Ark Traveler, I want to take a day off today too

As Linley spoke, he took out his thorn and spun it twice. The Grand Inquisitor glanced at the church above him and said, “I will detonate the explosives here when the sun sets. You don’t have much time, hunter…”

"That's enough for me and those deep-sea hunters." The man twisted his neck. "But you, aren't you worried about that young man at all?"

"If she couldn't do such a small thing, she wouldn't be alive today." The Grand Inquisitor's voice was very calm. "And this is her judgment. Every inquisitor must be responsible for the judgments they make, right?"

“That’s true. I’ll go first.” Linley shrugged and disappeared from the spot. The hunter was so fast that even the Grand Inquisitor could not catch up. “Don’t let me down...outsider.”

Dario sighed softly and continued with his work. At this moment, Skadi and Gloria were walking towards the church cemetery under the guidance of the bishop. This damp and dark path without lights did not bring any difficulties to the two deep-sea hunters, and the bishop just smiled and led them forward.

As you get closer to the bishop, the slippery and slimy feeling that is unique to mollusks becomes more obvious.

'This guy might not be a human anymore.' This thought flashed through Skadi's mind. The girl looked at Goletia, who was standing side by side with her. The second captain nodded imperceptibly and expressed his agreement.

Just as the two followed the bishop through a long period of darkness and humidity, a beam of light finally appeared at the end of the road, and Skadi was finally able to see the area ahead clearly - it was a huge cave that was transformed artificially, with countless unknown instruments piled together, but none of these things mattered, because in front of the girl was a huge glass container, in which a white-haired girl was lying quietly, with an unknown solution soaking her whole body.

An unknown anger suddenly burned in the girl's heart. Skadi growled, "Is this what you call temporary safety?"

"Hunter, calm down. Shark's vital signs are stable now... those high-concentration Originium solutions can't hurt her." Goletia said as she placed her hand on her spear: "Also... remember who you are, Skadi!"

Following the second captain's shout, Skadi barely suppressed his anger. At the same time, the limp bishop raised his scepter and made a gesture: "Great messenger... I have led those two extremely filthy evil creatures here!"

"Please tell me, what will the sea ask us to do next!"

The bishop's voice was obsessed and fanatical, and the humanoid sea creature also appeared. It turned its back to the priest and stared at Skadi. The head that seemed to be made of tangled branches made a human voice:

"Ishar-mla, my sister, after years of wandering and countless lives and deaths, I finally met you here."

"Nonsense!" Skadi drew out the dagger in his hand and stared at the sea heir, "I am Skadi, an Agor... and you... are my natural enemies!"

"No, Ishar-mla... You have our blood in your body, can't you feel it... the call and attraction between blood?" The First Speaker whispered, there was no joy or sadness in its voice, only the statement of facts:

"I will wake you up. You will remember that feeling. The body of the Agor people is fragile, and things pass too fast. I will help you find it... Don't run away. I know you really want to know why all this happened... I will tell you everything."

022. Do you want to electrofish?

'who I am? ’

This question usually appears in the self-questioning and self-answering of psychopaths and philosophers. In Lin Lei's eyes, our beloved Miss Killer Whale is not a philosopher, and her silly appearance is far from that of a psychopath.

If we really want to talk about a psychopath, the person who is soaking in the water tank now might be the one.

Linley just stood quietly in the shadows. The presence of his psychic energy made it impossible for him to reveal any presence, and the already scarce light in the cave directly passed through the hunter’s body—yes, Linley could now be called invisible.

At this time, even if he wanted to play some strange and embarrassing games, it would be fine. However, Lin Lei was not in the mood to play around now - the reason was very simple. Miss Skadi, his employee, was obviously in a philosopher's state.

The sluggish body and confused expression were so intense that it looked like there was a spinning bubble on the head.

The girl's consciousness was not as dull as her expression. Her consciousness, like the ocean, was turbulent. The memory and consciousness of the sea god named 'Ishmara' were now mixed with the memory and consciousness of 'Skadi'.

"Maybe she needs my help." The psionic energy wrapped around the hunter's consciousness and slowly penetrated into the girl's heart.

Is she Haisi or that Agor?

Skadi was a little confused, as the consciousness and memory of the 'newborn' horde of Haisi were too vast. But at this time, an uninvited guest had arrived in the turbulent sea of consciousness.

The waves gradually calmed down, and the bottomless sea water was frozen into a walkable layer of ice. Ice and flames intertwined to form the armor on Lin Lei’s body. Blue and white and black and red lightning danced at his fingertips - he was an uninvited guest in this space.

