Episode 180 Petitlodon
Even after the spring water in the canteen lost its potency, I continued to practice attacking rocks in the sea for about an hour.
"Fuuh, it's so difficult to attack an underwater target. I have to come up with a better way."
I decided to stop practicing and go out to sea. Anyway, I thought I wouldn't know what I needed until I actually searched for treasure chests.
I took out a small boat from my storage armlet, floated it in the sea, and boarded it. From my shadow, Metis brought out the frog-shaped Shadow Puppet called 'Geronta'.
"Let's start searching from a place slightly offshore."
I steered the boat and headed offshore. We started exploring when we were about a kilometer offshore. Under the control of Metis, Geronta jumped into the sea.
Metis was concentrating on finding treasure chests, so I would keep an eye out for any Petitlodons. In addition to Petitlodon, there were also Mermen and Krakens in this sea, but Petitlodon was still a formidable enemy.
The Kraken was also a huge monster, but it had a habit of sticking its upper body out of the water before attacking. I had heard that if I attacked at that moment, I would be able to finish it off.
Looking at the sea from the boat, I could see a giant frog swimming in it. After all, I wonder if it can't swim breaststroke or the crawl. While I was thinking something strange, Metis' voice echoed in my head.
[ It's a Kraken. ]
A Kraken surfaced about eight meters ahead of the boat. It approached while swinging its many legs. I aimed between the Kraken's eyes and activated QuintColdShot.
The D-Particle Cooling Pile flew and pierced between the eyes as intended. The stopper opened and a large amount of kinetic energy hit the Kraken.
The Kraken's flexible body absorbed the impact. However, the cooling that was demonstrated as an additional effect froze the Kraken's brain, which became a fatal injury and the Kraken disappeared.
The red magic stone
[ There doesn't seem to be a treasure chest around here. ]
"Right, let's change places."
After receiving the magic stone from Geronta, I moved the boat a little farther offshore. Geronta jumped into the sea and started exploring. Geronta discovered a beautiful coral reef. It found what looked like a treasure chest on top of the coral reef, and the moment it approached to check it out, it noticed a gigantic presence and fled.
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[ Grimm-sensei, the Petitlodon is coming. ]
I searched the surface of the sea and found a huge black shadow. I attacked with 'Pile Shot' but it didn't hit.
I changed my mind and decided to use 'Heat Shell'. I activated SeventhHeatShell, and fired without throwing in metal. The D-Particle shell that dived into the sea passed in front of the Petitlodon and hit the sea floor.
At that moment, the compressed air inside the D-Particle Shell was heated to an extremely high temperature and exploded. The explosion in the sea spread a shockwave around it, damaging the Petitlodon as well.
It wasn't a direct hit, so it was far from fatal. However, the Petitlodon felt pain and took refuge in a place a little further away.
I pulled Geronta onto the boat and looked how the Petitlodon was doing. The Petitlodon began to advance towards the ship. I took aim by intuition and activated SeventhColdShot.
Fortunately, the D-Particle Cooling Pile hit the pectoral fins and exerted an additional cooling effect. The pectoral fin and the surrounding seawater froze. The Petitlodon went on a rampage trying to remove the ice.
The Petitlodon's tail, after swimming under the small boat and going on a rampage, hit the bottom of the small boat. The stern of the 6-meter small boat lifted from the surface of the sea for a moment. At that moment, I heard an unpleasant metallic sound.
Inside the swaying small boat, I was hit here and there and felt the pain.
While enduring the pain, I continuously activated SeventhColdShot. The first shot landed in front of it, so I changed the angle and fired the second shot. It deviated to the right, so I corrected it and fired a third shot.
The D-Particle Cooling Pile pierced the Petitlodon's back. The stopper opened, pouring all the kinetic energy of the D-Particle Cooling Pile into the Petitlodon, causing its back to cave in.
The Petitlodon vomited blood into the sea. And, the additional effect of cooling froze its internal organs. The Petitlodon died in agony.
"If the three shots didn't hit, the ship might have been torn apart."
While complaining, I felt pain all over my body. Suddenly, when I looked to the side, I saw Geronta staring at me.
[ Grimm-sensei, you should drink an elementary healing magic potion. ]
It seemed that Metis was worried about my injuries. I took out an elementary healing magic potion from my Magic Pouch and drank it. This medicine had a bad taste, so I drank it all at once.
I felt the elementary healing magic potion permeate my whole body. After a while, the pain diminished and disappeared.
"Okay, let's pull up the treasure chest."
Geronta dived into the sea with a thin rope and tied the end of the rope to the treasure chest it found. I hoisted the chest onto the ship as I was told when Metis finished tying it.
Geronta picked up the black magic stone from the bottom of the sea. I had a frog-shaped Shadow Puppet, so I was fine, but I wondered how the other adventurers were collecting magic stones that had sunk to the bottom of the sea? Were they going to dive in and retrieve it themselves?
[ Let's check the treasure chest. ]
Prompted by Metis, I opened the treasure chest. Of course, just to be on the safe side, I activated 'Protection Shield'.
The contents of the treasure chest were Orc Gold Coins. There were about 300 of them. In addition to the gold coins, there was also a metal plate. Characters were carved on it, and it was about 15 centimeters in height and 10 centimeters in width.
"These are not Magic Letters."
It seemed that there were letters engraved on it that I didn't know. I handed over the metal plate to Geronta to see if Metis could read them.
[ I think these are Magic Letters called Sacramental Letters, but they are characters that have not been deciphered. ]
There were several types of Magic Letters, and the Sacramental Letters seemed to be used only in special cases.
I moved the gold coins into a cloth bag and threw the empty treasure chest into the sea. As I made my way back, I found the small boat was broken. The screw propeller was damaged.
"It broke when the Petitlodon went berserk."
[ What should we do? ]
"Let's go back with 'Wing'."
I activated 'Wing' and straddled the D-Particle Wing, stowed the small boat in my storage armlet and started returning to shore.
After going through the second and first floors, I returned to the surface and headed for the Adventurer's Guild. I asked to see the Branch Chief at the reception.
"Have you made an important discovery?"
Maria asked.
"I have information about the spring in the middle of the second floor."
"If it's that, it's already been reported. It seems to have the effect of recovering physical strength."
"That's not everything."
Maria made a surprised face.
"Is that so. I'm going to call out to the Branch Chief."
After waiting for a while I was told to go to the Branch Chief's office. When I entered the Branch Chief's office, the Branch Chief was signing documents at a large desk.
"I hear that you have information about the spring on the second floor, but we know that it restores physical strength."
"Yeah, I heard that from Gotou-san. However, I just confirmed today that it seems that it also restores magical power."
The tip of the Branch Chief's fountain pen, who was signing papers, snapped off.
"Ho, is that true?"
"Yeah, I checked it with the Magic Counter, so it's certain. I think some veteran adventurers have noticed."
When I told him my predictions, the Branch Chief made a sour face. Among the adventurers, there seemed to be a person who brought plastic tanks and tried to bring it to the surface in large quantities, so I wonder if they really noticed?