The red moon shone shining on these four people who were none other than Gerhman, Luno, Donna, and Denton. Gerhman squatted beside them, while Luno stood watching in silence.
Cecile, the female comrade of Cleves, let out a sigh of relief. She picked up the rifle on the deck, bent down, and quickly walked in another direction. She opened up a distance of about ten meters from peppered pig's organ.
"uncle, is it starting?..." the mischievous, freckle teenage girl, Donna, suddenly felt a little nervous. However, her face was filled with curiosity and anticipation.
Klein raised his left index finger to his mouth, motioning for the two young ones to be quiet. Luno chuckled without making a sound and stroked the top of Donna's head. And said with a small voice. "listen to uncle gerhman, he is a good man."
Donna looked up and then covered up her mouth in attempt to not say anything. Gerhman eyes locked with Luno's eyes, Gerhman nodded.
Then Luno gets inspired, seeing how Klein makes such a gesture makes him want to prank him. Therefore, Luno squatted down next to Klein and whispered in his ear in a voice that only Klein and Luno heard.
"Gerhman, did you invite me to kiss you? It's not that I don't mind it, it's just that this place isn't suitable for kissing—" Gerhman stiffened, then turned his head with a cold look. Luno wasn't moved by those sharp eyes and just blinked at him. Chuckled, then put out his hand, pulled Gerhman closer, then said Back
"I was kidding... But if you are serious..."
"Forget it." Gerhman replied briefly then ignored the man beside him.
Luno laughed contentedly in his own thoughts, he was sure Klein was panicking right now, it was a pity he couldn't see Klein's expression or thoughts at the moment. Luno then turned his gaze back, seeing how the story was starting.
Meanwhile, on the other hand, although Gerhman does not seem to be affected, he is currently screaming and crying. "Damn!! Why is it that everywhere I go there is always someone like Leonard!, and Luno! This man had a face, and how could he describe it with a calm face??? Gerhman's character was almost ruined because of this beautiful man!"
Not feeling guilt, Luno smiled calmly.
Donna and Denton didn't dare to say anything else. They just squatted there quietly, watching with rapt attention as cleves prepared for the battle.
The former adventurer, Cleves, picked up a rod and threw the thread with some pig organs hanging from it over the side of the ship.
With a splash, the bait entered the water.
Calmly dispering the remaining organs, Cleves wielded his weapon and retread, step by step, to hide in the shadow opposite cecile. The two of them formed an angle of about 60 degrees to the side of the ship where the rod was being supported.
Leaning his triangular blade and other weapons, he raised his rifle and tried to take in the feeling of aiming.
The deck had completely quietend down, leaving only the operating sound of the steam engine and crashing of the waves against the ship.
As the minutes ticked by, donna and denton couldn't help but switch from squatting to sitting, with their back against the planks of the cabin, trying to soothe the paralysis in their leg.
At that moment, they saw the rod on the side of the boat sink a little.
The muffled sound of friction rapidly grew closer and closer. Suddenly, a figure jumped onto the deck.
It was a monster bathed in crimson moonlight. Its entire body was covered in dark green scales, and there was a green slime flowing around it.
It didn't have much in common with humans. It was like a giant fish that had grown four strong limbs, and there was obvious webbing in the cracks of its limbs.
The murloc was more than 1.9 meters tall, with round eyes and gills on its cheeks. It looked like demons from legends, making Donna cover her mouth to prevent herself from screaming.
At the same time, she covered the mouth of her brother, Denton, as well.
"Good thinking..." Klein smiled to himself as he carefully examined the murloc.
"Well... I never thought Murloc would be so ugly..." Luno held himself back to shudder, compared to what he saw on the internet, Murloc here was clearer, and gave him goosebumps.
Unlike the Sailor Rampager Klein had seen before, real murlocs didn't have human-like brains. They were pure monsters.
The murloc vigilantly scanned the surroundings before squatting down. It picked up the scattered pig organs, quickly stuffed them into its mouth, and produced clear chewing sounds.
The light in its mainly white eyes gradually faded, as if it had fallen into a dream.
"ah yes, low IQ" Luno braved himself and mocked the monster, finally he felt better. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Klein who was reviling the monster in front of him.
*Bang!
Cleves pulled the trigger, and a bullet flew out from the rifle. It instantly struck the murloc's chest, causing its scales to shatter and blood to splatter.
