All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 187

◈ Chapter 187

94. Good Material – 1

A sea turning red signifies an attack on the Merfolk Kingdom.

Ian immediately stood up.

“Where are you going?”

“I need to check on the Merfolk Kingdom. Sword Saint, I’ll head out first.”

“I’ll come with you. If Keshin of Lust is involved, I cannot stand idly by.”

Ian stared at the Sword Saint as she spoke seriously.

“Why are you looking at me like that?”

“Can you go there? It’s underwater.”

“Ah…….”

That’s impossible.

As the Sword Saint hesitated, Ian turned away without regret.

Then, Trakalza raised his hand.

“I can solve that.”

He hurried downstairs and brought back a ring.

“I offer this to you and ask you to assist Count Ian.”

“This artifact is……?”

“A guest who stayed here before left it behind. Wearing this ring allows you to walk on water and breathe underwater.”

It happened about ten years ago.

One of the Lords of the Magic Tower, Trinmere, who had enjoyed a relaxing stay on Emerald Island, gave it as an artifact he developed.

“To get to the mainland from Emerald Island, you have to take a ship. But he gave it to us to use in case the wind is too strong to sail.”

“The Magic Tower doesn’t even have an artifact like this……”

The Sword Saint was amazed as it was an artifact she had never seen before.

Trakalza smiled at her.

“Trinmere said it was a prototype.”

Anyway, now that she could walk on water, she could follow.

Ian nodded as the Sword Saint looked at him.

“Let’s go.”

Stepping outside, they found everyone in a commotion.

Ian passed by the nobles who had returned from playing on the beach.

Then, he took a step towards the sea, and the Sword Saint followed him.

“Walking on water is harder than I thought.”

The ground beneath her feet swayed, perhaps because of the constant waves.

Maintaining balance was not easy.

“You’re moving quite well for someone who says that.”

“Well, I am a Sword Saint, after all.”

After stumbling a few times, she quickly got the hang of it.

Ian glanced at her movements and started running, and she followed him.

“By the way, where is the Merfolk Kingdom?”

“It’s about two or three hours of running from here.”

“I understand.”

As they continued to run and approached the red-stained sea, there were quite a few monsters.

It looked as if a monster wave was unfolding in the sea.

The Sword Saint bit her lip as she watched the monsters swimming towards one place.

“Isn’t this dangerous?”

The number of monsters was too great.

Could the merfolk really stop those monsters?

At that moment.

-Splash!!

Something with a long body soared above the sea.

A Sea Serpent, treated as a sea dragon.

It roared and swam towards them, having discovered the two on the water, and the Sword Saint drew her sword.

“I’ll take care of that.”

“Is that really necessary?”

Ian lightly raised his hand.

At that moment, the sea where the Sea Serpent was surged greatly.

-Kwaaaang!!

The Sea Serpent, swept away by the water, exploded in mid-air.

“What…… did you do?”

“It’s a technique only usable in the sea.”

Ian spoke casually, but the Sword Saint could only stare in amazement.

“Is this also a legacy of the Magic Kingdom?”

“Well, not really. Let’s go.”

Ignoring the Sea Serpent’s corpse floating on the water, Ian continued to run.

Having run to the sea above the Merfolk Kingdom, the Sword Saint was startled.

A hole was pierced in the sea.

“What…… is that?”

“It seems they’re trying to block the approach of marine monsters.”

Marine monsters exert great power in the sea.

So, they were trying to reduce their power by blocking the seawater up to the barrier in the kingdom.

The Sword Saint tilted her head, looking down at the dizzying depths.

“There…… seems to be a merfolk there.”

As she said, there was a merfolk with a spear on a rock where the seawater had disappeared.

It was a familiar face.

It was Saishin, the shaman of the Merfolk Kingdom.

The light emanating from the spear indicated that she was currently blocking the seawater.

“Let’s go.”

Ian jumped down without hesitation.

As the Sword Saint also jumped.

A giant Kwaltarak [a type of sea monster] in the water aimed at the Sword Saint and extended its pincers.

“Hmph!!”

The Sword Saint cut it off and threw the large, sharp pincer towards another place in the air.

She frowned as the pincer pierced the body of another Kwaltarak.

“There are more below. We need to be careful.”

At her words, Ian shook his head and swung his sword.

Demonic Divine Art, Chapter of the Moon.

Ice Soul.

A chillingly cold sphere of light was fired and pierced the sea.

-Jjeo jjeo jeong!!

The surrounding sea completely froze in one strike.

The Sword Saint was impressed as even the marine monsters within were frozen.

“There’s a method like that…….”

Ian, who had eliminated the monsters’ interference in one go, landed on the ground and approached Saishin.

“What’s with that state?”

“Hee…… hee…….”

Saishin panted as she looked at Ian with a pale face.

There was a large wound on her abdomen.

“Who did this to you?”

“Hee…… Keuk…… Keresh, the traitor who failed to become queen…… became an undead…… and went inside…… inside…….”

She eventually collapsed after speaking breathlessly.

Ian, who caught and healed her, asked again.

