Episode 698: The sound of the beating heart.
The unique fishy smell of the sea and the hot wind blowing from the rising water temperature.
All the poisons that Smilecap had sprayed and the putrid odor of the monsters that had dissolved into it were unpleasant.
Not to mention the sea fog they created.
-Seuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
The fog approaches slowly and leisurely.
The blinking streetlights along the village roads slowly turn off.
I also waited for the coming darkness.
In a town where people don’t seem to be popular, the windows are tightly closed and nailed to the boards.
Red and white paper decorations put up by those who hoped that this flooding would end safely.
Some households dug up the dirt and planted stone dolls.
“It’s something I saw back then.”
The abandoned islands I saw when I first landed here.
It is similar in shape to the stone doll found there.
Raising your hands above your head or lying down on the floor.
Am I doing a favor to the entity causing the flooding?
Or are you praying to be able to protect your family and property?
-Phew.
The fog that had come so close passed me by.
There was no particular resistance.
just.
[Poison Resistance (SSS) Lv.3]
[Curse Resistance (SSS) Lv.2]
[Dark Resistance (SSS) Lv.5]
[Disease Resistance (SSS) Lv.2]
It just spits out the nasty things it holds inside.
Even though they are crude, the buildings that were standing upright are distorted by the smoke.
It showed off a heavy presence as if the dark sky had descended to the floor.
-Kidik. Kagak.
There was a noise of something hard hitting.
The direction is not clear.
An unpleasant humming sound can also be heard periodically, as if the fog is acting as a whip.
If you listen to something that touches your nerves weakly but consistently for a long time, you might become depressed.
“It’s the perfect place to get mentally ill.”
“Yes.”
I relaxed my body lightly.
Sea fog is a sign of flooding.
You can’t see it from here, but the outskirts of the island are probably submerged in the sea.
What I have to do is simple.
Moderately reduce the number of monsters entering the sinking island.
If the island is about to be submerged, they move to another location and kill again.
Such a simple and repetitive task.
This is something that other high-level hunters can also do.
Ordinary monsters pose no threat to climbers who climb here.
Nevertheless, Smilecap hoped that only proven people would come forward.
There must have been a reason.
“We have to find out about that now.”
The chaos sword was raised upward.
I couldn’t hear any sound, but I felt something sharp.
-Suddenly.
A sword that draws a large half moon.
A sea monster that falls from the sky is split in half.
“Keaaaaaaa!”
This guy is jumping around even though he is split in two and his internal organs are spilling out.
It looks like a large marlin, but I don’t have any information about it.
Marine monsters have not been studied much due to their special characteristics.
If one thing is clear:
“Wow, it smells fishy.”
It gives off a fishy smell so bad that it’s hard to bear.
He grabbed his nose and stepped back.
It’s okay though.
Because your sense of smell is so sensitive, you get tired quickly.
It will get better over time.
“What kind of fish is falling from above?”
Did you even jump out of the sea?
Or something like being caught in a tornado and flying up.
“Whether it falls from the sky or rises from the ground, it’s enough to cut it.”
Starting with the monster, sea monsters begin to fall from the air.
Low-grade meat may end up as minced meat.
-Persuk.
Dead bodies fell from the beginning.
His body was swollen with gas, as if he died unable to overcome the poison.
Additionally, the smell was extremely unpleasant.
“Koooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!”
“There was also a sea buffalo.”
A marine monster with front legs.
It is a monster the size of a house that lunges at you and pierces its horns.
It was boring to only deal with fish, but it worked out well.
-Kwajajajajajajag!
I swung the chaos sword without stopping.
Since there are a lot of big guys, you have to give them some strength.
As a result.
-Patter.
The half-exploded ones fell into fragments.
It’s so uncomfortable.
Because being covered in the blood and flesh of a monster is not a pleasant experience.
“Kihaaaaaak!”
“Krrrrr!”
Those who fell on the other side are coming this way.
Objects with developed fins, like serpents, crawl.
Things like sharks flap their bodies and rush at you.
It’s ridiculous.
“They don’t have much when they come up on land.”
He can’t even control his body properly and he’s clashing his teeth as if he’s going to bite me.
[Geomgang]
-Chaaaaaa!
Cut them down without hesitation.
[Aurora Beam (SSS) Lv.4]
The one far away was pierced with an Aurora beam.
The guy falls down with a huge hole in his stomach.
Poseok.
“damn.”
Pieces of flesh that flew into the helmet fall down.
He furrowed his brows and stretched out his hand toward the pieces of corpses scattered in all directions.
[Fire Bomb (SSS) Lv.9]
[Skill level up!]
[Fire Bomb (SSS) Lv.10]
Wouldn’t the bad smell decrease if you burn it?
That was my thought.
-Quaaaaaaaaa!
“K-hab!”
As soon as the flames rose, explosions occurred nearby.
The sudden explosion shook my body for a moment.
‘gas.’
I soon found the cause.
Monster corpses falling from the sky.
The gas that comes out there is heating.
If it catches fire, it explodes together.
Besides that.
[Poison Resistance (SSS) Lv.3]
[Skill Level Up!]
[Poison Resistance (SSS) Lv.4]
[Disease Resistance (SSS) Lv.2]
[Skill Level Up!]
[Disease Resistance (SSS) Lv. 3]
The toxic gas is becoming stronger.
“It’s been a while since I felt sick.”
I spat out the spit that had accumulated in my mouth.
My vision blurs with motion sickness.
That alone is annoying.
“Kaduk. Lots of cards.”
