Nothing we do ends up working.
Playing at the edge of the lake, putting our legs in it and splashing, putting on swimsuits and swimming at the center of the lake, throwing rocks, and then magic at the basin, diving to the bottom with bubble armor.
Well, we didn’t approach the actual basin. It’d be hard to do on the surface, and harder underwater. It’s like a giant washing machine. Even with bubble armor, even if it’s Seren, we can’t swim there properly. We wouldn’t know what was up or down, and our semicircular canals would be a mess.
From what I can see, there’s nothing like driftwood or rocks mixed in the water there, but it’s just so much water. The impact from the big waterfall would be no joke. I’d definitely want to avoid going there directly.
“So you really are gonna have to use Sea Part, Shouta.”
“If the monster won’t come out otherwise, could we call this a safe place?”
“It ignored us after we did all that.”
“I wonder. Would it react if there were more of us? Fewer? Maybe the right conditions weren’t met, so we can’t let our guard down.”
“Then older brother, how about asking the dungeon core after this dungeon has been conquered?”
“Oh, that could work. Dungeon cores tend to not be tight-lipped about their own dungeons.”
I’ll add that to the list of things to ask.
With that in mind, Irina raises her hand.
“Can we help with the Sea Part? I heard it was a skill from the weapon Miss Ayane uses. Since you’re so important when it comes to fighting monsters, I believe it would be best if you were free.”
“Ah, well… This skill takes a lot of magic energy to activate and maintain. I have Magic Energy Super Recovery Lv8, so I recover 384 points every minute, but when the stampede happened, it was pretty tough to do with that external dungeon. Not like this is an ocean, but I assume it will be about a hundred points per minute. You’d need at least Magic Energy Super Recovery Lv2.”
“I see… I apologize for not being helpful.”
“It’s fine. This is more about skills than raw power. You’ll be able to handle it soon.”
“We all have Magic Energy Super Recovery Lv1. I understand how you feel, wanting to help, Irina. Let’s do our best to support darling!”
“Yes, Miss Ayane!”
Irina is a nice girl.
I can only hope we meet a lot of monsters with Magic Energy Recovery.
“It’s about time for Sea Part… Ah, that’s right. It will be a strong enemy, so should I give Adamantine Armor III to Enki and the others?”
‘Gogo?’
‘Popo.’
“Yes, it’s bad timing thinking about it, it lives here. It might very well be able to work just as well on the surface. And it might have long range attacks. Let’s have Enki stand in front, just in case.”
‘Goh!’
I take War Cry II from Enki and Enril, and Destructive Wisdom III from Seren, and hand them Adamantine Armor III.
Iris doesn’t have a skill cap, so it can just learn it.
Enki and Enril didn’t use War Cry II at all, but Seren uses them all, so I wasn’t sure what to take off. It just got upgraded to golem core V, but I want to get a higher rank one and level up its grade.
“Go ahead and try them. Check what happens.”
‘Goh!’
‘Popo!’
‘~~♪.’
‘Purun.’
They’re all covered by a golden film.
I thought about it before, but the film doesn’t just cover their cores, it includes their full limbs.
“Ooh, success. By the way Seren and Iris, what happens if you stretch your bodies in that film?”
‘~~♪.’
‘Pururu.’
Seren stretches tentacles in four directions, and Iris turns from a round body to something like a hedgehog. The golden film adapts, and doesn’t break even as their forms change. Also, the effect isn’t broken even as Iris rolls around like normal.
“This skill is even better than I thought.”
“Yes. Come to think of it, it never disappeared unless you were attacked, even with the way you fight. I don’t think it’s gonna be a problem as long as you’re moving on the ground.”
“I think so. It might trigger if I trip though.”
“…That’d be a bit too silly, so let’s keep training below the waist.”
It’d be too pathetic.
“All right, let’s go then. Kasumi, everyone, put on your Adamantine Armor too.”
“Yes!”
“Here it goes, Sea Part!!”
That moment, the large lake in front of us, the waterfall, and the river downstream from the waterfall, all split into two. In the place marked by the red dot, it raises its head with annoyance and screams.
That shape really is…
‘Shaaaaah!!’
“Another snake!”
I can’t check its stats from here, but I can tell it’s big. How many meters long is it!? It’s huge!
“Aira, do you think it has an Evil Eye?”
“That… is most likely a part of the serpent family. I have not heard of them having Evil Eye, but I have heard their fangs have a powerful poison. Do not let yourself be bitten.”
“Nevermind bitten, can’t it swallow a human whole? I guess I’ll be careful.”
After yelling, it slithers towards us.
It’s very slow, but that must be because it’s not underwater. That large body is intimidating, and Kasumi’s team can’t hide their nervousness.
“Depending on how strong it is, we’ll attack directly first. Ready?”
“Yes!”
Let’s see how strong the hidden monster is.
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