Chapter 153
Kelaiken's expression turned once again to one of near tears as she looked at Ye Bai, opening her mouth and pointing to her toothless gums. "Hungry!"
"Uh?"
Having had some experience communicating without barriers with Ottofis, Ye Bai had a vague idea of how to interact with Kelaiken, but she still couldn't fully grasp her meaning—
Was it because she couldn't catch fish without teeth?
But she had just devoured the fish Ye Bai had caught, three large ones disappearing in an instant. That seemed like she had swallowed them whole, and she hadn’t left any bones behind when she ate the grilled fish earlier…
"Hungry..." Seeing Ye Bai standing still, lost in thought and making no move, Kelaiken looked a bit anxious. She reached out to support herself against the fish basket, trying to climb out, but could only manage to poke her head out, unable to fully escape.
Watching this scene, Ye Bai felt a slight sense of relief, confirming her suspicion that the little girl was indeed Kelaiken.
The reason was simple: over the past two days, whenever Ye Bai had caught fish, no matter how big, they had entered the fish basket as if through a dimensional pocket, automatically shrinking at the entrance, and then completely fitting inside. Only when she touched them did the 'grid' interface appear, allowing her to access them without interference.
Because of this, Ye Bai had three fresh fish stored in the basket, planning to grill them for today’s meal.
Unexpectedly, Kelaiken had dived in and eaten them all, completely ignoring the 'grid' effect. This extraordinary ability was on par with Ottofis stealing bread from Ye Bai's personal backpack.
At that moment, a voice from the paper figure beside her reminded Ye Bai, "I have an idea. Is she trying to say... she's hungry again?"
Ye Bai suddenly realized that this was indeed a possibility; she had overthought it.
After all, it was only after feeding Kelaiken grilled fish that she had heard her say her name.
So, this was truly an insatiable hunger…
Ye Bai opened her personal backpack, glanced inside, and then had a thought. Instead of taking out the grilled fish, she pulled out a loaf of bread.
Would Kelaiken… eat bread?
Clearly, this question was hardly a question at all. The moment the golden loaf appeared, Kelaiken's gaze locked onto it, her little hands waving excitedly from the fish basket.
"Hungry!"
In her eagerness, as Ye Bai extended her hand, Kelaiken didn’t snatch the bread as she had expected. Instead, she stretched her neck, opened her mouth wide, and tilted her head back, waiting to be fed.
Noticing this detail, Ye Bai recalled that Kelaiken had behaved the same way when she fed her grilled fish earlier, so it didn’t evoke any fear or discomfort in her.
Despite Kelaiken's apparent state of ravenous hunger, as evidenced by her earlier dive into the fish basket, she was strangely… quite polite when receiving food?
Ye Bai fed the bread to Kelaiken, and the moment she let go, just like the grilled fish before, the bread vanished in an instant.
"Hungry!"
After eating the bread, Kelaiken's eyes lit up again, her expression filled with appreciation, and her voice seemed to regain some energy, as if praising how delicious it was.
"Ah uh ah uh!"
At the same time, Ottofis, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up, calling out to her with a look that seemed to say, "You've got good taste."
"Hungry!" Kelaiken replied to Ottofis.
Seeing this scene, Ye Bai's expression became indescribable: here were these two, achieving seamless communication through bread…
It was no exaggeration to say that the bread from Baiye Town was favored by the divine—after all, this was a genuine sea god!
Seizing the opportunity, Ye Bai asked Kelaiken again, "If you're hungry, why don’t you find something to eat in the sea?"
Kelaiken looked at Ye Bai. "Hungry... can't eat..."
Hearing Kelaiken utter a new phrase besides "hungry," Ye Bai finally understood: to communicate with Kelaiken, she needed to feed her first to get more information in return.
"How can you not eat?" Ye Bai pressed on. The fish in the basket had all been over a hundred pounds each, and she had devoured them in an instant.
