maintain the Sword of Disasters for a long duration with his current injuries. A loud noise boomed in front of helmeted knight again.
Boom!
The black aura. The sword master who had challenged him at the Henituse territory.
He had appeared again.
Choi Han was quietly launching his black aura at the Dragon Catcher.
The Dragon Catcher barely managed to dodge it. However, he needed to step back once more after barely managing to dodge the first one.
Something suddenly appeared at his back as he did that.
A white glove.
The white glove that the person next to the sword master had put on had appeared behind him.
This person had the stealthiness of an assassin and skills at the level of a sword master.
Choi Han was in front and the assassin was in the back.
The moment the Dragon Catcher started to frown, the white glove immediately grabbed his neck.
“Ugh!”
A dagger was stabbed and twisted into the stub that was left by his shoulder. It was an extremely painful attack. Choi Han stabbed the Dragon Catcher in the stomach with his black aura before jumping up into the air.
Baaaaang!
The ceiling of the cabin was destroyed and the sky that was covered by red fog became visible.
“Ugh!”
The Dragon Catcher was dragged up above the ceiling while still being held by the neck. His mind was currently in a mess.
‘How did they suddenly appear like this?! How did they also know that I was here if they appeared just now?’
Although Cale knew this thanks to the Whale tribe’s information and Raon’s magic, the Dragon Catcher and the old mage who were not at Raon’s level of magic had no way of knowing this.
“Ugh, ugh!”
He glared at the man who was slowly choking him tighter and tighter.
It was an old man in his sixties.
Ron smiled back at the Dragon Catcher.
He, who had borrowed his son’s white gloves, stood in front of his young master.
They were currently at the top of the ship at the center of the enemy fleet.
Cale looked toward Choi Han and Ron, who had dragged the Dragon Catcher here, and started to speak. This was the first time the Dragon Catcher heard any of them say something.
“Let’s get started.”
Oooooooooo-
The silence was broken by what sounded like the cries of a ghost.
Something that sounded like hundreds of souls crying started to rise up from the ocean.
The Dragon Catcher had no choice but to see everything because he was at the highest spot. No, he could feel it.
Tap.
The Dragon Catcher turned his head after feeling someone tapping on his cheek.
Cale Henituse was smiling brightly at him. The helmeted knight started to speak.
“...Y, you had another ancient power?”
Tap, tap.
Cale tapped on the Dragon Catcher’s cheek and started to speak.
“Take a good look.”
Ooooooooo-
The noise that sounded like ghosts crying was coming up from the bottom of the ocean.
Cale whispered to the Dragon Catcher.
“The cries of the ghosts are scary.”
The bottom of the ocean started to roar.
Ooooooooo-
The noise stopped and a tornado shot up.
Baaaaang!
Baaaaang!
Cale’s ancient power and Raon’s magic worked together in order to create this tornado in the middle of the red fog.
Cale’s eyes that were no longer smiling were focused on the Dragon Slayer.
He remembered his promise to everyone.
Obliterate the enemy.
Cale Henituse, no, Kim Rok Soo, was someone who kept his word.
Now he just needed to keep that promise.
1. Interesting how the author uses Dragon Slayer and then changes to Dragon Catcher in the next sentence.
2. The raws said snood, so I stuck with it. But...it is more like a neck vein when literally translated.