Re:Zero - Jobless Reincarnation: Succubus Sword God? I don't recognize it!

Chapter 413: The Malice of Time and the Burning "Abyss" (Part )
"Cole, do you think the Octopus hostage plan is sophisticated enough?"

Cole had no idea what Allen was saying.

But that didn't stop her face from looking stiff.

The dark fish scales slid across the deck, making a crackling sound. Cole was pulled in front of Allen by Melna. She looked at the octopus in Allen's hand, which was intact just now but now had only one eye left from head to toe. She lowered her head to look at the octopus body that Allen had just cut into pieces with the high-speed light sword.
Then he looked at Alan's face.

Artemus, did you die just like that?

No, it still has one eye left.

But. This is no different from being dead. Ertupu's right to speak has been taken away.
In just such a short period of time, the sudden change shocked her so much that she couldn't even keep the Poseidon coat on.

Swoosh, pieces of pitch-black diamond-shaped scales peeled off her body, her neck, collarbone, chest, waist and abdomen.
Fully revealed.

When Loki was about to ask Alan what was going on, his eyes widened like bells.

She covered her mouth and looked at Alan beside her, only to see that he had no reaction and was just looking at the octopus eyeball in the cage.

He quickly took a step forward.
Use your big head to block any possible viewing angles!
Melna glanced at Clem, who was still looking at the octopus corpse on the ground in shock with the iron bucket hanging on his head, and moved over to block Clem's line of sight.

Then, he turned his head and stared at Cole's huge chest, his eyes moving between his own chest and the other's chest.

After a while, he nodded silently.

It’s okay. Although Cole’s is big, its shape is not as good as the owner’s, and the owner also has the advantage in color.

In this round, it was the master, no, it was Ms. Aixia who won.

“This is the army formation of Lord Ai. Allen.” Climb woke up as if from a dream and looked up at the sea creatures soldiers at the bow.

But just raised his eyes.

A new round of arrow rain began to fall.

The sea clan soldiers were furious and had just started to gather towards the ship, but they were in chaos because they had to fill the gap of dozens of meters of corpses that Allen had just cut in half with his knife.

Alan released the Deprivation Sword to block the rain of arrows, turned to look at Cole, and threw the prison with octopus eyes in his hand at the other party.

"Put on your clothes. Also, the octopus is not dead. Tell the fish below to stay calm. This is a necessary 'risk avoidance measure'."

Cole stared at the "cage" in his hand.

——Artes wanted to move his pupils, a very basic action, but he was unable to move because the bone spurs were firmly stuck in his flesh.

The mucus in the eyeball was flowing, and the tentacles were dancing wildly due to being stabbed by the hideous bone spurs.

It was not until this moment that Cole finally realized what the octopus had done, what it wanted to do, what it had not done, and what the price of this series of actions was.

It turned out that Artpus had been secretly planning to plot against Alan for the past fifteen days, and he simply could not accept being subordinate to someone else.

But from beginning to end, everything that Alters did was under Allen's control.

From the time the two of them boarded the ship until now, before Altpus and Allen had even started talking for a few words, the other party had already been weaving this "cage" that was just big enough to imprison Altpus's eyeball.
Even in Cole's eyes, the structure of the "cage" looked like a smaller version of the bone prison under Layele.

But this time it wasn't her and Alan who were locked up.

But it was Altpus, the "culprit" who planned the bone prison imprisonment plan.

Allen, he was fed up with the endless plots of Altbus.
So I shut it down.

Amid the rustling sound of scales covering their bodies, Loki's 'frightened' gaze, and Melna's 'reluctant' look.

The black scales climbed up from the waist and abdomen again.

With a click, it crawled onto Cole's neck.

She looked at Alan deeply, then let out a sharp whistle.

The troops who were still restless under the bone spurs suddenly quieted down.

This time Cole spoke with a smile.

"Hostage. Plan? Will you kill Altpus?"

Alan looked at Climb, who immediately began to translate haltingly.

Alan shook his head when he heard this.