"Hungry... eat..." Kelaiken opened her mouth, seemingly trying hard to answer Ye Bai, but her vocabulary seemed limited.
After a moment of thought, Kelaiken's bright green eyes suddenly lit up. She turned her little red head around, scanning Ye Bai, Ottofis, and finally landing on the half-formed devil, Alisiao, floating nearby like a balloon.
"Hungry!" Kelaiken pointed both hands clearly at the devil, signaling to Ye Bai, "Eat!"
What did this have to do with Alisiao?
Following Kelaiken's finger, Ye Bai and the others turned their gazes to the half-entity devil.
Seeing the devil suddenly stiffen, Ye Bai recalled something: when she had 'fished' Kelaiken, Alisiao had refused to say what had happened when he encountered Kelaiken underwater. If it was the same as the fishing process, he had no reason to hide anything.
Now Kelaiken was clearly pointing at Alisiao and saying "eat."
Ye Bai put two and two together and asked Kelaiken again, "Did you eat him before?"
"Hungry!" Kelaiken nodded, her expression revealing a gluttonous desire as she looked at the devil.
Alisiao immediately jolted, "Ha... I'm incorporeal. How could she possibly eat me? I'm right here, aren't I?"
The paper figure suddenly had a moment of clarity: "Oh... it seems that's indeed the case. A part of its power must have been lost; it should have been eaten by Kelaiken while underwater."
"Uh?"
Ye Bai was taken aback, realizing why the devil's reaction was different. When faced with a genuine threat to its life, a devil would naturally hide its weaknesses.
Kelaiken being able to eat an incorporeal devil didn’t surprise Ye Bai; hunger at the level of the laws could easily allow for the consumption of a devil. What puzzled her was why Kelaiken, in her state of hunger, could not eat other fish in this water but could eat a devil instead.
Was Kelaiken too weak, reduced to only being able to consume incorporeal beings? What was the state of this sea god now?
Instinctively, Ye Bai used her insight on Kelaiken again, and this time the information presented had changed.
【Kelaiken】
Level: 16
Though she still couldn’t see the attributes, Kelaiken had risen a full fifteen levels since Ye Bai had first seen her!
In an instant, Ye Bai realized that Kelaiken's change was due to having eaten something after coming ashore. After all, in the past two days, she had been fishing like crazy under Kelaiken's influence, accumulating a wealth of experience, enough to level up from 45 to 49, with just a bit more fish meat needed to reach level 50.
Kelaiken's transformation rate must be even higher.
Ye Bai speculated that Kelaiken had been at level 0 before; perhaps she had eaten part of Alisiao and leveled up to 1, regaining some of her power?
With this thought, Ye Bai looked at Kelaiken, who was now tilting her head and gazing at her.
The most pressing question before her was… what to do with Kelaiken?
"Hungry!" Kelaiken met Ye Bai's gaze, reaching out her hands, wanting to be fed.
Release her? Toss her back into the water? With this glutton's appetite, she seemed capable of gorging herself now. Would Ye Bai still be able to catch fish after releasing her into the sea?
Keep her? This hunger at the level of laws—despite Ye Bai's current wealth, she felt she couldn't afford to keep her!
Moreover, this was a sea god; could she really take care of her?
As if to slap Ye Bai in the face, just as this thought crossed her mind, a system prompt chimed in:
【'Kelaiken' is willing to become your pet. Do you accept?】
Ye Bai: "..." It seemed she had overestimated the glutton's sense of integrity.
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Chapter 110
【'Kelaiken' is willing to become your pet. Do you accept?】
Entering a high-level area and accepting the region's biggest boss as a pet—what kind of protagonist's life path was this?
Ye Bai looked at Kelaiken, who was still adorably reaching out her hands toward her, and her feelings were truly indescribable.
This sea god had no sense of dignity at all! If the deep-sea tribe that once worshipped Kelaiken knew that their sea god could so easily become someone’s pet, they would surely have mixed feelings…
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