Chapter 54
Chapter 54: Currently Thinking (2)
Cale did not want to see Toonka’s smiling face . However, Amiru calmly started to explain .
“Bob is from the Whipper Kingdom . He is from a small seaside village and went out to fish when somehow he ended up shipwrecked . ”
“That is correct . I just live a simple life fishing by the village . Hahahaha . I do not know how I ended up like this . ”
‘A simple life my ass . ’
It was unbelievable . Amiru did not know about Cale’s thoughts, as she continued to speak .
“That was why he got on a boat and helped us investigate what happened last night . ”
Amiru’s eyes were clear as she looked at Toonka . However, when Cale looked around, there were many negative gazes toward Toonka as well .
A villager from the Whipper Kingdom . Their gazes showed their true feelings about this barbarian . Cale took a quick glance around before making eye contact with Toonka . Toonka started to smile .
“I heard that young master-nim launched a large shield in the capital in order to save everyone . I asked the young lady-nim to bring me with her because I heard that you were a strong person . ”
Toonka’s eyes sharpened at that moment . Cale suddenly had an ominous feeling .
‘This is getting dangerous . ’
That was why he immediately responded with the following .
“That is why I am currently in recovery . ”
“ . . . Recovery?”
“Yes . It is a not a strong power . It is very weak . ”
Amiru added on .
“Yes . Young master Cale overused his power to save everyone . That is why he is touring our territory while he recovers . ”
Amiru was looking toward Cale with sympathy, admiration, and some other emotions, but Toonka was different .
“Ah, is that the case?”
He seemed to have lost all interest . He then looked at Cale from head to toe before looking away .
‘Good . That is how Toonka should act . ’
Sacrifice for others? A hero? Toonka was not interested in anything like that . All he cared about and obsessed over was strength . He was the type of person who ignored the people on his own side if they were weak, and even killed them if necessary .
That was why he was called a tyrant .
“Then shall we go?”
Cale nodded at Amiru’s question . He could then hear Toonka’s mumbling from the side .
“This is weird . I smell a strong person nearby . ”
He really was crazy . Cale looked up at the empty ceiling .
- I do not smell .
Cale could hear the invisible Black Dragon’s voice in his head . Toonka’s instincts were even stronger than those of the Beast people . Cale made up his mind that he had to act the weakest he had ever been while he was around Toonka today .
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“We are currently investigating why the whirlpool may have suddenly disappeared . My father and our territory’s mages will all soon arrive as well . ”
Cale looked out at the calm sea by the central island and played along with Amiru .
“Is that so? I’m glad . I hope we can quickly figure out what happened . ”
- You are such a good liar .
Cale ignored the Black Dragon’s remark as he looked out to the sea with a calm gaze . It was quite chaotic . All of the village’s fishermen were out here, as well as the people who came out for the construction of the naval base . They were all looking around and discussing with each other . It was even louder because of the other whirlpools that were still going strong nearby . Cale looked out at all of this and added on .
“I hope all of the other whirlpools can quickly disappear as well . ”
- Human, you are lying again . Didn’t you say you will make the whirlpools stay for another year?
Cale once again ignored the Black Dragon’s remarks . Amiru nodded at Cale’s words with a determined expression .
“Yes . We will definitely figure out what happened and get rid of the other whirlpools as well . With such an opportunity in front of our eyes and many people helping us, we need to grasp this opportunity completely .
The passionate Amiru made Cale feel a bit sorry for her and he started to speak .
“I’m sure you and the Ubarr family will definitely accomplish it, young lady Amiru . ”
“ . . . Thank you . I feel much better after your affirming words, young master Cale . ”
Amiru’s warm gaze headed toward Cale as she stood there with a calm smile on her face . Cale responded back to her with a serious expression .
“I’m getting a bit dizzy from all this sunlight, may I go rest for a bit underneath the shade?”
Cale could feel Toonka’s gaze on him from one of the boats . Toonka kept on glancing over toward Cale every so often . He seemed to be still looking for the source of that strong person’s scent . However, there was no way that Toonka would find the Black Dragon . That was the limit of someone who could not feel any aura or mana .
“Ah, of course . Please rest well, since you are still in recovery . Do not overdo it . ”
“Thank you . ”
Cale leisurely headed to the central island’s forest . Amiru just quietly watched him as he headed toward the shade . This Cale, who was still doing what he was supposed to even when he was in recovery, was definitely different from the Cale of the past . Although he claimed to be ill, he did not look ill at all . He just seemed to be tired .
“That is what makes him amazing . ”
As someone who dreamt of presiding over this territory in the future, Amiru though that she needed to become more dependable like Cale . Passion filled her calm gaze as she quickly walked over to the investigators to help .
On the other hand, Cale was heading to the other side of the island . Since nobody was over there, it would be a great place to waste time .
- Aren’t you afraid of the corpses over there? You are both weak and a coward .
Cale ignored the Black Dragon once more as he arrived at the other side of the island . He then stopped moving after taking a look .
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“What the?”
- It was not me! I didn't do it!
The Black Dragon was passionately denying any blame . However, this time, Cale did not have the luxury of listening to the Black Dragon . He quickly rushed toward the boulder that the mermaid corpses were on the other day . He could not help but stop once he got around it .
‘ . . . Did Paseton do this?’
The boulder was destroyed into pieces .
