Episode 14: Under the Glacier

"Ihihihi...... Ihihihihihi!

Nathaniel Jurai, tied up by Ibarra, continues to make a strange laugh.

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At first Lili was merely creepy, but gradually her expression froze away. Nathaniel is not just laughing pointlessly. Something's wrong.

"... growing up?

If you were aware, Nathaniel's body was starting to see and change. Over time, Nathaniel's body is gradually getting bigger. Even from the fact that the Ibarra that binds up his body has been pulled a thousand times, that's for sure.

Nathaniel transformed into a giant bird when he was previously investigating Rottervania. Shall I remove the restraints imposed by Ibarra with beastification (chimera) black magic (grimoire)?

Even while Lili was being taken aback, Nathaniel was enormous enough to overtake the sailboat. It's too huge for Lili to confirm Nathaniel's full story from the spot. Nathaniel transformed into "something huge”. That's all I can say for sure.

"Sister, I have water for you."

"Huh?"

Allen tells me, Lili drops her gaze at her feet. She had been distracted only by Nathaniel, who was ever going to be huge, and she didn't care about her feet.

"Eh ⁉"

Lili shouted loudly when she found out that the deck was flooded.

The masses of Nathaniel were getting heavier and heavier with the masses. An overgrown Nathaniel is about to sink the sailboat Lili and Allen ride into the sea. The sea water is breaking into the deck more and more, and is still about to reach Lili's feet.

"Ah! You must be from the Peacock Pirates ⁉ Help!

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Early in the war Lili and Allen are in chaos, but the pirates outside the sailboat are just standing there, not even showing a bare gesture of trying to help the two. He watches the battle without changing his face in any way.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!

………

Even if Lili asks for help, the faceless man doesn't make it microscopic. It's like a doll.

"Already! What the hell! Allen, will you take the wooden planks there?

"Okay!

Lili, who has given up getting help, is trying to figure out a way to open up this situation.

What caught Lili's eye in the confusion was a slightly larger wooden plate. It was similar to the one used on the deck. It must have been a replacement when the deck was damaged.

"Yes!"

"Thank you, Mr. Allen, on this board."

Upon receiving a plank of wood from Allen, Lili put it at her feet and stood on top of it. Allen rode on the same wooden plate as Lili told her. The wooden planks were big enough for two people to ride.

Even in Ashley's final exam, Lili fought through while protecting Allen, but this is not an exam. Even then, there was a nervousness that they might really kill me, but there is no denying that the fact that they were Ashley was reassuring Lili somewhere in her mind.

In comparison, what Lili is coming to now is a real battle. There is no sweetness or kindness there.

"Hold on to me!

"Yeah!"

Lili unfolded a silver magic formation toward her feet, confirming that Allen had a glimpse on her legs.

Two legs were already immersed in sea water, but since deploying the magic formation, the planks of trees on which the two ride have remained floating at sea level. A peek into the sea was occurring a bunch of Ibarras from the sinking deck towards the wooden plate on which two people were riding. A number of Ibarras are intertwined to form sturdy columns.

The pillars of Ibarra grow as the sailboat sinks into the sea. Thanks to this, the plate with Lili and Allen on board remains floating on the sea level. For one thing, the risk of sinking into the sea with the sailboat was avoided.

"Even I'm growing up, so you don't panic at all about this!

The battle had just begun, but Lili felt like she had accomplished something big. The sailboat has completely sunk already, but Lili and Allen are on the ocean unchanged. Nathaniel Jurai must have sunk in the sea with the sailboat.

"Wow, wow."

Immersed in a sense of superiority, Lili suddenly lost her physical balance and fell into the sea. Allen, with Lili's legs, fell into the sea with her.

Lili and Allen, who sink into the sea, see the cause of the imbalance.

The deck of the sinking ship can certainly confirm the roots of Ibarra's pillars, but when I raised my gaze, Ibarra's pillars were snapped along the way. It also looks like he was pulled a thousand times by something rather than saying he was broken.

The pillars of Ibarra could no longer support the planks of the tree, and the two broke off balance and jumped into the sea.

Lili, who had lost her physical freedom in the sea, glanced around aggressively. We can't move like we did on the ground. If we get attacked by our enemies in this state, we don't have a stack.

Is that it?

But there was no sign of Nathaniel Jurai in the sea. Huge Nathaniel certainly should have sunk in the sea with the sailboat, but no matter how much he looked around, he can't see that. No matter how badly you see in the ocean, you can't miss all those giants.

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After staring for a while, Lili discovered a small green fish in the sea. Oddly enough, the face looked just like Nathaniel's. The little fish is swimming towards Lili and Allen.

"Cha-cha-cha-cha"

At the next moment, the little fish transformed into a giant shark. While it really blinked, the little fish turned into a shark hundreds of times the size of its original body. She has changed, but the shark is green all over her body, no different from her original figure. For as long as Lili can remember, the shark looks the same skin as the giant Nathaniel.

The huge green shark comes at Lili and Allen with a big mouth open. As with a real shark, its mouth has multiple overlapping sharp fangs, and if caught up, a consistent end.

Don't come over here.

To escape the impending fangs, Lili activated "the creation (creation) of agony." We continue to generate Ibarra without rest, and Lili desperately tries to keep the green shark away from us.

An extensive wall of Ibarras had been created between the lilies and the sharks because they continued to generate Ibarras in a selfless fascination. Lili was relieved for the first time that she could no longer see the shark. It's a tough battle in the sea, but Lili has powerful black magic (Grimoire).

"... lying⁉"

While relieved, the shark soon appeared before Lili again. He ate the rose in front of him and broke through the wall. It seems Ibarra's toge is not a great threat to a shark with a body large enough to outrun a sailboat.

"Ihihihi... I'll eat you soon!

Finally, a huge shark opens her mouth and hits Lili and Allen.

After all, the giant shark that strikes Lili and the others was Nathaniel Jurai. Big birds, small fish, and super huge sharks. Nathaniel was a freakin 'pervert.

His black magic (Grimoire) seems to be more than just a transformation, as it varies to mass and nature. To say the beastification (chimera) of lower black magic (grimoire), the complete beastification that transforms the whole body is higher black magic (grimoire). It is uncertain whether he is manipulating multiple complete beastification or his own special transformation.

“Damn... I can't die here”

Allen alone can escape to the ground with black magic (Grimoire) in the realm.

But Lili didn't dare. They're in a critical situation underwater, but that's the same thing on the ground. On the ground, rebels and M-12 clash in several places. If you are left alone on such a ground, you are likely to be in the same danger.

Lili is desperately trying to twist out a way to put Allen aside and get rid of this crisis.