Chapter 335
Chapter 335
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Translator: Ryuma
Chapter: 335
Chapter Title: Compass of Desire (6)
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“Cannon defense!”
“Boarding battle commence!”
“Human wave attack!”
As expected of veteran pirates, huh?
Even as Rokan fortified his defenses, they formed a wall of bodies—no, spirits—to block the captain’s path. All while increasing their numbers further with Creation skills.
They wouldn’t allow even the slightest variable.
Having already blocked Rokan’s charge once before, their layered defenses multiple times over left them wearing smug expressions.
‘How dare they.’
Ghosts daring to flash him that kind of look.
Rokan’s face twisted viciously as he moved.
The cannon fire was still ongoing, but he’d grasped the rough pattern, so he zigzagged his steps to dodge them.
He charged toward the captain and his crew.
“Tidal Wave!”
In that instant, Tidal Wave was unleashed once more.
But it wasn’t the same guy from before.
Perhaps because it was such an overwhelmingly advantageous skill in naval combat, another one of them had the same Creation skill, and a massive ocean wave crashed down on Rokan again.
“Whirlpool!”
This time, though, Rokan’s counter was different. Instead of expending strength to cleave through the wave, he utilized the skill embedded in his cloak.
In that moment, a vortex erupted within the oncoming wave. It pushed outward in a conical shape, thinning the wall of water.
“Aqua Blast.”
Boom!
The follow-up Aqua Blast hit next. As the starting point of the whirlpool exploded, a hole punched through the wave.
Vast amounts of mana were consumed, but with his mana effectively infinite anyway, Rokan shattered the Tidal Wave without breaking a sweat.
He slammed head-on into the foes who’d relaxed for a moment.
Kababoom!
“Gaaargh!”
His charge, which they’d blocked with mere cannon defense before, was different this time. While their view was obscured by the ocean wave, Rokan had summoned his unicorn.
Empowered by the Heavenly God’s might, the unicorn had transcended its level.
[Divine Beast Emperor Unicorn][Lv 450]
Like Kirito, it briefly possessed immense divinity.
And blocking Rokan, fused with man and horse? Absurd.
The defense they trusted crumbled in an instant, and the captain hurriedly pulled the trigger.
Bang! Thud.
“……!”
But that was futile too. It was just a single shot. It failed to pierce the naturally formed divine barrier around Rokan and the unicorn, bouncing off instead.
“Guh!”
Thanks to that, the ricocheted bullet critically wounded one of his own crew instead.
The spirit tried to disperse, but there was no time to worry about such things. He channeled power into the scimitar in his other hand to meet Rokan.
“Sanctuary Proclamation!”
At that moment, Rokan unleashed another move.
A way to wield divinity he’d realized upon gaining the Heavenly God’s power.
It transformed the surrounding area into a divine zone, amplifying his strength.
The grudge staining their ground was purified, filled instead with divinity.
It granted immense power to Rokan and the unicorn, while bestowing powerful debuffs on the captain and his sailors.
It was only natural that the captain’s body faltered and his stance broke in that instant.
Rokan didn’t miss the opening.
“Blink.”
Boom!
It was a very short distance, but their timing to defend was off.
The captain’s scimitar, unleashing a ghastly scream, hastily blocked them, but it couldn’t fully absorb the impact—his body was violently flung back.
“Back Grab.”
In sync, Rokan leaped off the unicorn. He seized the flying captain’s back and swung down his battle axe.
“Slaughter Strike.”
Whoosh!
The captain’s head and torso split cleanly in half at once.
But it wasn’t over yet.
Even as the bisected body passed Rokan and tried to reform, he flipped in midair and leaped again.
“Super Transcendence!”
The strike infused with all of Rokan’s power cleaved the captain once more.
The forces of the Heavenly God and Demon God intertwined, birthing an unprecedented aura.
Ruuuumble.
A black hole. It was like a black hole. The power exploding from the battle axe devoured everything.
The captain, the officers, and even the fleet.
A force beyond mere damage consumed the surrounding air and mana entirely.
“Huff, huff.”
[You have leveled up.]
Leveling up restored all his health and mana, but the extreme fatigue couldn’t be helped.
It wasn’t something that could be explained away as simply “using up all his strength.”
With the unicorn back to its original level holding the fort beside him, the grudge spirits wouldn’t be too bothersome, but Rokan forcibly squeezed out more power. He pressed onward.
Perhaps because the captain and crew hadn’t dropped any items. The lure of the great pirate fleet’s treasure ahead grew even stronger, maybe as compensation psychology for holding back his power.
“This the place?”
He dragged his feet like that until he arrived.
But it differed slightly from the legends.
“Doesn’t look like a dragon’s lair.”
He’d imagined mountains of gold coins or gems, priceless gear piled high. Instead, what greeted Rokan was the pirates’ hideout.
It was fairly large, but felt more like a big house.
Household items and furniture lay scattered in disarray, with only booze barrels stacked like mountains.
“Well, not bad.”
Rokan swept them all into his inventory first. They were liquors aged at least centuries old, weren’t they? For boozehounds, these were treasures in their own right, so he took every last one.
He wanted to rummage through every room, but right now, there was only one priority.
