214 Ceremonial Hall
"come!"
With Sheila's words, countless shellfish like the tip of a twisted spear pop out from the water, spinning at high speed like a drill.
Lance shell. It's a shellfish monster that lives in the magical water vein. It is a monster that propels itself by spouting water from its shell, whether underwater or above water, and skewers its opponent with its shell.
The shell is distinctive--in short, it's a long turban shell.
Caught by Sheila's sticky net and Rosemary's magic thread. When it stopped moving, the Dullahan and Ignis charged from the side, and it was crushed by a flash of a great sword.
It's a real battle-style training in the magical water vein. The idea is to get used to the terrain and battles here by fighting both underwater and in the waterways. What I stepped into was a large room. It has a small island in the center and is surrounded by water. It looks like the terrain is a trap, but fighting in a place like this is the best way to train.
Ashley and Lavigne are the ones who take on the Gilmans who rise out of the water one after another and approach. Then there's Irmhild and Seraphina.
Unlike merfolk, whose lower body is a fish, Gilmans are bipedal half-mermen. For this reason, they can also operate on land. Like merfolk, they use a trident as a weapon, and they also shoot water bullets, so they are able to shoot both far and near.
“Seraphina-chan!”
"Yeah!"
However, they don't treat each other properly. The arrow wrapped in cursed music made a high-pitched sound as it passed through the Gilmans, causing confusion and starting to attack each other. Then an ice storm attacks Ashley and Lavigne.
Gilman, who escaped the effects of Irmhild's arrow, tries to retaliate by throwing the trident in his hand and shooting water bullets, but it may be an illusion created by Marlene, or it may be something that was aimed at the real thing. It was bounced by the saucer...the attack never reached us.
This camp's defense is perfect. Dullahan and Sheila rush in after taking care of Lance Shell. Sheila slashes Gilman, who escapes with a charge. At that rate... Gilman and the others would be destroyed in no time.
The person Grace is dealing with is a gigantic mantis shrimp as tall as a human - Grand Squealer. It approaches Grace while swaying its body in flashy colors of red and blue.
Despite its size, it's quick enough to be a force to be reckoned with even on land. The so-called prawn punch is still alive and well despite its size. During the BFO era, there were scenes where tank roles that failed to get the role were blown away.
The huge twin fists hit Grace with force like bullets. Grace faced it head on. The fist and ax collide, making a ridiculous impact sound.
The torso's upper body was thrown backwards, and Grace was also thrown backwards. Both immediately reversed. They collide again. The shrimp twists its body and slams the edge of its tail shell like a knife.
"Ha!"
A shield is deployed on the soles of the feet using a magic tool. Kick it to stop the tail, then step in. A flash of an ax imbued with fighting spirit. The toad's protruding eyes are cut off and it flies through the air, causing the toad to rampage like crazy.
"Ignis!"
Rosemary's voice. Grace jumped away and Ignis rushed in at the perfect time, as if to replace her. In the direction of the blown-off eyes--he dives from a blind spot and slams down with a sledgehammer that looks like a rugged chunk of metal. When the sledgehammer was crushed halfway through its body while crushing its shell, the shrimp stopped moving.
That sledgehammer is a weapon that functions mutually with the pile bunker. The concept is to puncture the armor and shatter it further into fine pieces.
As for me, I'm flying around on the surface of the water and dealing with the Thunder Kraken. As the name suggests, it is a giant squid that launches lightning strikes.
Scrape through the tentacles that pop out from the water surface one after another. The lightning that shoots out from the tentacles is blocked by the shield, and it flies to the right and left as if weaving through the tentacles.
It seems that a charge is required for lightning strikes. Assessing the blank space after firing a blow, it flies wide in time with Nemea's bite.
The tentacles are pulled and tangled, forming a knot. Freeze it with water magic and connect it to the wall. After making it impossible to evade or run away, raise the Ouroboros and deploy a magic circle.
"Penetrate"
6th class earth magic crystal lance. It's a spell that releases a huge crystal spear. He fires a spear at the kraken's head peeking out from the water. Without any resistance--it pierced through the tentacles that were trying to block it, and skewered the Thunder Kraken's head. The kraken struggled for a moment to escape, but then it went limp and lost its strength.
"Are you hurt?"
After eliminating the rough monsters, Grace asks.
"I'm fine. What about everyone?"
"I'm fine. I'm not hurt."
Ashley reports after checking everyone's condition.
"What about Ignis?"
Rosemary asked Ignis to raise his arms and checked everything before answering.
