Chapter 146: Self-Directed Act (2/2)

However, Leah who had seen and known much was confused. Didn’t the fishfolk believe in the Lord of Tides? How did another god with direct ties to their race pop out?

Shenron(1)…. Or, to be precise, the voice of the fishmen’s god was endlessly powerful, and the Players were losing HP even though it was merely normal conversation.

Some of the weaker classes and newbies were left with a fraction of their HP and about to expire.

But as the Players faced their direst moment, a white light shone upon the other side of the skies.

That radiance shot through the thick clouds and easily illuminated half the skies, a stark difference from the thunder and lightning of the other side.

It was warm like the sun, as gentle as the winds of spring and a light filled with life.

The Players realized then that their HP wasn’t dropping anymore. At the same time, some of the Players with better vision noticed that the shape of a ball seemed to have appeared vaguely at the clouds behind the light.

Could it be the God of Games? Some Players were remembering the god’s statue at the Valley of the Tragic by connection, and yet assuming that their god was a ball felt a little insolent.

“Begone!”

The ball of light had merely cried out loud, but the distant thunder, lightning and darkness faded immediately like winter snow against the sun. The enormous serpentine shadow behind the clouds seemed to be grievously hurt right then, yelling ‘no—!’ as it shriveled and rapidly disappeared, and that part of the skies soon reverted to the normal winter weather.

If their HP bars were not slowly recovering, the Players would actually had believed that they were seeing things.

Meanwhile, the ball figure moved a part of itself that looked like its hand, and seven blue dots of light hence wafted away from the clouds.

They began to whirl, rotating more and more rapidly before finally fusing into a massive blue halo. Then, with a shove from the ball, it shot towards the Ocean Eye at the heart of Fishmen Island!

The moment the halo struck the Ocean Eye, it turned into a gigantic magical circle that shrouded the Ocean Eye (weirdly, the fishmen beneath it were going about their buiness as if nothing happened, although the Players’ vision clearly could not see that) before fading slowly and entirely.

The ball of light vanished from behind the clouds too, and the Players never did see its true form in the end.

After that, the Players heard a stirring sound right beside their ears.

[Ding!]

[Winter Swimming Event—Dawn of Fishmen Island—Third Phase]

[Event introduction: The great and noble God of Games has repelled the fishmen god and in turn used the Sea Sapphires to seal the Ocean Eye, denying their race the ability to invade land on a wider scale. Even so, many fishmen remain on the island and are a great threat to the Frogmen Village! O brave Players, now is the time to show your courage to wipe out every last fishman!]

[Event details: Clear every monster on Fishmen Island. Aside from the normal item exchange, each monster culled is awarded 1 to 10 clear points based on the monster’s power level, and when the third phase of the event is over the Player with the highest clear points would be awarded with the legendary gold item ‘Fishman Must Die’]

[Players in the top ten would also be rewarded with the rare purple item ‘Venomous Fish Fin Longsword’, while everyone in the top thirty would obtain the elite blue item ‘Fishman Helm (Dolphin Style)’]

[Note: This is not ethnic cleansing but merely a culling of overbred cockroaches at home, so don’t pay it too much mind—Mistolin, Anti-Fishfolk Strategist]

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Translator’s Note:

(1) The dragon from the Dragon Ball franchise.