Golden Experience

Until the eastern edge of the Central Continent, Envy, who looked like a giant sea dragon, flew through the sky and rode on it.

As he saw his upper body grow in place of the head of the sea dragon, Merisand remembered the anchovies.After all, it seems that "humanization" is a pseudo-bait for Leviathan.It doesn't matter if it is used in this way or not.

Envy's ability to fly is honestly jealous of that.

I've spent a lot of time in the ocean, so I've never felt any particular need before, but the world is narrower than the ocean, but the land is also quite good.

I felt that there was no harm in having the ability to fly more conveniently than new friends prefer land to sea.

Some of Merisand's marine monsters certainly had the ability to fly.Didn't I say exosse?

It is a carnivorous monster that swims in the air and preys on seabirds by spreading abnormally developed chest tightness.

If we catch some live Xhose and take them to Rare, Merisand may be able to get his wings.

The journey to the sky was over and we arrived at the eastern end of the continent.

From here, it becomes a sea lane.

The reason why you can't fly forever is because Envy, the Leviathan, swims faster in the sea than in the sky.

Melissand was also good at swimming, so he agreed.

You don't need to get on your back if you're traveling by sea.

From Envy's back, he jumped into the sea, and Merisand's lower body instantly changed to a swim-friendly shape.

Envy sees Merisand jump into the sea from the air.

Melisando in the sea is exposed to waves that occur when a huge mass enters, but does not shake to that extent.

So you're going? I'll take the lead.

Envi nodded when Merisand shook Ella.

The next moment, Merisand was blown away by a shock wave, ejected from the sea, and danced into space.

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Why is that so fast!?

And I was going to scream, but because it was in the air, Ella didn't perform her function, she just leaked the air.



You're not good at swimming, are you, my queen?I'm sorry, I wasn't careful enough.

< Gu! No, you don't like it all the time, uhh... >

It is that giant figure.

With common sense, you can't swim at that speed.

I'm sure I despised it, but I was wary because it was a legendary Leviathan.

But it wasn't enough.

"Unbeatable at Sea." I didn't think it would be such a chaotic effect.

Everyone has a powerful hand, starting with Rare and Bran.

But in the ocean, Merisand has a minute.

At the tournament, I lost to Lyla at sea, but not to Lyla, who lost to kelp.As the kelp grows, Lyla can be said to be on the sea side.Blanc would probably say that.

Confidence in such a sea is now shaken.

I didn't know there were two of them out there who could beat Merisand at sea.

How should I assert myself from now on?

Ah.

What's going on?

It was unclear whether it was Envy's neck or waist, but as it was moving from the torso of the sea dragon towards the upper part of the human body, Envy noticed something.

I'm sorry. I remembered when I found it.Speaking of which, there were savage fish in this waters that were attacking us even though there was a difference in strength.

Huh. Is there such reckless fish in the east?I don't think we can live long at sea.I've lived forever, and this...

If you remember after seeing it, you're swimming where you can see it from Envy.Merisand stepped out of Envy's body and peeked at him.

Isn't that Marman?

Marman is an enemy to Merisand, the queen who binds Merrow.

We don't usually meet because of the remoteness of the habitat, but in the waters near the central continent, the terminal mellow rarely competes with the Marmans.

There is no particular reason to fight, but it is simply a rival because of the similarity of the feed and habitat.Had the habitat been covered, it would have developed into a competition for survival with food and shelter.

To that extent, it is a proper enemy, a monster that can exist as an enemy ethnically.It means you have the same strength as Merrow and the same wisdom as Merlot.

Even if it is wrong, it is not an ecology that ignores the difference in strength and makes reckless raids and throws a lifespan.

Rather, it was a cautious monster who built a herd and lived in hiding, challenging only those who could surely win.This is a common habit for species with more than a certain degree of intelligence. Including mankind.

I saw such a small Marman herd coming towards Envi.

Envy is Leviathan and is now exposed.

Even if there were no special sensory organs such as "True Eye" or "Magic Eye", they would not normally try.

