Chapter 362: Underwater Warfare Course and Underwater Power Gathering<hr>


    Saturday morning, I logged in before the appointed time because Tyrol asked me to be at the Lagoon Sea today.


    When I looked at Koihi, she was awake.


    "Ah...Takuto-oniichan..."


    "Are you alright? Koihi?"


    "I''m fine"


    Then a stomach bug rumbles. Koihi''s face turns red.


    "I haven''t eaten for a long time. It can''t be helped. Wait here for a minute. I''ll go make you something"


    "Th, Thank you very much"


    I checked Wako and she was awake. Get permission to let Koihi eat something first and bring the food to Koihi.


    "A~h! Oifuidefu"


    "It was good..."


    Koihi stared at me as I said that. I had tasted this before with Lily. Strangely embarrassing.


    "It''s not good for you to look at my face"


    "I don''t think so! Au"


    "Look. There will be repercussions, so just be quiet"


    I feed Koihi and tell her what happened. Koihi, who is relieved to tell that everyone was safe, is still a kind child.


    "I''m convinced if Sky Fox-sama went wild..."


    "Right. Now, I''m going to go give some food to Wako"


    "Yes. It was a treat. Please take good care of older sister"


    I patted Koihi''s head and made rice for Wako.


    "It''s embarrassing, but it''s nice to do it like this, isn''t it?"


    "I was seriously worried?"


    "Huhu...I''m very happy about that. I realize how much Takuto-san cares about us..."


    That''s right...well, when I was hospitalized, Kayo-nee and the twins cried for me, and while I was annoyed, I was also happy. Then, Lily and Nowa send me a synchro message.


    Takuto! Lily is in trouble! H, Help


    ...Don''t be shy


    I will! The meat is not purple! Nowa-chan! W, Why are you sticking a fork in the meat?


    ...I''m imitating Nii. A~h!


    I heard Lily''s scream and pping sound. Iugh along with Wako. By the time I went to subdue themotion, it was toote.


    "...I think it tasted too good"


    I thought Nowa was great for saying that.


    Later, while I was making bioethanol, Tyrol and the others logged in.


    "Ah, Takuto-san. Nice to meet you today"


    "It is I who should say so, well please...the others are gathering over there?"


    "Yes! We still have some time left, is that all right?"


    "No, we just finished, so let''s head over. It''s bad to keep them waiting"


    So I went to Port Town Blumen and found quite a few yers. Shallow-san and the others were there, too, so I said hello and chatted. Apparently, they were sending out a boat at everyone''s request. Well, it''s time for the appointment.


    "I''m Takuto the summoner. Since you haven''t asked me what exactly I''m supposed to do, let''s go with a question-and-answer format. I will answer if I can answer"


    So, I answered the questions as I went along.


    "Is swimming skill essential?"


    "If you use a submerged magic submarine, you will not drown in water. But it consumes effect time and magic power, so you have to think about that"


    "What is Takuto''s underwater battle like?"


    "Not good. Basically, the summoned beasts are in charge. I only know dolphin, but I can fight without problems in riding battles. Conversely, if you want to fight closebat, I think it is almost essential to be mounted"


    These are the topics everyone discusses. Then we talk about summon beasts and tame monsters for underwaterbat. Among the summoned beasts I didn''t know about were sea turtle, crab and jellyfish. The sea turtle seems to have evolved.


    From there, information about this sea attack...but this is hard to exin because I don''t know the exact distance or anything. Now that I have the paper, I''m going to start writing in earnest today. I''ll tell them what I know, everyone is interested in the sunken ship.


    After that, I gave them information about monsters and advice onposition and so on and finished the lecture on underwater battle for now.


    After that, those who were able to summon water creatures were sent out to challenge the shallows. I knew they were struggling with the unfamiliar underwater battle at first.


    "Cosette, Felt, no! Like this!"


    "Takuto-san, help! I don''t understand what Tyrol is saying!"


