Case 49: North Zircon Conquest – Grasping the Northern Star.

Case 49: North Zircon Conquest – Grasping the Northern Star.

[HP: 278/330]

[HP: 234/330]

[HP: 197/330]

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The Blizzard Orca wails painfully once more as the astronomical weight of the earth crushes it brutally, red blood dripping out of its tied mouth.

''Listen, Orcinus Nova.'' I speak up and point my flaming sword at it. ''Your only chance of survival is to become my subordinate.''

[Follower request sent]

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[Follower request denied]

It glares at me, still trying to wiggle its way out. Then suddenly, its crystal-like eyes flash a red light.

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A heavy pressure is put on my body as the Blizzard Orca's presumably [Domination] is activated. My breath is stagnant, my legs are weak, and I feel like choking.

This is the first time I feel like this... Focus.

''You have fifteen seconds! If you don't agree, I will kill you and teleport out.'' I infuse even more mana into my sword and activate my own [Domination].

[Follower request sent]

[Follower request denied]

[HP: 156/330]

[HP: 120/330]

Approximately ten seconds have passed. I need to prepare to take over Mister Slen soon.

''Tch!''

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Using my flame sword, I stab the orca right in the face. The blade smoothly goes into its flesh, burning it from the inside out.

CRACK—!!

''!!''

With a terrifying speed, dense ice bursts out from the orca's wound, enveloping the blade of my sword before—

KENG—!

An ice spike shoots out from the icy mass, aiming straight at my head. Fortunately, Mister Slen's tentacle took care of that, or else my head would've been pierced together with my hastily constructed shield.

''Fifteen.'' I begin to count down.

Right when the purple aura surrounding Mister Slen disappears, I activate my copied [Invincible]. An unknown energy rapidly spread across my body, seeping into my veins. My body feels significantly lighter, and I feel like I can take on everything in this world.

Mister Slen retracts his tentacles. From above, giant pieces of rock begin to fall on us. I briskly pull out the Blackstar from the orca and stab it into the ground.

An immense amount of ice bursts out of my sword, freezing the entire chamber. At the same time, Skely also deploys, no, integrates a light structure into my ice to further solidify it.

''It's quite heavy...!'' Skely exclaims.

Because I don't have any body parts that can extend like Mister Slen, and the skill unfortunately does not directly increase skill levels, we need to resort to magic barriers like this.

[Invincible] still helps, especially—

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KENG—!

KENG—!

To prevent the orca from killing us with its quick magic.

''Fourteen. Thirteen. Twelve.''

[Follower request sent]

[Follower request denied]

Just like that, I begin to shut down any attempt at shooting lightning or ice magic at us with my sword while counting down and repeatedly sending it follower requests.

''I wonder why she joined the Media club.''

''No idea.''

''Well, at least—wait.''

''What?''

''The other fish are crossing the border.''

I see they finally figured out I teleported the orca here.

''Please don't worry, Lady Aurora.'' Skely on the side speaks up. ''I have placed a temporary barrier at the entrance of this cave, they won't find anything.''

''Hm... It'll be a problem if they find my mom and her children, though.''

''...You're right. Let me go secure them.''

So Skely teleports away and comes back a few moments later with the whole owl family.

After spending some more minutes with the fluffy bunch, the penalty for [Invincible] is about to be lifted.

''Hgn...!'' I stand up and stretch out a bit.

Three, two, one...

[A territorial skill has been detected from the entity: Orcinus Nova]

[Automatically merge Orcinus Nova's territory(s) with the user's territory]

[Automatically transfer Orcinus Nova's follower ownerships to the user]

[Sapphire has become your follower]

[Emerald has become your follower]

[-- has become your follower]

[-- has become your follower]

[-- has become—

Okay, that's quite a lot of messages. But... I can indeed feel the connections between me and these fishes being established.

[Title: 'Queen of North Zircon' acquired]

The title... Is the same thing as the other one. Next on the agenda.

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Territories: West Zircon, North Zircon.

Followers: 81.

Allies: 14.

Progression: 10%.

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Alright, it seems I got it properly. This is pretty good so far, but the real thing I'm concerned about is...

[Horror Lord: Summon horror the way you want. CD: 240 hours. (2/4)] [Unique]

''Yes...!''

''Aurora?''

''Shut up for a bit.''

''O-Oh, okay...''

So it was the progression that determined my horror summoning after all!

[Cooldown: 239:59:11]

Oh, I still have to wait ten days. Well, that's fine, I suppose.

''Phew...''

Now, I'm sure the fish are all confused right now, feeling their change of owner. I don't want to manage all of those guys, so I'll need to make the Blizzard Orca do it.

It's time to confront Orcinus Nova.