The next day...

We also dived deeper where the Vela ship sank with two glowing balls to light our way. But in front of the border area of ​​Vela's ship, we were intercepted by other mermen.

"Hey, Volans. How dare you come here."

"What do you want?" asked Volans.

"We won't let you take it. If you want to take it, fight us first." Said those who showed disdain towards Volans.

"You are just a prince who lacks the ability and can only take refuge under the king."

"I doubt he will take the heirloom," said one of the mermen.

"That's why you don't allow us to prove it to you," said Ryana.

"Damn!" The mermen are annoyed.

In the eyes of the mermen, they were afraid that the prince could take the heirloom that would make the king proud of the prince. Therefore, they prevent and deliberately underestimate him so that his mental decrease.

"They are still relatives and their abilities are above mine," whisper Volans.

"Even though they have close relatives, why are they doing this?" asked Ryana.

"Who knows? Maybe they're jealous." Says Volans.

"Two against five is not fair," I spoke.

"But we have to fight them," replied Volans.

"Why are you whispering?" One of the mermen immediately attacked.

We fought. Their power is quite great.

"Think of it as a warm-up exercise before fighting a real opponent." Says Volans.

"Yeah," I answered.

"You underestimate us. Hah???" said the annoyed merman.

"Feel this!" said another.

But the merman received an attack from Volans.

"Argh!!!"

"Since when has he progressed this far?" said another.

Ryana fought with two mermen. I was also hit by an attack from him that sent me bouncing into the area of ​​Vela's ship.

Only screams could be heard," Argh!!"

Volans turned around and shouted, "Ryana!!!"

The two mermen stopped chasing Ryana and decided to turn against Volans. I was thrown into the area of Vela. It was so dark but luckily there was this ball of light. The atmosphere is eerie. The temperature is getting colder, the pressure is getting stronger, and even though I have dragon pearls inside my body, I can feel the difference. Then, I swam and saw a large ship that had been damaged of course. "How can I search for heirlooms in such a big place?" I muttered.

But suddenly the bracelet from Wezen's gift reacted with flickering light and pulled me inside. I immediately realized. "Does this bracelet lead me to the heirloom?" I saw some hope too. "Well, if possible, I don't need to fight a monster," I muttered.

Instantly the bracelet's response stopped with a steady light. I realized in front of me was a sleeping monster. Then I aimed the ball of light to his side but at a certain distance so as not to glare. I was astonished to see the appearance of the monster. A giant fish that looks hard like steel and has sharp spikes.

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"The proverb says don't wake a sleeping monster. Yeah, I don't want either." I muttered to myself. I also noticed where the box was. It turned out that the box was used as a bearing.

"Seriously??"

I was forced to fish it out. I was ready with my weapon. Then I formed a crystal that was sharp like a spear. Considering its hard body, I didn't attack it directly but aimed at the ceiling. Because the heavy impact caused the top of the ceiling to collapse on it.

Meanwhile, Volans and the others felt the vibrations, booms, and roars of the sea monsters.

"Looks like it's already started." said the merman.

"We'll see he'll be part of the skull around the ship."

Volans who heard their words and was worried about Ryana's condition. "I can't stay here for long." Then, Volans increased his magic energy.

"Hiyaaaa!!!!" Volans screamed.

"What???!" They said in surprise.

"It moves as fast as the wind," said another.

Meanwhile in the dragon palace...

"Your Majesty, don't we need to send help for Prince Volans?" said the guard.

"This is a training which he has to go through. I'm glad that woman is a trigger for him to grow."

"But what if the prince loses?"

The king clenched his fists. However, he loved his son and was also worried for his son's safety. But he also believed in his son's potential.

"He will get through it. Volans, my son has a soft heart as well as strong, it's just that he lacks confidence in his abilities and puts in less effort." Said the king.

Back again to Vela's ship. Ryana is struggling. She and the monster got out of the ship.

