Chapter 218: Egg Shattering

Chapter 218: Egg Shattering



After expending a significant amount of blood to cast three consecutive curses on Rain, Nehru immediately refocused his attention on the Leviathan Squad.

The three Great Knights under his command, still controlling the Spineback Sea Serpents, continued their siege on the Leviathan Squad, but their expressions had subtly changed.

"Increase the offensive, maintain the pressure, and don't let them get away with anything," Nehru's confident voice echoed in their minds.

At these words, the three knights' faces turned grim, and they swiftly increased their attack frequency, putting the Leviathan Squad in a precarious situation once again.

Previously, the Leviathan Squad had witnessed Rain and Veronica effortlessly dispatch a combination of a Great Knight and a Spineback Sea Serpent, boosting their morale. But then, they saw Rain, who had suddenly stopped mid-way, sigh in dismay.

They realized that the deceiver on the giant Spineback Sea Serpent must have taken action!

While deceivers might not excel in direct combat, their curses were unpredictable and formidable. The Leviathan Squad had firsthand experience of the pain inflicted by the deceiver's curses, which significantly impacted their fighting capabilities.

Otherwise, the combination of three Great Knights and three Spineback Sea Serpents would not have been enough to hold them back.

But in the next moment, they witnessed a white surge of energy on the sea surface, rushing towards the main battlefield. Leading the surge was Rain!

It turned out that Rain, who had been affected by Nehru's triple curse and momentarily halted, had managed to break free from the curses. With a quick tap of his feet, the seawater exploded, propelling him at high speed towards the main battlefield.

This sudden development left the members of the Leviathan Squad exchanging glances.

How was it possible that the deceiver hadn't targeted Rain?

It was unthinkable!

They had clearly seen Rain come to a sudden halt earlier.

Could Rain possess some sort of special item to dispel curses?

As Nehru watched Rain advance again, his face paled in disbelief. How was this possible? He had just expended a significant amount of blood to cast three curses!

Suddenly, a thought struck him. Could Rain possess the rare talent of Steel Body, granting him extraordinary resistance to pain and curses?

Otherwise, it was unimaginable for anyone to dispel three of his curses at once!

Or even if such a powerful item existed, it would be impossible for a mere defense force commander in a small region of the Dragoon Empire to possess it.

Those with the Steel Body talent had exceptional resistance to pain and curses. Curses like Pain Curse and Cold Heart Curse were almost ineffective against them.

However, as Nehru saw Rain charging directly towards him, his iron-blue face relaxed.

Haha, a Great Knight challenging a Mage directly?

Naive! Once Rain got closer, he had more than just curses to deal with this guy.

But Rain, while charging towards the deceiver on the giant Spineback Sea Serpent, had a different intention.

His primary goal was to draw the deceiver's attention, thereby alleviating the pressure on the Leviathan Squad, especially their captain, Baran. He wasn't seeking a head-on confrontation with the deceiver.

Rain had considered this before the battle. The deceiver's methods were unpredictable, and it would be unwise to engage directly without a significant advantage.

As Rain slightly diverted the deceiver's attention, the pressure on the Leviathan Squad lessened, especially for Captain Baran, who seized the opportunity to counterattack frequently.

At this moment, Rain's path abruptly changed from a straight line to an arc, swiftly curving behind a Great Knight who was controlling a Spineback Sea Serpent and besieging the Leviathan Squad.

The Great Knight was a burly figure, wielding a sharp metal spear about two meters long. Judging by his physique, he was likely a Peak Knight.

Facing Rain, the Great Knight raised his spear horizontally to block the attack.

But as their weapons clashed, the Great Knight's expression changed!

The high-frequency vibration directly transmitted from the spear handle to his body, causing his entire body to stiffen momentarily for approximately 0.2 seconds.

However, for Rain and his peers, 0.2 seconds was ample time to accomplish a lot.

In an instant, Rain spun and leaped, delivering a Quasi-Oblivion level 'Ascending Dragon Hammer' strike with the pointed end of the Boar Head Hammer.

The sharp end of the hammer struck the Great Knight, sending him flying into the air at a height of four to five meters!

