Chapter 97
Chapter 97
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 97
Chapter Title: The Whale Merfolk Appears
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Medieval folk rarely got a chance to see a whale.
Even eyewitness accounts were treated as mere legends.
Only a tiny fraction believed in their existence.
So I decided to make an appearance myself.
- Holy shit fuck!
- WTF is that thing?
- What the hell, why is it so goddamn huge??
A whale merfolk showed up in Elrad.
It looked to be at least 10 meters long.
"Not that big, though?"
But considering the whale species, 10 meters wasn't exactly massive.
The real issue was the two limbs attached to the whale.
[Title: Judak, JUUDAAAK!!!]
Posted by: FullElf
(Two-legged whale merfolk running GIF)
(Elrad forest getting wrecked GIF)
(Panting FullElf with sweat beading on her neck GIF)
H-help me!
- Ooh
- Heh heh
- Lol, Fatass, want me to help?
ㄴ FullElf) You assholes!! I'll remember this and ban you all later!!!
ㄴ Gasp
ㄴ Go merfolk!
ㄴ You got this, whale or whatever!
Thanks to those limbs, it was even bigger.
It was beyond bizarre—straight-up grotesque.
More terrifying than anything gruesome or vicious.
"That's a real monster right there."
But in the end, it was just another merfolk.
Big, sure, but ultimately weak.
Elven arrows were sticking into its body left and right, after all.
- FullElf) It's working!
- FullElf) More, shoot it more!
No matter how tough a whale's hide was, it couldn't withstand fully drawn elven bowstrings.
- But how you gonna deal with the body after catching it?
ㄴ Huh?
ㄴ Oh
ㄴ FullElf) Don't shoot! Stop shooting! Halt!
The problem was the cleanup afterward.
Say they caught the whale merfolk—what then with the corpse?
If they couldn't decide and just left it there?
Whale Merfolk) Leaving me like this is rude
ㄴ ?
ㄴ Whale Merfolk) I'll turn into toxic TNT
It'd rot from the belly up and become a ticking time bomb.
"What if a whale carcass exploded right in the middle of the forest?"
The stench would permeate the woods, blood tainting the trees.
This was no simple matter.
And no, whale meat wasn't even that tasty.
Merfolk meat was treated as food for quantity, not quality, from the start.
[Title: Merfolk Taste Test...jpg]
.....
Don't eat it, guys..... Serious.....
[Upvotes 5123] [Downvotes 102]
- Why?
ㄴ Just don't eat it you fucking idiot
- It's not bad honestly... lol;
ㄴ Why tho when there's the market?
ㄴ If you're a broke-ass newb then buy it, it's not bad ㅇㅇ
ㄴ What's a newb?
ㄴ Gallery-related job ㅇㅇ
ㄴ Lmao they even got academies for it
Whale meat wasn't bad.
The issue was the market showing up.
All sorts of stimulating modern flavors were now available in bulk at dirt-cheap prices.
War generation folks might still eat whale meat, but why bother?
- Just shut down the Elrad market?
ㄴ Fr lol it'd be fine then?
The gallery's conclusion: close the market.
- No way!!!
ㄴ Yes way
- If they stop selling Soju I'll die!
- Close the market and no more elves for you!!
The elves, cornered, tried using themselves as bait...
ㄴ Ooh!
ㄴ Plz Judak close the market
ㄴ Nice nice keep it up
No effect.
If anything, the gallery cheered at the idea of elves striking.
"Hm, maybe close it for a bit?"
Even I was tempted.
They could keep the market for survival, but drop the soju—no big deal.
Unlike food, soju was purely for elven entertainment.
Drunk elves spouting racial slurs or picking fights in the gallery was routine anyway.
- Judak*: Oh yeah?
ㄴ !
ㄴ O.O
ㄴ L-Lord Judak...?
ㄴ (Shocked frozen elf emoticon)
I tossed in a half-joking comment, and elven replies exploded.
Elves aren't much help.
Already cornered by that image, the elves took action.
- If you don't help elves... if you don't!
ㄴ Lmao what you gonna do?
ㄴ Grab you by the ears lol
ㄴ No more nudes at night!!!
ㄴ !
ㄴ !!!
Specializing in thirst-trapping and drunk aggro.
Second to beastkin, elves were the gallery's top posters of ㅇㅎ pics, aka nudes...
"Monsters should be taken out quick, yeah."
