The Naval Base of the Unnamed Ship Girls

"Huh?" Nautilus, who didn't understand, looked completely bewildered.

Having learned what skills the Nautilus had awakened, Adun sighed deeply and said, "Congratulations on becoming a Dark Templar of the Kalai Protoss."

Adun emphasized the word "Kala," and incidentally, Adun added that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Nautilus should simultaneously achieve the "Shame of the Dark Templar."

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Wait, I think I only updated two chapters yesterday. Playing games is such a hindrance!

☆, Chapter 110 The Avengers Nautilus

The Dark Templar, specializing in covert operations and assassinations, were once a very important combat branch of the Nerazim Protoss, also known as the Dark Protoss, and were equivalent in rank to the High Templars of the Kal'lai Protoss.

Every Dark Templar must pass a trial known as the Shadow Walker to be born, a trial that is the ultimate glory sought by many Nerazim Protoss.

However, very few Nerazim Protoss survive this trial. Those who do become masters of Void energy, the assassin masters—the Dark Templar.

For many years after the Protoss split, the Dark Templar remained a distinctive class for the Nerazim Protoss, a tradition that continued until the fall of Aiur, the homeworld of the Kal'ai Protoss and the homeworld of all clans (the Tal'darim have something to say about this).

Some Kalai Protoss warriors, seeking revenge, chose the path of the Dark Templar and used this power to wage guerrilla warfare on Aiur, a planet already overrun by the Zerg.

However, very few warriors from the Calais have chosen the path of the Dark Templar, so in order to preserve every bit of their power and go further on their path of vengeance.

These new Dark Templar have abandoned some of their more aggressive moves, such as Alpha Strike... oh no, I mean Shadow Fury or Void Stasis.

Instead, he used the power of the void he had painstakingly cultivated to imprint his soul in the dark void, so that even if he died on the battlefield, he could quickly return to the battlefield.

Ahem, neighbor, please don't talk about the primordial spirit residing in the void; these are completely different things.

The Nautilus's awakened ability through the Light of Adun's Kara is a near-immortal power that this group of Avengers cultivated.

Another ability common to Dark Templars—permanent invisibility by manipulating the power of the void to distort their own light—is the same as the Nautilus's own ability, so it was not awakened.

The awakening ability is something you can't detect without dying once, so the Nautilus had no idea what kind of special skill it had gained through Adun's Light of Kara.

"So, I can't sink anymore?" Upon hearing that it possessed this ability, the Nautilus said happily, for reasons unknown.

"That's true..." But I still want to see if I can turn your ship and Wo-chan's ship into a big white ball, Adun said, trying to suppress his impulse.

"Hahaha, I never thought I'd be so awesome! Hahaha, you guys just wait, I'll definitely get my revenge for all the bullying you did back then."

Nautilus laughed loudly, and Ardon wanted to cover his forehead at Nautilus's reaction.

As expected of someone who unlocked the "Shame of the Dark Templar" achievement so soon after becoming a Dark Templar, the power of revenge gained from sacrificing everything for his homeland subtly overlaps with his desire to take revenge on those who bullied him in the past.

They're all Avengers, aren't they? Even though Nautilus's revenge was incredibly embarrassing.

Who knows, maybe even wo-chan, who once bound her like a four-horse with her hooves tied up, is on the revenge list too.

Finally, unable to bear it any longer, Adun spoke up: "Even so, you cannot be resurrected without my permission."

There is no such thing as the power of the void in this world. The Nautilus's awakened immortality and rebirth ability was modified by the power of the world, and it became a backup of the Nautilus in the Light of Kara in Adun.

Furthermore, it serves as a backup for synchronous information transmission. If the Nautilus sinks for some reason, Adun can revive it by expending a little time and resources through the Nautilus's backup.

This modification means that without Adun's permission, the Nautilus, which cannot be revived by Adun, is essentially sunk to its final state if it sinks.

Upon hearing what Adun said, Nautilus realized that the already strained relationship between herself and Adun, the ship girl admiral, was developing into something like a master-servant or even a master-slave relationship.

In an instant, the Nautilus, which had just been so excited it was about to sink, became listless, as if it couldn't accept the cruel reality.

Seeing the Nautilus's obsessive state, Ardon said nonchalantly, "Since you need to think about your life, then the night watch for the rest of the night will be yours."

In any case, as long as she is there, it means that the phase array system is also there around the clock, so Adun felt that there was no need to specially arrange ship girls to keep watch at the 666 temporary naval base.

My main purpose in coming out to keep watch was to meet the South Dakota Abyssal Princess, who had sent a signal wanting to see me. Now that the mission was accomplished, there was no need to waste time playing house and keeping watch.

