Genius Warlock-Episode 587
587. A monster that swallows everything (2)
It is said that there are five stages of accepting death..
the first is negative.
the second is anger.
Third is negotiation.
the fourth is depressed.
Fifth is acceptance.
The interesting thing is that this stage does not necessarily apply only to death..
In addition to death, there are lawsuits, separation from a lover, unexpected accidents, business failure, secrets of birth, etc. A similar pattern was often found in the great hardships of life..
‘Oliver is probably in the third stage now... Negotiation.’
Merlin, floating in the middle of the sea, thought as he stroked his chin, face, and hair..
A stage where you recognize the fact you were denying, but are unable to fully accept it and try to postpone or avoid it at all costs..
Perhaps that's why he asked Merlin for help..
‘Did you really ask for help because it was difficult to deal with the sea monster??’
‘······Yes, it's very difficult and scary..’
To somehow escape from the framework of prophecy. If you do that, you might be able to escape your fate..
It was foolish, but it could be said to be a desperate effort..
Merlin couldn't even imagine how much agony and pain Oliver must have gone through to get to that stage..
Even though we received a thousand years of knowledge from our ancestral archives..
“haha······.”
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr······!!
As Merlin was blaming himself for his ignorance and incompetence, a huge howl broke in..
The roar of a sea monster.
The sound was so great that the magically controlled ocean surface resonated and splashed water droplets in all directions..
A volume so unrealistic that it would drive the average person crazy..
But Merlin just calmly apologized..
“ah······. I apologize. Because it's a baby salamander.”
said Merlin, whose wrinkles disappeared and hair grew instead..
Returning to the golden age of my twenties.
In fact, Merlin, the person involved, did not accept this rejuvenation happily. The reason is that-
“When you look like this, you can't control your blood and your words and actions come out without going through the brain. I apologize if it was offensive. crocodile.”
Hehehehehehehehe············!!
After hearing Merlin's apology, the sea monster cried fiercely as if it were dissatisfied..
Although they were better than salamanders, crocodiles were also an insult to sea monsters..
Well, it wasn't an understandable complaint from the sea monster's perspective..
Although the sea monster with its entire body shining in aquamarine color resembled a crocodile in appearance, it was not a creature that could be called a crocodile..
In the eyes of the person involved and in the eyes of others.
No crocodile in the world is as big as a small continent.,
What kind of crocodile in the world creates a tsunami with just a gesture?,
What kind of crocodile in the world sinks an island just by swinging its arms and legs?,
What crocodile in the world can handle water freely?,
What crocodile in the world can swallow a stomach in one bite?,
What crocodile in the world can't even touch a country??
A creature created by a fan. The sea monster Leviathan was never a creature called a crocodile..
Except one person.
“Sorry, but you're just a big crocodile in my eyes..”
Merlin, who is no bigger than a fly compared to the sea monster Leviathan, spoke calmly..
That's why it felt even more sincere..
'Cause I meant it.
“Phew······.”
From Merlin's perspective, it was doubtful..
How come the master and ancestral archive didn't kill the crocodile in front of him?.
Even though it is an archive that transmits the knowledge and experience of previous generations, there are some subtle aspects that cannot be received depending on inclination, ability, and experience, and this is one of them..
Why didn't the teacher put an end to Leviathan? He couldn't figure out why. Just guessing.
‘Were you afraid of touching the prophecy??’
It was a very possible story..
Like most archives, the teacher was also a pessimist and conformist..
They wouldn't have taken the risk and tried to touch the apocalypse theory..
The apocalypse is one huge, delicate machine.
It wasn't something that could be avoided or postponed like that..
Maybe it would end up in a worse form..
Merlin thought so too..
‘But I don't know if that's the monster..’
Merlin thought as he looked at the aquamarine crocodile lying between the split seas..
It was definitely a huge monster, and a monster living in the western sea, but I wasn't sure if it was the monster from the apocalypse..
A monster that swallows everything.
What can I say? It was difficult to explain in detail, but it seemed to be lacking a lot..
Even though it is large, the crocodile is controlled by the shadow between its eyes and is a monster of the apocalypse. Isn't it funny??
Hehehehehehehehehe!!!
Perhaps Merlin's thoughts were revealed in his expression, or perhaps the shadow was telling him, but the sea monster roared..
At the angry roar, the sea held together by Merlin's magic collapsed in an instant.,
The sea monster took advantage of this to secure some control of the sea. Created multiple huge waterspouts to attack Merlin..
The waterspout rotating in different directions tried to grind Merlin like a blender, but.
Sighaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
It failed because it was blocked by a huge palm made of water..
“······!!”
When the sea monster created a waterspout with his own power, Merlin also used sea water to create a giant giant..
A sea giant with a profuse beard made of water foam and a huge trident made of underwater rocks..
The sea giant boasted a gigantic size comparable to that of a sea monster, but the difference was that, unlike the sea monster, there were three instead of one..
Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo······!
The sea giants who surrounded the sea monster on all sides raised their tridents in different postures and hurled them at the sea monster..
