Versatile mage c1 2021, p.319
Versatile Mage c1-2021, page 319
"Humph, I'll find the culprit and tear the person into pieces!" said Jiang Yu coldly.
"Leave Xiao Di to us, we'll save him before the Sea Monkey reaches the Scarlet Soaring Demons!" said Mo Fan seriously.
Lin Junxian looked at Mo Fan's determined gaze and took a deep breath.
"Save my nephew, I'm willing to do anything to repay your kindness..." said Lin Junxian.
"It's fine, if we really stand by and do nothing, we're no different than those human-eating creatures!" said Mo Fan.
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Lin Junxian left in a hurry. Jiang Yu and Mu Tingying made their way to the respective departments, waiting for their target to take the bait.
"I have the Magical Wings, I can bring someone with me. Mo Fan, we can't afford to lose any time. Let's head to their territory now!" said Zhao Manyan.
"Alright, let's go!" Mo Fan did not waste further time.
Time was running short, and they were around thirty kilometers away from the Scarlet Soaring Demons' territory. If the Sea Monkey was any faster, they would not make it in time.
The two went up to the roof. Zhao Manyan closed his eyes. His body immediately glowed golden as golden scales circled around his back and formed a pair of wings. They looked like they were forged from gold!
Mo Fan somehow felt the golden Magic Wings were a bit too glaring. However, before he could react, Zhao Manyan had already grabbed him and jumped off the building that was over fifty floors tall...
"Since when did you own Magical Wings?" Mo Fan asked as they were falling.
"I, Zhao Manyan, have nothing but money," replied Zhao Manyan immodestly.
"You will have some conscience after we save the kid," said Mo Fan.
"But, can we make it in time?" said Zhao Manyan.
"Of course!" declared Mo Fan firmly.
Zhao Manyan's golden wings slowly extended as they fell to the thirtieth floor along the steel glass. He glided across the sky above the buildings of Feiniao City...
The Lin's Building was a lot taller than the surrounding structures, allowing Zhao Manyan to kick start their flight with great momentum, and they flew toward the ocean at high speed!
Chapter 741 - The Timidest Demon Creature
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
The sky was clear and blue, not a wisp of cloud was in sight. It looked like an enormous, blue gem.
The sea was deep blue. The vast ocean made it difficult to tell the directions.
As the duo soared in the air between the sky and the ocean, the only references they could find were some islands scattered across the water. However, the islands also served as a challenge to them, as there was a chance that the Sea Monkey was hiding on one of them.
"We have to find the Sea Monkey while it's still in the safe zone. Once it leaves the safe zone, it will be like searching for a needle in the ocean!" said Zhao Manyan.
Mo Fan nodded. He kept telling himself to think calmly.
The area below was still inside the safe zone. Apart from the islands, they also saw a few fishermen. Mo Fan felt that searching for the Sea Monkey without any clue was surely not going to work. Perhaps the experienced fishermen might give them some helpful hints.
"Zhao Manyan, let's head down," said Mo Fan.
Zhao Manyan picked a boat and slowly landed on it while beating his golden wings.
Surprisingly, the fisherman on the boat was neither an old man nor a young man, but a woman around the age of twenty-five. She was wearing a bamboo hat which covered her tanned face. Her physique was fit and her skin was nicely tanned.
She looked surprised when she saw Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan. It was her first time being so close to a Magician who could fly. However, she quickly collected her thoughts and greeted the two Magicians with a polite smile.
"Should we look for an older fisherman?" Zhao Manyan assumed they would be wasting their time when he realized it was a woman.
Even though the fisherwoman was attractive in her own way, he was not in the mood to flirt with her now.
"I grew up here, so feel free to ask me anything," the fisherwoman smiled, revealing her white teeth.
Mo Fan used the shortest time possible to explain the situation to the woman, hoping that she could help them to find the Sea Monkey.
"We call the Sea Monkeys you mentioned water ghosts. We've been seeing them a lot in this area when we go fishing in the past few years," said the fisherwoman.
"Can you help us to find the creature?" asked Mo Fan.
