Chapter 499 Abandoned Settlement <TOC> Chapter 501 The Ger Race
Translator: SumTLMan
The water rushed with white foam, accompanied by a roaring sound, swarming all at once.
The force of the water was so great that it even caused the waterproof shield covering the settlement to deform. Although the water’s impact was blocked, the force created a strong wind within the settlement, making the already dilapidated houses even more chaotic.
The ground was still shaking, and the rushing water was becoming more and more urgent.
“What’s going on?! Why did the ocean current suddenly reverse, and the force is so intense? Luna, hold on tight to me!”
Suddenly, a familiar voice entered Angel’s ears. He looked up and saw Cherie, wearing red dancing shoes, struggling to descend in the turbulent water and swimming towards the settlement where he was.
Due to the large amount of foam in the water, Cherie couldn’t see the situation below clearly. She could only follow Luna’s guidance, stabilizing her figure and slowly descending.
As the current slowed down slightly, a bright flame burst out of the oil lamp in Cherie’s hand.
With the help of the flame, Cherie vaguely saw the scene below.
She didn’t see Angel, but she clearly saw the man-made buildings!
In the depths of the ocean trench, more than 8000 meters above the sea floor, there were artificial structures! This was very unusual, and combined with Luna’s guidance, it meant that Angel was below, and she began to speculate.
Angel probably wouldn’t do anything useless; perhaps these buildings were related to the secret of the Purification Sea.
“I can’t believe he’s one step ahead again.” Cherie was a bit unwilling, but she thought: “If it weren’t for her spending a lot of time searching for Angel’s trail, maybe she would have discovered something fishy too.”
Thinking this way, Cherie felt much more at ease.
“The current has slowed down; let’s go down quickly. I want to see what clues he’s found.” Cherie patted Luna, who had been holding her skirt all the time.
Luna meowed and stretched out her tender paw to give Cherie a high five.
But the accident happened at this moment, the ground shook again, and the sand and gravel on the cliff kept falling into the water, blocking the view. At the same time, the water suddenly rushed faster, even more intense than before.
Luna, who had put down a claw to high-five Cherie, didn’t have time to grab her skirt again, and as a result, the unstable figure was swept away by the current.
Watching the rapid current about to engulf Luna into the unknown darkness, Cherie’s heart skipped a beat. Luna was her closest companion and her only friend; if something happened to her, she would never forgive herself.
Because it was not suitable to use spells due to the water flow, Cherie was a little disoriented.
At that moment, a transparent hand reached up from below.
Intermediate Magic Hand, a level 1 trick, extending the control range to hundreds of meters. The farther away, the more difficult it is to control precisely.
As Luna was about to fall into the deep dark vortex, Angel took action and successfully grabbed Luna with his Magic Hand, then dragged her downward. Luna passed through the barrier and landed in the ruined settlement.
At the same time, Cherie also landed safely.
Luna shook off the water on her body, meowed a few words of thanks to Angel, and quickly ran to Cherie’s feet.
Cherie controlled the light in her hands, increasing its brightness once again, like a small sun, illuminating the entire settlement.
With Cherie’s firelight, Angel’s Light spell was basically useless. He extinguished the Light spell and looked at Cherie: “Why are you here again?”
Cherie was originally going to thank Angel for saving Luna, but hearing the word “again” and Angel’s tone, Cherie’s face instantly darkened: “You think I want to come looking for you…”
Before Cherie could vent her grievances, the ground began to shake continuously, and both of them were caught off guard, their bodies stumbling.
After this interruption, Cherie didn’t bother with more idle talk and went straight to the point:
“What’s going on here?” Cherie looked at Angel: “Could it be such a coincidence that we encountered an earthquake, or is it that an underwater volcano… erupted?”
Angel shook his head: “I don’t know, it’s a bit strange.”
This situation only occurred after he had killed that strange creature. But if killing a sea monster would cause such a commotion, it would be too trivial. This sea monster was not a Child of the Sea like Jiebo, whose death was said to enrage the sea.
But if it wasn’t for that reason, it could only be attributed to coincidence.
The earthquake sensation stopped after a few times, and the furious “buzzing” roar could no longer be heard. The water flow gradually calmed down.
Cherie manipulated the firelight, left the barrier, and explored nearly 500 meters towards the source of the water flow without any anomalies. Five hundred meters was her limit, so she could only bring the firelight back.
When everything seemed to have settled, Cherie finally had the time to look around at her surroundings.
“What is this place, an underwater sanctuary?” Cherie took in the fresh air at the tip of her nose, looked around at the broken buildings, and finally fixed her gaze on the pile of flesh and blood in front of Angel.
Angel was still puzzled by the previous tremors and rapid currents, and when he heard Cherie’s question, he casually replied: “I don’t know what this place is, maybe it’s an abandoned settlement of some underwater civilization.”
Angel explained it once, and seeing Cherie looking at the remains of the strange creature, he added: “This guy was hiding in the shadows and tried to ambush me just now. I guess it’s an enemy of this underwater civilization.”
As Angel spoke, he roughly pieced together the already shattered skull of the sea monster.