“Kiddeuk.”
A flock of crabs appeared.
It’s not a normal crab.
“It’s a dead body.”
A monster that lives by eating corpses.
Each one is nothing special, but they are large-scale monsters that move in at least several thousand units.
For your information, the corpses they eat include those they made themselves.
The smell of blood and fishy smell was strong, so they were the first to come.
This is especially true since they roam around on land as well.
That those guys caught my eye.
-Sneaking. Crack!
-Kagak. Carded.
This means that they have already taken over the entire area.
A crab shows its face among the marine monsters with their mouths wide open and their eyes wide open.
The one that burrows into the mouth and maw, tearing and gnawing at the flesh.
A guy dragging his body with entrails tangled in it.
Even the one that clung to the fin of a not-dead monster in an attempt to eat it somehow.
-Kidididik.
The eyes of those who were constantly chopping up dead sea monsters and stuffing them into their mouths turned to me.
There is no emotion in the inorganic eyes.
Only something blindly remains and runs forward.
-Tididdik!
-Kidik. Tidididik!
A noise as if one were frantically hitting the table with metal chopsticks.
Those who climb on top of the one ahead, twisting their legs and twisting arbitrarily, approach in waves.
Is this what it feels like when dozens of ants roll a piece of crushed candy?
“ha.”
What should I do with those?
After thinking about it, I just lay down on the floor.
They’re like a swarm of locusts in the sea, so they don’t leave anything behind as they pass by.
You’re not going to chew me up too, are you?
I just let them get excited and cling to me.
-Wow. Crack.
They weigh about 1kg at most, but they become heavier as time goes by.
Even though they are crushed under each other’s weight, they do not stop.
These guys keep grabbing the relatively thin and soft tip of the nose and ears with their claws.
I waited a long time, feeling a tickling yet goosebumps sensation.
[Electric Shock (SS) Lv.7]
[Electric Shock (SS) Lv.7]
[Skill level up!]
[Electric Shock (SS) Lv.8]
– Hold on!
“Kigegegegeung!”
“Kagagagagak!”
The electric shock was poured out without hesitation.
Lightning spreads out in all directions.
The dark space flashes for an instant and comes to life with a spark.
The tangled bastards are fried as one.
As if in a fit of convulsions, he stood up, stomping on the 4 pairs of legs and claws that were struggling.
-Good night.
As I was shaking off the flesh stuck to my sword, the water had already filled up to the main road.
Did this much water rise during the fight?
I turned on the communication artifact in my ear.
“The water at point A is rising. “I’ll move to the next island.”
-okay. There’s water here too.
-This guy stinks! I’m going too!
-I’m on the move too! It fills up a bit quickly here.
Since it’s the same island, the members’ situations don’t seem to be much different.
There is no need to be more greedy.
-Tidik. Tidididik.
Even though a significant number of people have been killed, the strange sounds do not stop.
There isn’t a single live crab in my field of vision.
I frowned unconsciously at the irregular friction sound.
“I can’t believe I have to do this for days. “It’s already disgusting.”
“Yeah.”
-Paang!
I kicked my feet nervously and ran along the road.
You have to run for 2 hours to get to the next island.
There is a temporary bridge, so I plan to go there before it is locked.
-Tick. Tidik.
-Guoooooo.
The sound of a boat horn rang out, covering the nerve-wracking sound of metal.
Hearing the new noise, I looked back at the village, but all I could see was thick fog and the village shaking within it.
How many?
It seemed like the lights were on in the building, but when I blinked, all that remained was darkness.
Fog covered the sky.
A stain-like shape passes through them.
A smiling whale?
I think I saw something that made no sense.
– Slurp. Clap.
Even at this moment, when I couldn’t believe my eyes and was running, rotten fish was falling from the sky like rain.
* * *
“Whoa.”
Ijikiil exhaled a long puff of smoke.
“Knocking smog. Damn Iceland. “I want a Big Mac.”
It was easy to quit smoking while climbing the tower, but I couldn’t do that now.
Without even that, it would have been difficult to survive here.
The battle has been going on for several days on an island full of fog.
Meanwhile, strange and strange things continued to happen.
In the village where everyone had left, a human figure appeared in the window and then disappeared.
Even though I closed my eyes briefly to rest, I could see the sky clearly.
It was common for an intangible being to blow wind in your ears and wake you up.
-Ha ha ha ha ha!
Although I couldn’t hear anything, the sound of laughter shook my head.
As he rose to the rank of superhuman, his stamina was not reduced for most tasks, but that was not the case on an island covered in fog.
Maybe it was mental fatigue.
Is it because I couldn’t sleep due to severe insomnia?
No way.
“He didn’t sleep for a week and even fought.”
Not being able to sleep for a few days is nothing.
It’s obviously humid and hot enough for steam to form on the tip of my nose, but the goosebumps on my back won’t go away.
“Bread, are you okay there? Hey bro?”
I also lost contact with the Big Star guild members I was moving with.
An unknown force seemed to be blocking their communication.
Either that or dead.
I tried not to think of the latter.
The first monster has not yet appeared.
There was no way that Brad would have been defeated by a normal grade monster.
Did something happen?
Maybe he was just taking a break.
“I should have brought the British guys. They’re used to the fog.”
Ijikiil laughed and stepped on the butt, then raised his body that was leaning against the wall.
There was something swaying in the distance.
Is it a deep sea angler fish?
Ijikiil walked towards the faintly scattered blue light.
-Guoooooo.
With the sound of the boat horn, the fog engulfed him.