"The water ghosts mainly stay on the islands and on land. They can't swim underwater for too long. If they are heading further away into the ocean, they would most likely rest at some bamboo shoot reefs. Besides, they like to eat the seaweed on the bamboo shoot reefs too...you can try searching for bamboo shoot reefs instead," said the fisherwoman.
"Are there bamboo shoot reefs nearby?" asked Zhao Manyan.
"There are a bunch of them just outside the safe zone. I can contact the others from my village to tell you where they are, but we won't dare to leave the safe zone," said the fisherwoman.
"Alright, thanks," Mo Fan nodded.
"Don't mention it, I believe anyone would want to help in this situation," said the fisherwoman.
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Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan followed the fisher woman's directions and headed straight to where the bamboo shoot reefs were located.
It was the only bank of bamboo shoot reefs close to the boundaries of the safe zone. As such, it was highly possible that the Sea Monkey was resting here before swimming further away into the ocean.
The bamboo shoot reefs were their only hope left. They only wished that they could make it in time!
After crossing the safe zone, Mo Fan glanced down and realized that the protection of the boundaries was almost negligible. Although larger demon creatures would trigger the alarm, agile creatures like the Sea Monkeys could easily avoid the sensors and infiltrate humans' territories.
"It seems like it's just ahead," said Zhao Manyan, pointing his down.
The seawater grew clearer the further they were from the land. They could see jagged rocks above the surface of the water and giant shadows growing underneath them when looking down from above...
"Let's take it slowly, we don't want to alert the Sea Monkey," said Mo Fan.
The two circled in the air, their eyes on the bamboo shoot reefs.
According to the fisherwoman, the Sea Monkeys could not stay in the water for too long. They would come up to the surface eventually to rest up. Since they were outside of the safe zone, the Sea Monkey would surely rest on these bamboo shoot reefs.
"Something is coming out!" said Zhao Manyan, pointing at a jagged rock.
Mo Fan followed the finger and saw a weird-looking monkey covered in seaweed climbing onto the reef while dragging something out of the water with it!
Zhao Manyan had yet to take a closer look at the thing. He simply dove from the sky together with Mo Fan.
Zhao Manyan withdrew his wings like a golden eagle, diving straight at the bamboo shoot reefs.
The Sea Monkey was on alert too. It immediately jumped into the water when it sensed danger approaching from above.
"Still trying to run away!"
Zhao Manyan tossed Mo Fan onto the bamboo shoot reefs and proceeded to dive into the water like a swordfish...
Mo Fan did not dare to go into the water. He stood on the bamboo shoot reef and reminded Zhao Manyan to look out for the kid.
Zhao Manyan was quite reckless when he was mad. He managed to catch the Sea Monkey in just a few seconds. The Servant-class creature did not have the ability to control water, but unlike it, Zhao Manyan was an Intermediate Water Magician. Not only was he able to move and breath underwater, he could also control the water.
Soon, Mo Fan saw Zhao Manyan jumping out from the water in drenched clothes while dragging the Sea Monkey with him.
Zhao Manyan threw the Sea Monkey at the reefs and snapped, "Damn it, the creature was holding a coconut!"
"This is bad," Mo Fan muttered dully.
Obviously, this Sea Monkey was not the one that had snatched the kid away. It was possible that the creature had already left the reefs and gone further into the ocean.
The problem was, they would never be able to find the kid after the creature left the area!
The innocent Sea Monkey curled up in fear and let out a pitiful cry. It was begging the two humans to spare its life, as if it was aware that it was not the one that they were looking for.
"Not sure if the creature understands us, but I bet the Sea Monkeys are most likely from the same pack. Look at how terrified it is; perhaps it can tell us where the kid is?" Zhao Manyan kicked the Sea Monkey furiously.
The innocent Sea Monkey cried out in fear, as it thought the human was going to kill it. It almost fainted right on the spot.
Mo Fan was left speechless by the creature. Was there any demon creature more timid than this Sea Monkey?
However, Zhao Manyan did remind Mo Fan that he had no clue how to communicate with the demon creature... but the Flame Belle could lend them a hand!
Chapter 742 - Pursuit in the Distant Sea!