The sea monster’s skull was identical to the one Angel had discovered on the totem pole not long ago, only slightly larger. According to the custom of totems scaring off enemies, these sea monsters should be the enemies of the frogskin monsters in this settlement.
Cherie examined the skull of the sea monster carefully but couldn’t find anything strange about it, so she went off on her own to observe the surrounding buildings.
On some broken stones of certain buildings, Cherie found bite marks.
Angel compared the teeth of the sea monster’s skull, and the arrangement and depth seemed to match. It was possible that the sea monsters were responsible for the abandonment of this settlement.
In the largest house, Cherie also saw a mermaid pattern.
“Is this a mermaid?” Cherie stared at the pattern on the ceiling, frowning: “Could it be that the underwater civilization here belongs to the mermaid race? But I’ve never seen such an ugly mermaid before.”
“It’s just a pattern, and the inhabitants here may not be mermaids.” Angel thought for a moment and depicted the appearance of the frogskin monster in an illusion: “Have you seen this creature before?”
Cherie looked curiously at the strange creature holding a harpoon in the illusion and shook her head: “You mean, the inhabitants here are these creatures?”
Angel nodded: “Before I entered the sea trench, I encountered these creatures. They seem to have a considerable degree of civilization. The frogskin monster I met was about the level of a second-level apprentice. It attacked me on sight, and I killed it casually.”
“Frogskin monster?” Cherie looked curiously.
“I named them.” Angel looked proud, thinking his naming ability was top-notch.
Cherie raised the corner of her lips coldly, without comment.
After Cherie carefully observed the creature, she pondered: “I don’t have an image of such a creature in my memory, not even a similar one. It might be a native species here, or perhaps it was migrated from outside by the Sky Mechanical City.”
Cherie didn’t know the origin of the frogskin monsters, which made them even more mysterious.
Suddenly, Angel remembered the text he saw in the frogskin monster’s round fortress, thinking there might be some records: “By the way, can you read different languages?”
Cherie turned her head and looked at Angel as if he were an idiot: “You can’t?”
Angel grinned awkwardly.
“Right, you’ve only been in the wizarding world for less than two years. It’s normal for you not to know.” Cherie suddenly realized: “I can read different languages and do language analysis. I’m familiar with some special ability texts, like Ancient Power script, Abyssal Mona script, Hente Nen script…”
Cherie listed a bunch of strange terms and then added: “These are essential skills for wizard apprentices. If you want to adventure alone outside, you’d better learn them.”
Faced with the vocabulary Cherie spouted, Angel felt for the first time that he was illiterate.
At least… I can read Chinese. Angel thought weakly in his heart.
Angel, with a bruised heart, smiled awkwardly and said: “I found some text written by the frogskin monsters, but I can’t read it. Can you help me?”
Angel rarely asked for help, so his posture, speech, and demeanor were all very humble.
Although Cherie wasn’t interested in the secrets of the “frogskin monster” civilization, she guessed it was related to the way out of the Purification Garden, so naturally, she couldn’t refuse.
As Angel was about to use a mental spell to simulate the text he had seen at that time, a dangerously ominous aura suddenly made his hair stand on end.
He heard a breaking sound in his ears.
“Dodge!” Angel shouted.
As he spoke, the mermaid totem on the ceiling suddenly shattered, and a tentacle stretched in from the top, fiercely striking their previous position.
A nearly five-meter-deep pit appeared in the center of the house.
Due to Angel’s timely warning, Cherie also dodged it. And she left the house with Angel at the first opportunity. When they came outside, they were immediately stunned.
A giant black octopus, hundreds of meters in size, clung to the cliff and looked at them with eerie blue eyes.
“Is this… a dark version of the Ink Touch King?” Angel thought of the Ink Touch King he had seen not long ago, looking at the giant octopus, most of its body hidden in the darkness. However, the Ink Touch King had reddish skin, while this one was pure black.
“At least an apprentice peak, or even a half-step wizard-level monster!” Cherie glanced at Luna, who was trembling, and immediately determined the strength of the octopus: “It’s unbeatable, run!”
Angel nodded, as long as it wasn’t at the wizard level, its oppressive aura couldn’t stop them, and they had a chance to escape.
As they spoke, the giant octopus seemed to sense their intentions, and its tentacles began to attack. With a large number of tentacles waving, the surrounding water became chaotic and accompanied by a huge buzzing sound.
Hearing the familiar sound, they exchanged glances: “The situation we just experienced was caused by this creature.”
Thinking of the turbulent water and continuous earthquakes, they became even more certain that they couldn’t fight it, and escaping was imperative.
“Don’t resist! I’ll take you and run.” Since Angel still needed Cherie to help with translating the text, he channeled his mental strength after his soul left his body, grabbed his body and Cherie, and began running in the direction they had come from.
Before Cherie could react, her body was lifted into the air by a strange force. Then, like a cannonball, they shot out of the frogskin monster’s settlement.
As they left, Cherie glanced back at the giant octopus.
Suddenly, her pupils shrank; she seemed to see a human figure on the neck of the giant octopus?!
Chapter 499 Abandoned Settlement <TOC> Chapter 501 The Ger Race