A dull longsword and a heartbroken villager

"..." After calming down, the elf looked at her body in surprise.

My breathing is smooth, and my head isn't so dizzy anymore... It seems like I've been healed by the one-eyed adventurer in front of me.

"I'm sorry." The elf realized her rudeness a moment ago and quickly apologized.

"Whatever." Bray waved his hand casually.

"You're from Bai Ting Kingdom, aren't you? What are you doing here?" he asked.

"I was thrown here from the ship."

"Because I didn't get below deck in time, the current swept me away," the elf explained to Bray. A few minutes later, his complexion was much better than before.

His muddled mind cleared up considerably, and he answered Bray's question clearly.

"So that's how it is?" Bray pinched his chin. The other party really did have the same stupidity as Nisa, which is why they flew here.

"Are the others the same?" Bray asked, glancing at the others around him.

"Others?" The elf looked around and found many others in the same predicament as himself.

"No, I landed here from the beginning, these people didn't." The elf had a headache and seemed to have forgotten something important.

"Thump." The ground trembled slightly, but if you weren't looking closely, you wouldn't even notice the tremor.

But Dove and Bray both sensed it to some extent.

The elf was still preoccupied with some things and was unaware of the tremor that had just occurred.

"Oh right... these people were captured by monsters!" The elf suddenly recalled the previous events, and his expression twisted in pain.

In his memory, it was a gigantic monster that wielded terrifying weapons, grabbing people one by one and throwing them here.

He even remembered the monster's appearance when it ate people.

"Run! Run before that monster comes back!" The elf struggled to his feet, his whole body drenched in cold sweat.

"I've already seen the monster you mentioned," Bray said to the elf in a casual tone, pointing behind him.

"W-what?" The elf looked astonished, then followed Bray's gaze, his mouth agape and his jaw dropping as if it were about to fall to the ground.

It was a huge crab.

The crab's dark green shell gleamed with an oily sheen, and its enormous claws were clamping down on a lifeless person.

Since it's a giant crab, just how big is it? It's probably over two meters tall, bigger than several cows combined. The tremor we just witnessed was caused by this crab.

"Run!" The elf scrambled and crawled away in the opposite direction from the crab.

He didn't even bother with Bray and Dove who were still standing there; he was only concerned with escaping for his life.

"The medicine works really well," Bray exclaimed. After being given the medicine, the guy was even able to run away.

I need to use this medicine when I see that I am injured.

"Mr. Bray, is this the place we should be concerned about?" Even Dove felt that Bray's thought process was a bit off. This crab was a monster that lived in the seabed, and it was living a good life, blowing bubbles on the reef.

But one day, the seawater was suddenly drained, and the crabs were inexplicably trapped in this secret place.

It clearly didn't know how to leave this secret realm, so it could only wander around here day after day.

It once thought it was going to starve to death, but unexpectedly, people started coming in one after another.

Wonderful, this is all food.

It rarely attacks other creatures, but this food was not hunted by it.

These were all things that had died on the ground, and it picked them up and ate them.

As the number of people increased, it began to hoard them, regardless of whether they were dead or alive, and then throw them into its own territory.

However, this was the first time in more than a month that it had seen a standing person; usually, it had only seen people lying down.

It sized up Bray and Dove with its big eyes, and because its eyesight wasn't very good, it had to crawl a little closer.

It was initially examining the living creature before it, but when it saw the elf flee, it became enraged.

If the crab remembers correctly, this running creature was lying down before, which is its food source.

The grain actually started moving on its own?! Unforgivable!

It flung the person in its pincers to the ground and then quickly crawled toward the fleeing elf.

As for Bray and Dove blocking its way? It doesn't care. It might as well run them over and kill them; they'll just be its food.

It's a carnivorous crab!

"Boom!!!" The crab in front of Bray inexplicably dropped the person on its pincers and then ran over him like a tank.

It also waved its huge pincers, as if to sweep away everything in its way.

The things the crab planned to sweep away certainly included Bray.

“You stand behind me,” Bray said to Doffin.

"Bang." The next second, a crisp sound of blunt force colliding suddenly rang out.

Dove, who hadn't managed to hide behind Bray, jumped in fright upon hearing the voice.

The dark blue crab claws were blocked by Bray's broad sword.

The broadsword was covered in cracks, but it did not shatter due to the intense impact.

"Clang!" Bray used his sword to "push" the crab's claws to the side, and the crab's heavy body tilted in the same direction.

However, because crabs have a very low center of gravity, this is not enough to knock the other person to the ground.

In fact, crabs don't have any other way of falling over except by flipping themselves over.

