1685 the 1685th episode



a transparent tentacle extending from the sea toward the set
 Sett averts it by flapping his wings.
 When Sett slanted himself, Ray shook his death size and cut off his tentacles...

"Hush!"

 reactively dissize to the carnage felt from behind.
 But at first glance, Ray's death-size area looks empty.
 ...and still, Ray's hand, which held the death size, had a strong cut in it.
 What it is is revealed when Sett distanced himself from the sky, flapping his wings.
 The same tentacles that Ray cut first appeared as if they were oozing out of the air.
 The tip was cut according to the size of the tip was cut by death size.
 The day after he slept leaning on Seto... Ray was fishing out to sea as before.
 With a harpoon made of emoticons, I was able to catch quite a huge... a huge tuna like I saw on TV when I was in Japan, but when I was looking for fish, I was suddenly attacked by monsters.
 All they did was extend their tentacles out of the sea, but the number of them and... above all, the transparency and manipulation of some tentacles were the problem.
 The length of his tentacles was limited, so he wouldn't be attacked if he flew higher, and he was more likely to give up... but Ray had no option whatsoever to let go of the monsters he was attacking.
 Because the monsters that are attacking us now have the ability to make our tentacles transparent.

(Probably...no, I'm sure that if Seto absorbs this monster's magic stone, his optical camouflage skills will improve to the next level. Never have the option of missing this.)

 Ray has this determination because not many monsters have the ability to be transparent, and above all, the current level of optical camouflage in Seto is four.
 It was an impossible choice for Ray to miss the perfect opportunity here, given that his skills would be rapidly strengthened once his level reached five.
 That's why they're dealing with each other without pretending to evacuate, even though they're constantly attacked by tentacles from underwater.
 However, the number of tentacles growing out of the sea was completely beyond Ray's expectations, and it seemed to make no sense to cut any number of them.

(Can't you just keep cutting off the tentacles like this?) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

 Of course Ray doesn't want to let the monster run away, but if it ends up diving deep into the ocean, it's hard to follow.
 That's why I had to try to keep him from running away by trying to attract their attention.

"Set".
"Grull!"

 Seth reacts quickly to Rey's words and moves close to the surface of the sea level.
 The underwater monsters then reached out to see if they knew it quickly.
 The number of tentacles is one, two, three, four... no, it'll soon be countless.
 Moreover, the extended tentacles are merely tentacles within sight.
 There was no doubt that some of the tentacles were transparent, a feature of the monster.

(If you see a lot of tentacles, of course you need to concentrate your attention there. ... well, it's a real nuisance. Is it all right if I cut off too many tentacles... or if I take these numbers into consideration.

 I don't want to cut off my tentacles too much and make them feel threatened and run away.
 That being the case, it was necessary to try to avoid attacks even with a large number of tentacles, while somehow delivering a fatal blow to the body...

(But the question is how to attack the enemy in the sea...?)

 Ray has experienced many battles with fish and monsters since he came to the sea, but there is a big difference between those battles and the current situation.
 It means that the monsters currently attacking the lays are deep in the sea.
 Up until now, we had been able to confirm its appearance firmly from the sea level, and we could confirm its shadow no matter how deep it was.
 But... the monsters attacking Ray and Sett are attacking from deep places that they can't be seen from above the sea.
 Therefore, if the opponent could not be fatally injured by a single blow even if he attacked poorly, he was likely to run away, and he could not act as if he had taken a single blow carelessly.

(First of all, if you don't check the other person thoroughly... it takes time, but can't you help it? This is the only way I can think of right now.)

 Avoiding the attack on his tentacles, Ray calls out to the set on which he is riding.
 Basically, Sett understood Ray's name when he called it, but he still needed to explain it clearly.
 Given that it's a somewhat complicated action -- compared to just calling names -- it's only natural.

"Glu!?"

 Many... nearly a dozen tentacles try to catch Seto and Ray... and as he tries to drag them into the sea, Seto responds to Ray's call, flapping his wings and avoiding them.
 If Ray orders an attack, Seto will immediately attack the tentacles that extend around him.
 The tentacles themselves are neither so rigid nor so flexible.
 A flash of Ray's death size is natural, but a blow to Sett's forefeet can destroy it enough.
 The reason they don't do it is because Ray tells them not to give them a sense of crisis.
 If it's really dangerous, Ray will use his death size to intercept it, but only when there's really nothing he can do.
 ...if Sett had not grown over three meters long...that's the extreme size of a yellow, he wouldn't have been so desperate.
 However, if they were as big as Yero, they would not have been able to carry Ray on their backs.
 At any rate, it is very difficult to keep the tentacles off because of their size.
 Still, I think it shows how great Seto is when he avoids it somehow or other.
 However, such a situation cannot last forever.
 At this rate, it was certain that Seto's body would eventually be caught by the tentacles.
 A few of them would be easy to pull off considering Seto's physical abilities.

