CHAPTER 252: KRAKEN

‘Sea God Power is an even better technique than I thought.’

There are currents in the sea.

Sea God Power was a force that could control those currents and even change their direction at will.

Normally, it would not have been easy to analyze and dismantle magic due to the strong currents of the whirlpool.

Thanks to Sea God Power, Ethan was able to stand still in place.

‘As expected of the god of the sea.’

The merfolk kept looking back as they passed through the area where the whirlpool had disappeared.

It was clearly a whirlpool that had been there for a long time.

Moreover, Ethan had eliminated the whirlpool itself without being affected by its fierce currents.

-I’m sorry if this is rude, but…

Hydroscale asked on behalf of what the merfolk were most curious about.

-Is one of your parents… a merperson?

“I’m human. 100 percent.”

-That can’t be possible.

No matter how they thought about it, what they had just seen was the very essence of a merperson. It was like the image of a hero they had only seen in books.

-You even left your artifacts on the ship, didn’t you? How on earth…

“Ah, you don’t need to worry about that. And the whirlpool became huge because there was magic on top of it. So I dismantled that magic.”

As Ethan spoke as if it was no big deal, the merfolk started whispering among themselves again.

-He’s definitely a merperson.

-He must have merperson blood.

-If not his parents… it must be somewhere in his ancestry.

-I think he might have fins.

The merfolk already seemed to think that Ethan was half-merperson.

Ethan led the merfolk beyond the whirlpool.

The situation inside was quite bad.

What stood out in particular was the color of the sea.

“The condition is terrible.”

-It was originally a beautiful place. Since it’s on the way to Watopia, we paid a lot of attention to it. Sigh… I don’t know where to start solving this.

Although Watopia had cut off exchanges with the land, it wasn’t a place that no one could visit.

Those permitted by Watopia could visit anytime. Among them, those who could be called VIPs were even greeted by Watopia.

Therefore, this place, which could be called the front yard of Watopia, had always been a beautiful place. It was nothing less than the face of Watopia.

But now it was contaminated, turned black with poison.

Red poison could be seen here and there, and it had deteriorated to the point where the body felt quite heavy.

Ethan focused his eyes.

‘I’ve felt this before somewhere.’

Ethan could instantly remember.

‘That’s for sure. It’s the aura I saw in Moonforce’s temple. It’s certain that those Dawn Council bastards are up to something here.’

He couldn’t guess what they were aiming for or what they were up to. But it was clear that an apostle was in charge of this incident.

‘This incident. I don’t have much detailed information.’

What he remembered through MePan was that something had happened to Watopia, and the Pope of the Holylight Order had handled the matter.

‘The culprit is Dawn Council. But I know that the Pope resolved this issue lightly.’

However, from what he had seen so far, it wasn’t something that even the Pope could solve easily.

‘Another apostle must have been assigned to this task.’

In MePan, there was a possibility that the apostle who came to Watopia was one of the three apostles Ethan had killed.

‘We’d better hurry. I need to check how the situation is unfolding.’

There were still many questions. To solve those questions, he first had to reach Watopia.

As Ethan increased his speed, the merfolk moved accordingly.

During this, he felt something.

‘They said there was a monster behind the whirlpool.’

-Mr. Ethan!

-It’s coming!

As soon as Hydroscale spoke, something rushed in with a splash of water.

Crash-!

The huge coral in the path was shattered, and along with its fragments, something enormous pounced on Ethan.

-It’s a Kraken!

The giant sea monster, Kraken.

Fishermen often described the Kraken as a floating island, and its size was indeed massive enough to warrant such a description.

Just one of the tentacles that attacked Ethan was as big as a small building.

-Mr. Ethan!

Hydroscale shouted urgently. But he didn’t feel much anxiety otherwise.

After seeing him easily eliminate the whirlpool, Ethan had become a merperson hero from stories in his mind.

The other merfolk seemed to feel the same way, as they didn’t show much surprise like before.

But there was still a hint of anxiety.

The Kraken is enormously large. It was a common belief among merfolk that if you encounter a Kraken, you should run away unconditionally. The Kraken was not something to fight, but something to avoid.

Even one tentacle of the Kraken was so huge that it was difficult to damage properly, let alone its even larger main body.

-Monsters’ Calamity is activated!

However, it wasn’t such a difficult task for Ethan.

The skill that had consistently saved his life since Ethan first encountered the New World.

Moreover, with Eye of Horus and Zhuge Liang’s Sleeping Dragon’s Sight overlapping with Monsters’ Calamity, even the giant Kraken was just another monster.

Swoosh-!

The tentacle that stretched out at an incredible speed even underwater tried to strike Ethan directly.

‘Bullet time.’

The huge and fast tentacle suddenly slowed down.

-Sea God Power is activated!

‘No time!’

Ethan drew out Frost Sword and Thunder Sword simultaneously.

‘From the first form to the fourth.’

Being underwater, he couldn’t use the power of frost and thunder.

‘I can control the attributes of my swordsmanship by myself.’

He could remove the attributes imbued in the swords and draw out pure sword energy.

Ethan began to swing his swords madly towards the Kraken’s tentacles as he advanced.

Stabbing, stabbing, and stabbing again.

