Chapter 368: Dangerous Waters

Park Slope City

Selene was waiting in the living room, cradling Rune in her arms when Richard rushed in.

"Um... Lady Selene, there’s an issue outside."

She raised her head and looked at him. "What’s the matter?"

"I think you should come see for yourself," He muttered, shaking his head.

Selene nodded and stood up, following him outside the building. Miguel quickly joined them, and they made their way to the western part of the city.

The city’s Evolvers were already gathering, and they were climbing the walls, setting artillery and mounting firearms on the walls.

Selene, Richard, and Miguel quickly climbed up, and finally got a view of what was happening.

The Upper New York Bay was bubbling violently. The water was churning, splashing against the borders of Park Slope like wolves attacking a flock of sheep.

Selene’s eyes narrowed. "Aquatic mutated beasts?"

"Probably," Miguel muttered with a nod. "Boss mentioned it earlier, so it might really be them."

Selene nodded, then glanced at the military commander of the city.

"Prepare to overwhelm them with rapid fire. Only stop when ammunition reserves have fallen by half."

The woman nodded, immediately relaying the order to the gunmen lined up on the walls. The Evolvers had already climbed down the wall, prepared to engage the moment the aquatic mutated beasts came close.

"Richard and Miguel, join them down there."

The two men obeyed Selene and joined the Evolvers on the ground, with Richard’s tamed beasts flanking him.

Selene watched the scene and returned her gaze to the boiling waters. Soon, the first monster surfaced

It was a grotesque octopus with several long tentacles that splashed water into the air. Then, the tentacles began anchoring it to the ground.

"Fire," Selene ordered coldly.

A hail of bullets rained down on the mutated octopus, tearing holes through its body as it hauled itself to land. By the time it completely climbed onto land, its body was already riddled with holes that continuously leaked dark blood.

A final shot made its body jerk, and it collapsed to the ground. The gunmen immediately stopped as they had all received the notification of its death.

One of them turned to their commander and reported, "Level 30, Tier One!"

The woman turned to Selene, and she simply nodded. She had heard him too.

"Whenever they show up, shoot them down. If your bullets aren’t strong enough to kill them, leave it to the Evolvers down there and focus on others that can be killed by your collective effort. Don’t waste ammunition."

The men nodded, their expressions tight as they pointed their guns at the boiling water. Soon, something broke out from the surface of the water.

This time, it wasn’t a single creature, but many. Mutated crabs the size of children crawled onto the land at a fast pace, rushing straight at the walls with their pincers wide open. The moment they appeared, bullets rained upon them. Several crabs were killed in the process, while some larger ones tanked the bullets and continued rushing forward. Following Selene’s order, the gunmen stopped focusing on them and focused on killing the weaker ones.

Meanwhile, down below, Miguel and Richard already sprang into action. Miguel swung his hammer at one of the mutated crabs, with lightning crackling along the body of the weapon.

BOOM!

The weapon struck the crab, and it was launched backwards into the Upper New York Bay.

"Haha, this feels like a golf game," He laughed, glancing at Richard.

The young man moved swiftly among two larger mutated crabs.

He dodged a pincer, then ignored another as he let Little West grab the crab’s arm and restrain it. He turned quickly, driving his sword into the soft skin between the crab’s armor.

[You have slain a...]

Ignoring the message, he turned to the other crab and realized his remaining tamed beasts had already torn it apart.

A smile appeared on his face, and he turned to Miguel. "Aha, what were you saying again?"

Miguel chuckled. "I said it feels like a golf game but you won’t understand."

Richard stared at him in confusion, then shrugged. "Alright."

More mutated crabs crawled onto the land, but they were either turned into Swiss cheese by the gunmen, or torn apart by Miguel, Richard, and the tamed beasts.

After about five minutes, the crabs stopped appearing. The sound of gunfire ceased, and they could all hear the cool wind of the evening.

The waters stopped boiling, and everything seemed to enter a brief lull. Just as the humans were beginning to relax, the water exploded again.

Mutated fish the size of car tires shot out of the water, flying straight toward the walls to bite and drag the humans back into the water.

The gunmen reacted immediately, raising their guns and shooting into the air. A lot of bullets were wasted since they didn’t hit anything, but several mutated fish were killed and dropped to the ground in the process.

Despite their large numbers, they were weak and none had even reached Tier One. They seemed to be cannon fodder of the aquatic mutated beast army.

Selene watched them with a serious expression, then turned her focus to something else rising from the water. It was a larger octopus, with thick tentacles already slamming into the ground.

"Definitely Tier Two..."

Selene sighed, handing the golden cat to the military commander.

"I’ll be back, Rune."

She took a step forward, entirely off the wall. Instead of plunging to the ground below, she stood on an ice platform that she had created. Then, she gazed at the mutated octopus that was hauling itself on land.

Selene took another step forward, then another, descending a staircase of ice platforms. Soon, she stopped before the mutated octopus and drew her sword.

"Blizzard."

A gust of cold wind blew across the area. The effect was immediate. The tentacles froze as ice spread over them, quickly reaching the main body of the octopus and enveloping it even though it was resisting. The spreading of ice didn’t stop there. Even the waters froze, becoming still as the surface became frozen too.

The mutated octopus began struggling, even managing to crack the ice across its limbs.

Unhurried, Selene slowly drew her sword.