Alligator's Ark of Tomorrow

With the most destructive Deepsea Hunter Team 3 absent, no one can pose a threat to Gard. Given Gard's current defensive capabilities, the only way to defeat him with melee weapons is to restrict his movements with hooks and grapples.

It would take several deep-sea hunter teams working together to have a chance of winning, but the fact that he alone could force four deep-sea hunter teams to unite was far beyond the imagination of the deep-sea hunter captains.

"Greedya, so, do I now qualify to cooperate with you?"

Gard's deep voice echoed through the seawater above the heads of several deep-sea hunter captains, while the other two captains looked at Gretia with curiosity.

"Swordfish, what does he mean by cooperation?"

“You didn’t tell us before that this battle had any other meaning.”

The two deep-sea hunter captains came without thinking after hearing Gretia say that she was going to fight a landman who had kidnapped her team members.

Who knew they would be facing something like this?

Faced with the questions from her two colleagues, Gretia was immediately embarrassed. Little did she know that Gard was actually the kind of "monster" recorded in the Academy of Sciences.

If she had known that Gard was a behemoth, she certainly wouldn't have only sent the other two deep-sea hunter captains with her; she would have brought the entire team with her.

Quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

Although Gald is very strong, if hundreds of deep-sea hunters unite, even if they can't defeat Gald for the time being, they can still restrict Gald's movements.

According to records from the Institute of Fundamental Sciences, the giant beasts were basically a group of primitive creatures that only knew how to use brute force and were not worth fearing.

In fact, with Argor's technology, it is indeed possible to say that behemoths are not to be feared, because Gard had personally witnessed that even a behemoth as powerful as the one that had previously devoured him and Kal'tsit was instantly and severely damaged when faced with the cannons of Argor's warships.

Even for Gard, if hit by the main guns of the Argonauts, while he wouldn't be seriously injured, it would be impossible for him to emerge unscathed.

However, although the Ascendant form is Gald's strongest fighting method, Gald is not the kind of behemoth that Gretia imagined, who only knows how to use brute force.

At least Gretia's idea of ​​using the sheer number of deep-sea hunters to restrict Gard's movements is certainly impossible to achieve.

To control him, you must first restrict his movement on the spatial level.

Gard didn't believe that Agor could create such advanced technology weapons that even ordinary interstellar civilizations might not be able to produce. Otherwise, with the current firepower of Agor's warships, no matter how many deep-sea monsters there were, they probably wouldn't be enough for Agor to kill.

Argoll wouldn't have been forced into this situation by Haizi.

Faced with the questions from Gard and his two colleagues, Greta knew she had no choice. She could only look at Gard and ask seriously, "Gard, the landman, or perhaps I should call you Gard, the land behemoth, do you really know what you are facing?"

Gladys admits that Gard now does indeed have the ability to cooperate with them, but Gladys thinks that Gard should understand that this is actually something that has nothing to do with him.

Whether Gard helps Agor or not, Agor cannot criticize him, because many Agor people are unaware of Gard's existence, just as most Agor people do not care what the Deepsea Hunter does every day.

"Indeed."

His enormous form gradually shrank. With a great battle imminent, Gard did not want to waste too much of his Ascension power on such a pointless fight.

“I have nothing to do with Agor. If I leave now, it will actually be more beneficial for both me and Laurentina.”

"Laurentina is probably about to give birth. If I leave Argoll and return to the land, I can continue to look for opportunities to become stronger."

"But in doing so, it means that Laurentina is giving up her homeland, and it means that I am giving up the opportunity to help Laurentina protect her homeland."

Laurentina remained in the city, so Gard could speak his mind here.

"To be honest, just as you look down on us land people, I don't have a good impression of you Argolans either."

"But what can I do? My wife is a deep-sea hunter."

"No matter how Agor treats her, no matter if Agor made mistakes regarding the issue of Haisi, no matter if Agor is now beyond redemption."

"She considers herself an Agor, and she is proud and honored to be an Agor."

"I believe all deep-sea hunters share this view."

"So I hope Agor won't let her down, nor will he let you down. At least the days I spent with you weren't so bad."

“Especially you, Greta.”

Gard looked at Gretia and grinned.

"Although you seem difficult to get along with, I think you have a sharp tongue but a soft heart. At least you are very good to your teammates."

"I want to thank you for protecting Laurentina while I was away."

"Therefore, I don't want you all to die in the end without knowing why."

Compared to the real Argonauts, the Deepsea Hunters are kind of endearingly straightforward.

