Transition to Another World, Landmines Included

"Well, that's the ocean.... um, it's definitely the ocean. Salty."

The beach we arrived at while we chatted.

Mr. Marks nodded several times, as he was convinced, having tasted the waves that struck him.

"You're sure to get salt. And then, what demons are coming out...... you guys fought around here?

"No, last time I checked the ocean, I left right away"

"In your fight with Elder Trent, you were wearing it out, us. There was no information on the demons."

"Yes, because there wasn't even a mention in the Dictionary of Demons we bought. Diola picked it up for me, but does the Adventurer Guild's Dictionary of Demons not include sea demons?

Asking Natsuki, Mr. Marks scratches his head a little badly.

"Uh, maybe I should say I'm sorry about that. For once, there are volumes with sea demons on them, but this country, it's a landlocked country, right? That's why most guilds don't always have them. There is no demand, so there is no stock. A guild in a king's capital or a big city would have it..."

When we try to get it, we either get a copy from them or we pick it up from the guild of the coastal states.

In any case, it's not easy to get.

Nor did Mr. Diola dare try to pick up a book that seemed almost unlikely to be used - and a substitute for dozens of gold coins flying away.

Books in this world, to buy at last, are a little too expensive.

"It's just that when this happens, even our guild will need to be always ready. If I need you guys, why don't you come with me?

"Be sure, please. It's dangerous to fight without even knowing who they are."

"Okay. Let me tell you something. - Now that we've accomplished our purpose, I'd like to make sure you look a little demonic."

"Mr. Marks used to work in coastal countries, didn't he? Are you familiar with the sea demons?

"I don't know much about it. I didn't go out to sea. At best, I just fought a few times on the coast. There are several types of monsters to watch out for, but the sandy beach was a mess with the Hopping Leather Shell.

"Leather shell...... shellfish?

"Ah. It's an elongated shellfish lurking in the sand, wouldn't it be dangerous if you walked along the sandy beach?

The length is 30cm and is about 3cm in diameter bar-shaped.

The top is stiff and sharp, they sense the vibrations people walk through and suddenly jump out of their feet.

If it's barefoot, it penetrates lightly from the back of the foot to the back of the nail, and if it's about a soft sole even if you're wearing shoes, it penetrates lightly?

Seriously dangerous. The sea bath is far away.

"A shoe with an iron plate would be just fine, but it's going to jump out pretty fast. I can't prevent it with leather trousers to a somewhat sturdy degree, and if I'm unlucky, I'll stab you in the ass.... No, your ass would still be better. Worst of all..."

Mr. Marks clouds his words and gives his gaze to his lower body.

A place where objects jumping off the ground are likely to stab, with the exception of feet and buttocks.

... Yeah, it would suck if I stabbed you.

My life as a man ends.

"Ma, Mr. Marks, we're wearing claspy pants, so you're okay?

"Oh, then I'll be fine. I don't exactly pierce the clasp. In the first place, hopping leather shells are easy demons. A little longer stick would be fine."

"Stick...... can I use a wooden sword?

"I don't mind. Lend it to me for a second. Like this."

When Hulka hands him the wooden sword he took out of his magic bag, Mr. Marks walks out with it tapping the pompom and sand beach.

"I don't know if you're here, but it's the waves that are dangerous. I'm not in a dry place. If you're beating me like this, it pops up... you don't seem to be here. You get used to it, you make a little cash."

The flying height is not much more than a meter. After that, it falls to the beach, so before diving into the sand again, they can easily kill you if you crush your shell.

"I haven't wanted to eat in a long time."

While Mr. Marks says that, he's tapping the beach a little unfortunately, but nothing pops up.

Just for a moment, a sea bath approached.

"It's such a scary shellfish, it's delicious...?

Watch out for the demons lurking on the beach or if Meetia walking behind us sounds intrigued, Mr. Marks looks back and snorts deeply.

