Chapter 463 - THE FINAL BOSS (2/2)
”Remember what Captain Roger said earlier? We're nearing the island. And usually, whether it's in fiction or games, trials like this one usually come in threes.” Luo Yan looked again at the kraken. ”And besides, don't you think he looked very much like a final boss.”
”Well, you do have a point,” Luo Jin said, unable to refute what his brother said. ”I think we have no choice but to fight that kraken. Sooner or later, this wheelhouse would probably be destroyed.”
”Not necessarily.”
Luo Yan turned to the male NPC that was with them. After the appearance of that kraken, he automatically stopped sailing the ship. He didn't even appear scared of the kraken. Luo Yan had a feeling that it was not just because the other had an NPC. Considering how very detailed-oriented the game devs were when it came to their NPCs, the fact that this NPC didn't show any signs of fear must meant something.
He already had a guess, but just to make sure, he still asked the NPC, ”Mister, are we going to be safe here?”
”Don't worry, Mr. Noctis, no matter how the kraken attack the ship, as long as we stay in this area, nothing will happen to us.”
[I knew it.]
This area – this whole wheelhouse to be exact – became a safe zone. It probably started during the mermaid trial. Because the ship was supposed to collide with that iceberg, an NPC should be here to be the helmsman. After all, how could the ship collide with an iceberg without an actual helmsman steering the wheel and acting like he was being mesmerized by the mermaids' song.
Because Luo Yan managed to enter the wheelhouse and prevent the ship from capsizing, he earned the trust of this NPC. It's almost like a hidden quest. If no one had done what he did, then the presence of this NPC wouldn't be known. But he did. And so, this area had become a safe zone because of that.
He wasn't sure how the heck this wheelhouse would survive unscathed during the kraken's rampage. But this was a holographic world. Anything was possible no matter how illogical it might be.
”Let's observe things first,” he said to Luo Jin.
Luo Yan walked forward and gazed down at the deck through the screen window. He could see the players there preparing to fight. He then looked at the huge kraken. It was also raising its tentacles to attack the ship once again.
In order to defeat that one, the players on this ship needed to work together. But was that even possible?
He's not really good at cooperating with a group of strangers. Especially strangers who had their own agendas. Leading this many people to fight was just not something he's good at. He simply didn't have the patience for that. Before killing the kraken, he might kill the annoying players who couldn't follow instructions first. So, really, it's not a job suited for him.
If no one took the job of leading the fight, then maybe the number of participants at the end of this trial would only be at the hundreds.
As he thought of that, the whole ship rocked again because one of the kraken's tentacles suddenly struck.