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The pirates' rock fortress was located in a rocky mountain rising to the left of the city.
Arinth guided us to the beach below the rock mountain.
“This way.”
I thought he had all his limbs pulled out, but he must have adjusted them himself and was walking well on his own feet.
As soon as we crossed the breakwater surrounding the harbor, the surrounding atmosphere changed completely.
It was full of strange rocks covered with barnacles, giant seaweeds washed up by the waves, and the remains of shipwrecks.
Swish.
In the sky, dark clouds were pouring rain, the tide was coming in and dark blue waves were rolling in, and it felt as if a fish or a sea monster was going to jump out.
“I smell some scaly bastards.”
Cariosa looked at the bastard's back with a suspicious look.
I think I had the same expression.
The beach was not a sandy beach, but was made up of large, flat rocks with a large crevice in the middle.
Each time a wave crashed in, spray rose as high as three stories.
Choaaaah!
The water was a frighteningly dark blue, and the crashing waves created whirlpools that could swallow up a boat or two at any moment.
Arinth proudly pointed down to him.
“You can come in here.”
Cariosa placed her hand on the hilt of the magic sword Storm.
“I will kill you.”
Arinth raised both hands and bowed her head to the barnacle-covered rock.
“It’s true, it’s true! I’ve been here before!”
I looked at the whirlpool once more, then asked Arinth.
“Where is it connected to? No. How did you know this was a secret passage?”
He answered as if he had been waiting for me.
“There are several cellars in the fortress, some of which are used as dungeons. When I was managing the prison area, I saw a cave leading to the sea between the collapsed walls. As I walked along the cave, I came across water, and when I dived into the water, I found this place.”
There was no falsehood in his voice.
Cariosa made a face as if he was wondering, and I nodded.
"good."
“Do you believe me?”
“Instead, you take the lead.”
Arinth made a face as if the sky was falling down, then nodded.
* * *
Cariosa gave orders to several eastern knights who followed her.
“You four are coming with me. You go back and tell Jules to keep the siege going. If they try to break through, order your battle mages to open fire.”
I also looked at Sir Tentia.
“Kyung. Take charge of the city side.”
Sir Tentia lifted her mask and shook her head.
“Your Majesty. I am Your Majesty’s escort knight.”
“I’m here, and Cariosa is here too. We have enough power. The Eastern Knights are strong, but if the admiral-level pirates try to make a quick breakthrough, the siege might be breached. Then we’ll have to start playing hide-and-seek on this island, which is so big that we don’t even know how many people there are.”
Sir Tentia had a slightly shaken expression on her face.
“Besides… there’s something that contradicts what Tarti said. He said that the city is full of prisoners being eaten by barnacles. But haven’t you seen those guys? You never know when something might come out.”
I said it like I was hammering a nail into it.
“This island reeks of sin and iniquity. Who else could we trust to visit here if not Kyung, the knight of knights? Isn’t Kyung the greatest of all the knights on this island?”
Cariosawa and the Eastern Knights looked as if they wanted to say something.
Sir Tentia looked at the eastern knights, smiled happily, and lowered his mask.
“Yes, Your Majesty. This Tentia. I will guard this damned fortress until Your Majesty returns, and not a single rat will escape.”
The number of people who would enter the secret passage was decided.
There were seven of us in total: Arinth, me, Cariosa, and the four Eastern Knights.
Cariosa said, looking out over the water.
“If there are a lot of people who can get in, it might be worth considering infiltrating this way during low tide. We’ll have to kick their butts hard.”
I nodded, took the crampons I used for walking on water out of my shoes and put them in my uniform pocket.
“Or we could just burn this entire fortress down. If we keep a fire burning from below for three days, the guys up there will all burn to death and suffocate to death.”
Cariosa nodded.
“Okay. Then shall we go? Do you know how to swim?”
“Of course. Okay. Guide. It’s time to get to work.”
I kicked Arin's back and threw him into the water.
“Eww! Please save me!”
The bastard screamed like a bird.
* * *
Pogurur. Pogurur.
The water was dark, the underwater caves had many narrow and wide sections, and there were many large and small caves on the sides and above and below.
Sharp, bizarre corals and seaweeds like giant hair were everywhere.
However, the terrible incident of being swept away by the strong current, getting lost in an underwater cave, and suffocating to death did not occur.
Saaaaah.
Cariosa swam through the water as if she had been in and out a hundred times before.
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Arinth, who was giving directions, looked back at me in confusion.
'Have you been here before?'
'How could that be?'
Cariosa's eyes were wide open even underwater, and it didn't seem to hurt at all.
The gray vertical pupils moved left and right like a real shark, watching the knights, me, and Arinth.
She looked very comfortable in her thick crocodile skin coat and trousers.
Saaaaah.
The sight of them swimming freely slightly above the bottom, like real fish, seemed even more natural than on land.
Whether she used some kind of magic or not, her body moved on its own without her having to struggle to move her arms.
It seemed to create a natural flow heading into the cave.
She was, after all, a descendant of Summerlin, the daughter of the storm.
As I was enjoying such a comfortable swim, something grabbed my leg.
Hot.
It seemed like the Eastern Knight was trying to say something.
I reflexively turned around and saw where the Eastern Knights were.
There were three ahead of me, the last one had just passed me, and Arinth was walking alongside Cariosa.
Something was still holding me back.
crazy.
I turned around in horror, and then I realized what it was.
