Desharow MermanChapter 28

Translator: Jade
Editor: Evan, Cheonsa (;▽; Bless these two)


Chapter 28 YLMoHO

I was frightened by the deterring expression on Agares’s face, however, a loud roar came from outside the door, which immediately caught my attention: “Hey, the idiot who’s inside this room, by the time I count to 10, if you don’t come out, I’ll stuff explosives into the cracks of the door, or perhaps, I could just shoot someone’s head off here.”

The person who spoke laughed sardonically[1] as the sound of a warning shot rang out. Instantly, I heard Henry miserably crying out, “No, no! Mr. Desharow, please help!!”

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Henry’s voice resembled a sharp razor scraping the insides of my eardrums, making me sober enough to realise that my decision would affect the lives of those outside. I had to think of a plan that would ensure the safety of the others and myself, and as of right now, asking for help from Agares was the best choice. My sense of responsibility as a man led me to grab ahold of Agares’s arm, and I turned my body to face him.

This was my first time seeing Agares’s face so close, as my forehead was basically touching his sharp chin. I suppressed the suffocating feeling of stress and shame, and then I said one word at a time in a low whisper, “Listen, Agar… No.” When realizing what word was about to be said, I quickly corrected myself out of embarrassment, and with my thick Russian accent mixed with my lousy English, I said, “I need your help… I need to go out, but I hope that you can find a place to hide and wait for a chance to go out and deal with those who are holding guns. Can you do that? You know what I mean, right?” 4JkhNI

Only heavens would know how nonsensical my English was!

After I finished speaking, I worriedly glanced at Agares in fear that he didn’t understand, but his eyebrows were indeed slightly wrinkled, as if he were pondering over something profound. His thin lips then narrowed slightly, and he said: “Call… me Agares…”

How horrible, this beast would actually threaten me in this kind of situation!

“Eight—— Seven——!”

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The sound of the countdown from outside made my nerves tense, and I turned my head to the side, avoiding his gaze. I made a swift decision and spat out those humiliating syllables.

“A… Aga… Agare…”

Before I could even finish saying his name, my chin was lifted up by his finger. As soon as that happened, my vision became dark as his lips crashed onto mine, roughly kissing me hard and heavily. However, a short period of time passed before he quickly removed his lips from mine. As his hold on me loosened, I used my body to push him away from me. But by doing so, I staggered a bit and fell against the door. Then right in front of me, Agares’s tall figure flashed past me, and he was like a rattlesnake who just launched an attack, scurrying out of the cabin’s window. Followed by the loud shattering of glass, the window seal was now one big arc of pitch black darkness, and all of the dense mist that was once outside the window had disappeared without a trace.

They were like a type of amphibious[2] creatures; in the sea they were like sharks, and on land they resembled serpents.

However, there was no time to marvel at this fact right now, and I took a deep breath. The moment I opened the door, there was only one thought in my head: Agares will return to help me.

Despite being afraid and loathing him for what he had done to me just to satisfy his natural instincts, I still believed he would help me.

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“Hey~ the tender-faced, little guy, put your hands up.” YtcsQk

Behind the door appeared a fierce and bulky- looking black person with a headscarf. And as he grinned, decaying yellow teeth could be seen. In his hand was an AK47[3], aimed straight at my head was the gun’s muzzle, which bore resemblance to the hollow, dark eyes of a dead person.

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The hair on my arms stood on its end. There was no one who wouldn’t feel a sense of dread when they were being threatened with a gun. Obediently, I raised both my arms in the air, showing that I had no intention of fighting back, as well as showing that I had there are no weapons on my body. With great caution, I slowly walked out of the cabin, saying: “Calm down, brother[4].”

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The sailors’ hands were tied to their backs, and they were forced onto their knees. However, among them, there were no signs of Rhine and those several armed men. They had to be hiding somewhere, waiting for a chance to retaliate. My heart immediately felt lighter. I swiftly cruised my eyes around the ship, guessing that Rhine and them were hiding somewhere on the second floor of the ship in a cabin, so they could easily target anyone on the bottom from the top. At this moment, the front of my coat was suddenly tightened. It turned out that the black man was pulling me by my collar, nearly choking me. 