"Boom!!! Rumble!!!" This time, the crab no longer charged at the fleeing elf, but instead attacked the Bray.

"Bang!!!" The crab claw collided with the sword, producing a heavy echo.

This crab not only has a sturdy shell, but it also moves sideways quite quickly.

It combines speed and power, but its only drawback is a lack of agility.

However, such a drawback cannot outweigh its other advantages.

It believes it is the overlord of this secret realm!

After Bray caught its own attack, it simultaneously swung out its other claw.

Once it clamps onto the enemy, it can definitely cut them in two.

"Clang—" Then, sure enough, something was cut off.

Unfortunately, it wasn't Bray that was separated, but rather its crab claws.

The crab claws were too hard and had no gaps, so Bray found it too difficult to cut them and attacked the opponent's biggest weakness.

Everything has a weakness; even the strongest thing can be defeated if its vulnerable spot is hit.

This is the crab's weak point, the joint beneath its armor.

These joints that connect the whole body have lost their rigidity in order to enable movement.

Of course, those joints are difficult to hit and are usually covered by armor.

"???" The crab raised its bare hand and stopped moving.

It seemed to be pondering why its crab claw had broken off.

"Boom!!" Finally, it got angry and slammed its remaining crab claw into the ground.

The ground shattered, and fragments of rocks flew everywhere.

It's the overlord of this godforsaken place, how could it have had one of its pincers cut off by food? It must have been a trick.

Faced with the menacing crab, Dove clung tightly to Bray's clothes.

The crabs were enormous and quite intimidating, with bubbles in their mouths and a fishy smell.

"Loosen your grip a little," Bray said casually.

Of course, even now, he remains completely unmoved.

This thing is pretty much the same as what's on the dining table, right...? What's there to be afraid of?

"..." Dove obediently let go, but after letting go, he staggered back two steps.

Because the crab had come within two meters of Bray, it could easily kill him with a single blow of its claws.

“You run pretty fast,” Bray said, making no sense.

Not only did the crab not understand, but even Dove behind him was completely bewildered.

What necessary connection is there between "running fast" and the current battle?

Now we should be wary of the opponent's attacks.

“Mr. Bray!!!” Dove couldn’t help but shout, hoping to alert Bray.

She knew Bray was strong, but even if he was strong, she couldn't let her guard down like this.

However, Dove misunderstood.

Relax? Bray certainly wasn't that naive.

He will remain calm, but he will never let his guard down.

"Sizzle!!" The crab claws landed on the sword blade, making a piercing sound as they rubbed together.

Sparks flew when the sword collided with the armor.

However, in the damp, secret realm, the sparks went out the instant they appeared.

However, that faint spark was enough to prove how much force the crab had when it crashed down.

Unfortunately, strength alone is not enough to determine victory or defeat.

The next instant, the crab, whose weight was unknown, was thrown several meters away by the broadsword, its legs carving out pits in the ground.

After defeating the crab, Bray crouched down, the blade of his broadsword dragging on the ground, and swept it almost halfway to his side.

A terrifying aura emanated from Bray.

Normally, a person can give off an unparalleled aura because of the enormous internal energy or magical power they unleash.

Animals also distinguish between strong and weak enemies through this method.

Those who are tall are very strong, and those who are full of magic are also very strong.

Although Kebrey clearly lacked the ability to generate massive internal energy or magical power, he still exuded a terrifying aura.

Its imposing presence made the crab feel like an ordinary river crab facing a shark.

Even though sharks don't eat crabs, they're still pretty scary to crabs, you know?

The crab's claws stopped in mid-air, and then it quickly retreated a long distance in the opposite direction.

Attack? Are you kidding me! It felt like it didn't even have time to run away.

I'm sorry, it's too arrogant of it to say that it is the overlord of this secret realm. The human in front of you is the overlord of this secret realm.

"Give us a ride," Bray said, glancing at the loosely packed crab.

If only the other person could understand human speech, that would save us more than two hours of walking time.

He had been observing the crab's speed the whole time.

Very fast, he was very satisfied.

"???"

The land after the seawater was drained has a very complex topography.

Because this place was originally severely eroded by ocean currents, the terrain in the secret realm is not mainly flat land, but more like a canyon.

An ordinary person could easily get lost in it.

Of course, creatures that live here year-round wouldn't be unable to find their way around.

Although the seawater was drained, the terrain did not change; there were just some shipwrecks washed ashore.

In the rugged terrain, a giant crab was moving at a speed that was completely inconsistent with its dark blue-black armor.

"Boom!!! Boom!!!" The crab charged wildly, smashing almost everything in its way to pieces.