around dawn. The sun was about to rise over that vast horizon.
The storm has gone quite far, and the edge beyond the sky on the other side is thin.
The wind was still blowing quite a bit, but the rain was not pouring.
“Maybe it’s because of the rain, the temperature seems to have gone down a bit. Ugh.”
“Still, it’s a hundred times better than sleeping in a leaky place. cancer.”
“Let’s grab something to eat and get ready to move.”
“No, we are going to the whirlpool soon. Thinking of something to eat? I think I’ll throw it all out.”
Pirates come up on the deck one by one and start cleaning up the mess caused by the wind and rain.
Seeing how high the waves hit, Alice’s ship, the Queen, was quite large, but there were seaweed and a few fish on the deck.
Watching them quickly clean them away with a tough brush and a rolling pin, he threw a word at Kane.
“What if the storm has receded? Would you like to take a breath?”
At my words, Kane slightly frowned.
The sea was said to be difficult to catch thanks to the mana overflowing everywhere, but it must have been difficult to detect even Kane from a distance since there was a storm.
So I saw him standing alone on the windy deck, afraid that the mermaids would attack him in the middle of the night.
So, I was worried about how about taking a break, but look at that expression, that’s it.
Oh, brother, did you teach like that? this child.
“Eyes, man.”
“what.”
“You don’t live alone in this world, Kane.”
I smiled and shrugged with Kane.
“A gentle glance to a person. As for how much a bright smile helps interpersonal relationships.”
“If there is a quarrel, can’t we settle it with a sword?”
“Can you?”
just go back to shore You can look forward to what kind of dessert I will ask you to buy this time.
I’m sorry to the clerk from now on, but I’ll give you a bright smile as a bonus. Someone may pass out, but it’s sure to be a good memory in their life.
Cain’s face slightly frowned as if he had read my thoughts.
“Let’s eat some rice.”
Eat and get out of the whirlpool today. Before the mermaids come after them.
After a simple breakfast, the deck is busy. Unfolding the sails that had been folded due to the storm, you can see the logo of the Ellis Pirates.
I mean, that’s eye grabbing.
“Raise your anchor! Port, starboard, into position!”
“To the location!”
“How is the mana engine room? good. Then, when the magic stone approaches the whirlpool, it is pushed in. I don’t need a shield or propulsion yet. Look at the water path and get on the water!”
While watching the busy pirates and Alice, I picked up Levy, who melted the biscuits with saliva and ate them.
It’s like a bag of hot water.
“Eat that much and not enough?”
“This is quite delicious.”
He is still wearing the jewelry I gave him on his arms and neck, in case someone is not a crow of the sea.
I am Luna, who seems to be enjoying the wind as she pats her plump body, and Leaf who folds the book she was reading. Then he looked at Rachel, who was warming up from the side.
“I think we’ll be entering the vortex zone soon, young boy.”
―Like last time, we are ready to help.
“Don’t worry, I’ll jump out right away if the rope comes loose.”
Rachel shows her teeth and grins, but Zero grabs my arm.
“Adelian-nim, please go in.”
“Don’t you trust me?”
No, even if you shake a little bit, you keep your balance and walk around?
Everyone else is working, but I’m the only one in the cabin, so I thought I’d help with something this time, but everyone laughed and pushed me into the cabin.
Ah, Leaf didn’t smile, but pushed hard with an expressionless face… … .
“Then, Senior Kane. i look forward to.”
“okay.”
It’s not some kind of jailer, what’s the point of letting Kane in together?
“Mmnya… … .”
I looked at Levy, who seemed to have fallen asleep while eating the biscuits, and then I took the biscuits tightly in my hand and put them in the lower space and sat down.
Objectively, no matter where I go, as long as I am, or to be precise, just being a user of the Codex will put me in a pretty good position, but of course my party!
It’s just these monsters!
‘It’s my karma.’
Should I say it’s karma for having such a strong party?
I’m not doing anything and I’m sitting there with Levi sitting around, so I’m thinking about all sorts of things.
At that time, I wanted to do something else, so I took out paper and a pen from the subspace and started organizing the contents of the artifacts to be obtained after returning to the land and servicing.
“Is it a shoe?”
“Right, actually, I think the thing I lack the most is mobility.”
Kane took a peek at that appearance and tilted his head at my answer.
“Movement only?”
… this child.
“It’s like being stopped by you all the time.”
“It is not heavy.”
“I’m also considerate of being carried around like luggage. Don’t be considerate of your arms.”
Try to hear it like a box of apples for little Luna or delicate Leaf.
I clicked my tongue and organized the conditions for a place where the sea fairy could be, but the outside was noisy.
“Soon we will enter the whirlpool!”
“Concentrate, focus! Turn on the shield!”
“Coming in soon! three!”
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“two!”
“one!”
bang!
The moment you enter the vortex zone.
The ship shakes as if it had met a small earthquake, and the moment Kane leans to one side, Kane’s body shakes and the image becomes blurred. Afterimages caused by extremely fast movement.
pop! Chew!
And the moment I turned my head to see what was going on, Kane cut down a water cannon the size of the boat that filled the entire field of view with his aura, and streams of water burst out on both sides of the boat.
“Ouch, what is this!”
“Mermaids, mermaids! It’s definitely a mermaid!”
Kane leaps toward the sea and splits all the huge water bombs flying in succession. Thanks to that, the outside started to become cloudy with water mist, like sea fog.
