reincarnation npc, but tomorrow's ark

To be honest, these three people would have no problem protecting themselves; these enemies clearly couldn't do anything to them. However, strength has its limits. They couldn't maintain the entire defensive line. The swarm of direfish could simply bypass them, retake the town, and continue building their nests.

Just then, Kal'tsit's communication terminal suddenly rang, and after answering, Bai Ye's voice came through:

"Hey, hey, can you hear me?"

"test, test—"

Bai Ye's voice was still full of energy. He wasn't particularly serious; he had just been quiet and reserved in the past due to social anxiety. The current Bai Ye had long since swept away the shadows in his heart, making him a completely different person from the Bai Ye of the past.

“I can hear you,” Kal'tsit replied calmly. “Speak.”

“That’s great. It turns out that the ‘Eye of Iberia’ is not just a lighthouse, but also functions as a communication base station—I’ve used it to enhance the communication channels.”

The voice on the other end sounded somewhat surprised.

“I know, that’s why you were able to contact me.” Kal’tsit nodded. “Let’s get down to business.”

“Oh, okay, by the way, the school of Terrorfish that was nesting in the ‘Eye of Iberia’ is heading your way—Skadi, stop them.” Bai Ye’s voice was clear, but it was constantly being interrupted.

Kal'tsit watched the school of dinosaurs crawling onto the beach:

"Yes, the entire coastal waters are swarming towards our position—what's the situation on your end? It seems you're also facing an enemy?"

"Yes, we encountered a big one, but it's nothing serious—your business over there is more important."

After a pause, Bai Ye's voice became somewhat anxious:

"So fast? They've already made it ashore? Their half-baked, novice abilities are really useless—Dr. Kal'tsit, listen, I've stuffed a lot of incendiary agents into the armory near the plaza."

"I'm afraid it's not enough."

“It’s alright. You just need to guard the spot in the center of the square where the sculpture used to be. Just, um, let me see—yes, 5 minutes, we need another 5 minutes,” Bai Ye replied.

Kal'tsit turned around and saw a strange device standing in the center of the square.

Even Kal'tsit had never seen such a thing before. It was not a creation of a previous civilization, nor has such a device ever appeared in modern times.

"What is this?" Unfortunately, before Kal'tsit could ask any more questions, the communication with White Night was cut off.

Only Bai Ye's last words came through the communicator:

“Remember, hold that spot! ...Laurentina, you don't need to come down, we're enough—”

Subsequently, communication was completely cut off.

It's estimated that Bai Ye personally cut it off; over there, they encountered an attack from some kind of enemy.

Kal'tsit and Carmen exchanged a glance. Their number of punitive troops was small; they were clearly just going to be easy targets. They would have to rely on them again. But would holding this device for just five minutes be enough?

Right now, it seems that we can only trust Bai Ye.

A monstrous roar came from behind Kal'tsit, and then a jet-black "dragon" emerged from behind her. Upon seeing Saint Carmen, the monster roared at the old woman.

“Oh, little guy, calm down,” Carmen reassured the monster.

The lich Emengard raised her right hand, clearly indicating that she could not escape the fate of battle.

"Kal'tsit, you need to pay more." Emengard floated into the air.

"Don't worry, I won't let you work for nothing." Kal'tsit nodded.

Saint Carmen retrieved the incendiary agent Bai Ye had left behind from the box he had mentioned, and threw it outwards towards the edge of the square, creating a wall of fire on the ground. Then, Carmen plunged his longsword into the flames; when he pulled it out, it was still engulfed in flames.

"Young people call this 'drawing the sword amidst raging flames'—"

Carmen and Kal'tsit simultaneously entered combat mode.

Now, they can only pin their hopes on White Night. If Granfalo falls, it will be a terrible thing for the Inquisition, Iberia, and even the land.

Chapter 148 Not a Monster

(DustWhite's dormitory system looks rather rudimentary, but it's quite playable and interactive. I look forward to future optimizations.)

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While Granfalo was attacked by the Terrorfish, Bai Ye and the others were not entirely unharmed on the small island deep in the sea, the "Eye of Iberia." Although Bai Ye's abilities could protect everyone from the Terrorfish swarm.

However, there are still some things that cannot be affected by Bai Ye's abilities.

Rewind a few minutes. As Bai Ye raised his drink and continued fiddling with the main control panel of the "Eye of Iberia" in preparation for the next step of his plan, he suddenly stopped.

Bai Ye lowered his head and glanced at his right arm, which was slightly burning.

At the same time, he could sense the chaos within the school of terror fish; they were fleeing their nest—not out of fear, for these creatures were incapable of feeling fear. They were simply disturbed and retreating according to their biological instincts.

