Chapter 47 - Danger at Sea 2 (1/2)

“Ah? Yeah…”

Leifina let out an awkward laugh as she was handed Lia.

The mysterious fairy-like child, caused her maternal instincts to kick in without her even realising.

“Mom, I’m hungry…”

Lia said as she pointed at Leifina’s chest, clearly wanting some milk.

Leifina however froze and stood there with a blank expression.

“Lord….”

“Give her this to drink.”

Woohyuk took out a bottle of milk that he had prepared in advance from his Sage’s Pouch.

Watching her sip the milk, Aris spoke up.

“You need to find a way to control her.”

“I will need to tame it properly before that happens.”

Because of her ridiculous amount of mana in her body, it would be troublesome if she decided to throw a tantrum.

Dragons had become a thing of legends on the continent. After the war between Gods and Demons, they had moved to another plane, in search of a new home.

Because this had occurred a very long time ago, there wasn’t a known method of raising them.

“It is quite a special creature to be able to speak so soon. It must have learned the human language while it was waiting in its egg.

Dragons were highly intelligent creatures and could quickly learn just about anything.

Woohyuk searched around in his Sage’s Pouch before fishing out a light blue dress.

“Use it to cover Lia.”

It was some spare clothes he had collected due to Elizabeth’s help.

“Oh, it’s so cute!”

Aris shrieked as she saw her being covered in the dress.

Completely unlike the mad Demon that was hell bent on destroying the world just a few days ago.

It felt like being so close to Asura made her quite a bit more docile.

“Since she is able to speak, she’ll need a friend.”

Woohyuk called over Song Anna and Undine so that they could all get along.

“You girls play nice.”

“Sister…?”

Lia gave them a smile, and Undine smiled back.

“Hello, my name’s Undine and I’m a water spirit.”

“I, I’m Song Anna.”

She stammered, dazzled by the cuteness of their new friend.

Leaving the three girls behind to play together, Woohyuk stared at the vast expanse of sea as he planned his next moves.

‘First I’ll need to get my hands on the Seven Color Rainbow Ring.

Crafting high grade items like that would also require the use of Scrolls.

Of course even if he had the required Scrolls and raw materials, it still couldn’t be crafted without someone who had the Blacksmith class.

Not to mention that they would have to be decently skilled as well.

‘I’ll need to find Dexter for that.’

The Seven Color Rainbow Ring was a S Grade Item. It had only been due to pure luck that Isaac had managed to obtain it.

He had learned this from Isaac’s boasting in the past.

‘It all began at Landium.’

The port city that served as a trading hub to nearby regions, would soon become a battlefield.

Naturally Woohyuk was the only person that was aware of this.

He actually didn’t know all the details, which was why he was in such a hurry. It would be annoying if he missed the event.

“What drives you to work so hard?”

As Woohyuk was busy accounting for a number of variables, Irene approached from behind.

“To desire to put an end to this nightmare.”

“Will that bring you happiness?”

Irene asked, staring at him with her golden eyes with a look of interest.

“Maybe, at least everyone else will have a chance to find happiness.”

“Do I count among those?”

“Of course.”

“It seems that it was a good decision to follow you after all.”

Although she had become his vassal, Woohyuk hadn’t commanded her to do anything as of yet.

His sole intention was to help her figure out her own identity, and thanks to his help Irene was changing little by little.

“It’s too early to tell, there is still a long and treacherous path ahead.”

“I’m ready for it.”

She should have died, but Woohyuk had given her a new chance.

For the first time she was given the freedom to make her own choices, and had decided to follow Woohyuk a while longer.

Irene looked out into the horizon, a sight which she had never seen before.

Everything was so foreign to her, and yet at the same time mysterious.

Just as she was about to open her mouth to speak once more.

“Boss, big trouble!”

Jung Sanghoon who was posted up on the crow’s nest shouted out.

“What is it?”

“We have several pirate ships coming our way!”

Jung Sanghoon could see quite a bit further than them due to the spyglass installed up there.

It was an emergency, so Woohyuk called everyone to gather above deck.

“You guys can just stay here for now.”

There was no need to use all of his party members for this.

All he had to do was sweep away any enemies before they came too close. After all, he was nigh invincible when at sea.

“Ooooh Ooh!”

As he summoned the young Kraken, it popped its head above water and bellowed.

The pirates that had come over to loot the ship were stunned, but quickly opened fire with their cannons.

Bang! Bang!

There were several boats in their fleet so they had a decent firepower, but it was far from enough to take down the Kraken.

Attacking into that was basically the same as committing suicide

“Cr...azy!”

“What is that!?”

Despite being young, the Kraken was more than big enough to blot out the horizons when it raised itself above the water.

Despite being tamed by Woohyuk, its unbridled nature came out when faced with pirates in the sea.

It could even temporarily affect the weather in currents for a short period of time.

Cuooooooooo!

The pirate ships lost their ability to navigate their vessels as they collided with one another.

“Captain Dirk, what should we do now?”

“... Shit.”

It was too late for them to turn back, as fear spread among their ranks like a virus.

Every time the Kraken swung one of its tentacles, a ship would be smashed into pieces with a loud crashing sound.

Any that fell into the sea became prey for the circling sharks.

“Captain! What are your orders!”

A pirate shouted out while desperately clinging to the ship’s mast.

If things continued they would be annihilated, they were desperate enough to try just about anything.

“Sigh…”

Dirk examined the monstrosity before them, it was quite clearly a Kraken. Did they even have any chance against such a mythic creature?

As he began to accept his fate, an unknown half-man, half-fish creature jumped onto their deck.

Triton.

Upon seeing such a foe the pirates quickly drew their cutlasses.

“Kill this monster!”