Chapter 747 747: 747: Return to Port

Chapter 747: Chapter 747: Return to Port

Deal achieved.

Alongside the guidance from this ancient being.

Han Dong placed his right palm against the surface of the eye-membrane ground.

Whoosh~

Several deep blue tentacles, stained with ink, rose up around him and engraved the mark of the deep sea on the back of his right hand using a technique that imprinted on the soul.

The imprint completed.

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The black ink faded to light blue, leaving on the back of Han Dong’s hand a ‘simplified conch pattern’.

With this, Han Dong officially became a marginal messenger of the deep sea through the Count’s ‘network of relations’, ranked the lowest, even without a proper land deed.

However, even so, it could ensure that the sea would accept Han Dong normally.

Of course, there is one contradiction regarding this ‘Messenger’.

Before setting out, Han Dong confirmed one crucial fact through the ‘Yellow mark’… after all, as a ‘Yellow-robed’ messenger, he doesn’t know if he can serve as a messenger for other old kings as well.

The response he got was – ‘Doesn’t matter.’

This multiple messenger status is also closely related to Han Dong’s mentality.

“The induction is also established… um, in the future, we have to find a way to turn the port into a land-deed area.”

Han Dong intuitively felt that [Ostia Port] had forged a tight connection with him, far less intense than the sensation of a ‘land deed’.

And thus, the deal concluded satisfactorily.

The timing was just right, as the battle on the layer above had completely erupted, [Dreamscape – Second Layer] became extremely unstable.

However, only Han Dong’s dreamscape was unstable, while the giant eye beneath his feet was not affected at all…. it is necessary to distinguish between Han Dong and this ancient being in the deep sea.

‘Dream’ → ‘Channel’

Han Dong was simply in the sea area, meeting this great existence through his dreamscape.

Just before the dream space was about to collapse.

Han Dong was gazing at this huge eye which had no visible boundary, this was just a small part of the old king of the deep sea… it was unfathomable to imagine its real form.

But there are many old kings like this.

This also solidified one of Han Dong’s thoughts.

True freedom would be hard, even impossible to achieve simply through absolute expulsion and killing.

There must be a ‘balanced point’ hidden inside this… it has to be found by Han Dong, or people like him.

Perhaps, this is the fundamental reason why Mr. Black White took the risk of taking Han Dong as his only student.

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Click…the dreamscape collapsed.

Return to the first layer!

[Captain Parson’s Boots]

The whole pub was already shattered due to the battle.

Because Captain Diz, showing his true combat form, used the extracity power from within his body to grow two solid arms lacking light from his shoulder blades… presenting a four-arm stance.

His own arms held a heavy crossbow,

The lightless extra arms dual-wielded short swords,

Diz, who belonged to the WindRider Knights, put up a combat stance of Hell Knights… the trajectory of the shadow dual swords was elusive, cutting off the enemy’s limbs, limiting their mobility.

Charge, snipe precisely.

The super-heavy silver arrow directly pierced the conch respirator.

Lucius was equally terrifying.

Four blood demon arms made of high purity blood brew grew all over his body, capable of tearing apart low-rank fishmen, inflicting irreparable damage to demon-ranked ones, and also having the effect of forced bloodshed.

The secret text on the blood sword was emitting light.

As long as he hit the respirator, it would be destroyed with a single swipe.

Both of the above required striking the vital ‘conch respirator’ to kill the enemy.

The contrast was quite clear.

The special department established jointly by the royal family and the church – [Fighting Nuns] of the Holy Knights Regiment, showed absolute restraint when dealing with demons.

Clang!

When the shackles carrying the absolute purifying holy flame struck the surface of a fishman.

The scales and flesh underneath were immediately deeply burned, even with the support of a respirator, it couldn’t escape its death.

It was also due to Vino demonstrating this ‘anti-demon trait’ that allowed everyone to stalemate against multiple demons, buying time for Han Dong to go into the dream.

