Vorpal Rabbit and Fortress Uncle

"Mr. Ledge, please wake up!" Tents don't sink into the ocean! "

Letty grabbed my shoulders and shook my body back and forth.

She looked at me like she saw someone who was mentally ill or who was caught up in fraud.

"Ledge...... finally in the tent to my head......"

"Because we've always relied on our tents."

Even Amy and Chiffon are looking at pity for some reason.

"Why did you just put out the tent?"

I ran away from Letty and explained the situation to the confused girls again.

"For now, calm down. I'm not trying to drown."

"Even if they say so." The tent isn't a submarine, is it? "

Letty's eyes turned into something of a doubt.

Certainly, the mountain hut tents and "scaly clouds" that I usually use are not sealed.

If you submerge it in water, it will soon flood everywhere.

This time, we're going to use a tent called a rainstorm.

Torrential rain?

The three of them are reluctant to ask their names.

It's not the first time, but there's no way they won't remember.

I look at the T-1 and tell them who the tent is.

Look, when we intercepted the T-1 invasion in the [Beast Forest]...

Um, is it the Eight Clouds?

"Yes, yes."

Chiffon seemed to remember his name.

The "Eight Clouds", a large-scale multi-layered defensive position, was deployed as a countermeasure to the special security NPC group launched by T-1.

At that time, we immediately left the territory and only used it as a dummy, but it also served as a tent.

"Yakumo" is a special tent built with eight tents. One of those eight tents is called a rainstorm. "

Huh, was that so?

"Eight Clouds" is a defensive specialization position that thoroughly strives for robustness.

Instead of having no attack power, it has a countermeasure against every attack.

The first layer of "white walls" is specialized in pure physical defense, and the other seven layers are also specialized in different aspects.

"Rainstorm" is a tent that specializes in water resistance. It's resistant to water erosion, torrential breakthroughs, and all kinds of liquid attacks. ”

Incidentally, "diffusion" is fire resistance, "feather cut" is air resistance, "extreme light" is lightning resistance, "iron guard" is soil resistance.

Each of them also dealt with the Attack Arts' Attribute Attacks.

Basically, it was designed to block almost all attacks with defensive tents from the first to the seventh layer.

"In that case, each part of the" Hachimun "can be used as an independent tent." "Of course, it's a tent that can be used on its own."

That said, I'll assemble the "rainstorm".

As with any tent, you can adjust its size by using building materials.

At the smallest size, it was about the size of a payphone box, which was almost nowhere to be seen.

"Look, like this."

Metal frame and metal armor plate.

An octagonal tent with windows in all directions to look out.

The connection is also waterproofed, so even if it is submerged in water, it will not flood into the interior.

As if you were planning to explore underwater, you're ready to go.

When she opens the door and reveals the inside, Amy says she's serious.

It's not like that, but Neva did a lot of good.

"Ledge said he wanted a sturdy tent in a horn that could handle all kinds of attacks." Neva-san did a lot of good work, too. "

Neva makes a proud and forceful meal.

She really took care of me.

"Thanks to that, the exploration goes smoothly. Thank you." Now, let's go, Mr. Ledge. "

Ai says that and goes into the "rainstorm".

"Hey, wait a minute!"

"Grrrr!?"

When I tried to keep coming in, Letty suddenly raised her voice and grabbed the back of my collar.

Your neck is squeezing and you're making a strange voice.

Ai-san, what are you probably doing?

Letty took her hand off me and stuck it to the eye that was sitting in the "rainstorm."

Ai tilted his neck and frowned that he didn't know what he was talking about.

"What, it's just deep-sea exploration." On behalf of the Knights, I am Mr. Ledge from Shiraku-an. The capacity of two people is very close, so there is no choice. "

"I don't know why!" Ledge-san, please give me the building materials! "

Letty raised her ears and turned around.

Was deep-sea exploration so exciting?

But unfortunately, that's not the case.

"I'm sorry, Letty. It looks like this size is too small for the output of the winch."

"Huh!? Ah, even though it's such a big and splendid winch?"

Letty points to the large windlass on the stern.

Sure, it's a pretty solid winch.

But Eye explains the situation.

"If you stretch the cable to the target depth, that will put a lot of load on it. So, there's one type of humanoid inside, and one type of fairy, and that's the limit.”

"Gu, gruuuuuu..."

Letty clenched her fist to Ai's words.

But that's all I can do.

I'd like to ask Letty instead.

What is it?

Ai gives instructions to the group members who were nearby.

Immediately, a simple vault was brought in, and a set of submersible clothes was removed from it.

"When the tent is lowered, it is unprotected, so please escort it." It doesn't matter if your wetsuit is deep enough to maintain a safe LP. ”

The Knights had an underwater escort as well.

However, I was relieved to see Letty come out of [Shiraku-an].

"... I understand. I'll take good care of you."

Letty seems to agree, and she receives a wetsuit.

At the same time, Amy and Chiffon were able to follow me underwater.

"Thank you, Letty. Thank you."

"Well, this is the only way." Please don't be alarmed. "

"Oh, leave it to me."

Lettie's going to look me in the eye, but I'm going to do my job.

There was also an eye on the side that was active every day as deputy commander of the Knights, so I was relieved.

"That's why I can't feel safe..." Well, that's fine. "

"Well then, shall we go now?" Mr. Ledge, come here. "

Eye leans against the inner wall of the rainstorm.

It's a little cramped, but I can't help it.

I'll also go inside the tent, close the door and lock it.

At the same time, the cable hanging from the crane arm is connected to the tent.

With the help of the group, the tent rises slowly.

It's exciting, isn't it?

I'm a little scared, aren't I?

He exchanged words with Ai in a small tent.

She seemed to be excited, looking out the window at the sea.

Ledge-san, it's time to get off.

"All right."

Letty told me to poke my arms against the inner wall and support my body.

At that time, the tent suspended from the crane was suddenly swayed by the wind.

”Kiiii”

Are you okay?

Your little eye is falling down on me.

"You can hold on to me." Be careful not to hit your head or anything like that. "

Ah, thank you.

Eyes are turning their arms around my waist.

... I wish I could have grabbed the belt on my waist and the hem of my clothes, but, well, is there a problem?

Her cheeks cling to her belly.

The tent slowly recedes and eventually sinks into the water.

The light through the window suddenly dimmed, and I turned on the lantern.

"The Letties are here, too."

After a short delay, the Knights and Letties in their wetsuits jump into the water.

A giant hammer wrapped around a fine white bubble followed me.

When I waved my hand at her through the window, Lettie shook it back to me.

Thanks to the correction of the submersible suit, she has a heavy hammer, but she swims like a mermaid.

"Submarine escort team, confirm your position. While working with Letty, Amy, and Chiffon, we followed the" rainstorm. "If there are any active native organisms, report them and destroy them. Be proactive when sharing information.”

Shake Maru, Roger

"Roger, Hwasan Kaworu."

"Tsubakiya, Roger."

Roger that, Roger that.

Ai instructs the Knightsmen who are deployed around the "rainstorm" via the shared line.

They all seem to be underwater combat professionals with a specialised submersible build, the so-called River Kid Build.

The crane operator and steering wheel of the ship are always on board, and the ship's combat personnel, led by Christina, are also prepared.

The Knights were in as good a position as they could be.

"Well, let's go see what's down there."

Then we slowly sank towards the dark bottom of the water.