180-Episode 180: Storm Landing

It had been three days since we converted the pirate ship to head east.

'I see land!

'Land?

When we heard that we could finally see land, we all went out on deck.

But the ship was headed for nothing but the sea, and land was nowhere to be seen.

"Hey, where's the land?

I'm starting to see things clearly.

And then I hear a voice from the watchtower above the mast.

'Can you see it when you get up there?

Oops!　Up!

When Gyro used his flying magic to climb up, everyone else followed suit.

I used my body strengthening magic to leap up and get on the pole.

Then I saw something that stretched out thinly towards the direction of the ship.

''Is that...a mountain?''

Yes, I could see the tip of a mountain with a pointy tip at the end of the ocean.

No land in sight, only mountains.

Hey, that's the highest mountain in the East, Mount Amatsukami.

""Mt. Amatsukamiyama?"

As he rose above the ship with his flight magic, he finally saw the full extent of it.

''Great. I can't see any land at all, but I can clearly see the mountains.''

That is to say, that Mount Amatsukami is a huge mountain.

Maybe it's the size of a mountain range.

It's ridiculously large.

'How big is that mountain alone?'

Everyone is also overwhelmed by the size of Mount Amatsukami.

'Anyway, it's finally land!　I miss the ground, man!

Haha, I've been on the boat for a long time, that's for sure. I've gotten used to my body shaking.

"Hmm?　What?

And that's when it happened.

A pirate who had been watching his surroundings from a watchtower pointed to the nearby sky.

'Hey look at that thing, it's a rain cloud,'

I looked and saw dark clouds approaching from across the sky.

'At that distance we can get to land first. At worst, if we get caught in a storm before we get to the harbor, we can get through it by anchoring close to land.

The pirates are soon consulting on how to deal with the storm.

They're like men of the sea around here, for better or worse.

'Well, with the speed of this ship, we'll get to land before the rain clouds do.

That too!

"'Hahahahahahahahahahaha'

Indeed, with the speed of this ship, it can move faster than the approaching rain clouds, so unless there's a lot of trouble, we won't have to worry about getting caught in the storm.

.........I thought.

''Hey, something's wrong.''

The other pirates in the watchtower look around and make a questioning noise.

'What's up?'

The rain clouds are approaching too fast. Besides, it was supposed to be blue skies a few minutes ago, but it's surrounded by clouds!

What?

It's true. I noticed that the sky was getting cloudier and cloudier.

And these clouds are getting darker and thicker.

What is this. I've never seen weather like this before...

Even the pirates are puzzled by this strange weather.

'I have a bad feeling about this!　Let's hurry up and head for land!

""Hey, Captain!"

The sailors, sensing the danger, were moving fast.

But.....

What was that cloud spreading so fast?

The clouds were spreading faster than I had expected, enveloping the entire area in a dark rain cloud.

This is bad. This wind........we're going to have a storm!

Just as the captain said, the waves are gradually increasing in height and the ship begins to shake.

''Oh, storms can come so suddenly!

Liliera, who has never experienced a storm, shouts in confusion, and the captain denies it, defying the shaking.

''No, no, I've never seen such a strange storm before. This isn't possible!''

The ship had already experienced considerable shaking, and the pirates were struggling to work on the rocking deck.

'In this case, it was a blessing in disguise that we put windbreaks on the deck to prevent wind pressure.

If she had been affected by the wind and rain, the pirates would have been thrown out to sea by now.

Besides, I made the hull stronger by modifying it, which also worked well.

You never know what you'll get out of life," he said.　

'Please get back to your quarters before the storm gets into full swing, masters!

The captain gives us a serious look and tells us to go back to our rooms.

'Right. Let's leave this to the real work and we'll be quiet.

Okay.

Everyone goes back to the ship with the belief that there is nothing they can do if the other party is a natural phenomenon.

But just then, a huge wave struck. But then a huge wave struck, and the ship shook violently.

"Wow!

'Kyah!'

A sudden loud shudder causes everyone to roll over.

