'The small ship Lord Tallow asked for, but it was finished two days ahead of schedule. Was the head of the Garcia Trading Company convinced that we would take on the request?

'Maybe. But maybe he really thought it was a bad idea. Which one do you think future generations will think it is?

'Mr. Tallow, this boat is a nice little piece of work for a small boat. And I like that it's free.

I suppose that's part of the reward...




　Reports have come in that the huge sandworm Emptiness, which is believed to have already completely destroyed the oasis of Trest, is definitely heading for Shipland.
　We are heading in a southwest direction in a small ship, completed ahead of schedule, to defeat the Emptiness.
　We are trying to make contact with the Emptiness that destroyed the oasis of Trest.

'We can see the refugees in the bobbing and we can see the refugees.

A small boat and a bunch of common folk.

　We came across a number of ships with lords who felt like they had escaped on a ship anyway before the emptiness attacked them, but most of them seemed to have escaped with their clothes on, and Shipland would have a hard time from now on with their acceptance.

'The void seems to have quickened the speed of the invasion. I wonder if the Barons of Trest and the Lords' army are resisting?　I don't see Hunter either.

Maybe. I'm just not impressed.

Too reckless?

''That's part of it, but we'll come up with a plan to intercept the emptiness as soon as possible, and we'll get the hunter volunteers in Trest to help us, and we'll also call for support from Shipland. If we had been able to do that, we could have resisted, but in this situation, we would have had a better chance of winning if we fled to Shipland temporarily and worked together to intercept them on the outskirts of Shipland.

　I see.
　I knew Lalabell was a terrific hunter and swordsman, but I didn't think he knew much about military matters either.
　There's no point in being prepared for something you won't be able to do in time, and if that's the case, you'll need to make the choice to flee to prepare for the next battle.
　If she could understand that, she would make a very good commander.

　That's probably why the king disliked Lalabelle and ridiculed the nobles for being a dope.
　It's likely that she'll survive better than that king if she's in command on the battlefield.
　After all, she's the 'Sword Sage'.
　I don't need to tell you about the odds of winning a battle.

''Then, the Baroness Trest won't be able to raise her head to Viscount Shipland forever. Since the Lord of the Oasis is so proud.''

　Even if he's only vassal to the Baat Kingdom in form, he's practically like a king of a small country.
　The Lord of the Oasis and his clan, who aren't even vassals, would be more independent-minded.

''Has that independent spirit taken a toll on them this time?''

''Emptiness is a famous sand beast, and if you defeat it, you are sure to receive a large reward for defeating it. There are many hunters who deviate from their merit, so maybe they strongly desired to participate in the defeat and Baron Trest's family mistakenly thought, 'This might be a good idea.'

I don't think so.

　The truly skilled hunters are able to judge their own abilities objectively.
　The hunters who were sympathetic to Baron Trest's family should clearly be inadequate in their abilities.
　In fact, the Lord of Garcia's Chamber of Commerce said that they had all rejected him.
　There was no way he would submit a request to a weak hunter who was unlikely to be able to defeat the emptiness.

''Just because he's the Lord of the Oasis doesn't mean he'll always make the right decision, you know. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to restrain the clans and vassals who were arguing over whether or not to bring in reinforcements from the Bart Kingdom, would he?

　It's the same with companies, because a mistake at the top can often be fatal to that company.
　So the Baron Trest family chose the same end.

First, let's find a place for the void.

'Yes. If you don't know that, you can't do anything about it.

Are you at the Oasis of Trest?

　Two days after flying the ship.
　The void was a few dozen kilometers northeast of Oaos in Trest, closer to Shipland than I thought.　
　That and the refugees, but again, I didn't see the Barons of Trest and their forces and the hunters.
　It would be better to see that they challenged the emptiness and were eaten.

''Even so, it's huge.

This wouldn't be much of an oasis for a small town.

Mr. Taro, you do know how to beat this thing, right?

　The emptiness that was slowly moving through the desert wasn't diving into the sand, unlike ordinary sandworms.
　He seemed to be flaunting his own appearance, as if no one could defeat him.

'Shall I cut you into rings?'

'Master Lalabelle, it's pointless as you'll be recovering soon.

Then what about Mew's ice magic?

''With that huge body, it's impossible to completely ice it. As soon as the ice melts, it will revive. But first, it's that huge body. Even freezing its surface would probably break the ice in short order.

Well, I guess it's my turn. Put this on first.

　I took out the protective suits and masks I had purchased in advance from 'online shopping' from the 'Interdimensional Warehouse' and ordered the two of them to put them on.

''It's hot,''

But it's better than dying of respiratory distress from invisible fumes, right?

Poison?　But it's that big. It would be difficult to distribute a large amount of poison through his body.

　Of course, there are poisons in this world, but it might be difficult to prepare a poison that would kill that giant body.
　Or it was possible that the poison wouldn't work.
　From the inference that there was no way someone hadn't tried it.

'It's another kind of poison, but in this world, I don't know if it's naturally produced or not.

　All three of them wore hazmat suits and gas masks to prevent themselves from being hit by the poisonous gas that was about to be generated.

