Chapter 501 - Back to the Trench
Chapter 501: Back to the Trench
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
“The Duons… I think I saw them somewhere before,” said Keely. She continued after receiving a puzzled glance from Angor, “When you took me away from the Dugon settlement, I saw something hanging on the neck of that octopus. It looks like a Duon to me. But it’s too dark to see clearly… I think he got a fishtail while the rest of him is all human.”
A Duon was with the monster? Angor pondered. He was too focused on escaping, so he didn’t have time to look back.
“Are you sure about it?”
If what Keely said was correct, they might need to go back and face the octopus again. It was like diving back into a deadly trap from which they just barely escaped. Neither of them was sure it was a good choice.
Keely nodded firmly. “Suppose there are no real mermaids living here, and there is no mermaid that came here among us as a participant, I’m almost sure what I saw is a Duon.”
Angor tried to remember, but he didn’t remember seeing anyone that looked like a Duon in the crowds when he was waiting outside the garden. This meant Keely was probably right about her idea.
“Alright.” Angor quickly decided and said, “I’ll go and check. I don’t think we’ll have another chance to find a Duon later.”
A great number of embers had surrounded the octopus, which made the whole sight look as if a mountain forest had caught fire.
Taking the chance, Angor activated Infinite Reticence, ejected his soul, and quickly headed to the monster’s neck.
The monster’s tentacles would either turn to ice or shatter to pieces upon touching Keely’s embers, and it seemed that the damage was irreversible. The creature was howling in pain as it lost many of its limbs.
After learning the lesson, the octopus began creating more water currents to send the embers away instead of confronting them.
When it felt safe enough, the monster suddenly released a strange frequency, and thereafter, many green, glowing dots appeared around the battlefield.
Over a hundred reptilian sea monsters just arrived.
Angor saw what was going on and realized that the octopus was controlling the sea monsters. This would explain why the octopus always managed to find them when a reptile was killed.
Some of the reptiles went to bother Keely, while the rest of them moved to Angor’s position.
Angor thought he was safe under the effect of Infinite Reticence. However, the octopus soon discovered the abnormal water currents created by Angor’s movement and ordered the reptiles to catch him.
Angor saw what was coming in time and bolted away from their enclosing circle. When he saw the trail of bubbles that he left behind, he quickly realized how he was discovered by them.
Of course, sea creatures were all sensitive to the flow of water. They could easily sense where he was even if he didn’t move too much.
And since his stealth tactic wasn’t working, Angor simply shot himself toward his target without bothering to hide. He believed that the reptiles wouldn’t be able to catch up with his gravity-enhanced speed.