"No problem here either."
Hmm. No particular damage. That's quite a thing. All that's left to do is strip it down... but as usual, all you can get from the magical water veins are ingredients.
Lance shell tastes like turban shell, and both shrimp and squid are of course edible. I have heard that giant squid are not very edible, but there is no problem with kraken.
Well... Gilman doesn't have much of an appetite... but let me collect the magic stone.
"Can this... be eaten?"
"Oh, Grand Squealer? It may look like that, but it's delicious...I think."
It seems that Sheila is more useless as a toad than a Gilman. Although I don't understand it.
However, the amount of seafood was more than I could eat. Well, you can sell off the excess at the guild, so let's finish stripping it quickly.
"Hello"
"Hello, Mr. Theodore."
I head to the guild to sell the ingredients. Heather, the receptionist, smiles and guides us through the process of purchasing ingredients.
Heather said after receiving the payment.
“Theodore-san, I have a message from the guild master. I want you to tell him that the construction site is ready.”
"...That means..."
"Yes. It seems that all the materials have been gathered. The guild master called out to Lady Penelope at the temple and said that he was going to see the construction site..."
The construction site is the planned site for the construction of a ritual site to summon the volcanic spirit.
The necessary materials were collected. As for the ritual hall, I plan to use the magic building. Based on Claudia and Auria's opinions, I also created a miniature model using earth magic.
“Then I’ll show my face there.”
"I see.Then, could you please tell the guild master to come back early after lunch? The heat has eased and it's cool today, so I'm just going out for a preview and having some fun. I think so.”
Heather smiles bitterly. For some reason, I get the impression that he is used to Auria's actions and how she is treated.
“Is that so?”
“Well, Auria-sama is the kind of person who works hard when things are the most difficult, so that’s good.”
I see. Heather and the others seem to trust her.
So, I headed outside the Term Wills barrier - the planned construction site of the ritual hall.
"Hello"
"Oh, Theodore?"
“Ah, Theo-kun.”
"Hello, everyone"
At the planned construction site, there is a rest hut and a pavilion that were built in advance. There were Auria, Penelope, and the Forest Birds, who were probably asked to act as bodyguards. When you say hello, the person on the other end breaks down and greets you as well. Marlene happily runs up to Penelope. Penelope also greeted Marlene with a smile.
Necessary materials are also available and stacked by type. After that, we would construct this as a magical structure according to the blueprints as a summoning ritual site to welcome the spirits.
"Heather called. She asked me to come back after lunch."
"Hmm. Understood."
Auria smiles bitterly when she relays Heather's message.
“But wouldn’t it be a pain to go back and have lunch now? I got a lot of ingredients from the magic water vein, how about that?”
"method"
As expected, Auria shows interest.
Seafood is abundant today, including turban shells, squid, and shrimp. We will cook it together with other ingredients that we bought at the market.
I made a stove with earth magic, lit it with wood magic and fire magic, placed the turban shells and squid on a wire mesh I bought at the market, and roasted them.
What to do with shrimp is boiling the fillets and then tossing them in sauce with pasta or frying them. Grace is in charge of creating the source.
The aroma of turban shells and squid roasting on a wire mesh wafts through the air. Yeah. It looks like it's going to be quite a sumptuous lunch.
"Hmm. This sauce is excellent."
Forest Bird Monica brought the food to her mouth and rolled her eyes. The tomato-based sauce is sprinkled with herbs, giving it a vibrant color.
"thank you"
Grace smiles gently. It's time for lunch sitting around a round table in the gazebo.
"The lance shell is delicious too. After eating something like this, we'll want to go to the Magic Water Vein too."
“If you have measures in place, I think it’s a good idea to aim for it.”
They also use magic tools that incorporate magic shields, and I think Forest Bird could do it if they had countermeasures for underwater warfare.
“Perhaps when Alfred-kun is not busy?”
Lucian smiles bitterly.
Hmm... Alfred was rather busy making magic tools to be placed in the equipment around the ritual hall.
“Theo-kun, you’re going to build magic again, right?”
"Ah. Ceremonial hall."
"I came here because I wanted to see it. It'll be a while since I got all the materials."
Auria says with some regret. ah. Was that why you left?
"Then, I guess I'll start working on it after lunch. I don't think it will take that long."
It seems to be expected and it is a service.
As well as the ceremonial hall, we are also planning to build a facility where the shrine maiden can stay to keep the spirits.
It's a waste to end up not using it once you're done with it... I'd like to think of some way to reuse it.
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