The captain’s quarters.
Captains usually took the best and biggest room, so finding it was easy. He flung the door wide open, revealing an unexpected sight.
“An armory?”
It looked like the captain’s quarters, yet also like an armory.
Weapons of all kinds adorned the walls.
A quick glance showed every single one was Legendary grade. This made coins or gems irrelevant.
Rokan smirked contentedly as he collected them, when something sparkling caught his eye.
“Oh?”
A hidden mechanism. The title effect hinting at secret devices had triggered.
Creak, grind.
Comically, it was a small statue carved in the captain’s likeness.
At a glance, just a decoration, but twisting it flipped the bed upside down, revealing something.
“A trident?”
It was none other than a trident.
Plain in appearance and tricky to wield, but Rokan’s eyes lit up.
Tridents were hard to use and rarely dropped, but one thing came to mind.
[Sea God’s Trident][Godly]
The trident wielded by the god of the seas. Freely manipulate the ocean and its subservient beings.
-Attack Power: 7,700
-Magic Attack Power: 9,900
-Durability: Indestructible
-Health +30%
-Intelligence +50%
-Mental Strength +50%
-[Sea God’s Authority]: Control ocean conditions
-[Sea God’s Authority]: Control sea creatures
-However, no experience or item acquisition from controlled sea creatures
“Whoa!”
His guess hit the mark. It truly was the Sea God’s weapon.
Following the Heavenly God’s and Demon God’s gear, now the Sea God’s—did they have an Olympus-like pantheon hall or something? He felt a bit dazed, but stashed it away preciously for now.
Its attack power was below Gale Wind Battle Axe, and surprisingly for a magic-focused item, the boosted stats were health, intelligence, and mental strength—but the options were incredible.
Especially the authority to dominate the seas—not just a great pirate fleet, but enough to become ruler of the oceans.
Add the Sea Prince’s Cloak effect on top? He could outright switch to piracy full-time.
“Shame.”
Without that final restriction, he could’ve summoned Lv 400 sea monsters en masse for farming.
He doubted he’d play much on ocean terrain going forward, but who knew the future.
“Hmm…….”
At this point, his resolve wavered a bit.
With this, couldn’t he cross to other regions entirely by sea?
He had the excellent ship Black Pearl, the Sea God’s gear, and could load his inventory full of food and water—he could manage it.
“Tch, but no direction.”
But he soon shelved the thought.
Smooth sailing without damage was possible, but drifting aimlessly on the open sea was incredibly dangerous. He might end up wasting time and the ship.
Moreover, the heavens were full of unknown effects and terrains—something the Sea God’s authority couldn’t handle might lurk.
“Guess I’ll head back?”
Rokan steeled himself and retraced his steps.
The great pirate fleet’s wraiths were gone, but the pervasive grudge aura over the entire island hadn’t dissipated, so using a Heavenly Rune to escape was impossible.
If anything, claiming the great pirate’s treasures had only inflamed the grudge spirits’ greed further.
The unicorn’s divinity kept them from approaching closely, though.
“Hm?”
As he exited the cave again like that, Rokan faced a ridiculous situation.
“Heh heh heh, hand over the great pirate’s treasure!”
A group waiting for him.
None other than the Black Pearl pirate crew who’d tossed the Compass of Desire and fled.
Having fought the great pirate wraiths, they figured Rokan had exhausted all his power—and even seeing him emerge unscathed, they revealed their greed.
“Nightmare summon, Wraith Domination.”
Their guess was half-right, half-wrong. He’d used up Blood Awakening, Super Transcendence, No-Self Awakening, and all those skills, but he wasn’t about to go down helplessly.
Rokan instantly unsummoned the unicorn and called out Nightmare. Then he used Wraith Domination from his belt to control the grudge masses turned wraiths.
The island’s spirits that had targeted him now turned on the Black Pearl pirates, revealing their undead nature.
“Eek!”
The Black Pearl’s officers and above were Lv 400 powerhouses, but the wraiths matched them.
Overwhelmed by the endless ghost legion surging in, they lost their composure—and the bigger issue was Rokan hadn’t left them solely to the others.
“Gale Wind Incarnation!”
Gale Wind Incarnation followed. They countered with Master skills and Creation skills, but the matchup was terrible.
Like the great pirate crew, most of their skills shone strongest at sea—and Captain Jack Spanner had a clone-type Creation skill.
Thud!
Specializing in sudden speed bursts, they moved pretty fast, but not against Rokan. Weaklings in numbers only boosted his abilities further.
“This is…….”
Thump.
And so the Black Pearl pirates crumbled pathetically. They became yet more wraiths haunting the island.
“Kai!”
Now, no rivals remained on this island for Rokan.
Retracing his path, he swam through the sea to escape the Sea of Grudges, then summoned Kai and took to the skies.
Fwoooosh!
“……!”
As if they’d been waiting, a barrage of cannon fire rained down.
Rumble.
Dark clouds gathered thick in the sky, thundering angrily.
Lightning targeted Rokan, striking down.
“Hand over the Compass of Desire!”
The Black Cloud Pirates. Their grand fleet surrounded Resentment Island, lying in wait.