Chapter 259: Barcelon (Part 1) Barcelon stood motionless...
A mass of black flesh wriggled out from the inside of a giant conch covered with spikes. Due to its enormous size, Vifia could clearly see the surface of the flesh bubbling and exploding like magma.
It's more like the flesh is being reshaped than the soft part inside is crawling out.
The piece of flesh grew upward like a pillar, gradually becoming translucent, revealing a sharp, forked mouth. Its "body" revealed white bones, which were extremely conspicuous in the darkness. Its small, densely packed bony claws dug lightly in the mud and sand.
On both sides of the huge mouth, the crystal-clear little wings like fairies are extremely out of place, making it look even more weird.
Vifia gripped the hilt of the sword at her waist. Before the aliens realized what was happening, she raised her voice and spoke rapidly, "Ms. Mowen, protect the craftsmen!"
What?
Mowen looked up, the dust dispersed, and a horrified scene was imprinted in the eyes of the aliens.
They wanted to say that Barthelon was dead, but the things in front of them looked exactly like Barthelon recorded on the stone slab!
But how could it be possible...
The magical pressure of the deep-sea monster spread out around without any control, reminding them of the reality before their eyes.
After all, the craftsmen were foreigners who had traveled all over the place in search of raw materials, so they reacted quickly.
The three master craftsmen quickly pulled out various items from nowhere and hung them on themselves. Sarek said, "Don't worry about us, we can protect ourselves!"
Brynja and Perlin nodded heavily.
Although they had no ability to fight against such a huge monster, they had magical products.
Looking at Barcelon, who had clearly rebuilt his body but remained motionless and showed no signs of attacking, Vifiya and the others remained vigilant. "Will Barcelon voluntarily undo the sea membrane?"
"No." Andre frowned. "This Barthelon is not the same as what is recorded."
"Regular anomaly." Kaharun's calm voice sounded, and the sea bubbles around him suddenly disappeared, replaced by a small sea bubble on his head, which was enough for him to breathe and speak.
His body moved with the waves of the sea. He reached out to his chest, and after a flash of magical light, his shaking body became steady.
Even though he could use magic circles remotely, Kaharun still swam to Vifia and Arnold.
As the light on his palm appeared, he warned, "The sea water will be very cold."
As he said this, he silently covered his friends' bodies with a layer of magic to isolate them from the coldness of the deep sea as much as possible.
He did not explain the unfamiliar words to the foreigners, he was speaking to Vifiya and the other two.
Vifia and the others didn't care about the aliens' surprise at his transformation of the sea magic. They looked calm. After all, not long ago, he was still guaranteeing the feasibility of the magic transformation.
"The current Barcelon is probably no longer the Barcelon of the past."
They all knew that dying and resurrecting was not allowed by the rules of the world.
Arnold drew the long sword from his waist and shook it, calculating the resistance that the water flow would bring to the sword's swing speed, and whether an ordinary long sword could cause damage to Barcelon.
Kaharun reached out his hand and stopped the shaking sword. He cast a magic circle on it to strengthen the sword.
Vifiya drew her sword. Her sword already had the power of Isidore, so Kaharun did not need to cast any more magic on her sword.
The young human magician pointed at the air with his eyes, and a small magic circle rotated along his eyes. He stared at Barcelon intently.
"While it's unclear whether Barcelon possessed human consciousness in the past, it's certain he currently has no will of his own. You can think of him as a moving corpse."
Confusion flashed in Kaharun's eyes. "Previously, the Anomaly would either wantonly destroy its surroundings or kill all life. It was like it had been given an order and would simply carry it out."
So, this is where he felt strange. Why did Barcelon, who seemed to have amazing destructive power, not take the initiative to attack them?
"Well, Barcelon can't actively remove the sea membrane." Because it's already a corpse, Arnold thought about the key points in an orderly manner. "If I kill it, will the sea membrane disappear?"
He looked at Marinus, who was obviously more familiar with Barcelon.
The gentle-looking golden-tailed mermaid was stunned. He looked at the human in front of him. The human seemed to have no idea what question he was asking. Barcelon could not be killed so easily, otherwise the mermaid queen would have seriously injured it and driven it to the grave specially prepared for it.
The human knight's tone of inquiry was quite polite, and his words were calm, as if he was simply asking whether the method was feasible, which was indeed the case.
Arnold simply followed the known information and asked for a possible solution.
Marinus shook his head: "No, even if you kill Barcelon, the sea membrane it casts will not disappear."
This is a rare type of forced magic.
So... Vifia glanced at the huge Barcelon. In the transparent black flesh, the bones rose and fell visibly along with the "body". It was obviously a dead object, but it seemed to be breathing.
What exactly is it doing? What instructions has it been given?
"The only way is to break the sea membrane after one moon hour, right?" The human girl's voice was soft, as if she was careful not to disturb the behemoth in front.
The crimson eyes darted across the mermaids', finally resting on Marinus. "Anything more powerful than Barthelon's magic can break the sea membrane, right?"
What she said was not wrong, and she quickly grasped the key point after eliminating Arnold's problem.
"Yes," Marinus replied.
Vifiya lowered her eyes. They didn't know how long the mermaids meant by a moon hour, so...
"It ends in one moon, please remind us."
