Manowa

◎ Auriol Sea, Island Turtle Shell Port

「I see. That was dreadful, Kazane. Well, I also had a bit of difficulty. I defeated a Leviathan. It seems it was also difficult for you guys, but I would say it's even, right? Right?」

「Yeah. That's right. The monstrous white whale Leviathan? Seeing it at close range, it's quite big.」

Kazane agreed with Jinrai's words.

Currently, Kazane and the others had arrived at the Island Turtle and were present at the material collection site for the Leviathan.

After defeating the General Kraken group, Kazane and the others headed to the Island Turtle without resuming their exploration. The presence given off by dragons could possibly awaken grudges again, so they regretfully abandoned the exploration. And when Kazane and the others arrived at the Island Turtle, Lyle, Jinrai, and Shippuu were waiting.

And according to the details they heard from Jinrai, it seemed Jinrai was here collecting the material from the Leviathan until Kazane and the others came.

The main materials from a Leviathan were its meat and bones. Also, even though it was a whale, it had a Dragon Heart for some reason, which Jinrai had already collected.

「If Jinrai-san had come, we could have done it more easily.」

「Sorry. The work just won't end. Good grief, three Krakens? How regrettable.」

After Kazane's words, Jinrai replied.

Though Kazane was just saying that. If Jinrai had come, the battle likely would have proceeded more favorably, but it had already ended with their overwhelming victory, so there was no need to expressly say that.

Behind Kazane and Jinrai, Lyle was holding Gieve's Spear's mouth closed with a wry smile, and Shippuu was crying「Naa Naa」while scratching his head. Naturally, Kazane didn't understand the meaning of their actions.

「So then, the Krakens' corpses vanished?」

The Leviathan's materials were collected. However, since the Krakens were formed from grudges, they disappeared immediately after. Though that didn't mean there were no spoils at all.

「Yeah. We couldn't get any ordinary materials. We obtained Magic Life Stones, though.」

「Hoh. Three of them?」

「Wellll. We got one from the General Kraken that's about half the size of the one I used to strengthen Yuuko-nee, and one slightly smaller than that came from the ordinary Kraken. The one from the Kraken Naoki's group defeated fell into the sea and couldn't be recovered.」

Since Naoki and the others stayed on the ship as they attacked their Kraken from a distance, they weren't able to collect the Magic Life Stone left behind when the Kraken disappeared. The Magic Life Stone sank to the bottom of the sea afterwards.

「Then there are two?」

After Jinrai's question, Kazane shook her head.

「The Berserk Ogre ate one, and the one from the General Kraken is right here. It's now buried. It seems it resonated with the one the Berserk Ogre ate and stuck to this.」

Kazane showed Jinrai the magenta stone installed into the center of her chest armor.

「And so, I can now do this.」

So saying, Kazane swung her fist down. A stout black arm momentarily appeared from Kazane's gauntlet and hit the ground. And after striking, that stout arm immediately disappeared back into the gauntlet.

「Hoh, what was that?」

「It seems the Berserk Ogre can partially come out of the『Dragon Eating Ogre Army Armor』. It looks like it's more or less according to my will, though.」

That may have been a measure out of misgivings over Kazane's low close combat capability, or maybe it was the Berserk Ogre's desperate measure to deal with being summoned less often, but as a result, the『Dragon Eating Ogre Army Armor』had powered up even further.

After he heard that explanation from Kazane, Jinrai nodded.

「Well, there's surely nothing bad about that, Kazane. You're certainly strong, but you have conspicuous parts where your claws haven't been completely sharpened yet.」

「I'm self-aware of that, though.」

After Jinrai's words, Kazane bitterly smiled.

Kazane's own combat power was high, but she was inferior to Jinrai and Yumika in close quarters. It was a problem of accumulated proficiency with her combat techniques.

Kazane, who used multiple Skills for different purposes, and Yumika, who mastered one Skill at a time.

There was no doubt that Kazane could proceed very advantageously in normal battles. However, if she faced an opponent on their own terms, that situation would reverse. For example, the tonfa confrontation with the Skeleton General.

Jinrai and Yumika were experts at making opponents face them on their own playing field. This was because they trained their techniques for winning, which included that aspect as well. Kazane didn't have such strength yet.

「For the time being, I'm planning to continue studying tonfa user techniques. It seems like that skeleton used to be a Tsuvaran general or something, so based on that, there are tonfa techniques in Tsuvara as well. Hopefully, I can find the last primer.」

「Hm. That's right, perhaps you should try asking Knight Leader Reigel?」

After Jinrai's words, Kazane agreed「Ah, that's right.」Since Reigel was Audin's right-hand man, it seemed likely he would know about that as well.

「Since I defeated a rare tonfa user, I wish I had obtained a Skill like that, but...」

「Mmm. The Skill you obtained is powerful in its own way, though.」

Then, the gazes of the two turned to the small-scale 20 meter battleships parked in the port in front of them. The battleships were covered with armor plating so thick it made one wonder how they could float in the sea. As stand-ins for grips, they had thick smokestacks sticking out, which were spouting silver steam from the Magic Power Gas inside.

They were magic ships powered by natural magical power, which was a technology currently lost in the Philon continent. And there were two of them lined up. They were Kazane's new summons,『Battleship Tonfas』. And since they were 20 meters long, they were fine products that were clearly impossible to use as tonfas.

「They're splendid, but it doesn't seem likely we'll go to the sea very often in the future.」

「Even if they aren't used as tonfas or ships, they're so big that I'm thinking of dropping them on enemies. Battleship Tonfa Summoning!ーor something like that?」

「Battleship Tonfa?」

「Battleship Tonfa.」

They were Mass weapons. They were Battleship Tonfas.

