A sea of dry land.

It's not a desert, is it?

"Master Lalabelle. The rocks on the ocean floor are still exposed. The salt from the sea has turned into rock salt and is sticking to it, and no plants can grow on it.

It's a dead sea.

Taro, this is a place where sand drifters don't move. If you want to get in there, you'll have to travel in a mobile city.



　In the far south, where the sea is believed to have dried up about 5,000 years ago, all that is left is weathered rocks.
　When the sea dried up, the salt contained in the seawater seems to have stuck to the rocks as rock salt.
　Thanks to that, it hadn't become a desert, but not a single plant could be seen.
　
　We don't want to be attacked by numerous sand beasts once we enter the dead sea, so gathering information is our first priority.
　We started moving around the border between the dry sea and the desert in the mobile city.

''There's no sand, so we can't even scout with the sand drift boat we have.

You'll be fine in a mobile city, Gori.

　The mobile city is powered by what looks like numerous arms.
　Unlike the sand drift ships, they would have no problem with the rocky terrain.

'It's all beautifully dead. Is it still because of the perfect room temperature fusion reactor that runs the mobile city?

Early room-temperature fusion reactors consumed a lot of water. As soon as water became a resource, nations began to take it out of the water supply, and that led to war.

　Water has numerous other uses.
　Or rather, no creature can survive without water.
　.........although sand beasts are not necessarily so.

'What are sand beasts, perhaps?'

Gori, the nations of ancient civilizations created a creature that could survive without or with extremely little water.

　Is the Sand Beast a genetically improved creature created in ancient civilizations?

But even humans at the time didn't expect them to evolve to such an extent.

"So, after the fall of ancient civilizations, the sand beasts have evolved beyond what humans thought was possible.

It's a funny thing, Goliath. It's another thing that would surprise people in ancient civilizations.

　It was surprisingly recent that divine coins started dropping when you defeat a sand beast... but it still seems to be about two thousand years ago.

''That was divine grace, wasn't it?''

''That's right. The gods want humans to improve this desert-filled world as soon as possible, so they made the divine coins drop when you defeat the sand beast.

'What?　Who is it?

Master Mew, next to Mr. Gori!

'Wow!　My God, Gori!

　Suddenly, a beautiful light blue-haired girl wearing a light blue robe appeared beside Gori Macho.
　The robe is quite transparent, and if you're not careful, you'll be able to see your body through it.
　But it was just barely visible.
　Is that the way it works?

Taro, it's floating in the air. You.

'My God, Gori!　Could it be the genie gory?

Yes. Marilyn is a sea spirit who manages the southern polar seas. She hasn't had a job for almost 5,000 years.

　I'm a dead sea spirit, so I guess I don't have a job to do.
　I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do.

Bring the ocean back to life yourself?

If it had been possible, Marilyn wouldn't have been here for more than five thousand years in her spare time.

As a genie, that's not something to be proud of.

Ugh ... the truth hurts Marilyn.

　Mew pointed out that the spirit who called herself Marilyn was hurt.
　If it was true, if he didn't revive the sea on his own, the name of the sea spirit would cry out for him.

''Marilyn doesn't have the power right now. And also the water dragon, the sand beast known as the 'named' that controls the dry sea, needs to be defeated. Even if we replenish this dry sea with water, if the water dragons are here, they will all be absorbed.

　Is there a sand beast with a name in this dead sea?

''There are several oases beside the Dead Sea, and the inhabitants there are very afraid of the Water Dragon because they know it exists.

　Is it a named but lesser-known existence?
　However, from what I've heard, it seems to be a sand beast that seems stronger than 'emptiness'.

''But it's a spirit, right?　You. Aren't spirits only able to communicate with the High Elves who are believed to have perished in the ancient past?

He's human, but he's more like a high elf.

　In response to Aisha's question, Marilyn replied, pointing at me.

'Am I close to being a high elf?'

It's a vibe. You're a bit different from the rest of the world.

　Is that because I'm a 'transformer'?
　There's no such thing as the ability to communicate with spirits in a skill, so maybe it's a special skill that doesn't need to be called a skill.

''Is that why you showed up in front of Taro-dono?

Part of it is that Marilyn has no time to spare.

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"Spirits like Marilyn can only communicate with High Elves. But in rare cases, they can communicate with humans as well. It's just a matter of compatibility. Marilyn slowly lost her power because people in the past stole the seawater without thinking, and she has lost even more power since the sea dried up. That's why Marilyn asked for help from the right people.

　I want you to stand in that person's dream and do something about this dead sea.
　If I disappear, this sea will remain withered forever.
　Marilyn, who had lost her strength, tried hard to ask for help in those people's dreams.