This time he was speaking to all the aliens present.
Vifiya didn't need to tell her plan, as Kaharun and Arnold already understood it. Similarly, she didn't feel the need to report to the aliens what kind of power she had.
She turned around, her eyes never leaving Basilon, because all the anomalies she had encountered so far had not been solved so smoothly.
The tentative plan to leave the Basilon Abyss will not go smoothly.
Arnold and Kaharun had the same idea, as did [Vifiya] and [Eye] who were hiding in the dark.
The three of them had a particularly keen sense of combat and danger, otherwise they would not have gathered together to whisper when they stepped into the area of the remains of Barcelon.
Whether it is to trust your own judgment or to trust the people around you who have experienced a lot with you.
The three humans were making preparations for battle in an orderly manner, and the aliens' originally panicked hearts calmed down, and at the same time, they felt a sense of wonder.
As they analyzed each sentence and found ways to liberate themselves in a few words, the aliens finally realized that something was wrong. The three humans were too calm.
This is especially true for the mermaids who have heard the story of Barcelon since childhood. They are familiar with the ocean and have also heard their ancestors talk about the giant monsters in the ocean, so they have some understanding of how terrifying the monsters are.
If they understand, they will feel fear in the unknown when the behemoth "resurrects", even if they have had combat experience before the fin evidence tour.
The three humans seemed to have anticipated the accident.
"Ms. Vifia, there's an unnatural liquid flowing underground."
Vifiya's expression remained unchanged.
"I can confirm that it's the same toxin as the wild sedge."
The [eyes] hidden in the sea moved downwards, carefully sensing the flow under the mud and sand. There was a familiar force flowing inside, gradually moving towards the sea membrane they mentioned.
Vifiya's eyes moved and she said, "Kaharun."
Hearing the sound, Kaharun looked over and heard her ask, "Can you sense the sea membrane underground?"
He was stunned for a moment, then released his magic power towards the ground without hesitation. It didn't take a moment for him to give her the answer: "Yes."
Vifiya lowered her head to look at the mud and sand flowing with the sea current, then raised her eyes to look at Barcelon who had been standing still without moving.
When Barthelon died, the poison spread throughout the Barthelon Abyss.
The sea membrane is like a cover, locking them inside tightly.
There is a poisonous flow underground.
The standard anomalies will only execute the instructions given to them, and all the previous standard anomalies were destructive without exception.
The deep-sea monster that could be defeated by the mermaid queen herself was obviously not a gentle sea monster.
A guess gradually emerged in Vifiya's mind.
She still needs verification.
She lowered her voice: "Is it getting more and more?"
Originally, after she spoke, the attention of the aliens and Arnold and the others was on her. She controlled the volume very well, and it sounded like whispers in their ears.
[The Eyes] understood that she was talking to herself: "Yes, the flow is also increasing in speed."
"A question, can sea membranes and sea bubbles isolate poisons?" Vifiya glanced at the aliens and asked without hesitation.
Upon hearing this, the mermaids did not answer her at first, but looked at each other. In the current situation, when she asked such a question, they vaguely realized what she was suspecting.
Mowen, who was most familiar with magic, replied, "Sea membrane can isolate the poison, and sea foam has a certain barrier effect on the poison, but..."
Her eyes held a vague observation of the human girl. "If it's Barthelon's poison, it can't be completely blocked."
Vifiya paid no attention to her observation. She looked at Basilon again, not hiding the solemnity on her face.
The sea membrane fixes the space where the poison can move, and the poison underground is constantly increasing and accelerating. It will eventually break through the threshold of mud and sand and flow into the sea. At that time, the poison will once again permeate the sea water within the sea membrane.
The worst-case scenario is that they will die.
Another doubt arose in her mind: since they were all highly poisonous, why not release them directly into the sea water from the beginning?
It can't be that we are trying to admire their struggle before facing death, right?
It is undeniable that some people do have this unspeakable habit.
Basilon's bony claws were digging rapidly, raising clouds of dust. To a sea monster, they were as small as melon seeds, but Vifia could clearly see the red at the end of the sharp claws and the sharp hairs on them from a distance.
"Is it a claw?" she murmured softly, as if talking to herself.
The [Eyes], hiding their own figure, quietly approached Basilon, carefully observing the colors of the "resurrected" Basilon.
Unlike living things, it was an extremely dark, lifeless gray that kept flowing in the sea monster's body.
"Your judgment is correct," the Eye said. "Barcelon's poison is produced within his flesh and dispersed within the claws beneath the snail."
The calm and composed Akatomi gradually changed, and the plan needed to be changed.
"There's a deadly poison underground created by Barthelon."
With just one sentence, the aliens present and Kaharun understood instantly.
While the aliens were in doubt, the three mermaids were making subtle gestures to take action. After all, they didn't know how the human girl knew the news, whether the news was true, or whether she could really be trusted. But they were now in the same sea, and it would not be good for her to spread false news.
The gap just now was enough for Arnold to adapt to the swing of the sword in the water. A qualified knight would draw his sword at any time when his master needed it.
Kaharun gathered magic power in his palm and snorted softly: "I was wondering, how could the odd number be so honest?"
Vifia didn't care much about the mermaids' suspicions. As long as Arnold and Kaharun believed in her, that was enough.
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