indianbanksassociation #253 - Fight, cool
#253 - Fight, cool
This whale was enormous.
Because it was night, its full form was unclear, but judging from the massive dark silhouette, its size was at least 50 meters long!
A sentence surfaced in Zunzun's mind.
"In the Northern Ocean, there is a fish, its name is Kun. The Kun is so big, it can't be stewed in one pot, it needs two barbecue grills, one with a secret recipe, one slightly spicy."
I wonder what it tastes like.
The white whale hadn't noticed the existence of the tiny soldiers. The white whale twisted its massive head, looking left and right, as if confirming its current location. Such actions lacked any vigilance, leaving it vulnerable all over.
Crusch raised both hands.
"All troops…!"
"Light of Saber!"
"Earl Schaal!"
Stealing a beat, Zunzun loudly chanted the magic, and a dazzling sword of lightning instantly shot out. On the other side, Rem, under Subaru Natsuki's command, closely followed, releasing a giant ice pillar.
The lightning and ice pillar, as thick as the beams of a mansion, instantly tore through the air, striking the white whale's torso. The gigantic magical beast seemed to have dull senses, belatedly letting out a high-pitched scream, showering the earth with copious amounts of blood.
In his limited life, Zunzun had learned one thing: that taking the initiative in battle greatly increased the chances of victory!
The two earth dragons charged forward, one after the other, with Flum, Zunzun, Rem, and Subaru Natsuki seemingly competing to be the most dazzling one.
Dust flew, and the giant magical beast's screams echoed through the streets. The White Whale subjugation battle began with thorough preparations.
Crusch didn't have time to investigate the two's premature start. Like a referee at a sports meet opening, she fired the starting gun after the two had already rushed out—the subjugation squad ignited the cannons. The cannons, loaded with magic ore, fired magic stone projectiles, the unified barrage creating a deafening roar. The shells, carrying destructive power, ravaged the white whale's body.
At the moment of impact, the magic power infused in the magic ore transformed into corresponding attributes: fire, ice, lightning, and light, continuously widening the wounds created by Zunzun and Rem, and black blood rained down on the streets.
Just as Zunzun was planning a second strike to further widen the wounds, Flum, who was driving the dragon carriage, seemed to notice something and shouted against the wind:
"Lord Zunzun! Night Banisher is coming, please close your eyes!"
He quickly reached out to shield his eyes.
The next second, intense white light erupted in the air, as if reversing day and night, illuminating the surroundings brightly.
However, this effect had a certain range, about 100 meters, while everything beyond that was still pitch black.
The one emitting the intense light above was a specially launched magic stone called Night Banisher, named for its ability to transform the infused magic power into a body of light to illuminate the darkness, as it would be difficult to capture the white whale if it submerged into the night.
And the effect of the magic stone lasted for about an hour.
Floating in the sky of the plains, now devoid of darkness, was a clearly visible body. The white whale, whose form had never been clearly confirmed until now, was completely exposed to the white light.
"Roar— — — —"
Whether from pain or the illumination, the white whale shook its massive body and roared.
The deafening roar it emitted was beyond mere noise; it was almost an act of destruction. The ferocious cry shook the atmosphere, causing even the trained earth dragons to instinctively fear.
Ricardo's loud voice was nothing compared to it.
The white whale turned its neck in the air above the plains, leisurely looking down at the tiny humans challenging it. Despite being covered in blood, its movements showed no signs of injury.
It had already earned the label of being thick-skinned.
The White Whale.
Its skin was like a rock plate covered with thorns, uniformly covered with countless white hairs. The pectoral fins extending from its lower abdomen were shaped like the Grim Reaper's scythe, and the smaller dorsal and caudal fins had the same shape.
Its head and flanks had countless pits that opened and closed like breathing.
Its massive body, nearly 50 meters long and 30 meters high, was more like a small mountain than a living creature.
A white rocky mountain, freely roaming in the air as if it was some kind of joke.
This isn't good, this isn't good, this isn't good.
Subaru Natsuki didn't know if he had megalophobia, but being chased by the white whale several times in a row made him tremble with fear, his teeth chattering.
And at this moment—
"Wooo~~~"
Zunzun suddenly let out an excited cry beside him. He cracked a wide smile and shouted loudly, "Such a big fish, whether it's grilled or stewed, honey-glazed or spicy, it's all good! Speaking of which, is the pot going to be a little hard to manage?"
"Lord Zunzun, if you don't insist on stewing it all in one pot, you can do it little by little."
"That's right, Flum, you're so smart!"
Zunzun laughed heartily.
To think about eating the white whale, just how thick-skinned is he?
Subaru Natsuki couldn't help but complain, but after being stirred up by the thick-skinned master and servant, he was no longer afraid. He even shouted loudly, "I want to eat sashimi!"
"Then Rem will give Subaru a good show later!" the blue-haired maid said with a smile.
The two earth dragons advanced in tandem.
Perhaps Zunzun and Subaru Natsuki's boastful words about eating fish were heard, as the white whale turned its huge eyes to look at the four who had broken away from the subjugation squad and were approaching it. It opened its lower jaw, which could swallow an entire large dragon carriage, revealing its mouth full of teeth, preparing to roar.
