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It was known that the self-destruct device in this fortress had been dismantled. But that wasn’t the case.
Sheikh was cunning and meticulous, thinking of a last resort.
A way to die together when he couldn’t do anything with his own power.
“Hahahaha, the Orca Lord cherishes you a lot, doesn’t he? Let’s die together!”
Hateful Orcas, if it weren’t for you, the ruler of the sea would have been us.
The fertile land would have been ours……!
His failure will soon be taken over by another shark, and someday, his descendants will succeed.
Bang!
Amidst the explosion, Sheikh smirked.
“What is this crazy bastard saying?”
And with a thud, he was attacked on the ship and lost consciousness.
Sheikh didn’t die but fainted.
No, this guy had too many sins to die so comfortably.
Calypso looked at the cracking ceiling and chuckled.
“Wow……. I took a hit?”
The current situation was something even Calypso hadn’t anticipated.
However, Calypso wasn’t flustered.
Even if the sky falls, there’s always a way out. Here, it’s closer to a prayer than a hole.
Calypso grabbed Linnaeus, her last lifeline, and broke it with force.
“If you don’t activate, I’ll die.”
Ah, of course, breaking it wasn’t intentional.
“If you don’t activate here, know that even you, who’s been around for a thousand years, will turn to dust.”
It just broke as she got angry.
The flowing blue light embraced her.
Ha, Calypso laughed.
“Wow, am I really an incredibly lucky human in this life?”
Her dad and brothers became family. She took over Duke Dragon, who was also a victim.
Her subordinate found her memories and retrieved Linnaeus.
And now.
“This seductive gem.”
She regained her lost power.
“Now, transform and combine. You damn gem.”
* * *
“An explosion? This is unexpected!”
The person getting angry in front of the burning fortress was none other than Atlante.
He tried to cover the flames in front of the fortress with the power of water, but he couldn’t reach the inside, no matter what he did.
Not only Atlante but everyone was in a serious or dazed state.
Clearly, the self-destruct device had disappeared from that fortress. It was information that had been checked several times.
Most of those who entered the fortress came out safely.
Only one person. Only Calypso, who went deep inside, couldn’t come out.
Hauser’s expression, who had been unjustly trapped under Calypso’s orders and rescued them safely, was fiercely hardened.
“Calypso is alive.”
Whale muttered quietly, clenching his teeth.
“……If she’s just alive, I can heal her.”
Whale clenched his fist and muttered.
“I don’t care if she dies.”
It was a low voice, but it was enough for all the executives, who were currently sensitive, to hear.
Where the gaze gathered, there stood a shockingly beautiful man with blue hair.
“I’ll find a way to bring her back from death, no matter what.”
Atlante, who was watching, felt goosebumps rising on the back of his neck. It wouldn’t be just him who felt this way.
“She won’t die.”
Anyone who knew that Duke Dragon handled ‘time’ would have felt similar emotions.
“Y, yeah. What kind of person is the Lord? She won’t die easily…….”
Atlante calmed down on his own.
Anyway, what were they doing now when they should be putting out the remaining fire and searching…….
He had run over, surprised by the explosion, ignoring Duke Dragon’s escort. He was out of his mind.
“Hey, bro, put out the fire quickly. With my and your water power, even the fire inside the fortress…….”
“We won’t have to do that.”
“What?”
Bellus stared intently at one place without answering.
At that moment, an explosive stream of water erupted from the collapsing fortress.
Atlante frowned slightly.
The waterfall-like stream was dazzling as it reflected the light.
‘That is…….’
The color of the water was visible in his barely opened eyes.
From the deepest blue to the light sky blue that resembled the sky.
As far as Atlante knew, only one person possessed such a mysterious water color.
“……Calypso.”
Yes, the lord and sister he followed.
It is her water power.
And someone coughed and walked out from the wreckage of the fortress that had been torn apart.
It was Calypso, who had a large figure slung over her shoulder like luggage.
The person in question was covered in black ash.
The sight of dozens of blue streams of water rippling around her was as mysterious as a god who had just jumped out of the sea.
“Wow, it’s been a while since I used my power, and my shoulders are stiff.”
Thud. Calypso threw the man she had been carrying on the floor.
While most of the executives were stunned, Calypso looked around and swept back her hair.
Soon, a cool smile poured out.
“I’m back.”
* * *
What, why are the reactions like this?
Everyone’s stunned.
I shrugged my shoulders.
‘Well, it’s understandable that they’re surprised since I finally awakened after not being able to use my water power for a while.’
I decided to understand with a generous heart.
“Hey, it’s not the time to be stunned, everyone.”
Snap out of it. When I shook my hands, water splashed on the faces of Bellus, Atlante, and even Levi and Hauser, who were staring blankly. And Whale.
I couldn’t do it to Duke Dragon.
……Something about that face, it felt like it shouldn’t get wet.
“I understand that you’re surprised to see this amazing body, but it’s not over yet.”
“What does that mean?”
“No, I don’t know why you’re here when I ordered you to escort me, second [referring to Atlante, her second-in-command].”
“…….”
“There are a lot of shark beastmen collapsed where I came out. They’re all executives. Capture them.”
“……Then who is the guy you brought here directly?”
Levi, who regained his senses the fastest, asked.
“Brigade commander.”
I frowned and answered.
‘I definitely knocked out the commander named Sheikh in one blow right after the explosion, but…’
I felt someone’s presence, but it disappeared in an instant.
This is because a guy with related skills used a trick.
I guess the leader of the shark guys, who had been wriggling around like loaches, wouldn’t have prepared a way out for himself.
‘He wasn’t such a meticulous guy in the previous rounds.’
Is this also because he joined hands with the Crown Prince?
I quickly explained the situation.
“Their commander can’t have gone far. Catch him quickly. We have to catch him to end this.”
There was no time to delay any longer. The shark guys’ commander will be caught and punished here.
He must pay the price for his sins sufficiently.
“C, Calypso-nim!”
And not long after, an Orca knight ran over in a hurry.
And among the knights, the face of the shark commander ‘Sheikh’ appeared, unconscious.
“What is it?”
I, who was searching with the power of water, quietly withdrew my power.
It was definitely Sheikh, that guy.
And someone was holding a sharp blade like scissors to the neck of the unconscious guy.
“T, this person said he must see Calypso-nim……!”
“To be exact, he said he wanted to meet the leader of this group.”
A leisurely, relaxed, and even gentle voice was heard.
“Are you that person?”
I froze stiffly.
Because it was such a familiar voice.
When I slowly shifted my gaze, I saw a man holding Sheikh’s large body and a woman next to him holding a blade to Sheikh’s neck.
A slender figure, a delicate figure of a woman who looked to be in her early thirties.
The neatly cut hair fluttered and swayed.
I moved my lips.
“……Caesar?”
At my words, the woman tilted her head as if a little surprised.
In a languid pose, the woman was holding something like a pipe in the hand that wasn’t holding the blade.
“How strange. Do you know me?”
Caesar. In the 3rd round, she was the teacher who taught me the power of water.