Soul Devourer Chapter 3 Episode 40 — Skills Useful for Underwater Combat
After defeating the gigantic shark feared as the Ogre of the Sea, the Ogre Shark, I checked the details of【Aquatic Respiration】, which had already caught my attention when I viewed its stats earlier with【Discernment】.
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【Aquatic Respiration】Lv.6
• Allows breathing underwater without surfacing for air.
• Effective duration: 3 hours
Dexterity +6
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“Seriously!? With this skill, I don’t have to worry about suffocating, and I don’t even need to carry a tank.”
The duration is something to keep in mind, but even so, being able to operate underwater for long periods is a huge advantage.
“If the field is the ocean, there’s a high chance the boss room battle will also take place either on the sea surface or underwater. Thinking about that, it’s better to level this skill up as much as possible.”
Once I settled on a plan, I immediately jumped from the ice platform into the sea.
An Ogre Shark, which picked up the sound of my dive with【Noise Sense】, rushed toward me at full speed.
Take this! «Gyorai • Torpedo»!
I activated【Lightning Magic】, and a shark-shaped torpedo formed from lightning sped through the water and slammed into the Ogre Shark.
High-voltage lightning surged through the Ogre Shark’s body. After stiffening for a moment, it went limp and floated upward.
I quickly swam over, created a foothold with【Ice Magic】, and stored the Ogre Shark into my《Magic Pouch》from atop the ice.
It was a bit tedious, but I repeated this process and focused on leveling up【Aquatic Respiration】.
『Magic Power +16』
『Strength +16』
『Endurance +29』
『Agility +20』
『Intelligence +16』
『Spirit +29』
『Dexterity +22』
『Luck +20』
『Skill【Aquatic Respiration】Lv.7 UP』
From here on, raising【Aquatic Respiration】further would require killing around sixty more Ogre Sharks, so I decided to skip that grind by using excess experience.
『Skill【Aquatic Respiration】Lv.8 UP』
『Skill【Aquatic Respiration】Lv.9 UP』
With my preparations for challenging the boss complete, I continued swimming through the sea for a while and eventually found the entrance leading to the boss room.
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The structure leading to the boss room itself was the same as usual, but since there were no torches, I activated【Night Vision】and moved forward.
When I opened the massive door and swam inside, the boss room was completely filled with seawater, and I understood that the battle would take place underwater.
Eleven orbs of light slowly sank down from above. When they shone so brightly it was almost blinding, ten Ogre Sharks appeared, and…
Damn… it’s huge. The sense of presence is overwhelming. That shark from some famous shark movie would look like a baby in comparison. Its name is Megalodon the same name as the massive prehistoric shark that went extinct.
A mouth that looked like it could open three to five meters wide, and a colossal body roughly fifty meters long.
If you fought it head-on, you’d be swallowed whole in an instant and wiped out.
This was a difficulty level classified among the upper tier of A-rank dungeons.
Even while thinking all that, I never took my eyes off the Megalodon and barely managed to evade its bite at the last moment.
It covered that distance instantly!? That’s insanely fast!
Unlike on land, I couldn’t fully bring out my physical abilities, but with stats exceeding [25,000] and the support from【Swimming】, I managed to evade.
If possible, I wanted to avoid a direct fight with the Megalodon and instead encourage mutation enhancement. So first, I decided to eliminate the Ogre Sharks that were following it.
While running from the Megalodon, I occasionally turned back and fired torpedoes at the Ogre Sharks, steadily reducing their numbers.
Then, the Megalodon, which had been chasing me with bloodshot eyes, suddenly changed direction and swallowed the corpses of the Ogre Sharks.
Yes, yes!
Taking advantage of that opening, I fired torpedoes at the remaining Ogre Sharks, producing more corpses.
The Megalodon devoured them one after another, and once it had finished swallowing them all, it suddenly became calm.
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E/N:
What's it gonna evolve into? Leviathan?
Also, all exams over, finally!!! Now I can devote my time to some website development and designing. Of course, it's a new website where there'll be more cultured WNs to be translated.
This website? Well, I was thinking of some 18+ content, yk, smut or some spicy GL (even though I'm a male I like Yuri 😂) or some forbidden stuff that's gonna make your hearts race! 😏
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