This battle surely also included the ruler of the port in [Dreamscape – First Layer], the mature body-demon, Count Denox Leter.

He was currently launching sneak attacks at the trio from all angles and gaps, with a huge number of crab tentacles capable of extending over long distances… giving a fatal blow when they least expected it.

Besides Lucius, whose body didn’t have too obvious wounds.

Diz and Vino were both injured, and a sort of pollution originating from the deep sea had thoroughly spread within their bodies…both of their faces had started to show deep blue stripes.

Every now and then, some smelly little fish and shrimp would protrude from their mouths, and some coral-like tissues would emerge from their skin.

The situation was not optimistic.

Just then,

Han Dong woke up from his sea conch seat.

Everyone in the port, including Count Denox Leter, paused their attacks at this moment. The thought of kneeling began to form in some people’s minds.

This worried Han Dong.

Once they really knelt down, explaining the subsequent events would be difficult…actually, entering the dream was not necessary from the beginning. There was another way to escape the island and return to the Gaine Forest.

They entered the dream because Han Dong needed to negotiate with the old king in the deep sea.

In plain words, the other team members were more like working for him.

Hence, Han Dong was quite anxious.

He hastily imitated the noise of the deep sea with the Faceless Skull, sending it into the minds of every resident in the dream, including count Denox Leter.

“Please do not pay attention to me! Continue your battles… Do not let my human companions suspect anything, I am mainly active in the Holy City right now.

If I am suspected, it will greatly affect me.”

“Understood, Lord.”

Count Denox Leter also offered his respects.

He was merely the noble with the highest authority and strongest power in the port town, and did not possess the authority to manage the town given by the deep sea.

Han Dong was the true master.

In this way… the battle continued, but the movement of some demons clearly became restrained.

Han Dong, who woke up from the seat, immediately exerted his excellent acting skills and pretended to find clues to decipher all this in the deep dream.

“Everyone, remove the respirators directly, I found a way to leave the port!”

“Hmm? Are you sure?”

“I’ll go first, you follow!”

He gripped the conch on his face with his fingers and pulled it off.

What greeted Han Dong was not death, but his physical body turning into bubbles, drifting in the air.

The team members also hastily removed their respirators…

Whoosh!!

In an instant, the four members of the team woke up in the steamboat room.

Vino immediately initiated the Holy Light domain and cleansed the environmental pollution for both herself and Captain Diz.

“Nicholas, what’s the plan for escaping?”

“I have already ‘reconciled’ with the master controlling this sea area in the deep dream… the dreamscape affecting the port city has now been removed and reconnected to reality.

We just need to return normally.

Let’s discuss the details when we return to Gaine Forest.”

As he said that.

Creak…crack!

The steamboat emitted a sound of steel compression, and the boat began to sway.

“What’s happening?”

“I have pre-arranged for the others staying on the surface to try to return quickly, to reduce our chances of encountering danger in the sea area again.”

Having undergone simple treatments, the group joined their teammates on the deck.

They saw Sura Ice Axis, the ice-creation teacher from the [Silver Edge] team, cooperating with Dumps to create a smooth and low-friction ice path on the sea.

At this moment,

Little Winry was standing at the bottom of the wheelship, making a pushing gesture.

The iron skin of the ship began to deeply cave in at the position where her hands were pressed.

“Dumps, Sister Sura, get ready to continue creating the ice path… Winry, push!”

“Okay!”

Gathering strength.

The muscles all over Winry’s body exerted force simultaneously, causing a superhuman force to burst out.

Whoosh!!

The steamboat slid towards the port at a speed of 300km/h.

Winry also started to run at full speed on the ice…she took a forward leap and landed steadily on the fore deck, showing no signs of exhaustion, but rather, an expression of joy.

As Captain Diz looked at the red-haired muscular girl, he was completely stunned.

Abe once again retreated into his own world.