I Am the Monarch – Chapter 156 : Poskein Subjugation (4)

Posted on July 16, 2017 by csvtranslator — 1 Comment ↓

 

 

 

T/n (CSV): The next chapter will be up tomorrow .

He had never seen it in reality .
But there were times when he had heard of it through words, rumors, and stories .
No, there were many times .
It was an existence that famous .
He had thought that it would be horrifying .
But he hadn’t predicted that it could possibly be to such degree .
Sethus was more gigantic than any monster he had seen until now .

Boom!

With a thunderous boom, the forecastle of the left ship was pulverized .

“Uaaak!”
“Run! The ship is sinking!”

The soldiers ran towards the stern as they shouted .

“Throw the ropes! Save our comrades!”
“Leave the sinking ship!”

Tens of ropes were thrown from the ships that were still intact .

“Turn the bow around with the ropes still thrown! Run!”
“Retreat to the lakeside!”

The retreat order quickly fell .
But .

Boom!

When Sethus swung its enormous arm once, another ship shattered once more .

‘Damn it . ’

Roan stood on the flagship’s deck and scowled at Sethus .
Sethus almost brought to mind a whale with arms and legs .
There was no difference between the head and the body, and it had a short back legs, a tail, and long forelegs .
It was a monster that usually swam or walked using the four legs to move deep below the lake, and could stand erect using its hind legs and tail .

‘To think it will appear so quickly . ’

He knew that Sethus lived in the Poskein Lake .
However, he thought that they won’t be meeting it until they advanced to the Exos Island .
Because it was a monster that lived at much too deep place .

‘Is even the boat light ineffective……’

Sethus was also a monster that was categorized as nocturnal .
But unlike Kutier, it didn’t show any particular reaction to even the boat light .

Boom!

With a sound of explosion, another ship was destroyed again .
Roan quickly called Harrison .

“Harrison . All ships retreat!”
“Yes! Understood . ”

Harrison, the captain of the Roan’s direct Amaranth troop and a thousand-man commander, immediately gave the retreat order .
Soon, the sound of horn signalling all fleet’s retreat echoed .

Vvuuuuuu!

As if they had been waiting, the ships that had been panicking turned their bows around and began to retreat .
But .

Boom!

There was no way that Sethus would stay still and watch that sight .
Swinging its long arms, it adroitly strode and moved its steps .
Each time, an amazing swell of water hit the ships .

“Uak!”
“Throw the safety lines!”
“Grab the safety line!”
“Save those who have fallen into the lake!”

Screams endlessly flooded out from here and there .
Watching the ally ships being helplessly destroyed, Roan gritted his teeth .

‘Damn it . Can’t be helped . ’

He couldn’t stay and simply watch like that .
Forget retreat, the allies were in danger of being annihilated .

“Kinis . ”
[Un?]
“Please create a water column . ”

While glaring at Sethus, Roan moved to the end of the forecastle .

[Roan . You aren’t possibly thinking of fighting that bulk, right?]

Kinis asked back with a shocked voice .
Instead of an answer, Roan nodded his head .

‘I will protect my soldiers . ’

Although his expression was solid and stiff, a strong determination and an unwavering will could be glanced .

[You really aren’t sane either . ]

Kinis grumbled as she shook her head .
But she didn’t repeatedly ask back or stop him .
It was because Roan and Kinis, who were tied with a spirit contract, could share their feelings to a certain degree .

[Alright . Then here I go . ]
“Please . ”

A short conversation passed .
Suddenly, columns of water soared between the flagship and Sethus .
Roan moved without a delay .

Taat!

He kicked off the bow then stepped on the water columns one after another .

“Aa! My lord!”
“Lord!”

The soldiers shouted with shocked expressions .
Roan shouted without minding it .

“You guys retreat as is!”

The lord Roan’s orders were absolute .
But even so, they couldn’t leave Roan alone in danger and retreat .
Harrison quickly gave a new order .

“All ships besides the flagship retreat!”
“Then what will we……”

One soldier cautiously asked .
Harrison, as he stared at the back of Roan stepping on the columns of water and heading forwards, answered .

“The lord has staked his life for us . We will wait for the lord here . ”
“Yes sir!”

The soldier didn’t ask anymore and saluted .
Soon, the sound of horn signalling the retreat of all fleet echoed .
Meanwhile, Roan had neared Sethus .
The sight of him holding the Travis Spear slantingly behind him and kicking and running on top of the columns of water was truly a sight of a hero .
The sight of not stepping back even with the gigantic Sethus in front .
The Tale Legion’s soldiers who were watching trembled in awe .

‘That man is our lord!’
‘Lord!’
‘Lord, please be strong!’
‘We are behind you!’

Burning sensations rose up within their chests .
Their entire bodies shivered and trembled .
They couldn’t hold back anymore .

“Uaaaaaaah!”
“Roan Tale! Roan Tale!”