The sea monster uses huge tsunamis and its powerful body. Facing the sea giant head on, it opened its huge maw towards Merlin..
A huge maw that casts a shadow.
Merlin held out his hand, which contained a strong electric current..
“Still, I have to help a student who is trying hard. This is the only monster.”
At the same time as he said that, an electric light flashed in his hand..
***
Sighaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa━━━━!!!
“······!”
Hook turned around at the sound of strong thunder that seemed to tear the air..
As many as four giant sea giants that seemed to reach the sky stood up, followed by an electric light stronger than the sun flashing across the horizon..
No less than the sea monster Leviathan... No, it's even more amazing than that..
Hook couldn't say anything..
I was confident that I had seen all sorts of things while sailing the wide sea, but it was a sight beyond common sense that even Hook could not dare to evaluate..
‘Is that person the one who has the most sense??’
Hook thought as he looked at Dave, who was driving the Wendy together with him..
They said they had been preparing to deal with a sea monster, so I had some expectations, but I never thought it would be that bad..
Although it made no sense, Hook was calmly shocked..
Dave's ability to prepare beyond imagination.
Even during this time, Dave's attitude of looking forward without looking back.
I knew that he was a powerful warlock and that he was a person with rapid growth in Landa, but I still didn't expect him to be of that level..
That's why Hook could feel his heart beating..
Maybe we can really save the children trapped in Neverland..
That's what he came here for, but honestly, Hook didn't really expect it to work..
The reason was the same as explained earlier.
Opening a book even though you have no intention of studying.
Even though I know it won't work, I pretend to do it out of a sense of duty and guilt..
So, when I crossed the fog that I had never been able to overcome before, I could only admire it, but I continued to doubt whether I would really be able to reach Neverland..
I've been wandering in the same place for thirty years..
However, when I saw the being fighting the sea monster, hope slowly began to sprout in my heart..
Maybe I can finally fulfill Wendy's request from 30 years ago..
“Captain Hook.”
Just then, Dave spoke up..
“Multiple creatures are approaching quickly.”
Advice from Dave, who has a much better eye than Hook..
After hearing that advice, Hook immediately felt what it was..
Although it was an old and early version, Hook was also one of the residents of Neverland..
I knew about the gatekeeper near Neverland..
“Ahhh······.”
A beautiful melody suddenly heard from around you.
Hook instinctively knew what it was..
“It's a mermaid! cover your ears!”
A word that is close to a conditioned reflex. Oliver, First and Second, as well as the crew members assigned to the Wendy, all covered their ears..
As soon as he confirmed this, Hook pulled another lever next to the key..
Crash.
The sound of large, strong metal fittings together rang out, and the figurehead on the front of the Wendy opened its mouth. Then.
[Sleep well! My baby! In the front yard and back yard!!! Birds and baby sheep too-!!!]
A terrible song that tore my eardrums began to sound..
For your information, the expression of the terrible sound of tearing your eardrums is not a metaphor, but a real thing..
The mermaids who gathered around the Wendy to sing proved it by bleeding from their ear holes..
“Wow!!!”
“Ughhh!”
The mermaids with torn eardrums screamed instead of singing and ran away in all directions, and Hook did not miss the timing and gave orders to the crew..
“shoot everything!”
Hand cannons, submachine guns, spear guns, cannons, etc. The crew of the Wendy, numbering about a hundred people, aimed their weapons at the backs of the fleeing mermaids..
Some of the mermaids were able to quickly evade with their unique mobility, but soon after, their bodies were pierced by Second's bullets that entered the corpse doll-Durance and they were destroyed..
“The mermaids' songs captivate people..”
After driving the mermaids away, Hook explained:.
“Although it has no physical power, it is more dangerous in a sense because it attacks the mind. Especially men. So we have to respond with a song like we just did..”
“Is this Wendy’s song? The person who first sang a lullaby to Captain Hook?”
“Yes, the fan-made mermaids even kidnapped the children of Neverland in the early days by bewitching them with their songs, but each time, Wendy sang a song to scare them away..”
“What a great song..”
Oliver was truly impressed..
Objectively, it may not be a great song, but there is a point of view in everything..
“Are there any creatures other than mermaids that I need to be more careful about??”
“Maybe. Fans don't leave anything ugly around Neverland..”
“Wasn't there a sea monster earlier??”
“That's an exception. In the first place, sea monsters are not fan-controlled creatures. It's so powerful that even the fan can't control it. It is questionable how the sea monster that was forced to sleep woke up again..”
Oliver tilted his head at Hook's answer..
The energy of a burnt person felt from a sea monster. There was a mixture of Pan's shadow and the energy emitted by the creature..
The sea monster's power was so strong that Hook didn't seem to feel it, but as he was about to tell him this, Hook pointed his finger and said:.
“There it is! That's the only island I haven't been able to explore. I'm sure that's Neverland-”
-Cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure!!
Before Hook could finish speaking, something quickly rose from the bottom of the sea and crashed into the Wendy..
As a creature, it boasted a size comparable to that of Wendy Ho..
