Chapter 103: Seafood All-You-Can-Eat (2)

A whale bomber?!

Was a Big One’s sea urchin bombs pour out, and at the same time, another monster emerges from the gate.

“Look at these guys?”

I don’t care if the house breaks now, but I can’t swing fists wildly in case Nightmare Queen and CatMan get hit. This won’t do.

I’m thinking of attacking without considering the sash breaking and glass shattering to become traps.

Proportional to Strength, control is good; I have the ability to adjust so my fist doesn’t touch what I don’t want to break.

Of course, now with several fish and mammals causing chaos, I just let loose to sweep them in one go.

Boom boom boom boom.

<Tanking LV50 sucks in your attack>

<Home Ownership from Birth takes all the damage.>

Argh, that turtle brat.

Seems like a trait similar to Shield King.

If I want, I can take attacks pouring on CatMan or Nightmare Queen instead.

But CatMan with super high speed evasion or Nightmare Queen can dodge to some extent unless it’s sonic or magic attacks, so no need.

Nightmare Queen’s HP is probably higher than mine?

CatMan’s speed is raised to Suncheon, Boseong? That level, I can’t keep up.

“Ow, damn.”

Sea urchin bombs and urchins pour from ‘Was a Big One,’ fragments sting.

What to call this?

Not very threatening, but like when you shave your head bald, hair clippings in clothes make you shiver(?) whenever you think of it.

And.

<Hedgehog LV1876>

Chestnut-like thing summoned from gate this time.

Larger urchins than the pillow-sized whale’s bombed ones.

<King of the King Crab LV2302>

Not enough with sideways walkers with exoskeletons and spikes sprouting.

Pop, popop, popopopop, popopopopop!

Like the zombie incident before, small monsters start summoning in succession.

“Grk.”

“Squeee.”

“Kekku!”

<Fishman LV20>

<Fishman LV12>

Etc., head fish with arms and legs monsters invade in groups.

Dozens summoned fishman troops hurl harpoons all at Nightmare Queen.

Urchin spikes shoot toward me.

No ordinary attack.

While the turtle tanks, holding all combatants’ attention in the house.

Jellyfish uses tentacles to strike Nightmare Queen’s body here and there, that guy has <Lightning> too.

“Eek?! Ah.”

Then Nightmare Queen twists, unable to handle the electric attack.

No, that.

Whatever. Let’s not look. She’ll endure.

“Die, you bastards!”

<Tanking!>

<Moisture Skin blocks attack energy.>

“Oh.”

Wow, driving me crazy.

Monsters keep coming in attacking, not really painful.

Whale’s headbutt hurt, but that’s it.

Super Regeneration patches all.

But after that one turtle came, situation reversed.

When I try to beat them, target locks on turtle, it takes all attacks.

Not perfect, attacks splash, whale big so gets hit but <Moisture Skin> weird defense deflects.

Then otherworld fish using turtle as anvil keep reinforcing through gate.

Low level fishman troops’ harpoons and Hedgehog urchin king’s spikes keep coming embedding in me.

Otherworld fish performing hammer and anvil operation.

“Wow, can’t catch them as they come? CatMan what you doing?”

[This guy’s headache? Why non-fish mixed in.]

Isn’t that a sea turtle?

In this situation, CatMan who should shine big is stuck on the tanking turtle.

Looks like lion struggling to chew thick-shelled armadillo out of hunger.

[Uh, flying away.]

No, looking now, not struggling.

Combat mindset armed with indomitable spirit rather than just novel fish, seems like playing with it.

Tanking but turtle not exposing neck and legs can be rolled, he’s diligently rolling it.

Rolling it has no effective result.

“Hey, didn’t I buy you a ball? Stop playing with that?! Use this ball or something?”

Taking whale’s headbutt and sea urchin bombs one-sided, picked up urchin and threw.

This more like a ball, why play with turtle.

[Spike in paw. Don’t think of dragging to vet for pulling.]

“Hey, punk! Fulfill pet duty!”

[Received.]

Still, when oppressed as pet duty, CatMan immediately engages King of the King Crab, crushes it crunch.

King of the King Crab real king crab size, aims pincer at CatMan, pincer no different size from CatMan forepaw.

CatMan bites pincer, crumples it.

[Kuhhh! H-how strong!?]

[This tasty? Not flower crab?]

“Mealtime!?”

[Being tasty keeps my mind from wandering, punk!?]

CatMan keeps glancing at turtle, but as pet identity, I forcibly turn to battle.

No way to overcome turtle’s <Tanking> skill, but pet follows command, slight gap where not immediately drawn to tanking.

King of the King Crab resists fiercely even with one pincer and leg gone.

“Meowwww.”

[Kaaaaaaaah.]

“Slurp slurp.”

Gets innards sucked by CatMan.

Taking whale’s headbutt and fish attacks, but added one more at the grotesqueness.

“Knows how to eat, brat. King crab gejang, nice.”

[Seasonal menu had it.]

King crab?

Probably flower crab.

“Eat them all!”

Sea monsters seeing King of the King Crab miserably sucked eaten in front panic. Ones with eyes bulge.

<Tanking!>

[Ao, this shell again!?]

“Argh really. That damn shell?!”

Killed King of the King Crab but whale keeps ramming me, jellyfish tickling Nightmare Queen with poison and electricity…………….

