LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 130
The aftermath of the meteor was tremendous. When my vision, which had been brightly colored by the explosion, finally returned to normal, a salt flat lay before me. The sea that had covered everything had evaporated due to the heat of the meteor.
There were no living fishmen. Those who had been scorched to ashes were mixed in with the white salt crystals, scattering in the wind.
I glared at the Sea God, furrowing my brows. The Sea God’s body, struck directly by the meteor, was in tatters. Dozens of tentacles, which had once writhed above the sea, were curling inward as if they were burnt, and parts of its enormous head were torn, exposing its organs inside.
“■■■■-!”
At that moment, the Sea God let out a harsh roar. As the curled tentacles began to move with difficulty, the Sea God charged forward. It started to crawl up the salt flat with its tentacles.
“Gugugugugun-!”
It felt as though an enormous island was moving entirely. I gripped the Fire Dragon Sword in my hand and jumped onto Nightmare’s back.
“Run!”
“Piyihihing-!”
I really didn’t want to get close to that giant creature if I could help it.
I would escape until my mana recovered and prepare large-scale magic once again. That was the basic strategy for facing the Sea God.
“Runox!”
“Don’t worry!”
Runox quietly drew up his mana. When his blue robe began to flutter as if caught in a fierce storm, I leaped from Nightmare onto the island.
The Sea God, rushing toward me, began to follow. It meant all its attention was on me.
“QUAAAN-!”
The Sea God’s tentacle stretched out and struck the ground. Beautifully blooming, multi-colored corals shattered into pieces and dispersed into the sky along with the salt crystals.
“Grrrk…!”
Even though it simply swung a tentacle in attack, the impact was massive. The place it struck caved in as if a bomb had exploded, shaking the ground entirely.
At that moment, black seawater started to shoot up from the ground where the Sea God’s tentacle had struck. When the seawater drenched its body, it began to regenerate.
The skin on its head, which had been struck directly by the meteor, grew back, and the tentacles that had fallen off from the extreme heat started to regrow.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
The Sea God swung its regenerated tentacles repeatedly, smashing the area around it. Wherever its legs touched, black seawater burst forth.
“Shwaaa-!”
The seawater began to rise again. I called the Ice Dragon Sword floating behind me into my hand.
When the cool chill wrapped around my body, the red scales that had adorned me turned blue, and the seawater that had gathered under Nightmare’s feet began to freeze.
“Chijijijik-!”
Nightmare did not stop and ran across the sea. The chill from the Ice Dragon Sword created a path of ice under its running feet. This path remained firm until Nightmare passed through.
As expected of a Sea God, it displayed incredible power when in the seawater. As it started to use the water to propel itself, its speed increased, and its long tentacles began to thrash the ocean, creating rough waves.
“QUAAAN-!”
Black seawater cloaked the sky. I instantly used Blink and escaped with Nightmare from the range of the waves.
The black waves surged continuously. Long tentacles created dozens of waves in an attempt to catch me, moving with great speed.
“QUAAAN-!”
Waves from the east, west, north, and south all crashed down. I tugged on Nightmare’s bridle and roughly extended the chill from the Ice Dragon Sword.
“Chijijijik-!”
When the widely spread chill covered the area, the waves that had engulfed the sky froze all at once. Nightmare dashed between those frozen waves.
Just as Nightmare emerged from the newly frozen waves, I felt an indescribable aura, and the entire space trembled. It felt similar to the sensation when space-type magic was used, akin to what I experienced while moving within the Mage Tower using Haiven’s magic.
“Paak!”
I was abruptly transported right in front of the Sea God. And it was only me who had teleported. It meant Nightmare was left behind between the frozen waves.
At that moment, as if waiting for this opportunity, a tentacle of the Sea God fell upon me.
“Whoosh-!”
With a single blow, the mana barrier that enveloped me shattered, and I was slammed into the black seawater. The full plate armor I had donned broke apart in an instant. The moment I realized this, an overwhelming pain followed.
“Bbbgurrrg—!”
A groan escaped my lips, causing white bubbles to emerge.
I quickly assessed my condition underwater. The sensations in my arms and legs were still alive, and the circle embedded in my heart along with the Ice Dragon Sword and Fire Dragon Sword remained under control.
Immediately, I used recovery magic and employed Blink to rise above the water.
“Phaaat-!”
As I emerged from the water, my vision cleared, and once again, a massive tentacle was flying toward me. However, I wouldn’t fall for it this time. I manipulated the starlight mana spread around me and used Blink once more.
I arrived right above the Sea God’s head.
