The hero magician wants to relax. He was too active and targeted for his life, so we'll start over.

Kraken. Sea demons. Anyway, it's a creature as big as an island, supposedly a bucket of things that look similar to squid or octopus.

Anyway, it's huge. Even the sailboat says it's crushed like a toy, just one twitch on its huge leg.

Well, if it's just a big demon, I've fought for the formy doe of a super giant flying dragon, but Kraken's biggest trouble is that its body is probably in the ocean.

The magic that works in the sea is extremely reduced. Even though it's just big and a half-breed attack doesn't work. If not in the sea, it would also be possible to concentrate the shooting of plasma canons on Willidis army battleships......

Missiles for underwater, no. You'll need torpedoes. That's a powerful one, too. The mere fact that it cannot be stopped is experienced in the Battle of Formido.

"I hear the Marquis Tokitomo is an S-rank adventurer."

Count Verger makes a difficult face.

"Do you have the means to crusade?

"Do we need to crusade?

Suddenly, Mr. Bell asked. Until then, the Count was surprised that the black cat, who was identical to the figurine, had spoken. But answer Mr. Bell's question immediately.

"The danger of maritime trading routes is increasing. Depending on this Kraken's demise, there will also be a significant impact on the transaction. In fact -"

From the port town of Frustadt, he said that sometimes, he could see Kraken's supermassive tentacles coming out of the sea. If I saw that, no sailor would want to go out to sea.

"There are many ships sunk. For the sake of security, it's a crisis in Frustadt."

Count Verger put his hands on the desk and looked directly at me.

"Please, I need your help to save this Nort Harwen. Of course, we will pay the price, rewards, etc. We will also give preferential treatment to dealings with Tokitumo territory"

The Earl bowed his head. Me and Mr. Bell face each other.

Well, I don't feel too good about overlooking the situation that's under threat of survival because of Kraken. Even without it, if the Great Empire is after Nort Harwen, he's in a position to take some action against me at the head of the Great Empire.

Well, if you can get the supplies and materials you need from the local area, you can't. Which way are we going to get involved, so we can't miss the opportunity to install cooperation from the ground.

"Okay. In return for your cooperation, you will have the full cooperation of my Willidis army, will you, Count?

"Nice to meet you, Marquis. In the name of Verger, I promise."

Now, it means cooperating with the Count, and going straight into the strategy meeting. I don't know anything about Nort Harwen. I also need local information.

Count Verger spreads a map of the area on his desk, including the Norte Sea. That's the Earl whose previous life was Japanese. They make accurate maps inside.

"In the meantime, pirate exorcisms will send aircraft from Willidis to crusade"

I'm on the map, pointing to the Nord Harwen coast.

"However, since there is no airbase here, we shall only launch an attack against the enemy that will strike"

"Do you have an aircraft carrier, Marquis Tokitumo?

Eye-opening Count Verger. It is an excavation from the period of ancient mechanical civilization, which surprised me even more if I answered.

"Pirates and sahaggins coming ashore. And the Grand Imperial Army reconnaissance ships will hold for basic interception. Priority should be given to destroying Kraken, crusading"

"He's in the water."

Mr. Bell stares at the map.

"Most magic is different in the ocean. It's a mess, huh?

"We don't have physical means of attack, either."

Count Verger also put his arms together.

"At best, enough to attack the tentacles coming out of the sea with mori and other weapons. But in that range, he's gonna pay you back for every ship he owns."

"Where's Mr. Bell's Gratney?

"It's in the ocean, huh? Plus, it's fucking big, right? It's not easy."

Mr. Bell sniffing nose.

"Then why don't you just blow it off with the metastasis wand you have?

"I'm going to transfer every seawater..."

Think about it for a second and conclude that you can't do it right away.

"Contact and range designation, so it's no different from Mr. Bell's Gratney. Instead, we can do this with the impact of waves pushing from around to make up for the disappeared seawater."

"When that happens..."

Count Verger looked at me by moving only his gaze from the map.

"A weapon from a previous life - a torpedo to attack enemies in the water, is that about it?"

"Torpedo?"

Mr Bell twisted his neck, so Count Verger said.

"Abbreviated for fish type lightning."

Torpedo. An attack weapon that has a screw on it and goes underwater with it, hits a target, such as a ship, and explodes the explosives on board. Drilling holes in enemy ships, flooding and sinking them are the main uses.

"It's like a missile going in the water, Mr. Bell. Well, they're underwater creatures, so there's no sinking."

"It's a creature, so if a torpedo bursts through your body, I think you can do the damage. Of course, it's that giant, so you can't beat it with one or two torpedoes."

Just - and the Count cheeked like he was in trouble.

"Tell me what, I couldn't make that torpedo here. The same goes for the power, but it takes a lot of skill to run straight.... No torpedoes at the Tokitomo Marquis?

"I don't know...... I don't think so..."

If it's in Terra Fidelitia's weapons inventory, you can make it if you ask Diamante. Well, even if it wasn't...

"If you have an engine to go underwater, you can build it."

For example, if a magical waterjet propulsion engine equipped with a surface type undine is loaded with explosives and a copy core, which is a guiding device, and a fin for attitude control, it becomes a guiding torpedo. There are fine adjustments and tests, but the production itself is possible even as it stands.

"With a torpedo, the rest is the ship that carries it."

Count Verger dropped his gaze on the map.

"Depending on the range and performance of the torpedo, the question is, will the ship be attacked when approaching the detour because Kraken is too huge"

"Build a ship from scratch, or put a torpedo launch tube on a ship you have now..."

"What do you mean, drop it off a fighter?

Mr. Bell tilted his neck.

"It's like a missile, isn't it?

"It is not one hand"

Or from the sea in a submarine...... No, we need to build a submarine first to do that, and Kraken's exorcism is a case we'd like to solve in a hurry, if possible. I'm holding off on the Great Empire.

"Why don't you just leave it alone and let Kraken deal with you when the Great Empire attacks you?

"Mr. Bell, just leaving that one alone for a day is not a good idea, given the damage suffered by this port of Frustadt and by fishing officials in the Nord-Harwen coast"

Count Verger nodded in agreement.... If you can ignore the damage done to the civilian population, it's not a bad idea to use Kraken as a shield against the Empire. So nothing's going to work.

"So if you make a practical torpedo and mass produce it, let's just get rid of it"

"How do you carry it?

In response to the Count's question, I lifted one eyebrow and answered.

"I have an idea"