'Throw the container with the liquid we're about to take out inside the stupid big mouth of emptiness.

Yes, sir.

'I'll do it too. You can't do it with just arm strength, but you can use magic to make it fly, so you have good control.

'I'll do it too. Anyway, just throw a lot of stuff in my mouth.

　I still took out a large amount of 'commercial chlorine bleach' and a large container of 'commercial acid detergent' that I had purchased in large quantities beforehand from the 'Interdimensional Warehouse'.
　Miu Miu maneuvered the small ship and stood in front of the huge mouth of emptiness.
　After all, it was only a sandworm, and I could see that netted drool was dripping from Emptiness's mouth, and its insides were also covered with mucous membrane.

　I was ninety percent sure of the success of this operation.

'Throw it all in!　The name of the mission is "Don't Mix It Up, Danger! Duh!

　How do you kill a creature that can be slashed, magically burned or pierced, and recover quickly?
　Poison seems to be the most effective, but after all, emptiness is big.
　It is difficult to calculate the lethal dose and to prepare enough poison to kill emptiness.

　That's why they mixed chlorine bleach and acid detergent, which had caused deaths in the past, to produce the poisonous chlorine gas.
　It was good that the inside of the sandworm's mouth was mucilaginous.
　The chlorine gas reacted with the water in their mucous membranes to produce hydrochloric acid and hypochlorous acid, which made it difficult for them to breathe.

　No matter how infinitely resilient the emptiness was, it was still a living organism, so if its breathing was interfered with, it would suffocate and die.
　I drew up a plan to put this possibility on hold by throwing large amounts of chlorine bleach and acid detergent, which I bought in bulk from online shopping, into Emptiness's mouth one after another.

　If the two mix inside Emptiness's body, the chlorine gas produced does not diffuse and the effect does not diminish, and it is also good that it has little effect on us outside.

'Emptiness, you're quite a picky eater, aren't you? Do you have a lot of gastric juice?

　Like humans, the digestive juices of living things often contain hydrochloric acid.
　This hydrochloric acid also reacts with chlorine and produces a large amount of chlorine gas, which burns the sandworm's respiratory, bronchial, and digestive organs.
　Even if the sandworm's boastful recovery ability allowed it to recover quickly, the mucous membranes would soon be burned again by the chlorine gas.
　Breathing also became difficult, and this should suffocate even in emptiness.

'Taro-dono, are you still throwing it in?

I'm going to have to be very careful because I can't fail.

There's no use in having an extra copy, right?

Mew is right.

　Besides, chlorine bleach and acid detergent aren't that expensive.
　I buy the costumer-friendly commercial version, which is too big to leave behind or use in cleaning and laundry.
　If I need it, I can buy the smaller ones for home use.

Let's just throw it all in.

Sure, you're a big guy, but you're reluctant to do that.

We don't like to do things by halves.

　I commanded him to throw it in his mouth for as long as I was there, and Larabell hitchhiked around and put the container of detergent and bleach into the emptiness's mouth.
　Miu Miu, too, magically sent the container flying in a controlled manner and threw it into her mouth.
　I'm doing it too, but I still can't seem to match the two of them.

　The emphasis on control would inevitably slow down the process.
　If I was alone, I would have been fighting back against the emptiness.

''Taro-san, are you sure you want the whole container?''

Emptiness is a healthy appetite.

　The container, for example, would soon dissolve with the powerful stomach fluid.
　Besides, it would be more effective if the two liquids mixed and reacted in your stomach rather than mixing at the mouth's entrance.

'Is it about time?'

　It was emptiness that swallowed all of the two liquids in hundreds of large poly containers, but after a few minutes, he suddenly began to suffer.
　Apparently, there was a large amount of chlorine gas in his body.

''Miu, we have to evacuate before we get caught up in the rampaging emptiness.

Yes, sir. Wow, you look like you're in a lot of pain.

'Right!　No way, you can't just excise the inside of your burning body to recover.

I see. That's a great idea, Mr. Taro.

　Since the toxic gas was safely generated, it would be better not to attack Emptiness with a blade instead.
　Without needing to do so, Emptiness, which had been rampaging for a while, suddenly collapsed into the desert and continued to pound the ground with its huge tail, only as a last resistance.
　It's as if he's trying to drown his pain.
　Finally, the emptiness jerked its body and then stopped moving completely.

''Did you beat it?''

'Ah!　It's gone!

You're dead.

　Since I and the party I joined would disappear when the sand beast was defeated, I could confirm that Emptiness was properly defeated.
　As expected, the detergent and poisonous gas in my body also seemed to have disappeared.
　It's a strange sight no matter when I see it.

'You made it.'

"Master Taro, this is a brilliant plan.

Yes. And you did a great job with your first poison.

　If I did this in Japan, I would be scolded for sure, but since it was an unavoidable situation in a different world, I decided to think it was force majeure.
　Besides, he is a sand beast that has swallowed many oases in the past, so no matter what method is used, it is better for the world to defeat him.

''Bounty and Oasis-getting?''

'I'm also looking forward to the Eidolk we got from the defeat of the void.

In our case, I think we'd be happier with that.

　This is how we successfully defeated the infamous sand beast, Emptiness.