The desire to prevent beautiful things from withering is a thought that every normal person would have, and Gard was no exception.

Moreover, the Deep Sea Church is a problem that Gard will have to face sooner or later. Whether sooner or later, wouldn't it be better to take advantage of the fact that Argo's main fleet has left and Argo's internal defenses are weak and eliminate the remaining Deep Sea Church members in one fell swoop?

Greta has never been on good terms with Gard, and she never expected that Gard would say such a thing. In that case, hadn't she been a villain for all this time for nothing?

Greta wasn't actually targeting Gard; she was just worried that Gard, being a land dweller, wouldn't be able to protect Laurentina.

Many times, when parents discover that their family members have been abducted by a stranger, especially a stranger from a humble background, they will naturally feel worried.

But through repeated encounters, Gard has proven himself to Greta, proving that he can protect Laurentina.

Previously, Greta only wanted Gard and Laurentina to leave, but she did not expect that Gard would choose to stay in the end and insist on cooperating with them.

Especially after Gard demonstrated his strength, Greta's resolve began to waver.

Because she knew very well that even if Gard's strength couldn't reverse Agol's overall disadvantage, with such a strong ally, the Deepsea Hunters would have no worries.

Moreover, although the land people that Gard brought were not as strong as Gard, they were all skilled in their own way. In fact, it was the land people called the Shapeshifters who found the deep-sea cultists hidden in Argoll.

She now has no reason to refuse to work with Gard.

"Okay, I agree to cooperate with you."

It was not an easy task to get Greta to set aside her pride and acknowledge Gard's strength.

But at this very moment, Gard became pretentious again.

"Someone once said that I wasn't qualified to cooperate with her. Unfortunately, I am indeed a bit lacking in ability. Apart from being thick-skinned and knowing how to use some tricks, I don't have any other skills. It's only natural that I was rejected."

Gard seemed not to hear Gretia's words, and deliberately sighed, looking self-pitying.

Standing nearby, they could clearly see that the other two deep-sea hunter captains distinctly saw that the facial muscles of their second deep-sea hunter captain, Gretia, began to twitch uncontrollably.

They believed that if she weren't outmatched, Greta would probably have already grabbed her spear and swung it at Gard's smug crocodile face.

But Gretia held back.

The tall, white-haired beauty took a deep breath and bowed slightly to Gard: "Your Excellency Gard, on behalf of the Deep Sea Hunters, I solemnly request your cooperation. Please forgive my previous rudeness!"

Originally, Gard only wanted to give Greta a hard time to let her know how he felt, but seeing Greta's serious actions, Gard felt a little embarrassed.

"Ah, actually I'm not that angry. Well, I agree to your request."

Greta is Laurentina's captain, after all. If she were to go and complain to Laurentina, wouldn't he be finished?

Although Gard felt that, given Greta's personality, she shouldn't have done such a thing.

In short, after Gard demonstrated his strength.

A small alliance between crocodiles and deep-sea hunters was quietly formed without anyone knowing.

Time then flew by.

A week passed in the blink of an eye.

Even the people of Argo, who don't usually pay much attention to the news, can sense that the atmosphere in Argo is becoming heavy, as if a storm is brewing.

Argonaut's main warships swept across the city's dome, each accompanied by a dozen or so light ships.

This is the foundation of Argor as a former hegemonic power in the deep sea. Even a fleet with a single capital warship as its flagship can easily crush the army of any land-based nation.

Not to mention, this fleet of ships is densely packed in every corner of the territorial waters of Argor, and almost all Argor residents can clearly see their deep-sea fleet, which they are so proud of.

A steel torrent formed by hundreds of main warships and thousands of ships, along with several underwater fortresses as large as islands, was the source of Argo's confidence in sweeping across the entire sea.

However, only some of Argoor's top brass knew that this was their last strength.

They once had much more; the shipping lanes between Argos cities stretched to every corner of the deep ocean, with ships sailing on the seabed almost all the time, following the ocean currents.

But now, everything has vanished.

Few people know that more than half of the ships in this seemingly huge fleet were converted from Argonaut merchant ships.

Faced with the failure of Haisi's attack, the relocation of the city means giving up countless precious resources. Even if it is as vast as the sea, there will eventually come a day when there is nowhere to escape.

Therefore, the Argonauts must fight back and fight with all their might.

These ships were the Argonauts' last hope.

This massive fleet will draw the attention of the main force of the Sea Si, while the four squadrons of Deepsea Hunters will form a sharp blade to behead the Sea Si's god.

