novelraw Chapter 496 - 294: Fishing in the River of History (Double-Length)
Chapter 496 - 294: Fishing in the River of History (Double-Length)
Before long, Noemi and Rogel clearly saw what was on her fishing rod.
It was a small sea firefly, slowly rising from the seabed.
Confused, it only tugged at this strange thing and suddenly found itself on the sea surface.
Noemi’s face fell.
Rogel laughed heartily.
He figured, with Heisatan now in the sea beneath the ship, almost no sea creatures were around, so how could Noemi possibly catch a fish?
He was laughing.
Suddenly, his own fishing rod twitched.
Rogel quickly became serious, picked up the rod, and began focusing intently.
Though he had no idea what he had hooked, the creature was strong and struggled like a fish.
Still, with his Fishing Master talent, the creature was inevitably caught in Rogel’s palm.
Soon, accompanied by a golden-white glow, the catch was pulled up.
[You caught: Strange Pufferfish ×1.]
"Pufferfish?"
"Can you actually catch fish here?"
Noemi was incredulous; after her unlucky attempt, she had asked the nearby sea fireflies. Clearly, none of them had seen any species other than themselves living in this sea area.
"Well... maybe it doesn’t count as a fish."
Rogel said, looking at the golden-white pufferfish in his hand.
[Strange Pufferfish]
[Type: Extraordinary Creature]
[Explanation: This is a strange pufferfish, living in the ’River of History.’ Squeeze it, and you might get some unexpected special surprises.]
Rogel gently squeezed its gills.
"Hiss... exhale..."
The strange pufferfish frowned, visibly angry, as it inhaled deeply and expanded rapidly like a balloon.
One second, two seconds...
The first two seconds were normal; the strange pufferfish quickly inflated to the size of a basketball.
But as time went on, Noemi and Rogel began to sense something was wrong.
"Captain, it... it seems like it’s going to explode..."
Noemi stepped back two paces, squinting instinctively.
"I’m not blind."
Rogel also retreated his face cautiously and placed it onto the deck.
But just then!
Boom——
The strange pufferfish exploded with a loud bang, and its body turned into golden-white mist.
The strange pufferfish vanished, replaced by swirling spirals of golden-white mist.
Soon, some strange scenes appeared in the mist.
The mist formed a circular shape, resembling what an eyeball might see.
Several stick-figure-like simple diagrams appeared before Rogel and the others, engaged in battle.
Beneath them were rings of golden mountains and chasms.
This clearly used "art" to describe recorded events.
And in Rogel’s info bar, clearer explanations appeared.
[In that ancient war unrecorded in history, great beings emerged from countless races, each fighting for something very important...]
[But no matter the conflict’s origin, it swept the world like an apocalyptic storm.]
[The strange pufferfish witnessed firsthand this familiar area’s descent into nothingness.]
[It was a void so terrifying that even a fish living in the River of History feared it—true obliteration.]
[Yet, after the war, the culprit watched coldly and then left, never returning.]
[But fortunately, someone blocked it.]
[The material for the blockade seemed to be a group of glowing fireflies.]
[The strange pufferfish heard a sigh nearby but didn’t know who it came from.]
["The broken can never be mended..."]
The scene constructed by the strange pufferfish was understandable, especially the last sentence, with "subtitles."
Scratching his head.
Everyone was a bit puzzled after seeing it.
Still, Rogel immediately recorded it, thinking it might be useful later.
"Were the sea fireflies used to fill something? The boundary mists?"
Mira mused.
"Could this be why they’re trapped here?"
Lina wondered.
While they didn’t quite get the war part, one thing was clear—the sea fireflies were used to "fill" something.
And the strange pufferfish had seen it all firsthand.
Rogel focused on the final sentence: "The broken can never be mended."
Was the sea fireflies’ area not entirely "filled"?
As he pondered, Rogel cast the fishing rod again.
Both clouded and used to the information, he was gradually getting used to it.
Sometimes these secrets being "blurred" is for the good of those who know them.
After all, the "warriors" clearly weren’t ordinary individuals, given how they turned the area into "void" as per the strange pufferfish’s words.
"So strange." Noemi was curious: "Captain, why did you fish up such a strange pufferfish?"
"Good question." Rogel nodded: "I’d like to know, too."
Noemi: "..."
Then he cast the fishing rod again.
Noemi decided not to fish and stood next to Rogel, eagerly watching him fish.
Lina and others did as well.
That earlier scene piqued their interest; they were curious to see what else Rogel might catch.
Rogel didn’t let them down.
Soon, he caught something.
[You caught: Worn Retrospection Dagger ×1.]
This item, too, was wrapped in golden light.
Once in Rogel’s hand, it revealed its true form.
It seemed to be a plain, rusty, worn-out dagger.
But upon seeing its details, Rogel’s pupils contracted.
[Worn Retrospection Dagger]
[Type: Special Weapon]
[Effect: Can be used in your experienced "past" against a target to inflict specific damage, injuring or killing them. The more power you inject, the greater the retrospected "past’s" limit, valid for one-time use only.]
[Explanation: A worn dagger soaked in the "River of History," lightly imbued with a unique trait. Of course, you could dismiss it as an ordinary dagger, using it as such, and it would remain an ordinary dagger.]
What a divine artifact!
If used in a fight to retrospect the enemy to their weakest point, then...
Truly a thing fished from the River of History.
Rogel joyfully tucked it away.
He then cast again, excited for the next catch.
Soon, the water responded again.
Rogel got up and reeled in.
[You caught: A sentence ×1.]
After a flash of golden light.
A voice sounded in Rogel’s mind.
"This is a drafty house."
Man, these catches are getting more abstract...
If the previous strange pufferfish and dagger were still within the acceptable range.
Then catching just "a sentence" was truly bizarre.
Moreover, what’s astonishing is that Rogel couldn’t even hear a voice, only perceiving this "sentence."
He couldn’t even discern whether it was male or female.
It seemed some mysterious force had obscured it too.
Rogel shook his head.
After recording the sentence, he cast the rod again.
However, this time he waited a long, long time without a reaction.
After patiently waiting, Rogel confirmed there were indeed no more catches in this area.
It was time to leave.
The crew of Gelin bid farewell to the sea fireflies.
"I so want to see the outside world..."
In the midst of blessings and goodbyes, a sea firefly said dreamily.
"There will definitely be a day." Rogel said.
"Really?" Excited sea fireflies asked upon hearing this.
"Of course."
Rogel smiled.
"That would be wonderful!"
The sea fireflies cheered; Rogel’s words left them joyful and filled with new expectations.
After bidding farewell to the sea fireflies.
The Gelin sailed slowly toward a new mist area.