“this… A mermaid?”
After sleeping well, Levi wakes up and clings to him anxiously.
I held my breath and held my breath.
“young master!”
“sh*t.”
I have a plan in case the mermaids attack, just in case.
‘I never thought I’d write it right away.’
I nodded when Luna came in first and took my hand.
“If you see Kane stepping out first, it’s likely that several members of the royal family have arrived, or that the strongest one has arrived, so the rest moves as planned.”
“yes!”
I’m most worried about Rachel, who is vulnerable to water mana, but a dragon is a dragon.
I calmed down the trembling Levy and leaned on Luna.
If the little guys had attacked, Kane would have been in charge of me, but now Kane is the front line blocking the mermaids.
Then, the first thing to do is to change the battlefield to our advantage while minimizing damage to Elise’s ship.
Rachel, who is weak against the mana of water, moves first the moment a mermaid attack is confirmed. And Luna, who is specialized in movement, carries me first and moves, and then when half of her strength is lost, Zero carries me and moves.
Leaf is able to communicate with Kane, who is designated as the manager, from a little farther than fostering, so he follows from the rear of the party and takes care of Kane so that he does not fall behind.
What they want anyway is Levini, there’s no need to sink the pirate ship if we fall in with Levy.
Kane is strong enough to be annoying.
‘I have to cross the vortex zone and get out of it.’
It was advantageous for the mermaids to protect me while fighting on the sea. No matter how strong our party is, if I or Levy get even one effective hit, it’s at a disadvantage.
So, it was best to go for a long time through the whirlpool area, where even the mermaids couldn’t swim easily, and gather on a large island.
“Scared… scared.”
“It’s okay, Levi. As for the mermaids, Kane… … !”
“I am so afraid of whirlpools! aren’t you scared Isn’t this scary?”
I shrugged my shoulders as I was lifted up as Luna gasped and spun out along the fast-circling water before jumping into the next whirlpool.
‘I feel sorry for Luna, but. I’m afraid… … .’
It’s not really blue, but the center of the water swirls bigger than the boat.
Underfoot, the surface of the water is crumpled, and as soon as the foam is formed, it looks like it is crushed instead of bursting with pressure.
The moment you stumble and fall into the sea, it seems that you will be dragged to the bottom.
On top of that, the sound of water breaking and cracking as if Kane was fighting in the distance, and even the roar of the whirlpool that couldn’t be defeated by that sound.
It’s scary to see the pale complexion from Rachel to Luna.
“I’m okay.”
I pressed my face into my arms so that Levy couldn’t see outside and looked at the situation from the side of my eye.
“Huh. eww. Zero!”
“yes. Seniors.”
Good job, Luna.
I stroked Luna’s wet head once, thanks to the water splashing from the whirlpool, and laid my body on Zero.
“little bit more… … .”
An island that is too small is rather prone to siege.
Most of the island was like a disk made of sand, perhaps because it was a whirlpool area. Only low, no high.
We have an advantage only when it is a place with a bit of scale and at least a few features, because if it’s just sand, the mermaids can turn into the sea as soon as they decide.
“sh*t!”
“young master!”
I wondered if the clouds had disappeared for an instant. Because it’s dark overhead.
I didn’t know it would be such a big tsunami.
Through the tsunami rising from the crushing pressure of the whirlpool, I could see at first glance a huge blue-skinned mermaid reaching out towards me.
‘Levy!’
It’s as if an invisible hand has grabbed Levi and me!
The moment Zero gritted his teeth and caught me.
“Adelian!”
Then I heard Kane screaming loudly and flashed beside me! Then something glowing scratched out in a semicircle, then the arm beyond the tsunami tore apart and the force that had been pulling me was released.
with a splash!
I see Luna jumping into the water to catch me and Rachel looking at me with a surprised face just before Zero and I get tangled up in the recoil and fall into the sea and get sucked into the water.
‘Breathe… … !’
You need to save and rest!
I hugged Levi tightly and held my breath. As if the Aegis in my pocket had judged the rough current as an overall attack, a shield covering the entire body was deployed.
“Whoa!”
A few seconds of time just before the shield broke!
I immediately took out the codex and opened the shield and binding one after another, scanning the outlines of the party members who jumped into the water to save me.
The shield offsets the water pressure, and the binding pulls back what is pushed away by the current.
The moment you get caught up in a whirlpool and are scattered, you might not be able to see each other for a while.
somehow!
Kwajik, Kwajik.
The Aegis successively deployed the shield, but the water pressure continued to break it.
There is no time to take it out of your pocket and charge it, so it will soon stop with only minimal functions.
before that please
little bit more!
Everyone but me knows how to handle auras. Even in this monstrous whirlpool, they somehow come to me.
The swaying pinks and reds visible in the distance.
As I unfolded the bindings one after another in that direction, even the last magic crystal embedded in the codex was shattered.
No time to change!
As soon as I opened the subspace and pulled out any floating ropes, even the Aegis stopped working, and the water rushed over me as if I had hit my body with a strong hand.
In addition, the water pressure that seems to have gripped the body no matter how deeply it came in, I can’t even open my eyes properly, my ears are deafened, and I feel like I’ve been hit in the head.
‘sh*t… Kane!’
I believe in you… … .
I passed out, feeling something grabbing my body.