Chapter 960: Speedrun (1/2)

As Krune had said, they really didn't do anything beyond being adrift on the ocean. From time to time, they used fishing nets to capture a large batch of fish. Krune cut them up accordingly, separated the meat from the rest before dumping the remains back into the ocean.

He only collected some useful parts that he thought would come useful later. Well, he needed a lot of meat, for he and the Seamstress were consuming through it quickly. The Seamstress was moving through the water in search of any large fishes they could hunt to obtain Godly Points.

Moreover, she was also moving around to train her body accordingly. After all, the passive ability, Moving Water was incredibly useful. When activated, all it did was generate currents around the body, propelling it forward.

Of course, this burned up all the energy in the body, causing the Seamstress to grow thinner every time. With that, Krune took this chance to supply her with healing energy, familiarizing himself with the ability more and more.

After all, he had determined a simple result from his one year of stay on the Primary Landmass. As long as he used a certain ability a lot, his body would gradually grow accustomed to it and would develop accordingly.

So, even though a mortal's stamina was limited and they couldn't rely on the passive abilities for a long duration, as long as they trained with them to the extent their efficiency was on par with the body's reflexes, the passive abilities would become no different to breathing or blinking to them.

This way, they would stop being passive abilities and would just become a part of them. With that, attaining such a state was a must for them. In any case, they had to get stronger, greatly so if they wished to demolish the pirate organization that was gaining more and more momentum.

As the days passed, Krune and the Seamstress had clashed with the pirates numerous times. Every time, they managed to kill one or two of them. Of course, it was mostly Krune that did the killing. As for the Seamstress, all she did was destroy their boats, leaving them stranded in the ocean, adrift.

Lured by the blood, the fishes did the rest of the work. When need be, she could be vicious in her own way.

Krune fed the bone tree fruits to the six Motor Fishes every day. And as he had expected, the results started to become noticeable after a couple of weeks. The Motor Fishes had grown in size and were steadily growing.

At the start, the Motor Fishes were only able to consume one fruit per day once they recovered to their peak. Of course, it would take too much time for them to mature in such a fashion. It might take a decade before they reached a level that Krune wanted.

So, he worked them to the limit, actively targeting the smaller pirate boats. He pillaged from the pirates. As long as the pirates didn't try to kill him, he didn't kill them either. Most of the time, when they surrendered, he just pushed them into the ocean and looted all their items.

Most of the time, though, they didn't have anything. Well, in cases when they returned from a trip, they might even have a Water Essence that they had stolen from some poor soul. In such cases, Krune gladly pocketed them.

After all, he did have some uses for them. Nevertheless, the prime reason he attacked the pirates was to steal their Motor Fish.

Eight out of ten times, they were unable to catch up to the pirates. During the first few tries, Krune did manage to steal their Motor Fishes. But soon after, it seemed that Gajor noticed his motives, sending out larger groups.

All such groups were only pulled by one Motor Fish. At the moment it seemed like they were about to lose, the pirates would grab all their belongings and jump into the ocean.

All they did was leave behind an empty boat. They would circle around the Motor Fish and use their passive ability, Moving Water, to propel themselves forward. Their abilities, plus the Motor Fish's power, would create a powerful propelling force that Krune and the Seamstress were unable to match.

It seemed that the ability Moving Water was stronger when used as a group. Once Gajor used this strategy, Krune and the Seamstress were unable to do anything to his group. They were no longer able to cause the pirates any losses.

Krune had already swapped his Underwater Breathing with Moving Water. He killed three Motor Fishes simultaneously and absorbed their blood, gaining the passive ability. He almost cried at losing Underwater Breathing, not because it was a useful ability, but because it had cost him 20 Godly Points.