'I can't cope with the oncoming waves if I can't see out, can I?

This really looks like it would be better to stay quiet in my room.

However, things don't seem to be going so easily, and a new problem arises.　

'Oh my God! That jolt just blew a hole in the bottom of the ship!

What?

Oh, my God, they're gonna blow a hole in the boat and the water's gonna come in!

'Don't!　I need to help fix it right away!

When we reached the bottom of the ship, the ship was in a bad way.

There were already many holes in the bottom of the ship, and the pirates were desperately trying to fix them, but they were too busy to do anything about it.

''What do we do, brother!

''First we'll use magic to plug the holes!　Freezing Cube!

Freeze the incoming water with freezing magic.

'I see, freezing the seawater prevents water from entering!　Then we can do it too!

Liliera-san and Mina-san, who saw my method, will freeze the other holes with ice magic as well.

''Ugh, uhh....

Are you okay?　God, the miracle of healing. Healing.

Mr. Norbu is healing the injured pirate with a recovery spell.

'S-sorry,'

'It's just a temporary blockage, so you need to get it fixed now.

Okay, okay!

But oh boy. I increased the strength of the hull when I modified it, but the original materials are not strong enough, and the ship itself isn't very well built, so depending on the strength of the storm, the ship might not last.

"Heeeee!　The wall!

'Wow!　There's a hole over here too!

Don't, there seems to be problems elsewhere.

We need to protect her from the waves, so she can't be fixed.

I quickly go out on deck and check my surroundings.

The storm is getting pretty strong, and the pirates are holding on here and there to keep from being thrown off the ship.

'Da, sir!　It's not safe, please go back inside!

The captain tells me to come back while holding onto the rope tied to the sailpole.

I'm not going to be able to manoeuvre in this situation.

"Protecting the ship from the waves, sir!　Floatfield!

As I activate my magic, the ship stops rocking.

What is it?　Has the shaking stopped?

Oh, hey, look!　There's a ship floating!

""What did you say?"

The pirates noticed that the ship was floating and looked at the surface of the water from the edge of the ship in a hurry.

"Ho, it's true. The ship is floating.......what the hell is going on?

Did your husband do this too?

The captain, realizing that it was me who did this, asked me fearfully, "Yes.

'Yes. I've magically floated the ship, so I'm going to need you to repair the ship while you're at it.

Jesus Christ, you're sure he did this?

Sweet, sweetheart, to make a boat fly in the air...

Unbelievable...

The pirates are staring at me in amazement, but they can't stay that way forever.

'Come on, get it fixed now while you can!

Hey, hey!　Hey, guys!　We're going to fix the ship right now!

""Hey, Captain!"

Then, as the pirates went to repair the ship, Liliella and the others came back to replace them.

'Mr. Lex!　I'm done with the first aid over here!

Good work, everyone.

I mean, all of a sudden the shaking is gone, but is the storm over?

'No, it's still windy and rainy. Right now I'm trying to magically float the ship to repair it.

Floating? ........Oh, really. I'm floating.

I've quickly accepted that the boat is floating, and now you're being insane again.

''To be able to float something this big with purely personal magic, instead of modifying it with magic tools to make it fly in the sky... I knew Lex's magic was outrageous.

'No, no, no, it's just a matter of the compatibility of the technique. This float field reduces the effect of gravity on any matter in space to as close to zero as possible. As for its use, it's a special transport spell used when large vehicles and other objects break down in places where there are no repair facilities.

I've never heard of such magic.

Anyway, we'll have to wait until the ship is repaired first.

Float fields aren't magic for movement, you know.

In the meantime, I must give the ship flight capability so that it can avoid the effects of the waves.

'Whoa!'

That's when it happened. The pirates on deck were working on the repairs, and they were screaming and pointing back.

"Oh, that's it!

It was a huge wave.

A wave so big it seemed to exceed several dozen meters in length was coming at us from the sky.

"d*mn!　Averted!

We managed to avoid the big waves, but they kept coming.

