Black Killer Whale Baby - Chapter 271

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Chapter 271
The operation didn’t fail, and I won’t die.
“My wounds are, *cough*, don’t worry…. Orca Beastkin don’t die easily.”
“Stop spouting nonsense and open your eyes.”
Calypso bit her lip hard.
Whale smiled weakly.
“If I open my eyes. Will you accept me then?”
“Fine, fine, just open your eyes! You don’t even realize your face is turning black!”
“Ah…. For some reason. My head hurts.”
“Don’t joke around. Who dies after coming this far? If you die, I’ll never forgive you.”
Calypso wasn’t thinking about Whale’s death. She was simply dizzy from suddenly recalling the countless deaths of the third loop.
“That’s right. It would be troublesome if you died, healer.”
Someone answered Calypso’s words. It was Natasha, the leader of the snakes.
“Poison. Is it possible?”
“My, you have quite the expression of someone who absolutely needs it to be possible.”
“We don’t have time for useless talk. Answer me.”
“…It’s possible. Don’t worry.”
Natasha sat down beside Whale.
“Now then, healer. It’s time to repay what our children owe you, isn’t it? I am someone who knows every poison in the world.”
“*Cough*….”
“That’s right. You can’t close your eyes, can you?”
Calypso walked away, leaving behind Natasha’s soothing voice toward Whale.
Those in ruins. Those who had fallen. Those who were wounded.
And those who were dead….
She walked silently among her allies.
Among them, she spotted Dana and Amphila as well. Calypso passed them by without hesitation.
The barrier Calypso had deployed was solid. It hadn’t shattered even as Debana and Assel attacked it.
When Tus joined in, the total amount of power they could use increased.
That was why the Crown Prince, who had been watching from the sidelines like a bystander until now, was suddenly standing right before the barrier.
“Quite strong.”
Crown Prince Kail twisted his lips.
“So much so that I covet it despite your lowborn origins, Calypso.”
Calypso stopped walking.
She stared at the Crown Prince with an expressionless face. Until his lips twisted even more hideously.
“I don’t think I can break this….”
Calypso raised her hand.
A tremendous force moved. Enough to make the Crown Prince stop mid-sentence and look up.
If there was one thing Calypso hadn’t revealed to anyone.
It was that she had become far stronger than in her previous life.
Strong enough that such things were now possible with her increased power.
CRASH!
A deafening roar dominated the hall, as if intent on shattering eardrums.
Whoosh. Dust cascaded from the ceiling like sleet.
Bang, crash! The beasts scattered in panic from the falling debris.
Only the Crown Prince, Debana, and Assel remained motionless, staring at Calypso.
Though they were far from composed.
Their expressions were ones of utter shock.
“The… the sky…!”
Someone from the enemy ranks muttered in a trembling voice.
The night sky stretched open above them, completely exposed.
Calypso, who had blown away the ceiling, smiled with the corners of her mouth raised.
“I should have done this from the start.”
In the third cycle, the Crown Prince’s final hidden move—the path to destruction.
He had sent the Dragon Duke into a rampage, and everyone died. To avoid repeating that mistake, Calypso had held back her power.
Until the Crown Prince revealed his trump card at the very end.
Then she felt it—a ‘signal’.
Or rather, one might call it a presence.
“Someone showed me that I don’t have to fight alone at the very front anymore. That there’s someone behind me.”
Before Calypso’s words even finished, someone leaped down through the night sky.
The torrent of water spreading from him was as magnificent as wings.
Landing on the ground with a soft thud was Pierre—with jet-black hair and blue eyes.
Pierre glanced at Calypso once, then at those dead or fallen on the ground.
“Who…?”
A quiet voice echoed through the hall.
“Who dared to trouble my daughter?”
Calypso couldn’t help but let out a small laugh.
“Why is your line like that?”
“Agenor told me to always begin an entrance with dignified words.”
What strange advice he gave. And Father actually took it seriously.
Before Pierre’s words ended, countless figures leaped down from the night sky.
Supported by the water power Pierre wielded, those who descended to the ground were the elite forces of House Aquasiadel.
“Now this is more manageable in terms of numbers.”
Calypso smiled and withdrew the barrier she had created.
“Don’t you think?”
The Crown Prince must have been pleased to remember the third cycle. But what he now faced was.
House Aquasiadel, led by Calypso, grown far stronger than in the third cycle.
And one more thing.
‘Our family’s legendary genius has joined the battle as well.’
Pierre Aquasiadel, that is.
“…What are you doing?”
The Crown Prince ground his teeth and turned away. Debana bowed her head with an impassive expression.
“Attack now!”
The battle resumed.