The soldiers raised their hands high and cheered .
Thunderous voices rang and echoed the Poskein Lake .
The spirits carried on the voices stormed like a whirlwind and pushed Roan’s back .

“You guys……”

Faintly smiling at the spirits felt behind his back, Roan kicked off the last water column .
Sethus’ slick body was right in front of his nose .

Kwaaaaaa!

Sethus too had noticed Roan running towards him .
An incredible scream that felt as if the eardrums would burst exploded out .
Slightly creasing his forehead, Roan stabbed the Travias Spear into the slick and gigantic body .

Ssskuk!

The spearhead skewered deeply .
But no particular reaction came from Sethus .
To it, it was an attack similar to getting bit by a mosquito .
Sethus’ elongated arm flew towards Roan .

“Damn it . ”

Spitting out a curse, Roan used the Travias Spear as an axis to turn his body and soar into the air .

Sssuung!

With a powerful gust, the monster’s arm cut through an empty space .

“Kinis!”
[Got it!]

At Roan’s call, Kinis put her hands together into a circle .
Suddenly, a round drop of water appeared in the air .
Quickly stepping on the drop of water, Roan jumped into the air once more .
Turning his body in the air, he climbed up on top of Sethus’ enormous arm .

Kwaaah!

With a horrible scream, Sethus tried to squish down on Roan with the opposite hand .
Looking at the incredible-sized hand, Roan quickly threw his body .

Tatat!

The sight of running on top of Sethus’ elongated and long arm .
To the Tale Legion’s soldiers’ eyes, it truly was a close sight .

Puuuckk!

With an earsplitting boom, Sethus’ hand clapped its arm .

Gulp .

With nervous expressions, everyone gulped .
At that moment, Roan jumped up on top of the hand .

“Ah……”

Exclamations of relief popped out from everywhere .

“Huu . ”

Roan too spat out a short breath .
Once again, he climbed the arm and raced towards Sethus’ face .

‘Having a large size is both an advantage and disadvantage . ’

To Sethus, Roan was truly an annoying opponent .
He was small and quick .
Of course, that didn’t mean that it was easy for Roan to take on Sethus .
If it was a normal human, it was close to impossible to cause a critical hit on it whether one swung a sword and stabbed a spear .

‘But that is……’

Roan’s eyes flashed and shone with light .

‘Stories of people without the Travias Spear . ’

For him, there was the Travias Spear, which could freely change its length and thickness .

‘My mana needs to hold on . ’

The problem was only the mana inside his body .
If only the mana was plenty enough, he could change the Travias Spear to almost the size of Sethus .

Tat!

Roan kicked off Sethus’ arm and jumped towards its face .
An eye as big as a ship was right in front of his nose .

“Hahap!”

With a shout, Roan thrusted the Travias Spear .
The mana within the mana hole rose up as if to soar and flowed into the Travias Spear .

Psht!

The Travis Spear, which was the size of a regular spear, flashed with light and then its length and width instantly started to become bigger .
It was a size that was simply difficult to hold with one hand .
Roan held the end of the spear with two hands and aimed at Sethus’ eye .

Sssggk!

The spear that became as thick as the size of a man’s body pierced its eye .
Using the mana within his body, he could increase the length of the spear at best to a length of a ship and a width of about Roan’s body was the limit .
Although it still was absurdly insufficient level compared to Sethus’ size, it was enough to give it a damage .
Furthermore, the attacked area was good .
At the pain of its eye being ripped out, the monster thrashed .

Kuaaaah!

With a horrible scream, the two hands flew towards the face .

‘You dare!’

Roan quickly returned the Travias Spear to its original size, then kicked off its eye and soared into space .

Ppuuk!

Sethus’ two hands hit its own face .
Roan stepped on the tip of its finger and climbed up to the top of its head .

“Die!”

While holding the Travias Spear with both hands, he pushed and stabbed it directly into the top of Sethus’ head .
Simultaneously, he pulled up his mana and enlarged the Travias Spear to its maximum size once again .

Pshshshshk!

As the length became longer and the thickness became thicker, the sound of flesh being pushed out hit the ears .

Kuaaaaa!

With a scream, Sethus swung its arm again .
However, Roan had already dodged that place and moved to another spot .
Once again, he stabbed the Travis Spear into its body .
He thought that if he continued to damage it the same way, the monster wouldn’t be able to last .

‘Stab twice if it doesn’t fall with a single stab, and stab three times if it doesn’t fall with two stabs . I’ll stab and stab again until it falls . ’

That was Roan’s method .
But at that instant .

Uung . Uung .

A strange vibration was felt from the place he stabbed the spear .

“Huhph . ”

At the same time, the surrounding felt lumpy .
A sense as if the Travias Spear he stabbed into the body was being pulled in .
Roan quickly set his balance and pulled out the spear .

Uung! Uung!

The vibration steadily became stronger .
Suddenly .

[Run!]