    "Tyrol says things by feel, so..."


    "Why don''t you just ride slowly at first and get used to it?"


    They both looked at each other like, that''s it! No, no, don''t suddenly try to ride a dolphin at full speed.


    "Ta, Takuto-san! It''s a shark! Shark!"


    "Tyrol, you up for this?"


    "Yes!"


    Tyrol gets on the dolphin and takes down the shark. Then everyone has been identified and tamed and now that they are familiar with the ship and underwaterbat, it''s time to get down to business. We went out to the distant sea.


    I spread out a piece of paper on the boat. With this, I try to show the general area of the wreck. Then, Shallow-sanes.


    "Takuto-san, is that paper!?"


    After all, the existence of paper is not known yet?


    "Yes. I have recently be able to make it and I was thinking of writing down the location of the sunken ship"


    "Indeed. That is good. It will be useful for the strategy. Have you already drawn a map?"


    "I''m working on the Mangrove Forest. It seems to be a maze"


    "It must be difficult...if you don''t mind, could you show me the map?"


    So I show the map to Shallow-san and he exims.


    "Takuto-san...I wouldn''t exactly call this a map..."


    It''s just a maze with lines drawn on it.


    "There was no other way to write it. It''s just a way to find your way around the maze for now"


    Needless to say, myck of artistic sense also yed a part.


    "It may be difficult to write in detail indeed. Takuto-san...would you leave this ocean map to me?"


    "Shallow-san, can you draw a nautical chart!?"


    "I can''t draw a full-scale one. Because I don''t know the speed of the ship. But I can draw something reasonable"


    "I would love to have you do it!"


    Then Shallow-san quickly drew the map. He drew Port Town Blumen, looked at the magicpass and noted the direction. Wow...it looks like a map. As I despair of myck of artistic sense, Shallow-san''spanion warns.


    "Flying Fish!"


    "From this side too!"


    "From both sides! Wh, What are we going to do?"


    "The summoners will take care of the enemies on the right side, while the beastmasters on the left side will use magic to deal with them"


    Then I ask Lara and the others who have a seahorse.


    "The seahorse can run on water, right?"


    "Yes. Shall we go?"


    "I ask. I want you to nk or rear up on the flying fish"


    "Understood!"


    At mymand, everyone split to the left and right, aiming and shooting at the flying fish with magic.


    "Because my current position is around here...the border with the distant sea is around here. That''s roughly where we were attacked by the enemy..."


    Shallow-san became engrossed in map-making. Then a rescue call came from Tyrol and the others in the water.


    Takuto-san! There''s arge school of Hammerhead Sharks!


    There are Tiger Sharks too! Help!


    I''ll be right there. Sharks are not scary as long as you don''t get too close. Those of you who are fast, distract the sharks. Those of you who are slower, attack from a distance near the ship. I''ll take care of the escort


    Everyone replies, and I go into the water. Then I summon. The members are Lian, Chess, Puyosuke, Dian and Surfi.


    Hydra!?


    Dian''s appearance surprised everyone a bit. Let''s go to Dian''s first battle.


    Dian shoots his breath one after another and the number of the shark army is decreasing rapidly. There were some survivors, but the summoners'' magic and Tyrol''s team took them down. The sharks still get close, but they wrap themselves around each head of Dian and then bite him.


    Some tiger sharks caught in other heads of Dian were taken in and deliciously preyed upon by Puyosuke. That''s pretty cheesy, isn''t it? Dian was also hit by a hammerhead shark, but he was undaunted. I could feel the difference in their prestige.


    Dian is basically a gunner and a defender. He hasn''t used resurrection yet, but if pushes to shove, he can probably defend himself with his head. In fact, the head in the center is so thorough that it hasn''t engaged in close quartersbat.


    Then Surfi reacts to something. I knew it wouldn''t end like this.


