Chapter 192

-Dare I say my ah. Kkkk!
Deren was about to say something when he was hit with a punch, and he let out a groan of pain, twisting violently. Ming Hu clung tightly to Deren’s torso as he staggered, just in case he fell, and continued to punch him.
Puck! Puck! Puck!
-Billion!
Deren continued to moan in pain, but as a boss monster, it showed no signs of dying. Ming Hu thought as he looked at Deren.
‘If only I had a weapon. I’d have taken care of it in no time.
The lack of weapons was a huge disappointment.
-Print. Wait! Cackle! Human! Wait!
Deren, still moaning in pain, cried out, but Ming Hu didn’t stop punching.
“A pool of blood!”
In fact, he even used his skill to attack Deren.
-Kaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Deren groaned in pain at Ming Hu’s punch, and when a pool of blood appeared, he let out a groan of agony louder than he had ever heard before.
Flash!
At the same time, Deren’s body was bathed in white light, and he disappeared.
“Huh? Huh?”
Clinging to Deren’s body, Ming Hu couldn’t help but panic as Deren’s body disappeared. Ming Hu slowly began to fall to the ground. Being underwater, the fall was very slow. No, it couldn’t even be called a fall.
Jaw
Soon enough, Ming Hu reached the real land and quickly looked around. Deren was gone, but no kill message appeared. Deren wasn’t dead yet.
“There it is!
Sure enough, there was a blue-haired man in the distance, staring back at him. There could be no other human here, and as Deren disappeared, the man appeared. It was Deren, he realized.
“Are you… human?”
Just then, Deren asked. At Deren’s question, Ming Hu smiled and walked over to Deren.
“Human.”
“Now, wait! Stop!”
Deren shouted in panic as Ming Hu approached, but Ming Hu had no intention of stopping walking at Deren’s shout. He had to close the distance as quickly as possible.
“I said stop!”
Deren took a step closer to Ming Hu and then a step back. When the distance didn’t decrease, Ming Hu frowned and stopped walking.
“We can finally have a conversation.”
Deren stopped walking as Ming Hu stopped walking and smiled at him. At Deren’s words, Ming Hu looked at Deren, still frowning, and thought.
“Is that a monster? If it’s a monster, I’m going to fight it, even if it kills me, and it’s a dragon? Don’t dragons have egos?
Normally, in this situation, he would have run away and Derren would have to chase him.
“Are you a real human?”
“Uh, yeah, right, but why are you running away?”
“Why are you coming to me?”
“That’s…”
Ming Hu was about to say, “To kill, of course,” when Deren asked, but he trailed off. Somehow, he felt like he shouldn’t say this.
“No, you don’t want to kill me, you wanted to kill me.”
It was clearly telling him that he was feeling angry and murderous.
“Well, that was then.”
“What?”
Deren’s next words made Ming Hu feel uneasy for a moment, and as if he knew how she felt, Deren opened her mouth to speak.
“You seem to be trying to kill me, so why are you trying to kill me?”
At Deren’s question, Ming Hu pondered what to say.
“You look like you’re about to jump… tell me the truth?
No matter what he said, Deren would run away, not fight. Torn, Ming Hu decided to tell the truth and negotiate, so he opened his mouth to speak.
“There were people who came here to collect coral and went missing, and I came to investigate why they went missing, and the seahorses were trying to kill me, and I thought, these are the ones…”
“So that’s why.”
Deren nodded as he listened to Ming Hu’s words, interrupting him. Then he looked at Ming Hu and said, “I’m sorry.
“But…”
Deren continued, looking quite displeased.
“You’re misunderstanding.”
“Misunderstanding?”
“Yes.”
Deren’s words left Ming Hu puzzled.
“I and my children have nothing to do with the disappearance of the humans you speak of.”
“…?”
“The disappearance of the humans you speak of was done by someone else. Not me or my children.”
“What, it’s not her?
All this time, I thought it was Deren’s doing. No, I was sure of it, but when I listened to Deren, I realized it wasn’t him. There was a monster other than Deren.
“No, she could be lying.
But it wasn’t clear that there were other monsters, either. Deren could have been lying.
“Then who is he?”
“The Paraden race.”
“Faraden race?
The Paraden race? I’ve never heard of them before. Hearing Deren’s words, Ming Hu could only shake his head. Reading his expression, Deren opened his mouth again and spoke.
“Oh, you humans call it the Kraken.”
Ming Hu was a little surprised to hear Deren’s words.
“Kraken?”
“Yes, it is. One of them migrated here some time ago. The disappearance of the humans you speak of was her doing, not mine.”
That was the moment. As Deren finished speaking, a message popped up.
[Quest ‘The Mystery of the Rumor’ has been updated to ‘The Truth of the Rumor’].
After seeing the message, Ming Hu quickly opened the quest window to check the quest.