"Wow!" The merman let out a cry which sounded like a child, and it threw itself at Cleves, who was hidden in the shadows. It was as fast as a steam train.
At this moment, Cecile, who was in another position, opened fire as well.
*Bang!
The bullet from the rifle struck the murloc's ribs, causing many scales to scatter and the tall figure to stagger.
The murloc, who had eaten the pepper granules, became visibly sluggish. It stopped, unsure of which enemy to attack first.
And this gave Cleves and Cecile a chance to calmly reload.
They took aim again and pulled their triggers.
*Bang! Bang!
The sprays of blood bloomed in succession, the pain caused the murloc's eyes to regain its lucidity.
It flipped and pounced, dodging the follow-up shots, and closed in on Cleves as if it were unhurt.
Cleves methodically put down the rifle in his hand and picked up the triangular blade that was leaning to his side.
Instead of dodging, he leaped forward and rolled to the side of the murloc. The triangular blade in his hand ruthlessly and accurately pierced into the area where the scales on the side of his prey were shattered.
The murloc spun around abruptly, bringing with it a gust of wind. It forcefully threw the triangular blade along with Cleves out, causing the former adventurer to crash onto the deck.
The murloc shook its head, as though sensing an intense discomfort. It didn't attack Cleves and Cecile again, but instead, took large strides to the side of the ship in an attempt to jump into the sea.
*Bang!
Cecile's bullet hit it again, creating blood to blossom again, but it still didn't make it become immobile.
With two steps, the murloc reached a suitable spot. It bent its knees and prepared to jump up.
However, its body was too weak to exert its full strength. The distance it had jumped was obviously not enough, so it could only land on the inner side of the ship.
Luno wanted to shoot, but unfortunately he forgot to bring his revolver in the room, and could only watch with the occasional yawn, feeling sleepy. On the other hand, Klein will shoot like how the story goes. But-
A loud bang came from another direction! Luno glanced in the direction of the voice and smiled slightly, ah that's it- Captain Elland!
The murloc's left eye turned into a bloody hole, and one could vaguely see a pale gelatinous substance squirming inside.
It wasn't dead yet. It lay on the floor of the deck, trying its best to crawl and get up again.
After a few seconds, the poison took effect and it twitched to its death.
Klein traced the sound and saw a middle-aged man step out of the shadows on the other side of the cabin.
The middle-aged man was wearing a thick dark red coat and white slacks. He was wearing the standard ship-shaped hat of this era.
He was holding an iron-colored musket that was a relic of the times as white smoke billowed out of its thick black muzzle.
With a calm smile, Luno waved towards Captain Elland, "captain! Night!, haha I didn't realize your existence until now, it seems like you haven't lost your abilities even though you've gotten older, huh?" that playful tone made Elland shake his head helplessly.
Luno travelled on white agate more often than any other ship, so he knew that Elland was a beyonder and was quite familiar with it. Elland patted him on the shoulder and sighed.
"Why is it that every time you take on my ship there is always an interesting incident...." Luno smiled broadly, showing his two rows of white teeth. Didn't feel offended at all.
With obvious wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, his forehead, and the corners of his mouth, Elland walked towards Cleves and said with a smile, "As a captain, I must ensure that no accidents happen.
"Forgive me for watching by the side all this time."
Cleves had already stood up. He didn't betray his emotions.
"This is your ship.
"According to convention, you have the right to share in the spoils."
Elland turned his head to look at Luno, Klein and others and said with a smile, "The next resupply of water and food is in two days time. You'll have to think of a way to preserve the murloc's corpse.
"How about this, sell it to me at a cheaper price; the difference is the reward I deserve."
Luno pulled Klein's right hand and nodded excitedly, "captain! I want to try your cooking again."
"How shameless! Brother, I have to praise your courage... even Roselle will bow down to you" Klein scolded, not trying to free himself from Luno's grasp, whether consciously or not, but Klein was starting to feel comfortable with Luno's presence. Klein felt like he had met his friend on Earth.
Luno didn't know what Klein was thinking, in fact from earlier Luno unleashed his unique beyonder power, within a radius of 20 meters, whoever would lower his vigilance on Luno without realizing it, and start trusting Luno.