Simultaneously, the top of the Great Knight's head exploded, and white brain matter splattered from his skull.

His entire body continued to convulse in mid-air.

Witnessing this scene, the members of the Leviathan Squad finally understood how Rain had defeated the first Great Knight with a sword and shield.

This hammer technique and its power were a far cry from the sparring in the training room, it was as if a different person had taken over.

This time, Rain was facing a Great Knight in a head-on battle, but the kill was no more difficult than the previous one.

The main reason was that the opponent didn't know how he had killed the first-ranked Knight, so in terms of tactical response, he still suffered from the disadvantage of a head-on clash.

Seeing his second-ranked Great Knight fall, Nehru was both shocked and furious!

What he didn't expect was that the young Great Knight who had originally charged at him would instead turn to attack his own Great Knight, thereby relieving the pressure on the Leviathan Squad.

Shouldn't young people be more easily provoked?

Damn it, this was even more cunning than an old fox!

At this moment, the battle situation had already collapsed!

With Rain's entry and the death of the two Great Knights on the other side, the battle quickly spiraled out of control.

The Leviathan Squad quickly broke free from their predicament, while Captain Baran headed towards the Giant Spineback Sea Serpent.

Rain glanced at the sweat on his brow, silently praising him.

Captain Baran's tactical awareness was indeed formidable, living up to his reputation as a member of the Imperial Navy's Special Department.

Baran held off the enemy deceiver, while the rest of the Leviathan Squad turned to surround the remaining two Great Knights controlling the Spineback Sea Serpents.

The battle situation flipped in an instant!

Suddenly, a special side energy particle of a faint cyan color surrounded him, and he felt his entire body become lighter, and his speed increased by twenty percent.

Rain turned his head to look, and it turned out that the one who had cast the enhancement wizardry 'Swift Wind' on him was Nathaniel, who had sparred with him previously. At this moment, Nathaniel was on the coral reef, quickly casting another defensive wizardry - Water Film Spell, and Rain's body was enveloped in another layer of faint blue light, a thin film of faint blue water forming on his body's surface.

Rain nodded towards the Leviathan Squad members and without hesitation, charged towards the other Federation Great Knight.

Nehru on the Giant Spineback Sea Serpent realized that he had to make a decision!

But soon, he looked towards the distant sky, as if sensing something, and his brows furrowed!

The Giant Spineback Sea Serpent under him took a deep breath, and a corrosive liquid filled the air, forcing Rain and the Leviathan Squad to halt their offense and quickly dodge.

When the noxious-smelling poison began to dissipate, where was the enemy in sight on the sea surface?

The enemy deceiver's retreat was decisive.

"It's the Snake Neck Dragon Squad's White-headed Sea Eagle!" a Leviathan Squad member pointed towards the sky.

A huge eagle-like raptor flew in from the horizon, its head adorned with a striking white feather.

It was likely due to the unfavorable battle situation and the presence of other Imperial Squads nearby that the Federation deceiver swiftly abandoned the idea of continuing the fight. Rain mused.

As the battle concluded, the curses from the enemy deceiver on the Leviathan Squad members began to dissipate automatically with the passing of time.

The Leviathan Squad quickly administered water healing spell and healing potions to their severely injured member, stabilizing the wounds promptly.

Captain Baran, having taken several potions, seemed to have recovered significantly. He turned to Rain and said:

"Rain, I believe your hammer technique was at the Quasi-Oblivion level, right?"

"Although it was very close to the true Oblivion level, it still fell short by a tiny margin."

Rain nodded, saying: "Captain Baran, you are correct.

"

Regarding this, Rain felt there was nothing wrong with admitting it. With a strength that had reached Captain Baran's level, one could basically tell at a glance which technique he was using and at what level.

"Baron Rain, do you understand how to elevate Quasi-Oblivion to true Oblivion?" Captain Baran continued.

Hearing the captain's words, everyone looked at the two with great interest.

Obviously, they also realized that the captain intended to give some pointers to the young Baron Rain as a way of repaying him for rescuing their squad.