“How did the mermaid corpses end up like this……”
The mermaid corpses were turned into dust . Cale could tell these were the corpses only because he had seen them here the other day . Anybody else would just think that it was part of the boulder .
This immense strength .
This was definitely the work of a Whale .
An extremely angry Whale .
Splash . Splash .
Suddenly, the water started to churn . The Black Dragon started to speak .
- Something is shooting up from the bottom of the sea . It is moving very fast!
Cale lifted his head and looked toward the sea . He then flinched and stepped backwards .
Splaaaaash .
Something large rose to the surface . It was a lifeform that was dark grey in color . It then looked straight toward Cale .
It was a Whale .
A Humpback Whale Beast person .
Humpback Whale Beast people were known as the guardians of the ocean and protected the weaker lifeforms . For generations, the Whale Tribe’s King has been a Humpback Whale beast person .
Boom . Boom . Boom .
Cale’s heart was going while . The Whale’s gaze was filled with both murderous intent and observation, a mix of instinct and rationality . This was the first time Cale had made such direct eye contact with a strong existence that was angry at him . This strong existence was looking down at Cale and inspecting each and every aspect of Cale .
It was at that moment .
- That stupid Whale must be crazy!
The Black Dragon’s angry voice rang inside Cale’s mind . At the same time, a strong power started to cause vibrations in the air . The eyes of the Whale, that had been focused on Cale, turned toward the source of the vibration .
- How dare you look at my weak human like that!
The mana in the air started to fluctuate and the water started to go wild . However, the Humpback Whale did not move at all . Instead, this 15m long Whale raised its tail and slapped down onto the water .
Spaaaaaaash!
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The water was churning rapidly .
This action made Cale certain that this was a beast person .
Boom . Boom .
Cale calmed his heart, as the Vitality of the Heart had noticed danger and started to pour out its strength . The Indestructible Shield also shot out as well . The ancient powers always put their owner’s lives first . They were ready to go at any point to protect their owners .
Cale turned his head toward the empty void where the mana was gathering and was about to speak . However, another voice started to speak first .
“I am not trying to fight with you . ”
It was a voice that was as beautiful as the Sirens of the greek mythology . Cale turned his head and saw the Humpback Whale completely reveal its head above water .
“Wow . ”
A gasp came out of Cale’s mouth . It was very large and scary . He felt like that Whale’s head could easily kill him with a light tap .
- Why are you lifting up your stupid head? You’re telling me everything you did until now wasn’t asking for a fight? Puny Whale!
Cale let out a sigh at the Black Dragon’s words before reaching out toward the mana . An angry four year old could be quite dangerous .
The mana, that seemed ready to destroy anything and everything, gave way to Cale’s hand . The Whale seemed to be shocked at this development .
Cale’s hand finally reached something round . It was the dragon’s head . Cale just stoically patted it a few times .
“Don’t get angry . You will get hurt . ”
The mana started to quickly disappear . Cale then heard a quiet voice .
- I will not get hurt . I am strong .
“I know, I know . But you still have to be careful . ”
It was hard to calm down a four year old child . However, the Black Dragon seemed to have understood what Cale was trying to say .
- You should be the one being careful, weak human .
The mana disappeared completely . Cale turned away and looked toward the Whale once the mana was gone . The Whale slowly lowered its large head toward Cale . Cale flinched at the size of the head, but managed to stand still . It was because the murderous intent had disappeared from the Whale’s gaze .
Once the Humpback Whale lowered its head to right in front of Cale, it started to speak .
“I have something to ask- . ”
At that moment .
A small Whale was swimming like crazy from the far horizon . It was heading toward them . It seemed to be very weak and small compared to this 15m Whale .
That Whale quickly approached them and started to shout .
“Noona, you cannot bite him and kill him!”
The Humpback Whale in front of Cale quickly turned around .
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Splaaaaaaash!
The sea water splashed from the Whale’s movement and drenched Cale .
However, Cale did not have time to think about this . He closed his eyes .
‘This really must be that Humpback Whale . ’
The tiny Whale coming toward them was most likely Paseton . That meant that there was only one existence that he would call noona .
The current Whale King’s daughter and the future Queen of the Whales .
The Whale that was at the vanguard alongside Choi Han and crew in the battle against the mermaids .
Cale could see the X shaped scar on the Humpback Whale’s back .
Witira .
It was definitely her .
The large Whale’s face started to turn into a frown . Cale slowly started to move backwards, as he did not want to get involved in this Humpback Whale sibling reunion .
The small Whale shouted once more .
“He is someone you must absolutely not kill!”
The Black Dragon confusedly spoke into Cale’s mind again .
- What is that small Whale talking about? We are not fighting .
Cale felt the same way . Cale was thankful that everybody was too focused on the situation on the other side of the island to hear this small Whale’s voice . Otherwise, everyone would have come here after hearing the small Whale’s shouts .
It was not long before the the Whales would meet . However, the Black Dragon casually added on at that time .
- By the way, just so you know, there is one more coming .
‘What? One more?’
Cale stopped walking backwards and turned toward the forest .
“Muhahahahahah . I smell it, I can smell it!”
A crazy bastard whose brown hair looked like a wild lion’s mane appeared .
It was Toonka . His eyes looked crazy . He was rushing out of the forest while shouting .
“I smell someone strong!”
Cale crouched down as soon as he saw Toonka . Thanks to that, Toonka and the Humpback Whale made direct eye contact with each other .
Cale crawled out of the way before the shrimp could get hurt . [1]