NOVEL SIMPLE Chapter 131:
*Pop!* *Boom!* *Pop!* *Boom!* *Pop!* *Boom!*
The voracious crabs, which were constantly dividing, multiplied at an alarming rate.
A single one had grown into thousands in the blink of an eye.
“Hey, you lunatic, I told all of you not to touch anything! Ahhhhh”
Otto bellowed at Kairos.
Before landing.
Otto had clearly warned them.
Absolutely, nothing.
Don’t touch anything carelessly.
Nevertheless, he can’t believe someone would mess up….
*Clink!* *Clack!* *Clink!* Clack!*
The cannibalistic crabs snapped their pincers and began to swarm Otto’s group.
Although they were only about the size of a palm, they were incredibly fast, both in terms of movement and attack speed.
“Do not attack! Just run! Fighting will only make them increase!”
Otto shouted urgently.
“Hey, what was that!”
Kairos exclaimed in surprise.
“Why aren’t they splitting instead of dying?!”
“How the hell do I know! Shut up and run!”
Otto and the others had to desperately run away from the killer crabs, which had grown to several hundred thousand in number.
That is the reason why Claw Island is still uninhabited despite its strategic location.
The voracious crabs that inhabited the white sandy beaches surrounding the island were enchanted and made immortal by some sort of magic.
Killing just one of them would cause them to multiply indefinitely, so fighting them was pointless.
Once someone stepped onto the white sand, they were bound to be eaten alive by the infinitely multiplying predatory crabs.
“Run! No matter what, Run! Keep moving! Never stop!”
After running for nearly a kilometer, Otto and his group finally managed to outrun the voracious crabs.
They’d been running at full speed while using up their mana, and if they hadn’t, it wouldn’t have been surprising if they’d been eaten alive.
“Huff, puff!”
“Huu…!”
After fleeing to safety, Otto and the others rested, panting for breath.
“Uweekkk!!”
Some of them even started vomiting.
It was a testament to the difficulty of running away from the voracious crabs.
“Hey!”
Otto launched a powerful dropkick at Kairos.
“Kuck!”
Kairos was caught off guard by Otto’s dropkick, sending him flying into the distance.
“I told you not to touch anything!”
“I-I’m sorry.”
Kairos knew what he had done, so he didn’t complain about being hit by Otto.
“Please don’t act rectlessly!”
“I’ve been telling you to stop doing things like that for ages, I can’t stand that sh*t!”
“What’s the matter with you?”
Agatho-Hildegard-Maximus.
The trio of Soul Knights were also berating Kairos.
It was proof that this was not the first time Kairos had messed up.
Of course, even if he had messed up in the past, he would have used his overwhelming skill to get out of it.
“Whatever. Huu…”
Otto shot Kairos a glare, then cleared his throat.
Kairos’s recklessness had caused a small, tiny accident, but he was grateful that no one had been hurt.
“How do we take control of this island?”
Camille asked Otto.
“We can’t use it as a trading post if we can’t deal with the man-eating crabs.”
“There’s a way.”
“What is it? What method?”
“We just need to kill the island’s master. Then the voracious crabs will simply disappear.”
“The master of the island… What do you mean? You said this is a deserted island.”
Camille seemed to recognize Otto’s “island master” as an evil sorcerer.
“It is a deserted island, isn’t it?”
“What?”
“I said there’s a master of the island, but I didn’t say it’s a person.”
“Then it’s not human?”
“The owner of the island.”
Otto answered.
“It’s a crab, not a person.”
“A crab… you mean?”
“Yes. An enormous crab.”
“How big are you talking about?”
“How big is it….”
Otto grinned.
“Maybe a hundred meters or so?”
“Oh, for heaven’s sake.”
Camille was fed up.
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The ancient life form, [Purpur], was a colossal ‘crab’-like creature.
These creatures tended to take over small islands and make them their nests.
But like all creatures, over time, they became extinct.
Now, the only one left is the owner of Claw Island.
“So this island was inhabited by man-eating crabs?”
“Yes.”
Otto nodded in response to Camille’s question.
“The island where Purpur lives is surrounded by white sandy beaches, and it is inhabited by cannibalistic crabs.”
“Ah. I think I’ve heard of that before.”
“Really?”
Otto was surprised.
The Purpur was something that had been forgotten so long ago.
Hardly anyone knew about them now.
“I remember reading in a very old book about a giant crab that lived on an entire island.”
“That’s right.”
“But how did you know it lived here?”
“Because of its characteristics.”
“Characteristics…?”
“I told you, the island is surrounded by white sand. Populated by voracious crabs.”
“Ah.”
“People don’t know much about Purpur, so they just think it’s home to scary man-eating crabs.”
“I understand now.”
It was nice that Camille knew about Purpur, so he didn’t have to be as general as before.
“So you’re going to hunt that super-giant crab?”
Kairos’ eyes lit up.
The idea of hunting a super-giant creature made his blood boil.
“Not a crab.”
“Hmm?”
“You know coconut crabs?”¹
“You mean the crab that looks like a cross between a crayfish and a spider, and lives near palm trees?”
“Uh.”
“Of course I know. It’s a southern resort delicacy. It goes great with beer….”
“Never mind.”
Otto had no intention of listening to the drunkard’s ramblings, so he cut Kairos off coldly.
“Are you going to do something stupid again?”
“What?”
“Don’t you remember last time, you almost got us all killed.”
“That… That.”
“Huuu….”
Otto’s eyes flicked to Kairos, then back to his group.
