CHAPTER 250: AN UNEXPECTED EVENT

Ethan and his group, following the sea route, arrived at the vast ocean and prepared to enter deeper waters.

-We need to enter in three stages. Otherwise, our physical abilities may decrease due to water pressure, and in the worst case, we could die.

-And another thing you should be careful of is…

“It’s a whirlpool.”

Ethan read the strange current felt within the flow of water.

A force moving against the flow.

It was an ocean whirlpool.

Normally, this whirlpool wouldn’t be a big problem. The merfolk could change the flow of the whirlpool, allowing even a human like Ethan to pass through easily.

But now, it was impossible to change the flow of the whirlpool.

-Yes, that’s right. There’s a small whirlpool on the way to Watopia, but now it has turned into a large-scale whirlpool. We barely escaped it.

The whirlpool itself had become too fierce to control.

-It’s changed… like a blade.

-If we carelessly enter, we’ll be sliced into pieces.

The merfolk shuddered.

‘A whirlpool, huh.’

Beyond the monsters, now it was a whirlpool.

-And beyond that whirlpool…

-There’s a creature far more dangerous than any monster we’ve seen so far.

-It’s incredibly huge…

-It’s beyond our ability to handle. It shouldn’t even be here originally.

Ethan decided to first check how severe the whirlpool was.

“Let’s go and see for now.”

As he entered deeper with the merfolk, he could feel the ocean currents gradually strengthening.

Until now, the currents were gentle enough that he could move at will if he stayed still. But now, he had to constantly move his bodies to withstand the flow of water.

‘We’re being swept away.’

More accurately, they were being pulled towards a specific location.

Ethan immediately summoned Lyuka.

Summoned Lyuka was surprised to find itself underwater, quickly injected mana into Ethan, and disappeared rapidly.

Ethan, having received Lyuka’s mana, injected more mana into his artifact and immediately moved towards the whirlpool.

Whoosh-!

“Oh my…”

Eventually, Ethan came face to face with the whirlpool the merfolk had mentioned.

It was an enormous whirlpool. The sight of it sucking in nearby objects and tearing them to shreds was enough to make one break out in a cold sweat even from a distance.

With that massive whirlpool properly blocking the sea route, it seemed that not only controlling the flow but even approaching it would be no easy task.

“It’s more surprising that you all managed to escape.”

Instead, he couldn’t help but admire the swimming skills of the merfolk who had broken through this crazy whirlpool.

‘And you’re saying there’s another monster beyond this that’s hard to handle?’

While the monster could be dealt with once they got there, the immediate problem was passing through this whirlpool. This whirlpool couldn’t be passed without overwhelming swimming skills.

The power of the artifact had no problem getting them this far, but Ethan didn’t have the swimming skills to break through this whirlpool.

‘So in the water, there are inevitably restrictions on physical abilities. Then there’s no choice.’

As things stand, it’s impossible not only to reach Watopia but even to break through the whirlpool.

“I’ll go up to the surface for a moment.”

Hydroscale nodded.

Even for someone like Ethan, it was unavoidable. For a human to pass through this large-scale whirlpool, they would need to borrow the power of magic.

The only option was for magicians who could perfectly handle magic underwater to block the whirlpool, and in the meantime, enter inside.

-Mr. Ethan Whiskers, let’s return to land for now and gather reinforcements. We also have this letter from His Majesty. He said that if we show this letter to the Emperor of the Holy Empire, he will immediately gather reinforcements.

All the mermen units dispatched to land for support requests had letters to be delivered to the Holy Empire’s Emperor.

For some reason, it seemed that one unit had delivered their letter to the Pope, but the content of all the letters was intended for the Holy Empire’s Emperor.

With the Pope having gone ahead to Watopia, if the Emperor’s reinforcements were added, they should be able to overcome the crisis that had befallen Watopia.

The merfolk who had surfaced with Ethan looked back slightly. Although it would take quite some time to return to land, it was a better choice than dying.

Swish-!

Ethan took out a ship from his spatial pocket. It was a much larger ship than the sailboat that the mercenaries had taken out at the lake.

Pshh-.

The merfolk suddenly looked at the ship Ethan had taken out with a puzzled expression. There was no reason to take out a ship when they were about to return to the lake.

“I’ll think for a moment.”

Of course, it wasn’t for thinking, but to obtain information from the New World.

Ethan immediately opened the New World and entered a keyword.

[Sea]

It was a simple keyword. Even without using the algorithm enhancement right, he could receive recommendations for gods suitable for the current situation.

-Searching for keyword.

-The algorithm recommends a god suitable for your current situation.

Ding-.

-The Trident that Rules the Sea [Difficulty: High]

Sea, and trident.

Ethan could identify the god recommended by the algorithm with just these two words.

“It’s Poseidon.”

-The number of likes needed for subscription is 32.

Indeed, the Greek and Roman gods required quite a high number of likes for subscription.

‘Poseidon is quite a major god after all.’

He was such a famous god that when one thinks of the god of the sea, Poseidon comes to mind.

‘Thanks to accumulating quite a few likes at the imperial palace, I have some leeway.’

Ethan immediately subscribed to Poseidon.

-You have subscribed to Poseidon, the Trident that Rules the Sea!

Poseidon’s number of subscribers was far higher than Hades, whom he had subscribed to previously.

‘There are many videos too.’

He was a typical upper-tier god. An appropriate number of videos, high number of subscribers and likes.

‘The video titles are also definite.’

