My Reincarnation as a Chicken

Chapter 161 Salutations! I Am Here To Eat You!

Post discussion with Tsuna, I received quite the bit of hefty information. I didn’t expect to see all the hob-goblin captains standing there though. I probably should have told Tsuna that I wanted it to be a personal affair. Amognst all that happened, there was one thing that stood out to me. The fact that Tsuna seemed reluctant to talk about somethings with the others around and Oki’s thoughts on my actions.

‘Pushover, huh?’

I ended up thinking, while by myself. I scoffed at his words, feeling that he was a bit right about it. However, I couldn’t help but think that if I forced my way with everything, no one would want to stay by my side. For instance, the incident with Shiroi earlier on. I didn’t even know how to apologise to her after doing.

‘That shitty goblin! Why didn’t you blow his head off?’

Akira asked, clearly pissed off.

‘He’s not worth it.’

‘Sure, sure. Keep saying he’s not worth it when we know that he deserves it. Let’s kill him, right Akkun?!’

He asked the new guy.

‘Y-Yeah…?’

He was intimidated. I could understand him, especially since he didn’t know what was happening to us. I was starting to wonder why the multiple minds didn’t know what I had been through even though they were splits of my mind.

‘Mawstewr, is it alright to take it with us?’

Kawaii asked on my back. I could understand her uncertainty, given the fact that we were currently on the back of a very dangerous creature on our way to find the princess.

‘Yeah, yeah. We need it to cause a bit of chaos.’

Yokino and Sunalla went ahead after I told them that I’d cause a distraction for them. They’d given me their location and as such I would be able to get to them in no time.

‘FRIEND! GO! OUT! PLAY!’

It yelled joyfully. I sighed, trying to ignore the pain of having my brain being split in two, but at least my [Mental Damage Resistance] would be going up too.

After some minutes of skill testing and fusions, I managed to see a bunch of fishmen standing out there.

‘Master! What is this I’m hearing about a new familiar?’

Amethyst raged in my head. I had forgotten about her completely.

‘I got you a new friend, Amethyst. No reason to shout.’

‘Eh?! No reason to shout?! Master, this new familiar… it’s… it’s too strong, although not stronger than me, of course!’

She was trying to sound tough at the last part. She must’ve been feeling like her role was being challenged, although she didn’t know that I couldn’t give her a position other than that of the familiar head. A little competition would be welcomed, since it would make her want to grow stronger. However, were she to reach my level, I would be stuck in a soul bond with her. I couldn’t allow that! That would be a stupid move on my part, so I needed to make her not train.

Only problem was that now that I got the kraken, she now had a reason to intentionally level up. Maybe this was a good thing since it would force me to level up as well. I hadn’t been focusing much on doing that, but then again, it’s only been a month and I was already 70+ levels. I felt like the absurd amount of experience points needed to level up was either to slow me down or simply a standard for my species. Probably a way to slow me down, but giving the system the benefit of the doubt, I would say a standard for my species.

‘Yeah, it’s strong, but don’t worry. You’ll always be number 1.’

I told her. Maybe this would make her not level up? Well, that was wishful thinking and my luck was not that high, so I was guessing we would see.

In a matter of a few minutes, I could make out some underwater cliffsides, with several glowing holes in them.

‘Wait here a bit.’

I gave the orders to the kraken then swam forwards to scout the area a bit. When I got there, I saw that the cliffside was more like a massive hole; at least as big as Keimen city, if not bigger. At the bottom, there were various fishmen swimming about. They ranged from sharks to crabs to eels and so on, and all of them either looked roughed up or carried scars on their bodies. Blood was floating up from a portion were most of them were congregated. It would seem that the shark fishmen were fighting over food.

There were a few broken ships with barnacles on them at the bottom and it would seem that the fishmen had made these their homes. I couldn’t identify any children amongst the mids, all those present looked to be adults at the very least (There were probably teenagers, I couldn’t tell the difference). The average level of each member was 55 though, making me think of this as less of a city and more of an army. There were skeletons of various monsters all around and the fishmen were all in gangs, surrounding some glowing orbs.

In the center of this, there was a massive structure that stood at least 50 feet tall. It looked like a castle with four towers, all built in completely absurd manners. The roofs were a dull brown and the walls had been broken down, making me wonder how the structure was still up. Several guards had been stationed around it, but that was where I could sense Yokino. That meant the princess was being held captive there.

