The Genius Blacksmith's Game
Baekhaesinsu. (6)
A gentle melody spreads across the sea.
The song of the sea draws users in.
It was like calm and beautiful music flowing from a music box.
Users, and NPCs too… … .
That gentle song was being heard by every being and creature in the sea.
The melody gradually quickened and turned into a violent tune.
That fierce melody resembled anger.
Yes, just as if the sea were raging.
“Th-what is this song?”
I can't move.
“Damn it, all I had to do was kill him now……!”
“What is going on? Raville. Do you know anything about this form?”
"Uh, no."
What was a melody to some was like a painful sound to others.
Carter, his subordinates, and the barbarians, who were about to finish off the Dragon King covered in a net, were taken aback.
The increasingly intense song was controlling their movements.
Meanwhile, the Dragon King, who had been trapped in a net and could no longer move, was slowly recovering from his injuries.
Oh, Divine Beast of the White Sea… …?
That song, which scratches the ears of those who seek to harm the sea and gives strength to those who care for it, resonates throughout the world.
However, the Dragon King has now lost the strength to fight any longer.
Even amidst the increasingly intense songs, no chance of victory could be found.
He had neither the confidence nor the courage to survive against the people surrounding him.
However, based on that song, Carter and his subordinates' movements were completely blocked.
He was stunned.
but…….
[You have heard the Battle March.]
[For those who care for the sea, all stats increase by 13% for a short time!]
“…….”
A man named Hyun-su bought time based on that song.
From a distance, Hyunsu saw the Dragon King, who was about to meet his end.
However, as the song began, they could not attack the Dragon King.
Make him.
"pluck."
Hyunsu came within striking distance of the Dragon King, and fortunately, he was able to pull him in.
“You…?”
The person you wish wouldn't die.
“……!”
Indeed. The melody of the battle march rings out everywhere, signifying that the song has not yet ended.
“Wowwwwww!!!”
A massive buff is bestowed upon the bodies of the Talassians listening to the song.
Along with the gradually intensifying melody… … .
[The attack power of the Guardians of the Sea increases by 3%.]
[The defense of the Guardians of the Sea increases by 2%.]
[Those who guard the sea forget fear.]
[The guardians of the sea sing in chorus!]
The power of the Talassians was rising, and rising, with the song.
Having lost their fear, they move in perfect unison to the rising song.
Soldiers and knights, trembling in fear and trying to flee, grab their weapons and run toward the castle.
The thought that 'the Talassians are finished' vanishes from their minds, and only valor remains.
It is visible in their field of vision as they engage in a fierce battle.
Kuwaaaaaaak-!!!
A huge whale large enough to be seen from a distance.
The whale was ramming into the barbarians and the barbarian king Varkan who were trying to tear apart the Turtle Dragon, Sea Dragon, and Kraken.
Crunch, crunch, crunch-!!
“Khaaaaaaak!!”
As Varkan listens to the passionate melody that sounds like scraping metal, the giant White Sea Divine Beast Orback charges at him.
I tried to endure it with strength, but I couldn't.
Hundreds of vortices formed around Orback and pierced the barbarians precisely.
“Kuhhhh!”
“Ughhhhhh……!”
Before long, to the users suffering and bleeding from their ears to the tune of that song.
Kwaaak-!
“Hiiiiiik!!”
Kwa kwa kwa kwak-!
The sharks were biting and tearing.
One user was attacked by several sharks that tore him apart and dismembered him.
The users were capable of easily taking down sharks.
At the very least, they are high-level users.
However, the number was the problem.
Also, the monsters that heard the battle march became several times stronger than usual.
swordfish.
Beings with long snouts like spears.
Whenever they pass by, barbarians and users are pierced by their long snouts and scream.
Some people hit the wall and died on the spot.
For some, thousands of monsters were simply charging at them, and they were crushed to death.
The corpses of barbarians float up here and there.
However, the barbarians were strong.
The same goes for the barbarian king Barkhan.
Kwaaaaaaaang-!
Varkan, who was buried inside the massive wall that collapsed due to the ramming of the White Sea Divine Beast.
Kwaaaaaak-!
He roars while wildly hacking at the body of the White Sea Divine Beast with an axe.
[The warrior's roar rings out!!]
[Upon hearing his roar, the barbarians become 23% stronger than usual and fight until death!]
Upon hearing that roar, the barbarians grew much stronger and began killing the creatures in the sea.
Now, the corpses of sea creatures float to the surface.
The melody that had been dizzying the ears gradually fades away.
“Ha, hahahaha……!”
Barkan let out a hollow laugh.
The song is coming to an end.
The moment this song ends, they are the ones who ultimately win.
however…….
That was not the reason the melody gradually grew quieter.
Their song does not end as long as the battle continues.
As if striking the piano keys all at once.
Dooooooong!
A melody leading to the climax resounds across the entire sea… … .
[The protagonist of the song appears!]
“What……!”
Akao.
He begins to feel a surge of power within his body.
Shhhhhhh-
As if sucking in the vital energy of the forest.
He absorbed the vital energy as if sucking up all the magical power existing in the sea.
[Impossible powers are unlocked as the song continues!]
The song rings out loudly again.
In a melody much larger and more magnificent than before, Akao's hair color turns blue.
It was the moment when the power of Akao's passive skill, 'In the Sea…', was unleashed.
