Late. Tamer's day.

After defeating the mysterious Rabbit wrapped in black, we never encountered any enemies, and we were able to reach our destination.

"That's the fishing spot!

"Close to the village."

"It's obvious! It would be dangerous if we went in the back. There are no dangerous monsters around here."

It was a river about 15 minutes from the village that was brought to Rikke, a fisherman apprentice boy. Not on either side of the river is the river plain, but the rock shelf extends and the atmosphere is close to the gorge.

Only Rabbit appeared on the road so far, and I guess Ricke's right, it's less dangerous.

"If we go more upstream, we can catch rare fish, because if we're not as strong as Dad, we can just do it to monsters."

"Do you get good fish when you go upstream?

"Yeah. Come on, I want to fish upstream someday too!

That said, we're not sure about combat either. I can't really go upstream with Rickett's escort.

Well, let's take a slow fishing trip here today.

"Then I'll lend you a yummy fishing rod today. You can use it."

"Oh, thank you."

"This is the bait"

Rickett hands me the bag. There were many objects inside that smelled slightly like brown mud dumplings.

"Practical bait."

"Oops, it's Dad's special potion bait."

Name: Lucke's Practitioner Bait

Rarity: 2 Quality: 7 Stars

Effect: Better River Fish Eating

Ricke quickly fed the fishing needle and threaded it into the gorge. Boy, if you come with a fishing rod in a flour skin, a straw hat, and a fish cage lowered to your hips, you'll just look like a fishing kitsch entirely. I think I'm going to catch a great big guy. One of these days I'll be confronted by a river nussi or something.

"Bye, me more"

I tried to equip the fishing rod first.

"I knew you could gear up with your fishing skills."

I tried to equip myself before I got my fishing skills and it was an indication that I couldn't equip myself. However, once you have paid 2 bonus points and acquired your fishing skills, you will be able to equip yourself.

"Feed the condenser here...... Yeah, you're ready."

I tried to imitate Rickety and drool the fishing line down the river when I sat on the rock.

"Oh, I wonder what kind of fish you can catch."

"Mm?"

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Olt and Sakura look at me like that in wonder. Hi, they don't really understand the fishing itself.

"This is called fishing. Look, there's a thread at the end of the pole, right?

"M"

"There's a needle and a bait at the end of that thread, and the bait catches the fish that came by and catches them with the needle."

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You must have somehow figured out what it was like in my description, and when the two of them sat next to me, they started staring at the end of the fishing line jiggly.

Rick and Kumama are playing with the chase whilst being on perimeter alert. There's only about a rabbit out here, and Rick and the others will be fine.

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It's been about 20 minutes as it is, but the clams aren't coming. Um, I didn't think it would be easy to fish, but you still need guts to fish.

"Moo"

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"Don't you guys get tired of it?

The Orts are still staring at the end of the fishing line. Don't you ever get tired of just watching?

"M?"

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Tilt my neck just for a moment to my question and went back to the task of staring at the fishing line again. Well, I hope you're not tired of it.

"Yay! Coming!"

Doing so, Rickett pulled up the pole in momentum. Follow the end of the fishing line with your eyes, the black fish are eating up.

"Hehe, 1st one!"

Name: Beginymouth

Rarity: 1 Quality: 6 Stars

Effect: Ingredients and edible

"Beginymouth. Sounds delicious."

"Oh. It's delicious, sashimi or boiled!

"Huh? Can you eat with sashimi?

"You bet."

River fish cannot eat raw because in real life there is a risk of parasites. Occasionally, there are stores that feed them raw, but it's possible because they grow them in special fertility methods and do special cooking.

That seems fine eating raw in the game. Well, maybe it means there's no point in reproducing it in real life up to the part where it's a parasite.

However, when I saw that I could actually fish, I was in the mood. I'll definitely fish you too!

But then 30 minutes. I didn't get any clams. Sometimes I feel like I'm shaking, but it's my fault or they're just feeding me.

"Heh heh! Here we go again!

Ricke has already caught the third one. I know there is a difference in skill levels but still regret it!

"Brother, you can't catch it yet."

"Damn! Look at that. I'm gonna catch the big guy!

Concentrate further and concentrate all nerves on the hand with the fishing rod. And finally, the time has come. The moment I thought I felt a vibration called a pikun, I pulled up the fishing rod all at once...

"Mmmm!"

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"All right!"

At the end of the fishing line, there was a small swing of fish. Yeah, it's so small. It would be two times smaller than Beginimus caught by Ricke.

Name: Beginiugui

Rarity: 1 Quality: 6 Stars

Effect: Ingredients and edible

"Uh, Beginniugui ~"

"Not a very good fish, huh?

"Yeah. It's delicious. But it's cheaper than Beginymouth, and it tastes better than Beginymouth."

They don't even have to go with the groceries, but the price drops compared to the mass. But it's good. This is the first fish I've caught, and I'm gonna eat it right later.

"I'll catch you Beginymouth next!

"Yeah. Good luck with that."

Now that we've caught it, we've increased the level of fishing by two at once, and you think it's a little better next time. Again, I guess it's a lot of experience to say we catch fish.

And the other thing that's clear is that this isn't a novice fishing spot. In the first place, it's not normal to think that just one fish raises two levels.

Maybe it's the kind of fishing place where intermediates come. So it's difficult, but I guess I just caught one and got a lot of experience.

I kept fishing for a while and I had caught two Beginniuglies and one Beginnimous. It may be hard to say it's a big fish, but wouldn't it be better if we fished for the first time? Your fishing skills have gone up to 4.

That's how I fished, and I thought I heard something screaming from somewhere inadvertently.

"Ricke, did you hear anything now?

"Yeah. You heard people."

As I stopped my fishing hand and guarded my surroundings, I saw several shadows rushing down from those upstream of the river. They come at considerable speeds as they fly and jump on rocks.

"Whoa, whoa!

"Run, run, run!

"Are you still coming after me?

"I don't know!

You're a player, with four desperate shapes, sometimes running bareback pretending to care about the back. Are you being chased from something? I just can't feel any signs other than them.

"There's someone over there!

"Huh? Hey!

"Run!

That's what I'm going to call you, but maybe you're not realizing you're not being chased anymore.

"Hey! What's wrong -!

"Shit, the monsters are chasing me!

Is that so after all? A level of enemies with a pretty well-equipped party running back, or if I were you, I'd be killed instantly. Only rabbits appear here, shallow layers of the woods. Rick hasn't given me any particular warning, either, and maybe that monster has already shaken it off.

"I don't see any monsters coming after me!

"What?"

"What, did you run off?

"If you say so..."

The players, hearing my words, slow down the speed of running. And he looked back and gave me a relief look.

Everyone gets in on the spot. What the hell happened?

"Are you all right?

"Oh, I'm so glad you called. It was the limit."

"Thank you so much"

"No, more than that, what happened?

When I asked them, they talked about what they were running from.