The Mighty Dragons Are Dead-Chapter 991 - 0988 Whale Fall of Leviathan (3rd Update
Chapter 991: Chapter 0988: Whale Fall of Leviathan (3rd Update, Alliance Hierarch Additional Update 33/147)
Chapter 991: Chapter 0988: Whale Fall of Leviathan (3rd Update, Alliance Hierarch Additional Update 33/147)
“Complete the mission, and receive the Heart of the Mermaid as a reward.”
Sharivara reflected on the past while Liszt absentmindedly summoned the Smoke Mission. Once the mermaids were revived, the mission was naturally completed.
“Mission: The mermaids have offered you the Heart of the Mermaid and have become your followers. However, each mermaid has a thorn in her heart that has not been removed. Perhaps exploring the Devil’s Sea will help them regain confidence in life. Reward: One Greater Elf.”
Exploring the Devil’s Sea was part of the set course, incidentally helping the mermaids remove their thorns.
After he dispersed the smoke, Sharivara had finished her reflection; thus, everyone continued their journey, heading towards the deep sea along the continental slope. On this route, they increasingly felt the ocean currents grow stronger and even chaotic whirlpools roamed freely in the sea. Sometimes when they surfaced, they could see the ocean covered with dark clouds as the storm raged relentlessly.
“When not tainted by the Cursed Dragon, the Devil’s Sea was known as the Stormy Sea. It once birthed a mermaid named Olakhir who tried to harness the power of the Heart of the Mermaid to calm the never-ending storms in the Stormy Sea, but unfortunately, she was not successful.”
King Eternia of the Great West Nation looked at the storm and said to Liszt.
“And here I thought it was the pollution from the Cursed Dragon that turned the sea this way.”
“The Cursed Dragon only polluted the seas, not the sky or land. During the era of the Moon Empire and Sun Empire, these two great human nations relied on Sky Ships for communication, which were the grand creations of Archmages. Unfortunately, in my time, both empires had long since vanished,” Eternia explained to Liszt.
Among the seven mermaids, she was the strongest and also the oldest; not counting the time she was sealed, she was three hundred and seventy-nine years old and knew a great deal.
Mermaids have a lifespan of five hundred years, which placed her in late middle age.
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Furthermore, she had once given birth to a mermaid, but unfortunately, her daughter was also corrupted, turning into a devil.
“What else do you know about the Moon Empire and the Sun Empire?” Liszt asked, hoping to gather more information from Eternia, “In ancient times, a great war occurred where human Archmages and dragons teamed up and killed a Moon Dragon.”
“Moon Dragon?” Eternia was puzzled, “Is there such a dragon? I thought there were only Evil Dragons, Sacred Dragons, Elemental Dragons, Metal Dragons, and Gemstone Dragons.”
Obviously, she was also unaware of the Dragon of the Magic Web.
“It seems you do not know about the great ancient war.”
“I haven’t heard of it, but it must have existed. Otherwise, how could the Moon Empire and Sun Empire have declined, and how could the Cursed Dragon have been slain… Unfortunately, I cannot provide Your Majesty with more information. When I was born, the ocean was already shrouded in the shadow of the Cursed Dragon.”
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As the ocean currents grew increasingly violent, navigating became difficult. Liszt felt this most acutely; despite having obtained six Hearts of the Mermaid, he still struggled to move freely in the tumultuous seawater.
Even the mermaids were somewhat affected, slowing down.
Only Ach, riding a unicorn, was completely unaffected and blissfully at ease—this was due to the unicorn’s special ability, Void Sprint, which ignored the constraints of space and matter, making even the wildest currents unable to shake its form.
Envy.
Alas, unable to ride it, Liszt could only cling tightly to Eternia’s hair, pressing close to her garment transformed from fish scales to reduce the drag.
“We’re about to arrive at the Devil’s Sea!”
The leader of the Lost Sea, Cocolix, called out ahead. Her former realm, the Lost Sea, was located on the edge of the Devil’s Sea, making her very familiar with these waters—while the land had undergone drastic changes over thousands of years, the sea had changed very little.
Half an hour later.
Cocolix again reminded everyone, “This is the Hermit Crab Trench, the boundary of the Devil’s Sea and also the boundary of the Lost Sea. Your Majesty, honored guests, we have entered the Devil’s Sea!”
“Is this the Devil’s Sea? It doesn’t look very devilish.” Liszt said as he illuminated the surroundings with a bundle of Hand Magic Tubes. Since they were at the deep sea bed where no natural light reached, the atmosphere seemed gloomy. With the Eye of Magic Power, he could see sea monsters lurking around.
There was no sign of any devils.
“Perhaps the power of the Cursed Dragon truly has been purified by the sea itself?” Gulvig speculated uncertainly.
Eternia said sternly, “Be cautious.”
As they were talking, Ach, who was using the Eye of Magic Power, suddenly spoke up, “There’s a huge monster’s carcass ahead, with numerous small sea monsters parasitizing it!”
Following her direction, Liszt quickly spotted the carcass, which still faintly radiated chaotic magic power. The giant carcass was almost larger than an aircraft carrier, with dragons appearing tiny in front of it; inside the carcass, numerous bizarre sea monsters were parasitic.
“This is the Whale Fall of Leviathan!” Eternia explained.
“Leviathan? Whale fall?”
“A whale is the largest creature in the ocean. When they die, their bodies slowly sink to the ocean floor, a process that can last hundreds to thousands of years. Small creatures then parasitize the whale’s carcass for survival. When the whale remains sink to the ocean floor, they quickly form a seabed of jade, with stronger whales forming higher-quality jade.”
“So, what is a Leviathan?” Liszt asked, thinking of the legendary sea behemoth Leviathan, said to be as powerful as a dragon.
Before Eternia could respond, the youngest mermaid next to her, Bluposi, leader of the Salty Sea Tribe and only sixty-six years old, eagerly replied, “I know! The sea behemoth Leviathan is the most powerful creature in the ocean, as mighty as a dragon. It is said that when mermaids become archmages, they are accompanied by a Leviathan.”
“So, is Leviathan also a type of whale?” Liszt was now near the carcass of the Leviathan, his Hand Magic Tube illuminating the remains, which were too damaged to discern the original appearance of the Leviathan.
“Leviathan should be the largest whale, born with Superior Magic. It’s extinct in our time, yet here we find its Whale Fall,” Eternia casually crushed a jellyfish-like sea monster that overconfidently tried to attack, “Your Majesty, if I’m not mistaken, this Leviathan Whale Fall must have been sinking for over eight hundred years.”
“How can you tell?”
“The Whale Fall of Leviathan sinks ten meters a year; our current depth is about eight thousand meters, just right for over eight hundred years.”
“What do you usually do when you encounter a whale fall?” Liszt surveyed the largely skeletal remains of the Leviathan, wondering if they could be fashioned into weapons.
He no longer doubted any legend, as creatures from the legends had all appeared.
Three types of sub-dragons, claimed to be as powerful as dragons—the Sky Behemoth Qizhi, the land behemoth Behemoth, and the sea behemoth Leviathan—just by observing Leviathan’s size, one could guess they might indeed be as mighty as dragons. In fact, unicorns and phoenixes were not much weaker than dragons.
Eternia smiled, “We would feel fortunate… In mermaid customs, encountering a whale fall signifies good fortune accompanying us.”
She further explained, “A whale fall is part of the oceanic life cycle. For us mermaids, it holds little value; we wait for it to sink and form jade. Of course, if the Naga Species or Fish Ugly Race come across a whale fall, they might take some of the bones as weapons.”