‘Is this the place?’

I sent a telepathic message to Yokino.

‘Yep. SharkFang Kingdom. Well… it’s not really that big as you can see, but it can go toe to toe with almost any nation on the surface.’

She said nonchalantly. I understood them being able to go toe to toe with any nation. The average person here was C+ rank whereas on the surface, the average soldier was about D- rank.

‘What’s up with the area though?’

‘This place? Last time I was here there were more structures and this hole wasn’t around. Daxia probably went on a rampage again.’

‘Daxia?’

‘Ruler of SharkFang Kingdom. Queen of The Bloody Seas.’

‘You make her sound like a pirate.’

I mused.

‘She might as well be. Scariest female I’ve ever met. And I’ve met a lot.’

She sounded quite terrified, and I unconsciously gulped.

‘W-Where is Daxia?’

‘She’s in the Bloody Sea at the moment. So it’s the perfect chance to get the princess.’

‘Who is this pri-‘

‘Hinotori, start the distraction. We have no time to waste.’

Sunalla ordered, cutting off my question. Rude much?

I shrugged then swam right over hoping that I would get a lot of fishmen’s attention. Some of them looked at me, but ignored me, almost as if I wasn’t worth their time. I was stronger than them for fucks sake! Feeling insulted, I conjured up two large water spears and flung them at the fishmen, disrupting their happy time.

Finally, I got the attention of those who heard the screaming and sound of the ground being torn up. Fortunately, water magic underwater was at its strongest form.

‘Shiver me timbers, ya bloody swashbuckling fishwards! Name’s Captain Tori, A.K.A, your end!’

I tried to project my voice into all of their heads. I hoped they all heard me. They looked at me, confused, then looked at one another. For a moment, there was an awkward silence, and I was left to feel embarrassed for the statement I just made. I closed my eyes then looked away, shooting several water spears at them.

‘What the fuck was that?’

Akira asked angrily.

‘I-I don’t know. I just assumed.’

<<…>>

I could feel disappointment from the agent. The agent had abandoned me in such a crisis.

‘Mawstewr! You were so amazing!’

Kawaii told me, making me feel a bit at ease. However, it would seem the fishmen didn’t take too lightly to my attacks on them. I could see them rushing at me, but I couldn’t care less given the difference in levels. The problem however were the B ranked who kept popping up.

‘Welp, distraction is in place!’

I swam over to the kraken and sat on his head.

‘Let’s go! Have some fun with those down there.’

‘FUN?! I LIKE FUN!’

It roared, then dropped two of its tentacles on the ring. The fishmen stopped moving after seeing the tentacles. I had originally asked if the kraken could hide its aura and it told me that it was good at playing “hid-and-seek”. I wondered why it would be good at doing that, but decided not to think too much about it. It was so good, none of the fishmen noticed its presence all the while it was hiding there. Now, it had released its presence and the fishmen were terrified.

The baby kraken was A+, literally a step shy from S rank. I could confidently say it was the most powerful creature I had ever faced in battle. Luckily, I managed to make it my familiar instead. Slowly, the kraken revealed itself. From its massive head up, slowly, more tentacles begun to line up on the edges. Then there were claws as big a cruise ships, but sharper than glass cutters. Its eyes glowed with excitement, but to them it must have looked like rage.

Slowly, it rose above the edges, revealing merely a fifth of its body to them. Most of them after seeing it, scoffed. They clicked their tongues then spat out.

“Kekeke, never expected to see a baby kraken out here.”

One of them cried.

“Even then, it still aint as scary as the Queen.”

“Oi!”

Some screamed loudly, his voice reaching everyone in the hole. He floated above one of the towers on the castle. A shark fishman with no eyes in his head and a scar spreading from his neck down below. He carried a curved blade on his side, tied to him with a sea weed belt. He was massive, at least twice Zana’s current size and also possessed power to back up his size. He was a B+ in rank, meaning he was not someone to be taken lightly and since he didn’t use mana, he had several aura techniques.

“Since it ain’t everyday we get ta see these krakens, Imma give ya boys a special deal!”

He told them.

‘Special deal?’

As if he could read my mind, he grinned at me.

“First one to kill it gets to join Daxia’s gang. No need to go through the trial.”

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