Kinis’ panicked shout was heard .
The instant Roan turned his head wondering what it was, the skin below his feet flashed with a blue light .

“Hph!”

Instinctively, Roan pulled his entire mana to protect his body, and simultaneously and repeatedly executed the shield spell amongst the spells carved within the Brent’s Ring .
All the mana within his body soared up .
The moment a transparent membrane covered his entire body .

Paat!

Sethus’ body that had became lumpy widely opened up and an incredible jet of water gushed out .

Puuuuuk!

An incredible impact hit his entire body .

“Kuuk!”

With his teeth gritted, Roan curled up his body .
Just like that, Roan was bounced off as he was hit by the jet of water .

[No!]

With an alarmed voice, Kinis quickly created drops of water .
Tens of water drops appeared .
However, the speed Roan was bounced out at was too fast .

Pop! Popop! Pop!

The instant the water drops collided with Roan, they couldn’t endure the impact and popped .

Puuuuuk!

In the end, Roan bounced and flew off the water’s surface like a skipping stone and soon was pounded into the water .

Ggllllllk .

At the place he sank, bubbles arose .

“My, my lord!”

At the situation that suddenly happened, the soldiers on the flagship gasped and yelled .

“Move! Move! We will go rescue the lord!”

Harrison shouted aloud at the top of his lungs .

Ggiiig .

The flagship that hadn’t moved even a bit even with the Sethus in front of them began to move with a sound of wood twisting .
Meanwhile, Roan was sinking endlessly .
The arms and legs drooped powerlessly and his conscious was faint .
But despite so, he was holding at least the Travias Spear tight in his hand .

‘What happened……’

Thanks to the Brent’s Ring, there was no problem breathing even while underwater .
Of course, even this had a limit with the current state of mana .

‘I remember being hit by something like a stream of water and……kuuk . ’

Suddenly, an amazing pain assaulted him .
A feeling as if the bones of his entire body was shattered into pieces .
Also .

‘Did even the mana hole reach its bottom?’

He had spent all the remaining mana to protect his body .

‘If I stay like this, I will die . ’

It was impossible to know how deep the Poskein Lake was .
But if he continued to sink like that, it felt like he would forever be unable to go out into the world .
Furthermore, it was also impossible to know how long the effect of the Brent’s Ring that allowed him to breath underwater would continue .

‘I have to move . ’

Even though it was painful, he had to endure .
Roan tried to pull in the limbs that powerlessly drooped .
At that moment .
He felt killing intents that electrified and trembled his skin was felt .
Roan turned only his neck and looked around the surroundings .
Thanks to Kalian’s Tears, he could even clearly see the underwater sights that light didn’t touch .

‘Kutiers……’

Kutiers were swarming towards his surroundings .
The monsters remembered Roan, who had ruthlessly massacred their comrades .
They bared their sharp teeth and extended sharp and long nails .

‘Will I die like this……’

The body still didn’t move as he wished .
It was almost impossible to take on all of them .
But he had no plans to giving up and welcome death just like that .

‘There is no impossible in my life . ’

He tightened his heart that was scattering .
It was a life that he had stood up from despite falling again and again and had stubbornly walked .
There was no way that he could simply give up even if a foot was caught at the door of death .

‘I will kill at least one more of you . ’

Perhaps because of the firm will, the limbs that hadn’t listened moved .

‘Kuuk . ’

Of course, an amazing pain assaulted each time .
Roan took that pain as a source of his strength .
With fierce and sharp eyes, he glared at the Kutiers .

‘Come!’

His spirit at least was of a greatest general under the sky .  1
At that moment .

[You really are an absurd guy . ]

A sharp and buzzing voice was heard .
It was Kinis .
Roan wished to greet her at the somehow happy feeling, but he couldn’t say any words because he was underwater .

‘Even though it might be the last…… can I not even greet her?’

He felt a regretful feeling .

[What last? Didn’t you say that there is no give up in your life?]

Kinis’ voice was heard .

‘Un?’

Roan made a puzzled look .

‘You can hear my voice?’

Words passed through thought .

[I can hear it . No, not just hear it……]

The end of her words blurred .
At the same time, a current oscillated in front of Roan’s eyes .
A current swaying under the water was truly fantastic .
As if a whirlwind, it spinned round and round  then soon burst apart towards everywhere .
At the place the whirlpool disappeared .
A women with a blue colored hair and skin tinted with a red light appeared .
A girl of short height that only reached up to Roan’s waist .
The girl turned her head and looked at Roan .
A face that somehow looked like a mischief .

[You can see me now, right?]

She casually threw those words .
Roan widely opened his eyes .

‘Are you perhaps Kinis?’

At those words, the girl slowly nodded her head .

[Yeah . I’m Kinis . ]

Her small and pretty lips moved softly .
Smiling faintly, Kinis shrugged her shoulders .

[Aren’t I prettier than you thought]

Those were words that completely did not match the situation .

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