Black Killer Whale Baby [EN]: Chapter 225

225

-30 minutes prior.

‘Kasari,’ the final base where the leader commanding the sharks resided, was filled with loud voices.

“Damn it, you’re saying all the bases have been destroyed!”

Shek, a great white shark beastman, was the leader of the sharks.

“Can’t you see the state of our guys?”

Beside the room, shark beastmen stood at attention or hung their heads low.

Every single one of them was a mess.

“How long do we have to stay like this? Tell me!”

And in front of Shek, who was raging,

stood a man in extravagant attire.

Moreover, there were not one, but three others dressed in similarly flamboyant clothes alongside him.

The most lavishly dressed among them, a man wearing a large feathered hat, spoke leisurely.

“We are merely following orders.”

“So, how long do we have to endure like this?!”

Regardless of Shek’s outburst, the one who answered calmly was the head of the peacock family, Count Peacock.

“Oh dear, I wouldn’t know. We are just following His Highness the Crown Prince’s orders…”

“…”

“His Highness simply told us to hide your fortress here, so we have no choice but to comply, wouldn’t you agree?”

Shek gritted his teeth.

He felt contempt from the peacock leader, who spoke smugly.

‘To think I’m being looked down on by a bird!’

He wanted to chew him up with his sharp teeth right away.

But, like it or not, they were receiving help.

He had no choice but to tolerate that damn land animal who wouldn’t even make a mouthful.

It was his fault. No, it was his karma.

His hatred for orcas was so great and deep that he had allied himself with the imperial family, who despised and scorned them.

‘If only our sharks had a little more power…!’

What exactly were the sharks lacking?

Shek, who firmly believed that sharks were the strongest among aquatic beastmen, gnashed his teeth.

That damn water power was the only thing that separated the orcas from them.

If they didn’t have that power…

‘Why the hell isn’t the Crown Prince’s messenger here yet!’

The Crown Prince had said he would send a messenger.

But soon after, the news came that the last fortress, except for this base, had been destroyed.

It was that b*tch again. Calypso Aquaciadel, who had been blowing up shark bases for the past few years!

It was also that b*tch who removed the self-destruct device from this base!

“Haa, alright. That’s beside the point, but why are you here? Weren’t you supposed to be guarding some illusion barrier?”

“Hmph, I was about to leave. I only came to grace you with my presence because you were being so insistent. And to take a break as well.”

Count Peacock was confident in their specialty, illusion barriers.

They created illusions that not only deceived the eyes but completely fooled the senses.

It was as believable as a mirage in the desert.

And the way to break it was…

‘Only the imperial family and us know.’

He had come secretly under the Crown Prince’s orders, but he didn’t want to get involved in the affairs of aquatic animals.

It was filthy.

‘Well, maybe those who have beaten us would know? Heh heh.’

Since it was a barrier that had never failed, wouldn’t they continue to fail even with the current orca leader’s eldest son there?

Just as the Count was about to turn around, having teased the unsightly shark leader, he froze.

The first to notice the strangeness was Shek.

“What is it? Hey, Count Peacock. What are you doing? You look completely pale. Aren’t you going back?”

“…The core.”

The Count barely managed to speak, his face white as a sheet.

“The core of the first barrier has been destroyed!”

He was so flustered that he even dropped the honorifics he usually used.

“What?”

Before Shek could ask for more details, the ground rumbled.

There was no need to ask further.

“L-Leader, Leader! Leader!!”

Soon after, a subordinate rushed to Shek and reported the situation.

The peacocks’ barriers were layered. Illusions overlapped to create a perfect illusion.

Only the peacocks or the imperial family knew this.

But for some reason, those who were breaking the peacocks’ illusion barriers had appeared.

They acted as if they knew this layered structure well.

Furthermore, they seemed to know exactly how each differently constructed layer was composed and how to destroy it.

The barriers were being destroyed rapidly!

It was happening so fast that Count Peacock, the head of the peacocks, couldn’t even intervene.

‘H-How could this be…!’

For a moment, the Crown Prince’s voice flashed through the Count’s mind.

“Count, no matter what happens there, do not panic.”

If he had known that ‘whatever happens’ meant that their family’s hereditary specialty would be broken for the first time,

he would not have come here!

The peacocks turned pale.

“Ah, and one more thing. If you are caught, I will dismiss you as those who have allied with wicked villains.”

“…”

“I trust you understand what I mean.”

That meant that the imperial family would deny any connection with them the moment they were exposed.

Nevertheless, it was he who had chosen to come, fearing threats and blinded by rewards.

The Count hurriedly went outside to save at least his family members.

But what greeted them were beastmen tangled together.

“Damn it, the weak bird should fall back!”

This place was the innermost part of the fortress where the shark leader was, the safest center.

How could they have gotten here so quickly…?

“Y-You called me a bird!”

“Do you expect me to stand on ceremony at a time like this? Get lost if you don’t want to get stabbed and die in a fit of anger!”

Count Peacock, pushed back by Shek’s hand, staggered to his feet with a dumbfounded expression.

‘Fire…!’

He could see a fire in the distance.

It looked ominous. He had to save himself first.

He ran away in a hurry, not even realizing that his stylish attire was ruined and made him look like a clown.

Shek gnashed his teeth and gripped his sword tightly.

Shek’s sword was modeled after a shark’s tooth, a weapon closer to a saw than a sword.

‘Damn it, that b*tch is definitely…’

Surprisingly, the person who appeared here was a single woman.

However, Shek was sweating despite being with numerous subordinates.

He could instinctively tell.

He couldn’t win.

“Hello? Long time no see.”

The woman grinned.

“No, you wouldn’t remember, so it wouldn’t be a long time.”

The way she grinned and swaggered around like a slightly crazy person matched the reports from the subordinates who had barely survived in other bases.

The madwoman of the wasteland, Calypso Aquaciadel.

“Leader, please escape from here quickly.”

The one who approached and whispered was the vice-captain of this fortress.

He was also Shek’s most trusted subordinate.

“Me and the lower ranks… We will buy you time.”

“Wow, how touching.”

Calypso’s voice suddenly cut in.

“You guys, who have killed countless innocent people, have loyalty. It’s so ironic every time I see it.”

Shek watched Calypso move her neck from side to side and sensed it.

No one could survive here.

If so…

“What are you doing? Attack!”

“Wow, is the leader running away?”

Waaaaaa! The sharks, gnashing their teeth and muttering harsh words and curses, rushed in, wielding their weapons.

Calypso easily dodged and knocked down the closest one with ease.

In the very brief gap that the subordinates had created, Shek hurriedly ran to his desk and opened the floor.

Then, he firmly grabbed the handle.

“…Everyone, thank you for everything!”

“Leader, the sharks will prevail!”

“For the glory of the sharks!”

“Damn orca bastards!!”

Just as Calypso raised one eyebrow, Shek yanked the handle.