Chapter 982: Predicting the Tide

Chapter 982: Predicting the Tide



As Valyr heard the words that came out of Alfaera's mouth, a myriad of thoughts began lingering in his mind as he thought to himself, 'Surely, that can't be referring to me...'

'Right?'

However, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the words the Tidemother spoke

to them was undoubtedly pertaining to what he had done during the last monster tide he participated in.

After all, even though it was an accident, Valyr had done something that was beyond the norm for one to do during the monster tide.

And that was to have a weapon absorb the entirety of a Tidemother in order for it to improve in rarity.

Of course, the young man continued to ponder over Alfaera's words for a bit more, slowly shifting his thoughts away from the idea of him being the target of the upcoming monster tide.

Inwardly taking in a deep breath as he went through the ideas in his mind, Valyr glanced at the two before asking, "Was that the first time you've heard something like that come from a Tidemother? Surely the Tidemothers before that said something else, no?"

Looking at each other for a bit with slight frowns on their faces, Tristan and Alfaera eventually looked back at Valyr as they shook their heads.

"The two Tidemothers we killed in the monster tides that came before that didn't say anything at all," said Tristan, his expression still that of a slight frown as the gears in his mind continued to turn. "Pretty sure it was only the most recent one that said something."

"Now that I think about it, it said something else aside from avenging a Tidemother," said Alfaera soon after as she continued where Tristan off, prompting Valyr to perk his ears up as he listened.

"If it helps you, the contributions you've made outweigh all of that about the monster tide," said Alfaera, which made Valyr slightly smile in response.

Fortunately, after talking to the two for a bit more, the young man was eventually able to steer his mind away from the guilt of being the cause of the upcoming monster tide, instead choosing to make use of his current strength to help the town defend against it.

"So, do you guys have information on what we'll be up against during the upcoming monster tide?" asked Valyr as he looked at the two.

In response, Alfaera briefly shook her head. "We don't really have exact information on the upcoming tide per se, but we did make a couple predictions as to what we'll be up against this time around."

"After the last monster tide you participated in, the next two monster tides we were up against were led by Prodigious Lesser Tidemothers, with the latter Tidemother already at the peak of Rank 3."

"Then, the monster tide that we just defended against over two weeks ago was led by a Greater Tidemother, the same one that said all of that stuff about the Alltide," said Tristan, continuing where Alfaera left off.

"Compared to the Prodigious Lesser Tidemother from the second monster tide, the Greater Tidemother from the recent monster tide was already at the peak of Rank 4. It would've been fine if it was just that..."

"But it was one tier above the Prodigious Lesser Tidemothers in terms of strength! The Mythic Elite tier!"

"To be honest, I don't even know how we weathered through that exactly." Taking in a calming breath, Tristan continued conveying his thoughts as he slightly shrugged his shoulders.

"However, with how the Tidemothers have grown in class rank with each passing monster tide..."

"We've got the feeling that this monster tide would be our hardest monster tide yet."

"Especially with a peak Rank 5 Greater Tidemother manning the tide's helm."