“How did she get in? You said that barrier could block demonic energy. Undead are black magic, so isn’t it mixed with demonic energy?”

“That…… I don’t know……. However. However…… when I was attacked, monsters attacked.”

So, she couldn’t chase after her and was prepared to die here, blocking the monsters’ entry.

Still, the fact that the barrier was maintained meant that the queen was still safe.

As Ian was about to head to the Merfolk Kingdom.

-Jjeo jjeo jeong!!

The ice he had created began to crack.

The other monsters outside were attacking, hitting the ice.

“Ian, I’ll take care of this place.”

“I’m counting on you.”

Ian, who was about to use Ice Soul once more, lowered his hand.

With the Sword Saint and Saishin, they should be able to hold out until things are resolved.

Leaving the rear to them, Ian headed straight to the palace.

There was the same barrier as before, but a sword was stuck in it.

After hearing Kirke’s explanation, Ian entered the barrier and grabbed the Sword of Kremlin.

As he pulled it out, the barrier began to reform.

But inside were the skeleton sailors and merfolk he had seen on Kalim’s ship before.

“Hmm.”

They aimed their weapons at Ian as he entered.

Leading them was one merfolk.

But she was different from the other merfolk.

She wore a crown on her head and had a half-rotted body.

“What’s that?”

As Saishin said, she was an undead.

Ian felt the malice and black magic emanating from her and grabbed his sword.

“……This place is mine……. I will not hand it over to Techvar [the queen’s childhood name]…….”

“Is she a lich?”

Unable to forget the grudges of her life and clinging to them upon resurrection.

Of course, unlike them, she possesses a body and has some reason, but essentially, that is more fitting.

As Ian nodded, Myane in his bag cried softly.

“Myaaaa…….”

Perhaps she didn’t like Myane’s cry?

Keresh raised her staff.

As an ominous black aura rippled and spread from the staff, the skeleton sailors and merfolk moved.

Ian swung his sword towards them.

Demonic Divine Art, Chapter of the Sun.

Radiant Light Wheel.

Instantly, a red aura spread around.

The moment those who were surrounding him were all burned.

Ian used Moonlight Walk to move and blow Keresh’s head off.

“Ah…… Aaaah…….”

Another strike to the head floating in the air.

As Ian smashed her head to pieces, he turned away.

The black aura that had been lingering on Keresh’s body was flying towards the castle.

Following it to the castle, Ian chuckled.

A funny sight was unfolding.

A giant merfolk with a spear.

And Kalim, half-destroyed, blocking his path.

Finally, behind Kalim was the queen, slumped with a sword stabbed into her chest.

“What’s this situation?”

“……Who are you?”

“It doesn’t matter who I am. Hey, Kalim. Why are you protecting the queen?”

“Heu…… Hehehe…… We meet again.”

Kalim chuckled and aimed his sword.

But the arm holding the sword was also cracked and looked like it could break at any moment.

“To the queen…… Haa. I heard the story. You said you fought a demon? And that you had that much power.”

Kalim pointed to the frowning merfolk.

“That guy is Clard!!”

“Huh?”

Ian tilted his head.

Just like Loki did before, and Lich Kalteg did.

He is just sealing a demon and extracting only their power to use.

As Ian explained, Kalim couldn’t hide his embarrassment.

“What……?”

“And it doesn’t seem like you sealed Clard. Hey, who are you?”

“Hoo…….”

The merfolk slowly aimed his spear at Ian.

“Krinatsch. The one who will become the king of the merfolk. And…….”

He grinned and quickly leaped towards Ian.

Ores were imbued in the blades attached to his eight legs and the spearhead in his hand.

As he shot forward, gathering the blades like a spear, Ian lightly moved his hand.

Ian grabbed his leg in mid-air and slammed him to the ground.

-Pueok!!

“Keuheok!!”

And again, and again.

After slamming him to the ground dozens of times, Ian crushed his bewildered head with a strong stomp.

Kalim, who had been blankly watching, laughed.

“Eu, euahaha!! What is it! What are you that you’re so strong!”

“That’s not important. Hey, Queen.”

He pulled the sword from the queen, who was barely breathing, and healed her.

As the queen, who had regained consciousness, looked at him with difficulty, Ian showed her the Solar Furnace he had brought.

“You know this, right?”

“……That is…….”

The queen’s eyes wavered.

Looking at her with bewilderment, Ian said seriously.

“The Tyrant’s Pearl, and the source of the Tyrant’s power. I heard that if you take this to the Merfolk Kingdom, you gain power. Tell me what you know.”

“……It is one of the legends passed down in the royal family.”

“What is it?”

“A long time ago. If you take them to the Merfolk’s Tomb, where countless merfolk died fighting the Tyrant…… you can have the Tyrant’s Island. That’s all.”

“Where is that?”

“Why……? Do you perhaps intend to take the Tyrant’s Island? You mustn’t. No one should ever take the Tyrant’s Island…….”

At her question, Ian tilted his head.

“You mustn’t? It’s just scrap metal anyway.”