Translated by XephIZ
Edited by Aelryinth
Mo Fan summoned the little Flame Belle, who had been fairly well-behaved lately, and had stopped acting naughtily. It seemed like she had grown a lot after what happened in the Space of Death.
Little Flame Belle stood on Mo Fan's shoulder and kissed him on the cheek. She seemed quite excited.
However, when she looked around her and realized that she was surrounded by seawater, she was not happy. As a fire spirit, she hated water the most, especially a vast ocean!
"Try asking the creature if it saw a kid being snatched away recently," Mo Fan went straight to business without caring about the Little Flame Belle's feelings.
Little Flame Belle let out a cry and conveyed her thoughts to the creature. Such an ugly beast!
Meanwhile, the Sea Monkey's eyes glittered in awe when it saw little Flame Belle. Perhaps at their standard, little Flame Belle was like a goddess to them!
Little Flame Belle told Mo Fan there were many kinds of demon creatures. Some able to communicate, while others were beasts that could not talk...
Fortunately, the Sea Monkey belonged to the former, the kind that could communicate!
Soon, under Zhao Manyan's stern interrogation and little Flame Belle's goddess-like temperament, the Sea Monkey spilled the beans. Once again, it proved that the Sea Monkey was definitely the most disloyal creature in this world.
Basically, the Sea Monkey was saying, "I saw it, a very annoying guy took the kid away. It's going to give it to the king. It even boasted about getting a promotion from the king and leaving us all."
"Ask it if the kid is still alive," said Mo Fan.
The Sea Monkey squeaked and danced around with gestures, implying that the kid was definitely still alive. Either the Scarlet Soaring Demons or their king would only eat the children alive. Therefore, when the Sea Monkey were bringing the children to them, they had to keep the kids alive at all costs! It even mentioned that there was once an idiot who failed to keep an infant alive. In the end, their king ate a group of Sea Monkeys instead!
Mo Fan was slightly relieved after hearing the Sea Monkey's explanation. Despite that, he was feeling sorrowful too when he thought about the kids that died...
"Tell it to bring us to its king," said Mo Fan.
Little Flame Belle spoke to the Sea Monkey, but it immediately cried out to make a stand against it.
Zhao Manyan said to Mo Fan when he saw the creature's reaction, "I bet it's too scared to bring us to its king."
"Little Flame Belle, tell it that we've already eliminated the Scarlet Soaring Demons. The Scarlet Rending Demon is the only one left, and it's only a matter of time until we hunt it down. If the kid is dead, we would not only wipe out the Scarlet Soaring Demons, but the Sea Monkeys too!" said Mo Fan.
In order to intimidate the Sea Monkey, Mo Fan immediately drew a Star Constellation and cast the Advanced Fire Spell at the area ahead!
The Sky-Flame Funeral had a powerful visual display. The rain of fireballs set the whole place on fire. The Sea Monkey trembled in fear when it saw the shocking flames! It never thought a human could be so powerful. The rain of fireballs could easily wipe out their whole nest!
"Bring us there, we'll kill the Scarlet Rending Demon, and you Sea Monkey will move fifty kilometers away from the safe zone. If you stop harassing the fishermen, we'll spare your lives. Otherwise, we'll kill you all to avenge the kids!" demanded Mo Fan.
The Sea Monkey were most likely aware that the Scarlet Soaring Demons had been eliminated. If the creature had some level of intelligence, it would know what to do.
The Sea Monkey uttered a cry. It looked like it had agreed.
Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan let out a relieved sigh...
They did not care too much about sparing the Sea Monkey's life, but if it insisted on not showing them the way, the boy Xiao Di would be in grave danger...
Luckily, the Sea Monkeys were different from the majority of the demon creatures. It belonged to the kind that would play up to the stronger side.
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Mo Fan cast Giant Shadow Spike: Twins on the Sea Monkey. The primary spike had stabbed it through, while the secondary spike was still in his hand.
The power of the Giant Shadow Spike could easily impale a Servant-class creature's soul. If the Sea Monkey tried to trick them, Mo Fan would not mind firing the secondary spike, which would surely end the creature's life!
