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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Ruby
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Yuma’s group and the Mullen tribe warriors returned to the island.
As soon as they returned, Yuma had to move right away.
There were people waiting for him.
Before departing from the Imperial Princess Palace, the high-ranking warriors of the White night clan who had requested help through Cassiela had arrived.
The number of White night clan members who set foot on Mullen’s land was only 30.
However, they were not beings who could be judged by numbers alone.
Their pure white coats fluttered in the cold air.
Among the 30 who arrived here, 2 were Sword Masters.
The rest were Expert-class.
The White night sword family, who had been weighed down by karma.
They could rightfully be called the Sword Clan, born with talent that filled the human limits of swordsmanship to the brim.
That’s who the White night clan’s swordsmen were.
The men of the clan were still young.
No one knew how many more superhumans would be born.
And there was one being whom they followed blindly.
That being wasn’t Luke, the clan head.
It was Yuma.
They knelt before Yuma, who had saved their clan from karma.
“We apologize for being late, our benefactor.”
Yuma’s blue eyes slowly scanned over the White night clan members.
“No. You arrived at a very appropriate time.”
Yuma continued speaking.
“We’ll be entering battle again soon. Make sure to warm up.”
“Understood.”
Durec, one of the two Sword Masters from the White night clan who came to assist, answered on behalf of the clan.
After the White night clan finished greeting Yuma, Bell ran toward the men of the clan.
“Raul!”
Bell ran toward one man with red hair.
“Bell!”
Bell was quite happy to see one of her close friends of the same age from the clan.
“Did you have a hard time getting here?”
At Bell’s words, Raul shook his head.
“What hardship? It was nice seeing the ocean.”
It seemed Raul, who had been confined to White night’s lands, was quite impressed by his first sight of the ocean.
“How about Brother Haven?”
Raul smiled at Bell’s concern for her siblings.
“Haven explored the world a bit, then went back to White night’s lands to receive sword training from the clan head. He’s continuing to grow. You can look forward to when you meet him next.”
At these words from Raul, Haven’s friend, Bell’s eyes grew round.
“That’s a relief.”
“Yeah, it’s a relief.”
Raul carefully looked at Yuma’s back as he spoke.
“How is Lord Yuma?”
“Well, he’s always the same.”
“Yeah, yeah. I heard. They say he just swept away the sea dragons again.”
From the perspective of the White night clan, who had witnessed Yuma take down Ades, the king of the Giant clan, in one strike, there could be no worry about Yuma.
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Yuma had just confirmed something in the sea.
It was one of the items contained in the divine sac left behind when the god Incrinew died.
Despite having just finished a battle, Tisha’s blue-green eyes and Cloney’s golden eyes stared intently at Yuma while practicing magic.
Tisha’s lips slowly opened.
“…Is that also one of your powers, Lord Yuma? An authority?”
Yuma shook his head.
“No, this is just a good item.”
Item.
Yuma confirmed the item was working properly and put it back in the divine sac.
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Two days later.
The Mullen tribe warriors began to move again.
Urgent news had come across the sea that black haze and fog had started creeping around again.
“Let’s go.”
Yuma and his group finished preparing to move on Silviria, the same giant silver seahorse as two days ago.
The difference from two days ago was the number of people in Yuma’s group.
35 people, including the White night clan and Tisha, advanced following hundreds of Mullen tribe warriors in the distance.
Swoosh──
The densely packed Mullen tribe warriors all started to stop at once.
This time too, Yuma stopped beside Yercur, the Mullen tribe king.
From the start this time, more Sea Serpents poured out.
Woong!
Intense flames bloomed on the swords of three Sword Masters from the White night clan, including Bell.
Slash!!
Long sword energy that split the sea as it advanced.
The sword energy began hunting down the Sea Serpents in an instant.
The density of the sword energy.
The gap between Expert and Master was clear.
Yuma thought as he watched a Sea Serpent bare its teeth before him.
‘It definitely doesn’t seem to be a sentient being.’
Seeing how it thrust its snout forward again even though its companions had died so miserably yesterday.
Kaang!
A golden circular shockwave signifying a successful parry erupted.
Kraaak!!!
The Sea Serpent that thrust its snout forward died instantly.
This time too, around fifty red eyes could be seen in the fog.
However, it seemed that thing’s mindset was different from two days ago too.
Grrrr…
It howled.
Then, the 30 or so Sea Serpents that had come out of the fog began to retreat.
Grrrr…
And it approached.
It had pulled back its subordinates and advanced forward itself.
Its body vaguely visible beyond the fog was truly massive.
One could predict it was similar in size to Elcam-Acreon, the Black Dragon they had faced in Count Rubelt’s domain.
The sea churned just from it approaching.
‘That thing.’
Did it retreat the Sea Serpents conscious of [Absolute Counter─Division]?
Perhaps considering if it too would die to that mysterious power?
If it had pulled back its subordinates considering the division it had witnessed from beyond the fog two days ago, it meant this Leviathan was a sentient being whose head worked much better than expected.
Saaaa!
The fog dispersed.
And it fully revealed its form.
Perhaps because it was walking on the sea, it looked even bigger than the Black Dragon that had been close to 100 meters.
The problem was that whales boast the highest intelligence among aquatic species.