There are still many variables on the way back to Arkham. At the moment, of course, he will not kill. Although Cole is the queen of the sea people, she is obviously immature in handling things, and she does not seem to be as familiar with Leviathan as the octopus. At the same time, she does not have the control over the soldiers that the octopus has.

The familiarity of Leviathan determines the smoothness of the journey. The soldiers pulling the ghost ship can shorten their journey, save magic power and fighting spirit, and even serve as useful human shields.

After all, there are still many battles to come as expected.

His ultimate goal was not just to return to Arkham, but to stand in front of Laplace and ensure that his strength was intact and that he was full of energy.

Complete subsequent negotiations.

This is the most important purpose of this trip.

On the road to that goal, the octopus might not be a serious partner.

But it is definitely a good 'enemy' that can save the time of this journey to the "deep sea" to the greatest extent.

Keeping it is more useful than killing it.

But what came out of his mouth was another statement:
"No, I won't kill it. It should thank you because you have been very cooperative so far and have not had so many strange thoughts. You are a sincere ally. After all, you don't want it to die, right?"

Cole showed a grateful expression, "Yes."

The octopus with only one eyeball left looked dejected in the bone cage, with bloodshot eyes all over the eyeball.

At this time, Allen raised his hand and pointed at the only remaining eyeball of the octopus in Cole's hand. "Then I won't kill it. However, it can't escape from this cage before I return to land. Any objection?"

"No, no"

Alan nodded and took the bone cage from Cole again.

"These sea fish with dragon blood are good stuff. Even though they are still so small after decades of growth and have little meat, it is not in vain. The material of bone wings is very suitable for octopus to 'build a home'. Oh, please keep sending these foods over these days. Thank you for your hard work."

Cole looked at the octopus's 'new home' with mixed feelings, and was choked by Alan's overly straightforward words and was speechless for a long time.

She squeezed her hands awkwardly, and suddenly realized that she was still holding Melna's hand tightly because of her emotional fluctuations. She quickly turned around and forced a smile to express her gratitude to the latter.

Melna smiled and waved her hand to indicate that it was okay.

Although Cole is actually older and a head taller than Melna, this scene really looks like a younger sister troubling her well-intentioned older sister and thanking her. Well, Cole's behavior after being numb by Allen's PUA is completely like that of a young girl who has not experienced much of the world.

If it weren't for the huge difference in their appearance, it would seem that Cole, Melna, Roxy, and Climb all died in the "Abyss".

The eyeballs of the octopus in the cage were about to burst.

——You are the queen of our sea clan, and you should have negotiated with us during this opportunity. Why are you being dismissed with just a few words?

Which side are you on!!! Stupid!!! Stupid!!!
Alan looked at Cole's expression, then looked at the movement of the octopus eyeball in his hand, and a hidden smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He paused for a moment, pointed at the rain of arrows, and said,

“Okay, now let’s talk about how to break the impasse, Cole. I don’t trust the octopus, but I trust you.

You said before that you didn't know the route, but you should at least know the rebels' military deployment, right?

I counted them and found that there were about 8,000 defenders in Layelai, and there were more than 3,000 of these "assassin" troops.

Does this mean that Arkham has already dispatched half of its troops? After all, I always hear some disdainful words about the Arkham defenders from Octopus' mouth. "

Clem was sweating profusely as he translated.

After hearing this, Cole looked at Allen in silence for a while. She lowered her eyes to look at the octopus struggling in the bone cage, and subconsciously felt that this kind of thing should be allowed for the octopus to come out and communicate with Allen.

But his mouth spoke honestly.

After all, Allen said he trusted himself.
"Arkham has a lot of troops. Probably more than 20,000."

"Twenty thousand?"

"Yes. But in fact, there won't be so many rebels! Because I have heard Artbus's analysis before. The current situation in Arkham is unstable. There must be some families who want me to step down as queen, but they don't want to go to war with us. Because I have been in Arkham for so many years, my reputation is still there.

And those who are determined to resolve the problem through war include all the families of the "Assassination Chariot" army. "

"How many troops do you estimate they have in total?"