Bai Ye let this outcome go, after all, he would be leaving soon, and once he left, the nascent aura would no longer suppress this place. The departure of these sea creatures that had been entrenched here seemed to be a good thing for him—of course, at this moment he was probably overlooking where these terrifying fish would end up if they left.

However, Bai Ye had no time to pay attention to these guys, and he stood up from his chair.

"What's wrong?" Dario asked.

"Prepare for battle, something big is coming." Bai Ye closed his eyes, feeling the resonance of the sea breeze, which was informing him of the arrival of the enemy in the distance.

“Arya, you and… Elene stay upstairs. We’ll go down. The elevator will be usable again after the energy system restarts.” Bai Ye said, turning to Dario, “What do you think?”

“Before I came here, Lord Carmen explained to me that command was being handed over to you. I will follow your instructions—provided that Iberian law is not violated.” Dario did not object to White Night.

Ulpian naturally did not object, and with a consensus reached, Baiye activated the elevator in the main control room. Subsequently, Grand Inquisitor Dario, Skadi, and Ulpian followed Baiye back to the bottom of the lighthouse via the elevator.

Elena operated the system in the control room to open the door at the bottom of the tower.

As the heavy doors reopened, Bai Ye and the others stepped out of the lighthouse. Only then, with the lighthouse shining again, did Dario finally see his surroundings. Broken and decaying weapons littered the island.

However, the swarm of terror fish that had desecrated the laws of Iberia were fleeing. Everyone witnessed them pouring out of their burrows and swimming toward land under the illumination of the searchlights of the aerial vehicles.

"Hmm, I should remind Lady Carmen... uh, I don't have his contact information. Let's find Kal'tsit first; judging by the time, she should have arrived by now." Bai Ye took out his terminal. "Oppa, the signal is so good?"

“Of course, the Eye of Iberia is not just a simple lighthouse,” Dario said from the side. “These huge lighthouses are also a type of base station used to enhance communications between the sea and the land.”

Why didn't a single ship return to port after the Great Silence? Because all the lighthouses were destroyed in the disaster. The ships not only lost the guidance of the lighthouses, but also could no longer communicate with the land because these communication base stations were destroyed.

"At that time, all our fleet and ships at sea lost contact. The Great Stillness rendered them blind, deaf, and mute. Even if the propulsion systems were restarted, they would be lost forever on the sea."

Although Dario's tone was calm, it conveyed an image of utter despair.

From that moment on, all signals to Iberia were cut off, and it fell into silence for more than sixty years, as if the entire south had vanished.

“Iberia became the first victim on the coast, so Agor’s current situation… will probably only be more brutal.” Bai Ye glanced at Ulpian.

He then successfully contacted Kal'tsit, and the communication went smoothly. He then informed the old woman of the situation.

Upon opening the system panel, Bai Ye saw the countdown for the new event to begin.

About 5 minutes.

If we just hold the Granfalo teleport point for 5 minutes, the crisis will naturally be over. At that time, a large number of players will flood into the town like a tidal wave, so many that they won't have anywhere to stay.

They will retake Granfalo and serve as Terra's defense line while White Nights leave the land and venture into the deep sea.

However, all of this depends on Kal'tsit and Carmen holding out for 5 minutes.

Bai Ye was quite confident about this, after all, he knew the strength of these two, not to mention that there was also a part of the Punishment Army that had arrived with Saint Carmen in Granfarone.

Five minutes, no problem at all.

……

Now, he faces an enemy rapidly approaching the "Eye of Iberia." This is also the source of the swarm of terror fish retreating. The sea breeze tells Bai Ye that it's a huge creature, and Goredia and Laurentina have already spotted the approaching enemy from mid-air.

“Bai Ye, do you need me to come down and help you? She’s a great dance partner,” Laurentina asked from inside the aircraft.

“The four of us are enough—you continue to maintain aerial vigilance.” Bai Ye shook his head. Right now, he, the two deep-sea hunters, and the Grand Inquisitor were enough to plow through Duke Wellington’s high-speed warship fleet several times over.

Beneath the colossal beast, few beings on this land could rival this small team. Therefore, Bai Ye believed there was no need for the two deep-sea hunters on the aircraft to disembark.

……

The enemy was approaching, and soon, he revealed his true form. It was a knight—at least, that was the first word that came to Bai Ye's mind based on his appearance. It was a dark, humanoid creature, but much taller, wearing corroded armor.

The metal had lost its luster and was entangled with strange biomass, making its alien nature immediately recognizable.

"..."

Skadi was the first to frown.

She seemed to smell something.

"What's wrong?" Bai Ye asked.

“He’s strange, he still has some…smell on him.” Skadi picked up her weapon.

