Chapter 231 – The Arctic Sea Monster 3 (2/2)
When Ryosuke’s ship started moving at full speed towards the coast, the other ships followed suit.
Kwa-Deu-Deuk!
Due to their haphazard forward movement, many of the ships were wrecked by icebergs in the water or frozen by the sea monster’s breath.
“Clan Chief, the sea monster is gaining on us!”
“If we continue like this, it’ll definitely catch up in a couple of minutes!”
“Keuk…!”
Ryosuke clenched his teeth in anger and frustration.
The coastline was right in front of him. He could almost touch it.
However, the ship couldn’t move as fast as they wanted. The shadows of death were gradually falling upon them from behind.
One of the impatient Clan members picked up the large harpoon launcher and put it on his shoulder. He fired it at the sea monster.
Pew!
A large harpoon flew through the air before striking the sea monster’s lower body.
After being struck by the harpoon, the sea monster cried out in anger, shaking its entire surrounding.
“Kuo-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh!”
The harpoon attack made the sea monster go crazy.
Ryosuke looked at the impatient clansmen who shot the large harpoon as if he was ridiculous,
“Crazy asshole! Why did you use the harpoon!?”
“S-Sorry, sir! I thought his movements would dull if he was injured!”
The clansman fell on the deck, crying.
As Ryosuke stood speechless,
Plop.
A sea creature popped up right next to Ryosuke’s ship and boarded the deck.
The clan members who saw the appearance of this foreign sea creature were immediately frightened and started pointing their weapons at it.
“I-It’s the sea monster’s servant!”
“Kill it quickly!”
Sea monsters were elite monsters, so if they desired, they could raise hundreds of servants to do their bidding.
As the atmosphere grew even tenser, the sea creature raised its hands and held back the clan members.
“Wait, I’m your ranking superior. If you attack me carelessly, my Master will become angry with you.”
“Master? Are you talking about the person who’s using us as bait?” Ryosuke asked in surprise.
“I can’t believe that a sea creature can speak,” another clansman said.
The identity of the sea creature was Triton.
After he reassured the clan members, he lifted up the Frost Sword, Ranghilt.
‘I’m not sure how much damage I can do since we’re attacking with the same elemental property base, but…’
Triton’s role was to help these clansmen and attract the sea monster as close to the shore as possible.
Eventually, as Triton swung Ranghilt, a spiraling cold force struck the sea monster’s head.
Kwa-Ang!
His attack carried enough frost power to freeze a huge body in an instant.
However, as expected, the sea monster only momentarily froze before releasing itself from the restraints of freezing. It quickly resumed its forward movement.
“Kuo-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh!”
Its cry seemed angrier and more ferocious than before.
As Triton continued to pour out frost attribute attacks, a Pegasus appeared in the air within the blizzard.
“I think we’re close enough.”
Woohyuk and Helena were riding atop Pegasus.
Roan, who was levitating next to them, started teasing Helena,
“Master, she is sticking her body tightly to you because she’s scared of heights. How about touching her while performing aerial acrobatics, like last time? I can also watch and live vicariously…”
“Shut up, Roan. You must not value your testicles.”
Woohyuk made a scissor cutting motion with his fingers at Roan before bringing his attention back to the sea monster.
It was definitely the first time Woohyuk had seen it.
However, since he had dealt with similar monster types in the past, he didn’t think he would have any particular trouble.
‘To save time, I’ll have to aim for its belly area first.’
The other parts of the monster were covered with solid scales, so it was difficult to attack in any manner outside of a piercing attack.
The problem was that the monster’s belly was located below sea level.
If he had the Nautilus, it would have been possible to attack easily by firing a torpedo, but unfortunately, Debbie Jones was currently guarding the waters of the Erendia Kingdom.
‘It’s a bit much to summon Kraken for such a weak monster…’
Summoning any of the subjugated 72 Demon Kings was also not an ideal solution as the quest had been released worldwide for several days already.
In the end, Woohyuk looked at Roan, who was muttering words to himself,
“Get rid of it.”
“Huh? That guy?”
“Then, do you want me to do it?”
“Oh, no. Hehe…”
Roan opened his arms with his palms upward with a sulking expression on his face.
He then summoned Ragnar and transformed it into a harpoon-shaped weapon, which began to emit a blue aura.
“First, pierce its abdomen and cut out its intestines. Once you do that, it will try to freeze the surrounding sea and lock you in a glacier.”
At that time, if Woohyuk dug deeper inside of the monster and stabbed its heart, the battle could be finished quickly.
After hearing Woohyuk’s explanation, Roan raised his hand and asked a question,
“Hey, Master. Can I have his heart? I’m able to absorb it with my homunculus ability, Gluttony…”
“Do whatever you want.”
Roan couldn’t surpass Woohyuk’s strength just by gaining the powers of a sea monster.
Rather, it would probably benefit Woohyuk and give Roan an opportunity to grow.
With his master’s permission, Roan sped toward the sea monster with an excited expression,
“Die, you evil monster! I’ll catch you and make a nice drink tonight!”