Captain – Chapter 565 – The Returnee

That was a pitch-black giant dragon.

This divine and rare mythological creature, which should have been declared extinct hundreds of years ago, was now vividly appearing before hundreds of gazes.

Water ghosts born from resentment would not fear, so aside from the surprise showing in Richi and Vivian’s eyes, the remaining gazes held only pure hostility and madness.

With powerful intuition, the giant dragon easily captured these intense negative emotions directed at itself, quickly adjusted its posture, and looked toward the warship.

Those captivating pupils, under the dim sky, flowed with magnificent purple light mist. With just a casual glance across the deck, they actually suppressed that fierce malice.

Lazy, indifferent, high above.

As if these inferior creatures trapped between life and death couldn’t even enter its sight.

But despite the resentful spirits’ considerable hostility toward it, despite looking down on this broken warship that could fall apart at any moment, after spotting a familiar figure, the giant dragon still flapped its wings and approached with wind pressure.

Feeling the strong wind coming toward them and the raindrops that hurt when driven by the wind, Richi and Vivian slowly retreated, making space for this uninvited guest.

At the same time, the water ghosts behind them slowly rose, surrounding them with fierce expressions, either drawing weapons or moving their terrifying giant pincers.

Even Vivian beside the young man instinctively gripped the rapier at her waist.

Although this dragon that seemed to have just entered adulthood also possessed astonishing combat power, far beyond what ordinary spirits in the world could match, it ultimately wasn’t impossible to deal with.

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It wouldn’t leave these wandering souls as helpless as they were when facing that giant serpent.

Finally, accompanied by rushing wind and splashing water, the giant dragon landed on the deck and immediately lowered its pitch-black giant wings, blocking them in front like tower shields.

Sensing the tyrannical intent in the other party’s eyes and feeling threatened, the water ghosts roared one after another, grabbing weapons to advance. After all, though these monsters looked terrifying, in reality aside from Longfellow, their intelligence wasn’t very high.

Hearing the commotion behind her, the girl raised her hand to stop them while casting an inquiring look at Richi, because she discovered that since first seeing this giant dragon, his expression had been somewhat strange, with bewilderment hidden in his eyes.

That kind of gaze was like looking at… an old friend from extremely distant memory.

“It seems to recognize me.”

After briefly explaining to Vivian, the young man furrowed his brow slightly and tentatively stepped forward. Sure enough, the giant dragon had no excessive reaction to this.

He continued approaching until he was less than five meters away before stopping again.

Only then did he notice something unusual in the giant dragon’s posture, because from beginning to end, it had been using those shield-like wings to hide something.

Through the gaps between them, the young man vaguely saw that it was standing on three legs, with another claw hidden behind its wings, the situation unclear.

As if constantly holding it up, ready to deliver a fatal strike, or perhaps…

Protecting something.

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Looking at the giant dragon’s distinctive curved horns and those gem-like purple eyes that weren’t snake-like vertical pupils, Richi’s gaze flickered before suddenly freezing.

As if following memory, he returned to the far northern iceberg and saw that little fellow again—that docile yet stubborn young dragon, completely different from what legends depicted.

“Nidhogg, right?”

The young man asked tentatively, then added: “If I remember your name correctly.”

Hearing those familiar four syllables, the giant dragon’s pupils suddenly brightened, but dimmed again after a moment. It gave an approving low roar, as if only now connecting the young man before it, several sizes smaller, with that person from before.

“You’re still alive, and you’ve suddenly grown so large. Truly incredible…”

After confirming the other party’s identity, Richi felt somewhat moved and smiled while shaking his head.

He had personally seen Roy fall from the sky, so among those two paths, she naturally went to heaven, while the giant dragon returned from the sea bottom, which meant it should have chosen the path leading to hell together with that young man.

The specter named “Hydra” also came from beneath the sea. That Nidhogg could escape from under its eyes and miraculously grow up was naturally incredible.

Thinking of the word “hell,” Richi’s thoughts suddenly froze.

If it had gone with that guy, then did its return mean he was still alive too? Right, Nidhogg’s claw…

The seemingly complex information quickly formed into a clear thread, one end tied to hell, the other end on the giant dragon’s hidden claw.

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“Where is he?”

Hearing the young man’s inquiry, the giant dragon glanced at the group of water ghosts behind him, then slowly retracted the wings blocking in front, revealing the scene beneath.

As that hidden claw lowered and released, a young man with a slender frame and no clothing lay on his back on the deck, his complexion pale as snow.

“Oh, damn it all.”

Looking at the young man with tightly closed eyes, Richi raised an eyebrow, half-squatted down, briefly checked his condition, then muttered while raising his face to look at the giant dragon that lowered its head with some worry: “Don’t tell me…”

“You swam up from the sea bottom. Damn it, how is he not shattered to pieces?”

Hearing this, the giant dragon gave a low roar, using its innate talent to convey information.

However, after learning the whole story, the young man’s eyebrows didn’t lower but rose even higher, looking at the young man as if looking at a monster.

“So what’s the situation now…”

Vivian, who had been observing from the side for a long time, understood the giant dragon’s identity when she circled around Richi’s back and saw the young man’s bloodless face.

She instructed Longfellow and the water ghosts to continue repairing the ship, then stepped closer wanting to know more specific details, but was interrupted by the young man before she could finish speaking.

“Don’t come over.”

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Seeing Richi’s raised hand, the girl couldn’t help but stop, asking “why” in confusion, but the reply she received left her in a certain silence.

“Nothing, it’s just that he’s not wearing clothes.”

Just as the young man’s words fell, the youth in front of him who had been silent as a statue coughed appropriately, coughing up some seawater.

Looking at Caine whose eyes remained tightly closed but whose chest had begun rising and falling again, though the young man had expected this scene, he still clicked his tongue in amazement twice.

“The situation is that he’s still alive, absurdly like a fairy tale.”

Removing his outer garment and wrapping it around the soaking wet young man, Richi shrugged.

He began exerting force, trying to lift the other party up.

But after several attempts, Richi stopped his movements, sighed deeply, then turned slightly to cast a glance at the girl standing not far away.

“What’s wrong this time?”

Hearing the inexplicable tone in Vivian’s voice, the young man raised his hands, mouth slightly open, as if considering his words. After a moment, he let his eyebrows droop and said gloomily:

“Too heavy. Come lend a hand.”