In front of the man were two identical-looking 'Skadi' floating, except that one of them was wearing a deep-sea hunter outfit that he was very familiar with, while the other was wearing a white dress, sacred yet enchanting.

Compared to the bounty hunter who had a look of 'Lin Lei, why are you here?', the expression of the mage Skadi who was holding the staff changed from calm to horrified: "Why are you here?"

The voice was as pleasant as Skadi’s, even more ethereal - but Linley preferred the little killer whale who spoke with a bit of naivety. At the moment, he was wearing armor and had no way of smoking a cigarette, so the man stomped his feet.

The ice slowly extended towards the feet of the two. Linley’s voice also rang out after the bounty hunter landed: “Don’t ask me why I am here. I won’t answer even if you ask... But where did you come from?”

The blue and white thunder forged an iron rod. The man inserted it into the ice next to him, and a burst of thunder burst out from it!

The lightning that tore through the clouds was jumping on the stick, and the constantly leaping electric current made the mage Skadi's eyelids twitch not far away - it's not that this power is so scary, but this is Skadi's or Ishmara's consciousness space.

Whatever Linley wanted to do, he should have obtained the consent of the two people above him. However, this guy was obviously like a robber who had no door locks at all and squeezed in by brute force. But the problem was that this was the house of a sea god!

“Who on earth are you…” Skadi gripped her staff tightly and rolled up the waves. Her voice was soft, but the entire ocean could hear her whisper—this was the authority of God, and Linley just stood quietly on the ice. The surging waves could not leave any mark on his armor.

"I should be the one asking you this question. You are using her appearance and voice to talk to me." Drijer narrowed his eyes and stared at the other person. "But it doesn't matter. I know your name... I heard it from your compatriots..."

The hunter whispered the name: "Ishmara, this is your name, right?"

"That's right, and you want to separate the two of us... You should know... She and I are intertwined by blood, and our souls are closely connected together..." 'Ishmara' lowered his eyes, and Skadi's face with this slightly sad expression really had a kind of 'I am pitiful' temperament.

But unfortunately, Linley was not a man who only cared about appearances. He hooked his finger at Skadi: “Skadi, do you still remember me?”

“You are Lin Lei... I remember... very clearly.”

“Is that really clear?” Linley chuckled as he watched the girl’s wandering gaze. He extended his right hand and rubbed the bounty hunter’s head. “I do know part of the fact that you deep-sea hunters and the enemies you hunt are of the same origin.”

"You know? When?"

“It was last night. You were already asleep at that time.” Linley shrugged. “And Gloria was also very curious about what happened to you… so I didn’t stop you from contacting that honest man.”

“Honest man? Are you talking about that Haisi?” Skadi whispered, and Linley nodded naturally. Then he turned his head and looked at Ishmara who was still floating in the air:

"Ms. Ishmara, why don't you come down and have a good chat? It's all your fault that my Skadi has become like this..."

"No!" 'Ishmara' shook her head. Although she knew she would not die here - because as long as Skadi's body was not dead... then sooner or later she would be able to wake up, but it did not mean that she was not afraid of pain or fear.

The man waving at her clearly had no good intentions. She was afraid that she would be beaten by that guy if she came down! Moreover, the blood from Hai Si was afraid of this man, both physically and spiritually.

“What are you doing? I’m not really going to beat you up.” Linley chuckled as he swung his stick. But with just a light tap, the stick, which seemed to have no electric light flowing, crackled and released countless electric snakes in front of Ishmara!

"You still say no!" Ishmara shouted in her heart, and Skadi, who was standing next to the man, gently pulled his cloak:

“Hey, Linley…then do you think that our battle with Kaiji is completely unnecessary? Are Skadi’s deep-sea hunters completely unnecessary?”

"How is that possible? After all, the person I know... the deep-sea hunter... the girl who prefers swinging a sword to talking is called Skadi, not Ishmara."

023. You sign a document!

“But… I…” Skadi did not continue but stared at Linley’s back in a daze, “But I do share the same blood with Haisi, and I killed so many of my compatriots for Agor…”

"Skadi!" the hunter shouted, and the killer whale girl's body shook subconsciously.

Linley turned around and looked at her: “Is this important?” The armor layer by layer disappeared, revealing the man’s true appearance. His hard, sharp face was now extremely serious. It was an expression that Skadi had never seen before, but the girl still whispered:

"Is this... not important?"