“Mr. Desharow!” the people around me shouted out in fear. In the next second, my stomach was ruthlessly hit without warning, making me fall onto the deck. From behind me, I heard haughty laughter, followed by a set of heavy boots that stomped on my back.

“Hey, hey, brothers up there, did you really think that I didn’t see you? If you guys are smart enough, you’ll put down your weapons, or else I’ll just make this little guy suffer.”   9Dd0x

Rhine and them were discovered! No! This meant that we were at a total disadvantage! 

The clacking sound of the safety locks being racked on guns resonated from the second floor of the ship. I felt my breath hastening. Although it seemed like they were in a standstill with these pirates, I hoped that they hadn’t given up. Because at the very least, the number of pirates were far less than the number of men Rhine had! 

I didn’t know how long I could withstand under the pirate’s forced submission and torment. The foot on my back continued to crush my spine, and it hurt so bad that it made me sweat excessively, causing it to drip down my forehead. I exerted my strength and lifted my head, wishing to see Rhine and the others, however, I was subconsciously looking for the silhouette of Agares. For the first time, I had an intense wish for him to immediately appear, but since the fog was blurring out the surface of the water, it was hard to see any sign of him. 

Alarmed, my heart immediately started to feel an immense sense of dread and panic. Perhaps Agares had returned back to the sea, back to his old life, looking for freedom and things to prey on, not wanting to mingle with the conflicts of humankind!  Utb4Ga

After all, he was still an animal…… As soon as he achieved his goal, he would leave as if there was nothing unreasonable about it. How hateful!

I clenched my fist and dug my fingers into the crack of the ship’s floor. However, the moment my heart dropped to the deepest part of the abyss I suddenly heard the thunderous roar of the waves smashing into the hull[5] of the ship.The deck immediately became flooded from the seawater that gushed up as the ship shook violently, rocking from side to side.

The black man who was crushing my back lost his footing. I took advantage of this moment and got up. The minute I raised my head, I saw Agares who was like a black Komodo[6] dragon hovering over the mast, seizing the territory. A hiss aimed at the black man came out of Agares’s lips. Lunging with lightning speed, Agares easily threw the dark-skinned man onto the floor. Using his long tail as an advantage, he swiftly took care of those who had intentions of using their guns. In the next second, his razor-sharp claws which resembled a sharp knife blade, under the eyes of thousands[7], pierced through the black man’s chest, cutting him open from the top to the bottom! 

———Dark blood spurted out from the body and covered Agares’s figure. I was scared speechless from what I saw. I sat dumbfoundedly on the deck. Unable to keep the bile down and I retched continuously while every cell in my body trembled violently. 

In contrast to Lilith’s[8] death, as this was the first time I was witnessing such a gruesome murder of a human. It was also the first time I realized that the strength of merfolk were, in fact, really frightening. 

My mind was in complete disorder, yet my eyes were unable to move from Agares’s direction. I simply saw him stood up from the dead body, fully soaked from top to bottom with blood, and with the support of his tail, he stood two meters high while looking down on everybody

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Behind the red doused hair was a pair of penetrating pupils that sent out an evil aura that could devour the light of anyone’s soul. 

From his claws that were spread open, blood dripped down in an unending thread, resembling Asura[9] from the eastern legends who climbed up from the ground to demand someone’s life. It was enough to scare  those unbridled fugitives out of their wits.

“Do…not…touch my Desharow…” 

Agares’s vision swept over my face before fixing them back on the crowds of pirates. From the corner of his mouth, he revealed a terrorizing smile as an array of low rumbles lulled in his throat. Even those pirates who had committed all manners of crimes hadn’t encountered such a monster like this, so every single one of them were convulsing with fear. They backed away in horror, and even the guns they were holding in their hands were shaking.

Good heavens! Cold sweat broke out on my forehead. In this situation, I would absolutely not go and stop Agares, because these kind of these pirates were just in it for the sake of money, which was why they boarded our ship. They were the type of criminals who would kill any old and weak person, even mothers and their children. But to look straight at such a scene like this was too much for one’s sanity, and I had a feeling even if I had the guts, I would have gone crazy like Mr. Shinichi. dKu0gC

“Desharow, stay far away from the merman and the pirates. Go back into the cabin! 