"The scent of Kazimierz?" Bai Ye raised an eyebrow, while the girl nodded in affirmation.

Without a doubt, this is a sea creature, a sea creature transformed from a human.

Chapter 149 Confrontation

(I got Chinno and bought her skin, but unfortunately I can't get her weapon anymore.)

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"Hai Si..."

High Inquisitor Dario picked up his weapon, frowning as he looked at the creature before him. This being, while undoubtedly evil in his eyes, was unlike any enemy he had encountered before.

“Clearly, this individual has been completely assimilated by the sea, but unlike Bishop Quintus whom we met in Saltwind City, he still retains his own will, or rather, he is not controlled by the will of the masses.”

White Night approached Dario and stood beside the Grand Inquisitor.

"How can so many land creatures become marine beings? They shouldn't be in frequent contact with the ocean," Ulbian wondered. "And is it really possible for them to break free from the control of a large group of consciousnesses after becoming marine beings?"

“I don’t know, but we can read the letters left by that bishop later. I’ve already glimpsed a few addresses; we can check them before heading to the Deep Sea.” Bai Ye was indeed a novice, and after Isamara left the sea, she was also unaware of the movements of the large group and the Deep Sea Church. Therefore, these bishops of the Deep Sea Church might know more than Isamara herself.

“Of course, that’s on the premise that we deal with the enemy at hand first.” Ulbian nodded.

The four were ready. Bai Ye took out a weapon from his inventory and prepared to attack first.

What's puzzling is that the knight Hai Si's target wasn't the living creature standing before him; he cast his "gaze" toward the "Eye of Iberia," this colossal object.

“Gahhhh—”

The knight vanished from his spot with incredible speed, yet instead of attacking the enemy before him, he leaped high into the air and roared towards the massive lighthouse.

With the Deep Sea Hunter and White Night's dynamic vision, it was not difficult for them to capture the Knight's movements. However, among the four people present, only White Night reacted in time.

As the knight left his original spot, Bai Ye's figure also disappeared. Then, he flashed to the path of the knight's charge, almost perfectly blocking the knight who had already leaped into the air.

"This road doesn't work!"

Bai Ye raised his longsword "Wind Chime" to block in front of him, and several layers of calcified shields instantly unfolded at the tip of the sword. Outside of these shields, there was a second protective wall formed by the deployment of nitrogen armor.

Almost the instant the protective shield deployed, the knight's charge attack arrived. His lance, originally aimed at the lighthouse, was now blocked by Bai Ye. However, he clearly did not stop. Like an avalanche, the knight had accumulated terrifying kinetic energy, enough to crush anything that dared to stand in his way.

To others, White Night was like a rock blocking the path of the moving city's tracks.

With a loud bang, the knight's spear tip slammed into the shield that White Night had deployed.

The air wall was punctured and shattered, while the tip of the lance pierced through three layers of calcified shield.

However, that was all. The friction between the spear tip and the calcified shield produced a piercing whistle and high temperature. However, the kinetic energy it originally carried was buffered by layers and then absorbed by the cleverly structured shield. Finally, the spear tip, like a spent crossbow bolt, struck the blade of Bai Ye's longsword.

The remaining power was transferred to Bai Ye, but it disappeared without a trace, like a drop of water flowing into the ocean, and was silently dissolved by Bai Ye's powerful body.

The knight's charge and the white night's obstruction all happened in the blink of an eye. Even as their weapons clashed, the knight's battle roar had not yet ended.

Ulpian stared at Bai Ye in astonishment. Although it wouldn't be difficult for a Deepsea Hunter to capture the knight's figure like Bai Ye had, he had never seen a land dweller so full of martial spirit. Apart from Deepsea Hunters, he had never imagined that a land dweller would directly confront a Sea-Child's attack—this person had never undergone the Sea-Child transformation surgery.

At this moment, he had a deeper understanding of Bai Ye's strength. Could it be that the initial incarnation endowed this individual with combat power comparable to a deep-sea hunter, or was he originally this powerful?

……

An invisible air pedal supported Bai Ye, allowing him to stand upright in mid-air. Then, Bai Ye applied downward pressure, knocking the knight back onto the sea surface.

"The knights of Kazimierz will not allow you to damage the legacy," Bai Ye coldly rebuked.

In the instant the battle began, Bai Ye recognized his opponent's origins: the charging motion, his outer armor and lance—he was a knight from Kazimierz.

It's hard to imagine why a knight would come from Kazimierz to the coast of Iberia, only to be assimilated by the deep sea and become a sea creature.

"Could that fairy tale be true?" Bai Ye suddenly thought of something.

“A fairy tale?” Skadi heard White Night’s words.

Bai Ye nodded.