The smoke of the Grand Kraken immediately dissipates, and the dropped items…
“Ah!”
The items scatter and drop in the water. I immediately set up Air Walk platforms, but most fall into the dark painted water and disappear.
Two Kraken and a Grand Kraken worth of skills and treasure chests, and even items… I got so careless…
“Kuh, I apologize, master. The lingering feeling of the aftermath of an intense battle meant I did not prepare…”
“No, I completely forgot too. I’m not blaming you.”
“But, but… Treasure chests fell! I saw two of the good old emerald treasure chests, but one had a shine I’ve never seen! It’s a waste to let it go!”
“Yes, we should find them and pick them up… Shouta, we are pretty far, and it’s deep at this point. Also, the sea was painted black by that squid ink, and we can’t see anything. It will be hard to look before it clears…”
Say Aki and Maki.
“Au, we just have to pray they don’t get taken away by the current…”
“Firstly, we should collect the items master did manage to catch.”
As we all panic over the items, someone calls out to me from behind.
“Hey brother-in-law, shouldn’t you be happy you took down a stampede boss?”
“That’s right. Taking down a monstrosity like that with this few people is a cause to be happy. If that thing was allowed to run free, the ocean might have fallen away from human hands and into the monsters’.”
“Takane is right! Cheer up, everyone!”
Still…
This Grand Kraken had a high level and stats, and it was abundant in skills, but it was not an unbeatable opponent. After all, most of its power was in its tentacles, so its power and how much of a hassle it was depended greatly on how many tentacles we had to face.
I honestly feel like the Kamui was stronger.
“Ah… We need to think of a way to clean this squid ink.”
My sisters-in-law leave. Should I try Purification with Holy Magic…?
Splash!
Seren pops its head out of the water.
“Ou, Seren. Good job. And good first showing.”
‘~~♪’
“…Eh?”
‘~~♪’
“You picked up all the items!?”
““““!!““““
Seren raises something, and I see it’s Aira’s net, that I thought got dragged away somewhere during the battle. And the dropped skills and treasure chests are inside.
‘~~♪’
“Seren… You did it!!”
“That’s great!”
‘Popoh!’
‘Pururu.’
“You have me beaten, Seren.”
“Awesome!”
“Do you want something to eat, Seren?”
‘~~♪’
We all express joy over Seren’s feat, and go back to the beach.
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Enki was waiting for us on the beach, along with a big rock wall.
‘Gogoh!’
“We’re back, Enki… What is this?”
It’s too big for something it made while playing with the sand.
The wall is about five meters tall, and stretches from one end of the beach to the other. I can’t tell how thick it is, but it can’t be thin if it’s holding up like this.
‘Gogo, gogo!’
“Shouta, what is it saying?”
“…I see. It’s a breakwater in case something unforeseen happened and the monster attacked with a tsunami.”
‘Gogoh.’
“It built a rock wall like this so quickly…!? Your golem is impressive.”
“Well, it’s Enki.”
“That’s incredible, Enki!”
‘Gogo!’
I’m sorry to put a damper on Enki, when it’s looking smug because everyone’s praising it, but with the stampede over, there’s no need for this wall. It ruins the scenery too, so we have to take it down.
“Enki, sorry, but we don’t need it.”
‘Gogo…’
Enki looks a little disappointed, and puts its hand on the wall to extract its magic energy. This leads to the rock wall collapsing into a pile of sand. And with Enril’s help, the sand is returned to where it came from.
…Not everything is back the way it was, but I feel like the beach is good enough. Although the sea is still a mess.
“But a resort being scarred in battle like that and polluted with squid ink really is a waste…”
“It can’t be helped. If we consider the stampede could have spread wider, this much damage isn’t much.”
“I can think of a contact with the ability to fix the sea. Don’t worry, Shouta.”
“Really? Thanks. But you already know what your mother expects of me, right?”
They look at each other and nod.
“We do.”
“We were once trying to be core holders, but we gave up on it”
“I see. Do you have any idea where the dungeon that originated this stampede is?”
“I think our mother can more or less pinpoint it if we ask, but…”
“Then do it. We should make sure it won’t overflow again.”
“Again… Do you know how to stop it?”
“Hold on, then Shouta, are you…”
I look at the other girls, and they all nod.
“Because of this stampede, I’m the core holder of the dungeon number 1086. The stampede means it should have fewer monsters, so I want to take the opportunity to go there and gain control.”
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