As he moved forward, slashing and striking down, the main body of the giant Kraken appeared before Ethan. But it was so enormous that even when he tilted his head back as far as he could, he couldn’t see the end.

However, Ethan didn’t mind.

All he had to do was stab and slash the weak points in front of him.

Slash!

Ethan slashed the main body of the giant Kraken as he ascended. It was a strike that fully utilized the speed enhanced by Sea God Power.

-Good heavens…

-The, the Kraken!

The merfolk couldn’t follow Ethan’s fast speed with their eyes. Starting from the Kraken’s tentacles, Ethan had somehow reached the front of the main body and greatly slashed it.

-I think we really brought the right reinforcement.

-Watopia is as good as saved already.

Hydroscale smiled brightly.

***

The giant Kraken slowly began to sink to the bottom of the sea.

A notification window popped up in front of Ethan, who had hunted the Kraken.

-You have achieved a great feat!

-The sea monster Kraken has been put to eternal rest.

-Your fame increases!

-You have gained likes for achieving the [Kraken Hunt] achievement.

-You have gained ’10’ likes.

The Kraken was a very powerful named monster with its own individual achievement.

Ethan took a deep breath. He was already accustomed to Underwater Breathing.

‘It’s my first time hunting a Kraken.’

The Kraken wasn’t a monster that could be easily hunted.

It was well known that they lived in the deep sea. But due to its vastness and poor accessibility, it was one of the hunting grounds many people avoided.

‘Plus, it’s very dark.’

That wasn’t all. Even with underwater artifacts, it was difficult to move smoothly in the deep sea with high water pressure.

‘You need to have a sea-related job or skills that allow movement in the deep sea. But if you’re not going to stay in the sea all the time, there’s no point in investing in that direction.’

That’s why this was the first time he had hunted a Kraken.

‘I was going to summon the turtle ship if I thought I was going to die.’

Unfortunately, the Kraken died before that.

-Pl, please, spare me!

Just then, a voice was heard from the Kraken’s corpse falling down below.

When Ethan approached and cut the body, a merperson popped out.

It was a quite young-looking merperson.

-Gudros!

Hydroscale urgently approached the young merperson upon seeing him.

-Brother Hydroscale…

-Why are you here…!

-Well… I wanted to be of help too…!

-You fool! I told you to wait quietly!

Hydroscale’s lips trembled.

Gudros was his younger brother. That young brother had almost died trying to help Watopia.

-Sob, thank you, Mr. Ethan.

-You have cleared the quest!

-You have gained ‘3’ likes.

‘Oh.’

Perhaps because he had hunted the Kraken before even receiving the quest, the quest was cleared as soon as the acceptance conditions were met.

“There’s nothing to worry about.”

Ethan said, looking at Gudros who was trembling with fear.

“You’re safe by my side.”

***

-Watopia has been registered in Wind Cloud.

The underwater city of Watopia.

It was such a beautiful city that one might think this is what the mythical Atlantis must have been like.

‘It’s quite unsettled.’

But the atmosphere of the city was quite unsettled, with all the merfolk walking around wearing anxious expressions.

‘There are traces of cracks here and there.’

Not only were there broken roads, but there were also places where traces of cracks had been filled in all over the place.

Some of the beautiful buildings were in a broken state, with merfolk moving busily here and there, repairing them.

‘First, quickly to the Pia Castle.’

Pia Castle was where the king of Watopia lived. The Pope would probably be there too.

“Hydroscale? I heard you went to bring reinforcements. Did you just come back empty-handed?”

At the main gate of Pia Castle.

Originally, there would have been guards on duty, but now it was the knights of Pia Castle standing guard instead of regular guards.

“Empty-handed? I brought the reinforcements here.”

“…What do you mean?”

Hydroscale pointed at Ethan with both hands.

“This is Mr. Ethan Whiskers, our reinforcement. He’s a half-merperson… no, definitely human.”

“…”

The knight of Pia Castle sighed.

“Hydroscale, I know how dangerous it is outside Watopia too. But we need help now. I don’t know where you brought him from, but one human can never solve this problem. You probably didn’t hear outside, but right now the Pope of humans is in our Watopia. And now even he is having difficulties, they say.”

Hydroscale shook his head at the knight’s words tinged with sighs.

“He found the sea route alone.”

“A human found the sea route?”

“And he eliminated the whirlpool.”

“…What?”

“On top of that, he hunted the Kraken alone.”

“…”

“We didn’t do anything. We just escorted Mr. Ethan here.”

At Hydroscale’s words, the knight looked at Ethan. Hydroscale wasn’t the type to lie.

He was once evaluated as the next captain of the Pia Castle knights, although he’s doing something else now.

“Please enter. Thank you for coming to help us!”

***

Ethan, who had entered Pia Castle, followed Hydroscale’s guidance and headed to the reception room to meet the king of Watopia.

‘They said the Pope was having difficulties, right?’

Unlike in MePan, it was certain that a higher-ranked apostle had come.

“Hmm!”

Ethan, who was entering, frowned slightly.

‘What’s this?’

In front of Ethan was a merperson with a small stature and a plump build.

No, on closer inspection, it wasn’t a merperson.

“…A dwarf?”

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