I spat out the seawater that had entered my mouth and grimaced in distaste. The shattered bones returned to their previous places, and I heard strange sounds from inside my body. I had expended a significant amount of mana due to the continuous use of Blink and recovery magic, but new mana began to flow in, filling the void.
The Sea God didn’t give me even a moment’s respite. As I tried to create distance using Blink, it immediately employed some strange force to pull me back in front of it and attacked with its countless tentacles.
In just a second, the space flipped multiple times. From underwater to the sky, then from the sky to the Sea God’s tentacles. Each shift in perspective created dizzying situations.
“Buuuu-!”
Just as I used Blink to appear in midair, the swiftly-moving tentacle of the Sea God was about to hit me. Its movements suddenly slowed.
“Za-za-za—!”
Snow began to fall from the sky. Winter had arrived just like that.
Manifestation of the Inner World
Perpetual Glacier
“Chijijijik-!”
Everything that touched the white snow froze. The blackened sea and even the Sea God’s body, which was swinging its tentacles toward me.
The Sea God’s enormous eyes darted around, searching for the one who had caused this phenomenon. Where its gaze landed stood a wizard clad in a blue robe.
At that moment.
“Chijijik-!” The blue ice that had covered the Sea God’s body began to shatter. Simultaneously, Runox’s urgent voice erupted.
“Oh, I can’t hold on for long…!”
As Runox said, it seemed he couldn’t keep the Sea God trapped in the inner world for long. Even now, fragments of ice attached to the Sea God’s body were falling away.
But this was enough. The opening Runox had created provided enough time to cast another high-level spell.
I settled on the cold, frozen sea and gripped the Ice Dragon Sword in my hand. The sword vibrated, resonating with the cold chill summoned by Runox.
In that moment, a small star twinkled in my mind. An image of magic that rivaled the flame-type’s highest magic, meteor, emerged in my thoughts.
Absolute zero chill. A spell that envelops the entire world in winter. Whispers say that the cold born from this spell can freeze even time itself.
As white frost settled upon the blue scales rising on my hand, the red robe I wore also began to accumulate white frost, and four circles began to emit rough, whirring sounds.
“Keeyiiing-!”
“■■■■-!”
The Sea God’s harsh roar erupted once more. The ice from the frozen tentacles cracked and began to fall as its gigantic body began to stir.
I exhaled a breath filled with the chilling cold and looked up at the Sea God with a composed gaze.
The mana of Kashpa began to spread widely, covering the area. The mana that had once dominated the space and manifested the inner world began to lose control as it was enveloped in blue frost.
“Cquarrl-!”
Black thunderclouds began to gather overhead, accompanied by ominous dark clouds. The swirling black clouds shimmered with blue light.
“Crack-!”
At that moment, the ice covering the Sea God’s body shattered completely, and tentacles emerged from within.
I didn’t evade that attack. There was no need to. The magic was already complete.
Just before the tentacle that had been swinging toward me could touch my body, a massive ice pillar crashed down from above.
“Puurrk-!”
It was not just one ice pillar. Countless ice pillars began to pour down endlessly from within the swirling dark clouds.
“Pu-bubububuck-!”
Dozens of ice pillars pierced through the Sea God’s body, beginning to freeze it as it was. The Sea God’s grotesque cries faded away, and its movements completely stopped.
Highest Class Ice Magic
Blizzard
With a low sigh, I lightly swung the Ice Dragon Sword, shaking off the frost that had settled on my body.
“W-wait… that thing…”
Crossing the white frozen sea, Runox approached. Nightmare was right beside him. At that moment.
“Chijijik-!”
The Sea God’s body, frozen white, trembled violently, and a massive tentacle burst forth from within.
“What the hell…!”
It was a shocking sight. A massive wolf, as huge as the Sea God, fell from the sky. The moment its enormous paw stomped down on the Sea God’s frozen body, a pillar of white light erupted around them.
“QUAANG-!”
The Sea God’s tentacles thrashed about in rebellion, but it seemed unable to escape the power of the wolf. When the pillars of white light began to converge toward both the Sea God and the wolf, a brilliant light flashed and the Sea God vanished. What remained in its place was a small orb of light.
[The Seal of the Sea God has been lifted.]
It was a voice that resonated from the massive wolf. It continued to gaze down at me, or rather, at us, with an air of absence.
“Haah…”
I let out a long sigh, my body slumping. The tension throughout my body relaxed at the thought of having overcome a significant barrier. Then, something unexpected happened. Strange energy began to seep out from inside the small orb of light and started to be absorbed by the Ice Dragon Sword and Fire Dragon Sword.
“What is this…?”
[It’s the twisted faith of the Sea God…]
I looked down at the two swords at the wolf’s words. The two swords that had devoured the Sea God’s divine essence emitted a soft glow.