"Huwaaaaa..." Shouted Ryana who was trying to run away from it.

While swimming, I tried to form a crystal and turned to throw it at the monster. But as I expected, the crystal shattered against its skin.

"Strong defense. I had to thicken the crystal and make it as hard as a diamond." I muttered.

I took out Wezen's sword and increased its attack power by coating my crystal energy. "There must be a soft part to this monster. Let's think." Then I realized, "Ah. The stomach. I have to swim down."

But before I could attack the monster, it continued to chase me.

"I didn't come here to fight with you," I shouted. Then I hid outside the belly of the ship while resting. Instantly, I noticed many skulls around me. I was astonished to see it. After feeling enough rest, I saw that it was gone. "Where is it going?" I thought. Then I felt the flow coming towards me. "It's bad. It knows I'm hiding here!"

As soon as possible, I turned around and formed a crystal wall as hard as a diamond in front of me to protect me from the pounced by the monster who was behind me before.

"Big mouth...." I mumbled while dumbfounded to see it. But the stab did not penetrate deep. However, causing it to scream in pain.

"Argh!!!"

"I can't stop the pace of this impulse."

"Volans!" I said happily to see his presence.

"Sorry, you had to face it alone. But now I won't leave you alone anymore," said Volans while seeing me and directly set his sights forward to watch for the movement of the sea monster.

I was stunned and at the same time remembering the words spoken by Prince Claes while in the field of blue flowers.

"Yes," I replied to Volans. I also explained, "The skin is hard and sharp. I found its belly soft. And it had been stabbed earlier."

"Wow. You can attack it." Said Volans with a surprised expression.

"Yes, that is so." I smile slightly.

"But this sickle is also as hard as steel." Said Volans while taking out a sickle-shaped weapon with a short handle and long blade, a melee weapon with a strong slashing effect. He held that weapon in both hands.

"We can't have fun just yet. He came. You look for the heirloom. I will block it. After that, we run away from here," said Volans.

"Yes."

Volans then slid to attack the monster. Even though the skin was hard, the weapon almost hit the inside of its body because the weapon was so strong. Finally, his attack slashed the monster's stomach.

In my mind when seeing them, "Surely his level is far different from mine."

The monster seems to be overwhelmed. But at that moment, the monster turned to flee to enter the ship and it turned out that it was heading towards me by swimming carelessly. I didn't even have time to escape.

"It's bad." Shouted Volans. Immediately, he was swimming while murmured, "I hope I have enough time."

And finally...

The monster crashed into the ship and fell on the front of the ship. Meanwhile, Ryana was caught by Volans. He hugged me tightly.After feeling safe, he loosened his embrace,

After that,

"Oh no... I'm sorry. You're like this because of me," said Ryana who was almost crying.

"It does not matter. The important thing is that you are safe."

However, before Volans had time to rest due to his injuries, the monster woke up again and roared.

"What?! Can it still move? No wonder many beings do not want to visit here. Ugh." Volans said while holding back his pain. Then the monster looked at them with glowing green eyes. It rolled up its body and threw itself at them.

Volans who saw that then pushed Ryana away from him.

"He pushed me really hard." Said Volans.

While he was holding back the opponent's attack with his two scythes in both hands, Volans's scratches opened. Volans tried his best to withstand the attack until finally the rotation stopped and when he wanted to attack it directly, Volans' movement was stopped because he reached his limit. He has expended a lot of energy plus some deep scratches.

I fled to the ship and was overtaken by the sea monster. It came crashing. I was forced to withstand its fast attack by holding Wezen's sword in both hands. I didn't have time to form a crystal and I couldn't hold it in either. In that situation, I remembered Kiran's words, "You can form crystals through your pores."

Then, I concentrated on my mind, and a thin crystal formed around the front of my bodyLuckily, I create a shield earlier. I fell backward and hit the ship's wall. When Volans saw Ryana lying down, he screamed hysterically.