Rain also sensed the goodwill in Captain Baran's words, understood his intention, and shook his head, saying, "I'm still in the exploration stage. Captain Baran, can you give me some guidance?"

Captain Baran nodded and said, "Baron Rain, you have exceptional talent. My words are just for your reference, but you need to adjust according to your own situation."

"Although your mastery of hammer techniques has already reached the level required to perform an Oblivion, the combination of your combat techniques and essence is not yet at a subtle and harmonious level."

"So, you're just a little short of entering true Oblivion."

After listening to Captain Baran's words, Rain fell into deep thought.

He had vaguely sensed the problem before, but he couldn't pinpoint it like Captain Baran did.

When Rain performed Quasi-Oblivion, he indeed felt that there was a slight disconnect between the technique and the mobilization of his essence, as if he couldn't achieve a truly exquisite fusion of the technique and his essence.

Now it seemed that the problem did indeed lie there.

After some thought, Rain continued, "Captain Baran, how should I solve this problem?"

Captain Baran didn't keep him in suspense but answered directly, "Two points. First, strengthen your Breath Technique, and second, practice Quasi-Oblivion more and contemplate the fusion of your essence and the technique."

"With your talent, you should be able to solve this problem in about half a year."

Hearing Captain Baran's estimation, the remaining members of the Fish Dragon Squad couldn't help but exclaim.

"Half a year?"

"Just half a year?"

"A Great Knight under eighteen years old is already terrifying, and he only needs half a year more to master true Oblivion."

Everyone was suddenly at a loss for words!

Oblivion required a long accumulation of essence, diligent practice and understanding of Extraordinary Combat Techniques, and finally, an extremely exquisite fusion of the two to successfully perform the technique.

In their impression, Great Knights who could perform Oblivion were at least in their late twenties or approaching thirty years old, even within the special department of 'Tide Walkers'.

In fact, most were in their early thirties.

Breath Technique?

Rain fell into deep thought.

His Bear King Breath Technique had indeed been neglected for quite some time, and it was still at level 9.

Since he couldn't allocate skill points to Tokkar Hammer Technique at level 12, Rain decided to allocate the next skill point to Bear King Breath Technique to see the effect.

As for time, it shouldn't take as long as half a year.

"Thank you, Captain Baran, for your guidance." Rain sincerely appreciated Captain Baran's gesture, even though he knew it was because he had just rescued them.

At this moment, Captain Baran thought for a moment and looked at Rain, saying, "Baron Rain, the Eagle Federation has always avoided direct conflict with us."

"But this time, they took the initiative to attack, and at the beginning of the battle, they shattered a crystal containing something they seemed to be searching for. This is quite unusual."

"I have a feeling that the Eagle Federation's aggressiveness may be related to some secret between them and our squad's pursuit target."

"Captain Baran, do you mean they might be here to rescue Volod?" Rain's eyes lit up as he thought of something and immediately asked.

"It's very likely. For example, is there some secret cooperation or other arrangements between the Eagle Federation and the Black Sails Pirate Fleet?"

"Of course, it's also possible that they want to prevent something originally in Volod's possession from falling into our hands."

"By the way, Baron Rain, did you find anything special among Volod's spoils of war?"

After listening to Captain Baran's analysis, Rain nodded. Although he wasn't very familiar with the Eagle Federation, as an Empire-appointed baron, he naturally supported the Empire.

"Captain Baran, I haven't had a chance to inspect Volod's spoils of war. Why don't we take a look? Perhaps we'll find something," Rain suggested.

"Good!" Captain Baran nodded. He had the same thought, but since Rain had just rescued them, it wasn't appropriate for him to suggest checking the spoils of war that originally belonged to Rain.

After that, the group quickly returned to Fishing Harbor Town. After some friendly exchanges with Major Marika and the Raiman Brothers, they followed the Raiman Brothers to the office of the Sheriff, the Governor of Fishing Harbor Town.

"Baron Rain, the items on the table belong to you, taken from Volod," said Kobert Lemann, one of the Raiman Brothers.

Following the direction indicated by the Ramon brothers, everyone's gaze fell upon a slightly damaged waist pouch on the table, containing several unlabeled vials of unknown potions and other items.

