Star Rank Hunter

in time.”

Cillin: “…” Well that’s new.

The gray cat transmitted more data into Cillin’s microcomputer.

This time, the data indicated that one of the eggs the gray cat just crushed was directly related to the sea king.
The same couldn’t be said about the other egg though.
Again, it was from a different species and it was different from the two species the gray cat just showed him.

“This is odd.”

Cillin pondered as he stared at his microcomputer.
The gray cat ignored him and looked at the egg it just spat out, wanting to swallow it into its stomach once more.
However, the young man stopped it before it could do so.
“Keep this one around.”

After he said this, Cillin took out a large box and put the egg inside safely.

“Fine.” Wheeze didn’t mind.
It wasn’t hungry anyway, and it would be a waste of nutrition if it overate.
After it was done licking its fur, the gray cat jumped onto Cillin’s shoulder and started to doze off.
A truth of the world was to sleep after having a full meal.

Cillin couldn’t figure out the reason behind the different species of eggs despite spending a long time thinking.
It the end, he put his questions to the back of his mind and went searching for information on the network.

Cillin secretly hacked into many research facilities on the planet and obtained a lot of information while he was performing the search.
However, most of the information he obtained couldn’t solve his dilemma.

A small and unremarkable corner caught his attention when he was sweeping through the networks at the shoreline though.

This part of the area was under attack by the sea beasts, and a fierce battle was waged between the two sides.
However, there were no scanners, no military comms or tactics discussions, and no alien roars to be found in this small corner.
Although the battle had subsided a little, this place still should’ve been completely devastated.
It didn’t make sense that a citizen would browse the internet at such a place, did it?

Cillin cracked into the network and looked around.
Since it was a battlefield over there, he wasn’t able to obtain any image or sound files due to limited conditions.
He only knew that the owner of the microcomputer was recording something.

The young man’s eyes lit up when he read through the files.
They were related to the sea kings, and the analysis were far more incisive than the ones made by the minor nobles’ research organizations.

Cillin read through the person’s previous logs, and he discovered that the sea beasts had once tried to dig their way into the inland from underground.
However, they were quickly discovered because the activity was too obvious, not to mention that it was more trouble than it was worth to dig one’s way to the middle of a continent from the sea.
Many of the sea beasts were killed after their activity was discovered, and they’d not made another attempt since.

The next log he found was about the changes in number of sea kings for the past near five hundred years.
It was here Cillin discovered a data of the utmost importance – no offspring of the sea kings had been found during this period.

Thousands of years ago, when the battle between man and beast was at its early stages, the offsprings of the sea kings would at least show themselves on the sea surface without going on land.
The humans had also discovered sea king offsprings in areas that were covered in light mists.
However, no sea king offsprings had been discovered in recent years.

The minor nobles and the government he ruled assumed that the war was the reason the sea kings’ offsprings went missing.
The sea beasts suffered huge losses after every battle, and the sea kings would only be faring worse since their birth rate was lower than the other species.
Some of the minor nobles’ researchers even claimed that the sea beasts had been driven to a dead end and were unable to replenish their numbers with new blood.
They claimed that it was only a matter of time before the sea kings became extinct on this planet.

The report had won great support and response from the people at the time.
Everyone on the planet was happy and looking forward to the the sea king’s demise.

However, this person had voiced a differing opinion on the matter.
Although they had no direct evidence, they claimed that that was not what they discovered after gathering and analysing many circumstantial evidences.
They even claimed that they had deciphered the sea king’s behavior.

The sea king’s behavior? It’s a sea creature! How could a sea creature possibly have a behavior to speak of?!

The global academic circle objected fervently against this opinion after this person had voiced their doubts.
The minor noble’s research organizations especially had beat down hard against this man.
It was because their words would not doubt disturb the good image the minor noble had just created for himself.
It wasn’t hard to imagine what kind of difficulties this poor person was put through as a result.
In fact, they probably would’ve been killed already if they weren’t lucky and had always operated near the shores.

In a way, Cillin agreed with this person’s assessment.
Did sea creatures really have no behavior to speak of? Were they really incapable of intellectual thinking and careful plannings?

Not necessarily, no!

Cillin though back to the time he participated in the mice extermination mission back at Seven Lights.
At the time, the black mice had come up with one big, nasty plot.

So, what were these sea beasts plotting?