Then, the group returned to their original warships to make final deployments. As for Takeru and the others, besides Naofumi and Emilie, the rest basically wouldn't lend a hand.
"How time flies. We'll have to part ways again after this wave, and it might be forever." Watching time tick by, Glass suddenly felt a bit sad.
Although she hadn't spent much time with Takeru, she truly felt this period had been very fulfilling and happy.
Hearing Glass's words, Kizuna, L'arc, and the others, who had been excited about leveling up, fell silent. Parting was always a bit hard to take.
"No need to jump to such conclusions so soon. Perhaps we'll have a chance to meet again in the future." Hearing her words, Takeru shook his head gently.
"I hope so." Hearing Takeru's words, a glimmer of expectation rose in their hearts.
Soon, another ten minutes passed.
As the time on the underwater Dragon Hourglass hit zero, the sky not far from Takeru and the others turned dark. A large number of colorful vortexes appeared in the sky.
Takeru and the others were enveloped in golden light. Along with the warships and large ships beneath them, they were teleported to the center of the wave.
"Everyone, listen up! Do your best to hunt the monsters of the wave. Try to keep the fighting on the ships to reduce stamina consumption. Finally, everyone prioritize their own safety and the safety of their teammates!" Looking at the sea monsters beginning to fall from the sky, Takeru jumped onto the mast of the warship and shouted loudly to everyone.
"Yes!" A synchronized response echoed across the sea. The many knights looked at the descending monsters with high morale.
On another warship, Motoyasu and Itsuki, with their companions, took a deep breath.
This time, they absolutely wouldn't perform so poorly. Otherwise, they would truly be looked down upon by Takeru and the others.
As the monsters descended, some knights on the ships threw barrel bombs into the sea. These so-called barrel bombs were actually made from Lucor Fruit. This fruit was a type of concentrated alcohol that could easily brew large amounts of high-purity alcohol.
First, they used the concentrated alcohol to weaken the monsters' combat ability, then fought them. This simple tactic was very effective.
Besides that, many knights were also equipped with bows and arrows.
Although they could fight underwater, it would not only reduce their combat power but also greatly increase their stamina consumption, making it not worth the cost.
As the battle began, many ordinary monsters were easily annihilated. Soon, this wave's boss appeared.
It was as huge as a whale, with sharp horns on its head, shark-like sharp teeth, and a long tail that looked very aggressive.
As soon as it appeared, it charged directly at an ordinary large ship. Its sharp horn pierced the ship, causing the hull to begin breaking apart. However, facing the giant boss's collision, many knights remained unflustered. As it collided, they attacked it, inflicting some damage.
Although many knights' damage wasn't very high, as the number of attacks increased, the giant shark boss felt the pain and dove back into the sea, waiting for another opportunity.
Seeing the giant shark leave, the knights quickly boarded a nearby large ship and began attacking the remaining monsters. Everything was so orderly and very steady.
Seeing this from his ship, Takeru felt very gratified. The performance of those knights just now was really very good.
Facing danger without fear, organized, it showed their excellent training.
"Takeru, I'll go ahead. Leave the boss to me and Emilie." Seeing the boss appear, Naofumi stretched and said to Takeru.
"Go ahead. But besides you, Motoyasu and the others also seem to have their eyes on the boss." Hearing his words, Takeru reminded him calmly.
"Is that so? I'll slightly look forward to their performance then." Hearing Takeru's words, Naofumi shrugged.
With Nen, Naofumi no longer planned to rely on Motoyasu and the others. Whether they would fight side-by-side in the future would depend on fate.
Then, Naofumi, taking Emilie, rode the slime that had transformed into a dragon and headed to the boss. Motoyasu and the others, being closer to the boss, had already started attacking it.
Unfortunately, the boss was in the water. Their attacks, by the time they reached the boss, had been weakened to the point of barely breaking its defense.
Seeing their performance, Naofumi shook his head. They were just too weak.
Motoyasu and Itsuki also happened to see Naofumi's action. They were angry, but helpless.
There was no helping it. Although they were slightly stronger than in the original work, it was very limited. Most importantly, they still had no way to deal with underwater monsters.
Naofumi ignored them. He landed on a nearby large ship, then had the slime transform into a crocodile-like monster and rode it into the river.
Underwater, Naofumi directly activated a shield made from the last boss's materials. It allowed Naofumi to survive briefly underwater and reduced the water's restriction on him.
Once down, Naofumi quickly spotted the giant shark boss. Without hesitation, Naofumi used a skill: "Hate Reaction!"
As Naofumi's skill spread, a red light like a wave swept over the giant shark boss. Then, the giant shark boss, as if seeing its mortal enemy, quickly turned and charged at Naofumi.
"Here it comes! Go up!" Seeing this, Naofumi quickly called to the slime.
Hearing Naofumi's command, the slime quickly surfaced, then changed form again and flew high into the sky.
Below, the giant shark boss didn't stop. It charged directly at Naofumi. Its huge body quickly left the water.
"Here's my chance! Meteor Bow!" Seeing the boss jump out of the water, Itsuki's eyes lit up. He quickly released his powerful skill.
"Meteor Spear!" Seeing this opportunity, Motoyasu didn't let it pass. He quickly shot an energy attack at the giant shark boss.
Bang, bang!
As their attacks hit the giant shark boss, a loud sound rang out.
However, besides a slight whimper, the giant shark boss didn't react much. Naofumi, on the dragon slime, could see that the boss's HP had only dropped a tiny bit, even less than the damage dealt by the knights earlier.
Motoyasu and the others, noticing their attacks had barely damaged the giant shark boss, gritted their teeth in frustration.
At this moment, due to gravity, the giant shark boss began to fall back towards the water.
Naofumi didn't want the opportunity he had created to go to waste before he could even attack the giant shark.
He lightly patted the head of the dragon slime. The slime understood Naofumi's meaning, turned around, and quickly circled behind the giant shark boss.
Then, Naofumi's weapon transformed directly into a long spear. After that, Naofumi rapidly released his Nen and used [Shu] to wrap the weapon.
Then, with the acceleration of the dragon slime, he thrust the spear into the giant shark boss's side. As he flew, he left a long gash along the boss's flank.
"Roar!" As blood dripped, the giant shark boss let out a huge wail.
"So strong! Damn it!" Seeing that their attacks had done no damage, while Naofumi had easily grievously wounded the giant shark boss, Motoyasu and Itsuki were frustrated and found it hard to accept.
Soon, the giant shark boss came back to its senses. Its head lit up, energy quickly gathered, and it launched an attack directly at a ship ahead.
"Quick, mages, use magic to defend against the boss's attack! Shield knights, to the front!" Noticing the giant shark boss's attack, the knight squad leader on the ship quickly gave orders as it gathered energy.
"Yes!" Hearing his words, many knights and mages responded quickly.
"Wind Barrier! Water Shield! Ice Shield!" Three mages each used their strongest defensive skill.
The three layers of defensive magic were quickly released. Soon, the boss's energy attack quickly collided with the defenses, breaking through the Water Shield and Ice Shield.
After a brief stalemate with the Wind Barrier, it continued flying towards the ship.