Volume 1 Chapter 28: Family

Outrageous!

This situation is simply too outrageous!

Garde couldn't believe his ears.

Did he hallucinate while fighting the Seaborn, his ears clogged with their concentrated acid?

Garde instinctively placed his scythe in front of him in a defensive posture.

"What did you just say? Say it again?"

"I want, to mate with you!"

The small Seaborn obediently repeated what it had just said.

"Hunter, you, strong, offspring, strong!"

The small Seaborn's watery eyes looked at Garde, and as it spoke, it glanced at Garde's crotch again.

However, Garde had already blocked his manhood with his scythe, so the small Seaborn couldn't see anything.

Garde immediately wanted to chop off the Seaborn's head with his scythe.

At least transform into a human before saying that!

I'm a crocodile person, but my essence is not that of a crocodile, it's human!

At this moment, Garde suddenly felt so fortunate to be an Adakrys. Although Adakrys males were crocodile people, the females were all first-rate beauties.

If Adakrys females were all just like their male counterparts, more similar to a crocodile than they are to humans, Garde felt he would definitely pack up and leave Acahualla overnight.

Which normal man can handle doing that with a lizard!

"Hunter, you, resist?"

"Of course I would resist. How can different races fall in love? Before you mate with me, at least transform into a race closer to mine!"

"Form, already, close."

"I didn't ask you to become a lizard girl. I asked you to become a white-haired, red-eyed beauty. At least become that!"

"Cannot, understand."

The small Seaborn hugged itself, its head tilted in a cute manner.

If it hadn't mentioned mating with him just now, Garde might really have had such thoughts.

"What are you exactly?"

Looking at the Seaborn in front of him, Garde couldn't help but ask. He had a guess in his mind, but it felt too absurd.

The "god" of the Seaborn actually wanted to reproduce with him!?

"I am, the will, of the great group!"

The small Seaborn affirmed Garde's thoughts.

Its current body was just a medium it used to communicate with Garde, and its true self was not here.

"The great group, bestows upon me, life!"

"The great group, grants me, blessing!"

"The great group, gifts me, purpose!"

"To lead my compatriots, to survive!"

No one knew how the god of the Seaborn came into being.

Did the "god" exist first, or did the Seaborn?

Perhaps, the title of "god" was just a name given to it by the Aegirs, and in its eyes, it was no different from ordinary Seaborn.

It was just an extension of the will of the great group.

The great group was it, it was not the great group!

But now, at this moment, it represented the will of the great group.

"I want, to lead my compatriots, to survive!"

"They wait for me, to guide them!"

"So, I, think."

The Seaborn's clear and bright eyes looked at Garde.

"Evolution, for survival."

"We are, starting point, you are, end point."

"You, can, help us!"

Wasn't that the end point? Garde possessed the hero template of Renekton. Apart from not being able to fully unleash Renekton's power, there wasn't much difference between him and Renekton in essence.

And who is Renekton? The Butcher of the Sands? The General of the Empire? The Ascended of Shurima?

The power of ascension flows through his body, the power possessed by the dragon king Aurelion Sol, who created the stars!

Garde finally understood why the Seaborn wanted to mate with him. This damn thing wanted to borrow his seed!

"I refuse!"

In Garde's eyes, the Seaborn was insulting him!

If the god of the Seaborn really had feelings for him, although he didn't like the appearance of the Seaborn, he wouldn't mind having another lover.

Not to mention, this lover was the god of the Seaborn.

But the Seaborn only wanted to borrow his seed.

A man can be killed, but not insulted!

"Why?"

The Seaborn couldn't understand.

"Land, give you, offspring, give me, trade, very, profitable? You underage, fight, will die, not profitable?"

Garde felt that these words were not learned by the Seaborn itself, but taught by someone.

Aegir, Iberia— Even in Terra, there are such scoundrels!

But he won't die, only the Seaborn in front of him are not enough to stop his steps.

"You, three, scaleless compatriots, they are ready, to come."

The Seaborn spoke with innocent tone, uttering the most deadly words.

"Hunter, do you care about them?"

The Seaborn's words gave Garde a strange sense of deja vu.

Is it threatening him?

It dared to threaten him!?

"Your, demands, I don't understand."

The Seaborn still wanted to persuade, it was considering Garde's words just now.

