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Still, he didn't give up as he coated his iron dagger with energy. Since there was no chance that he could escape, he might as well risk his life to take it down with him.

Flap, swoosh.

The Giant Milkfish appeared next to him again. Instead of dodging like he usually does, he gathered more force on his arm and aimed at the giant creature's gills.

After the consecutive exchange, he was able to determine that its gills were one of its weaknesses. If he could stab through the gills and damage the body from the inside, it would become his victory. A simple nudge to the brain would end the battle and he might even survive!

The Giant Milkfish was momentarily confused when he didn't dodge but continued to chomp on him. He heard numerous bones crack inside him, and felt power leaving his body. However, he continued to stab the creature's flesh until the dagger finally pierced deep enough to cause some damage.

Even when the biting grip grew stronger, making him spat blood, Rofi didn't stop and endlessly stabbed through the gill.

Only after trying countless times did he realize that he couldn't win. His arm was too short and doesn't have enough power to push the dagger deeper into the Giant Milkfish's head.

Knowing that he was guaranteed to die, he sliced downward with all of his remaining strength, causing a huge gush to appear on the Giant Milkfish's gills.

This injury caused the creature to bellow in pain, releasing him and at the same time causing an underwater shockwave. To those who weren't sea-creatures, they could only hear an anguished scream, but all the fish nearby heard differently.

All the school of fishes watching in the distance rushed forward to help. They cannot swim around the Giant Milkfish since they could be eaten as food. However, they were now allowed to come closer without the risk of getting eaten. The Giant Milkfish promised that it would share the body equally with those who help kill this man.

Instinctively, the small fishes became excited with the prospect of eating such body filled life. The earlier empty space suddenly was teeming with fishes!

On his moment of solitude, Rofi heard a reprimanding voice from the water.

”Aigoo, are you really a captain? Why did you not lure the boss monster out of the dungeon? Wait, can we lure boss monsters out of wild dungeons? Probably, since the barriers were already out.” said the voice from the water.

Rofi looked around but found no one. He used Sonar and still found no one.

”Am I hallucinating? Am I becoming stupid?”

Just when he was sure he had turned crazy, the voice came back and spoke again.

”Still, you did a great job surviving this long. In the future, you could become someone prominent. Hahaha!”

Boom!!!

Something crashed in front of him, but Rofi couldn't see anything as air bubbles blocked his vision. When the bubbles cleared, an old man was staring at him with an apologetic smile on his face.

”Sorry for being late. As compensation, I'll give you half the earnings from all the small fishes.”

Those were the last words Rofi heard and he passed out.