Episode 288: Offense and Defense of Wind and Sea
――I can defeat it soon!
Yuma, while manipulating the “Wind Dragons,” was certain of his victory. The Blue King was using his tentacles to create six “Ice Dragons,” but we have ten “Wind Dragons.”
Moreover, one of the Ice Dragons had been torn apart, leaving only five.
Furthermore, he used a Downdraft to drag the Blue King out of the sea. Its movements were severely restricted, and its means of attack were limited.
The situation was overwhelmingly in our favor. If we push through, we win!
――To think I’d get a chance to defeat the Blue King so soon…
We hadn’t even arrived in England yet, so it was a miscalculation, but a good one.
Yuma decided to defeat the Blue King at this very moment.
The “Wind Dragons” attacked the enemy repeatedly, dealing damage, but it was a huge body. We need to inflict more attacks.
Thinking so, Yuma created several Vacuum Spheres around himself.
The spheres writhed and transformed into Spikes. As Yuma moved his wings with a flutter, dozens of “Vacuum Bullets” flew out.
The Blue King was preoccupied with dealing with the “Wind Dragons” and had no余裕 to dodge the Vacuum Bullets.
They struck the Ice Armor one after another, shattering the thick ice and piercing the flesh.
“Oooooooooon”
The Blue King emitted a pained voice. Feeling that he was completely pushing through, Yuma gathered Magical Power as if to deliver the final blow.
He created dozens more “Vacuum Bullets,” aiming their sharp tips at the sea.
Just as he was about to release them, a chill ran down his spine. He didn’t know what it was, but he felt something terrifying approaching. He had such a premonition.
Yuma gasped and looked back.
He understood the source of his bad feeling. An incredibly tall tsunami was approaching. It wasn’t a normal tsunami.
It was abnormally elongated vertically, easily exceeding one kilometer in height.
If caught in it, he wouldn’t get away unscathed. Yuma hurriedly took evasive action.
The giant tsunami grazed Yuma and fell towards the Hole. It stirred up a large amount of spray along with a Crushing Impact.
The Downdraft was also blocked by the sheer volume of seawater.
――Damn! I let my guard down.
The opponent is the Blue King who controls the sea, so he would naturally do something like this. Yuma moved his Moth antennae, tracking the Mana.
The enormous Mana moved at high speed through the water, moving further and further away.
――It got away! The same attack won’t work anymore.
Yuma gave up chasing and searched for the fishing boat Rui and the others were on. He noticed that it was floating quite far away.
Was it swept away that far by the impact of the tsunami just now?
Yuma flapped his wings and moved closer to the boat.
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“Hey, are you all right?”
Felix asked, holding his head and looking around. Werner replied, “I’m fine!” and they confirmed that Jacob and Finn were also safe.
A giant tsunami suddenly appeared, and when it fell into the sea, the sea raged with the impact.
Thanks to the Wind Barrier, everyone was safe, but they had been swept away quite a bit.
“It seems everyone is unharmed.”
Rui looked around and breathed a sigh of relief. Then Jacob said resentfully, “I hit my back hard, though!”
Rui thought he seemed okay from his appearance, when suddenly he fell into shadow.
What could it be? When Rui looked up at the sky, there was the Green Lord, a giant Moth monster.
Jacob gasped, his legs giving way, and Felix and Werner were too surprised to speak. The Green Lord gradually shrank in the sky, and in the form of Black Armor, jumped onto the fishing boat.
The boat shook violently, and Felix and the others almost fell over.
“Ah, sorry.”
Yuma, still in his Black Armor form, bowed to Jacob.
“U… uuu… ahh.”
Jacob could only groan, not knowing what to do. Rui approached Yuma and called out.
“So, how did it go? Were you able to defeat the Blue King?”
“No, it got away. It’s moving through the sea… it’s impossible to chase.”
“I see…”
It would have been good to defeat it here… Rui said with a hint of disappointment, but he couldn’t force Yuma to do the impossible.
“It can’t be helped. Let’s go to England and check the situation as originally planned.”
“Yeah, you’re right.”
It seemed the time had come, and Yuma returned from the Black Armor to his original form. Jacob, who had been frightened, had calmed down and approached Yuma.
He frowned and made a dubious face.
“You can transform into a monster like that!?”
“Eh? Well, yeah, just a little bit…”
Jacob grinned and widened his eyes.
“Amazing! I didn’t know there were Seekers who could do that. You might even be able to join the German Seeker Clan ‘Schutzengel’! Don’t stay in Japan, you should immigrate to Germany!”
“H-haaa…”
Jacob laughed heartily, patting Yuma on the back, who could only give a wry smile.
“Jacob-san, I was thinking of going to England as planned, but could you drive?”
At Rui’s words, Jacob said, “Of course, that’s what I intend to do. Leave it to me!” and headed to the driver’s seat with enthusiasm.
He chased away Finn, who was complaining about whether they were really going, saying, “Be quiet!” and started the boat’s engine.
Rui also turned his gaze to Felix and Werner.
“Are you two okay? I’m sorry for scaring you so much… You can go back to Hamburg now if you want.”
Rui was considerate of the two, but Felix snorted.
“What are you saying! I’m watching you guys fight the Conglomerate! Do you think I’d be scared by something like this? Right, Werner!”
Werner, who was spoken to, hadn’t seen the fight with the Conglomerate.
He had witnessed the battle between the Blue King and the Green Lord and seemed quite surprised.
When Werner couldn’t answer immediately, Felix approached Werner and pressed him, “Right, there’s no problem, right? Right?” as if not allowing him to say no.
In the end, Werner could only say, “A-ah, that’s right. I’m okay.”
It was a bit forced, but since everyone (except Finn) had agreed, they decided to set off for England again.
“Alright! Let’s depart!!”
Jacob grabbed the steering wheel and pushed the lever forward, and the fishing boat slowly began to move.