Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 254

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Chapter 254
The moment I called out, light erupted between the enemies.
‘Has it appeared?’
The attack Loreille had warned us about.
A massive flame demon came flying from somewhere. The fire that fell to the ground, strangely enough, didn’t burn the walls or materials at all—it only consumed people with fierce intensity.
Fortunately, those of us entering didn’t touch the flames and rushed into the building without incident.
‘First objective cleared.’
It was thanks to Bellus and Atlant, who were already waiting, unleashing the power of water.
But strangely, it became clear that even the power of water couldn’t extinguish that fire.
‘It’s definitely not ordinary fire.’
If I lifted my head slightly, I could see a massive bell tower.
Where the bell should have been, I saw something like a large red energy.
‘Is that the power of a dragon?’
According to Ekion’s speculation, it was probably a red dragon.
A red dragon that controls fire—then shouldn’t Ekion, being a blue dragon, control water?
But I’d never seen Ekion handle water.
I set aside those irrelevant thoughts.
Fire was coming at us again.
Though Atlant and Bellus blocked it, there weren’t zero casualties.
Remarkably, that fire was burning the enemies too.
‘It’s an attack with no distinction between friend and foe?’
So they’d only attacked from beyond the wall… but because Camula destroyed the wall, the enemies were suffering losses as well.
Indeed, my decision to have Camula bring down the wall first was correct.
‘Next…’
Loreille’s allies were engaged in fierce combat near the destroyed wall.
“Second fire incoming! Scatter!”
They moved quite strategically, as if they’d fought more than once or twice.
The second fire that came flew slightly past where our forces were concentrated.
A third fire came without giving us a moment to breathe.
“I’ll go.”
A low voice resonated in my ears, and I felt a small breeze.
In the blink of an eye, Ekion was standing in the midst of the fierce battle.
I could see the top of Ekion’s head.
‘Come to think of it, where did Tus go?’
Ekion said Tus hadn’t disappeared. He was simply inside him.
In the next moment, I felt with my entire being that Tus was inside Ekion.
Behind where Ekion stood, a blue light I’d never seen before rippled, and a massive snake appeared.
‘Ah.’
I recalled the day I first met Tus, crying out that water was scarce.
The sight of him consuming half the water of a massive lake as well.
How could I have forgotten?
Tus already had a deep connection to water.
The flames that came flying suddenly vanished.
No—the Snake had swallowed them, and through its transparent belly, I could clearly see the fire being extinguished within.
It was a magnificent sight.
To be honest, every time Ekion used his power, I’d always been tense in a corner of my mind, never knowing when he might lose control again.
But watching the expressions of our people as they saw the Snake swallow the flames…
The image of people wailing at the sight of the Dragon Duke’s past rampage faded away.
People gazing at Ekion, who had pulled his robe over his head with a face full of joy.
A dragon could actually feel non-threatening to someone.
Was it my imagination that the dark bell tower in the distance seemed taken aback?
The enemies’ confusion could be felt even from below.
“S-suspicious one! Seize him! Capture him at once!”
“Deal with the one swallowing fire first!”
Camula, who had already broken through a wall once, was proving her worth in combat as well.
As enemies swarmed toward Ekion, she repositioned herself to shield him like a living wall.
Watching Camula’s actions, the others also formed a protective circle around Ekion.
‘It seems Lirivel and Hauser went in together with Levai.’
I narrowed my eyes and gazed downward.
It was about time for the entrance…
KRAAAAAAAGH!
Then came a sound—not of any human.
A sound familiar to me, yet one that struck terror into others.
‘Yes, it’s time to make an appearance.’
Madrum. The monkeys of this city were obsessed with research.
The fruits of their research had been poured out mercilessly in the Third War.
That grotesquely formed monster that suddenly appeared was one of their experimental results.
A creature stitched together from the hands, feet, and bodies of those who failed to achieve beastkin transformation.
There were between twenty and thirty of them.
Moreover, beside those monsters, I could see a great number of savage beasts that had all rushed toward us.
Even Loreille, who had been leading from the front, seemed flustered.
‘He said they always struggled with that fire and never knew what would come next.’
