Volume 2 - CH 135

I dive from the air into the water.

The bubbles clung around my body for a while, but they were soon lifted and my visibility became better.

I examined the large shadow I could see from the air and found a …… rock.

There was a black rock sitting there, about a few dozen meters away from the surface of the river.

I had never seen anything like this black rock in the river.

But I could not understand why the wall of fish was splitting to avoid it.

And then the rock moved.

With a thud, it turned to face me.

To put it simply, it looked like an anglerfish.

Although it didn’t have a hanging lantern on its head, the small eyeballs in comparison with its large mouth confirmed my impression of it.

I have seen the creature once, but never as large as this.

The fish I had seen in the past, the Bedlock, was much …… flatter.

But this one?

This one is round.

Not only wide horizontally, but also vertically.

No, it looked like a pig,…… or even a rugby ball, but there it was, the Bedlock.

What’s the matter with you?

“In the meantime, I have to kill it, right? ……. But still, ……dang. What a chonky boi.”

It’ s so different in appearance from the Bedlock I saw so long ago.

It’ s not hard to laugh at them.

I don’t know what makes them so massive, but …… well, it’s probably pointless to even think about it.

Soon after, I created 【Reamed Water Spear】 and went for it.

I remember that it was very hard, but with my current skill level, I would probably be able to cut it easily.

This attack was also an experiment.

I deployed two spears to the left and right and stretched the threads.

While keeping the threads stretched, it charged toward the Bedlock.

From the other side, the spears seem to be going to the completely the wrong direction, but there is no problem because the main goal is not the spears but the threads.

I would have been a little surprised if it had been dodged at first attempt, but I didn’t have to worry about that.

In any case, the Bedlock cannot move.

If it could move, it would be difficult to even avoid it with its huge body.

The threads of the jointed spear reached the Bedlock.

I thought it was going to be over unexpectedly and easily.

Shipaa-

I heard the sound of the thread cutting through something.

When I checked to see what it had cut off, I found that the thread had only cut off a bit of the rock bump on the head of the Bedlock.

It made me tilt my head back.

It wasn’t my intention to stop just a little bit at that point.

But what I had sliced through was only a small fragment.

I moved my spear with the intention of cutting the Bedlock in two.

How could I have done that? I looked at the two spears I had sent flying.

What I saw was beyond belief.

A fish had taken one of the spears in its mouth and was blocking its movement.

It was a large, sharp-toothed piranha-like fish.

Two of these fish were holding spears in their mouths, one at a time, blocking their movement.

I was surprised that such a thing was possible, and tried to move my spear, but the fish swung it in the opposite direction.

It seemed that the fish had the upper fin in terms of strength.

Thanks to that. I couldn’t use the 【Reamed Water Spear】.

As I was about to deploy the next spear, I felt a strange presence behind me.

Immediately, I dashed to the side to check behind me.

All the fish that were supposed to be a wall were looking at me.

One fish had a glint in its eye, one was gnashing its teeth, and one was standing up with its scales …… standing.

The hostility of all the fish was directed at me.

“….This isn’t good, is it?”

The moment I muttered that, a bullet flew from the wall of fish that sent them flying to me.

This is familiar.

It was a rock shot that Reizen used to possess.

It shouldn’t have much offensive power, so I put up a pneumatic shield to resist its attack.

One of the fish was about to attack me, so I put a pneumatic shield from side to side to prevent it from coming to this side of the river.

This should allow me to concentrate on the front.

However, there must have been a school of fish behind the Bedlock.

If the fish were to come from that side to protect the Bedlock, I would have to deploy the shield again.

If not, it would be impossible to deal with them properly.

By the time I turned around, it was already too late.

The fish were already swimming around protecting the Bedlock, and they were looking intently at me.

The fish were endlessly coming up at me.

My MP is limited.

If I could kill all the fish, I would be able to deal with them, but that would be meaningless for me to come here.

However, if we don’t kill a few fish, the situation is not going to progress.

For now, I deployed a 【Water Shield】 behind the Bedlock to stop any more fish from coming in.

I probably should have put up a pneumatic shield, but it seems that only one pneumatic shield can be put up.

Reizen’s pneumatic barrier-sturdy, can be used as many times as one wishes, …….

The skills that can be done are completely different just by increasing one level of the skill.

In the meantime, the two fish that had just been holding the spear of the 【Reamed Water Spear】 in their mouths completely destroyed the spear.

It seems that I will not be able to get a bite from those fish.

Roughly, there are …… a lot of enemies.

I suppose I should defeat only the Bedlock, but even after the Bedlock was defeated, the effect of the incense would remain for a while, so the fishes would probably attack.

This time, I put aside the idea of eating them and concentrated only on defeating them.

I haven’t been in a battle in a long time.

I feel my muscles tingling.

In its serpent form, it is not possible to use a Sharp Water Blade.

It is possible, but since I cannot hold it in my hand, I will use a spear this time.

I deployed the 【Reamed Water Spear】 once more and created twelve 【Water Spear Volley】.

Then, using 【Air Compression】 a skill I had been secretly practicing, I compressed the air in the air.

It takes time to do this, so I leave it for a while.

First, I use the 【Reamed Water Spear】 to defeat the two fish I just saw.

They have such strong jaws that they can even stop the 【Reamed Water Spear】.

It would be meaningless if they were stopped again.

However, as if to stop it, a rock shot comes flying from behind the other fishes.

There are other skills flying around that I have never seen before, but I don’t have time to worry about them.

I immediately deploy a water shield to defend against all of those attacks.

Although not much MP is poured into it, it still seems to have enough strength to repel the attacks.

Meanwhile, the 【Water Spear Volley】 cut through the fish one after another.

The opponent’s movement is actually not bad, but perhaps it is because of the incense, the movement is too slow for a fish.

The twelve spears are swiftly and smoothly slice through the fish without going against the current of the river, thanks to the training I had done.

Among them were the fish that had just stopped the spears, but they were already out of luck.

A single spear thrusts into the bedrock.

However, it was repelled without a moment’s thought.

On the contrary, the edge of the spear seemed to be broken.

As if the spear had lost its power, it disappeared, blending into the water.

The sharpness of the current 【Water Spear Volley】 is not enough to inflict a fatal wound on the Bedlock.

The number of spears is the main skill, not their quality.

What can be developed through training is not the sharpness of the spear, but its movement.

【Water Spear Volley】 are made in pursuit of how quickly, how deeply, and how smoothly they can be used.

The accuracy of operation also changes depending on the number of spears.

The number of spears I can handle perfectly now is up to 12.

This time, I’m fighting a rather serious battle.

But now that I know that the 【Water Spear Volley】 are not going to work, the only thing I can use is the Reamed Water Spear】.

However, it would be unfortunate if they were to get too close and get caught in a bug.

I decided to play it safe.

Thanks to the 【Water Spear Volley】, the number of attacks that flew toward me had decreased.

At first, I was a little nervous, but once I got this far, I thought I had won.

All that remained was to take out the remaining remnants and the main target, the Bedlock.

I glared at Bedlock.

The Bedlock looks somewhat frustrated, but this is probably due to its anglerfish-like face.

There was no way I could understand the face of a fish.

However, Bedlock clearly smirked with the corners of his mouth turned up.

At that moment, the bedrock lifted its large fins.