Sea harpoon.
Hundreds of huge harpoons made of water appeared.
Barkan was flustered.
He felt a power that overwhelmingly surpassed himself.
The moment Akao brings his arm down, hundreds of sea harpoons pierce those who were attacking the underwater creatures.
Kwaaaaang-!
Kwaaaaaaaang-
With the harpoons stuck in them, the barbarians are dragged away and slammed against the wall to their deaths.
Some barbarians are pierced by as many as four harpoons and die.
Sea explosion.
Also, the moment Akao murmured to the more than a thousand barbarians charging toward him.
Boom!
Sequential explosions on the ground engulfed the barbarians.
As the song of battle grew more ferocious, Varkan roared.
“Stop it!!!”
A significant number of barbarians met their deaths.
To him, too, the savages were like family.
Varkan, bleeding from his ears, cast every buff he could.
Barbarians generally could not use skills, but they could use skills that could strengthen their bodies.
Kwaaaaaaaang!!
Barkan, who had shot out explosively, attacked Akao.
Kuwaaang-!
Kukwakwakwakwakwa-!
The mace and the chain caused an endless clash.
The collision of the two weapons caused a massive shockwave in the surrounding area.
Barkan was flustered while fighting Akao.
The more I fight with him, the louder the scraping sound of metal becomes.
He was clearly fighting Akao, who was weaker than him, but he was losing.
And as the song of the sea reaches its end, it comes to know.
[The song's villain appears!]
He realized that he was nothing more than a villain destined to lose in this song.
“Akao, I’ll take only you!”
Varkan gritted his teeth and pressed harder against Akao. Blood was gushing from his body.
As time went on, Akao was clearly dying.
However, Barkan soon realized.
He was dying faster than Akao.
in other words…….
The current Akao surpasses me?
However, Barkan put all his strength into raising his axe to strike Akao's head.
It is because I thought that this one hit might be able to change this song.
At that moment.
Kwaaak-
One shark bit his arm and controlled his movements.
“Ugh, ugh…!”
Just as he endured and was about to swing, another shark bit his torso.
“Ughhhhh……!”
However, he tried to swing it to strike down.
at that time.
Pfft, pfft, pfft-!
Swordfish flew in from all directions and pierced Barkan's body.
To think you would try to fight me out of the sea.
I see Akao's indifferent eyes.
“Cough…….”
Varkan, who was spitting blood and slowly beginning to scatter, hears and realizes.
[The villain of the song dies.]
[Akao's story becomes the folktale of the child and the sea, remaining forever.]
That no one in the sea would dare defeat Akao…
[The Battle March ends.]
The last sound that Varkan remembered as he was completely scattering away was a song that gently dispersed and burst forth again like a music box.
***
Barbarians are being killed by sea creatures in various places.
Akao, who killed Barkan, also coughed.
"Cough…"
The White Sea Divine Beast Orback approached Akao, whose entire body was covered in blood.
Akao and Orback looked at each other on the water.
[The King's call ends.]
[The King's Call is a type of contract made between the pirates Akao and Orback and can no longer be used.]
The day Akao removed the harpoon that was stuck in the eye of the White Sea Divine Beast.
You were granted the authority to receive assistance from Baekhaesinsu only once.
Akao smiled sadly.
Thank you. Orback.
-Are you not returning to the sea anymore?
“Yes, right now I am serving someone. I know. That you reveal yourself only to the pure beings living in the sea………”
Not just anyone could meet the White Sea Divine Beast.
Baekhaesinsoo's gaze fell upon a man in the distance.
Is it because of the author?
Akao just nodded.
Is it worth it? Enough to turn your back on your friends?
I felt sadness.
“I realized that if he is happy, I am happy, and if he is sad, I am sad too. As soon as I heard that he was in danger, I rushed here in a panic.”
“I knew that if I met you again after using the King’s summons, I would never be able to see you again because I am no longer a pure son of the sea, but I had to do so.”
“I know I will lose much. I know the sea will no longer welcome me. I know I will never see you again, White Sea Divine Beast. I know I must leave the sea where I have spent my entire life, but I have been given a new life.”
Uncharacteristically for Akao, he was immersed in immense sorrow.
I probably won't be able to swim in the sea with the people I used to play with anymore.
When I come out to sea, I probably won't be able to see the pod of dolphins that used to welcome me.
I won't be able to see the sky anymore, even the one I used to gaze at while lying on the back of the White Sea Divine Beast…
Akao thought that he would never be able to meet them again.
However, the eyes of the White Sea God were depicted as crescent moons.
I'm happy. Akao.
Kiheeeeee!
Screeeeeee!
Kiiiaaa!
The White Sea God laughed, the dolphins spun around, and the sharks danced, shaking their bodies from side to side.
The fact that you have found someone you cherish as much as we do, and that you have come to know a reason to live somewhere other than the sea… … .
The fact that you have another friend.
All the creatures in the sea blessed him.
We will no longer be able to be together as friends. But… … .
A dolphin carried Akao on its back.
– We will be together as family.
Shhhhh-
Akao, riding on a dolphin, Baekhaesinsu, and his family move toward where the Dragon King is.
Akao found out belatedly.
Come visit anytime with the one you serve, for we will sing with you.
The reason they stayed with him was not because he was a being from the water, but because he was Akao.
