I Have a Sailing Game-Chapter 85: Strange Sounds
Hold it, maybe it’ll be useful.
Rogel comforted himself like this.
A Magic Potion from a Wooden Treasure Chest, what more could you ask for?
Rogel put the Drowning Monster Potion into the Hunger Pouch.
Then he turned his attention to the three tunnel entrances before him.
Let’s start with the first one on the left.
Rogel was too lazy to pick, as the three tunnel entrances had no special differences.
After entering the tunnel entrance.
The screen on the Dark Sea Hunter’s side suddenly darkened.
However, this didn’t affect the Dark Sea Hunter, as its vision allowed it to see its surroundings clearly even in the deep sea.
Rogel swam through the dark tunnel.
Strangely, he didn’t encounter any Monsters along the way.
It made him feel a bit puzzled.
"Could I have picked the backdoor to the boss room again?"
Rogel was somewhat at a loss, and could only continue forward.
[Gasp...]
[Help...]
As Rogel moved forward, faint panting and cries for help reached his ears.
But then, the sound mysteriously disappeared.
This surprised Rogel.
However, he quickly noticed a problem.
This sound seemed not to be from a mouth?
More like it was directly transmitted into his mind.
Are there other communicative creatures in this Cave?
Honestly, after all this exploration, Rogel could count on his fingers the communicative creatures inside the Cave.
The Blood Mud Giant, um, and none others...
This spontaneous sound is probably a very important part of the game plot.
Rogel squinted at the screen and stroked his chin.
No matter what, he had to find the source of this sound.
With that thought, Rogel continued down the tunnel.
He needed to find the source of this strange voice.
However, after some swimming, he couldn’t locate the sound source but was confronted by new Monsters.
Whish!
Rogel’s expression didn’t change as he suddenly swung his right Bone Blade backward to the side.
With a light sound, a Monster’s Body behind him was instantly split in two.
[Your Clone Dark Sea Hunter killed a Poisonous Sea Cucumber, gaining Combat Experience.]
Relying on the Dark Sea Hunter’s strong Insight, Rogel extended a large claw and ferociously snapped at what seemed like empty seawater in front of him.
After a distortion in the seawater, a Monster resembling a sea cucumber with Invisibility appeared in Rogel’s view. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
[Poisonous Sea Cucumber]
[Type: Monster]
[Quality: Ordinary]
[Level: 5]
[Tier: Extraordinary]
[Explanation: A Monster resembling a sea cucumber with the skill of Invisibility; as for why it’s named Poisonous Sea, take a guess?]
Poisonous... Sea Cucumber?
What the heck?
When Rogel saw this, he frowned, puzzled by the weird name.
But when he saw the Monster Explanation, he suddenly snapped out of it.
Looking back at the screen, he saw the Poisonous Sea Cucumber he was pinching was already swollen like a football.
"Oh shit..."
Rogel’s expression immediately changed, and he tried to throw it away quickly.
Boom—
However, it was too late.
The Poisonous Sea Cucumber exploded directly in Rogel’s claw, splattering dark green internal organs all over his face.
[Your Clone Dark Sea Hunter has been attacked by a Poisonous Sea Cucumber, Life Value -150.]
[Your Clone Dark Sea Hunter has suffered self-destruct damage from the Poisonous Sea Cucumber and is poisoned.]
[Your Clone Dark Sea Hunter is poisoned, losing 10 Life Value per minute, lasting 600 seconds.]
"..."
Rogel wiped the poisonous viscera off his Body with a tentacle, his face as dark as a pot’s bottom.
Though the poisoned state wasn’t fatal, still...
Why would the Underwater Cave have such disgusting Monsters!
The existence of this Monster is completely illogical!
You self-destruct and end up dead too, right?
Besides splattering my face with guts, what else can you do?
... Seems like you can also make me lose Combat Experience.
Damn! So damn annoying!
With this in mind, Rogel felt his rage rising further.
However, he could never reach the game’s author, so he could only take a deep breath to calm himself.
After holding back his temper for a while, Rogel again found some floating Poisonous Sea Cucumbers at the tunnel entrance.
Luckily, the Dark Sea Hunter’s Insight was strong enough to roughly sense the hidden Poisonous Sea Cucumbers ahead.
If Rogel’s actual body were there, he might have already been blown senseless.
"No way, these Poisonous Sea Cucumbers are all experience, can’t waste them."
Though Rogel wanted to know where the tunnel led.
These Monsters in the Cave wouldn’t respawn like in the games he’s used to.
Once these Monsters die, they’re dead.
Unless he reloads a save, they won’t reappear.
If these Poisonous Sea Cucumbers self-destructed to death, Rogel wouldn’t gain any experience points.
Thinking this through, Rogel could only slow down, patiently hunting each Poisonous Sea Cucumber in the tunnel.
[Your Clone Dark Sea Hunter killed a Poisonous Sea Cucumber, gaining Combat Experience.]
[Your Clone Dark Sea Hunter killed a Poisonous Sea Cucumber, gaining Combat Experience.]
[...]
Besides Combat Experience, Rogel also got some drops.
[You found Sea Cucumber Internal Organs ×1.]
[You found Sea Cucumber Internal Organs ×1.]
[...]
These Poisonous Sea Cucumbers seemed to drop only Sea Cucumber Internal Organs.
Of course, Rogel didn’t waste the bodies of the Poisonous Sea Cucumbers, having the Dark Sea Hunter consume them all to not waste anything.
After cleaning up these Poisonous Sea Cucumbers, Rogel continued on.
Before long, he reached a fork, with the rocky tunnel splitting into two paths, up and down.
However, Rogel didn’t enter immediately.
He looked at a blank spot in front of the tunnel entrance and chuckled.
"Do you think putting more sea cucumbers will blow me up?"
"Too naive..."
[Woosh—]
Before Rogel could finish, a surge of seawater rushed from behind the tunnel entrance, carrying a large number of Poisonous Sea Cucumbers towards him.
Rogel’s pupils contracted as he decisively retreated.
Quickly using Ice Spike to deal with the oncoming Poisonous Sea Cucumbers.
[Your Clone Dark Sea Hunter killed a Poisonous Sea Cucumber, gaining Combat Experience.]
[...]
[Your Clone Dark Sea Hunter killed a Poisonous Sea Cucumber, gaining Combat Experience, Level up.]
[Through extensive combat, your Special Skill Ice Spike has leveled up.]
[Ice Spike lv2 → Ice Spike lv3.]
After more kill notifications.
Rogel’s frantic retreat barely saved him.
If all those Poisonous Sea Cucumbers had exploded on him at the tunnel entrance, he wouldn’t have survived intact.
After sighing, Rogel’s anger flared up again.
You could’ve sent a more powerful Monster, but you sent this kind of creepy thing!
Dammit, I’m going to find out what’s behind all this mess!
Rogel, seething with anger, swam toward the tunnel entrance.
