Chapter 1079: Undersea Visitors
SPLASH!
A few figures surged from the ocean's depths, their heads emerging from the deep and salty water, looking at the distance with curiosity.
Their bright, rainbow-colored eyes noticed a huge feast of giant monstrosities that had once tormented their travels across the Azure Depth Road.
However, their impression over the giant monsters being hunted wasn't everything.
Their eyes quickly moved towards the silvery-white-haired woman that was happily cooking the food with everyone else. She emanated an Aura of Azure color so bright and beautiful; it left them speechless...
Her connection to the Sea was stronger than anything they've ever seen before, perhaps even surpassing that tyrannical Sea Goddess calling herself Oceania, that only used their ancestors as slaves.
Was she a new Goddess of the Ocean?
Could she bring them salvation from the peril their tribe is going through?
"Oracle... What do we do?" Asked one of them. "She... She has the strongest connection to the Sea, is she the Saintess we came looking for?"
"The Saintess is gone, the Goddess is also gone, but she... She's better than both." The one in front of the trio said. "W-We need to try at least... But let's wait until late, we can't walk out at plain daylight, the humans might get scared of us."
"Right, let's hope she doesn't leave by then..."
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(Maria's POV)
As I looked the sizzling seafood being grilled, while Emeraldine and Partner seasoned it with all kinds of spices and sea salt, I took a peek at my System notifications, there were quite a
few.
Ding!
[You and your party have defeated [Abyssal Depths Sea Monster (S - SS Rank)] x57!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[Level Up!]
[All of your Death-related skills gained 1 to 2 Bonus Levels.]
[You have reached the conditions, you've unlocked the [Nether] Stat!]
[Nether]: [A Special type of Stat formed by the absorption of Death Essence and Nether, usually possessed by very powerful Liches and Necromancers, or mighty Undead beings. The higher it becomes, the stronger all Death-related Attributes, Abilities, Skills, Spells, and Raised Undead become. All Raised Undead Stats increase by +1% = 10.000 Nether.]
[You have absorbed a large quantity of the Essence of the Azure Oceans!]
[All your Sea-related skills gained 1 to 2 Bonus Levels.]
Well, well, this is a lot to process! Not only I got Aether, making my soul stronger, I gained a new Stat in Nether! And a lot of my skills leveled up too. This feels really nice, honestly.
I gave a look to the new Stat.
[Nether]: [100.000]
So only one hundred thousand?! That's much less than I imagined...
But well, better than nothing I guess?
With a hundred thousand, my Undead get a +10% boost to all stats, pretty okay I guess, I gotta
raise it quickly so they get even stronger though.
Frssshh...
"Mama, the fish is ready!" Nyx called for me.
"Big sis, I think the octopus too? I've never eaten though..." Arthur commented.
"Gotcha!" I nodded. "Alright, let's place some tables and seats and lets enjoy a meal together,
everyone!"
We sat down to eat together, I forgot to open the treasure chest but that didn't matter right now, as I was starving. The delicious flavors of these monsters were to DIE for, and I forgot to even make them into Undead. Meh, it didn't matter that much. I still had that giant whale that was Oceania's pet anyways.
In between eating, laughing, and drinking, the night quickly came, and we decided to camp in the beach for the rest of the night. The place was peaceful and soothing.
"Phew, it was a nice day~"
As I looked into the night sky and admired the moonlight, suddenly, I felt something coming
out of the water...
SPLASH!