Chapter 58: Falling Moon House Beam (1)

Deep Sea Fish Hunting Specialty Broadcast – 58

EP.58 Falling Moon House Beam (1)

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Parang turned off the banking app with a sullen expression.

How could they disappear in less than two hours? It didn’t make sense that Vertea couldn’t find the Capulus swarm even after searching the area thoroughly.

No joke, Vertea might have really searched the entire East Sea.

So, did they manage to escape Vertea’s search radius in that short time in the waters off South Korea?

Not just anyone’s search radius, but Vertea’s.

It was something no ordinary monster could dream of doing.

Moreover, Capulus had nothing to do with being ‘fast’.

They always appeared floating aimlessly.

Stealth… was even more unlikely. Very few monsters could hide from Vertea.

Capulus didn’t seem like one of them. They didn’t even try to hide from Parang.

‘Could it be that only I can see them?’

…No way. It’s not like they’re imaginary friends.

Besides, didn’t she watch them with the viewers during the East Sea broadcast?

‘What on earth is going on…?’

Standing there, lost in thought, she checked the time and saw it was six in the evening.

Six in the evening was prime time for lounging around in the sea.

But Parang made up her mind and decided to forgo her underwater rest!

She decided to take another look around the area where she had found the Capulus.

No matter how much she thought about it, it felt too unsettling.

Even though she didn’t expect to find anything by going now, she decided to go anyway.

Maybe they had dropped something, like how Galecus sheds its scales.

It was possible that Vertea had missed it by sheer coincidence.

Honestly, the idea that Capulus could evade Vertea’s search seemed less convincing.

So, Parang headed back to the monster layer.

And then…

‘What the… It’s right here.’

About 300 meters below the spot where she had found the Capulus swarm before, she discovered the same Capulus swarm.

Could Vertea have forgotten to search here? No, that didn’t seem likely.

Just as Parang was about to take out her phone to text Vertea…

Wooooong-

All one thousand Capulus eyes began to glow purple simultaneously.

From Parang’s extensive experience as a professional underwater hunter, she knew that when something glows underwater, it usually means, “I’m about to launch a mental attack.”

Parang instinctively went into alert mode.

…Alert… mode.

‘Huh?’

No notification appeared.

If the Capulus were launching a mental attack, a notification window should have appeared.

[ Skill, ‘Waterproof Sanity’ is now active. ] The friendly notification window didn’t show up this time.

So, it wasn’t a mental attack?

The Capulus, which had been forming a grid, were now gathering into a spherical formation around Parang.

As always, Parang seemed to attract monsters.

The surroundings were now filled with the purple light emitted from the Capulus’ eyes, bathing everything in a complete purple hue.

Upon this, Parang looked around and spoke.

“Why did you not appear before, and now you have gathered here?”

“I beseech you, pretend you do not see us.”

“Then what will you offer in return?”

“We shall offer half of our number.”

“I understand your will.”

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Parang opened her eyes.

She saw the Capulus emitting a purple glow, arranged in a sphere around her.

There seemed to be about a thousand of them, but some emitted a weaker light than others, and about half had their eyeballs burst, with only blood, pus, and flesh filling their eye sockets.

Parang thought to herself.

There didn’t seem to be a need to call Vertea now.

Parang had something important to do.

She couldn’t quite remember what it was, but she needed to get home quickly.

There was no time to observe the Capulus.

‘Well, I can do it next time. There will be plenty of opportunities.’

Parang headed home.

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Yu Parang, returning home.

“Hmm, hmm~”

For some reason, she felt good.

Maybe it was because she had rested comfortably underwater for the first time in a while.

Her head throbbed a bit, perhaps from dozing off, but the unpleasant sensation soon disappeared.

Indeed, people need to rest.

Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong, ding dong, ding dong, ding dong, ding dong, ding dong-

As she sank into the plush sofa and lazed around for a bit, starting around eight in the evening, the Oceanos members began to arrive one by one for tomorrow’s statue hunt.

Elvira arrived last at ten o’clock, completing the group.

Parang popped some microwave popcorn she had stashed away and cracked open a can of beer for everyone. Pssshhh…

They all fell asleep watching Netholics together.

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And then, morning!

“Haah, haaaah…!!”

Stretching comfortably, Yu Parang woke up!

The current time was eight-thirty in the morning.

A super ultra early fish wake-up.