“Alright, then. Gather round, everyone. This is going to be a tough fight, we’re dealing with a giant crab of epic proportions, but it could be surprisingly easy, as long as we all do our part….”
The tactical meeting began.
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At the end of the tactical meeting.
“To your respective positions.”
“To stations!”
At Otto’s command, Camille, Kairos, the Magic Swordsmen, and the Soul Knights scattered in rapid succession.
“Huu….”
Otto let out a long sigh and started walking deeper into the jungle.
After about an hour of walking.
‘Around here somewhere.’
Reaching the center of the island, Otto glanced around.
‘There it is.’
Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a black pillar rising out of nowhere.
The massive pillar was very unusual.
It wasn’t a rock.
But it wasn’t dirt either.
There was no telling what it was made of.
‘It’s a bit early.’
According to his original plans, it would be a year before he would be able to take control of the Claw Island.
In fact, it was impossible for him to hunt Purpur alone at this time.
However, with Camille, Kairos, the Magic Swordsmen, and the Soul Knights, the chances were pretty good.
‘It’s not like I could defeat it in a head-to-head fight anyway, so if it’s hard to do it alone, it’s easier with a group.’
Raising his sword.
*Slash!*
Otto slashed at the black pillar.
The pillar was so huge that it barely made a scratch, but….
*Skkrrr!*
The tip of the pillar split open.
*Rumble!* *Rumble!*
Suddenly, an earthquake occurred.
*Boom!* *Boom!*
The ground broke apart.
*Thump!*
Large trees fell with a mighty crash.
*Whoosh!*
A thick cloud of dirt flew up.
The ground Otto stood on rose into the sky.
It wasn’t the ground that rose.
A giant crab.
An ancient creature, Purpur, had emerged from the earth.
“Purrrrrrrrr!”
A menacing roar erupted from its angry mouth.
Otto was on top of Purpur’s head.
The pillar that Otto had slashed through was actually Purpur’s eyes, which lay asleep in the ground.
*Boom!*
Purpur swung his claws at his own head.
The target was Otto, perched atop of him.
‘If I get caught, I’m dead.’
Otto jumped out of the way.
*Boom!*
A deafening explosion rang out, as if a nuclear bomb had gone off.
*Shudder!*
Purpur’s body shook.
He must have been stunned for a moment because he hit himself in the head.
“Now!!!”
Otto yelled for the entire island to hear using the [Barbarian’s Roar].
On cue, the scattered allies began to climb the legs of Purpur.
The legs of Purpur were covered with sharp thorns and a lot of hair, so climbing them was not difficult.
“Purrrrr!”
Purpur, now awake, struggled frantically to get Otto off of him.
*Thump!* *Thump!* *Quang!*
*Oomph!*
*Rumbles!*
The crab struggled, and the island was devastated.
The struggle of a 100-meter-long super beast was enough to wipe out a small island in an instant.
‘Yes, keep struggling.’
Otto smiled coldly and focused on Purpur’s eyes.
*Whoosh!*
The sword loaded with aura pierced Purpur’s eyeballs indiscriminately.
“Grrr.”
Otto gritted his teeth as he grabbed Purpur’s fur like a rodeo rider.
He needed to keep Purpur’s attention while his companions went about their respective tasks.
“Purr… purrrrrrrr!”
Purpur stopped moving for a moment, realizing that he couldn’t continue to struggle.
*Sssh!*
It closed its eyes, which were still being attacked by Otto, behind its shell.
Then it began to make noise with the tiny segments at the corners of its mouth.
*Scurry!* *Scurry!* *Scurry!* *Scurry!*
The outcome.
*Scuttle* *Scuttle!* *Scuttle*
In the distance, a crashing wave began to roll in from the sandy white beach.
It was no ordinary wave.
Rather, they were crabs.
The voracious crabs, which had never left the white sandy beach before, had been attracted by the call of Purpur.
There were so many of them, it seemed like tens of billions.
It was not for nothing that they created the illusion of a tidal wave.
It was a crisis.
The moment the voracious crabs arrived, Otto’s group was doomed.
The reason?
Because they would be eaten until they were nothing but bones!
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Otto was unfazed.
‘I knew it.’
Otto watched the incoming crabs rush in, then hovered over Purpur’s mouth as if he were waiting for something.
*Whoosh!*
He pulled his mana to its limit.
*Shhhh!*
Otto’s eyes turned gray as he activated the [Eye of Petrification] skill.
*Ziiiiiing!*
A gray flash of light spread out and struck the little limbs that were making noise.
*Creak!*
*Crash!*
Purpur’s little legs turned to stone and shattered.
*Thump!* *Thump!*
*Thump!* *Crackle!* *Crackle….*
The snapping sounds that called the hordes of crabs gradually died down, and the swarms of ravenous crabs retreated back to the white sand.
*Crasssh!*
Purpur’s body tilted and fell to one side.
One of his legs snaps and breaks, causing him to lose his center and fall.
‘That’s it.’
Otto grinned.
‘Its weakness is its legs. Its shell is so hard and absorbs shock that if you tried to attack it, you’d be hitting it like an egg on a rock. But its legs are different. Limb to limb, to be precise. Aim for the areas not covered by the shell. Imagine chopping down a tree and you’ll understand.’
A crab is a crab, no matter how big it is.
If they cut off a few legs, it becomes useless.
This was the end of the road for Purpur.
After Otto’s companions cut off all of his legs, he became a sitting duck, destined to be slowly dismantled.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-3431481/Christmas-Island-tourist-Mark-Pierrot-pictured-giant-coconut-crab.html