“Your past, your memories… those things that belong to Skadi will not be taken away just because you killed that Haisi named Ishmara once, right?” Linley said as he pulled the girl into his arms and gently stroked her head.

"What's right or wrong in fighting for survival? And now if you give up and continue to live as Skadi... it would be a betrayal of your past and those experiences, wouldn't it?"

"So warm, and has this guy experienced something similar?" The killer whale girl raised her head and looked at the man's eyes flashing with black and red electricity: "Why are you so skilled?"

“Because I’ve been through this too many times. I don’t know if the Lin Lei who’s standing here chatting with you right now is still the same office worker as before.” Lin Lei’s voice was very light. “But I always remember that I’m called this name, and I still remember that my favorite dish is the steamed pork ribs with sour beans made by my mother.”

"No matter whose blood flows in your veins... as long as you still think of yourself as Skadi, the deep-sea hunter who likes to laze around in the sun on Rhodes Island... then you are Skadi... Do you understand?"

Then the hunter let go of his hand, and looked up at Ishmara standing high in the sky on the other side with a smile: "So what do you say, Miss Ishmara... continue to communicate with me in the form of my Skadi... or..."

The armor reappeared with a crackling sound, and the dragon-like electric baton appeared in the hunter's hand again: "Or do you want to be a wild animal?"

"I...I can come down, but you have to promise not to hit me with that thing."

Ishmaara, who originally had no emotions or changes, looked more like a human under Skadi's appearance. Her expression also showed "panic" and "fear". The reason was that Linley's existence itself was a natural enemy in the eyes of these newborn sea heirs.

That was the aura that only a person who had destroyed countless civilizations and lives could have. No matter how hard this 'person' tried to hide, Ishmara could feel the aura of the 'butcher'. That was why after she woke up, she kept reminding Skadi, either explicitly or implicitly, to stay away from this guy.

“If we can communicate well, then there will be no problem.” Linley’s voice was quite relaxed, but he had no intention of putting away his stick and armor. Ishmara was naturally unwilling to come down under such circumstances.

"Put away your weapons first!"

"It's so troublesome to put it away. Don't worry... As long as you come over, I will definitely not kill you. I still understand the principle of lips and teeth being cold."

"You're talking nonsense!" Ishmara cursed directly with Skadi's face: "Believe it or not, according to the words of you Terrans... make a written agreement! Otherwise, just kill me!"

The shadow of the giant sea beast was looming behind Ishmara, but it did not appear in this turbulent sea of consciousness. However, it was obvious that she was in a state of complete alert at this moment.

Linley sighed, and his armor and stick disappeared again. Actually, he did want to catch and beat up Ishmara once he entered his attack range, but since the opponent was already like this... it didn’t seem a good idea to do it again!

“Is this all right?” The hunter spread his hands, looking like an ordinary, powerless person. Ishmara, on the other hand, floated in the sky for a long time and confirmed that the other party had no desire to attack before he officially stood on the ice surface created by Linley.

"You...what do you want to say..." Ishmara asked tremblingly as he approached cautiously, "You should know that both I and the girl behind you...are essentially the same person."

“I know, but she is she and you are you.” Linley’s eyes flashed with a gleam of lightning. “Ordinary people cannot resist instinct, but I hope you don’t pollute her mind for no reason. Otherwise, I have no reason to let you continue to live…”

"I know that as long as she doesn't die, you won't die... But I can still suppress her simply." The hunter showed a ferocious expression: "I think even if the Lord of Haisi dies millions of times, he should know what is painful and what should not be touched, right?"

"You...if she chooses..."

“I won’t interfere. I will respect her decision and give her the ending she deserves.” Linley whispered. After hearing this, Ishmara did not refute anything. Instead, she looked at the Deep Sea Hunter deeply and disappeared into the sea.

Its actions also showed its attitude - Ishmara gave in, and the decision-making power returned to the individual named 'Skadi', and the memory of millions of years once again sank into this sea of consciousness along with Ishmara itself.

“So… have you made your decision, Miss Skadi?” Linley turned around and looked at the killer whale girl who was smiling faintly.

"Since you call me like that... do I have any choice?" Skadi's expression became much more relaxed. "Also, thank you..."

"You're welcome. We're companions, aren't we?" The hunter chuckled and held out his fist, while the girl also held out her hand and bumped it with his: "Then I'll leave first... If you have any more troubles, you can call me."

"Thank you."