Not if it happens to be a swarm of reckless young individuals with little experience, but from Envy's point of view, they've been attacked several times before.

I've only just met Envy and I'm not very familiar with her yet, but I don't think she has the kind of mercy to miss the person who attacked her.From each end of the word, you can feel something like the cruelty of innocence, similar to your master Rare.

If something attacked you, you would destroy them all.

Even if there happens to be a crowd of reckless people with little experience, it doesn't seem like it exists in groups and happens to count Envy over and over again.

In that case, it is reasonable to assume that Marman and the others are attacking Envy in an organized fashion, knowing that he is a powerful opponent.

If the whole species were, it would be like a suicide rat jumping off a cliff and into the sea in a group.It's not something that an intelligent race would do, but because it's intelligent, it can be said that if there's a reason, it's not strange.

Merisand's thoughts in this way included aspects of escape from reality.

The Marmen who approached Envi were crushed to death while spraying blood out of their bodies in front of Merisand.

Apparently, Marmans manipulated the surrounding sea water and partially pressurized it to the ground.

Probably a "water hammer" or something that gives water a hit attribute, but the accuracy and number were unusual.Produced a number of small "water hammers" that slowly spread across Marman's body without gaps, crushing him continuously, damaging him.

Merisand can do similar things if he wants to.

Yes, but not now.You need to train many times, and maybe you'll need another skill.

Envy did that with her senses.It would be more instinctive than thinking and acting.

He has a human upper body and can talk, but Leviathan is not an intelligent monster, he just happens to have intelligence.

I felt it.

─ ─ I can't win...

Melissand murmured in her chest as she watched Envy swallow the crushed and pasty Marman with a small mouth flushing down.

There have been a number of raids by Marmans since then, but there is no such thing as a raid on Envi, who would have travelled by sea. The speed is different in the first place.

There's nothing you can't do but sense it from afar and ambush Envy on his path, but Envy certainly does, so it's easy to avoid it.Even if unavoidable, the ambushed side is only unilaterally shaken into ground meat, which is not harassment.

If it turns into a battle like the first time, it's only when Envy dares to stop, i.e. when Envy is hungry.

Speaking of which, this is where those weak fish nests are.

Nest? Settlement? Do you know where Marman's settlement is?Then why did you leave me alone?If the raid is depressing, we can crush it and destroy it all.

If, for example, Mellow had destroyed a settlement suitable for hiding and killed most of its inhabitants, he would not have survived long enough.

It should be the same with Marman.Even if some spills occur, destroy the settlement and kill it to some extent before it is destroyed.

There used to be a king of the mermaids, but now I hear he's dead.Looks like it was rare.

I asked why because I couldn't stand being done the same thing in Melisando, a similar race, but he said there was no big reason.

I was deeply horrified at that time.

My sister Lyla can only say something nasty, but her sister Rare is purely scary.

< Sometimes it feels just right because it attacks me.Whatever you do, it's over, but if you just scrape it little by little, it'll attack again, so it looks like you can enjoy it longer?I don't know.

Yes, I see.

We know where the settlement is, but we won't attack it because Envy won't be a threat to Marman.

Simply as bait.

As for Melissand, I can't help but think that Marman is the only one who sees it as bait.If the master is the master, he will also be assigned.

Anyway, it looks like the Marmans' settlement is close, but Envy didn't plan to attack them anyway.They just let it out as a story.

If that's all, it's just a chat, and even if there's a Marman coming at Envi from the settlement, it's not going to catch up, it's just ignoring it.I mean, as usual.

But it was a little different at this time.

Oh, there's a mixture of fish that resemble nymphs more than anything else.

Speaking of which, there's been a rumor.

Unlike the humans on the ground, there is a white mysterious monster named Ningen living in the sea.

Could it have been hundreds of years ago?

When Merisand was a young Oannes, it seemed like he had never heard such a story from his parents.

< Probably not. It's a normal, ground-based one.

The herd of Marmans heading for Envy, who lost speed, was certainly mixed with human-like, fin-less people.