286 The Battle for Survival

The sea surface undulates, and large waves rise.
The fishing boat rocks accordingly. Yuma and the others cling to the hull, trying to endure, but the rocking becomes increasingly violent.

“O-oi! This is bad, at this rate!”

Felix shouts with a grimace. Yuma also feels a sense of crisis.
If the waves get any bigger, the boat will surely sink. Just as he thinks he has to do something, the waves subside for a moment.
But, the next moment—something protrudes from the sea.
Beyond the spray, six necks appear. He thought it might be a Sea Serpent, but there are no faces, only inorganic stares looking down at them.
He didn’t understand what was happening.
The sea swells further, and something even more enormous rises from the center of the six necks.
It looked like a mountain. Because it appeared by splitting the sea, a large wave rises, engulfing the fishing boat.

“Kuh!”

Yuma manipulates Wind Magic, trying to maintain the boat’s posture.
Amid Jacob and Felix’s screams, the boat bounces violently on the surface, but somehow avoids sinking. On the boat that has been swept away quite a bit, Yuma and the others look up.
And everyone is speechless, unable to believe the sight before them.

“That’s… the Blue King…”

The exposed head alone is over twenty meters. A body far larger than a whale.
Around it were six snake-like things.
They are over forty meters tall. He can’t see the whole picture, but the body in the sea must be many times larger than the visible part.
Yuma swallows hard, unable to move.
Rui, who was next to him, was also bewildered, but he looks at Yuma and opens his mouth.

“Blue King? Yuma, do you feel something?!”
“Yeah, my left hand is throbbing. No doubt! That’s the pinnacle of Water Monsters, the Blue King!”

Rui looks again at the monster that has appeared before his eyes.

“The Blue King is said to be a whale-like monster with six tentacles. Certainly, it looks as rumored.”
“Those snake-like things are tentacles!? Disgusting.”

As the two are having such a conversation, Jacob stands up from the helm and shouts.

“What are you talking about so leisurely! Deal with that monster!! If we’re attacked by something like that, this fishing boat will sink in an instant!”

Yuma replies, “Y-yes, sir,” to the enraged Jacob, and climbs onto the edge of the boat.

“O-oi, are you okay!? Against such a huge guy… can you even attack a monster in the sea?”

Yuma smiles at Felix, who asks anxiously.

“I’m fine. Please wait without worry.”

Yuma puts strength into his body and Metallizes his entire body. Jet-black armor covers his body, and long horns grow from his forehead.
Jacob, who knows nothing, is surprised, “W-what?!” and Finn is also perplexed by the sudden event.
Ignoring the two, Yuma glares at the Blue King.
The six tentacles sway slightly. Then the sea surface moves, and pillars of water extend. When the giant pillars reach about a hundred meters, they fall from above.
That figure is a “Water Dragon.” The dragon increases its speed and charges.
Yuma casts a Barrier of Wind Magic around the fishing boat. The moment the dragon collides, the sea surface explodes, and nothing can be seen due to the large amount of spray.

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The Blue King leisurely watched the situation. He had come this far to eliminate the foreign object that had entered his territory, but he didn’t know what it was.
Something powerful that he had never felt before.
His instincts told him that he could never overlook it. However, if it had been defeated by that one blow, he wouldn’t have had to worry about it so much.
Thinking so, the Blue King sensed the surroundings with the tentacles that had emerged on the sea surface.
The boat that should have been destroyed is drifting on the sea, unharmed. He hasn’t killed it. And more importantly, the presence that feels out of place is not on that boat.
The Blue King suddenly directs his awareness to the sky.
Something is there. Far above, he can’t see it, but he knows it clearly. The six tentacles act as antennas, sensing the flow of Mana and identifying his enemy.
That is the same existence as himself. It has large wings and possesses powerful Wind Magical Power.
He has no choice but to fight. He has no choice but to fight with all his might, risking his own survival. The Blue King slowly sinks his entire body into the sea.
In order to maximize his power and kill that thing.

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“W-what is that!? It looked like that young man transformed and flew away!”

Jacob opens his mouth with an incredulous expression, looking up at the sky.
Felix and Werner are the same, grimacing while enduring the raging wind.

“What is it!? Isn’t he supposed to turn into the Black Giant? What is that green figure?!”

Felix frowns, looking confused.
Rui thought that was understandable. When Yuma defeated the Conglomerate, he was in the form of a giant, but now he has transformed into something completely different.
Rui looks at the sky again.
The creature floating gracefully flutters its poisonous wings and extends two tails—a “Moth” monster.
Yuma had transformed into one of the strongest monsters, the Green Lord.
Just as he transformed into the Red King in India to defeat the Green Lord, he is now trying to defeat the Blue King.
However, what worries him is the relationship of compatibility.
When he fought the Green Lord, he was able to transform into the Red King, which had good compatibility. But this time, there is no advantage due to compatibility. Moreover, there is also the difference in environment between the sky and the sea.
Rui wondered if he would be okay.
As if to dispel Rui’s anxiety, Yuma, who had become the Green Lord, launches an attack.
He flutters his wings and creates several Wind Blades.
The blades fly straight and deeply cleave the water when they hit the sea surface. Seawater erupts, creating large waves.
The fishing boat was directly affected by this.

“Uwaaaaaaaaaaa!!”
“We’re going to sink!!”

Felix and Werner scream. Jacob grips the rudder, trying to maintain the boat’s posture, but he can’t resist the big waves.
Behind Jacob, who has a Demon-like Expression, Finn squats down, grabs the seat, and just trembles.
Rui was also holding onto the edge of the boat and enduring, but at this rate, it was only a matter of time before the boat sank.
Just as he thought so, the entire boat was covered in a white film.

“Eh?”

Not knowing what had happened, Rui was dumbfounded. The boat is stable and doesn’t seem to be affected by the waves.
Rui suddenly realizes.

“Could it be… Yuma protected us with Wind Magic?!”

Hearing those words, Felix is surprised, “Seriously?!” and Werner is pleased, “Haha, amazing.”
Jacob, who has regained his composure as the boat has stabilized, stares at the sky without saying anything. Behind Jacob, only Finn was muttering weakly, “I want to go home soon…”
Rui returns his gaze to the sky.
The giant “Moth” creates even more powerful Wind Blades and tries to cleave the Blue King along with the sea.
In response to that movement, the Blue King does not remain silent.
Just as the six tentacles appear on the sea surface, each of them is clad in Ice Armor. Their appearance looked like Ice Dragons.
The six Ice Dragons open their mouths and unleash intense breaths.
The Ice Breath, which travels as if cutting through the sky, deflects the Wind Blades and attacks the Green Lord.