The Skill Maker

The magnificent city, made of colorful coral reefs and natural rocks, was creating a mysterious atmosphere that was overwhelmingly different from the civilization of the earth's people. Coral buildings of red, purple, blue, green, yellow, etc. spread out in a space filled with emerald water. I couldn't help but feel strange as if I were in a different world. If they weren't just swimming around the city to create a sense of crisis, it was like a picnic.

Wow, the scenery is amazing.

[What a surprise!] There was such a huge city under the lake.]

[Wow! It's so beautiful. How did they make such beautiful and magnificent buildings out of coral reefs?]

The fish's body produces a sticky substance called, which is used to make buildings. That's why scholars say we should put the fish in the classification of intelligent bodies.]

[Building with secretion...] Is it this? That's a little uncomfortable.]

We looked around, hiding in the outskirts of the city, and carefully moved under the guidance of the Ranger. Party members, especially except me, continued to discuss the high-quality building styles of fishermen. Because it was the only occupation that was in the limelight of the present time in the resistance of the Kandulas system. The frontier was constantly entering, and the able men were greedily expanding their territories. It is only natural that people with construction skills make a lot of money. Oh, come to think of it, I've been fighting Arkalhect and destroying hundreds of buildings.

[Is that a fish market?]]

[It looks like you're dealing with items and stuff.]

The fishing city was quite similar in terms of system to the human city. There were separate areas that seemed to be living areas and buildings that were doing business, and quite a few people traded goods or toured the market. There were even a number of places that looked like entertainment facilities, some of the fishermen were drunk and floating in the middle of the street.

Drinking in the water?

How the hell do you drink in the water?

Come to think of it, some people were busy moving their luggage or carrying out various tasks. Some of them were completely naked, and some of them were dressed and dressed like humans.

Every existence has its own individuality.

'By the way, I have to find the vortex.'

I scratched the back of my head as I looked all over the city.

Chloe, a herbalist, explained to me how to catch a transparent topological fish that lives only in an underwater city after completing the herbal mix. More than a thousand years ago, the way they used to interact with underwater cities more than a year ago, was probably still working.

And the process was as follows.

1. Find swirls about a meter in diameter in an underwater city. A vortex is one of the decisive clues that the phase flow is mainly generated in an unbalanced position and stays near .

2. Unleash herb mixture in a vortex to attract Calderigo out of phase with a special fragrance. At this point, you must quickly snatch Calderigo's muzzle using a huge hook of needles hung on the rope.

3. Before Calderigo escapes to the other side of the phase, he must be damned to a certain level or higher to prevent the skill's invocation. If this fails, Caldergo escapes to the other side of the topology. If successful, capture complete.

I can't see the vortex itself now.

Well, maybe we can find it some way later.

For your information, I had explained the whole Caldergo capture plan to the party members in advance. I also convinced them why I wanted to come to the underwater city alone, and I had a clear agreement to prioritize if a vortex was found at any time. In other words, until the vortex is discovered, they have negotiated to focus on tracking the traces of Glay's fiancee. Well, even if it were tracking, the main tanker, Glay's, was just following the spirit because it was linked to her fiancee's ring.

By the way, the number of fishermen was much higher than expected.

I can't believe such a wide world was asleep at the bottom of the lake. I couldn't easily believe it even when I saw it with my own eyes. Surely a city is a city, and even with so many buildings, it is impossible to avoid the eyes of the fishermen completely without magic.

Ariel wriggles her small hand and pulls a small stone out of her bag.

I'm going to use the Confuse magic for now.]

The convalescent little boy, who swam in front of him, triggered a psycho-alcohol confuse after checking out five or six fish that were passing by swimming in front of him. By confusing the enemy's thoughts within a certain radius around the medium of amplification, the technology drastically reduces the probability of finding this side by reducing the judgment and concentration of the subjects. However, it also had a fatal disadvantage that it did not have much effect if it encountered many languages at once.