'You didn't?'

"...'This douchebag can't be a spirit. You must be a demon!'' And they don't take care of me.

"..........

　Ironically, the negative effects of the device that reverses the beauty and ugliness of women were evident here as well.
　Basically, goddesses and spirits are beautiful....
　There are even business books that say that human beings are ninety percent of what they look like, so it's understandable that they would be imagined as such, but in this world, it would mean that the old female gods and spirits were all ugly.
　If a beautiful woman makes a wish at her bedside, some of them will float away and try to make it come true.
　But Marilyn would have a reputation of being a very ugly spirit in this world.

　''Don't you stand at my bedside! Tell the other spirits to come to me! You are the change! ''Actually, you're not a genie, you're a demon or an evil fairy! He was cursed a lot, such as, "No one came to help as a result.

'People in this world are crazy these days!

　It was only about five hundred years ago that things went crazy.
　Doesn't it make sense to say that to a spirit whose concept of time is completely different from that of a human?

'If you guys don't help me, Marilyn, I'm going to have to disappear but I've been thinking for the last few hundred years that it's okay to disappear now.

"..........

　I can't believe that just because the beauty and ugliness of women have become the exact opposite, the dedicated human (male) who fulfills the wishes of the beautiful spirits will disappear....
　I've tried so hard to ask for help, but 'Pull back!' The Devil's Advocate! When Marilyn told me that she had once cursed us for being a bit of a jerk, we couldn't stay.

'I don't think you're ready to give up,'

Of course.

Master Taro is here.

Yes, Taro's nice.

　Guys, I don't want to be so self-indulgent but I feel sorry for you if we abandon you like this.
　It's not like it's a purposeful journey anyway, so should we deal with it as much as we can?
　If you fail, it's not good enough.

It would be nice to have an ocean.

'Yes!　The ocean is so important to the stars!　It's such a poor world right now because there's only one sea that small.

　Come to think of it, when I was a kid, I heard something like the advantages of having oceans on earth.
　The reason why this world is so hot when the sun is up and cold when the sun goes down is because there are very few oceans.

'The question is, how are we going to get the ocean back?　After all, this sea will still be dried up after all the water dragons in the dry sea are defeated, right?　Before that, I don't even know if we can defeat the Water Dragon itself.

　The root cause of the ocean drying up is too much water extraction.
　I don't know how big the sand beast with the name Water Dragon is, but I don't think it has enough water to fill all the dried up seas if you defeat it.

''I'm glad you listened to me!　The Water Dragon sits in the 'belly button of the sea' in the heart of the dead sea.

"'Navel of the sea?'

　In fact, it is said that this ocean can be revived by water gushing out of the ground, just as water gushes out of the ground to create an oasis.
　However, a water dragon sits in the center of the dry sea where the water springs up and stops the flow of water.

If the water dragon is defeated, water will spring up from there and the sea will revive.

'Yes!　When that thing is defeated, it will bring forth streams of water!

　A water dragon to put a lid on a water spigot.

The question is, can we defeat it? In a water dragon, will my sword work?

'Even with my ice magic. Can I freeze it to defeat it?

If the arrow sticks, will it do any damage?

I know my Estok has the same problem as Lalabell.

　They say you can defeat the Water Dragon, but the biggest problem is probably the lack of data and the complete lack of knowledge of the enemy's strength, size and nature.

''Then. I guess we'll have to gather information first?

''I don't want you to forget the ruined goli of the mobile city in this vicinity. Once you defeat the Water Dragon and the withered sea comes back to life, the bottom of the sea goli.

I don't care...

　A mobile city with a broken organic supercomputer and a disappearing electronic fairy would be a lump of silicon, to put it simply....

'Gori to the disappointment of my friends!

I get it.

But first, you have to take me with you.

　I don't mind, but is Marilyn, the sea spirit, allowed to move on?

There's a temple to me. It's a bit raggedy, but I want it moved to a mobile city!　I don't want to be alone anymore!

Yes.....

　She's in a dead sea where few people come, and sometimes she stands at the dream pillow of a human who is on the same wavelength as her and tells her about the current state of the dead sea, and asks for its recovery, she's cursed for her appearance, strongly denied, and then mistaken for a demon.
　It was too painful, and maybe Marilyn didn't want to be alone.
　Maybe it's partly because I have a normal relationship with Larabell and the others.

'So, where is the temple?'

It's just around the corner. I'll show you.

　With Marilyn leading the way, the mobile city was going to the temple dedicated to the sea spirit Marilyn.