Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai
Episode 98: Things lurking in an underground lake
Today, we are taking Mr. Fangzaki to escort him to continue leveling Mr. Langdo.
I got permission to wait for you, Tendo, but I also decided to offer them a price commensurate with their efforts, beyond asking both Nogumiya and Fangsaki to cooperate as escorts. That's a nice approach time to spend alone with you, Heavenly Way.
We both really like you Heavenly Way. Naturally, I'd like to be closer. But always as a party member, Lando and I and, for once, Nogumiya and Fangzaki are each other's biggest rivals at the moment. With that situation going on, Heavenly Door's chance to be alone with you is determined by how much I want my hands out of my throat.
In the wake of that, I decided to use Heavenly Door as bait for me to make time for the two of you in front of the building to work with the escort in turn.
Therefore, yesterday was Mr. Nogumiya, and today Mr. Fangsaki is the escort.
"Oh, wow, that's seriously awesome, Apricot!
"Hehe, about us, I won't let you call me luggage anymore!
"Yeah, yeah, I'm gonna depend on you so much! I'm sorry about all this, Apricot!
"I mean, it's okay."
Fangzaki also immediately admitted to Mr. Orchido if he showed him through the zombies with the powerful "Stone Arrow (Terra Sagitta)" with a large caliber rifle bullet.
Now Mr. Langdo's and Julimari's, friendly gal trio is a complete resurrection.
"Let's go after Zira today"
"Ok"
"If you're an apricot now, you're such an easy fish bastard."
It's not a good idea to be alarmed, but Fangsaki was right.
I found Zira neat by the water, and that disgusting fish surface blew up beautifully if Mr. Langdo let go of the 'Stone Arrow (Terra Sagitta)' sniper say hello. I thought Zira's body was stronger than a rotten zombie, with scales and muscles, but I don't mind such a thing, the stone bullet wore it mercilessly.
"All right, let's go after the herd next time"
When we were on track, we attacked Zilla, who swooped further down the water. The number is ten. Quite a few.
But the number of heads was shredded by shooting from a long distance, and we noticed this one and sniped even more at the approaching Zira - when we reached the dirt wall and the simple barrier of rock spears that we had prepared just in case, that number was down to four.
With Mr. Fangsaki, who has impeccable strength as a warrior, and Lem, who has finally come to show close combat power to a real vocational possession, and with obstruction by my tentacles, he is only a miscellaneous fish that can be defeated unilaterally, such as just four Zillas.
"No, seriously, I'm apricot awesome. It's such an easy win, even if it's a little bit."
"But I'm still scared when they come near me."
"It's okay, 'cause that's when Atashi and the others came along"
In the unlikely event that the avant-garde group begins to fight, Mr. Langdo says the firing of "Stone Arrow (Terra Sagitta)" is forbidden. Danger! Though, if Mr. Fangsaki's strength now, I can do something about it myself.
In the first place, even if the de amateur Mr. Orchido sees it in battle, he can't make an instant decision about whether it's really a pinch. From what I saw, it seemed that both Mr. Fangsaki and Mr. Nogumiya had already made advanced rushes, such as Feint and deliberately letting the opponent attack them later. If you shoot cover at an amateur judgment, it's dangerous instead.
Instead, Mr. Langdo has been given rear alert, but so far, no surprise raids or reinforcements have appeared from unexpected directions. Zira seems to be only as intelligent as Goma.
"But I wonder if the core drops more than Goma"
I am thoroughly lazy to throw the core removal, which is a dirt job, completely round the lem. No, because if I do it, I can't take it very well, and if I'm badly crispy, it just drains the sharpness of the blade for nothing. The right material.
Lem, like May, handily removes the core from Zira's torso and retrieves it. Also, collect weapons that seem to be of good quality and ask me if they will be used. Really, I mean, I'm starting to be able to do some work other than fighting, and Rem's degree of growth is remarkable.
"Oh, this spear looks good."
All right, let's give this to Mr. Langdo. I don't know, even though they're magicians, they'd better have a spear or so. It's like a amulet. Truth is, I know you want a magic wand, but I can't find a crate, so I can't expect it.