"Slightly head towards the shallow water, avoiding the enemy's attack. I can't see the enemy in the sea now, but if I go to a shallow place, I should see the other side by side!"
"Grull? ...Grullllllllllllllllll.

 Understanding Rey's words, Seto flies towards the shore, singing that he understands.
 However, it was a very slow movement in terms of speed, as it was highly likely that they would give up if they acted as if they had completely shaken off the tentacles attack.

"I'm sorry, Set. Well... I'll do my best, too."

 To cope with the attacking tentacles, Ray puts the death size in a mistling and takes out the spear instead.
 The spear is not Ray's usual twilight spear, but his missing ear tip, and is a disposable spear for throwing.
 To prevent the enemy from attacking by hitting the tentacles with the handle of a spear instead of cutting the tentacles with the tip of the ear...a discarded spear chosen for that purpose
 But they cut off their tentacles to keep the monsters they're targeting from being alarmed, but still prevent attacks by their tentacles.
 For that purpose, the discarded spear that Ning Ray had taken out was more appropriate.

"Ah,"

 However, whether his tentacles were more fragile than Ray had expected, or whether Ray's spear-wielding blow was sharper than he had expected... he sometimes cut them off with the power of a spear instead of cutting them off.
 Nevertheless, I understood how strong I was to play without destroying my tentacles, while I was wielding my spear-wielding again.
 To some extent, Ray, accustomed to the handling of the spear -- in the sense that it can be wielded without breaking its tentacles -- approaches the shore with Sett.
 The number of tentacles growing out of the sea eventually grew even more, perhaps because monsters in the sea were frustrated by Ray and Sett's actions.
 Throughout the place, tentacles...including visible tentacles and transparent tentacles, Seto skips through, flapping his wings.
 If a stranger sees the present scene of Seto, he may well describe it as swimming in the sky.
 Swimming in the tentacles for a few minutes towards the shore.
 If she had been flying at her normal speed, she would have reached the shore in ten seconds or so.
 But if they do so, the monster definitely gives up attacking Seto and runs away.
 In order to avoid this, it was necessary to adjust the flight speed of the set.
 That's it, quite slowly.
 It was worth the speed-adjusted flight, and the underwater monsters approached the shore without giving up their sets.

(I've heard that there are some underwater creatures that can't live at all depths...but fortunately, this monster is different.)









 What Ray remembered was a TV show he watched while he was in Japan.
 Fish inhabiting deep waters can die if taken to sea rapidly, due to the difference in water pressure.
 However, monsters currently underwater are fortunately not particularly affected when they approach shore.

(Is it because he was a monster or because he simply had that kind of quality... or because he was Elgin?)

 Staring at the sea, thinking like that.
 However, since it swings in various directions, it would not normally have been possible to concentrate.
 But it's just an ordinary person's story, and Ray doesn't fall into the category of ordinary people at all right.
 As a result, I was able to observe the underwater well even on a vigorous set.
 Then, when the water is getting quite shallow, Ray finally realizes the true identity of the enemy is.

"I could have guessed it by looking at the tentacles... Jellyfish, after all! It's troublesome!"

 Swimming rapidly through the sea, rather than jellyfish-like, was very difficult to spot because of its translucent body.Nevertheless, Ray's shallow depth and his five senses, which are much sharper than ordinary people, must have been the reason why he was able to discover it.

"But once you find it, you won't let it go." Seto, get close to the sea level at once!"

 Calling on Seto, Ray stores his spear in a mistling and pulls out a harpoon with a wire.
 At Ray's direction, Seto approaches the sea with a cry.
 Of course, getting closer to the sea means that you will be attacked by so many tentacles.

"Gul-l-r-r-r-r-r-r!"

 Firebrace flames from Seto's mouth burn down many of his tentacles at sea.
 Of course, the flame of the firebrace is only exhaled by Seto's mouth... that is, only by those who see it.
 The tentacles approaching under, beside, or even behind the set are intact.
 But that's quite irrelevant to Sett.
 Because I knew that the speed of the tentacles would never catch up with the speed of my wings flapping.
 And in fact, Seto's prediction was correct, and the tentacles couldn't catch up.
 ...however, the monsters had only been running around, and they probably didn't expect Seto to come at them all of a sudden.
 On Seto's back, Ray smiles with a harpoon in his hand.
 I have been very focused on avoiding it, and this has led to my opponent's carelessness.
 Then Ray saw the sea approaching, and seized the harpoon he was holding...

"Set!"
"Grull!"

 At Ray's call, Seto flaps his wings wide and forces his way.
 That's a sharp rise as if you were drawing a V.
 And the harpoon Ray fired at the start of the climb penetrates the jellyfish's torso beautifully.

"Well, I'm still alive, but I'll take you ashore like that fish monster!"

 With a smile on his face -- still alive -- he killed a monster with a magical stone that was likely to have access to optical camouflage skills.