As I was about to take a closer look at what kind of creature it was, a huge tentacle came out from under the sea..
It was the leg of a giant squid..
“Ahhhhh!”
As soon as the squid legs rose, one of the sailors on deck was grabbed and dragged down to the bottom of the sea..
Literally in an instant.
The sailor screamed, but Hook didn't care.
As long as the Wendy was safe, the crew could be brought back..
What mattered was that the giant squid creature had captured Wendy and tied her feet up..
This could be said to be a big deal from two perspectives..
One is that the plan to move quickly and land in Neverland went wrong.,
Another thing was that in addition to the sea monster, a terrible creature was guarding the front yard of Neverland..
This goes against the spirit of the fan who created Neverland while dreaming of his own beautiful world, which means that there has been a change in the fan's state of mind..
I don't know the details, but it's bad news..
Hook felt uneasy, and as if to fuel his uneasiness, he observed a human face bird and a strange sea creature creature that had not been in Neverland before approaching this way..
If things continued like this, instead of landing in Neverland, it would just stand still and, in the worst case, sink..
Hook made a decision. He had doubts as to whether the seeds would be eaten, but.
“Mr. Dave.”
“Yes, Captain Hook..”
Oliver, who was cutting the legs of the squid crawling in all directions with First and Second, answered..
The firepower of each one was so great that it destroyed more squid legs than a hundred sailors combined..
Every time it is destroyed, the squid's legs regenerate and capture the Wendy..
“The corpse doll you have has the ability to fly. Can you go to Neverland by yourself??”
The corpse doll with the ability to fly is Bathory. Oliver answered.
“yes you can.”
In fact, there were more reliable and powerful means of flight than Bathory, but Oliver didn't bother to mention it..
A strong hand had to be saved that much..
After hearing the answer, Hook suggested.
“Then, since I will get your attention, Dave, would you like to land in Neverland by yourself??.”
“······Would you mind??”
Oliver asked. There was a giant squid just below Wendy, and hundreds and thousands of creatures were approaching ahead..
In the meantime, Hook said he would take all the risk by pretending to be the bait..
Even though Hook also has business in Neverland,.
“Even if I land anyway, I won't be of much use. It would be more useful to draw attention here..”
Hook responded, using his full power aboard the Wendy..
It was definitely not wrong..
“I have a favor to ask you instead..”
“······.”
“Besides your friend, could you please save some of the children there??”
“great.”
Oliver answered before he could say any additional conditions. Hook paused..
“Are you serious??”
“yes.”
A concise but firm answer. Hook asked, unable to believe that he had asked for it..
“what is the reason?”
“I like people like Captain Hook..”
Oliver said this while looking at Hook, who has been searching for Neverland for others for thirty years and is willing to take risks for a better outcome even with the goal in front of him..
After hearing the answer, Hook couldn't say anything, and Oliver took out a piece of paper from his arms and another corpse doll from the shadows..
I originally planned to take it out when it was more critical, but things changed..
“that······.”
Hook muttered in a shocked voice when he saw the new corpse doll with knife marks all over its body..
“No way, human flesh-”
“-Take this.”
Calming the startled Hook, Oliver held out a piece of paper imbued with portal magic..
The Year of Oblivion is a fan domain, so I doubt it will work properly, but it doesn't hurt to be prepared..
“I will use this paper to send people, so Captain Hook, please move out of the fog. It's the same area inside the Forgetting Year, so it'll probably work..”
Oliver gave away the heart compass he received from Hook..
Perhaps Hook, now that he has made up his mind, will be able to break through the fog..
Hook asked after receiving the compass..
“Move?”
“It's exactly as you said. Even if you let people escape, it's meaningless if you don't ensure their safety.?”
“That's true, but how are you going to get through that without bait??”
Hook pointed to a swarm of hundreds or thousands of creatures coming this way..
Like, a swarm of bees. It seemed impossible to break through without Wendy Ho's attention..
Oliver answered.
“By force. force.”
After receiving Oliver's call, Child-Force entered the corpse doll-human meat cook in Oliver's shadow..
A human meat chef who moves creakingly as he gains new life..
His behavior was a bit sluggish, probably because he wasn't used to it yet, but it didn't matter..
Chwajwajwajwajwajjang.!!
Even in that state, it was enough to cut off all the legs of the giant squid that was holding the Wendy..
Kiyiyi profit!!
Even the giant squid, which had held up well so far, screamed in horror at the slash from the human flesh cook..
That wasn't all.
“Now you won't be able to play.”
The cross section that had been struck by the human meat cook festered and burrowed into the body..
The giant squid runs away, unable to hold on to the Wendy any longer..
When Hook asked what to do about the swarm of creatures approaching, Oliver called Child-Force once again..
Force crouched down and transformed into a fable..
It is a dragon with burning red and hot eyes, a huge maw that seems to swallow everything, skin densely covered with dark red scales, huge wings that seem to cover the sky, and a body that is larger than a mountain and looks more agile than the wind..
The human meat cook, who transformed into a dragon bigger than Wendy, flapped his wings and flew up, spewing flames forward..
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