Next to the pointed trees and beside the mire bushes, something terrible was happening in the dark night.

Pease was caught by the Fish-Man and covered his mouth, and the Fish-Man Elder threw a bottle containing a black liquid at Ollie.

"You drink it, and I'll let him go." Elder Fishman's voice came faintly, "How's it going?" ”

"Woo woo~!!" Pease struggled hard, but his strength could not twist the fish-man who was holding him, even if the fish-man's eyes never stayed on Pease for a second, even if the mosquitoes of the swamp landed on it, he never blinked.

Ollie moved slowly, but no matter how he moved, the Fish-Man Elder seemed to be watching it, and the discordant three eyes on the Fish-Man Elder's head never left Ollie for a moment.

"My patience is limited, if you don't drink, how about we count down?" Elder Fishman grinned slightly, "I'll give you more time to think about it, how about ten seconds?" Ten seconds later, if you don't drink it, I'll break his neck. ”

When Ollie heard this, his limbs must have stopped.

"Ten ......"

Pease's eyes widened, and he looked at the Fish-Man Elder who was counting down.

"Nine ......"

Ollie jumped forward to the bottle, stood on his legs, and picked up the bottle with both hands.

"Eight ......"

Elder Fish-Man's head turned to Ollie.

"Seven ......"

Ollie held the bottle up in front of his eyes and looked at Pease, who felt Ollie's gaze as well.

"Six ......"

Pease's eyes were full of pleading and tears.

"Five ......"

Ollie bit the lid of the bottle open, and the liquid inside emitted black smoke, and a foul smell spilled from it.

"Four ......"

Pease began to swing and struggle all over, his eyes as if they were about to open open, "Woo woo~!! ”

"Three! ……”

Ollie swung his tail forward, no longer looking at Pease, but at the bottle of liquid in his hand.

"Two! ……”

The fish-man's hand began to exert force, and Pease's head was turned aside by irreversible force, and tears flowed uncontrollably from his closed eyes.

"One! ……”

The Fishman Elder looked at Ollie with a smile, and it looked like it was going to drink it...... At this moment, a sudden change occurred!

Ollie, who had already half-raised his neck, suddenly threw the bottle in his hand at the Fishman Elder, and a tentacle instantly stretched out, shattering the medicine bottle, but scattering the liquid inside, and the pitch-black liquid splashed out with a strong stench.

For a moment, the unsuspecting Fishman Elder was splashed with the black liquid, and although he closed his eyes for a moment, there was still an interval of moments.

At this moment, Ollie kicked out with his legs and jumped towards the fishman who was holding Pease, and it turned out that when the Fishman Elder counted down the seconds, Ollie had been getting closer to the fishman who was holding Pease.

As soon as Ollie jumped, several tentacles struck the place where Ollie was standing through the black liquid, stirring up mud, but did not hit Ollie, who had been expected for a long time.

When Off's neck began to get a little congested, Ollie's fangs pierced the arm that grabbed Pat, pierced through the scales, and bit off the merman's hand in an instant.

Not all fishmen are as strong as sharkmen, more are emaciated, at least, not like sharkmen, who have the ability to withstand Ollie's teeth.

Pease, who had been struggling, suddenly felt the strength of his grip loosen, opened his eyes, and found the scene in front of him.

Rolling on the ground, Pease quickly got up from the ground and tried to run away from the fish-man, but Ollie was not in front of him!

Pease looked back, and the dark liquid on the Fishman Elder merged into his body, as if this liquid was originally a part of its body, just like the ink of an octopus, and it was integrated into its body, but the parts that originally belonged to the Fishman Elder, those fish scales, did not block the erosion of the pitch-black liquid, and were burned and blackened, and kept falling off.

The tentacles behind it were retracting from the direction of the white figure on the ground.

It turned out that when Pease had just fallen, several tentacles had already struck from behind the Fish-Man Elder, and Ollie, who fell to the ground, saw it and jumped up in an instant, blocking Pease's back.

