Chapter 138: Chapter 138. A Troublesome Catfish
[ Name: Forest Drill
LV: 40
Race: Ape Family
Gender: Male
Age: 32 y/o
[Skill]
Strong Arm・Extreme
Physical Strength Enhancement・Extreme
Martial Arts: Heavy Fist
[Ability]
Roar
Smash ]
"Ahhhh-hhaaaaaa... This should be the 9th ape-type monster or the 10th one? Every third monster we encounter is from the Ape family, I wonder if apes learn Hume's tactic of more is better and start giving birth to children in the massive amount that now they are in every corner of this forest.
F*ck, I am feeling very sleepy, this is all because of June, I only slept two or so hours at most last night," Myne yawned lazily while watching the kids bullying a 5 meters tall ape as if it is a random dog on the street whom everyone can bully easily.
"By the way, now I remember that it seems I've heard from June once that the meat of this kind of giant ape-type monster is an ultra-high-class item which can be sold for an outrageously high price at the market.
I should save those Ape family monsters' bodies and later give them to Lewis, that guy is damn rich according to Sylphy so he will defiantly buy them even if I raise the price a little more than normal," Myne ponders while rubbing his hairless chin thoughtfully.
"Praise me, praise me..."
Just then kids return back after sending the ape monster to its next life, and the youngest one among them again starts shouting "Praise me, praise me," in Myne's head bringing him out of his thoughts of scamming his own brother-in-law.
Since there's really no doubt it's all thanks to these kids Myne having such an easy life and earning money nonstop without lifting his finger, he affectionately rubbed all three of their throats one by one, even though the other two didn't ask but Myne knows they also like this kind of massage.
"Yosh, let's hang on for a while longer, after which we return back to your Mother, okay?" Myne said dotingly, and the kids nodded their heads quickly, clearly, they also hurriedly want to go back home so they could eat the delicious food Myne promised to feed them.
Once again, Myne was guided by the kids and headed deeper and deeper into the forest. While wandering aimlessly, The youngest and most energetic one among the three kids, suddenly raised his head, and after closing his eyes, he left and right sniffed with his big nose and then starts running in a certain direction while shouting, "There is someone, follow me, follow me..."
Myne and the other two kids looked at each other and hurriedly follow him and soon In front of their eyes appear a large pond... no, maybe a lake?
"Are there any monsters here too?" Myne asked confusedly as neither he nor those kids have any skill which can help them to go into the water and fight aquatic creatures, so he doesn't have much hope of getting anything nice from here.
As Myne asked the little guy who brought them here replied while standing by the pond and staring at deep blue water, "There isー, a big one, it is coming toward us."
"A big one? Where is it? Why can't I see anything... Wait a minute don't tell me the monster you are talking about is in the water," Myne said with a frown while looking at the calm surface of the water, and hurriedly use Presence Detect ( Medium ) LV3.
As he did that he finally shows the culprit about whom the kid was talking, it is indeed a big monster, it's just Myne can't see how big it is as the Presence Detect skill only shows living creatures in the form of dots, the bigger the size of the dot is the bigger the creature would be, and this monster's dot in the water is two times bigger than the ape monster they just kill.
At about the same time, Myne confirmed the creature's existence with Presence Detect skill, the surface of the lake started rippling, and a gigantic black and blue fish-like thing jumped out of the water.
[ Name: Firis Catfish
LV: 86
Race: Catfish Family
Gender: Male
Age: 90 y/o
[Skill]
Earthquake
Presence Detect・Large
Magic・Water Colossal
Wind Attribute・Resistance
[Ability]
Tail Smash
Swallowing Whole
Water Vision ]
F*ck! This damn fish levels are higher than mine? But how the f*ck did it become so big and powerful in this little pond in the middle of the forest in the first place? Myne thought confusedly with eyes wide open, still trying to figure out the reason why a random 10 meters tall fish is more powerful than him.
"Are all aquatic creatures more powerful and bigger than normal creatures on the land? But I have to say although its face is quite ugly, its leaping technique is quite impressive and since Its levels are higher than mine, then it should be very strong, right?
It should be better if I kill it personally, Kids are still not ready to deal with this kind of powerful monster, but the main question is how I suppose to kill it without getting in the water?" Myne mumbled after calming down while watching the catfish monsters falling into the water again.
"Kids, move away from the water, till now you guys have shown me your strength, and I am very impressed with it, so now let me show you my strength as well," Myne said with a smile while walking toward by the pond.
"Ohh, Myne is going to fight."
"It will be very interesting, I haven't seen his skills yet..."
"Ohh, Oh, I want to fight with Myne as well..."
"No, not now, let him fight alone this time, you can do nothing to that fish monster, and will only come in Myne's way."
"But, I want to fight..."
"Shut up little three, otherwise, I will tell Mother you didn't listen to Myne and made trouble."
Finally hearing Mother's name the little three unwillingly abandoned his idea to fight along with Myne and just cheer him up from a distance.
Thank god those two kids are more sensible than the youngest one, otherwise, I don't know how I handle them if they stubbornly decide to fight along with me, Myne thought with a smile, while looking at the water's surface, waiting for the catfish to come out.
While Myne seriously waiting for the catfish to come out suddenly the earth shook greatly under his feet, making him accidentally fall down to the ground because of the violent shaking which was increasing with every passing second.
"F*ck! This idiot is ruing my mighty image in front of the kids, if not for the fact that it only appears in front of me for a moment before returning to the water, it never gets a chance to use this damn skill of his.
Shit, why is this earthquake not stopping," Myne mumbled annoyingly while trying to stand up but due to the constant shaking ground underneath his feet, he couldn't balance himself properly and could only sit on the ground honestly until the catfish took pity on him and stopped it's skill.
"Myne are you okay?"
"Do you need our help?"
"Should I go in the water and kill the fish?"
Seeing Myne helpless in front of the catfish monster, The kids asked concernedly.
Myne looked at them with a wide smile and while shaking his index finger at them, No need, just stay there and watch the show, I am just warming up before the start of real battle."
Myne after somehow saving his almost ruined dignity, abandoned his idea of waiting for the catfish to come out by itself and quickly specified that catfish location using the Presence Detect skill.
"So that damn fish actually watching everything from the middle of the pond huh? No wonder only the area 100 meters around me is shaking, so it is targeting me while waiting for the right movement to attack me when I am careless, huh? Isn't this fish a little too intelligent for a fish?
Myne thought angrily and use The Orc King's most perverted overpowered skill, 'Realize' and made a 20 meters tall gigantic round boulder out of thin air, before dropping it on the top of the catfish location where it is hiding.
Now let's see if you still didn't dare to come out, Myne thought with a smug expression on his face seeing that ground under his feet stop shaking the moment he drops the gigantic boulder in the water, then he looked toward the Kids and saw their wide open eyes with shock, and nodded his with satisfaction.
"After this, they definitely won't look down on me."
Boom!
As the boulder hits the water's surface, it displaces a large volume of water. The loud sound travel across the pond and nearby areas, scaring a lot of birds, and other random monsters. The impact's waves spread across the lake bouncing off the shorelines and reflecting back. Over all, the impact made a big mass in the entire pond.
That catfish ran away from its place the moment it shows the boulder falling on its head, but Myne successfully attracted its hatred throwing such a big thing in the water and killing a lot of other innocent fishes and making already limited space in the pond even smaller.
Finally, that guy is rising to the water's surface again, I should prepare a gift for it, Myne thought and after predicting the location from where it is going to leap up, he created 50 or so big fireballs on the air behind him, while getting ready to steal all its skills as well.