Second World

Chapter 954 954. The Plan Against The Dragon Turtle

”The skill that you are worried about is the Dual-World Domain, isnʼt it?” John asked.

”How do you know about the dragon turtle?” Ama asked, surprised.

”I have my source,” John replied. He had asked Peniel as much information about the dragon turtle and the merfolk as he could think of before departing.

Though every monster especially the high-grade ones had their own skills or spells, making them unique even among their species, they still had some skills that all same kinds of monsters possessed. As for the dragon turtle, they are sure to possess a skill called Dual-World Domain. This was also their most troublesome skill. For an amphibian creature that lived in two worlds, this skill gave the dragon turtle an ultimate edge.

When the dragon turtle was on land, if it used the skill, it would create a temporary world filled with water in a large area around him. Against land-based combatants, the dragon turtle would immediately have the terrain advantage as it could move easily inside water.

If the dragon turtle was in the water, the reverse would happen when it used the skill. A temporary world devoid of water would be created around it. All water-based creatures would instantly lose their mobilities once that happened, while the dragon turtle could still move just fine on land, even though with less maneuverability than it did in the water.

This was the reason why the merfolk feared the dragon turtle and avoided provoking it. Like any other fish creatures, they couldnʼt move once they lose the water.

”We have some warriors that have the amphibian ability, but not many. If the dragon turtle uses its Dual-World Domain skill, those few warriors wonʼt be able to do much. We will be powerless,” Ama said.

John knew about the merfolkʼs amphibian ability. Merfolk with this ability could go to the land. This ability turned their lower-half fishʼs tail into two legs to walk on land.

”Hm… Tell me, is this Nogg that you mentioned before have the amphibian ability?” John asked.

”He has. Why? Why do you ask about him?” Ama asked back.

”Nothing in particular,” John replied, smiling.

”You said something about a counter to the dragon turtleʼs Dual-World Domain skill. As I explained before, we canʼt do anything to the dragon turtle once it used that skill.”

”Hehe, yes. I have a tool that can make it so that the dragon turtle cannot use that Dual-World Domain skill, or any skills to speak of. But at the same time, none of you in the area can also use any skill or spell.”

”Hm… If both us and the dragon turtle cannot use any skill or spell, it should be manageable. It is still formidably strong and its defense is crazily tough, but we have more numbers. It wonʼt be able to block attacks that come from all sides. We can also alternate to get our wounded out of the front line while fresh fighters take over. All right, show us to the dragon turtleʼs lair and use your tool!” Ama declared. The dragon turtle had changed lairs several times during the centuries living in this gulf. So, she didnʼt know which one it was dwelling in now. It could even be inside a new lair that she didnʼt know about.

”No, we canʼt go to its lair,” John said.

”Why not?” Ama asked.

”Because we will put the children in danger. In its anger, it might just decide to kill the children first. It will be difficult for us to prevent that if we fought inside its lair,” John explained. ”We need to lure it out and keep it within an area, preventing it from going back to the lair while I and my people secure the children.”

Although John said it was for the safety of the children, it was actually because he didnʼt want the merfolk to disturb their taming process on the young dragon turtle. If they saw the young beast, they might decide to kill it to prevent it from becoming their next contender in this gulf.

Ama frowned while pondering. She preferred to have her people do the rescuing, but since she had given the word to this outworlder to have him help in getting the surviving children back and also promised him a special class reward, she thought she should just leave the task to him.

”Okay. How do you propose we lure it out and keep it in place?” Ama asked.