Demigod-level power combined with whale intelligence was not something to be ignored.
Rather, it was enough to occupy the very top of the food chain.
The Leviathan struck down at the sea with its massive tentacles.
It wasn’t even struck down that hard.
Slash─!!!
But the sea literally showed abnormal signs.
Yuma suddenly widened his eyes.
Rumble!!!!
The sea began to churn.
As if it were a living being.
The violently moving seawater bared its teeth toward Yuma.
A wave that could be called a water pillar rose up.
‘It’s not me.’
He could quickly realize that he wasn’t the target.
Kirrrrk!
It was a fierce wave that rose up targeting Silviria that he was riding.
Zheeeeng──!!
Yuma’s body soared into the air along with Silviria and spread far back.
Far enough that the distance from that massive Leviathan looked clearly greater.
‘Oh my.’
─Damn it.
Yuma felt his body literally float.
Balmung deployed an aurora-formed protective magic that enveloped his master Yuma’s entire body.
Just before Yuma’s body that had soared into the air was about to crash into the sea─
“-I will deploy barrier magic for landing purposes, Master.”
Balmung spread a defensive barrier above the horizon.
It became as if Yuma and Silviria that he had been riding until just now had landed on a platform.
Yuma could see countless tentacles extending down from the Leviathan.
He seemed to understand why the Leviathan had thrown him so far away like this.
It appeared to be planning to first throw away himself who was launching unknown attacks to outside its range,
And then kill the remaining Mullen tribe and White night clan members first.
Kirruk
“Let’s go.”
Yuma advanced forward again riding his Silviria.
Swoosh
‘Hold on.’
Yuma watched the navy blue monster, Leviathan, with a dragon’s head.
Those spear-like tentacles launching countless extending attacks.
‘If you do as we practiced, you should be able to endure this much at least.’
Demigod.
Demigod.
An opponent that would be difficult to even land an effective hit on, let alone kill.
Even a Sword Master’s sword energy would not easily cut through that navy blue skin.
But he believed it was possible to at least block the attacks.
At least until he could reach the front lines again.
Yuma believed in the power of the defensive formation of the 30 high-ranking White night clan knights he had brought.
The power of that defensive formation that had survived for several generations against Ades, the king of the Giant clan.
And he also believed in the power possessed by the Mullen tribe members who numbered close to a thousand just counting those visible.
After all, the Mullen tribe he had observed for over 2 weeks were not those who had spent their time carelessly.
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The Mullen tribe members with mainly sky blue skin, whether warriors or mages, all put their right hands under the water’s surface.
Saaak…
Golden currents spread below the surface.
Those currents awakened the consciousness of one of the marine creatures beneath the sea.
A marine creature in the form of a turtle.
Around 500 [Archelon] with bodies approaching 10 meters in length looked up at the water’s surface.
“-We must protect the sea together.”
That was the common thought the Mullen tribe members had when asking the Archelon.
The giant sea turtle, Archelon, sympathized with that desperate wish of the Mullen tribe.
At the surface, the Archelon gathered vertically to create a wall.
Thudududud!!
The massive shells of the densely packed Archelon completely blocked all the giant tentacles extending below the surface.
While countless tentacles with blade-like claws, at least 50 of them, were striking above the surface, not a single one could pass through the invisible barrier.
Zheng! Zheeeeng!!
They were being completely blocked, literally.
Fierce sword energy was blazing from the swords of the White night clan warriors riding the seahorse, Silviria.
Sword Screen.
A screen made of sword energy overlapped with the Water Screen deployed by the mages to completely block the approach of the tentacles.
“Maintain the line!”
The voice of the Mullen king continued.
“Switch!”
The mages who had scraped out all their mana switched places with resting mages.
“Please deploy some kind of defensive barrier on the ground, so we can step on it and leap up.”
“Understood!”
Perhaps confident after pushing Yuma far away, the dragon-headed Leviathan sent out its subordinate Sea Serpents from beyond the fog again.
Swish swish!
Protective battle qi was surging throughout the bodies of the three White night clan Sword Masters including Bell.
Crack!
The three Sword Masters leaped up stepping on the defensive barrier deployed above the water’s surface by the Mullen tribe mages.
Slash!
And cut off the heads of the Sea Serpents with sword energy.
“Kraaak!”
While two members of the White night clan and three Mullen tribe warriors were severely injured, no other damage was visible.
On the fierce sea, White night’s sword light flashed countless times.
In contrast, all fifty or so Sea Serpents that came out from beyond the fog at the Leviathan’s command were sunk.
It was the result created by the fierce fighting of three master-class Mullen tribe members including the Mullen king and three White night clan Sword Masters,
And the slashing attacks shot by the remaining warriors.
The sea was dyed red.
“Well done holding out.”
Someone’s voice was heard from behind.
There stood Yuma.
Splash
Yuma was walking on two feet.
Creating clear, small ripples.
Splash─
He was literally walking on the sea.
Proudly on the blue ocean without the help of any defensive barrier.
Hestia blankly opened her mouth.
“Martial G-God is walking on the sea─!!”
Yuma continued his noble steps, somehow dangerously ignoring Hestia’s words.
Splash
The ripples were gradually widening.
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Lol, It’s the second coming!