Cole hesitated for a moment, "About fifteen thousand."

Alan nodded. "The 15,000 soldiers fighting on their own are, to some extent, no match for the 8,000 Layele troops under the command of Octopus. It seems that there may not be too many tough battles in the future, but there will be a lot of annoying attacks like this.

Octopus was determined to find a sharp knife for his army in order to ensure that it maintained its fighting spirit. As long as the fighting spirit did not stop, no matter how many times the harassment was repeated, relying on the integrity and discipline of the Rayele army, it would be able to break through all the enemy's defense lines.

Of course, the most important thing is that this sharp knife must be sharp enough, so as to maintain morale and at the same time leave enough safe rest and rotation space for the 8,000 troops as much as possible. "

".It also said something similar"

Alan stroked his chin and thought, "According to this, it takes seven days to get to Arkham from here. It just induced me to attack by force, saying 'this is the fastest way to return to Arkham'. According to the current situation, if the harassment continues like this, even if I participate in every attack, it will take about ten days to half a month for us to reach Arkham."

Cole nodded and said, "The fastest way is to take ten Abyssal Days."

Alan interrupted her, his voice gradually increased from slow to fast, from gentle to extremely sharp, faster and faster!

“So in the first battle, we must win quickly.

And not only must we win quickly, we must win beautifully.

The war must be fought with overwhelming force and the enemies must be killed everywhere!
I want blood to flow all over the ground! I want heads to roll!
Kill them and make the anti-Sea God cult tremble with fear! Kill them and make them all afraid! Kill them and make all the anti-Sea God cult soldiers weigh every night before going to bed, whether they still firmly choose to fight us with force! Tie their heads to the waist of their pants!

Only in this way can the resistance to subsequent progress be reduced!
We must resolutely destroy those who are staunchly against Poseidon!

We must force the unsteady anti-Poseidon faction to sit on the fence and shut their mouths!

As for those sea tribes who have remained neutral from the beginning, we must make them support us and express their stance this morning! Welcome us back to the capital!

We need to demonstrate the strongest pressure as quickly as possible.

This way, I can get into Arkham faster!"

After these powerful words were spoken, even though Melna, Roxy, and Clem knew nothing about war, they could sense the murderous intent in Alan's mouth. However, they did not feel the frightening emotion that came with the murderous intent. Instead, they were agitated by the murderous intent.

Alan is the partner.

His murderous intent towards the enemy is the source of security for his companions.

The more determined he is, the more secure he feels.

After he finished speaking, Alan nodded.

"It's decided. The battle will be over within half an hour. I will kill all of these so-called "assassin" soldiers in front of me. I can't save my energy for the first battle."

This round of bone arrows in the sky has come to an end.

Cole blinked, and after a moment's pause, he subconsciously looked at the octopus eyeball in Allen's hand.

Strangely enough, although the octopus was deprived of its body, freedom, and even the right to speak, after hearing what Alan said, its eyes burst into great excitement.

His plan had failed, but the way the human monkey in front of him looked at humans was completely consistent with his judgment.

——Win a quick and overwhelming victory, and scare all the enemy troops into submission!
Alan carried the cage in his hand and walked to the side of the deck.

"Loxy, Melna, Clem, you stay here and protect yourselves. Cole, I don't feel comfortable taking Lokisi and the others with me, but I also don't feel comfortable leaving them here with the Layele soldiers, so I'll take Octopus as a 'hostage'."

Although Luo Qixi was dazed, she knew the limit of her ability and just nodded.

Cole was stunned for a moment, then quickly responded: "I'll go with you!"

"You stay here to look after Luo Qixi and the others, and take them under the soldiers' armor for shelter."

"Then I'll order Iron Skeleton to go with you."

"No, I can do it alone."

"You alone." Cole gritted his teeth, "half of the Abyss! No matter what the result is, we will get there!"

"Well, half an hour is enough."

Alan said this, took two steps forward, and then paused.

He remained silent for a moment, but suddenly turned around with an expressionless face and looked at Climb.

"In the Deep Sea?"

(End of this chapter)