"If I'm on night watch, what are you going to do?" Nautilus, still looking utterly heartbroken, asked hastily.

"I'm going back to sleep." Adon gave him a look that said, "Are you an idiot?"

"Didn't you just say you didn't need to sleep?" Nautilus glanced at the sky, which was beginning to lighten with the first hint of dawn, and continued, "Besides, don't you think it's too late to sleep at this hour?"

"Can't I sleep now? Besides, why should I follow the planet's rotation cycle when I sleep?" Ardon didn't care when she slept; day and night were irrelevant to her, and sleeping was just an excuse.

Protoss people of Adun rank basically sleep in meditation within the Light of the Khala.

"Hey, I'm an Abyssal ship girl! Aren't you afraid I'll let other Abyssal ship girls sneak in and cause trouble if you make me stand guard?" Nautilus was very dissatisfied with Adun's arrangement.

“You can give it a try. Do you want me to help you contact South Dakota?” Adun was completely unconcerned about the Nautilus’s threat.

"Uh..." The Nautilus, speechless after being silenced by Adun's words, seemed to be saying that, based on what she had overheard, if any Abyssal ship girls really came to this naval base to cause trouble, the Berserker might be the first to jump out and blast those ignorant Abyssal ship girls away.

"So, you can keep watch in peace. Goodnight." Ardon waved, his figure turning into patches of blue mosaic. Knowing he was about to teleport away, Nautilus quickly said:

Aren't you afraid I'll run away?

"You can give it a try." These were the last words left behind by Adun, whose figure had already vanished.

"Ugh..." Just as the Nautilus was assuming a dejected, forward-leaning posture, the ropes and sleeping bag that had fallen to the side came to life again after Adun disappeared, hoisting the Nautilus onto a new beam.

"Hey, we need to add water to the sleeping bag, I can't sleep without it." Unfortunately, no one responded to Nautilus's words.

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The next chapter will be released around 6 PM.

☆, Chapter 111 The Deep Sea Princess Who Just Came Here

After getting up, I looked for the ship girl in Adun, but I couldn't find her, who was supposed to be on night watch but was nowhere to be found in the watch room.

Tidu, still lost in a jumble of thoughts, finally saw the legendary Nautilus, the ship that had been hoisted up, when he had to go to the sortie canal warehouse to move supplies.

It was from her that I learned that Adun had actually sneaked off to take a nap, which made Titu furious. In particular, the Nautilus, in order to get a little revenge on Adun, did not mention its meeting with the nearby South Dakota Abyssal Princess when it told Titu.

She burst into tears, accusing Adon of being irresponsible for hanging her there like a lamp, ordering her to keep watch while he went to sleep in.

However, she did not gain Tidu's trust. At least based on her performance yesterday, Nautilus is not a trustworthy ship girl, especially since she is an Abyssal ship girl.

"Well, if Adon wants to sleep, then go to sleep," said Tidu, who was directing several ship girls to move supplies in the sortie canal warehouse.

"Hey, can you help me down?" The Nautilus was afraid of breaking the crossbeam again and didn't dare to shake too much.

"Isn't it great that you're like this now?" Tidu seemed quite satisfied with the Nautilus chandelier version of the ship, which was a relief that the Nautilus hadn't lived up to the description of being as wise, powerful, and resourceful as it was in the novel.

"If you can put it down, I can tell you my admiral's secrets." In her desperation, Nautilus blurted out without thinking.

"Forget it, I don't care what secrets my ship girls have." Tidu said somewhat angrily when she saw Nautilus's reaction.

Betrayal is shameful, and selling out is the most unacceptable thing. To think that the other party would betray Aden after only signing a contract for one day, Tidus thinks it must be because the other party is the Deep Sea Princess.

"It has a lot to do with you, and it also has a lot to do with that Deep Sea Princess nearby." Unaware that it had crossed a line for Tidu, the Nautilus decided to drop some bombshells.

"I believe my secretary ship can handle these matters. Even if the nearby Abyssal Princess is the Northern Princess, I am confident that Adun can easily defeat her."

Yaton's fighting prowess last night gave Tidu a huge boost of confidence in his European heritage.

“Oh, that’s not what I meant…” Nautilus realized that her meaning had been misunderstood. She originally wanted to subtly reveal the relationship between the nearby ship, Princess, and Tidu to attract the other party’s attention, but when she saw the Nelson and Rodney sisters dismantling and moving some materials next to Tidu, she was surprised.

The Nautilus suddenly had a feeling that if it really spoke out, it would be doomed and never sink.

If her admiral, that colossal space battleship ship girl, really got angry, she would be reduced to ashes in an instant. Especially since even if she were to die, her life and death would be completely in Adun's hands.