The Elder Fishman hadn't opened his eyes at that time, and the tentacle hit the head of the Fishman who had bitten off one of his hands, pop! 'Beep......' splash!

Ollie, on the other hand, curled up and tightened his body as much as possible, and was still torn open by the tentacles, and fell to the ground hard, but Pease was not injured and ran out.

Elder Fishman didn't expect that the little beast that would be bitten by a poisonous snake would be wise, at least it didn't expect that Ollie would play tricks with him...... Although this ploy seems so ridiculous to myself.

"Huh~" Ollie barely stood up, the skin on his thighs made Ollie's movements sluggish, but fortunately he dodged the next few random tentacle attacks.

But Ollie miscalculated...... It forgets that there is also a fish-man, a fish-man who should not be ignored.

That shark man!

Just as Ollie was barely dodging the blow from the Fishman Elder's tentacles, a steel fork stabbed straight from Ollie's unavoidable direction!

"Whew~!" Ollie knew that he couldn't dodge, the pain on his body made it impossible for Ollie to make more moves, and when death was so close, Oh, Ollie was not so brave, he snorted and closed his eyes in fear.

'Poof! A stream of blood splattered Ollie's face, and it opened its eyes, and the steel fork pierced into the flesh, but it was not Ollie's own, but Pease's......

Time seemed to stand still, and Pease struggled to turn his head and smile at Ollie.

Ollie could see clearly that the tip of the steel fork was piercing into Pease's chest!

Blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, and Ollie watched as Pease's figure collapsed as the steel fork pulled out.

“…… Oh!! ~”

Ollie let out a scream, and a starlight spread out from Ollie's body, like a new star, and slammed into the surroundings.

The explosion of this power was like a fresh breeze blowing, and it had no effect on the surrounding fishmen.

But at this moment, a little red light flashed out of Pease's chest pocket, although it was only a small and imperceptible moment, but it seemed that time was interrupted, the shark-man's movements stopped, and the expression on the fish-man elder's bloodthirsty face also stopped, only the three eyes were not still, but slowed down.

"Star Spirit? I felt the power of the star spirit again......" A voice came from the red light on Pease's chest. "Ah...... What an evil force! …… Let me help you. ”

Immediately after, a flash of red light, and Ollie and Pease, who were on the swamp, suddenly disappeared before the eyes of the Fish-Man Elder.

Boom! The tentacles struck the steel fork, and several more tentacles broke into two sections, only to grow again in an instant.

In the eyes of the Elder Fishman, just after the Shark-Man stabbed Pease, the two of them suddenly disappeared, and only some blood remained on the steel fork.

“…… Damn it! The tentacles slashed over a fishman's head, shattering it.

The Fish-Man Elder looked at the horizon, and the morning light was about to show the sea.

"Let's go!" Turning around, he led a group of fishmen in their direction towards Swamp Wiel, leaving only two corpses behind.

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The clothes were torn into bandages and wrapped tightly around Pease's chest.

"Ollie! Get in the backpack! "Weel hugged Pease, and although the bandage of his clothes blocked the flow of blood, although the wound did not have the heart of the ship's head Pis, it was only to ensure that Pease would not die here immediately.

“…… I must hurry up and find Borris...... Or find my package...... "Will's heart was anxious, and the blood flow slowed down, but without a watch, it didn't flow.

But the wound was so big that Vere had to use something to get Pease back up.

Where Wiel was now, even he didn't know where it was, and the honey ointment he had brought with him was still on the ground.

"There's no time to waste, I have to go up as soon as possible...... Boreth! Hurry up! ”

But Weir also knew in his heart that the surrounding mountain walls and this strange black canyon, he must have come to a very deep place underground......

Even if there are no detours, it will take a long time to get up from here.

Pease, how much longer can he make it?

But what Weir didn't notice was that the leaf in his arms was tearing open his clothes...... Fell to the ground.