The Sea Monkey was unable to tell directions in the sky. As such, the creature was swimming in the water while Mo Fan and Zhao Manyan followed it from the air.
The Sea Monkey was swimming at remarkable speed. It tried its best to catch up to the Sea Monkey that had kidnapped the kid, since its whole tribe was at stake.
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They were already over ten kilometers away from the safe zone. There was no sign of any island nearby, water was the only thing they could see in their surroundings.
"Is that thing trying to trick us?" said Zhao Manyan worriedly.
"I don't think so. Nan Rongni did mention that the Sea Monkey are the kind that simply obey those that are stronger. Most of them will submit to packs of stronger creatures. We've eliminated the Scarlet Soaring Demons, so unless they are out of their minds, they would not trick us when their whole pack is at stake… mm? See, there's something ahead," said Mo Fan.
Zhao Manyan glanced ahead, yet he failed to see anything.
As they flew further, Zhao Manyan finally saw the reefs exposed above the water. Mo Fan was an Advanced Magician, so his eyesight was a lot better than Zhao Manyan's.
The Sea Monkey in the water was already crying out.
Little Flame Belle immediately told Mo Fan that it had discovered the creature that kidnapped the child. It was very close to the reefs.
"The kid has almost reached the reefs. Full speed ahead!" Mo Fan exclaimed. He had no idea how many creatures were on the reefs, yet he had no time to hesitate!
"These pricks, I can't wait to see what these filthy creatures look like! I'm going to chop them into pieces!" Zhao Manyan beat his Wings heavily to maximize his speed. He would be able to fly a lot faster if he was not carrying Mo Fan!..
"There, I see it!" exclaimed Mo Fan in joy.
They happened to see a Sea Monkey reaching the reef just as they did. It was cautiously carrying a little boy who was tied up with seaweed. The kid was crying out loud, as if he knew that he was in danger!
"Thank God!" Zhao Manyan uttered a relieved sigh!
Mo Fan did not wait for Zhao Manyan to dive. He jumped down from the sky and landed on the reef with a murderous aura!
Chapter 743 - Intense Fight on the Reef Island!
Translated by XephiZ
Edited by Aelryinth
It was exactly what the timid Sea Monkey had said; the one that kidnapped the kid had a great ambition in mind. It was only inches away from the reefs where its king was resting. It had already imagined how different its life would be compared to the other Sea Monkeys, but a ferocious human somehow fell from the sky and gave it a great scare!
The Sea Monkey rubbed its eyes, thinking that it might have been a hallucination. However, at such a close distance, it could clearly see Mo Fan's murderous expression!
The Sea Monkey was stunned. Little did it know that its life-endangering trouble had only come because it was being a show-off!
"Telekinesis!"
Mo Fan grabbed out and took the child from the Sea Monkey while its mind was still blank from surprise.
The child wrapped in seaweed was crying out loud. The Sea Monkey did protect the kid cautiously while escorting him here. It even prevented the seawater from soaking his clothes too much.
The kid was most likely terrified by the creature. When he saw Mo Fan, he slowly stopped crying and dove into Mo Fan's arms seeking protection.
Mo Fan cradled the boy and stared coldly at the Sea Monkey who had stolen him from his mother!
"You can die now!" Mo Fan did not show any mercy. His eyes flashed furiously with a hint of silver.
A strong will came out of his eyes. The Sea Monkey was lifted into the air by an invisible force, which grew stronger after the flash in Mo Fan's eyes!
The Sea Monkey's body suddenly exploded, as if it was squashed by two walls. Its blood and organs splattered across the place.
Some fresh blood jetted in Mo Fan's direction. He raised his arm and blocked it, to prevent the blood from staining the innocent child.
Mo Fan took a deep breath, looking at the remains of the creature on the ground. He then looked at the unharmed kid and slowly calmed down...
Lucky, he made it in time. He could not help those who had died, but at least he managed to stop the ongoing tragedy.
"Mo Fan, look out!" Zhao Manyan's voice came from the sky.
Mo Fan was standing still. He immediately sensed a strong murderous intent coming from behind before he could turn around.