[No, why everyone like that. You interspecies pervs?! Huh?]

RiceCooker fighting with rams too but target drawn to turtle, jumps sits on turtle back, bounces turtle elsewhere, uselessly misses target.

Home ownership scary.

At least CatMan when I force command, instead of attack drawn to tanking, properly lands one or two strong hits.

“Tear that jellyfish.”

To rejoin Nightmare Queen losing combat power glowing from jellyfish tickle, ordered CatMan jellyfish attack.

But.

[Cat cat!]

So as CatMan tries battle still alive resisting regen jellyfish.

[More coming. Aaaang.]

Fish drops again.

No time, endlessly coming.

“Kill that first! Before tricks.”

Jellyfish didn’t fully down Nightmare Queen so no immediate danger, judged.

Turned CatMan, this time out quite thick fish.

My hand size, pretty big catch there.

And.

[Catfish Duke LV 2108]

Next added fish, Catfish Duke emerges, CatMan trying claw it.

“Meow.”

Catfish Duke’s whiskers rise fluttering in air, can’t take eyes off, plays with whiskers.

Argh.

Above <Catfish Duke> head [Prey Temptation LV 31] floating, hooked again.

[Spike Ejection!]

Hedgehog urchin king’s spikes fly, CatMan dodges that.

Target locking not working but not situation beaten by these small fish.

That’s when.

[Adsorption!]

“Good job, RiceCooker.”

RiceCookerMan with adsorption property draws parasitic barnacle to self inanimate, attaches to cooker.

With cooking skill extreme heat, dries it crisp.

Parasite barnacle dies simultaneously, level label vanishes.

“Meowwww.”

Just then CatMan snaps, tears tormenting Nightmare Queen’s Jellyfish King to shreds.

Then approaches Catfish Duke again to attack.

“Meong.”

Antennae play again.

“Grooooo.”

Still turtle and whale, urchins, catfish, fishmen resisting.

Giant whale opens mouth, this time something pours out again.

Stones come from whale’s maw hitting, not sand level but some pebbles.

What tonsil stones?

Ew, rotten smell.

[More, more coming.]

Wow, really want to block gate.

Thought sequential input, defeat one by one, but mocked by one tanking skill.

<Water Wraith LV 95>

What’s that?

Low level so looked, gross looking bipedal something barely walking, swollen body something dripping walks out.

Something like hair attached to head.

Black hair, looks like black-haired beast.

Small but all sorts marine life attached, black head even has seaweed.

And.

[Ehehehehehe]

Cries with chilling sound.

[Attack power down!]

[Can’t concentrate on attack.]

At same time, feel power draining from fist.

<Ankle Grab LV10>

Conveys own feelings fully, makes sink into mire together.

“Huh?”

[Power……. draining.]

CatMan’s fur droops while shredding dismantling jellyfish.

Me too, body like pulled in water, wants to lie on floor.

And power drained so can’t guard, then as if waiting.

[Kill him!]

All fish except turtle start attacking me.

[Needle Missile!]

[Headbutt!]

[Toxic Electricity!]

[Harpoon Attack!]

[Symbiotic Creature!]

[Ankle Grab!]

“Urk, damn. Really.”

This won’t do.

No business against numbers.

Done lots mana level up so tried magic attack, but these small but not negligible levels, plastered with special skills, team play, so Strength and magic both not working.

Still they small, I have level and defense trait Memorial etc., so can endure.

Their skills bizarre, unknown what comes, currently no sharp breakthrough.

If so………………

“Uwaaaa.”

Abandon attack intent altogether, ignore them, open sash.

Still fishmen and urchins shooting spikes sting but bare body sweater level, bearable.

Then hand reaches cupboard.

My science knowledge not high but remember one thing.

“Taste osmosis!”

No, that’s sugar.

Early water came a bit but follow-up monsters from start resolved to death? No more moisture out.

Even fish types attack as if prepared for HP drop on dry floor. Especially that <Catfish Duke> catfish.

[Grrrr!?]

[Kek!?]

But sugar attack effective.

Floor remaining linoleum water puddle starts sticky? Catfish and jellyfish, small fishmen stop.

Seeing effect, grab another bag, sprinkle all.

“Take this! Real osmosis.”

Salt this time.

And as this salt pile starts pouring.

“Kuuuh!”

“Kyaah!”

Smallest fishmen start dying, then

[Hieeeeee.]

<Water Wraith> exorcised with grotesque sound.

Followed by.

Splash.

<Jellyfish King>’s gathered tissues start melting…………….

“Grk?!”

<Catfish Duke> flips, urchins’ erect spikes droop flowing down.

Was spikes till now, now like water-soaked hair flowing.

One salt sprinkle, except whale and turtle all monsters die or lose combat power, start lying down.

[Tanking!]

Turtle tries gather attacks with tanking again but meaningless.

Now not attack.

Just sprinkling salt.

Pillow-sized giant whale takes massive salt direct yet less affected by osmosis? Endures.

But it too hit by salt, stings crying out.

Still <Tanking> so attacks not going to whale.

Whale’s attacks sometimes transported monsters in belly.

If just handle turtle somehow……….

Amid that, near desk ancient history textbook catches eye.

Turtle turtle, stick out your head, or else I’ll roast and eat you.

Ah.

My distant ancestor gave hint.

Roast it.