Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 226

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Chapter 226
The self-destruct mechanism of this fortress was known to have been dismantled. But that wasn’t actually the case.
Shek was cunning and meticulous, always thinking of the final contingency.
A way to die together when he could no longer accomplish anything through his own strength.
“Hahahaha, the Orca Matriarch cherishes you so much, doesn’t she? Let’s die together!”
Those hateful Orcas—if not for you, we Sharks would have been the sovereigns of the sea.
The fertile lands would have been ours…!
His failure would be taken up by another Shark, and someday his descendants would succeed.
Boom!
Amid the explosions, Shek grinned wickedly.
“What are you saying, you madman.”
And with a heavy blow to his abdomen, he closed his eyes.
Shek didn’t die—he lost consciousness.
No, he had committed far too many sins to die so peacefully.
Calypso gazed at the cracking ceiling and let out a hollow laugh.
“Well… I took quite a hit, didn’t I?”
The current situation was something even Calypso hadn’t anticipated.
Yet Calypso wasn’t panicked.
Even if the sky falls, there’s always a hole to escape through. Though here it was more like a prayer than a hole.
Calypso grasped Lineius, her last lifeline, and poured her strength into breaking him.
“If you don’t activate, I die.”
Ah, of course, breaking him wasn’t intentional.
“If you don’t activate here, even you who’s been around for a thousand years will turn to dust.”
It just happened to shatter as she vented her anger.
A flowing blue light enveloped her.
Ha, Calypso laughed.
“Well, it seems I’m an incredibly lucky person in this life, aren’t I?”
Father and my brothers became my family. I claimed the Dragon Duke, who was a fellow victim.
Suha recovered his memories and returned Lineius to me.
And now.
“This mischievous jewel.”
I reclaimed the power I had lost.
“Come on, transformation fusion. You damned jewel.”
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“An explosion? This wasn’t supposed to happen!”
The one fuming in front of the blazing fortress was none other than Atlant.
He tried to smother the flames in front of the fortress with the power of water, but whatever mechanism was used, the water’s power couldn’t reach inside.
Not just Atlant, but everyone was either grave or dumbfounded.
The self-destruct device had definitely disappeared from that fortress. It was information confirmed multiple times.
Most of those who had entered the fortress emerged safely.
Only one person. Calypso, who had ventured deep within, did not emerge.
Hauser’s expression had hardened fiercely as he safely extracted those who had been unjustly imprisoned by Calypso’s orders.
“Calypso is alive.”
Whale clenched his teeth and murmured quietly.
“…If she’s alive, we can treat her.”
Whale clenched his fists and murmured.
“Even if she’s dead, it doesn’t matter.”
Though his voice was low, it was loud enough for all the executives, currently on edge, to hear.
All eyes converged on a man with blue hair, hauntingly beautiful.
“I will find a way to bring her back from death, no matter what.”
Atlant, observing from the side, felt chills run down his spine. He wasn’t the only one experiencing such a sensation.
“She won’t die.”
Anyone who knew that the Dragon Duke wielded “time” itself would have felt the same sentiment.
“Y-yes. How could the Matriarch, of all people, die so easily….”
Atlant calmed himself of his own accord.
Still, with the remaining fires to extinguish and a search barely underway, what had he been doing just now….
He had rushed over, startled by the explosion, paying no mind to the Dragon Duke’s escort or anything else. It was no wonder his mind was in disarray.
“Hey, brother, hurry and extinguish the fire. The flames within the fortress, with your power and mine over water….”
“That won’t be necessary.”
“What?”
Bellus stared intently at one spot without answering.
In that moment, an explosive torrent of water surged forth from between the collapsing fortress.
Atlant’s eyes narrowed slightly.
The waterfall-like stream reflected off the light, dazzling his eyes.
‘That is….’
In his barely open eyes, the color of the water became visible.
From the deepest blue to a pale sky blue that resembled the heavens.
Such a mysterious hue of water was something only one person possessed, as far as Atlant knew.
“…Calypso.”
Yes, his liege whom he served, and his sister.
It was her power over water.
And from between the scattered fortress ruins, someone emerged coughing, trudging forward.
It was Calypso, carrying a massive human figure on her shoulder like cargo.
Though she herself was engulfed in black ash.
Dozens of blue water streams undulated around her, a mystical sight as if a deity had just emerged from the sea.
“Whew, it’s been a while since I exerted myself. My shoulders are sore.”
Thump. Calypso hurled the man she had carried to the ground.
As most of the executives stood dumbfounded, Calypso turned to face the assembly and brushed back her hair.
Soon a refreshing smile poured forth.
“I’m back.”
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What’s with these reactions?
Everyone’s lost their minds.
I shrugged my shoulders.
‘Well, I suppose it’s natural to be shocked. After all, I’ve finally awakened to the power of water that I couldn’t use before.’
I decided to understand their reaction with the same generosity as the sea itself.
“Come on, snap out of it. All of you.”
Get a grip. I waved my hand dismissively, and water splashed across the faces of Bellus, Atlant, Levai and Hauser who had been staring blankly, and even Whale.
I couldn’t do it to the Dragon Duke.
…Something about that face suggested it shouldn’t get wet.
“I understand your amazement at witnessing this magnificent form, but we’re not finished yet.”
“What do you mean?”
“I don’t understand why you’re here when I ordered you to stand guard, Second Brother.”
….
“There are plenty of Shark Beastkins collapsed at the place I emerged from. They’re all officers. Capture them alive.”
“…Then who is the one you brought directly here?”
Levai, the first to regain his composure, asked.
“The vice-commander.”
I answered while furrowing my brow.
‘I definitely struck down that commander bastard Shek in one blow right after the explosion.’
I sensed someone’s presence for a moment, then it vanished in an instant.
This was the work of someone with a relevant special ability.
Of course, the commander of those Shark Beastkins who had been wriggling around like loaches would have prepared at least one escape route.
‘In the previous cycle, he wasn’t someone so meticulous.’
Was this also because he joined hands with the Crown Prince?
I quickly explained the situation.
“That commander couldn’t have gone far. Hurry and bring him back. We’re not done until we capture him too.”
There was no time to waste. I would capture and execute the Shark Beastkins’ commander here.
He had to pay a sufficient price for his crimes.
“C-Calypso!”
And not long after, an Orca Knight came rushing over frantically.
And among the Knights, the unconscious face of the Shark commander ‘Shek’ appeared.
“What.”
I quietly withdrew the power of water I had been using to search.
It was definitely Shek.
And against the unconscious man’s neck, someone was pressing a sharp blade like scissors.
“This fellow was absolutely insistent on meeting you, Calypso…!”
“To be precise, he said he wanted to meet the leader of this group.”
A leisurely, relaxed, and even gentle voice rang out.
“So you must be that person?”
I froze solid on the spot.
The voice was far too familiar.
As I slowly turned my gaze, I saw a man holding Shek’s massive frame, and beside him, a woman pressing a blade against Shek’s neck.
She had a slender build with a delicate frame, appearing to be in her early thirties.
Her neatly cut hair swayed as it caught the light.
I parted my lips.
“…Sizer?”
At my words, the woman tilted her head as if slightly surprised.
With a languid posture, she held something like a cigarette holder in the hand not wielding the blade.
“How curious. You know me?”
Sizer. In the third cycle, my mentor who taught me the power of water.

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