Calypso watched Pierre extend his hand and mirrored the gesture, reaching out with one of her own.
From the hands of father and daughter, thick streams of water wove together and swept toward the approaching soldiers, tangling around their feet.
At the same time, Calypso pushed off the ground and lunged at the Crown Prince, but—
Unfortunately, before she could reach him, an earthen wall rose up, and her fist only shattered the hapless barrier.
The Crown Prince was already gone from behind the wall.
Calypso clicked her tongue in frustration and retreated, when Pierre moved to her side.
“Father, the forces suppressing the Imperial Palace from outside—they’re our people, aren’t they?”
“They are.”
Surprise flickered across Calypso’s face.
Those were the troops Pierre was supposed to lead and command. So why was he here?
“Then who’s commanding those forces?!”
Considerable armies were stationed at the Imperial Palace and the capital. Moreover, fighting on enemy territory made a commander’s role absolutely critical.
“Agenor.”
Wait, why is he here?
Third Brother’s name came up—the one who should have been protecting Aquasiadel.
“Why is he here too?!”
“He came running.”
“So you just handed it over to him and came here? Father, have you lost your mind?”
Even as father and daughter descended into something resembling their first real argument, their bodies moved with practiced precision.
The water wielded by both of them merged and separated as one, toying with their enemies.
“You don’t need to worry about that. I’m well aware that Agenor is still inexperienced as a commander.”
“Then—!”
“There’s already a capable commander beside Agenor.”
“What?”
“In fact, she might be even better than I am.”
Where could such talent come from? It wasn’t as if Calypso had brought someone from her third loop.
“I’ve brought a peerless genius in fighting at a disadvantage and in hit-and-run tactics.”
“Who is it?”
She had brought the key talents herself. No matter how hard she thought, nothing came to mind.
“Your mother. She’s with Agenor, so don’t worry.”
“. . . .”
Calypso was momentarily taken aback. But she didn’t press her father further.
Sizer, who had led the sharks for so long, would certainly excel at guerrilla warfare.
‘When did he even persuade her? When did he bring her here?’
Of course, it was irritating. If something like this was happening, he could have mentioned it beforehand.
On the other hand, the corners of her mouth lifted slightly. Fortune that didn’t exist in her previous life was gathering like this.
“Fine. So I can relax and cause as much chaos as I want, then. . . .”
Thanks to Pierre and his elite knights appearing to fight, the wounded were able to retreat behind the lines.
“Father, just sweep away all these bastards.”
Now there was someone who could handle the aftermath even if Calypso unleashed her full power.
Father had arrived—the only person in the world I could truly rely on with my strength.
“I’m counting on you to cover the rear.”
Calypso conjured a medium-sized wave as if in practice.
The moment the surging wave crashed down on the enemy, the earth rose up across a wide area and swept the wave away entirely.
Simultaneously, Calypso ducked to evade a fist flying toward me.
Calypso’s body lifted into the air. It wasn’t my doing.
After Calypso somersaulted once in mid-air and landed, I turned to see Debana standing there.
And Pierre, who had sent Calypso flying backward, stood beside her.
“My daughter has caused you trouble.”
Pierre moved his clasped hands. It was a hand signal.
‘Leave the rear to me.’
Calypso laughed brightly. Ha, so I was about to cause some chaos, and he knocked me away to do it himself?
Before long, Amphila and Natasha appeared before Asel Panterion, blocking his path.
Beyond that, elite knights were engaging the beasts. Overall, we were still being pushed back slightly, but there was no helping it.
Many of our forces were already exhausted.
It’s fine.
This is a game where I just need to capture that one bastard. Calypso flew straight into the air and landed in one spot.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
The Crown Prince clenched his teeth, his body still in motion.
“…Calypso Aquasiadel.”
Calypso smiled with satisfaction.
Three times. Exactly three lifetimes it took for him to speak my name with pure hatred instead of calling me a ‘worthless fish,’ a ‘lowly creature,’ or a ‘stinking woman.’
Now, at this fourth meeting, the time had come to end this cursed enmity.
“Tell me one thing though—how did you get those rigid black panthers to join your suicide squad?”
“….”
“Ah, right. In the last life too, they were the ones who threw themselves into battle trusting only you, weren’t they? You drove the Dragon Duke to rampage and destroyed the world.”
The smile gradually faded from Calypso’s face.
“You made them fight to the death while you alone escaped. You damned bastard.”
“Who, me? Running away?”
The Crown Prince’s eyes flickered with a dangerous light. Beneath them lurked an incomprehensible obsession.
One corner of the Crown Prince’s mouth lifted. Despite the grotesque distortion of his expression, his face remained beautiful.
“I’ve been waiting for this moment.”

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