Exactly at this moment in time, I heard Rhine’s voice. I immediately followed the sound of his voice and saw him together with a few of his armed men taking aim towards the pirates. This time, the pirates were the ones to suffer, as dozens of them were cornered from both ends, and now with them standing back-to-back with each other, half of them pointed their guns at Rhine and the soldiers, while the other half aimed at Agares. No one dared to act recklessly.   

Once a crossfire broke out, the sailors tied up on the deck would be the first to suffer. I can’t just go hide myself first! This thought flashed in my mind. I immediately took advantage of this critical moment to crouch down and went to rescue the nearest person. I tried to untie their ropes, but there was already no time left, and there was no other option, so I simply just grabbed his leg and dragged him out of the shooting range. But my action was followed by someone who let out a mournful cry: “Mr. Desharow, please save me, I’m gonna die… I’m having a heart attack!” 

That was Henry’s voice. I hurriedly whipped my head around and saw that he was grasping his chest, and indeed, he looked like he was in utter agony. YBmFdC

“Endure!” I quickly brought him to the nearest pile of planks that could be used as a shelter, and after that I quickly leaned over to give him first aid. However, just when I was putting my weight to press onto his chest, I didn’t know when it happened, but his hand had reached for my chest, and he was holding an ice-cold gun that he rested on my chin. His face, which once was covered in pain and suffering, had changed into an abnormal, vicious expression. 

My head was buzzing, and my nerves exploded. Henry… was a spy for the pirates!

No, no, how did this happen?! Henry was originally a sailor who was with me and Rhine, so how could he be a spy? Did these pirates followed us all the way to Iceland since we first departed to sea? 

“Henry!” Rhine shouted with fury evident in his voice. He changed the direction of the gun and aimed at Henry and I, which made me feel even more frantic. UJD4Qw

Henry used the gun’s barrel to push my head upward, compelling me to stand up rigidly. He used one of hands to clamp tightly around my neck, while the other hand pressed the gun directly against my forehead. I felt his hand tremble slightly. It was obvious he was emotionally unstable due to Agares’s sudden show of brutality.

“You guys have to put down your guns, or else I’ll kill Desharow. Rhine, he’s important to you guys, right? And also… that monster. You listen to me, your caretaker’s life is in my hands! You understand me right? If you don’t wish to have him killed, just stay there and don’t move a muscle!” 

Henry shouted in a loud voice, and Agares’s attention immediately shifted from watching the pirates over to where I was. The moment he saw me, his expression changed instantly. A few seconds ago, he was wearing a devilish smirk, but now, that expression was wiped from his face and was replaced with an extremely ruthless, murderous face filled with killing intent. 

“Don’t… touch… him… You… will… die..” 8sTKUx

Agares glowered at Henry, who was standing behind me, as he uttered out a low warning word by word. 

Henry’s hand started to tremble even more violently as his body released an uncontrollable shudder. By now, my nerves were stretched thin and nearing its limits. I was planning to use some psychological tactics on him to give him a deadly blow, but before I could, I heard a gunshot resonating. I don’t know which idiotic asshole fired that bullet on the ship and happen to hit right where Agares was standing. This provoked him to raise his tail up high, as if he were a python preparing to launch an attack. Henry’s body jolted, and the gun he was holding unexpectedly slipped out from his grip! 

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God bless! I secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and I took this advantage to punch him in the stomach, and was ready to run for it. However, Henry didn’t bother to go pick up the gun, and instead, he forcefully grabbed me by my waist and flipped me over onto the ground. In the midst of my struggle, a silver glint on Henry’s hand flashed across my eyes, and before I knew it, he had already raised his hand and impaled something into my left ribs.

The pain was agonising, as it was spreading through my body at lightning speed, while at the same time, a heavy shower of bullets rang out like a storm on the deck! IF3017

I enclosed my hand around my left ribs, unable to utter a single sound as my entire body trembled uncontrollably. Like a pile of mud, I laid paralyzed on the ground, but with great difficulty, I raised my head to look over to the other side of the deck. Through my eyes that were seeing black dots due to pain, I managed to catch the sight of Agares’s figure swiftly dodging bullets as though he was a ghost. But it seemed quite obvious that he was slowed down by the rain of bullets. Either that or he had no intention to attack, as he only had his eyes trained on me, while merely avoiding the bullets.

