There's No Love In the Deathzone (BL) novel Chapter 600

Chapter 600: Chapter 594. The Sea Battle

At the edge of the Deathzone, on the only shoreline among the rows of cliffs on the Eastern side, a lone ship docked silently to a half-broken pier. It looked big in the gorge where it sailed from, but there, between the large port and the vast ocean, the ship looked like a lost kid with nowhere to go.

After spending days docking there without anything more to do, the personnel started to feel like a bunch of lost, abandoned kids.

Not to mention, the communication signal with the main base was whimsical. No one truly knew when it would sound clear and when it would be nothing but static. The thing they were looking for was nowhere to be seen, but there was also no order to return.

Sometimes, it felt like they were stranded at the edge of the world.

"Ugh, what are we doing here?" Senia grumbled on their way to patrol the port city ruin. "We should be over there fighting with the others!"

"We’re here because we need to wait for the shard to appear," Gus replied calmly. "And we can’t let any of that Fallen Star’s subordinates get to it first."

"But there had been nothing like that--no Fragments or anything!"

The situation was a bit dire when a lot of dungeons suddenly appeared in the region where they docked in, but after clearing all of them, they were just sitting there doing nothing.

Even this ’patrol’ was just an excuse to take a walk because they were bored. Otherwise, there was no reason for two five-star espers to do it together.

"Tsk--we should just go," Senia clicked her tongue and kicked a pebble in front of her.

Gus glanced at the pouting girl and smiled mischievously. "Wow, you don’t want to be just with me that much?"

Her hair swayed as she turned her head so quickly and smacked the swordsman’s back in annoyance. "This! Is! Not! The! Place!"

No matter how hard she did it though, a magician’s slap just felt like a tickle for a warrior, so Gus just laughed while the girl was fuming even more. But in the end, he calmed her down and put her arm across her shoulder. "Just be patient," he patted the girl’s back. "I’m sure they’ll call us once they cornered that Fallen Star."

Despite feeling annoyed before, Senia did not shrug off the arm and looked up. "You think so?"

"Well, we can just ask later once the main troops invade the island," the swordsman shrugged. "I’m sure Commander wouldn’t mind."

"Mm..."

That was how they consoled themselves for being away from the main stage--until a distressing conversation came out of the communication channel, along with the sound of an explosion.

"What happened?" the ship team looked at each other with a frown, and suddenly, they heard something even more worrying.

[Something comes out of the dungeon!] _{freёweɓnovel.com}

[It’s the Fallen Star! It’s the Fallen Star!]

[Be careful--no, dungeons! Get away from the dungeon gate!]

[Dungeons! Dungeons are spawning again!]

"Dungeons!"

The accidental voice that came out of the communication channel overlapped with the shout of someone on guard duty. As they looked around, dozens of dungeon gates appeared around the port city, pulsing as if they were on the verge of breaking.

At that point, there was only one thing to do.

Gus snatched the speaker. "Announcement to all crew; get back to the ship. We will activate the barrier in two minutes," he said while signaling for the Captain to start charging the ship’s all-encompassing barrier. "I repeat, all personnel to go back to the ship. You have two minutes starting now."

He proceeded to send a timer to the crews, as well as the group that Bassena sent before. Those who were patrolling or just strolling around outside scampered to the ship immediately.

"We’re going to let them all break this time?" Senia asked to make sure.

"Yes, it’s better that way for us," he said. With the amount of personnel they had, clearing the dungeons would not be feasible. "Once the dungeons break, we will attack the beasts with the ship’s weapons first to save on mana and corrosion."

"Then, I shall prepare the turret," the first mate nodded and went to the weapon deck.

"Captain, please send an update to the main base."

"Yes, Sir!"

Gus exhaled slowly while watching the dungeon gates all around the city and the top of the cliffs. If it was an inhabited city, they would never be able to do this without having casualties and thinking about the damage cost. But even more than these dungeons, there seemed to be something more dangerous going on over there.

"Hey, did I hear that right?" Senia tugged on the swordsman’s hand. "That Fallen Star is getting out of the dungeon?"

"Yeah," Gus frowned. "It sounds pretty dire, but there’s nothing we can do with those dungeons in front of us."

Senia scooted closer and whispered carefully. "What if It escapes?"

Gus blinked and turned to look at the anxious face that was filled with...what? Expectation? He sighed and flicked the girl’s forehead. "Don’t even joke about it. There are three Saint class espers over there, how could--"

We are practically on the sea! Gus gritted his teeth and told the communication crew to try contacting Bassena’s team.