All-Master Player Of The Academy [EN]: Chapter 188

94. Good Material – 2

“Excuse me? What do you mean…”

“I’ll explain the details later. Just tell me where it is.”

The queen hesitated, then nodded and raised her hand.

At that moment, the floor split open, and a stone slab rose up.

“Go north from the Mermaid’s Canyon, then down into the Valley of Cold…”

As she spoke, checking the topographical map engraved on the stone slab, Kirke quickly surveyed the surrounding terrain.

That was all Kirke needed to confirm the map information.

Ian nodded and looked at Kalim.

“By the way, what are you doing?”

“Hoo… I was aiming for the moment that guy tried to strike the queen. But that wasn’t Krad… Damn it!”

He slammed the floor and vented his frustration, and Ian shrugged.

“I was wondering if Krad might come if I went to the tomb. Are you coming with me?”

“Is that okay?”

“Why not.”

Kalim nodded and raised his one remaining hand.

Soon after, a ship cruising through the sea stopped above the castle.

“The queen put up a barrier, so it was waiting outside.”

“But how did you get in?”

“Thanks to that guy from earlier. He used some kind of special power…”

“Really? What kind?”

“I don’t know exactly. But when I held that spear, the power was somewhat reduced, and I was able to enter the barrier.”

Ian reached out to the spear lying on the floor.

As he examined the spear that flew into his hand, Kirke identified the information.

‘What a relic.’

‘Then it’s better to keep it for now.’

As Ian picked up Kremlin’s sword and Swallow’s spear, the Sword Saint and Saisin approached, having finished their battle.

The Sword Saint pointed to the ghost ship above the castle.

“What is that?”

“It’s the ship to get to our final destination. Come on, let’s get on it. Kalim, let’s go.”

“Hoo… Okay.”

-Crack!

Was it because of the injuries he sustained while protecting the queen?

Every time he moved, bone fragments crumbled and his body cracked.

The Sword Saint, seeing this, approached Ian and asked.

“Is that… an undead?”

“It’s a bit difficult to see him as a simple undead.”

He is one who has a firm will and wants to resist even while being subordinate to a demon.

That’s why Ian was looking at him with a pleased expression.

“Um, Ian.”

At that moment, Saisin carefully approached.

When Ian looked at her, she sighed softly.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m going to the Mermaid’s Tomb. Why?”

“I received a report that there are many monsters there. Please be careful.”

Saisin slightly bowed her head, and Ian smiled at her before boarding the ghost ship.

The Sword Saint also got on, and as they moved away, the queen muttered in a regretful tone.

“If that man gets his hands on the Tyrant’s Island… what will happen?”

Saisin said bitterly to the queen, who was still worried.

“I don’t think there will be much difference from now…”

What would change just because someone who is unimaginably strong gains more power?

Unlike the queen, Saisin just hoped that this crisis would pass without any problems.

* * *

As the ghost ship moved, Kalim’s collapse accelerated.

The Sword Saint watched it with a worried expression.

“Are you okay?”

“Haha. Living missy. I’m fine.”

But no one thought he looked fine.

One side of his upper body had already completely collapsed.

Even so, Kalim continued to steer the ship.

“Doesn’t steering the ship worsen the collapse of your body?”

The Sword Saint quickly noticed and asked, and he nodded.

At that, the Sword Saint grabbed Ian.

“Wouldn’t it be better to leave him behind and just run?”

“I don’t mind, but…”

“Oh, hey. Living folks. I wish you wouldn’t say such cold-hearted things. I have to see the end of Krad.”

“You are subordinate to Krad.”

“Why else would rebellions happen in the world? And we sailors always resist.”

Kalim lightly moved his jaw, clattering his teeth.

“We resist the wind, resist the currents, and resist the monsters. That is what true sea men do.”

“No, but… if you want, I can carry you…”

“I’m a sea man even in death. I have no intention of moving with the help of others.”

-Crack!

In an instant, one leg also broke.

The Sword Saint, seeing that, felt sorry and said to Ian.

“Is it really okay? Why does he keep breaking down like this…”

“It’s because the subordinate is resisting.”

“Yes?”

“That body and this ship were created by Krad. But Kalim is resisting to the end… he just can’t withstand the burden of that discrepancy.”

That means.

Attacking or interfering with Ian and the Sword Saint could prevent the body from breaking down.

Kalim blinked the lights in his eye sockets and chuckled.

“Amazing. To notice that.”

“This much is easy. By the way, it seems like we’re almost there?”

The ship cruising through the sea slowly began to stop.

And it began to appear.

A giant turtle with numerous sea monsters.

In front of that turtle was a giant sea serpent.

“Well done, Kalim.”

The sea serpent’s mouth opened, and a voice like stones grinding could be heard.

The Sword Saint, knowing that it was the voice of a demon, gripped her sword tightly.

“I didn’t expect you to bring Ian and the Sword Saint. Very good. Very excellent. But you know. It’s a bit annoying that you keep resisting me to the end.”

“Screw you. I’ve been resisting you from the start, you know?”

-Crack!

As the sea serpent shook its tail, Kalim’s collapse accelerated.

Ian glanced at it and raised his hand.

-Whoosh!

An intangible aura rippled around the Black Coffin.

Was it thanks to that?

