## Chapter 961 – Sea

ㅡGguooooooo!!!

Having lost its ankle and fallen, the Sea God roared, trying to move its massive upper body. Of course, it was futile. Maintaining balance to this degree was no problem at all.

A superhuman sense that never falters, no matter how much it’s shaken.

Even on a crazed, murderous Discopangpang designed by evil and cruel demons to shake people to death, I was confident I could do a handstand with just my index finger and never lose balance.

“Kkieeeeeeeeeeeeeeek!!”

We climbed onto the Sea God’s back, maintaining our balance, and swung our weapons down to grind its spine as if we were hacking away with pickaxes.

ㅡKwaang!
ㅡKuoong!
ㅡKwakwakwakwaang!!!

Heavy blows, imbued with all sorts of auras, struck more than twenty times per second, grinding away at the Sea God’s tough vertebrae from the surface. Its defense was high, but it couldn’t withstand this relentless barrage.

No matter how elite a 2-meter-tall special forces soldier might be, they couldn’t possibly fend off a horde of trained elementary school students wielding pickaxes with murderous intent while their ankle was severed.

ㅡPeok!
ㅡPshak!

The scales had long since been shattered.

The Sea God’s blood, flesh, and bone fragments flew, intensifying the frenzied atmosphere.

“Good! Karin! A little harder!!!”
“Haaaaaaap!!”

ㅡKwaang!
ㅡKuoong!!

Karin and Liztina’s full-force attacks quickly ground away at the bone’s surface. Claudie, perhaps to conserve mana, slowly and meticulously delivered her blows.

“Celestial Demon Descent! Celestial Demon Descent! Celestial Demon Descent!!!!”

ㅡKwaang!
ㅡKwaang!
ㅡKudeudeudeudeuk!!

I continuously slammed down Celestial Demon Descent, going wild like I was doing a DDR dance, recalling the sensation of bringing down the Otherworld Monster King.

ㅡGguooooooo!!!

Each time a strong blow landed, the Sea God tried to rise but ended up slamming its upper body back onto the ground. We had to unleash an endless barrage to keep it from moving…!

We couldn’t let it return to the sea!!
All the sailors would die!!

That’s when it happened.

ㅡKugoong!!!

The completely prostrate Sea God made a different move, and I instinctively shouted.

“That bastard’s trying to roll over!!”
“Get out of the way quickly!!”

ㅡPultjjeok!

As soon as it tried to roll over, we ran and jumped off its scales, landing on its side. ㅡKuoong!! The Sea God rolled onto its side like a baby turning over.

It’ll be harder to work on its spine like this, won’t it?

ㅡHwaeek!!!

A storm-like wind suddenly swept through.

“Arm!! The arm’s coming!!”

Liztina shouted. As she said, the Sea God’s huge, long arm was bearing down on us. It was an inhuman speed, but…

Not difficult.

ㅡPaaat!

We threw ourselves to the ground, dodging the attack. The Sea God’s grasp futilely passed by our side. As we watched it, waiting for another chance to attack…

ㅡHwaeek!

It turned its massive head towards us and opened its maw.

“Head!! It’s looking this way!! It’s going to shoot water!!!”

Even as I spoke, we were darting towards the Sea God’s legs. ㅡKwaang! In the meantime, it tried to crush us with its body, but we easily evaded everything.

This must be similar to how a sleepy human can never catch a mosquito buzzing around their ear.

ㅡPuhwahahhaaaaaaaak!!!

Soon, the water cannon, having lost its target, tore through the air. No matter how much it struggled, it could never catch up to us with such a slow speed. Since its body was large, our movements had to be a bit bigger, but we could handle it without much trouble.

Anyway, we were about to climb back onto its torso to attack again.

ㅡGguooooooo!!!

The Sea God, roaring, suddenly began thrashing its limbs and arching its back wildly. ㅡKuoong! Its immense weight made it feel like an earthquake was occurring.

ㅡTtaengkkaeng.

It was literally a hyper tantrum…!

To shake us off, the Sea God thrashed its limbs wildly like a three-year-old throwing a tantrum for a robot, devastating the surroundings.

So, we had no choice but to take a step back.

Even though we were superhuman, it was impossible to climb onto the back of a god throwing such a tantrum, and it was clear that even a slight graze would be a fatal blow, sending us flying.

The tantrum of a transcendent giant had that kind of power.

“This is too difficult to attack when it’s like this.”

Karin said, rotating her wrist.

“That’s right. Even for us, we wouldn’t be safe if we got caught in that.”
“Hmph… What should we do in a situation like this?”

That’s right.

“Well, do we have to wait until it runs out of energy?”
“I don’t think that’s the answer.”

Karin shook her head at my words.

“Oops.”

The spine we had ground down wasn’t deep enough. That’s why it could still move so well. ㅡKuoong! Kwaang! It was still throwing a tantrum, devastating the surroundings.

“Th-th-th-that, it’s throwing a tantrum to get its ankle back.”

In my view, that bastard was just throwing a tantrum to get its lost ankle back. And yet, a Sea God was showing such a pathetic sight? The Sea God should hurry up and show its head. Otherwise, I’ll roast it.

It was then.

ㅡStop.

The Sea God suddenly stopped its tantrum, then rolled over, pressed its chest to the ground, and began to crawl as if trying to change direction.

At the end of that change of direction was…

“The sea!! That bastard’s trying to run to the sea!!”

ㅡGguooooooo!!!

The Sea God roared and tried to escape to the sea!

