Chapter 298: New Friends
Chapter 298: New Friends
It was just a few hours since we left the hot spring hotel and I returned everyone home, and I called them again with my portal. Bringing everyone with me to introduce them to Spot and his family.
While waiting for Spot to returns, everyone was confused by the stage made of rocks in the empty island. So, Celestine explained the importance of the stage to persuade Spot to join our cause.
"A puppet shows? I want to see!" Jewel shouted.
"No, we're done for the day. There's no more puppet shows anymore." I said.
"What a shame. Then, will you do the puppet show to the King of Varadis?" Jewel asked.
"Hmm… maybe? Depend on the person himself."
"If it's that old man, he will gladly see it." Shirley said.
If someone close to him said it, it must be right.
"Then if you are going to do it again, call me! I want to watch!" Jewel said.
"Yeah, sure. But don't expect that I will do it. I might be too tired to do it or too annoyed." I said.
It's been a while since Spot left, but he hasn't returned. So, we just chatted a bit.
I also called Shelia and the other Werewolves to get to know with Spot's family.
And after waiting for just half an hour, Spot returned along with five other Sea Serpents. Those five are much smaller than Spot.
"Oh, he has returned. He brought five other Sea Serpents." I said to the others to inform of Spot's arrival.
Spot's length is over a hundred meters, while his five children were less than half of that. The longest among the five was about fifty meters. Which is still very big, but compared to Spot, they seem so small.
"Oh, wow! There's a lot of you here now!" Spot said as he surfaced. He rested his head on the shore, and the other Sea Serpents also did the same. Is that a comfortable position for them?
"Yeah, I thought it would be great if I show you my friends."
I proceed to introduce everyone first. Including the Werewolves who seem eager to fight. Though I told them to not fight. But it seems that one of the Sea Serpent also eager to fight as well. Let's ignore them.
"Oh! You have a lot of Werewolves with you! Are you a tamer as well?" Spot asked.
"No. I just made a contract with Shelia over there, while the other followed me since I defeated their previous king. Now, I'm the Werewolf King of their tribe. They will follow me at least until the cult is destroyed." I explained to Spot.
"I also only brought five of my children here. They are the smartest among my kin. They understood human language but can't speak them. I have a lot more, but they don't understand human language. But these five are considered the elders so the others followed these five. At least one of them controlled one part of the sea. They are Wan, Tuh, Techree, Vowa, and Shicks." Spot introduced his family to us.
So… his children's name is One, Two, Three, Four, and Six? Where's Five? And why is he naming them like that? Should I ask?
It seems like I'm not the only one who want to ask him about their names. Is this Spot's naming sense?
"None of them can speak human language, but they can understand when you talk to them… wait, what?"
While Spot is talking, one of the Sea Serpent growled lightly. Is that how they communicate? By growling?
And the growling one is the one who wanted to fight. If it's the normal occurrence, it's probably that one refused to follow us unless we are stronger than them. That's just like how I received the Werewolves approval.
"King, I think I understand what they are talking." One of the Werewolves, Jack, approached me.
"Tell me."
"That one wanted to fight. And us Werewolves are also itching for a fight. Please let us fight."
"Sigh… so that's as expected, huh? Let's wait and see. If it's a fight it wants, you will fight it. Probably not alone. It's impossible for any of you to fight it alone." I said.
"Understood. I'll tell those who are willing to fight just in case."
Jack left to inform the other Werewolves while Shelia approaches me.
"Shelia, you don't want to fight?" I asked her because it seems like she won't take part in the fight.
"No. I want to see how strong the others have become." Shelia said.
"Okay."
ROAR!!
Then we heard Spot roared at the Sea Serpent.
"Spot! What's wrong!?" I asked.
"Vowa said that he wants to fight! He doesn't want to follow someone weak, so you need to prove your power! I'm currently scolding him so please wait." Spot said.