In addition, short videos that seemed to have been uploaded recently also caught his eye.

‘He moves quickly with changes too.’

Looking at the uploaded short videos, Ethan smiled contentedly.

Seeing that even upper-tier gods like Poseidon were influenced by Ethan’s shorts and benchmarking them, he could clearly feel his own influence.

Ethan clicked on the video with the most likes among Poseidon’s videos. This video was the most basic video that could be viewed when subscribing to Poseidon.

-[Everything About the Sea: How to Conquer the Sea]

‘When you talk about the three major gods of Greek and Roman mythology, it’s Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades.’

The title “How to Conquer the Sea” really suited him well.

Ethan immediately played the video.

Then, a muscular handsome man with curly hair flowing down to his back appeared.

-Subscriber, I am Poseidon, the god who protects the sea, water, and storms.

Poseidon introduced himself and immediately explained about his power.

-There must be a clear reason why you subscribed to me. Half of the world is land, but the other half is sea. Just because you’ve conquered the land doesn’t mean you can conquer the sea. The sea is like a wild horse. Unless you become a tyrant yourself, you can never conquer it.

With those words, Poseidon held up three fingers.

-Most basically, you’ll need the power to breathe underwater. In addition, you’ll need the power to move underwater as if on land. Isn’t that right? If you’re a subscriber who can move freely underwater, watch a different video. I’ve made separate videos for those like you.

Poseidon seemed to have divided subscribers into two categories and made separate videos accordingly.

One was for subscribers who mainly operate on land.

And the other was for subscribers who can already move smoothly underwater.

Since there are numerous subscribers in different situations in the New World, Poseidon had prepared videos to match them.

‘Excellent judgment.’

Poseidon continued to explain.

-Do you want to conquer the sea? Then you’ll need to breathe first. An ordinary human can’t breathe underwater. So I’ll first teach you how to breathe underwater.

-You have learned the Underwater Breathing skill.

-Skill added: Underwater Breathing (A)

-The next thing you need is the ability to move freely underwater. You can’t rule the sea just by breathing, after all.

Poseidon accurately understood what his subscribers wanted and their intentions.

‘There’s a reason why he has high subscribers.’

-Now comes the core. If you learn this ability, you’ll be able to use your power fully underwater. Literally, you’ll become a small Poseidon.

Poseidon said with a smile.

By now, he was holding a trident in his hand. The long, sharp trident was imbued with strong power.

-This is an ability that contains my power intact. The source of this power is the sea. It’s a power that absorbs the power of the sea and puts it wholly into your body. If you do that, the sea will no longer reject you. You’ll be able to use your original power fully underwater.

Whoosh-!

Poseidon thrust that trident strongly.

-Feel the sea! And put it under your feet!

-You have learned Sea God Power!

-Skill added: Sea God Power (S)

Sea God Power.

‘It’s a technique that absorbs the power of the sea and allows you to move as if on land.’

As expected of Poseidon. His title as the god of the sea was no empty name.

‘Since it won’t be affected by the flow of water at all, it’s literally an ability to rule the sea. With this, I won’t need a water-specific artifact anymore?’

Finally, Poseidon swung his trident strongly.

-I’m also selling my trademark weapon, the trident, as merchandise! It’s expensive, but it’s worth the price!

After watching the video, Ethan checked the other videos.

With just this underwater breathing and Sea God Power, one can move freely underwater. It means that physical abilities on land are directly converted into swimming skills.

But somehow it didn’t feel satisfactory.

One more from here.

There was a need to add stronger power in preparation for emergencies.

‘I don’t have much time.’

Ethan left a comment for Poseidon for now. If Poseidon checked it, he planned to learn advanced methods of using Sea God Power through a collaboration.

‘Based on experience so far, learning directly from a god is the most certain.’

Nothing was as certain as learning through collaboration.

Ding-!

Shortly after sending the message, a reply came immediately.

“It’s a bit awkward to say it myself, but no god refuses.”

Upper-tier gods to break through to the top tier.

Mid-tier gods to break through stagnation.

Lower-tier gods to break through the impenetrable wall of the mid-tier.

For their own reasons, they all needed [Only subscribed to the right gods].

Ethan immediately used the collaboration right that Poseidon had sent.

***

Poseidon thought it was really good timing.

Who would have thought that at this timing, the famous [Only subscribed to the right gods] would contact him wanting to talk.

Whoosh-.

Not long after sending the collaboration right, the [Only subscribed to the right gods] subscriber appeared.

“Hmm! Hmm! This is indeed a fine subscriber as I thought.”

Poseidon said.

“First of all, thank you very much for subscribing to me. I saw your comment well. You say you can help me? Then I’ll tell you right away. Actually, there’s a god I’ve been persuading for a long time and finally brought here. He’s a god who’s not very interested in the New World, so it was very difficult to bring him. I’ve filmed a collaboration video with that god, what do you think? Can you perhaps watch it? And if you could make shorts, I’d be grateful.”

“Yes, I’ll watch it. It’s not a difficult task. But I need a definite reward.”

Ethan greeted Poseidon as usual and put forward his conditions.

“It’s not a difficult task for a premium subscriber! Of course I’ll give you merchandise too! Then, I’m counting on you!”

“I should check the video first. By the way, which god did you collaborate with?”

To Ethan’s words, Poseidon said with a proud expression.

“I’m not sure if you’ll know, but it’s a god called Chungmugong.”

At that moment, Ethan’s face froze.

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