The collapse of Kalim’s body stopped.

“As rumored. Ian. Amazing power. I didn’t expect you to be able to block my power.”

“It’s nothing great.”

Ian spun his sword and quickly moved it.

At that moment, a giant sword strike cut down the monsters behind Krad.

“…I gathered them, but one strike.”

“You’ve heard the rumors about me, right?”

Ian snorted and aimed his sword again.

Seeing that, Krad said seriously.

“Let’s make a deal.”

“No.”

Sun Moon Divine Art, Chapter of Destruction.

Hollow Island.

The body of the sea serpent, which was contracted with the Great Demon, was cut.

As red blood began to spread, the Sword Saint bit her lip.

A huge amount of demonic energy was gathering.

“Krrrrrr!!”

Malice gathered like a black bead.

At the same time, the Black Coffin that Ian and the Sword Saint were riding on disappeared into water droplets.

“Hehehe…!!”

Black Coffin.

The coffin of the sea that was holding him.

Kalim was delighted that it was disappearing.

As he, now only a skeleton, tried to sink to the seabed, the Sword Saint hurriedly grabbed him.

Meanwhile, Krad’s manifestation ended.

It was a black sea serpent with three heads.

The giant dragon, with a much larger body than the existing sea serpent, scattered a terrifying aura and shouted.

“Dare!! To reject my offer?!”

“Dare to shout in front of me?”

“Even if it’s not all of the Tyrant’s power!! To me, who possesses a part of it!!”

Krad raised his head sharply.

At that signal, the giant turtle opened its mouth.

The Sword Saint was surprised to see what was inside.

“Ian!! That’s!!”

Isn’t that the light device that was in the Trooper of the Ruins?

Why is that in the turtle?

Krad laughed loudly at her, who was flustered.

“Hahaha!! I have already found and obtained a part of the island left by the Tyrant!! Die!! Ian!!”

Light gathers.

The moment the blue light, created by drawing on the turtle’s life force, was fired.

Ian indifferently swung his sword.

Sun Moon Divine Art, Chapter of the Moon.

Moonlight Mirror.

As his sword was swung, a giant shield of light was created.

-Kooong!!

The light fired by the turtle hit Ian’s Moonlight Mirror and bounced back, being sucked straight into the turtle’s mouth.

-Kwaaaang!!

And explosion.

Krad, seeing the turtle’s head explode, turned his head slowly in embarrassment.

“What… did you do?”

“I just reflected it. Is there anything else to do? Then…”

Ian shot out and swung his sword at Krad’s head.

“Let’s die now.”

Although he resisted, Krad’s demise was inevitable as long as he appeared in front of Ian.

As he disappeared, Kalim rejoiced.

“Ha!! Hahaha!! Finally!! Finally, I’m going too!!”

Cracks began to appear in Kalim’s skull.

Kalim, who had been captured and subordinated by Krad and unable to die forever, was finally going to die.

The Sword Saint, seeing that, felt sorry, and Kalim chuckled.

“Khehehe. A sea man must die at sea.”

“Farewell.”

“I’ll give you my thanks for now. And let me tell you one thing. If you go northeast from Emerald Island, there will be an island with many tall trees. I hid the treasure I got when I lived under the skull rock there.”

“Oh, really?”

“What need would someone as strong as you have for money? That’s all I can give you.”

The skull gradually turned to dust.

The Sword Saint held Kalim’s skull and said nothing.

Kalim scanned the sea and muttered.

“Finally, I’m going. Before I go… just one sip of real rum…”

Ian took out a bottle of rum from his bag.

And poured it into his barely open mouth.

The rum mixed with seawater went into the skull.

Remembering a taste he couldn’t even feel, Kalim muttered briefly.

“…Ha… it was a good life…”

His skull completely turned to dust and disappeared.

As the Sword Saint looked on with a somber expression, Ian turned his eyes.

‘Kirke.’

Ian immediately went down to the sand field.

In the center of the peaceful-looking sand field, full of corals and seafood, there was a large rock.

“Why here…?”

The Sword Saint, who followed, looked around.

But there was nothing special.

Meanwhile, Kirke began to connect to the ship.

-Koo Woong!!

The ground rumbled.

The moment the security device on the ship moved to strike the intruder.

Kirke quickly stopped the operation of the devices.

And after a while.

The rock opened, creating a barrier that prevented seawater from entering even underwater.

As he entered there, Ian said calmly.

“Let’s go.”

The Sword Saint hesitated and followed him inside.

“There’s no seawater here… What is it? Was it treated with magic?”

Ian casually replied to her question.

“It’s technology.”

-Weeing!!

As he stood in front of the iron door and skillfully operated the device, the door opened.

The Sword Saint, who entered inside, gripped her sword without realizing it.

Inside, there were many mermaids and skeletons of unknown origin, resembling those of humans.

“What is this…”

Whether she was surprised or not, Ian didn’t care.

He was just skillfully walking inside the ship.

Was it because there was no engine?

Some doors could not be opened.

He forcibly opened some, and accessed the system to open others, and when he arrived at the captain’s room, Ian burst into laughter.

“Haha. I didn’t expect this to be here.”

As he laughed happily, Kirke said calmly.

‘I have to fix it. That is worth the effort.’