Luno didn't feel guilty, and this was also because he was trying to make Klein not wary of him, he just wanted to help and stitch him up a little okay?
"This is the best solution." Cleves and Cecile exchanged glances and agreed to Elland's request. "For 130 pounds, it's all yours."
Luno hummed, then elbowed Klein. Whispering a little, "such a price would make anyone who wants to enter the sailor's path kneel down and hand over his wallet."
Klein was a little surprised, he thought Luno wasn't an beyonder, but he seemed wrong. He asked in a whisper as well, "you know... Are you the Beyonder of the Sailor's Path?" Luno pulled the corners of his mouth and mysteriously replied, "Guess..?"
Klein felt the corners of his eyes twitch, he began to turn his gaze to Cleves and Elland. "This brother is starting to get annoying... Fortunately, his face eased my annoyance a little."
"No, you seem to have misunderstood something. I'm not threatening you. 150 pounds. That's a fair price." Elland Kag called for a sailor and gave him the key to the safe.
"You are the 'Just Elland'?" Only then did Cecile seem to recall his title on the sea.
Elland laughed and said, "Yes."
At this moment, Donna and Denton, stunned by the intense battle and the living monster, jumped to their feet and ran over to the murloc in excitement and fear.
"Is... is it really dead?" Donna kicked the murloc's body with her toe, then she jumped away and hid behind her younger brother as if she were afraid it would revive.
"It really is a monster!" Denton took a deep breath and opened his eyes wide.
"There are many monsters at sea. Apart from having four limbs and being able to stand, murlocs have no similarities to humans." Elland smiled gently.
He squatted down and took out a knife, slicing the cheek beneath the murloc's eye, revealing white, tender skin that was tainted with some red.
"The most delicious part of a murloc's body is suitable for eating it raw."
Luno nodded excitedly, turning his eyes to Denton "try it! It doesn't taste as bad as it looks~"
"I-I don't dare to eat it..." Donna said, looking at the thin sliver of flesh held at the tip of the knife.
"Haha, which one of you wants to try?" Elland laughed and looked around.
Klein who was thinking woke up because of Luno's tapped, Luno pointed his finger at the slice of meat on Elland's knife, "try it, it's not poisonous"
Klein didn't feel any danger from his spiritual, finally nodding.
"I'm very curious."
Elland immediately handed him the knife.
"Give it a try. On land, even nobles may not necessarily have a chance to eat it.
"These murlocs are fish monsters. They can be understood as a mutated type of fish."
He was trying to dispel the siblings' fears.
From this position Luno turned his gaze to the moon above the sky, its red light reflected off the sea, after regaining his memory, Luno felt a sense of sadness every time he remembered the moonlight which was supposed to be soft silver, turned a striking red.
"Excellent." Klein wasn't stingy with his praises as he gave a thumbs up.
When Luno turned around what he saw was a soft German. And it made him smile softly. This is a klein that has not experienced a bitter reality in the future, nor has it lived its gerhman nature well.
Donna watched the whole thing with curiosity, suddenly interested in the flesh on the murloc's cheek.
This overwhelmed her fear and disgust, and she suggested the idea of trying.
Elland fulfilled her request and smiled as he watched her tightly close her eyes as her face scrunched into a grimace as she bit into the meat.
Donna's expression gradually relaxed, and she quickly opened her eyes. She excitedly praised, "An indescribable delicacy!"
She spurred things into action as Denton, Cecile, and the others shared the little chunk of cheek meat. Eating it satisfied them, but it also made them dissatisfied. They were satisfied with the taste, but were dissatisfied with the quantity.
Elland also offers Luno, but Luno refuses on the grounds of "captain, you're the one who eats, I'll eat the cooked ones hahahah" Elland shook his head helplessly, and finally gave up on persuading Luno.
Seeing that Elland had eaten the last piece, Cleves pointed at the murloc's body and said, "The meat around the ribs is suitable for frying, while the belly meat should be roasted. The other parts taste bad."
"I share your thoughts," Elland said with a chuckle. "I'll have the chef prepare it immediately. On such a night, we should enjoy good food and wine together and exchange the legends at sea. It's a very enjoyable matter."
"I agree! You're with me, aren't you, Gerhman?"
Gerhman nodded slightly, Klein was already persuaded by the food, so he would not fight.
Klein still thinking what pathway Luno is…