Chapter 123 – Underwater City Under the Sea (6)

“You guys… Are you really heroes?”

The Kraken looked at us and asked in an incredulous voice.

From that guy’s point of view, he can’t believe this situation.

They may have believed that they were the strongest in this world, but that was not reality at all.

“You don’t need to know that, you just have to answer the questions we ask.”

I was worried that something might happen, but I’m glad that things were resolved easily.

Now all I have to do is extract information about Void from this guy.

“Indeed… Is that why you gave it to us?”

“What is he saying now?”

Kraken said something unintelligible to himself.

You gave it to me?

What does this mean?

Bang!

Before I had time to think about what he said, I heard a loud noise behind me and turned around without realizing it.

In the back, a huge sea snake and a shark were tangled together on the floor.

“Master, this has been resolved neatly.”

“Ah, it’s Noah. Good job. Everything has been sorted out here too.”

It seems that Noah killed all of the remaining Boyd gang that went to the Frash Kingdom earlier.

I feel good that this matter was resolved very easily.

How can people live if they always have hard times?

Wouldn’t it be nice if things could go a little easier for me?

“Hmm? Jinu! Is there something strange about that guy?”

I turned her head in the direction Yuria was pointing with her finger along with Yuri’s voice.

The Kraken’s body was boiling there.

Air bubbles continue to rise from the Kraken’s skin like boiling water, and his body seems to have grown slightly larger.

I don’t know what he’s going to do, but I feel a little anxious.

Would it be right to kill him before it becomes a nuisance?

While I was thinking for a moment, my body grew even bigger.

“Kaaaaa!”

And Kriken screamed so loudly that it hurt my ears.

We had no choice but to cover our ears with our hands as the Kraken roared.

“Ugh! I screamed so hard that my ears hurt!”

“Sir, shall I kill you?”

Now this anxiety feels like something is going to happen.

I don’t know what Kraken is trying to do, but I can’t leave it like this.

“I don’t know what we’re going to do, but let’s kill the Kraken first!”

When I screamed, everyone who heard me immediately rushed at the kraken.

Ellie, Lien, and Yuria, who had to attack from close range, jumped in to get closer to the Kraken, while Renia, Rachel, and Noah, who could attack from afar, immediately attacked.

A huge water cannon was fired from Renia’s hand, a sharp ice spear flew from Rachel’s back, and Noah also launched a spear made of blood towards the Kraken.

Naturally, I thought the Kraken that was hit by this attack would die.

But there was a reason why I thought things would go well today.

Because life doesn’t go the way you want it to.

Quack!

There was a sound of the attacks from Renia, Rachel, and Noah colliding, but it wasn’t the sound of them hitting the Kraken’s body.

There was clearly an invisible wall in an empty space.

No, rather than a wall, it would be more correct to say that there is an invisible layer of armor on the Kraken’s body.

Everyone’s attacks from behind me were blocked by that armor and could not reach the Kraken.

“What the hell is this, haha!”

Of course, Ellie, Lien, and Yuria, who went to get close to the Kraken, were blocked by the invisible armor and couldn’t get to the Kraken.

The moment Lien realized she couldn’t advance she immediately brought her fist close to her armor and unleashed her one inch punch.

Bang!

A tremendous sound echoed through the sea at Lien’s one-inch strike.

“Oh my god. What on earth is going on?”

But despite this, her armor did not budge even after receiving Lien’s attack.

It’s an item that won’t break even when hit by Lien’s attack.

I too can’t believe the situation before my eyes.

Haha! Did you think that insignificant beings like you could break through this powerful barrier given by Arceus?”

What on earth is this guy called Arceus doing?

They know about demons, how to fuse with demons we don’t know, and create armor that won’t even flinch from attacks from a graduated character like Lien?

Even if Modeus appears before our eyes now, there will be no damage when he is hit by Lien’s attack.

But even though you can’t see that armor, it doesn’t feel like there was any evidence of Lien’s attack.