This is the plan of the Argoll leadership.

It's simple and brutal, but once you kill Hai Si's god, it means that Agor will have another chance to catch his breath, and may even have a chance to launch a counterattack against Hai Si.

The riskiest part of this plan undoubtedly lies with the deep-sea hunter team, who will be the spearhead to behead Hai Si. Even though they know that there are many deep-sea cultists lurking in the upper echelons of Argor, the deep-sea hunters still have no choice but to obey.

Because this is the only chance.

The only chance to save Agor and his family.

Even deep-sea hunters were just ordinary Argorians before they became hunters, with their own families, friends, and people they cherished and loved.

This kind of love is the foundation that has kept the deep-sea hunters fighting to this day.

Thousands of ships, accompanied by hundreds of deep-sea hunters, disappeared above the city's dome, leaving only a fleet of a dozen or so main warships as the last force to protect the city from the invasion of the Sea Invaders.

And change will happen at this moment.

......

Chapter 78 You are Skadi, then who is she?

The deployment of a large number of warships has caused widespread panic among the citizens of Argo. In their eyes, the warships were an important shield protecting their safety, and now that they have left, they are exposed to danger.

However, in the face of Haisi's invasion, remaining indifferent would only lead to a slow death. After deciding to launch a counterattack against Haisi, the Argoll leadership of Stranlar announced the casualty figures caused by Haisi's recent invasion of Platan City.

In a city of over a million people, with nearly a third of the population killed or injured, the tragedy in Platan seemed to be telling everyone that they could no longer sit idly by and wait to die.

"Why should I be here cleaning up the mess made by a bunch of stupid Argorians?"

Raising his hand to shield his eyes from the fluorescent lights of the city of Argor, the Blood Demon Lord leaned against the gate of the Gretia mansion, gazing at the several royal lords gathered in the courtyard.

"But weren't you quite happy when I saw you sharing a blood meal with a little deep-sea hunter girl?"

"Hmph!" The Blood Demon Lord said with a cold and arrogant expression, "It was just that deep-sea hunter who acted on her own initiative. I only shared some of her blood with her, like giving alms to a begging baby scale. How foolish."

"Whatever you say it is, then it is."

Gard shrugged. He was a deep-sea hunter whose eating habits were very similar to those of the Sarkaz Blood Demon, and even among deep-sea hunters, he seemed somewhat aloof.

Anyway, these past few days, he's seen that Blood Demon and the other person get along quite well.

"Gald, the King of the Shapeshifters has brought us the latest intelligence. In this city, the confirmed number of Abyssal Cultists who have undergone Ascension is 67,000, though the exact number may be higher. The number of un-Ascensioned Abyssal Cultists is 290,000, along with a large number of ordinary Argorians connected to the Abyssal Church, and a considerable number of... (The sentence is incomplete and ends abruptly.)"

Ignoring Gard's teasing of the Blood Lord, Kal'tsit looked at Gard with a serious expression.

"Although a considerable number of Abyssal Cultists left with Argoll's fleet, the number of Abyssal Cultists we still have to face is still a terrifying number."

“We cannot confront these Deep Sea Cultists head-on; it would be disadvantageous for us.”

"The best approach is to temporarily ignore the lower-level Deepsea cultists and prioritize targeting the bishop-level Deepsea cultists and the Argoll high command."

Hundreds of thousands of Deepsea cultists, along with ordinary people who collude with them, make up nearly one-tenth of the entire city of Stranlar.

This is just one city's Deepsea Cultists; there are also scattered Argolic cities throughout the entire ocean, like stars in the sky.

Although the Argonauts are not particularly prolific in procreation, the abundant resources of the ocean and their favorable living environment still led to a period of explosive population growth.

The benefits of this population growth continue to influence Argoll to this day; the combined population of the dozens of known Argollan cities is nearly 100 million, more than twice that of the great nation of Victoria in Terra.

The sheer number of Deep Sea Cultists hidden among the hundreds of millions of Argonauts is a chilling figure.

However, the number of Deepsea Cultists is large, and the number of Deepsea Seeds hidden in the city is also considerable.

The day after Agor's fleet left the city.

Suddenly, a large number of Sea Spirits appeared on the streets of Stranlar. These Sea Spirits seemed to have passed through the outer Argorian garrison and appeared in the center of the city.

"These monsters... are Hai Si!"

"How did those monsters end up here?"

"Where are our troops? Where are our troops now?"

"..."