    "The enemy ising from the other side. Let''s split up our forces. I''ll go to the enemy on the other side. Dian will defend here. Tyrol and the others will continue to kill the sharks. Everyone else, you take care of the sharks first. Let''s make sure we do it right"


    Understood!


    Then, I got on Surfi and aimed at the enemy and found arge number of them.


    <b>Starfish Lv17</b>


    <b>Tame Monster Subjugation Target Active</b>


    It''s a starfish. I thought they looked weakpared to the sharks, but the starfish deployed a magic circle all at once. Oh no!


    "Puyosuke! Hide in Chess!"


    Puyosuke hides behind Chess and as Chess takes a defensive position,sers are shot at him from the starfish. He''s a nasty one, isn''t he? Then the Starfishes try to aim at me, but they can''t keep up with Surfi''s speed. This is...


    "Lian, I want you to attack them from behind"


    "From behind?"


    "Yeah, they can only attack from the front. Me and Surfi will y a decoy role, so you can attack with Chess and the others"


    "Okay!"


    While Lian and Chess were taking out the starfish, Tyrol and the others reported that the sharks had been wiped out. I passed the information on to them, too and the beastmasters seeded in taming the remaining starfish.


    Underwater magic forces are valuable. They will be very useful as a turret like Dian. That''s where the informationes in.


    Lian''s spear skill level has reached 20. She has acquired the spear skill Prator


    We all dismantle and move on. Then we enter the sunken ship area.


    The beastmasters and summoners are resting on the ship. The reason being is that although Tyrol alone can be covered by Puyosuke''s defensive range, it was impossible for all of them to be covered by it.


    Since they hade all the way here, they wanted to go for the big one and they found arge ship, but there was a problem. There was someone sticking out of the boat.


    <b>Jumbo Moray Eel Lv30</b>


    <b>Normal Monster Subjugation Target Active</b>


    It''s the moray eel from the old ind. I guess they want us to defeat this guy, but...it''s obviously a trap. There is no way there is only a jumbo moray eel for the number of people here.


    For now, we retreat and discuss the situation with everyone. There were two opinions. One is that we should go and the other is that we should retreat. Perhaps it was because they had seen Dian''s battle, but everyone was bullish.


    "If Hydra is there, we can go"


    "Right!"


    "...What do you think, Takuto-san?"


    "I honestly think it''s going to be tough. The enemy this time will most likely be the strongest underwater enemy I''ve fought"


    I''m almost certain of that, given the size of the ship. And they''re being polite and inviting. Still, if Hydra is there, I''ll get an opinion on how to handle it. Then I''ll make it clear, too.


    "Everyone''s right, we might be able to manage it"


    "That''s right!"


    "It''s going to be alright!"


    "I can''t afford to worry about everyone else, however. Dian will not be able to defend himself either. There is also a possibility that Shallow-san''s ship will be the target of the battle. With that in mind, I would like to hear your opinion again. Do we do it or not?"


    The result was to retreat. Everyone was still unfamiliar with underwaterbat. The location is marked by Shallow-san, so we cane here anytime. We promised to challenge it together after raising the level of underwaterbat and the underwaterbat lecture was over.<hr>


