Chapter 953: Defensive Battle (1/2)
Activating Ocean Heart, Krune used its healing effect and transmitted it through his Neon Radiance, causing the light to turn blue. The light then enveloped the baby, barely instilling some warmth into its body.
He quickly used some ocean water to clean the baby before wrapping it in some of the leather he had with him, warming its body up. It didn't seem to have been injured in any significant way. Though, if he didn't treat it enough, it was bound to die.
Naturally, seeing the death of a baby would never sit well with him. So, Krune continued to heal it as he gazed at the source of light gradually approaching him. It was traveling rapidly, at least around 40-50 kilometers per hour.
That speed was way beyond what any boat could hope to achieve through manual paddling. With that, Krune immediately thought of the ten items sold in the Checkpoint Turtle, muttering, ”Someone bought a Motor Fish, huh. Well, that's extravagant.”
Judging by the way it headed straight towards him without any hesitation, Krune judged that one of the people in the boat had a passive ability related to tracking. Using that, they were able to track the woman that had died just now.
As the source of light began to arrive closer, the numerous boats in the place began to paddle away in fear, as if they knew the person that was approaching. It hadn't been long since the Checkpoint Turtle vanished. So, a lot of the boats were still in the area, only maintaining distance from one another.
Right now, they hurriedly began to paddle with all their might to escape. Krune turned around and noticed that the group holding the rope had begun to swim away in fear, deserting the place.
As for Strinker, he too seemed to agree, quickly turning around as he tried to escape. In his eyes was fear, judging by his hurried posture.
Krune shouted towards him, ”Strinker, who's that?”
Upon hearing his question, Strinker didn't even turn around to answer, just urging his group to paddle faster as they escaped.
Krune didn't follow him, though, as it wasn't possible for him alone to paddle and escape. Besides, it was apparent that the target was approaching his boat. It seemed that they were able to track both the woman and her baby.
So, as long as Krune didn't abandon the baby, they would come for him. Besides, he wouldn't be able to paddle and escape from the chaser that was using a Motor Fish to move through the waters.
So, Krune had no other choice but to face them head-on. Because he had been in numerous situations like this one, he wasn't even mad at the woman. He just sighed, noticing her corpse float on the water beside his boat.
The area lit up as the enemy boat arrived at the place. It was a rather large boat because they had followed a similar setup as Krune. Then again, their boat didn't seem like a single construct. Rather, it was a series of boats that were joined together into one.
All the boats were those obtained from the Bone Arsenal. At present, there were five boats on each ocean surface. So, whoever it was, they had spent 20 Godly Points on this alone. Though, judging by the way everyone scurried off, it seemed that their ship hadn't been created by expending their own Godly Points but by pillaging it from others.
Five boats were joined together to form a base on each ocean while a thick mast stemmed from the boat in the center, connecting the two rows of boats together. In fact, this was only the main boat. There were numerous double boats—created by joining two boats from the Bone Arsenal together—trailing right behind it, numbering six in total, three per ocean.
Trailing further behind them were individual boats, numbering 18 in total, nine per ocean. All of them were connected to one another in a triangular formation. Overall, it was a collective force as Krune could spot at least 30 people in it. At the front of the main boat were the Motor Fishes, two per ocean.
There was a total of four Motor Fishes propelling the entire construct, costing a staggering amount of Godly Points almost in the three digits. It seemed that they had been raiding a lot, considering they had chased after the place where the Checkpoint Turtle had been until now.
As people would have arrived there to exchange their Godly Points for treasures, pillaging them would be the easiest ticket to power and wealth in the place. But this time, it seemed that they weren't just here because of the treasures, as they didn't even target the boats that were paddling away.
The construct stopped ten meters before Krune's boat as a man stood at its front, staring at Krune as he observed him. Upon seeing that Krune's body was also emitting a gentle neon glow, he was startled for a moment, cursing his luck to come across someone from the top hundred.
Nevertheless, he wasn't scared. Even if the other party was from the top hundred, he was just a single person. They had more than thirty people on their side, and their boss was also someone from the top hundred.
So, he wasn't the least bit afraid. He then focused on his senses, trailing towards a dead figure in the water before Krune's boat, smiling. ”So, she's finally dead. Good riddance.”
”Then, what about her baby?” He then focused further as he frowned, sensing the baby in Krune's boat. He turned around, looking at his boss, telling him, ”Boss, the baby's still alive.”
The boss was a man with a large stature, possessing thick arms that were equivalent to a regular person's legs. He was seated on a comfortable chair, overlooking everything. On top of that, there was the handle of a sword placed before him.
Though, it was in reverse, with the blade lodged into the boat above. The tip of the handle stopped right at his forehead. He possessed scaly eyes that maintained a permanent frown. With that, he gazed at Krune, noticing that the other party was alone.