“Chase after it quickly!!!”
“Looking at it crawl, it’s already over! Let’s cut off its spine first!!”

ㅡPaaat!

And so, we shot out like arrows again and climbed onto its back. We had to kill this bastard before it returned to the sea…! Fortunately, the spine we had previously attacked hadn’t been repaired, so we struck it again.

ㅡKwaang!
ㅡKuoong!!

“It’s working, it’s working! It’s being severed!!”
“Dejaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!!!”

How many seconds had passed?

ㅡGguooooooo…!

The Sea God, which had been crawling towards the sea with all its might, slumped down.

“I severed the spine!!!”

At the same time, Karin shouted as if she was very happy.
Yes! We had paralyzed its lower body by severing its spine!

“Then now the neck!! Go for the neck!!!”

But its upper body was still intact! If it was just crawling, it could go with just its arms! ㅡPaaang! We immediately trampled on its back and headed for the neck bones.

ㅡKwaang!

“This seems weaker!”

Claudie shouted.

As she said, the neck bones were weaker than the spine. Even the sensation of the knife entering was different. At this rate, we could grind it down in a few seconds!

“Celestial Demon Descent.”

ㅡKwaang!

I stepped on the neck bones with Celestial Demon Descent, simultaneously launching my body high into the air. ㅡHwareureureuk! Then, after creating sword flames in the air, I descended and accurately stabbed the knife into the gap in the exposed neck bones.

ㅡKuwaaaaaaaaaaang!!

A roar echoed as Bugeal was driven into the Sea God’s neck bones.

“Sister!!! Hit it down like a hammer!”
“Got it!!”

And Karin took a stance as if she was swinging a sledgehammer, then struck the pommel of Bugeal with the blade of her Rare Metal Sword.

ㅡTukwaaaaaaang!!!
ㅡJjeojeok!!

With that, the neck bones were completely destroyed.

Bugeal, driven in deeply like a nail, had completely separated the neck bones.

“Damn it!! We won!!!!”
“Waaaaaaa!! We won!!!!”
“We have killed the Sea Godㅡ!!!!”

A cry of joy erupted…!

Swift movements and teamwork born of love. That was the key to victory.

The Sea God was helplessly subdued, just like Gulliver was by the dwarves. No matter how much of a Gulliver he was, he couldn’t do anything against transcendent dwarves who had mastered destruction techniques.

“Then, shall we do a final confirmation kill?”

At that moment, Claudie said.
She was right.

“Yes! Let’s cut off its head!”
“Alright, alright, let’s cut it off properly!”

And so, we completely severed the dead Sea God’s neck bones, separating its huge, evil fish-like head from its body. The head alone was really huge. It was big enough to swallow ten people in one bite.

“Ooh.”

That was victory.

Having finished the job, we came down to the ground and collapsed.

Still, we used a lot of strength.

“I’ve even killed a Sea God in my life. This will be a valuable experience.”
“Kyahreureu, that’s right. How often would we get an opportunity like this?”
“Hehe, it was fun.”

Everyone seemed to feel a great sense of accomplishment. Those pure, satisfied smiles were proof of that. Well, I felt something similar. To catch such a huge giant.

“But isn’t this Sea God too weak?”

But I had that question.

“Well… It can’t be helped since it’s on land. If we fought in the sea, even a few Sword Masters couldn’t have caught it. Look at how slow that bastard is. It’ll become really fast when it enters the sea, right?”

Karin said, resting the back of her head on her clasped hands.

“That’s certainly true.”
“Hmm… But thinking about it… Was it really a Sea God? You know. Like a sea serpent, it might just be a monster living in the deep sea. The residents might have been scared and called it a Sea God.”

Liz-nuna said, as if she had regained her composure.
She was right.

In fact, I didn’t think that was a real Sea God either.
It was probably just a transcendentally strong monster.

“Was that so? But why did this Sea God come up to the coast?”

Claudie expressed her doubts.

“That’s right. Why.”
“Perhaps.”

A reason.

“Was there a reason why it abandoned its advantageous territory, the sea, and came up to the coast… to destroy the village?”

A very obvious inference.

“That seems like there might be a reason.”

Karin also nodded.

“I agree. What could it have been?”

Yes, there must have been some reason.

“Well, we can’t know what all the monster bastards are thinking.”

But that’s not something we can know, and it’s not very important either. The important thing is that the Sea God is dead now.

And what’s important to me right now is something else.

ㅡSseueuk.

I got up from my seat and looked at the Sea God’s corpse.

ㅡSaaaaa.
ㅡSaaaaa.

The incoming waves wet the Sea God’s shoulders. But that only wet the part that was in contact with the ground, and it didn’t have a head. Instead, the bright red blood gushing from its neck was pouring out into the sea.

“Hmm.”

I looked at the Sea God’s head lying on the sandy beach.

Looking at it separated from its body like that, it just looked like the head of a super-giant fish.

As the saying goes, the head of a fish is the best part.

It was said that fish are tastier towards the head, and meat is tastier towards the tail. Then, would the part where the neck bones were be tasty? Looking at the Sea God’s bright red flesh, I couldn’t resist my curiosity.

Sea God sashimi.

ㅡCheoeok!

I held it up high and shouted.

“This is the blessing of the Sea God!!!”

Boiling power…!
The Sea God’s flesh was calling to me!

“By drinking this, I shall obtain the infinite power of the sea!!!”

If I ate this, I would be able to gain the power of General Jang Bogo and Admiral Yi Sun-sin!

“I, Kim Katteu, will stand tall as a Celestial Demon with that powerㅡ!!!!”