    <b><i>Name Takuto Love Summoner Lv15</i></b>


    Vitality 82


    Magic Power 222


    Strength 72


    Defense 40


    Agility 60


    Dexterity 138


    <b><i>Skills</i></b>


    Fighting Lv15


    Kicking Lv20


    Staff Lv30


    One-handed Sword Lv30


    Spear Lv19


    Katana Lv15


    Throwing Lv9


    High-Speed Chanting Lv38


    Summoning Magic Lv38


    Seal Magic Lv24


    Horsemanship Lv33


    Alchemy Lv23


    Mining Lv28


    Logging Lv33


    Dismantling Lv40


    Appraisal Lv31


    Identification Lv38


    Fast Magic Lv2


    me Magic Lv3


    Land Magic Lv2


    Sea Magic Lv4


    Darkness Magic Lv3


    Sacred Magic Lv10


    Lightning Magic Lv32


    Explosion Magic Lv31


    Wood Magic Lv27


    Ice Magic Lv29


    Space-time Magic Lv40


    Beast Magic Lv2


    Dy Magic Lv4


    Continuous Chanting Lv6


    Underwater Action Lv12Lv15


    Swift Lv4


    Reading Lv14


    Cooking Lv39


    Feeding Lv8


    Fishing Lv20


    Synchro Lv16


    Cooperation Lv7<hr>


    <b><i>Name Lian Merrow Lv1</i></b>


    Vitality 58


    Magic Power 120


    Strength 55


    Defense 39


    Agility 100


    Dexterity 84


    <b><i>Skills</i></b>


    Spear Lv18Lv20


    Staff Lv1


    Singing Lv20


    Curse Song Lv5


    Dancing Lv1


    Swimming Lv14Lv16


    Water Bullet Lv8


    Water Magic Lv11


    Rengeki Lv1Lv3


    Diving Lv8


    Fascination Lv5


    Sound Detection Lv10


    Water Wave Motion Lv1


    Humanification Lv23<hr>


    <b><i>Name Chess Blizzard Bear Lv21</i></b>


    Vitality 66


    Magic Power 79


    Strength 95


    Defense 82


    Agility 42


    Dexterity 44


    <b><i>Skills</i></b>


    Bite Lv23


    Fighting Lv22Lv23


    Defense Lv15Lv16


    Provocation Lv16Lv17


    Ice Armor Lv15Lv16


    Physical Destruction Lv4


    Assault Lv21


    Underwater Action Lv14Lv16


    Ice w Lv22Lv23


    Ice Fang Lv10


    Snow Hiding Lv5


    Ice Breath Lv14


    Ice Throwing Lv16Lv17


    Cold Resistance Lv5<hr>


    <b><i>Name Puyosuke Clean Slime Lv11Lv12</i></b>


    Vitality 9092


    Magic Power 0


    Strength 0


    Defense 111115


    Agility 40


    Dexterity 52


    <b><i>Skills</i></b>


    Predator Lv26Lv27


    Defense Lv14


    Physical Disable Lv20


    Transformation Lv29


    Impact Absorption Lv17


    Splitting Lv15


    Regeneration Lv20


    Provocation Lv10


    Corrosion Lv9Lv10


    Underwater Action Lv14Lv15


    Extreme Cold Body Lv22Lv23


    Purification Lv17


    Water No Effect Lv6


    Fire No EffectLv8<hr>


    <b><i>Name Dian Hydra Lv1</i></b>


    Vitality 95


    Magic Power 110


    Strength 120


    Defense 70


    Agility 84


    Dexterity 84


    <b><i>Skills</i></b>


    Bite Lv21Lv22


    Coiling Lv13


    Swimming Action Lv12Lv14


    Poison Dragon Scales Lv12Lv13


    Multiple Rengeki Lv17Lv19


    Fear Lv5


    Lethal Poison Lv19Lv20


    Super Regeneration Lv7


    Curse Destruction Lv1


    Deadly Poison Breath Lv18Lv19


    Water Breath Lv1


    Heat Detection Lv8Lv9


    Mimicry Lv3


    Resurrection Lv1<hr>


    <b><i>Name Surfi Orca Lv7Lv9</i></b>


    Vitality 3032


    Magic Power 3640


    Strength 3943


    Defense 20


    Agility 4852


    Dexterity 4042


    <b><i>Skills</i></b>


    Swimming Lv10Lv12


    Jump Lv3


    Water Fang Lv4


    Rush Lv5


    Assault Lv5


    Sound Detection Lv6Lv7


    Jamming Sound Wave Lv3


    Water de Lv3


    Sprint Lv6


    Horse-Riding Lv10Lv11


    Wave Raising Lv2