Chapter 246: Divine Spirits Whistle (5) (1/2)
Some changes I made to the last episode:
“Block it!”
The moment Kajsa shouted out loudly, the sirens turned towards the waves. Some summoned spirits, and some used magic in order to block the waves.
Swiiiiiiiiiish-!
With a dull sound, the waves broke as it got blocked. But its aftermath shook the sirens. Moreover, that was not the end. New waves appeared again.
“The Kraken!”
Jude had figured out on what had happened. The Kraken trapped in the seal was trying to destroy the battle formation by creating underwater waves from afar. It was an application of its abilities to summon a storm.
Swoooooosh-!
The second group of waves broke.
The spirit warriors manipulated the sea current surrounding the seal, which they had prepared earlier for a what-if scenario, in order to stop the underwater waves, and Sarandis opened her eyes and tightened her grip on the trident after finishing the spell.
And at that moment, the Kraken’s second counterattack began.
Psssh-!
Black ink gushed out from the seal’s hole.
Because the current surrounding the seal was gone, the black ink flowed out straight. It turned the surrounding area black, and also engulfed the sirens in the frontlines.
“Aaaaaah!”
The black water caused the sirens to scream and twist in pain because the ink had a strong poison in it.
“Sarandis!”
Jude cried out. But even before his cry reached her, Sarandis had already realized on what she needed to do. So instead of hesitating from her confusion, she threw the Sea God’s Trident with all her might.
“Haaaa!”
Baaaaang-!
A thunderous sound was heard even though they were underwater.
The Sea God’s Trident covered in golden lightning penetrated the space at once, and its shockwaves broke through the black water, scattering the Kraken’s ink at once.
And that was why Jude was able to see it.
Sarandis who was in front must have also seen it.
Baang!
The seal’s ceiling collapsed. Because the Kraken broke the ceiling and tried to swim up.
Boom!
The Sea God’s Trident struck the ground, and the Kraken that was still pierced by the Sealing Sword of Light then struggled as it flailed around its dozens of legs simultaneously. As it continued to be pulled back to the ground by the power of the Sealing Sword of Light, the Kraken let out its powerful mana.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
The Kraken’s legs couldn’t reach the sirens. Its legs were tens of meters long, but the distance between the sirens and the Kraken was quite far.
But the Kraken’s struggles didn’t simply end at just that.
The shockwaves generated by its flailing legs struck the sirens. The mana it emitted penetrated the minds of the sirens who were using magic.
“Aaaaah!”
The sirens who were using magic screamed and collapsed. Those who were hit by the shockwaves had their bodies be flipped and smashed. The attacks on the Kraken were naturally reduced, and at that moment, Jude figured out the Kraken’s goal.
Because he saw its two yellow eyes looking at the magic circle spread over its head.
“Attack!”
Sarandis ordered just then.
The cavalry who were waiting on the left and right charged towards the Kraken, and Kajsa who was with them gripped her trident.
Malthias who was standing besides Iliana was still focusing on maintaining the Sealing Sword of Light, but she delivered a new command to the spirit warriors.
“Use the currents to push it down!”
What she meant was that they had to push down the Kraken so that it couldn’t touch the magic circle.
But that wasn’t easy. Because the Kraken was causing a storm even in the midst of this. As new groups of waves came rushing towards them, the sirens who were maintaining the Sealing Sword of Light and those manipulating the current were both swept away by the shockwaves.
————-!
The cavalry and the Kraken began to clash at that moment.
The Kraken writhed and swung its dozens of legs at the same time, and the cavalry dug in between and struck their weapons into its body.
But the Kraken was huge. Even though the tridents were huge for the sirens, it was only a small thorn for the Kraken, so they could only stab the surface but not properly wound it.
“Your Excellency!”
Chloe turned to Cordelia. And so did Sarandis.
Cordelia was the only one who could deal a fatal blow to the Kraken.
And Cordelia acted instinctively. She threw the Spear of Calamity to the Kraken.
Shwaaaa-!
The Kraken struggled even harder when it saw the Spear of Calamity flying with a terrifying power, but it couldn’t properly evade because of the Sealing Sword of Light.
The Spear of Calamity pierced the Kraken’s torso, and it struggled even harder as it loudly screamed.
———————!
It worked.
But Cordelia did not create a second Spear of Calamity. Instead of summoning the Spirit King, she turned to Jude.
Cordelia’s senses were telling her something like always.
That they couldn’t defeat the Kraken with their current method.
In fact, the Sealing Sword of Light was getting weaker.
“Jude.”
Jude also saw Cordelia. And he nodded his head. They then launched Plan B which they had planned in advance.
When Cordelia threw the Spear of Calamity, she then conveyed what she had observed and thought via magic.
Boooom!
The underwater waves caused by the Kraken became even stronger.
It spewed ink again, and the cavalry in the vicinity hurriedly retreated. But Kajsa didn’t do that. She spitted out a curse and deeply pushed the trident that had already been stabbed into the Kraken’s head.
————–!
Even if it was a small thorn, the situation was bound to change if that thorn stuck deeper inside.
The Kraken screamed and flailed, spewing ink that almost covered its body.
And Jude and Cordelia did not miss that gap.
“Your Excellency?!”
Instead of responding to Chloe’s call, Cordelia spread her wings of light. She flew down straight to the seabed, while Jude released his energy and used Landius’ signature flying technique. He rushed towards the Kraken.
“Die! Die!”
Kajsa pushed down another nearby trident in the Kraken’s head. She ignored the poisonous ink as her body could handle it.
——————!
The Kraken roared. It smacked itself with its leg in order to attack Kajsa, but she hurriedly swam away to evade the monster’s leg. And suddenly, Jude’s firm arm wrapped around Kajsa’s waist.
“Eh?”
The surprised Kajsa looked back at Jude, but he did not even look at her. He simply released his energy again to soar at a high speed as he evaded the Kraken’s legs and headed to the magic circle above them.
The Sealing Sword of Light became weaker.
The Kraken glared at Jude and Kajsa with its yellow eyes, and let out its immense magic power again.
It prevented the sirens from daring to charge towards it.
And Jude glared at such a Kraken. After roughly throwing Kajsa, he chanted the mnemonic chant of the Ninth Heaven’s Nine Doors. At the same time he opened the sixth door, he activated the power of the black sun.
Booooooom!
Everyone on the battlefield turned to Jude when he let out such an immense power. Even Kajsa who was cursing after being roughly thrown could only admire Jude at the tremendous force he released.
So the Kraken focused its attention on Jude again.
It was just as Jude had wished.
—————-!
The Kraken no longer caused underwater waves. Instead of struggling to remove the Sealing Sword of Light, the demon of the sea scattered around a curse.
“Aaaaaaaaaaaah!”
The sirens screamed as they grabbed their heads. Kajsa also struggled as she groaned in pain.
It was the result of the Kraken further strengthening its unique mental attack that caused fear and terror to its targets.