Man in the Ark: Revitalizing Kazdel

"Tsk... You think you can kill me? You are just as confident and foolish as your kind."

The bishop, having distanced himself, chanted his spell faster. Skadi's head split with pain, and memories flashed back. Her entire body swayed, barely holding on to the heavy sword.

The ghost shark, which was tied up by the magic thread and unable to move, was also affected by the bishop's spell. It fell to the ground and curled up in pain.

The doctor didn't notice any reaction from the Originium and guessed that the Bishop was using either Sea Transformation or the unique ability of the Agor people. Just as he was about to interrupt, a Deep Sea Cultist with strange behavior caught his attention.

He stood out among the hunched, sallow-faced believers, standing tall. His exposed limbs were as black as ink, clearly not a normal human.

"Stupid creatures. If the messenger hadn't needed you, you would have died on the beach long ago." Bishop Quintus calmly brushed off the dust on his robe, his tone full of contempt.

"Asshole!" Skadi gritted her teeth, resisting the headache, and threw her heavy sword at the bishop. She had learned this move from Captain Ulpian, and although she wasn't as skilled as the captain, her accuracy was still pretty good.

"Sorry, Ishar-mla, you can't hurt him." The inhuman hand with webbed toes between its claws grabbed the hilt of the heavy sword and threw it back in front of Skadi.

The muscular, well-defined lines, paired with the partially degenerated fins, create a strange beauty. The pale exoskeleton stretches from the waist to the chest, its abdomen open to reveal the spine and xiphoid process, emitting a faint blue light.

It can make human sounds and should be considered a high-level Haisi among the Haisi. No wonder the bishop calls it a messenger.

"Messenger, please solve this problem as soon as possible. I always feel sick when I see these people invading our ocean." Bishop Quintus hurriedly stepped forward and spoke, hoping to use this humanoid sea heir to solve the current dilemma.

The two deep-sea hunters weren't a threat, and the Inquisition's personnel were being held hostage by a large number of sea heirs, so there was no need to worry for the time being. The only thing that truly terrified Bishop Quintus was the mysterious hooded figure.

According to the intelligence they had, the other party was just an ordinary researcher, and should not have much combat power. However, judging by his performance just now, his strength was simply unfathomable.

"Do you want to attack them so much?" The humanoid Hai Si turned around and asked Bishop Quintus, who was giving the order, with his organ, which he didn't know if it could be called a face.

"These things, the bastards created by Agor, have killed how many of our compatriots?" Bishop Quintus considered himself to be of the same kind as Hai Si, so he used the word "we" as a collective term for himself and Hai Si's envoys.

"I'll ask my questions first and then leave it to you." The humanoid Haisi did not respond to Bishop Quintus's request, choosing to complete his own task first.

"I have always wanted to see you, Ishar-mla, my sister."

"I'm not your sister. We are mortal enemies."

"No, you bleed our blood. You don't know the truth, so let me tell you."

The humanoid Haisi revealed everything he knew to Skadi. As he had said, they were of the same kind.

A sea lord would not lie to his kind, nor did he know what concealment meant. Skadi could not accept the truth that the deep-sea hunter had sea lord blood in his body. She had suspected it many times, but always attributed it to the scars left by the last battle.

But she could smell it, she could hear it, she could recognize it, she just didn't want to admit it.

Hai Si's words seemed to have a magical power, pulling Skadi's chaotic thoughts back to the past. When she and the other hunters killed the terrifying fish, the heavier the blood, the more excited they became, and the more intense their movements became, their bodies responding.

The blood of the same kind.

"Stop, stop, don't say anymore, I don't want to know." Skadi tried to cover her ears, but the pheromones secreted by Haisi continued to transmit information into her brain.

"Don't resist, Ishar-mla. I know you want to know."

Skadi really wanted to know, to know what she was and why so many bad things happened to her.

At the same time, they are afraid of the truth that is right at their fingertips, afraid that the goal they have been fighting for is an illusion built on deception and lies.

"Skadi, running away won't solve the problem, it will only make you more miserable. Some things can only be solved by facing them." The doctor's big, broad hands pressed down Skadi's trembling shoulders, giving her the encouragement and strength to stand up again.

"Doctor..." Skadi's eyes were blank. The impact of the cruel truth almost destroyed her ability to think.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." The doctor helped the powerless Skadi up and deeply felt the heaviness of the killer whale.

"Please continue. I have some questions for you later." The doctor thought that the humanoid Hai Si might know the location of the sea god's lair, so he planned to find out later.

"..." This was the first time the humanoid Kaiji had encountered such a situation. He couldn't find anything similar in his memories. So, he continued to explain the situation according to the original program.

From the humanoid Haisi, Skadi finally understood why Haisi attacked the cities of Agor, because those cities were built on Haisi's territory. As for why they killed the Agor people, it was because the Agor people also killed them.

The attack that led to the death of Skadi's relatives and the fall of the city was not initiated by Hai Si, but was planned by the Deep Sea Church.

The hatred she developed towards Haisi was wrong in itself. Agor used the deep-sea hunters to slaughter his fellow seamen as their natural enemies, all for the sake of survival.

As the humanoid Kaiji said, "If you think you are Agor, then it's right for you to kill us."

"You treated others as blood relatives, so you acted that way. We didn't know that when we attacked you, you acted that way, and that was right."

"You're not wrong. So you can tell me everything you know. There's no such thing as willingness, only saying and not saying. I'll ask questions."

The humanoid Kaiji tells Skadi everything he knows in order to gain her recognition and trust, with the ultimate goal of getting the answer to the question.

"Ask..." Skadi didn't want to answer, but Haisi's blood was flowing in her body, carrying the truth.

"When it fell asleep again in front of you, did you—hear it speak?"

Recalling the time when he killed the Sea God and looked into that huge pupil.

Skadi's blood was practically burning in her body; she knew the answer. She had wanted to keep this secret until her death, but...

Skadi opened her cracked lips and managed to squeeze out a few words, "He...He said..." Skadi, a deep-sea hunter, instinctively resisted giving an answer.

"Okay, the questioning is over. I'll finish what she left to say. Whether it's Ishar-mla or your other gods, I want to meet them."

"Please convey this message on behalf of the person in charge of Deep Blue Tree."