Skadi nodded, and all she could think about was whether or not to order a set of clothes that Ishmara had just worn. After all, Linley seemed to have looked at that guy a lot.

In just a blink of an eye, Linley emerged from the vast ocean, and his field of vision returned to the cave, which was not a small cave in itself. The human-like sea creature was still standing quietly in the same place without any movement, while Gloria had already drawn her spear and blocked in front of Skadi.

"Gla-dia...If I can wake her up, I can wake you up too. There's no need for us to kill each other like this..."

In response, a blood-red dagger flew through the air and a voice said, "We are hunters, beast!"

024. It’s pretty good

"It seems that you are awake. How do you feel?" At the same time when the dagger flew out, Gloria rushed out like a dragon, and the spear in her hand tore the body of the Hai Si with the strong wind!

"Puff puff!"

In an instant, the sea heir's body was bleeding in many places. However, this visitor from the seabed was not ignorant of the rules of advance and retreat. He retreated and spoke Iberian again, which was not something that humans could speak. The sound, like the whimpering of a child, spread throughout the cave:

"You are strong, Gla-dia, and your signal transmission is dense..."

"Love, hate, pain, sadness, joy, relief... You don't understand these emotions at all!" Goletia's voice was not loud, but it was loud enough for Skadi standing behind her to hear clearly, and the killer whale girl nodded secretly...

Can a 'person' without emotions really be considered a person? He is just a stone with a certain amount of wisdom.

Skadi didn't hesitate any longer and bent down to pick up the remaining light that fell on the ground and joined the battle directly. At this time, not only did the bishop issue an order, but the sea heir also sent out a related signal. Countless sea heirs rushed towards the battle circle of the three from all directions.

But how could a weak sea heir hold out against two battle-hardened deep-sea hunters? Within a few rounds, the first sea heir in the sea heir group who could speak human language fell in a pool of blood, and his extremely strong body quickly curled up like a rapidly withering flower.

"Ishar-mla, stay alive. It's good to be alive. The next time, other blood relatives will find you... and ask you questions."

These were the last words of the Sea Heir. At this time, the bishop who regarded the first speaker as the messenger of the sea was already furious:

"You evil beasts!"

"I will tear you apart! I will punish you for your blasphemous behavior!"

In his rage, the voice of the Bishop of Saltwind City no longer sounded human-like. His body, which originally looked very similar to that of a mollusk, swelled up rapidly at this moment as if he had eaten compound fertilizer. At this moment, the girl in the glass container opened her eyes.

The aura of a man-eating shark in the sea suddenly emanated from the girl's body uncontrollably. Laurentina, or the ghost shark itself, let out a cold and murderous laugh:

"Hahahahaha, looks like... I woke up at the right time!"

Without hesitation, Skadi kicked open the musical instrument box she was carrying - inside it were her greatsword and the circular saw belonging to the ghost shark. After hesitating for a moment, the girl swung the circular saw towards the glass tank and handed the residual light to her left hand. She then picked up her usual greatsword with her right hand and carried it on her shoulder.

"boom!"

The ghost shark simply smashed the cage that trapped her with one punch, and the weapon was firmly grasped by the deep-sea hunter like a bird returning to its nest: "After being a nun for so long, I don't know how to face you now."

Laurentina's beautiful face was filled with a meaningful smile: "And there is someone behind you, right? Although I can't see him or smell him...but my instinct tells me...there is someone behind you."

"Drejie... You should have met him when you were a good nun." Skadi did not hide it, "He helped me recover so quickly..."

"Then I have to thank him. After all, the ice from that guy gave me a rare peace in countless nightmares." Ghost Shark gritted his teeth, and his scarlet eyes were looking at the ever-expanding bishop with interest:

"How did this guy hide the meat?"

“Who knows? Maybe it’s some special ability of the Deep Sea Church?” Goletia shook her head. “But prey is still prey. Even if it becomes bigger... it’s still prey!”

The second captain raised her spear, her red eyes slightly narrowed at this moment - it was not like she had not hunted sea beasts of this size in the ocean before, but fighting this thing in such a small space was somewhat restrained.

But there were more than three hunters in this place. Linley grasped the thorns and watched the still expanding "sea heir" with great interest. The rock wall of the cave suddenly shattered under the waving of the bishop's long beard, and seawater poured back into the cave that was already crawling with sea heirs.

"Is this your true form?"

Linley shouted loudly, and what responded to him was a slippery tentacle with a strong stench.