[Done! Success!]

[Let's go!]

So we explored the underwater city step by step, finding a path as quiet as possible and a direction that was less likely to encounter the fishermen. Well, in the worst case scenario, we'll have to fight, but colliding with a large number of fishermen in the middle of the city was no different from suicide. Fortunately, the Rangers had a favorite, so the distribution of approaching creatures did not affect the numbers.

Glay lifted the ring and let out a murmur.

[The energy of the ring points over there. That's... that must be the palace, right?]

[Feels like it. It's a hundred times bigger than other buildings just by its size and appearance.]

[...do the fishermen have kings?]]

I heard that Bellox, the Eighth Army commander, was from the royal family.]

We moved towards the center of the radial underwater city and approached the largest and most magnificent coral reef building among them. Judging from its appearance, it is definitely a place where the king of the fishermen will stay. A long, beautiful marble floor, coral decorations attached everywhere, and coral pillars that are very worried about how to balance them.

[Confuse!]

[Sleep]]

as such

Finally, about 12 hours after the attack, we were finally able to penetrate the royal palace of the fishermen. A place that is certainly grand and certainly beautiful, and smells as dangerous as its quaint charm. Even a good-feeling Ranger K'rgos felt the vast unknown horsepower flowing from inside the palace and his hair froze.

He telepathy.

[Inside this...] There seems to be something ridiculous. The horsepower is so high that it is deformed.]

[Is that what's causing the feeling of straining this heart?]

[Well, I can feel it, too. It's, honestly, it's ridiculous.]

Elisa, the nine-circle wizard, also nodded her head and agreed to his words. Her forehead was now completely frowned, well beyond the freshness of her eyes. Ten times more powerful than himself, walking into a place where a man is holding his breath. It was because I felt like this when I walked into the snake's mouth.

Of course, I wasn't just optimistic about the current situation either.

Is the amount of horsepower equal to me? No, maybe higher than me? What kind of monster lives inside?'

Now my Mana Stat is 259.

But because of the nature of the skills I use, I have never considered the amount of horsepower itself to be of any importance. So to be honest, the mana was much lower than my other stats. But even so, it's a strangely high number among talented people. This was the first time I've encountered a similar level of existence to my mana value.

But the moment the thought went all the way there.

I was stunned in a moment.

Wait a minute? Come to think of it, I am.

Why can Elisha and other party members be this powerful mana that exists in Erin's palace?In general, mana can never accurately measure 's power unless its master is willing to show his spirit to the outside world. In other words, the Sod Master or the Five Circle Wizard cannot measure the power of the Grand Sod Master or the Nine Circle Wizard. It was the same thing that party members didn't understand how much my horsepower was.

by the way

Our party members are reading out each other's energy?

This was, almost 100% sure.

I opened my mouth heavily.

[Maybe... us now. It may be the enemy's trap. Everybody get ready for battle.]

[What? Ha, a trap? But wow, there's magic, so it's not been detected on the way.]

[Don't mention it...!]

a sharpening nerve

a naturally rising voice

The moment I carefully stepped back.

We could feel a stormy wave of mana coming from inside. an enormous amount of mana that is likely to erode even the soul a horrendous and ferocious force

Damn it. You're saying I'm similar to the Mana Sheep?

It was obviously a overwhelming illusion.

This was clearly a mana quantity well over 500 stats in terms of figures. New Year's bow? No, it's a maddeningly dangerous amount of mana, more than four times the mana I have. Crazy. What the hell's crouching in there? You think he personally set us up? I don't have a good feeling about this.

And that moment.

a foreign presence forced into our telepathic spectrum

And at that moment came a chilling voice.

[Welcome, earthlings. My name is The queen of the fish tribe and the sole ruler of this underwater city. Come in! Show me that vulgar, dirty, servile face! Don't make yourself angry by refusing my polite invitation. Come in along the passage that followed. Running away is... I'll never forgive you.]

End of Underwater City (4).

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