<The truth behind the myths
The water dragon Deryn is not to blame for the disappearance of those who traveled to the coast of Vedrin to gather coral. Inform Viscount Samon of this, or slay the kraken!
Difficulty Level: A
Quest Reward: 1. Notify Viscount Samon: 20 Top Quality Red Coral
2. kill a Kraken: 20 million Helioca Merit
As the message said, the identity of the rumor had been updated to the truth of the rumor. Ming Hu read the quest and smiled at the reward.
"You're giving me 20 million merit badges?
If you report to Viscount Samon right now that a kraken has appeared, you will be rewarded with 20 of the finest red coral. However, if you killed the Kraken before reporting it, you would be rewarded with 20 million non-coral Merit Points.
"Of course I'm going to get it!
Deciding to capture the kraken, Ming Hu looked at Deren and opened his mouth to ask where the kraken was.
"He…"
But as soon as he opened his mouth, Ming Hu was forced to shut up by an additional message.
[User 'sharpshooter' has destroyed the third inhibitory orb].
[Twenty-five days from now, Agranecto, the Demon of Death, will descend upon the continent].
"…25 days?
In less than a day, the 60-day timeframe was cut in half.
"Isn't it going to be shorter?
The message seemed to indicate that the time was shortened each time an Inhibitor Ball was destroyed. So far, three Inhibitor Orbs had been destroyed, but there was a chance that three wasn't the end of the story, which meant that the 25 days could be shortened even further, and I needed to defeat the Kraken before that happened.
"Where is he?"
"You mean the Kraken?"
"Yes, she is."
Deren opened his mouth in disbelief at Myung Hu's words.
"Are you trying to kill the Kraken?"
"Uh."
"Human, no matter how strong you are, his defenses and resilience are beyond my control. In the first place…"
That was the moment.
κ³΅μ…
Deren stopped talking and frowned at the sound. He turned his head and looked to his left.
"…?
Ming Hu, puzzled by Deren's reaction, turned his head to look where Deren was looking. A monster half squid and half octopus of gigantic size was approaching.
"…Kraken?
Judging by its enormous size and half-squid, half-octopus appearance, it was definitely the kraken Deren was talking about.
"How dare you squid…"
Ming Hu turned his head again at the sound of Deren's voice and looked at her.
"What's going on? Why are you looking so…
Just a moment ago, Derren had worn an expression of utter indifference as he spoke of the Kraken, but now, unlike Darla, he was looking at it with a very angry expression on his face.
Kung…
-Deren.
The kraken then stopped moving and said, "I'm done. Deren looked at the Kraken, which had stopped moving.
"Do you want to die?"
Siaak
At the same time, Deren's body glowed, and he reverted to the form of the giant dragon we had first seen.
"What is this…
Ming Hu looked back and forth between Kraken and Deren at the suddenness of the situation.
-Crackle, don't you realize that you can't kill me with your powers?
Kraken said, looking at Derren, who had returned to his true form.
-Hung.
Deren snorted at the Kraken's words, and at the same time, a massive magic circle appeared at the Kraken's feet.
"Electric magic circle?
The electric circle that had drained him of two million health in an instant was unmistakable.
Supporting positions
Electricity sparked from the circle of magic and began to envelop the kraken's body, but it didn't seem to move.
-Deren, is this the end?
-Sassy!
Deren shouted in response to the kraken's taunts. As soon as Deren's shout ended, the electric circle disappeared, and a blue orb appeared and began to grow in size. It was clearly an ice ball, freezing the surroundings.
-Crack, you realize that your attacks are more of a boost to me… are you buying me time to run away? Kahahahaha
"…are they opposites?
If Deren, the dragon, and Kraken, the squid, were to fight, Ming Hu thought Deren would win, but when he listened to the story, he realized that their attributes didn't match.
That was the moment.
[User "Ssangsal" has destroyed the 4th Inhibitory Orb].
[Twenty days from now, Agranecto, the Demon of Death, will descend upon the continent].
The timing of the descent was shortened with a message that the fourth inhibitory orb was destroyed.
"I don't have time for this.
When Ming Hu saw the message, he quickly began to run toward the kraken. Fortunately, the Kraken's attention was focused on Deren, and he didn't see Ming Hu coming.
Poof! Chirp, chirp, chirp!
Soon, Ming Hu was able to get in front of the kraken, and upon arrival, the growing ice ball exploded, freezing the kraken and its surroundings. Of course, due to its size, the kraken's body was only half frozen.
-Hmmm, cool.
Ming Hu heard the Kraken's voice speaking to Deren, and he stretched his fist toward the Kraken's leg.
"One punch!"
Puck!
-A little more… Crack!
[You have killed the first leg of the Kraken].
[Gains 100,000 prestige].
[Level up!]
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