He was worried about the wound I had received. 

Damn it, how can he avoid those bullets like this? He’ll most definitely die!

My heart seemed to have been tightened by the grasp of sharp claws. Even though I utterly loathed Agares’s monster-like actions, at this moment, I didn’t want his life to be in danger. To be even more precise, I couldn’t help but feel anxious for him, so much that even now my body didn’t seem to hurt that much.  05aefj

“I’m fine, go attack them, Agares!” I gritted out and shouted out loud subconsciously, while holding my ribs painfully. In the next second, the dagger that was in my ribs was yanked out by Henry. At that moment I saw that the knife was the specialised kind made for military usage. Along the groove of the dagger, fresh blood poured onto the ground. 

I soon became exhausted from the large amount of blood I had lost, and my entire being became like a shrimp curled up on the floor, while in the distance, I heard a group of pirates shouting out:

“Quickly pull up the chains that were used for the boat’s mass to tie up this monster. He’s finally given up on attacking!”

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grimly mocking or cynically mocking sb

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Amphibious refers to things be it living or inanimate objects that can go on both water and land VTh6wx

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An AK47 also known as automatic Kalashnikov is an assault rifle which is commonly used and owned by many people across the word.

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Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

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Hull refers to the side of the ship. Image result for hull of the ship

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The original word was 巨蜥 which stands for monitor lizard, I changed it to Komodo Dragon as it has a better ring, don’t you agree? Hahaha it’s better than “black Monitor Lizard hovering over the mast”. Fun fact! Komodo dragons can grow up to 2feet tall.  Na2B3M

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众目睽睽,  this is an idiom. It basically translates to ‘thousand of staring eyes’ or ‘under the watchful eye of many;under the public gaze’.

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In case you are like me and didn’t remember who Lilith is, she’s the mermaid that got killed by Agares in the tank IFQVfY

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in Hindu mythology, class of beings defined by their opposition to the devas or suras gradually predominated and came to designate a class of beings opposed to the Vedic gods. Later the asuras came to be understood as demons. zUqKZ5

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33 comments

  1. What stupidity! He attacked the only person thats keeping them in a deadlock.

    Also Im seeing doubles, there are 2-3 paragraphs repeated (some with different word variations, one in seperate paragraphs but there is also one that is in the same paragraph)

      • “This time, the pirates were the ones to suffer as they were cornered both at the front and the back. This time, the pirates were the ones to suffer as dozens of them were cornered from both ends, and now with them standing back-to-back with each other, half of them pointed their guns at Rhine and the soldiers, while the other half aimed at Agares. ”

        – Im not sure if this is intended but I’ll put in here just in case (if it is, then readers will see that it is intended)

        Btw. No sweat, Im familiar with writing and I also make “backup” sentences when im not sure which one I liked more and sometimes I also forget to remove them. Love this novel btw~ thank you for translating ❤❤

  2. How stupid Desharow! They told you to go but grrrrrr! I hope he learns his lesson!

  3. I wonder what Agares is up to. Henry sure was dumb. It would’ve been wiser to keep pretending to be a member of the crew instead of the pirates.

    Desharow got stabbed trying to be a good person. I wonder if he will become more distrustful after this since he keeps getting betrayed and deceived.

  4. Holy mother of dog that’s intense. Killem all Agares. Save that naive silly boy.

    Desharow: um so can someone else save me. Anyone?

    Anyone: …

    Thanks for the great translation ♥️

  5. …..I pity Desharow. I really do. But sometimes, he’s just too stupid, too. Hope he learns to be cautious of the people around him. 😔

  6. Aside from the non consensual sex, I was enjoying the story until the mention of a black man being the villain. As a black woman, I am utterly offended and disgusted that the author chose to write that. Everything bad is apparently associated with “black”. I’ve been putting up with the connotations from several Chinese novels and I’m at my breaking point.

    Maybe I’m oversensitive but this is where is I stop reading. It was fun while it lasted.

    • You are indeed being oversensitive, I’m black and I don’t believe in anything associated with black because at the end of the day it means you also believe in the stereotype they are placed, black, white, red whatever it is has no defined classes. U also indirectly saying only white should be used as the bad guy, did u forget the character Rhine is he black?