"If it's a fight he wants, then some Werewolves are also itching for a fight. If you don't mind, how about we let Vowa fight some Werewolves as a test? That way, we can estimate each other's strength." I suggested a fight.
Spot then looked at Vowa who nodded at my suggestion.
"He agreed. About the fight…"
"Don't worry. He is a Sea Serpent so it's hard for him to fight on land, right? We will only send five Werewolves who are capable of running on air. The fight will be at the sea. As long as Vowa didn't dive too deep, it won't be a problem for each side." I said
Vowa nodded with a big grin on his face. This one loves to fight.
"Alright then. All of you, you can get on top of my back. We will watch their fight from the sky while the other Serpents will watch from the sea."
With Spot's permission, we get on top of his head to watch the fight. Some who can fly or run on air prefer to go on their own.
Vowa moves with an aggressive manner and make a huge wave hit the island we were just in. he was so excited for the fight.
So are Jack and the others who want to fight. They are so excited that they have transformed to their Werewolves form. No longer a human one, but the hairy one. But Jack is the only one who has tail while the others haven't yet.
Without any signal, the two sides clashed already. Vowa charged with a headbutt to Jack, while Jack is enduring the attack. Although he has transformed, Jack is still overwhelmed by Vowa's power.
Just with that exchange, it's obvious that Vowa's strength is much higher than Jack who is supposed to be the second strongest Werewolf after Shelia, but Jack is not alone. The result is still unknown.
I don't know how a Sea Serpent fight, so I'll ask Spot.
"Spot, how does a Sea Serpent fight?" I asked Spot right under me.
"As you can see, we fight in close range with our body. Like a body blow, using our tails to attack, biting, headbutt, and if the enemy is much smaller than us, we just ate them. For long range, we have our breath attack." Spot explained.
"Is it water that comes out of your breath?" I asked.
"No. It's like a non-elemental magic attack, I guess? That's what my master said when I show it to him."
Vowa got attacked from all side, but none of the attacks damaged him badly. Instead, he swung his tail and used it to attack two Werewolves who then got blown away back to the island. They are injured, but they can still move. I'll have Kayla heal them after the fight.
Vowa must be feeling annoyed as he finally used his breath attack. The Werewolves dodged it, but the breath attack hit the island we were before, and destroyed half of it. It's a small island after all, but the power is terrific!
"…Spot, how strong is your breath attack compared to that?" I asked Spot.
"About five times stronger."
Damn! He can destroy a whole city with one breath! So powerful!
The battle continues and Vowa seems getting tired. He also had several wounds on his body. As for the Werewolves, they are also tired. But both sides are still enjoying the fight.
I guess I should stop it before anyone dies.
I jumped from Spot's head, and run toward Vowa. I then transformed Victoria into a hammer, and swung it at its tail as it is about to hit one of the Werewolves.
The hammer hit the tail, as it's being blown back. Everyone then confused that I suddenly interrupted the fight.
"Let's stop the fight here. We'll call it your win." I said to Vowa.
"But, king!" Jack about to protest, but I stopped him.
"There are five of you, but you still unable to win after this long. I have seen enough. You have grown stronger, but not enough to win against Vowa. Take it as your loss and train more. I don't want anyone dying here." I said.
The Werewolves then stopped fighting while Vowa is still looking at me.
"I guess we lost then. You don't have to help us anymore." I said to Vowa who then replied with a roar.
"He said that he will help. As long as you allowed him to fight the Werewolves." Spot translated it for me.
I looked at the Werewolves who happily agreed.
"Sure! But next time, I won't lose!" Jack shouted.
"As long as none of you died, I will agree. Then, I'm happy to get your help against the cult, Spot." I said to Spot as the leader of the Sea Serpents.
"I'm happy as well. I can avenge my Master this way. The pleasure is all mine."
With this, we have powerful allies in the sea.
Without making any contract, I tamed the strongest monster I've ever encountered. Seems like saying that I came in peace actually worked this time.