Chapter 1872 - The Sea Monsters Are Here (2/2)
“It’s fine, I’ll protect you. We have a few hundred people here. The wind and rain are too strong, and we won’t be able to find a shelter. If the sea monsters show up, many are going to die, but don’t you worry, I’ll deal with the sea monsters. You just need to tell me where they are,” the woman assured him.
A young teenager subconsciously glanced at a young woman who was also in a school uniform under the awning. She had an attractive face. Her wet hair and pale lips did not affect her beautiful appearance. She was currently looking at the young teenager with a hint of helplessness.
“Alright, I’ll go with you… I can see around three meters into the water!” the young teenager said.
“I’ll go with you two. I’m a Mage too,” Mo Fan came over and told the young teenager and the young woman.
“Mm, but don’t stay too close when the sea monsters show up.” The woman in a raincoat did not seem to trust Mo Fan. She sounded a little cold.
Mo Fan was unable to see the sea monsters. He might have better vision at night, but if there were too many obstacles and the surroundings were misty, his vision was no different from an ordinary person. Meanwhile, the young teenager’s eyes were indeed impressive. He could see a hundred meters away despite the falling rain. He could even see things in the cloudy water!
The highways in the city had many entrances with toll stations, which were usually on the first floor. They were about as high as an overhead walkway. As a matter of fact, the toll stations were treated as pedestrian bridges for civilians to cross the busy streets. Other public transportation was located on the next floor.
The toll stations were less than a meter away from the surface of the water. The young teenager with outstanding eyes felt like his legs were losing their strength when he was so close to the fierce currents, especially when he remembered a terrifying sea monster with huge pincers was somewhere in the water!
“The sea monsters can just enter the city at this rate…” the young woman murmured with a frown.
“The nihhrt sea monsters won’t be able to enter the city for now, but it might no longer be the case if the rain keeps falling,” Mo Fan agreed with her.
Huge sea monsters would cause great destruction to the city, especially under the current circumstances. The buildings and bus rapid transit were still able to provide the civilians shelter from the smaller sea monsters, but if the huge sea monsters came into the city, they would be taking the last hope away.
“Can you see it?” the young woman ignored Mo Fan’s comment, as if she was displeased by Mo Fan’s negativity. He was merely stating the truth!
“Strange, I saw it moving down here before,” the young teenager said.
“Don’t just look in front or around you. Watch under your feet too,” the young woman reminded.
The young teenager immediately poked his head over the rails and stared into the water below him.
A pair of huge eyes around the size of a basketball were poking out from the water, revolving back and forth continuously.
The eyes seemed to suffer from huge blind spots. It too did not notice the young man who had poked his head out of the rails. It slowly observed the surroundings before looking upward. Its eyes soon reflected the young man’s horrified expression, like his face had frozen on the eyes.
“Look out!”
The young woman swiftly reacted. She immediately pulled the young teenager who had frozen back!
BANG!
At the same time, a huge claw like the scoop of an excavator slammed into the toll station. The toll station was nowhere as sturdy as a pillar of the highway. The huge clam simply smashed it into pieces like a toy!
A huge hole was left at the center of the toll station. Luckily, the highway above them was supporting the platform. It was hanging in the air instead of collapsing right away. Otherwise, both the young teenager and the young woman would fall into the water.
Mo Fan flipped his left hand after seeing what happened. A wild lightning orb with spikes on its surface appeared on his palm. The lightning orb gradually enlarged as Mo Fan rapidly accumulated the energy.
“Don’t,” Lingling grabbed Mo Fan’s wrist and shook her head.
“What’s wrong?” Mo Fan was confused.
“This sea monster is most likely the first species to invade the city. We should learn how strong it is. Let that woman handle it, so I can observe its level, strength, and weaknesses,” Lingling said.
Mo Fan thought about it. The sea monster with the shell of a crab was obviously not going to survive his spell. He could just kill it with a single blow. They would indeed struggle to learn how strong it was and its abilities.
It was no longer just about killing a few sea monsters instantly to feel good about himself. They had to consider how they could eliminate an entire species that was invading the city. After all, these sea monsters might have scattered across the city, waiting for their chance to strike.
“You’re right, there’s no need for me to intervene if she can handle the sea monster on her own. We’ll wait until Zhang Xiaohou gather everyone else,” Mo Fan said.
“You’re right, there’s no need for me to intervene if she can handle the sea monster on her own. We’ll wait until Zhang Xiaohou gather everyone else,” Mo Fan said.
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It was not the same as leaving someone to die. Mo Fan was hoping that these people could adapt and learn to survive. That being said, Mo Fan would intervene if the young woman was unable to defeat the sea monster on her own.
“Zhang Xiaohou is already gathering his men. Once he regroups with his men, they will focus on the mission from the authorities. It’s going to be tough…these sea monsters aren’t as powerful as a Warrior-level creature, yet they are several times stronger than a Servant-class creature,” Lingling said.
“Sea monsters are generally stronger than the demon creatures on land, especially when there’s a ready supply of seawater,” Mo Fan had spent some time at the East Maritime Fortress in Tokyo. He was well aware of it.
The level of Servant-class, Warrior-level, and Commander-level were based on the strength of the demon creatures on land. They were rarely used as a reference for the sea monsters. Among the sea monsters that Mo Fan had encountered, assuming there was water around, a Servant-class sea monster was strong enough to fight three Servant-class creatures on land.
The sea monster with huge clams was only a Servant-class creature, yet it was pretty strong!
“Its strength is three times the strength of a typical brute-force creature. It can hide quickly when there’s water around. Its agility is equivalent to a balanced-type creature. I wonder if it has other abilities…” Lingling murmured as she closely observed the battle between the young woman and the sea monster.