It had dozens of suckers in a fiery color, and was free and strong like a tongue, savage and proud.
A tentacle longer than my body emerged from inside the small cave and grabbed my ankle.
“Boooooo.”
Flash.
An octopus with red eyes looked at me.
Cariosawa and the Eastern Knights were already there, and were slowly rising.
It seemed like there was a land route coming from above.
At that moment I heard a savage laugh.
Kickkickkickkickkick.
Red eyes flashed without fail from all directions.
The octopus that had grabbed my ankle slowly popped its head out of the cave.
The moment I saw that sight, I forgot I was underwater and started coughing.
“Coolook!”
It wasn't an octopus, it was an octopus monster.
It had a squid-like head and long, tentacle-like whiskers, and beneath it was a human body of a strange texture and a reddish color.
Its fingers and toes were also tentacles, its body was covered in armor, and it had a shield and fan-shaped blade on its back.
The tentacled beard was as large as a thick snake, and it would have been over 8 meters tall if it had stood on two feet.
I knew the name of this monster that looked infinitely like a fully-mutated eroder.
Octopus Guardian of the Fish Tribe.
What the fu*k.
* * *
Kkwadduk!
The thing wrapped its tentacles around me and pulled me in.
Bam!
The black beak-like snout gaped open.
It seemed to be saying that my ankles were very tasty.
I shouted, aiming the sole of my shoe at its snout.
“No!”
The custom circuit engraved on my shoes created a powerful propulsion, and I cut through the water like a harpoon.
Choaaaah!
An 8m long octopus monster was following me helplessly, and I used my 'invisible hand' and telekinesis to quickly chase after the eastern knights.
I saw a cliff in front of me, the water rippling above it, and three Eastern knights who had not yet emerged from the water looked at me in astonishment.
I reached one hand out of the water and grabbed the rock, while the other grabbed the octopus guardian's tentacle and pulled it up with all my might.
“Ugh!”
Of course, no matter how strong I was, I couldn't throw an 8m tall body out of the water.
Especially in water where you can't even use your strength properly.
But it was enough to briefly float him above the water.
“Valencian!”
It was the sound of the storm's daughter, who had been fighting the fish-people all her life, being terrified.
Choaaaak!
She grabbed my hand and pulled me up, and I was on land in no time.
“Coolook, coolook!”
The cave was wider and higher than I thought, and there was seaweed growing here and there.
The octopus guardian still had his tentacles gripping my ankles.
Crunch, crunch!
The creature thrust both of its large, squishy hands out of the water and slowly pulled its upper body up to the surface.
Bubbling, bubbling, bubbling!
The octopus's red-hot head and tentacles, as well as its swollen upper body, rose above the water.
“Whoa!”
The bastard roared, blowing air through the hole in his head.
The black beak-like snout gaped open.
The sight of the tentacles squirming like hundreds of snakes was something straight out of a nightmare.
But whatever this monster was, once it could start a fire, it was no match for me.
“Welcome, you little monster! Now then… go back to the abyss!”
I gathered my strength and shouted like a faithful believer of the Light.
Sparks flew from the air, and the bastard's face became ablaze.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A face larger than a human body and thick snake-like tentacles were all ablaze.
“Whoaaahhh!?”
The thing twitched in terror, trying to swat the tentacle wrapped around my ankle.
Crunch!
Then Cariosa swung her magic sword Tempest and cut off the tentacle like the wind.
“How dare you!”
The guardian dipped his face into the water.
with a splash!
The dark waters brightened as if a luminous crystal ball had been thrown into them.
Cariosa raised an eyebrow.
“Isn’t that thing going to turn off?”
I nodded and put the crampons back on my shoes.
“First of all, you need air to create a fire, then you can burn it with just mana. You could boil water with heat, but that was a bit inefficient.”
“Then he’ll die soon. Burning to death in the water. That’s a fitting end for that monster.”
Cariosa smiled contentedly and looked at Arinth, who was trembling on one side.
Her face had a carnivore look to it, and her jaw was gaping open, full of teeth.
“Then you. You’ll have to explain what the situation is.”
“Yes, yes?”
“Why are the fish people coming out here?”
Arinth fell to the floor once again.
“I don’t know anything!”
Cariosawa and the Eastern Knights made faces as if to tell me not to talk nonsense.
She had already drawn her sword, and the eastern knights also grabbed their harpoons or swords.
Arinth said, trembling.
“I, I took the lead, didn’t I?”
Cariosa clicked his tongue.
“You might not have attacked me because you had some kind of marking or magic tool. First, take off that hood.”
Arinth looked at me.
Even in the shadow of the hood, I could sense pleading eyes.
To put it bluntly, he was no longer worth keeping as a guide.
But it was a different story for elves.
The moment I thought it was okay to reveal my identity, a strange sound was heard from inside the cave.
“Karrrrr…….”
Cariosa reacted nervously, as if she had some kind of trauma.
"this-!"
The shark's teeth crackled and her grip tightened.
“Archduke Valencian. I’m watching over him so he can’t do anything else.”
“Are you a fish race?”
She nodded with a stern expression.
Her pupils constricted endlessly, and a tinge of life rose up behind her back.
“These sea maggots are joining hands with those fish head bastards? Yeah. That’s better. I’ll sweep them all up and make a nice sashimi dish!”
The low voice sounded like the roar of a mythical beast.
Arinth looked at me with her mouth wide open in confusion.
It seemed as if he was saying, 'I've never done that before.'