Until we get the wand we're looking for, it looks like both me and Mr. Langdon are going to have to hold the spear as a minimum defense for now. Let's present Gila's spear to her with a wack called
"Ah, Peach River!
"What, what's wrong?
Suddenly swinging back, Mr. Langdo with a serious expression. Could it be that I don't like the spear that Zira was using because it's sticky?
"New magic, I remember!
"Oh, I did it!
Mr. Langtang, surprisingly, is growing well. Really, to the point of envy.
We returned to Fairy Square just after Langtang's new magic trial and shooting.
"Peach River, is Orchido getting stronger?
After a day, you're finally in a hurry, Heavenly Door. That's what you asked me.
"Yes, thank you, Mr. Langtang has become a mage."
"Right... well, if you guys take a short break, we're off"
"Okay, I get it."
It was just a day, but still a precious one, given the results. Mr. Langtang is a dirt magician who already boasts far more firepower than I do. Exceeds original expectations, tremendous growth.
I feel like a further light of hope has lit up the dungeon offense I'm about to resume.
"Let's go, you guys"
After about an hour's rest, I was ready to leave again, and finally, I left Fairy Square in the Swamp.
Once already, because you've scouted it, Heavenly Way to lead the way is not lost. We've been running around the swamps all day, so we know the terrain pretty well. I can tell you're going the shortest route through here.
Through the woods, to the great marshes at the back of the area, we came without a single battle. So I found out how I could have gotten so far and why.
"Wow, a huge bunch of Zilla! No way, I was ambushing you!?
The swamp was swarmed with nearly a hundred Zillas. Of course, they all had weapons in their hands, and they seemed pretty killer. If you keep going through the woods and expose yourself to them with dignity, you must run your cloudy fish eyes bloody and come at you suddenly.
"Hey, don't these numbers suck?
"Yeah, absolutely sucks"
"Uh, us, shall we just shoot?
"Idiot! Stop it, Apricot!
"He said I couldn't help shooting that chipmunk!
Without having to stop me, Julimari's brilliant collaboration stopped Mr. Asaka Langdo. Hey, keep it together, it's really good.
But what to do. To move on, if you really don't get through here, you can't reach the passage through the area. Or, if this many Zillas are opponents, even if Heavenly Door fights alone, it will take time to crush them all. If even half of them come at us all at once... no good.
"Heavenly Taoist, once we pull this off, we need an operation - wait a minute!
Heavenly Tao went along without my words. [M]
"Gyoa!
"Gyee-yee-yee!"
I noticed that Zeela Corps showed up at the mushroom. No more, the battle is inevitable!
That's when I decided to die. [M]
- Get out of my way.
Heavenly Way like I'm sick of it. The next moment I thought I'd gotten it to my ear, a blast broke out.
The shallow waters of the swamps where Zira flocks, the great water columns and, more than that, the enormous Red Lotus. A hell of a blast. Naturally, Zira, who was in the middle of a blast, couldn't be safe. Mixed in flashy splashy water splashes, blue hand-foot shards and flesh pieces scatter.
"Ko, this is... the magic of fire..."
If you look, Heavenly Door, there was a big fireball floating in your hand that burst into flames. Even bigger than basketball. When I gently put my hand around it, the fireball flew at an arrowy speed, pulling the tail of the red light - plus a huge explosion.
Before the overwhelming destructiveness and the ravaging play of the Red Lotus, I thought it was more than just the flaming magic that explodes… I unexpectedly associate the word dragon brace. Yes, it must have been the bearer of that brilliant crimson dragon phosphorous on Lem's chest that unleashed this immensely powerful fireball.
"Gyoaaaaa!"
"Ahhh!"
By two big explosions, Zilla was wiped out. Every flock is blown away, and there aren't dozens more left to survive.
No matter how much gorma-like intelligence you have realized you are a dangerous opponent that is no match for boulders. I swim desperately through the swamp with Zabazaba and flee far away.