I had shared the information I knew with Loreille.
So that expression on his face must be one of shock that things unfolded exactly as I had said.
“Alright then.”
I stretched and gazed down at the fierce battle resuming below.
“The protagonist always makes a late entrance, after all.”
I muttered something frivolous and raised my hand.
Blue water began to gather in my palm.
“Time to show these villains the saltiness of seawater.”
I spread my hand, and the blue water expanded widely—very widely.
Then it crashed down to the ground, creating a massive wave.
Crash!
The tidal wave that had threatened the Orca Family Matriarch engulfed the beasts and monsters.
From the moment I judged that fire wouldn’t work, I was certain the monkeys would unleash their full power.
But if I was already sweeping them away from the start, they wouldn’t recklessly expend all their strength.
And just as I’d anticipated, my wave became a bowling ball, hurling them like pins.
Those who couldn’t withstand the pressure tumbled to the ground in droves.
Among them, the monsters were crushed beneath the monkeys as they fell.
I watched the struggling monsters, then created a blue spear above them.
“…I offer my condolences to all of you, exploited even in this life.”
Splash!
Dozens of monsters that the monkeys had confidently presented breathed their last.
Those who had become monsters like this could never return to being ordinary Beastkin.
This was precisely why I considered the monkeys the most vicious.
A handful of beasts who barely regained consciousness amid the surging wave were handled by Atlant, Bellus, and the combat-specialized members among Loreille’s allies.
This too was according to plan.
‘Now then… next.’
The wave created a receding tide, pulling the enemy beasts’ legs and sweeping them away.
I gathered the reclaimed water and compressed it into a massive hammer.
I leaped down to the ground and ran along the water streams through the air, tap-tap-tapping as I went.
My target was the research facility.
The more I ran, the larger the hammer grew.
Finally, when I arrived before the building.
I swung the hammer without hesitation.
Crash!
Truth be told, I should have done this long ago.
I couldn’t because the city fell first, but today I will accomplish what I’ve wanted to do since the third cycle—the downfall of this city.
Those mad bastards who use fellow Beastkin, aquatic animal Beastkin, as experimental subjects don’t deserve to breathe.
Weapons made from the power of water exert the water pressure that water possesses depending on its properties.
With tremendous force and pressure, a massive hole was torn into the ground.
There were underground facilities below, weren’t there.
Crackle. The experimental equipment sparked as it malfunctioned.
“Eek, hey, hey! Get a grip!”
“Everyone, protect the research data!”
“Grab the reports!”
I could see monkeys fleeing from the underground facility.
I didn’t stop here.
The power of water flowed out smoothly and this time gathered in my fist.
‘Then I’ll leave the rest to you, Loreille.’
Just in case, I’d stationed Bellus here, so he would handle any unexpected situations on his own.
Without a moment’s hesitation, I leaped into the hole.
The instant my feet touched ground, two figures landed beside me in perfect synchronization.
“Ekion, what happened to that tower spewing flames?”
“Destroyed it.”
One of them was Ekion.
The other was Atlant.
He wasted no time complaining the moment he landed. His voice dripped with displeasure.
“Ugh, the stench of blood. Damn it. These lunatics really went all out…”
Along with Atlant’s grinding teeth came the sound of his heavy breathing.
When I turned my head, I saw the Monkey Beastkin Researchers who hadn’t managed to escape.
They were pressed against the walls, trembling violently with terror in their eyes.
“…Should we kill them?”
“We proceed as planned.”
I turned my gaze away without hesitation.
“Atlant, retrieve the Beastkin that the first wave couldn’t save, as scheduled.”
Ekion had said he could sense my location no matter how far away I was.
“Ekion, find the rescue team and return to my position within the timeframe as planned.”
“Got it.”
Atlant exhaled roughly through his nose.
“Ah, Matriarch. I don’t know the layout, so can I take one of these bastards with me?”
Atlant’s eyes gleamed. I nodded lightly, looking at the terrified Monkey Beastkin Researcher.
“Then let’s move.”
For the collapse of this research facility.
This would certainly become the catalyst for the Imperial faction’s downfall.

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