"Actually, there were more potions on the body, but they were all shattered, and the potions spilled out," Kobert Lemann added.

Rain nodded, as he had anticipated this. When he killed Volod, he used the Kadarr Fist Technique 'Hundred Split Strike lv2', and it was already impressive that these items were preserved.

"It's probably not a potion, more likely a secret message or some special item," Captain Baran reminded him from the side.

So, with Rain's authorization, the Ramon brothers began examining the spoils of war in front of the Fish Dragon Squad.

Aside from the potions and gold coins, they discovered an old parchment map in Volod's waist pouch. Upon unrolling it, they saw a location marked on the map.

"Hey, is this a treasure map? Pirate treasure?" Koberd Ramon couldn't help but be curious.

Rain glanced at the island shown on the map and felt a sense of familiarity.

He remembered; wasn't this the island he had circled before?

Previously, he had obtained a treasure map from the Pirate King 'Fire Ship' Vincent Sanborn, which depicted this very island.

It seemed to be called the Sapphire Archipelago?

Rain carefully examined it, and indeed, the destination marked on the map was the Sapphire Archipelago!

And the destination marked on the Pirate King's treasure map – Fear Island – was located to the east of the Sapphire Archipelago.

Rain was puzzled; was it a coincidence that the two were so close? Or...

At that moment, Kobert Lemann flipped over the parchment map, and on the back, there were some hastily written small words.

These words seemed to have been added later.

Kobert Lemann read them quietly: "The location of the Ancient Gnome Empire's Lombarton City."

At that moment, Captain Balon looked at the map thoughtfully.

After a moment, Balon spoke to Rain with a serious expression: "Baron Rain, this should be it."

Rain nodded and said, "Captain Balon, if this item is of great importance to the Empire Navy, I can directly hand over this spoil of war to you."

Since the two maps were in the same sea area, and Rain had already noted down the location, even without this parchment, he could still find this Ancient Gnome Empire ruin.

Additionally, if this map held significant importance to the Empire, as a Baron of the Empire, according to the spoil distribution regulations, he was also obligated to hand over this map to the Empire.

Of course, the Empire would compensate him accordingly afterward.

Balon looked at Rain and said, "Thank you, but Baron Rain, according to the principle of spoil distribution, if we take this item from you, we should rightfully compensate you."

"Baron Rain, I have a spoil of war I obtained privately, which is an extraordinary combat technique for sword and shield. If you're interested, this can be your compensation for handing over the map. How about it?"

Hearing this, Rain couldn't help but laugh. He hadn't expected Captain Balon to be such a principled person.

This was a good thing for him, as he currently lacked sword and shield extraordinary combat techniques.

Ever since he became a Legendary Weapon Master, each additional combat technique in his possession meant an additional means of dealing with enemies in battle.

Currently, he already had a two-handed warhammer, a great sword, and a bow, but lacked sword and shield techniques.

So, Rain smiled and nodded, "Of course, Captain Balon."

Balon took out a thin booklet from his pocket and handed it to Rain.

Rain took it and opened it to see the following words: 'Solson Family Sword and Shield Technique Essence'.

Solson Family? Could it be a pirate family? Rain looked puzzled.

However, as he continued reading, Rain soon discovered that this family was not a pirate family and had nothing to do with pirates.

In fact, the Solson family was a declining noble family. The last heir of the family was on a merchant ship when pirates raided it, and he died on the spot.

In the end, it was a bargain for Captain Balon, who obtained it and kept it in his possession.

After a brief contemplation, Rain decided to postpone learning this extraordinary combat technique for now.

After all, he already had a rich repertoire of close combat techniques, and he planned to learn the 'Bloodrage Archery' first.

Soon after bidding farewell to Rain and the others, Captain Balon led the Fish Dragon Squad, carrying the parchment map marked with the Ancient Gnome Empire ruin, and quickly departed.

Translation:

After instructing the Ramon brothers to strengthen their vigilance, he returned to his own rest room.

However, as he opened the door, he suddenly froze.

The purple giant egg originally placed on the desk now had a shattered top.

(End of Chapter)

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