“Okay, here goes. Underwater living magic, and defense enhancement magic.”
If we only wear swimsuits, we’ll be worried about our defenses, so I make sure that everyone’s defenses are greatly increased. This will do a lot less damage than wearing that kind of armor. Then we landed on the beach again and went into the sea full of monsters.
“Yeah, I can breathe.”
“It’s true! And I can talk!”
We can breathe properly when we dive into the water, and water does not get into our mouth or nose when we speak. In addition, I we are able to walk normally on the sand. We are floating a bit, though.
“That’s because the buoyancy and water resistance are about one-fifth. But if you try to jump, you should be able to go up higher than on land.”
If they work hard, it’s not impossible to swim.
“There’s a bit of resistance, but it looks like I can put up a good fight!”
Anje commented as she clenches her fist and punch a few times. Fana is also waving her sword to try it out.
“Anyway, this is what it’s like in the sea huh!”
“Mmm, it’s pretty.”
The coral spread out and various kinds of fish were swimming. Looking up, the surface of the water sparkles in the sunlight. However, it was only for a short time that we are able to enjoy a walk under the sea in such a casual way.
“Oh, a shark monster is approaching.”
Immediately after Lill pointed out, a huge shark with a total length of more than five meters approached us at a breakneck speed.
“How is it that fast!?”
“Leave it to me.”
The monster opened its mouth wide and tried to swallow Lill whole, but Lill slammed a powerful kick into its lower jaw.
“~~~~~~!?”
The startled shark immediately tries to escape, but Lill grabs its caudal fin and won’t let it go. When Fana slashed her sword at the desperately rampaging monster, its body was cut in half. The shark lies helplessly on the seabed with a thud.
“It probably never thought that it will be defeated by a creature from the ground.”
After that, we encountered and defeated giant crab monsters, sea snake monsters, and shell monsters as we made our way to the coast. Eventually, a man-made object appears in the distance.
“Is there something there?”
“Something like a temple is there. …..But how come there is one on the bottom of the sea like this?”
It was as Anje said. A building that looked like a temple is built in front. There are a lot of monsters around it.
“It’s an underwater temple. I don’t know who built it or why, but it looks quite old.”
“Master, is this the cause of the outbreak of the sea monsters?”
“Mmm, I guess so. But this in itself is irrelevant, there seems to be a source of this rampage somewhere else here.”
The door to the temple was tightly closed, but there was a hole in the outer wall itself. I could see the monster coming out of it, and I’m pretty sure about it. We eliminated the monsters near the hole then we entered the temple from there.
“Uh! What an incredible number of monsters……!”
“They are overflowing.”
The inside of the temple had become a den of sea monsters. While fighting the sea monsters that attack one after another, we continue to go to the depths of the temple. Along the way, we discovered something unusual.
“Eh? Is that a corpse of a monster?”
For some reason, there was a dead monster floating in the air. It wasn’t just one, there were several of them.
“Did they fight each other?”
“No, I don’t think that’s likely. Oneechan, look. The wound of those corpse….”
There was a scar that looked as if it had been slashed by something sharp.
“Did they get slashed with a sword?”
“No, look. Those wound are a little frozen, isn’t it? I think it’s probably ice magic.”
For some reason, I thought the water was a little cool around here.
“It’s a no mean feat to be able to make ice as sharp a sword.”
(It doesn’t seem to be the work of a demon.)
Lindwurm agreed with me saying,
『It seems that there are other guests in this temple.』
(But what exactly is his purpose in coming into a place like this?)
『Maybe it’s the same as us.』
Just on the route we are on, there are corpse trails but there are no footprints. If we keep going like this, we may catch up with the previous visitor.
(But the remnants of this magic…… doesn’t it look familiar……?)
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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