      In the processes of feeling discreminated you are also discreminating others

      • Thank you Nicky-Trish for bringing my attention to this comment.

        I am sorry Sun Kissed if you are feeling offended, but it shouldn’t have been. I don’t think It’s right for you to dwell on one thing over other factors. Rhine, who’s not black what so ever, was just as evil and cruel with what he had done, and not only that he will get his retribution in the future. Sakarol was evil and wouldn’t mind killing others for her own sake, yet she isn’t black, either. Further more not “Everything Bad” is associate with black. Please remember this story is set to have a Russian setting not even a Chinese one. Please think before you comment because it will hurt a lot of people, because human mind can be really fickle. Also it was not the intention from the author, there is no bias.

        • I was going to leave this as is but on second thought simply saying “noted” might have alluded to me agreeing with what you said, which I don’t.

          You apologizing for my offence but in the same breath denouncing said offence without trying to understand, is like poking me in the eye and then asking me why I’m screaming. Up to the point that I read in this novel, no people of color characters were mentioned. The scales are balanced for all other characters. They are both good and bad. The one time a POC character is mentioned, its as a violent theif and only that. None on the good side of things. That was my issue. Now could I have worded it better in my previous comment, yes I could! I do not know the author and even if I did, it is not my place to judge him/her.

          On the very day I made that comment, I had to defend my natural hair. It was not in a loose state like an afro but a neat, low bun. No one else was questioned about their hair. This was in a corporate setting. So when I come home and pick up a book to take my mind off that kind of BS and find even a semblance of said bs, I will point it out. However, Next time in a more respectful manner.

          • Hello! Alright, and noted. I do understand where you are coming from and I should have just responded saying that “this is not the agenda of the Author. There is no racial or skin discrimination in this novel.”

            And I apologize for you have to go through being judged by your hair. Thanks for sharing that awful experience with me, nobody should have gone though that.If you ever feel like retrying this novel again, Please go ahead. I would like you to see the beauty of this novel instead of letting one thing destroy your experiences.

            Thank you!

        • Please think before casually invalidating the concerns of a reader. As you said people’s mind are susceptible to the influence of others and when you condone racism, even in fiction, you are perpetuating harmful stereotypes. You really thought it was okay that the only Black character was a pirate criminal described to not only be hideous but lacking in hygiene. Even the other villains were not described that way. Even the OLD Man wasn’t described that way. And you thought that was normal? A common rule in fiction is that having a Black villain is okay. However, if the ONLY Black person is a villain, that’s a problem. Also, whether implicit or conscious, the author does have some racial bias. China is known to have an issue with colorism. Many countries do including Black countries as well. Why are we pretending here? Next time racism appears even in fiction I hope you will denounce it. We can acknowledge there being something wrong in the things we like. I love One Piece but I know Usopp’s character design is racist and as much as I love the show I would never defend the design.
      • On that day, in that moment, that was how I felt. Please do not put words in my mouth in regards to discriminating against any other ethnic group. Or owning stereotypes placed on my melanin. I stated that I might have been oversensitive which after writing and re-reading my comment I realized that I was. Evil has no color. Wrong or right has no color. Thank you for your feedback.

    • Reading this 3 years later I was so sad thinking you let yourself be gaslighted as a translator and another” black woman” tell you that you were overreacting and being sensitive over something that was blatantly racist. However, I’m so happy and proud to see that you were able to stand firm and not let them bully you into thinking something racist was acceptable.

      • Gosh, I thought it was just me. I was wondering why I felt so uncomfortable reading about the pirate . Like why go out of your way to mention his skin colour multiple times and his lack of hygiene if it wasn’t based in some bias/racism? Was his skin colour even necessary to that part of the story? Why emphasize it so much? People can be biased and not aware of it and often times people like that are even worse than straight up racists. Cause in those situations they don’t even see anything wrong yk – earlier comments as a case in point.

        • Turns out I can’t edit comments lol. But by worse in my comment above, I don’t mean worse as people (basically how mean they are) but like worse in an oblivious way. Like they are oblivious to their bias. I wasn’t tryna hate

  7. Omg the action and tension in this chapter is so good. I hope Agares will be alright. Everyone always tried to target desharow, knowing that would be obviously Agares’s weakness

    Thank you for the chapter lovely translator & editor 💟