Chapter 314: Local Products are the Best 2 (1/2)
“...!”
Neptune Spear was completely taken aback and couldn’t hide his surprise.
“W-What is…!”
It was an unbelievable sight. One military ship had been split into two with just one stroke of a sword. He couldn’t tell if this was a dream or reality.
“Is Kang Chul-In… human?”
It seemed he lived up to his reputation. Rumors were always twisted and blown out of proportion, but it seemed that in Kang Chul-in’s case, they were all true.
“How can that…”
It was then...
Kwaaang! The second military ship, [Nemesis], exploded, and the bridge came toppling down in seconds.
“...!”
Everyone was shocked.
“Aaaack! D-Don’t shoot…! Save me!”
A blonde young man wearing a shining red gauntlet was smashing Nemesis to pieces, screaming at the others to let him live.
“Just who is that crazy bastard…!?”
Another unbelievable sight was played out in front of Neptune Spear’s eyes. He couldn’t pull himself together.
“His Majesty! That crazy blonde guy is…!”
“...?”
“Dorian Explorer!”
“What!? Was that loser that strong…!?”
Neptune Spear couldn’t acknowledge that Dorian was strong. He didn’t know how he was maintaining his high rank, but from what he had seen so far, Dorian was just a lucky loser. Furthermore, Neptune Spear had a tendency of looking down on Lords who ruled territory on the ground. It was the pride of one who ruled over the rough seas.
Kwaang! But unlike his bias, Dorian was breaking apart his ship with just his fists.
“That damned…!”
Neptune Spear shouted with fury. However…
Kwooooo! A roar that shook the skies! The center of the Valhalla Kingdom’s forces, the Full Metal Dragon, began to split through the sky.
-Shoot, pause! Pause!
-Change all the guns to anti-aircraft guns! Change all the guns to anti-aircraft guns!
Ding… click! Clack, clack! The first and second naval sh.i.p.s under Neptune Spear stopped their attack on Venetz and responded to the Full Metal Dragon’s air raid instead.
-Enemies in the back! It’s a flagship-rank plane!
Neptune Spear’s fleet felt danger once more at Zeppelin’s arrival.
-I-It’s Temeraire…! Temeraire has joined the battle…!
The arrival of the strongest weapon of Pangaea made everyone in his fleet uneasy.
Crunch! Neptune Spear grounded his teeth. They would be at a disadvantage because they didn’t have any forces in the air.
“So you’re gonna stand against me through the air… fine, do whatever you can…”
However, Neptune Spear didn’t feel threatened in the slightest by Temeraire, Zeppelin, or the Full Metal Dragon. He had already experienced air forces. Lords had air forces in the South as well. Kang Chul-In was undefeated over land, and Neptune Spear was undefeated overseas. That meant that he already qualified to fight back.
“I’ll get rid of all of them.”
As he muttered to himself, he gripped his Soul Core, the trident [Triton].
[Activating anti-aircraft system!]
[‘Exocet’ system online!]
[The angles of the guns are being adjusted…]
[All guns are ready to attack at 360°!]
Neptune Spear activated the system, Exocet, that allowed him to dominate over the South.
[The barrier is being set up!]
[‘Barrier of the Sea God’ system online!]
[Intensity of the barrier increases by 40%!]
Also, he strengthened the barrier that protected his ship from attacks from enemies.
-Speaking to all sh.i.p.s.
Neptune Spear commanded.
-Of the three, for the dragon and the plane, endure with the barrier and be on guard only against Temeraire. Speaking to all sh.i.p.s again. Our target is only Temeraire!
It was a wise judgment. Although Zeppelin and the Full Metal Dragon were hard to deal with, they weren’t comparable to Hecate’s Temeraire. The moment that all 74 guns speed fire, even the greatest ship in Neptune Spear’s fleet, the one that he was on, [Poseidon], could become a clump of scrap metal. Because of that, it was wisest to ignore Zeppelin and the Full Metal Dragon and focus only on Temeraire.
“Kang Chul-In…”
Neptune Spear didn’t stop there.
“I admit you’re strong, but…”
A confident attitude. He was surprised to see Kang Chul-In split his ship into two, but he didn’t feel discouraged by it.
“I’ll show you how scary the seas can be… will you be able to fly around like that when you’re facing the horrors of the deep-sea?”
At the same time, Neptune Spear thrust Triton up.
“Emerge, monsters of the deep sea…! Show that arrogant and foolish one the fury of the great sea…!”
It was a summoning. It was a calling. The monsters of the abyss that Neptune Spear was calling for weren’t from somewhere far away but from under the Hartum River. Under the surface of the water, a dark shadow reached the shores, and “it” revealed itself.
Kyaaaak! Kyak..! Krrrr…!
It didn’t have just one head. It had nine of them. It had multiple heads attached to its long green body. A monster that was once the ruler of the South was a pet of Neptune Spear that only he could handle with his Authority. It was a hydra serpent, a monster that lived in the ocean and was about 100 meters long. On top of that, it had 9 scary heads.
“Kill him.”
Neptune Spear commanded.
“Rip him to shreds and swallow him!”
As soon as he finished,
Kyaaaaak!
The invincible head that was at the center of the hydra serpent’s head screamed and moved towards Kang Chul-In.
***
In a moving carriage in the camp of the Valhalla soldiers...
“Ahh, humans~! These poor humans that can only walk~!”
“...”
“They should just fly.”
“...”
“Everyone’s so useless.”
“...”
“Hey, lazybones.”
“...”
“Do you have any more of that thing called ice cream?”
Desdemona spoke as she licked the ice cream cone in her hand.
“This is so good…”
“You’re already on your 5th one.”
Kwak Jung narrowed his eyes and glared at Desdemona.
F.u.c.k… is she going to take responsibility if my blood sugar runs low…?
Kwak Jung didn’t like Desdemona. He used his head all the time and he quit smoking, so he always moved with a magic icebox with ice cream in it, but Desdemona had eaten everything, and he felt extremely frustrated.
“You’ll get sick if you have too many of those.”
“Nah, it’s okay.”
“...”
“Getting sick is what humans do; I’m unaffected even when I swallow an entire ogre.”
“...”
“But.”
“Yes?”
“Do you have any more of these macarons?”
“...”