She felt oddly unsettled, as if she had a dream last night, but soon felt at ease again.

It was like giving a disease and then providing the cure. Parang’s mood was peculiar.

She got up from the tank, changed her clothes, and went straight outside.

From the room down the hall, loud snoring could be heard, and from the shower room opposite, the sound of running water.

As she went downstairs, a delicious smell wafted through the air.

In the culinary wasteland that was Oceanos, only Elvira could produce such a level of cooking.

She had brought a bunch of stuff yesterday and stuffed it into the fridge, which turned out to be cooking ingredients.

With slightly quickened steps, Parang walked towards the kitchen, where she saw a hearty, if not fancy, meal.

A steaming hot soup with a crimson hue and a steaming Golrubucci.

It was Parang’s favorite combination.

“You’re up early. There’s more in the pot, so help yourself if you need more.”

Having devoured almost two servings, Parang then moved to the living room.

She pushed aside Vertea, who was lazily sprawled on the sofa looking at her phone, and enjoyed the lazy morning sunlight.

This was a typical day after a sleepover for Oceanos.

After some time, even the last to wake, Xiao, finished eating, and excluding Elvira, the five members did the dishes.

By 10:30 a.m., everyone was seated in the living room.

They gathered to discuss the day’s upcoming hunt.

The one who called the meeting, Parang, opened the discussion.

Her eyes briefly lost their light.

“…Actually, I should have said this earlier, but the target we’re hunting this time is a ‘Titan’.”

The word ‘Titan’ alone changed the expressions of all Oceanos members dramatically.

A fury and fighting spirit that seemed capable of incinerating everything around filled the space.

Russell immediately raised his voice, growling at Parang.

“A Titan, you say. Why didn’t you tell us sooner?”

He wasn’t truly angry with Parang, but he couldn’t hide his negative emotions.

Sensing the tense atmosphere, Xiao intervened.

“She probably didn’t tell us because she thought you’d rush in without thinking, like you’re doing now. Calm down.”

Vertea chimed in as well.

“Xiao is right. You really need to get serious about controlling your temper. But aside from that, I feel the same. Why did you keep it a secret?”

“It wasn’t a secret. As you all know, I’ve had a lot… going on lately.”

It was the truth.

The day after sighting the Titan, Oceanos caught a sperm whale.

Before Parang could bring up the Titan, Xiao made a bombshell announcement related to the ‘Slayers’ Artifact’.

Then, Parang’s trip to Hong Kong was decided, making it awkward to bring up the Titan.

At that time, they were really trying hard to hide Oceanos from the entire world, so they were reluctant to gather two days in a row.

After going to Hong Kong, Parang personally witnessed an attempt on her life and then heard the news of the Slayers’ death from Silo who approached her afterward.

And so on. There had been a lot going on.

Thus, the discussion about the Titan had been postponed until now.

So, what exactly is this ‘Titan’ that instantly filled the world’s strongest underwater hunters with rage? As the name suggests, it’s an incredibly large statue.

It was the creature Parang encountered on the day of their first broadcast.

The underwater statues, collectively called ‘Statue’, are divided into four types, small ones, medium ones, large ones, and incredibly large ones.

The largest, strongest, most troublesome, and rarest of these are called Titans.

How rare are they? Including the one Parang discovered this time, Oceanos has only found ten such entities.

There were two more in the statue army that appeared in Alexandra’s memory, making it twelve unofficially.

Out of those, Oceanos had dealt with nine.

The two that faced the Slayers… well, Alexandra’s memory didn’t show them being defeated, so they were set aside.

There was one they missed.

That one Titan made the entire Oceanos team scour the world’s oceans for about half a year, killing every monster they saw.

It left an unforgettable scar on all of them, making them search the seas in tears for a lifetime.

That one missed Titan was the one that took Alice Melville, the seventh member of Oceanos.

With time, emotions tend to dull, so even if a Titan or Statue is discovered now, they don’t display the same mad rage as they did back then.

In the past, they desperately sought information about Alice from the Titans, but after dealing with nine, they found no related information.

Now, only anger remained.

…At least, that’s what they wanted to believe.

With the revelation that the target was a Titan, there was no more time to waste.

They quietly looked at each other.

Everyone could see into each other’s eyes.

And they all could feel it.

Their eyes now bore an uncanny resemblance to those of their comrades.