"You guys would've been tired of having fish together. Come on, let's go."
Looking back only once and saying so, Heavenly Tao walked out, as if nothing had happened.
"I knew it, Heavenly Door, super cool wow"
"Yeah, seriously, the strongest"
Giulimari Combi, further struck in the chest by his loving majesty, happily chased Heavenly Door through your back.
"... Hey, Peach River"
"What, Mr. Langdon?"
"Maybe it's our magic, plain?
"That's not true."
Did you have something like confidence with growing up? I told Mr. Langdo to tell me that with a strange face.
Heavenly Tao said it was no use just trying to hang out with you.
Because he's our two-year, seven-pack hero who plays against that 'brave man' Aoshi Yudo. Ryuichi Tendo, still a mysterious vocation, the bottom of his strength, is utterly unknown.
Then, going down the sewer wind passage for a little while, going over the small swamp area… how long before we went on, the passage had turned into a cavern wind waterway. Waterways, or just streams flowing through caves? The walls peeled out by coarsely shredded rocks and earthy skin remind me of bug caves.
"Phew, are we finally here? Let me walk for nothing."
With your words, our vision suddenly opens. [M] We finally made it through the long cave to our destination, or the boss room in this area.
"Wow, wow... is this an underground lake"
The overall creation is a huge vertical hole, the same place where Luke Spider emerged. But its size is different digits. And most notably, the large, circular lake, which even water dragons seem to live in, is spread out in the middle.
The river in the cave that we walked in was also connected to the lake, and several other waterfalls were seen flowing from similar branches, some of which poured from a distance of a few dozen meters into the lake.
Is it artificial shaping or a miracle of nature? We were breathtaking with an unusual but magnificent view of the underground lake.
"Let's go."
Heavenly Dow, you show no emotion, then pay no attention, and walk out towards the underground lake pointed out by Zunzun and the magic team's compass.
"Hey, Peach River, that little island in the middle, isn't it like a magic formation?
"Yeah, I think I am, too."
At the tip of Mr. Langdo, just in the middle of the underground lake, is a circular island. It cannot be clearly ascertained from here, but it can nevertheless be easily inferred that it would be a tablet on which the magic formation of the transfer would be drawn on its ground. Speaking of which, that's how the area of the lake that knocked down the big frog was, too.
"You didn't even build something like a lighthouse?
"Yeah, it's built"
In the middle of the island, a small tower was built. Whatever you think, it will be part of the ruins of this dungeon.
Maybe the magic formation is in this tower. Well, boss, the magic formation in the room isn't hidden, and if you look it up, you'll find out soon enough.
The surroundings of the underground lake took more than five minutes to reach the lake because of the big rocks gobbling around and progressing in a detour.
The lake was still on a bridge to Nakajima. It's a crumbling stone bridge, but it won't be a problem for us to cross. And without any difficulty like this, when you get to the island...
"You're here."
Zabourne! And, with a shitty water sound and a freshly watered column, a giant shadow pops out of the lake.
I stepped down behind the tower to the island as a giant crocodile...... no, I'm standing on two legs, and I look subtly people-shaped, so maybe it's a race I should even call Lizardman.
The crocodile-based Lizardman has a sloppy giant body with short hands and feet but a thickness like an oak tree. The crotch of my hands and toes also has the same watermarks as Zira's. It is obvious that it is an adapted figure in the water. In fact, he came out of the lake.
"Wow, what the fuck, super big!?
"This is a little..."
"Even Atashi and the others may not be able to"
As you can see from their reactions, the boss of the crocodile Lizard Man showed up uninterrupted in size. Big enough to double that armored bear even more. At the earliest, it is more of a monster than a demon.
And for the big body, the scale that covers that body is also large and thick. The blue scales that host guilla and metallic shine, honestly, don't feel like they can melt in my "Rotten Swamp," such as whether or not you can crack in Mr. Langdo's "Stone Arrow (Terra Sagitta)".
"You guys, then, I can't. Don't interrupt. Stay in the corner."
"Regards!
