Chapter 52.5

‘Hmm?’ But the wind instead roamed around his heart. Boom. Boom. Boom. Cale’s heart suddenly started to beat wildly. ‘Ugh.’ Cale’s heart was beating so much that it hurt. Cale patted his heart with his right hand as air bubbles came out of his mouth that forcefully opened because of the pain. ‘What is going on?’ ‘Ugh.’ Cale held back another moan and curled up his body. At that moment, the wind flashed, before instantly moving down to his feet and drawing an image on his ankle. Cale could see the image of a whirlpool in the gap between the scuba suit and the scuba shoes. This whirlpool was also silver in color. Once the whirlpool image was completed, Cale could finally feel his heart calming down. ‘Did the Vitality of the Heart strengthen the Sound of the Wind as well?’ He was curious, but did not have any time to think about it. Beep, beep- The alarm rang once again to let him know that not much time was left. However, he still had plenty of time. Cale activated the Sound of the Wind and a gust of wind started to swirl around his feet. Cale lightly moved one foot forward. Swiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiish! Cale’s body instantly cut through the water. Although the large whirlpool in front of the central island was gone, the other whirlpools were still existent. However, Cale easily moved past them without any issue. ‘The other whirlpools will disappear within a week.’ However, Cale was planning on maintaining those whirlpools for about a year. The whirlpools recognized the Sound of the Wind, the symbol of their owner, and made way for Cale. His destination was the Cliff of Winds. Cale watched the cliff quickly get closer and kicked off the ground before he got too close. His body shot upward in reaction. Swiiiiiiiiiish- The ocean breeze welcomed Cale as he came back above water. Cale quickly took off the scuba mask and threw it aside. Beep- The alarm went off to sound that five minutes were up. Cale looked toward the village and saw that quite a lot of lights were starting to turn on. “I need to hurry.” Hans probably wouldn’t come to wake him up because he said to not bother him unless it was a matter of life or death, but it was still better to return quickly. Cale swam toward the Cliff of Winds and noticed large and small boulders underneath the cliff. These boulders were the reason that anybody who fell off the cliff to their death ended up with mauled up corpses. Cale looked to find the boulder that resembled the head of a lion. It was easy to find because it was the largest boulder in the area. Cale then started to smile after seeing the small cave behind the boulder. ‘Found it.’ Toonka had a fateful encounter in this cave after earning the Sound of the Wind. It was something useless for Toonka, but it was an ‘ingredient’ that Cale would put to good use in the future. If this ingredient was combined with the ingredient that Lock will acquire for Cale in the future, the Queen of the Jungle will have no choice but to make a deal with Cale. ‘The queen needs to save the jungle.’ Cale carefully swam past the boulders and entered the cave. The cave entrance was dark because the moon had already set, but it did not matter. Cale entered the cave and quickly jumped out of the water. He then looked up at the sky outside. ‘It’s about time he arrived.’ The Black Dragon immediately started to speak, as if he had read Cale’s mind. However, the Black Dragon was speaking inside Cale’s mind. - Weak human, you are not hurt. There was only one reason for the Black Dragon to talk inside Cale’s head. Cale started to get the chills. He slowly turned his head toward the inside of the cave. The Black Dragon only spoke into Cale’s head when there was someone unfamiliar nearby. - There is a lifeform inside this cave. Although it is almost dead, thankfully, it is not a corpse that you fear. Pssssssss. Pssssssss. Cale could hear something dragging inside the cave and started to contemplate his choices. ‘Jump back into the water? Or ask the Dragon to take me home right now?’ Psssssssss. Pssssssss. Pssss. But that dragging noise became more urgent and the lifeform revealed itself before Cale could make up his mind. Cale put one foot back into the water. The lifeform that revealed itself started to speak in a shaking voice. “P, please save me.” Ah. A gasp came out of Cale’s mouth. The lifeform had a salty smell to it. It was the smell of the sea. ‘No way.’ “There is something I must accomplish. I, cannot, d, die here!” A human looking existence, with its horrendously scratched up leg dragging behind it, approached Cale. There was a green fluid on the scratches that made the existence continue to vomit up blood. That was clearly the work of a mermaid. “P, please-.” It was a whale. This beautiful human with messy hair that was crawling toward Cale with his hands, was a whale. - Weak human, did you catch a cold? Your face is pale. The Black Dragon was talking into Cale’s mind, but Cale could not hear it. Cale felt like he was facing a scene straight out of a horror movie. An injured, almost dead, member of the Whale Tribe had revealed himself to Cale.