「Hmm. Well, that should be fine. Shall we see how strong they are in actual battle?」

「As expected, it seems using them in a dungeon would be difficult, so there might not be many opportunities to do so, though.」

Kazane bitterly smiled as she said that. Dropping ships with total lengths of 20 meters. A reasonably large space was necessary to summon them.

「Um, Jinrai-san. Could you introduce us soon?」

Then, someone called out to Jinrai, who was deep in conversation with Kazane.

「Mm, ah, sorry, Monroe.」

Jinrai bowed his head to the person behind him, then looked toward Kazane and the others again.

「Monroe, this is Kazane, the leader of the White Party. Kazane, this gentleman is Monroe, the leader of the Turtlemen on this Island Turtle. We challenged the Leviathan together. He's considerably skilled.」

After Jinrai's words, Monroe scratched his cheek, but Kazane looked at the harpoon he was holding and thought (I see) as she nodded.

Sea King's Harpoon. It was a high-ranking weapon of the harpoon type that controlled seawater. Kazane understood that since he could handle that, he was surely strong.

「I never expected Tsuvara's princess would ever visit, so I feel a little daunted, but welcome to our Island Turtle.」

Monroe said while wearing a cheerful smile on his gentle face. As with all Turtlemen, his facial expressions had a strange charm.

「Yeah, thank you. We're the ones who should say sorry for the sudden intrusion. It was our first time seeing something like this, so we got curious and came.」

『We came.』

Following Kazane's words, Tatsuo, who was sitting on her head, said that and cried Kuwaa. Although he was covered with the usual Black Flame equipment, since he had grown a little and had more horns, his appearance was even more imposing than before.

「Nevertheless, those are magnificent ships. Moreover, two ships can be operated with this number of people. Tsuvara's national power is high.」

After Monroe's words, Kazake laughed「Ahahaha」in reply. It was hard to say that they had been summoned.

Though since that General Kraken was able to summon them, they may have existed in Tsuvara 600 years ago, so saying Tsuvara's national power was high may not be mistaken. If they were talking about 600 years ago.

「So then, Kazane. Since it's a good opportunity, why don't you have Monroe guide you to the hot spring to wash off your sweat?」

「Hot spring? We're on an Island Turtle, aren't we?」

When Kazane tilted her head, Jinrai smirked and replied.

「It exists here. From a Hot Spring Water Orb.」

Name: Yuihama Kazane

Occupation: Dragon and Beast Ruling Tenma Monarch (Apprentice)

Title: Ogre Killer, Dragon Slayer, High Beast Summoner, Rea King, Liberator, Guardian

Equipment: Staff 『White Blaze』, Draghorn Tonfa x2, Dragon Eating Ogre Army Armor (True), Indestructible Cloak, Mysterious Pouch, Crimson Saint Coffin, Heroic Spirit Summoning Ring, Circlet of Wisdom, Aim Bracelet, White Magic Accumulator (Revised) ×2, Rainbow Necklace, Rainbow Dragon Ring, Angel Bracelet

Level : 40

Health: 156+20

Magic Power: 378+520

Strength: 81+45

Agility: 83+39

Endurance: 45+20

Wisdom : 75

Dexterity : 53

Spell : 『Fly』『Torch』『Fire』『Heal』『Firestorm』『Healer Ray』『High Heal』『Golden Dusk「Dragon Exclusive」』『Mirror Shield』『Rabbit Speed』『Flare Mirage』

Skill : 『Apprenticeship Cancellation』『Nil Principle』『Skill Hand (１)』『Halo』『Evolution Hand (１)』『Kick Devil』『Kick Decapitation Wave』『Warrior's Memory: Lv2』『Night Vision』『Crushing Blow』『Dog's Sense of Smell: Lv2』『Golem Maker: Lv4』『Aegis Shield』『Fire Principle: Third Chapter』『Healing Principle: Fourth Chapter』『Air Jump: Lv2』『Killing Leg: Lv3』『Fear Voice』『Invisible』『Tiger Eye』『Wall Walking』『Intuition: Lv2』『Cheat Death』『Nimble』『Charge』『Material Shield: Lv2』『Information Link: Lv2』『Optical Camouflage』『High Dash』『Bloodsucking Blade』『Dragonization: Lv3「Dragon」』『Regenerate』『Soul Breaking Blade』『Stealthy Hand Placement』『Thunder Chariot: Lv2』『Sturdier Teeth: Lv2「Dragon」』『Crystallization: Lv2「Dragon」』『Devil King's Intimidation』『Stone Minotaur: Lv2』『Mega Beam: Lv2』『Space Expansion』『Pseudo-Silver Creation』『Poison Claw』『Fireball「Dragon」』『Cuticle「Dragon」』『Arms Creation: Black Flame』『Ingredient Connoisseur: Lv3』『Dragon Pheromone「Dragon」』『Boost』『Monkey's Strong Arm』『Two-sword Style』『Boobies Plus』『Living Armor』『Alarm』『Six-sword Style』『Mental Attack Complete Protection』『Spider Web』『Wire Cutter』『Flexible』『Magic Power Absorption』『Red Body Transformation』『Friendship Tag-team』『Battleship Tonfa Summoning』

Kazane: 「A Hot Spring Water Orb? I want it.」

Yumika: 「Mmm. In a place like this, it's surely a precious water source, so wouldn't it be difficult to get them to hand it over?」