Seeing the Nautilus fall silent, Tidu said through her nose, "Hmph, you ungrateful, right-and-wrong deep-sea ship girl, ah, I wasn't talking about you, wo-chan."

Wo-chan, who was using her tentacles to move materials into the ship's equipment space at a speed comparable to that of the Nelson and Rodney sisters, heard Tidu mention deep-sea ship girls and made a strange "wo" sound.

"I was just complaining about that lazy, clueless ship, the Princess." Ever since Wo-chan protected herself in the earth-shattering battle between Adun and Omega Yuriko, Tidu has grown to like this deep-sea ship girl who always speaks in monosyllabic language more and more.

"Wo?" Upon hearing the word "Qi Ji" in Tidu's words, Wo-chan put down the materials in her hand, took a few quick steps to the launch channel of the launch canal, closed her eyes and sniffed.

Then she nodded and said a long string of "wowowowo" to Tidu.

Unfortunately, none of the people present, including Tidu and the Nelson and Rodney sisters who were dragged over by Tidu to do hard labor, could understand Wo-chan's Wo language.

The two ship girls and one half ship girl who clearly understood what Wo-chan was trying to say, but couldn't figure out what Wo-chan was talking about, all looked confused.

Realizing that no ship could understand what she was saying, Wo-chan was also distressed. Finally, seeing the still undulating water in the Expeditionary Channel, Wo-chan had a flash of inspiration. She dipped her tentacles in the water and used them as pens to write what she wanted to say on the metal floor of the Expeditionary Channel.

Although Wo-chan uses a language different from any other ship girl language, it doesn't mean that Wo-chan is illiterate. An illiterate deep-sea ship girl cannot become a senior captain in the deep-sea fleet.

In addition, although there are some minor differences in the language used by ship girls and deep-sea ship girls, they are essentially the same. Therefore, there are not many problems in normal communication between ship girls and deep-sea ship girls, whether in words or in writing.

After removing the inexplicable string of "wo"s from the seawater characters that wo-chan wrote on the metal floor, Tidu and Nelson Rodney could at least guess what wo-chan was trying to say.

"Lady Sukihime has been here before?" Rodney asked, looking puzzled as he read the revised text aloud again.

"Wowowo" (That's right, that's right, Princess Suki left not long ago, I can still smell Princess Suki's scent) Seeing that her meaning had finally been expressed, wo-chan happily said.

Unfortunately, Tidu and the British sisters still couldn't understand, but thankfully, at this point, there was no need to worry about what Wo-chan was saying.

"The 'Lady of the Abyss' she's talking about shouldn't be the one hanging there, right?" Nelson said, his mouth a little dry. There was no need for Wo-chan to address Nautilus as "Lady" since they weren't subordinate to each other, especially after Wo-chan and Nautilus became Adun's ship girls.

So it's quite obvious who the Lady of the Abyss is that Wo-chan is talking about. The fact that there's an Abyss Princess nearby has already been mentioned by Reputation.

Being so close to two maritime disasters like the Deep Sea Princess in one day, even if one of them didn't look much like the Deep Sea Princess, Nelson felt he could go back and learn from Hood to write a memoir and scam royalties.

"Wo-chan is probably referring to that nearby... ship." Tidu, unaware of the relationship between that Deep Sea Princess and herself, only knew that the Deep Sea Princess near her naval base was a ship with a complete deep-sea fleet, capable of destroying her with a single breath... Well, with Adun around, it seems unlikely.

In short, she is a genuine, true Abyssal Princess, a mobile natural disaster, unlike the Nautilus, which, despite bearing the names of a legendary ship girl and an Abyssal Princess, is cowardly and even more of a fake than a fake.

"Could it be that she was frightened by Adun, so she came to negotiate peace?" Rodney chuckled self-deprecatingly as soon as he said it. Making the Deep Sea Princess negotiate peace... that's just a plot from a novel, the kind of romance novel.

"Heh, maybe." Tidu once again felt that her brain wasn't quite up to the task.

Tidu's reaction horrified Nelson and Rodney; did she really take a joke so seriously?

However, when they thought about Adun's terrifying fighting power, the British sisters also felt that it might actually be true.

The speculations of Tidu and the two ship girls nearly gave Nautilus internal injuries, as she overheard the truth but dared not speak out.

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☆, Chapter 112: A Skill That Cannot Be Used All the Time

"Boss, what's wrong? What happened?"

Standing on the now-glassy beach, Charlotte, wearing a safety helmet and holding a design blueprint, was directing a group of ship girl laborers when she saw Tidu returning from retrieving materials with a strange expression. Charlotte, thinking that the Nelson and Rodney sisters had angered each other again, said nervously.

"Something's a little upsetting, but it's nothing. How's the progress going?"