Are you saying there could be a being stronger than Modeus?

That can’t be possible. That kind of guy didn’t exist in this world or the other game world.

In a moment of panic, the Kraken forcibly tore its own body from the frozen ground and extended its tentacles to its subordinates who were lying nearby.

“Where! Stop!”

Ellie saw that and immediately swung her mace towards the kraken’s tentacles to stop it, although she didn’t know what she was doing.

However, since it didn’t even flinch from Lien’s attack just now, the tentacle that was hit by Ellie flew away as if nothing had happened.

The Kraken wrapped its tentacles around his minions and brought them towards him.

And as if to represent its bloated body just moments ago, the Kraken’s mouth was also enlarged, and it opened its mouth wide.

And then they started eating all of their men!

From the crocodile to the moray and the sea snake and shark-shaped demon that Noah had caught, he swallowed them all one by one.

Of course we couldn’t just sit there and watch, so we continued our attack.

Renia and Rachel continued to fire magical attacks, and Ellie, Lien, and Yuria, who were close by, also tried to stop the Kraken’s actions by throwing their weapons and fists.

However, our attacks had no effect at all due to the invisible armor on the Kraken’s body.

It felt like there was no impact at all, as if our attack was nullified.

The Kraken’s body began to gradually change each time it consumed one of its subordinates.

Just as the enemies could not interfere when the protagonist and his companions transformed in the animation I watched when I was young, we had no choice but to do nothing while the Kraken’s body changed.

“Our attack didn’t work at all. This is the first time something like this has happened.”

“What on earth? This can happen.”

It seemed like everyone here, not just me, could understand what was going on.

I too cannot believe the situation unfolding before my eyes.

Kraken’s changes were truly amazing.

In addition to the Kraken’s eight tentacles, more tentacles began to extend from its body, and the ends of the tentacles gradually widened and sharp teeth sprouted.

In addition, a tail protruded from the back of the Kraken’s body, and the Kraken’s original body became the head, and a long tail appeared behind it.

The Kraken’s mouth stretched forward like a crocodile, and its teeth became sharper and larger than those of the original crocodile.

Was there a monster like this in Elion?

Of course not!

Moreover, Demon was basically a monster in the game, so it was impossible for the attack to not work at all.

The monster is invincible, so something like that can’t happen…

Ah!

A situation where the Kraken merges with another monster, and the attack does not work at all.

The moment I saw these two situations, a memory flashed through my mind.

There was something Elion’s management said in the past when they pre-announced a level 85 raid related to the Kraken.

They said that using their technological capabilities, the final boss pattern would be very surprising.

Of course, there was no surprising pattern after the level 85 raid was released, so we made fun of it a lot for a while.

Then, someone who worked on Elion looked at the data and discovered one thing hidden there, which was that there was a hidden pattern of Kraken.

I had forgotten about it because it was so old.

It was like what was happening right now before my eyes: when the Kraken entered the final phase, it became one with its subordinates and fought against the users.

Because there was no specific form and the data was left to change like that, I don’t think I could have imagined the Kraken in my head even when I saw it now.

When I remembered that, it seemed like our attack just now wouldn’t have worked.

As the monster enters the final phase, a change in its body appears, but since users cannot force the monster to die before entering the phase by inflicting damage in the meantime, the monster is made invincible.

Then no matter how much you attack, it cannot be disturbed.

Isn’t that what the Kraken is changing right before our eyes?

The moment it comes to mind, anxiety rises.

First of all, I have never dealt with a Kraken in that state.

Fortunately, the user who opened the data revealed it all, so I knew what the pattern was, but I was even more anxious because I had never actually tried it.

And it is unclear how strong it is.

Later, during a Q&A at the Elion meeting, someone asked about this, and they said that the reason it was not applied was because many bugs occurred due to this pattern.

That’s also a bug where the Kraken’s damage is done abnormally.

They say they couldn’t fix it so they took it out completely.

And now we are in a situation where we have to fight that buggy Kraken.