[Tranquilizer Gun] - 720p
I bought a tranquilizer gun from the shop right away.
What's Judak's role?
Normalizing the gallery.
For Elrad's forest ecosystem too, that whale merfolk needed to go down fast.
That's what Judak does.
Definitely not for elven nudes.
*
Huge monsters had appeared before.
But only during the Great War—nothing like that lately.
Maybe the bondragon last time, or the Elrad invasion beasts.
"Th-the thing's bigger than trees..."
"How do we even take that down...?"
Now a whale merfolk dozens of meters long crashed the forest.
Elves were overwhelmed by its tree-sized—no, tree-surpassing—bulk.
Its sun-blocking frame drooped even their pointy ears.
FullElf: Thanks but...
FullElf: (Tree-sized whale merfolk GIF)
FullElf: This'll really work...?
FullElf and Eliana eyed the item from Judak.
Judak's "grand magic" called a gun.
She didn't doubt its power.
A tiny hole spits light and punches through monsters instantly.
But the whale merfolk was huge. Too huge.
Judak*: ㅇㅇ It'll work. Made for wild animals but I tweaked the dosage for more power
Judak*: Knocks out elephants in a minute, just use it ㅇㅇ
"Adjust... the power?"
Eliana tilted her head at Judak's explanation.
But she shrugged it off as grand magic jargon.
It was puny compared to the machine gun from the invasion...
"Lord Judak sent it personally."
He always exceeded expectations, didn't he?
She climbed the tallest nearby tree and looked down.
"Eek, heek spare me!"
"C-Captain, can we stop running now?!"
There, the whale merfolk was distracted by elves.
Her subordinates had volunteered to draw its attention.
"Sacrificing themselves like this, elves... *sniff*."
"You shitty captain shoot already!!"
Amazed by their spirit, Eliana took aim slowly.
Some elves might get hit too, but...
"I'll never forget your sacrifice...!"
Eliana pulled the trigger.
A dart shot from the barrel at blinding speed, slamming into the whale merfolk!
"Got it!"
Eliana pumped her fist and stood.
Perfect hit.
But...
"...Why no reaction?"
The whale merfolk wasn't hurt—not even scratched.
She glanced between the gun and it.
Weird.
Judak's magic should've caused unimaginable explosions or something equal.
"Captain! CAPTAAAIN!"
- Grrrrowl!
As Eliana puzzled over the still-frisky whale merfolk.
"Huh?"
Its movements slowed.
The tree-sized behemoth began to wobble.
"No damage at all?"
Just a finger-sized dart embedded.
That couldn't kill a person.
Less than a minute of blinking at the scene passed.
- Grroowl...
The massive whale merfolk staggered and crashed down.
- BOOM!
Elves stared blankly at the now-still, eyes-closed whale merfolk.
Eliana, who downed it, mumbled blankly at the gun.
"Huh?"
*
[Title: Caught it...]
Posted by: FullElf
(Whale merfolk sleeping in the forest GIF)
(Tied up with ropes and pinned to the ground GIF)
Hit it with what Judak gave... but still skeptical...
Just one tiny dart and the rampaging monster's asleep.
Aiming bows or drawing weapons right in front of it and it sleeps like dead...
[Upvotes 5121] [Downvotes 15]
- How'd you catch it
- Why's it sleeping?
- No wounds, how'd you tie it up?
ㄴ FullElf) Dart hit and it fell asleep
ㄴ That make sense?
ㄴ Force-sleep a beast that size? Lol no way
ㄴ ㄹㅇ If lying say Judak's from the future lol
Elephant-knocking tranquilizer.
Bought an even stronger dose—looks like it worked.
No forest rot from the corpse, thankfully.
- But... how to move it to the sea?
- (IDK elf emoticon)
- (Jaw-dropped elf emoticon)
"Ah."
No way to dispose of it.
Too far to the sea.
Killing it would start rot immediately—same old problem.
"Now moving it is the issue."
To kill, it'd have to be in the ocean.
New headache.
Then a fresh genius post hit the gallery.
"Not the time for genius posts."
Didn't feel like checking.
Genius posts anytime; Elrad's whale merfolk first.
About to disable notifications and ponder transport.
[Title: ㅇㅎ) Hungry ㅠㅅㅠ...jpg]
Posted by: HealthyModest
- !!!
- Finally posting pics!!!
- Believed in you Dryer!
- (Knight cheering with arms up GIF)
"No?"
Genius post by Dryer.
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