Chapter 171: Kraken

We were in Zach's office to get our task, there were me, my bonds, Draven and Stella in the room.

"You enjoyed your break?" Zach asked "Cuz you look really happy unlike your usual appearance of a confident smirk plastered on your face"

"Oh he definitely enjoyed it" Damon answered

"Yeah, we've heard, gotten himself a girlfriend, real happy for you" Draven said

"You should find one yourself" Zach advised "You're old too, you know. Look at how happy Perseus is, you should enjoy life more, you work too much, maybe Rex would be a good companion for you, you 2 get along well"

"I'll try, boss. But if anyone is going to be my partner, that bastard would be on the bottom of the list" Draven replied "I'd rather spend a lonely life than even see his face"

"Well what's my task?"

"Draven have reported to me on the other day, it's 'them'. They've made their move" Zach answered "And if 'that' is summoned, it would disrupt our trade route"

"So, I just have to kill them right?"

"Yes, of course, but be careful since one of their executive's right hand man will also be participating" Zach warned "He might be only a dark grey core, but don't underestimate him, his mana capacity is large, slowing down his core evolution speed. As always, Stella will be with you to make sure you complete it, but she can't interfere unless absolutely necessary"

"Gotcha, where will I be fighting? And can I have the file about my opponent?"

"The ocean that separate Loken and our continent, the blue ocean, I'll give you the file later" Zach answered "You'll have to fight them on ships, they're summoning one of 'it' there"

"That is such a lazy name, the blue sea, like there are millions of names out there, I know my naming sense is terrible, but even by my standards, this is just lazy"

"We know" Zach nodded "But also the 10 kingdoms have already noticed the strange movements and will being sending in their own guardians to investigate, the twins have some spies among the crew to help you in case anything happens, but Stella will be in charge of that if it happens, you just have to kill them and the summon while she take care of the guardians"

"Sweet, a tiring job"

"Yes, it would be easy if that's all you have to defeat, let them finish the summoning and then kill them, you also need to kill the summon afterwards, I'm sure you know what I want you to get from it" Zach smiled

"See, just tiring and takes a long time since it can only be defeated at day time"

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"When will I be able to call your girlfriend my sister-in-law?" Stella asked

"We're not siblings, you can literally detect lies"

"Now, now, you're just stubborn" she patted my head like a child despite being shorter than me

"When we're engaged" I just sigh and giving up on this whole thing "You're going to have to wait a few more years though"

"I will keep that in mind" she nodded

"Though I'm surprised that you know how to operate a ship, Jake"

"Hahaha" Jake laughed from the helm of the ship "I used to be a sailor before I work as a holy knight, this is natural for me"

I got Perun on the mast and Jake on the helm. On the ship apart from them was me, my bonds, Stella and a few more of my underlings. Terra had to stay behind due to fighting on the water would put her at a huge disadvantage.

"Well then, Bora, give us more wind, we need to be quick to arrive at our destination"

We raised the sails as wind started to push us in the direction we needed. It's supposed a 1 day journey till we arrive at our destination.

*****

We stopped our ship since where the summoning ritual would take place near a giant whirlpool, so we parked our ship far enough to not get sucked in. I then used my eyes, I can detect them from their life forces even though they were on the opposite side of the whirlpool.

"2 ships and based on how spaced out they are, the ships are much larger than ours, I can detect that the enchantments and runes on the ships, they're able to withstand S-rank attacks or higher. 77 people, that's more than triple our numbers, but in terms of quality and strength, we won't lose when we fight, I can sense mana being used, and from the looks it, it should be done by tonight, meaning that after we kill the crew, we'll have to hold it down till the morning "

"Your eye's are really useful, even I can't detect that far, you should've been on the mast instead " Stella said "It seems that you'll have to do your job"

Then one of my underlings approached me.

"Boss, one of our informants have reported that the 10 guardians have sent out their guardians and will arrive in 1 day time," he reported "They should arrive at about 3 a.m. in the earliest. Their numbers are 63, the elites and are separated into 3 ships"

"Stella, you can handle all of them on your own right?"

"Of course, I can rid of them while even sparing the ones who you want me to spare" she nodded "And besides, Parker is here with me, I won't be alone"

"Jake, you rest for today, apart from Stella, I'll be leaving 5 of them with you to guard the ship, the rest of us will kill them after they summon that stupid kraken"

*****

It's night time, the ritual is about to finish as the whirl pool is starting to glow brightly and it keeps getting brighter by the second.

"Yep, the mana starts to feel peculiar now, it's almost time, prepare your weapons. Me, Ace and Siege will take care of their crew while the rest of you hold the kraken down till morning"

Perun then float down from the mast.

"We're still fighting it at its home ground, we'll be at a disadvantage" Perun pointed out

"Don't worry, I got help" I said as my nexus started to glow brightly "Water is her home ground too"

*****

3rd person view

At Neelofar, the waters were agitated as currents was flowing stronger than usual. Fishes were also floating away from the area. Beneath the depths, despite being underwater, a roar was heard

"You heard that?" Cordelia asked

"Yes, I did, milady" her maid answered "It sounded similar to when our guardian attacked us a few years ago"

The guardian of Neelofar has sensed that Perseus needed her favor as she felt him injecting mana into the nexus she gave him, she was going towards his direction at amazing speed.