Sensing the destructive sound about to wash over him, Subaru Natsuki squeezed the earth dragon and covered his ears in preparation.
"Don't even think about it!"
"To dare look elsewhere, I'm truly being underestimated!"
A swift sword of lightning shot out again, this time accompanied by another formless sword. The two combined to cut a shallow line on the white whale's head.
One was Zunzun.
The other was… Crusch?
Turning his head to look at the rear from where the slash had been launched, he saw Crusch making a pose as if she had already swung her sword, but she wasn't holding anything in her hand.
A formless sword that ignores range—Hundred-Man One-Sword, was Crusch's famous sword technique.
"How amazing."
Zunzun praised.
Although the final power was somewhat reduced, the fact that it ignored distance was really strong. You have to know that Zunzun could only let his opponent run 39 meters at most.
As Zunzun and Subaru Natsuki opened up the situation, Wilhelm and Ricardo followed closely behind, rushing up. The two ran around the white whale's body, one above and one below. Each time they swung the longsword and great cleaver in their hands, they brought down a large piece of flesh, and the blood sprayed on them made their expressions look even more ferocious.
Hilde also commanded the mercenary group to start ravaging the white whale's huge body at the landing point, wielding swords, sabers, and spears, looking like poisonous insects wreaking havoc.
In order to shake off the external enemies climbing on its body, the white whale had no choice but to dance its body.
Its huge size was both an advantage and a disadvantage.
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Exposing its weakness of insufficient agility, Crusch aimed at this point and commanded everyone to leave. The freed white whale spun around greatly, wanting to counterattack, but it fell into a pre-arranged trap.
Its soft flanks were wide open.
"Light of Saber!"
Zunzun didn't miss the opportunity and outputted with all his strength. Taking this as a signal, whether it was Crusch or the magic squad that had been preparing early, multiple people chanting overlapped, giving birth to a fiery aurora.
"Earl Goya!"
In a world where the sun and moon appeared in the sky at the same time, a second scorching sun was born in the low air.
The large fireball swayed. After gaining initial speed, it went from slow to fast to high speed. The fireball hit the white whale's body, exposing its flanks. Through the opening cut by Zunzun's sharp lightning, the flames burned the flesh from the accumulated wounds. The white whale screamed as its internal organs boiled, its cry reaching the sky.
"Sniff sniff… hmm, not bad!"
The smell of grilled meat flooded his nostrils, and a large amount of saliva secreted in Zunzun's mouth. Because he coveted the white whale so much, he hadn't eaten anything before the battle.
Scattered fragments of flame sprinkled towards the plains. The mercenaries, afraid of being implicated, quickly took refuge, and Subaru Natsuki and Rem were no exception.
Only Zunzun and Flum.
Not only did the two not dodge, but they instead charged straight towards the white whale tumbling in mid-air. What was amazing was that the two of them were not burned by the falling fragments of flame along the way.
"Their luck is too good, isn't it!?"
Subaru Natsuki stared at the two of them, dumbfounded.
But soon, he felt strange.
"Wait, wait, wait, although Zunzun's desire to fight is very clear, our battle plan is already over, right? Why is he still charging forward headlessly?"
"Because it didn't have any effect."
"What?"
Hearing Rem say this, Subaru Natsuki was stunned. He thought it was very effective and felt that it could kill it.
"The surprise attack just now was to make it land."
"But, little brother, look…"
He looked in the direction pointed by Rem and Ricardo's fingers.
Half of the white whale's body was burned by the great magic just now. The flames spreading along its fur showed no signs of extinguishing. The magic stone cannons and Zunzun's powerful magic attacks caused a lot of damage, and the way it was bleeding looked very painful.
However, its huge body was still in the high sky that needed to be looked up to.
Although it wasn't a height that the earth dragon couldn't reach by jumping, it was still extremely difficult for humans to challenge it alone. Most importantly, if the magical beast didn't land, it couldn't be transferred to the next operation.
"Then what is Zunzun…"
"Probably wants to complete the first step."
Ricardo wiped the blood-stained beastman face, his grinning appearance appearing incomparably ferocious, already reaching the point of stopping children from crying at night.
Subaru Natsuki's heart thumped.
On the other side, Flum drove the dragon carriage at high speed, bringing Zunzun to the bottom of the white whale. He looked up and shouted at the blood-stained old swordsman who was constantly running and destroying on the white whale's back—Sword Demon Wilhelm.
"Grandpa Wilhelm, help me!"
After seeing the direction in which Zunzun was advancing, Wilhelm immediately understood his intention, nodded vigorously, and sped up to match the speed of the earth dragon.
The two came to the part of the white whale's left fin together.
"Let's go!"
"Take this!"
After giving the signal, the sharp longsword was accompanied by violent sword energy, and the swift lightning had extremely strong penetrating power. Wilhelm and Zunzun, one above and one below, attacked the white whale's weak fins.
"Oh ah ah ah— — — — — —!" X2
The intense roar was accompanied by the white whale's high-pitched and shrill screams, as the two cut off and dismembered one of its huge fins.
"Oh oh oh! ! !"
Wilhelm stepped heavily on the white whale with force, and the white whale, as if it had lost its wings and couldn't bear the weight, suddenly dropped a large amount in height.