"Oh, it's delicious, isn't it? Just right for the sake dish. Back then, I gathered a few before sundown and went back to the inn. Cook it on a charcoal flame, like this, cut it up with a knife, and the liquor will go on with the saltiness."

Mr. Marks spoke with his eyes closed and licked his lips, remembering that time.

Just listen to me, and I'll spit on you, too.

I haven't eaten shellfish for the time being......

"Once we get the shellfish, we'll have a wider range of dishes.... It's a little troublesome that the ocean is dangerous."

"I've never eaten shellfish. If you get a chance, you might want to eat…"

"The sandy beach here is huge. He could be out there somewhere, huh? On the contrary, it means you can't lose your mind."

"I knew I couldn't take a seawater bath."

Mr. Marks peeled his eyes at Toya, who seemed somewhat fluent and unfortunate to have leaked the look of someone's swimsuit.

"You, you want to die? This is a dungeon, right? I don't know when the demons will come back to life, but I think they have suicidal aspirations, like going defenseless in a place."

"Ugh, yeah, I knew it. It's not a dungeon. If it's a sea, is there a sea bath?

"Well, that's a very small part. Only places where there are few demons and where they are regularly swept and managed. It's a place for the rich."

There seems to be an area that only nobles, royalty and some luxury merchants can use, which civilians refuse.

You think it's mostly a cove, managed and operated to keep dangerous demons and organisms out of it?

Easy with shark avoidance internet, it won't be easy, and it looks pretty hard.

"A very small number of safe rivers and lakes are places where ordinary civilians can swim.... Well, if you're a rank ten bucket, you might swim fine in the sea where demons appear."

"So much?"

"Oh. Even barefoot. I'm gonna rip back the hopping leather shell, those guys. Even when the shark bit me, I shook him off laughing. They're kidding."

Have you ever seen it directly from the words, Mr. Marks looks up and sighs.

"What high rank is so unreasonable?

"That's unreasonable. You guys would be unreasonable enough. Normally, if you eat a fractured attack, you're pimping, right?

"Ah, speaking of which, maybe?

Yuki, thinking a little, laughs vaguely.

Think of it, I was beaten up and fractured by an oak in the beginning too... now I feel ok.

I don't eat attacks from orcs these days, so I simply can't compare them, but I'm fighting enemies stronger than orcs, and compared to that, I somehow get it.

It may be close to the day when it will be okay to get stabbed with a knife - no, I should be careful not to get stabbed.

"If you're up to about rank five or six, you can work it out if you're serious. But not any more. To be rank seven, even if a talented guy works hard, it takes five, six years early, or ten years or more if it's rank eight. Normally."

"Uh, we're rank six in about a year...?

"You guys are special. I have had some skill since I signed up and there are many wizards. In addition to that, you can even use space-time magic. I'm not sure about the elves either, but I honestly don't think they're the ones in the country like this. As a guild, I appreciate it."

To the reluctant words of Hulka, Mr. Marks smiles bitterly, shrugging his shoulders.

"Uh-huh, but then, by the time it's nine or ten, you're physically depressed, aren't you? Whatever the elf, man or beast man."

"That's why it's a bucket of stuff. Rank goes up fast, but doesn't lose health either. I wonder what it is, that one. I don't know what to say to myself, but they said our party was pretty good, too, right? Still, it's rank eight when I retire."

I complained about it, Mr. Marks, but I made a mistake.

"No, Mr. Marks. Just so we're clear, isn't Mark a very different person?"

"A blow to the Iron Golem is a little unlikely."

Perhaps Mr. Marks has crossed 50, but he holds more stamina and muscle strength than we do.

I was wondering how long it would have been in active service if they'd said 'pretty much faded' by now.

Could leveling have an impact around it, besides improving defense?

"No, I know how you feel, but you're not a little different, are you? Because it is incomparable. Rank 10 is. Yeah, well, we're not gonna meet, but if we do, you guys are gonna agree already, right?

Is that what it is?

Looking forward to it, a little scary.

Still don't feel like looking at it for once or so.