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"Holy shit, this turtle. It's too hard. It's withstanding Thanatos' Nyoron Cudgel!

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"But that turtle didn't attack me when it saw me, chief. Shouldn't we just not deal with it?"

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"Yes, it is. I guess we'll have to distinguish between the docile and the unfriendly creatures around here."

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　We were building a base in a cove in the ocean we had discovered.

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　While we were working, a turtle came out of the sea.

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　It came up on the white beach and was moving slowly.

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　If that were all, it would have been fine, but the problem was its size.

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　It was much bigger than the turtles I had known, and its shell alone must have been about two meters high.

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　Thanatos found it and attacked the tortoise.

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　Thanatos, who had turned into a giant, swung down the Nyoronkaku with all his might and slammed it into the carapace.

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　We do not know for sure how powerful it is, but we think that it would probably work even against a dragon species.

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　Nevertheless, the tortoise continued to endure with its face and arms and legs retracted into its shell.

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　That shell must be unusually hard.

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"Master Thanatos! Leave it to me. Summon the ice spirit.

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　Vargas intervened in the battle between the turtle and the giant.

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　Vargas invokes the "Ice Spirit Summoner" and enters the battle.

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　The ice spirit summoned by Vargas took the form of a large turtle.

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　Perhaps he had some feelings about the fact that the Ice Spirit he could summon was a tortoise.

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　The turtle's shell, which Thanatos had been having trouble with, seemed to be a good match for Vargas.

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　The giant ice tortoise attacked by spewing cold air, freezing the surroundings.

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　No amount of confinement in the shell would have mattered against this attack.

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　The tortoise started to shiver and, perhaps unable to bear the cold any longer, it tried to escape to the sea by putting out its trapped limbs.

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　Then Thanatos struck it.

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　Even though the turtle's shell was hard, it was not so hard on the inside.

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　With that blow, it was all over.

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"Well done, Vargas."

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"Ha-ha-ha. You see, general? I can do it when I have to."

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"No, it's really great. Vargas is the only one who can use [summon ice spirit] here. I'm counting on you.

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"I thought the general inherited it before his death, so he can't use it anymore. Isn't that inconvenient?

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"That can't be helped now. I have the sword of light, so it's not so inconvenient for me personally.

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"I see. But there are all kinds of people here. I had no idea turtles could be such a tough opponent.

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"Maybe because predators are so strong, they evolved to have better defense against being eaten by them. I hope there are no dangerous predators in the sea.

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"Yes, yes. If there are sea creatures that attack us, it will be difficult to fish. I'll have to look into that as well. ......That's a lot of work."

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"Well, at any rate, the first step is to build a base. Let's just get it done and eat some fish, Vargas."

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　Have all creatures evolved to have strong bodies in this harsh environment?

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　The conversation with Vargas even made me wonder about the durability of the tortoise.

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　However, a shell of that hardness is intriguing.

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　I wondered if it could be clawed by the sharp claws of a sky dragon's feet.

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　Couldn't we use it for something?

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　I'll bring it back to Gran and give it to him as a material.

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　I am sure he will be pleased.

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　With these thoughts in mind, we reinforced the cliff at the back of the cove with [Wall Construction] and [Wall of Atmos], and built a building near the cliff that would serve as our base of operations.

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　I prepared a space for people to live inside, a space for storing unknown materials obtained in the area, and a defensive structure so that we would not be attacked by demons.

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　The base has been established, taking into consideration the possibility of being attacked from both the ground and the sky.

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　We have also built a road leading to the sea from there and installed a pier.

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"Yes, it's done! Then, let's split up the group again. The group that goes to retrieve the magic airship and the sky dragon, the group that secures the safety of the beach, and the group that catches fish and other seafood.

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"Then I'll go and get some fish. I've been on a lot of boats in my territory. You can count on me, general.

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"Yes, Vargas. But be careful. The river and the sea are different. Don't let the raft you built get swept away by the rip current. Then let's go with the team that Thanatos and I put together to retrieve the sky dragon. The rest of the security around the area will be left to the others, but give us a signal if anything happens.

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Yes, sir.

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"All right, then, let's get moving. After we finish our work, let's all enjoy the seafood together."

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　After establishing our base, we were once again divided into several groups.

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　Thanatos and I retrace our steps back to the crash site.

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　This turned out to be a surprisingly hard job.

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　We ended up removing only the minimum necessary parts of the magic airship and putting it in the magic bag, but we decided to carry the body of the sky dragon as it was.

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　But the body of the sky dragon was too big.

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　Therefore, they cut down the trees along the way, and lined up the trees as logs on the ground, and moved the body of the sky dragon as if it were moving on the logs.

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　Thanatos was on the lookout in the jungle while I cut down the trees that got in my way with my sword of light.

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　Then, after the trees were cut down, the others would prepare the ground.

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　This took quite a long time.

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　In the end, it took several days to transport the trees.

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　Meanwhile, Vargas continued to fish in the sea.

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　Apparently, there are no dangerous sea monsters near the cove for now.

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　I don't know what will happen when we go out to sea, but I guess that is the best news for now.

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　At first Vargas was only taking fish, but then I asked him for some of my own.

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　Fish are not the only things that can be caught in the sea.

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　What I personally appreciated were seaweeds such as kelp, seaweeds, and shellfish.

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　All of these can be used to make soup stock.

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　If we can master them, we may be able to develop our existing dishes even further.

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　I was thinking about this as we barbecued and ate the seafood Vargas had gathered for us.

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