Tendo, take on your out-of-war notice in two replies. I don't care what you think here, it's not our act. If you squeeze a little poorly, Heavenly Door will just pull your leg, and worst of all, you could be killed instantly by a tague in vain.
Look at his stupid, fat mouth. If you get bitten like that, that's all you'll get.
"It's been a long time since I've been a big man... let me have some fun, Lord Crocodile"
With that said, Heavenly Door, you rush to the boss at once with that big red sword in your hand. Awesome speed. I'm just running straight, but for a moment, I lost sight of that.
Goaaaaaaaaa!
With a trembling heavenly bass roar from the bottom of his belly, the boss intercepts you on the verge of...
"Whew!?
At the moment of the collision, the explosion winds up. Did you burst that flaming magic at zero distance? Do something unscrupulous. No, I may have the ability to disable flame damage or something like that.
Turn your face away only for a moment to the blast that blows through, and look back again, there's already no sign of both.
Instead, a water splash went up, similar to when the boss appeared.
"Liar, Heavenly Door, you fell!?
"Hey, that doesn't suck on boulders!?
Yeah, no matter how strong you are, there's no winning chance if they drag you underwater. Humans can't move freely in the water. No matter what the Great Sword is, it's just a hammer.
"Heavenly Taoist!
I'm worried about the boulder, and I can't help but look at the surface of the water in the direction where it fell.
"I knew you couldn't be serious if you weren't in the water."
On the lake, you stood with dignity. [M]
Seriously. What kind of skills do you have to stand on water?
"Fine, I'll hang out with you."
And in the next moment, kick yourself in the lake and dive into the water. In the lake, only the huge shadow of the boss could be seen, creepingly swimming underwater with the giant twisted in a lilac.
"Uh, let's just leave the boss's opponent to you, Heavenly Door."
I'm trying to fight on my own and on my boss's platform. I'm sure if you had his abilities, you'd be treading judgment that you could win even underwater wars.
Worried and lost, I've never thought of it so far.
"Yeah, I agree."
"I, Heavenly Door, believed in you!
"Yes, Heavenly Door, you're not gonna lose to all those big crocodiles!
At the bottom of the lake, Heavenly Door and your boss must be in a fierce fight right now. Dorn, Dorn, and a blunt explosion was sounding from the bottom of the water, spreading ripples over a quiet lake surface.
After all, I'll leave this place to you. Where we all agree, we'll wait for him in the corner, as he says.
And so he tried to move, and it was at that time.
Grrrrr, Grrr, Grrr!
Sounds familiar, or a wholly familiar ringing in my ears these days.
"Zira!?
Look, no, I don't even have to look. On the shore of the lake, one blue fisherman after another appeared.
They keep coming together over the rocks from all directions, as if to besiege the entire lake. That number is even greater than the herd you blew up. Two hundred, three hundred, honestly, Pa. I can't tell by a glance.
"Damn, I can't believe there was still such a large crowd..."
"Hey, hey, Peach River, what are you gonna do!? This doesn't suck, I mean, it absolutely sucks!
I don't need to be told, it's decided to suck.
It's like rushing to help the boss, but there's no point in thinking about why they showed up. A large army of Zillah, who are completely aware of us as targets, is just ahead of us in the eyes and nose. What is needed now is a realistic way of opening up to it.
"Hey, I can't do this number! That's more than you just did!
"Peach River! Seriously, what are you going to do!
What to do, therefore... I don't know how long it will take for Heavenly Tao to defeat your boss. It's possible that he'll be back as soon as he kills instantly, but it seems more likely that he'll enjoy it from that bee-like dialogue instead of mid-second illness, until he hears the underwater battle with the boss, and then come back.
Tendo, who is underwater, probably won't notice the situation on earth when we are completely surrounded and pinched by the Zira Corps. Right now, I can't expect him to come back for help.
In other words, we alone must withstand the total attack of the Zira Regiment for some time.
"Run to that tower! Heavenly Way, you have to endure it there until you come back!
At last, we rushed to the tower in front of us at full speed to escape the Zillah Corps, which had jumped into the lake and started marching.