All of them are big enough to reach this ship floating in the sky.

But I shouldn't have been distracted by the big waves.

The tidal wave, which came under the cover of the big wave, hit the bottom of the ship and made the ship shake wobbly.

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And unluckily, the pirates working on the deck fell into the sea.

'No!'

Oh, my God!　I have to go help the people who fell!

But if you go to save them, you'll run out of float field!

It sounds like the current high waves have ripped another hole in the bottom of the ship, and I can hear angry voices coming from inside the ship.

I can't bring the ship back to the surface in this case!

What are you gonna do?

Let us handle this!

It was that time. Liliera and the others jumped out to sea.

'Everyone!

"We'll help them out, Mr. Lex, get the boat!

But!

We could have done it, you know.　Trust me, brother!

While saying this, everyone accelerates with their flying magic to save the falling pirates.

''I get it!　I'll leave it to the others!　But if that happens, I'll use the underwater breathing feature I've built into my swimsuit!　Also, when you're underwater, you have to relax your body and go in the direction of floating!

He uses his loudspeaker magic to increase the volume of his voice to deliver advice to everyone exposed to the wind and rain.

"Understand...!

The voices from Liliella and the others are so quiet that I'm worried they've really heard me, but I'm sure they'll all be fine!

It's all yours, guys!

I also hurried to assemble and set up the magical equipment to make the ship fly, while protecting it from the approaching heavy waves.

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Whew, looks like we've made it through the storm.

After that, I managed to complete my hastily built flying apparatus, and I left the pirates at the helm of the ship and headed for land, magically blowing away the huge waves that blocked the ship's path.

And then, as the coast was getting closer, the storm suddenly stopped.

'But what on earth was that storm?

As it was, we landed close to the shore, we dropped anchor and anchored once.

The pirates gave us first aid, but we should do a thorough check on the ship once.

Then we'll repair the ship before we go to the harbor........what?

When I turned around, the pirates were on their knees to me for some reason.

'Huh?　What?

Thank you, Umigami-sama!

"Huh?

Sea God?　Who?

"There's no way a mere mortal could protect us from that nightmarish storm and fly safely through the air to land!　You are the god of the sea, the god of the sea!

Huh?　Ehhhhh?

What are those people saying?

You have come to punish us for being pirates and bring us salvation, haven't you?

The captain, or rather all the pirates, look at me with glittering eyes.

'Huh?　No, no....

'That storm was anger at us for polluting the sea, wasn't it?　I thought we were going to be scrap metal in the ocean. But you gave us a chance. In the midst of that storm, you saved our lives by repenting and repenting of your wrongdoing from the bottom of your heart!

"'We deeply regret this!　I won't do any more bad things!

No, no, no, no, no, I'm not thinking about that for a second.

You're completely mistaken!

''And the people who dove into the stormy sea to save our people are your followers, God's Attendants, aren't they!

''No!''

No, if we don't do this, these people are going to get more and more wrong.

They've got to know they're wrong.

'It's really not like that!　We're just regular adventurers!

'Yes!　So we should act like that too, so that Sea God-sama can easily operate on earth!

No!　It doesn't get through at all!

All right, boys!　Pretend you don't know anything about it so that you don't bother the Sea God-sama!

""Hey, Captain!"

Ugh, what am I going to do?

The captain and the others have been relentlessly misunderstanding and reading our comments in strange depths, so if we don't spread any more strange misunderstandings, should we just let them keep their mouths shut?

And that's the problem, Liliella and the others.

After we got out of the storm, I looked around the area from above, but I couldn't see anyone.

But I couldn't see anyone else.

I'm sure they're all wearing the special swimsuits with underwater breathing and water pressure resistance that I gave them when I investigated the Megalo Whale in the seaside country before, so I don't think they'll drown.

I can't help thinking about it. We must trust that everyone is safe, and now let's get to work on the ship!　We've got to make sure our flight equipment is in good shape, too, in case we get caught in that storm.

At any rate, this is how the pirates and I landed in the East.