“…They’re big.”
Giant beings that look like squids show their faces from the water. The faces also look like squids… But with puckered mouths. How many tentacles do they have? It feels like about twenty from here. And they look so big even though they’re far away, so they must be twenty meters above sea level… No, more?
The feeling I get tells me they’re stronger than Gadaga, and about on par with the Kamui. Not only that, but there’s two, so fighting in their turf, the water… Would be a bit tough, wouldn’t it? But I’ve grown too…
“I expected the worst from their silhouettes, but… They really are Krakens.”
“Something bad has come out. The Krakens known as the demons of the sea. And two of them at that… And they look bigger than the ones I know.”
“In a dungeon, we would run away the moment we saw them. Do you want help, brother-in-law?”
“Hn…? It’s hard to tell, Appraisal doesn’t reach them from here.”
I feel their strength in my skin, but I can’t see their skills and stats, so it’s hard to tell if I can beat them. I definitely feel like I could if it was just one.
I want to be the one to beat them because of the skills and experience. I think they’re about a hundred meters away. I guess even True Appraisal has a minimum distance, so I need to get closer.
No, wait. Can’t I just shoot them with a Thunder Arrow?
“Yukine, they don’t really show signs that they’ll move, but is it bad to deal with them from a distance?”
“Yes, I don’t recommend that. If you attack from a distance, they will shoot squid ink from their mouths like machine guns and create tsunamis. Really bad attacks. It’s one thing if there’s nothing around, but this is mother’s holiday house, so…”
“We want to avoid that even in a stampede.”
Cleaning squid ink sounds like a lot of trouble, and a tsunami would cause damage to the whole island, let alone the holiday house. And I don’t want to upset her.
“The biggest issue is that if you challenge them in close combat, they’ll oblige and use their tentacles, but if you stray even a little, they’ll switch to long distance mode. And since the water is their domain, fighting while swimming won’t work. Before, we got people who could use Spatial Magic like Takane and created footing to fight, but it still took twenty high rank adventurers beating it up. And it was so much trouble that we avoided them ever since.”
“I see.”
Sounds like a real pain.
…Oh?
Woosh!
Iris suddenly jumps out of the water and says something.
‘Purururu!’
‘Popo? Popopo!’
It looks like it’s done mopping up the monsters in the water. It’s saying it’s full.
Those two probably showed themselves because the vanguard was exterminated. But it’s ominous how they’re not moving. They won’t attack from a distance if I don’t do it first, but I don’t know if they’ll stay put forever.
I can’t have them hanging around, and the stampede won’t end unless I do something about them…
“Everyone, it looks like the water is clear. Gather!”
Everyone hears me and does that. I congratulate everyone in turn, but Iris isn’t moving. It’s just floating, drifting along with the sea… Is it resting after a big meal?
Anyway, with the water clean, we should be able to use the surface of the water as a path. Should I use Air Walk to get close?
“I’m going to take them down with Enril and Iris. And Aira. Everyone else stand by.”
“Very well.”
‘Popo!’
‘Pururu?’
“Enki, take care of any reinforcements if they come.”
‘Gogo!’
“Be careful!”
“I will pray for your safety!”
“Good luck darling!”
Iris is grabbed by Enril, and I hold Aira as I run on the water.
I keep putting out clear footing with Air Walk and running on it. Since it was emphasized in the last training, I can put this stuff out a lot more naturally than when I first learned Spatial Magic.
When the monsters are about fifty meters away, I can finally use True Appraisal, and the enemies move. The giant squids fire a lot of squid ink from their mouths, painting the sea black. The water gradually loses its shine, turning into a dark space.
“Muh!?”
“This… If we fall, we will be in trouble.”
I stop to look around, but it’s spreading everywhere, eventually reaching me. This is the squid ink attack… It’d be bad if I was hit with it directly, but spreading it in the water puts their enemy at an overwhelming disadvantage in the water. It’s as Aira said, if you fall, you won’t know what’s up or down anymore.
Also, it seems this is already within their territory. Many tentacles are coming from the front, and from the stained water.
“Uoh!?”
I just barely avoid the attacks coming from below, which break the platforms created with Air Walk. They should be stronger now that the level of Spatial Magic is higher, but not strong enough to hold against those tentacles.
“Master, we will attract their attention. Use that time to check!”
“Thanks!”
Aira starts taking out makeshift footing… Floating dock modules from her bag, and throwing them in the water.
She then uses them and the enemy’s tentacles to fight at high speed without falling into the water.
The other enemy is being held back as Enril circles around attacking with wind and lightning, and Iris fires beams of Aurora Magic. Its tentacles are getting cut or burned.
Those are long range attacks, but since they’re close, no bad skills like tsunami are being used. But Enril has to take crazy flight paths to avoid the barrage of bullets, as squid ink is fired at it.
It seems like they’re having a tough time, so I need to make this quick.
“True Appraisal.”
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Name: Kraken
Level: 198
Physical Strength: 1800
Dexterity: 2200
Constitution: 1500
Agility: 650
Magic Energy: 9999
Intelligence: 2000
Luck: None
Boost skills: Great Strength IV, Super Strength IV, Asura III, Chaotic Super Strength, Iron Wall IV, Rampart IV. Adamantine Body III
Passive skills: Physical Super Strengthening Lv1, Water Resistance Lv2, Physical Resistance III, Pierce Resistance Lv1, Automatic Recovery III, Regeneration Lv2, Martial Arts Lv5, Grappling Lv4, Whip Techniques LvMAX
Passive boost skills: Destructive Wisdom II, Water Holy Seal
Arts skills: Presence Detection, Danger Detection, Echolocation, Mucus Generation, Night Vision III, Impact III
Magic skills: Water Magic Lv3, Muddy Stream Control Lv2, Sea Magic Lv2, Dusk Magic Lv2, Chaos Magic Lv2, Magic Energy Recovery Lv2
Equipment: None
Drops: Kraken tentacle, random box
Magic stone: Extremely large
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“Are you joking? These could be dungeon bosses or unique monsters.”
They really are on par or higher than the Kamui.
The unstable footing and having to fight two will make things difficult, but not impossible. Aira is fighting at full power, but she can hold that pace for a while, so let’s help Enril and Iris.
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