It couldn't understand, what white hair was, what red eyes were, and what a beautiful girl was?

While it was still contemplating, a beast came charging towards them.

His large palm gripped its throat, preventing it from uttering a single word.

"You dare to threaten me?"

"You actually dare to threaten me!?"

Garde's pupils became fierce and crimson. He was already struggling to contain his anger, and the words of the Seaborn before him became the last crack in the dam, causing it to collapse completely.

Like a wild beast, he squeezed the Seaborn's neck.

Having evolved several times, even an ordinary Abyssal Hunter wouldn't be a match for this seemingly delicate Seaborn.

But in Garde's hands, it couldn't muster any resistance at all.

Rage blinded Garde's rationality.

Kill!

Kill all the creatures before him!

As long as he killed all these ugly underwater beings, no one would dare threaten him, no one would dare harm him.

Garde's mouth clamped down on the Seaborn's arm, tearing the whole arm off, blood gushing out.

Seeing this scene, all the Sea Terror went berserk.

They wanted to attack Garde, to save their "god".

But the "god" pacified their will.

"Hunter, do you want to become one of us?"

As Garde ravaged its body, tearing it apart and swallowing it, the small Seaborn gently asked.

The throat was not its only vocal organ, so trying to deal with the Seaborn by strangling its throat was never realistic.

Therefore, even though its body was covered in wounds, the small Seaborn continued to speak.

"Come, my body, become nourishment, feed you."

"You will, return."

"I will lead you, home!"

Boom!

Before the small Seaborn could finish speaking, its head was smashed by Garde's fist.

"Gah, who wants to become your kin anyway!"

Garde spat out, the fishy smell of the Seaborn was too strong, as foul as canned sardines.

Even if Garde liked eating fish, he couldn't stand this odor.

He seemed to hear a voice.

"Oh my god, it's so disgusting!"

And then he woke up, and promptly vomited.

Seafood like Laurantina was different, tender and aromatic.

Scuttles was great too!

But Garde couldn't stand the smell of the Seaborn. Could it be because this Seaborn had eaten too many mangled corpses in its evolution process?

However, after Garde killed the Seaborn beneath him, there was obvious turmoil among the surrounding Sea Terror.

Probably because the "god" controlling them couldn't find a suitable vessel to continue controlling them for a while.

So, Garde fell back into the previous crisis.

The Sea Terror were targeting him again!

Fortunately, the conversation with the Seaborn god had restored some of Garde's spirit. The anger had diminished considerably due to the release just now.

He could hold on for a while longer.

However, a shield flew in from afar, smashing in front of him.

Taking advantage of the chaos among the Sea Terror due to losing their leader, a figure broke through the blockade of the Sea Terror and rushed in.

"Sorry for the wait!"

"Saria?"

Garde saw the Vouivre woman, already dressed in protective gear and fully armed, and was stunned.

"Didn't I tell you to leave?"

"I did leave, but there's no rule saying I can't come back."

Saria waved casually, and Garde suddenly found himself in a set of armor.

The size was just right, fitting perfectly.

"If this is a disaster that affects the entire land, I have no reason to let you stay here alone. None of us do."

Saria looked up at the distance, a rare smile appearing on her lips.

"And, there are people waiting for you to come home, aren't there?"

Garde saw a large group of people on the plain in the distance, running towards his location.

It was hundreds of kilometers from Acahualla to where he was on the plain.

And there was a dangerous waterfall in between.

Garde could imagine that while he was fighting the Seaborn, Saria hadn't stopped for a moment.

She had traversed hundreds of kilometers and called for the only reinforcements.

The 2,000 members of the Wilderness Will Tribe, excluding the elderly and children, amounted to 1,500 people, wielding simple weapons, charging towards his location in a mighty wave.

And the most formidable among them was Javil!

"Pfft, hahaha!"

"What are you laughing at?"

"I'm just mocking my own arrogance."

Because he had received news of the impending Seaborn invasion and intended to protect the tribe members, he had decided to handle the Seaborn alone.

But did the Adakrys of the Wilderness Will Tribe really need him to protect them?

"Now that everyone is here, let's make a big move!"

Garde wiped the corners of his eyes and picked up his axe.

"Drive these Seaborn back to their old homes!"