Swoosh—Swoosh—
The waves kept churning, and beside the Sea Swallow, on the dark sea surface, dark monsters had somehow appeared, cruising continuously.
These monsters had a mud-like texture and humanoid shapes. Each head was different: some were round, some triangular, but all featured a pair of crimson eyes and lacked other facial features.
Their sizes varied too; the recently larger sound had been caused by a monster on the right side, about two and a half meters tall.
At the moment, that black monster continued attacking the Sea Swallow, causing ripples across the vessel's semi-transparent Protective Shield.
Swoosh!!
Colin raised his hand and shot a Cone Bullet at it.
But the black monster showed no reaction at all.
Under the moonlight, he could clearly see that the Cone Bullet simply passed through it like a gel, merely making a hole the size of a finger in the monster.
Then, in the blink of an eye, the hole healed itself.
Most of the black monsters were heading toward the jungle at the end of the dock on Rael Island, but many stayed because of the Sea Swallow.
Colin lifted his eyes to look further back, and after seeing clearly, he couldn't help but shiver.
He had thought there were only a small group of these black monsters.
But on the pitch-black sea surface behind him, with the waves moving and under the silvery moonlight, he could see countless black dots continuously emerging, densely packed almost everywhere!
With such numbers, how could one not be afraid?
Colin steadied himself.
Although there were many monsters, if their attack power was only like this ... at least until the Magic Stone of the Sea Swallow was exhausted, he didn't have to worry about his own safety.
But since there was a two and a half meter tall black monster, he feared there could be even larger ones.
He naturally would not pin his hopes on not encountering stronger black monsters.
Looking around, it was now deep into the night.
Nighttime sailing was indeed a taboo ... Previously at sea, they would always extinguish lights and anchor.
He finally decided to keep watching the situation.
Having just tried the Arrow Shooting Skill and found it ineffective against these seemingly mud-made monsters, he also temporarily extinguished the desire to continue attacking.
After all, these black monsters obviously aimed for Rael Island, and the Protective Shield of the Sea Swallow had a camouflage function.
So not many black monsters gathered nearby.
And since the Fireball Technique made a lot of noise, just to kill one black monster, while potentially attracting others, it obviously wasn't worth the risk.
"What on earth are these monsters..." Mod looked on, his face somewhat pale.
He usually didn't like things that were packed densely, and these black monsters not only numbered in the dense masses but were also filthy and ugly.
Combining the two made him feel quite nauseated.
As for safety, he wasn't overly worried.
After all, standing next to him was a First Rank Wizard!
And these black monsters couldn't even break through the Protective Shield of the Sea Swallow, let alone confront an Official Wizard!
Time ticked by, second by second.
More and more black monsters gathered beside the Sea Swallow.
The outside shield with the camouflage feature was now overwhelmed, occasionally leaking their presence.
This caused the attacks of the black monsters to become increasingly frequent ...
They couldn't go on like this!
Colin frowned slightly, resolute in his decision to take a risk and set sail to leave.
But just then, a disturbance suddenly came from the sea domain behind them.