54 Episode 54: Black Tower, Tide Column and Light Tower

A few days after he began training in flying magic, Mr. Byrne returned from the castle with Mr. Mailene.

Then we went back to the Goodluther and asked for an explanation of our future policy.

"The detailed meeting was concluded and a joint investigation was conducted between our country and Vertino."

Yeah, you're on schedule so far.

"I'll explain from here."

Mr. Mailene comes forward and spreads the map to the table.

"It was weeks before that demon was discovered in our country. At first, we were all surprised that a black island suddenly appeared on the route."

Then point to a point on the map and draw a circle.

"Sure, that demon was huge, but isn't the island an exaggeration?

Gyro, you and the sailors, who have encountered Liliera's words as well as those of Megalo Whale, nod yummy.

But only Mr. Byrne and his deputy have a subtle look.

"We sent a ship to investigate the island, but it was sunk by a giant whale demon that suddenly appeared."

"Hmm? Whale demons are about megalo whales, right? So what do you mean," island "?

We're all confused that we can no longer get the integrity of the conversation, but Mailene's explanation is correct.

"Yeah, we thought it was an island at first, too. And right after the whale demon destroyed the survey ship, the island rocked a lot."

Continue explaining as Mr. Mailene taps the map with her fingers and tongues.

"And the black island rose, and I was amazed at what was going on when I saw a red color like a big crack flame at one end of it. The next moment, when the ship was destroyed after making an awesome noise, it was swallowed up by a red crack, and we found out. He said it was a creature."

"Did you swallow the ship?

"What size is that?

Everyone leaks a similar voice in their mouths.

The megalo whale we've all seen was about three to four times longer than the Goodluther, 1.5 to twice the size.

But when it comes to swallowing, that mouth will catch the mast.

"Then we did a survey of the island, and from the shapes we could see from afar, we determined that we were the parents of the surrounding whales"

"Megalo Whale's... Parents?

Everyone on the spot is stunned and the words disappear.

Yes, the Megalo Whale is a big demon that grows to five kilometers in length.

I could say that the megalo whale juveniles that we have all encountered up to now are more rare.

"... that said, Mr. Rex said that before. I can't believe it was really that big."

The only one in this who was listening to my explanation, Mr. Liliera, holds his head.

Yeah, there's quite a few things you can't actually feel without seeing them with your own eyes, even if you're listening to them.

Because those megalo whale juveniles would give people the impression of adult size from the looks of it.

Most importantly, Megalo Whale is a creature in the outer ocean, so there will be people in the hinterland who don't even know their names, and few people in seaside countries who don't even go out into the outer ocean.

"Fortunately, this parent whale cannot approach its giant and therefore shallow waters. Because of this, the threat to parents is low, but children are very troubled because they come after merchant ships and fishing boats."

For the hunters and merchants who can't fight, what a smiling story about a nasty child.

"Can't you take down a child as a priority?

To Mr. Norb's words, Mr. Mailene shakes his neck sideways with a troubled face.

"That's what parents attack when they try to attack a child by spraying up a tide mixed with rocks. He doesn't have to aggressively attack me, but he's gonna fight back to protect the kids."

It's a Megalo Whale bone rock attack.

It goes without saying that parent attacks are even more dangerous because even a child's Megalo Whale attack is a threat to an ordinary ship. Specifically, the size.

"Do children get in the way to attack their parents and parents attack them when they try to attack them? Stuck."

"It's at sea, so you can't hide and approach it, and even if you try to attack it in the darkness of the night, you can still find it, and you can no longer exchange it."

Mr. Mailene puts her hand between her eyebrows with a troubled face.

Um, I normally think it would be nice if the military made a full attack, but is there something wrong with that as well?

"If you keep doing this, you're not going to be looking into that tower."

"Tower?"

And that's where Mr. Mailene said something strange.

What do you mean, a tower?

"Yeah, that island, there's a big tower standing on the back of Megalo Whale's parents. When we first saw it, we thought it was an island."

"Tower on the back of a megalo whale?

You've never even heard of that?

"Mr. Rex, do Megalo Whale adults have such projections on their backs?

"No, I've never even heard of it."

While returning Mr. Liliera's doubts, I have doubts about the existence of a strange tower.

"Is that really a tower? Not a part of your body?

"No, he said it was obviously an artifact"

Meilene answers Mina's question clearly.

"A tower grown on the back of a megalo whale... don't care"

"Could that tower have brought him here?

"Considering that's possible, we were also attempting to land..."

It's the end of the story. I was concerned about the existence of the tower, so I was thinking of landing instead of crusading it unilaterally.

"That's why. Gentlemen, can you think of any better way?

Mr. Byrne turns to us and asks questions.

I mean, why are you looking at me when you're saying it to everyone?

"Uh, can't we just get close by boat?

"And you said," You want me to swim away?

"It's just too far to swim to your parents' demons. Besides, if a child finds you while you're swimming..."

No, it's not. It's up there.

"" Up?

Mr. Byrne and Mr. Mailene tilt their necks at each other.

"Yes, why don't you just magically fly away in the sky"

Yes, it's just a story where around wizards belonging to the military use flying magic from the sky to reach the parents of megalo whales and attack them from their backs.

Vertino is close to the king's capital, so that would be as easy as calling a wizard who can use flying magic from around the court demon guide.

They have a lot of pride anyway, but this time there are demons living in important waters of the country, so you'll need to give them that heavy hips.

Well, even if you're not a court magician, there will be some wizards who can use flying magic for wind attributes.

"Hey, wait a minute. I've never heard of flying magically."

What are you talking about?

"I think there's a wizard in Zara who can fly, Holla."

I rise in the sky in front of Mr. Mailene.

"Huh!? Lie!? Yeah!?"

"And so are they."

And when I point to you, Gyro, everyone floats in the sky.

"And it's flying uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?"

And Mr. Mailene's screams echoed in the blue sky.

Could it be that Mr. Marlene and the rest of the Navy have never seen flying magic?

of seaside countries. That's navy too, so you're treating users of water magic preferentially or something?

Few of the wizards who serve the organization build factions between wizards of the same attribute.

The military members of the naval faction may not be close to the wizards of the Wind Class.

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"Oh, I'm surprised. A wizard can fly through the sky."

Gyro, you're not wizards, though.

And from what Mr. Mailene said, it looks like he didn't know the very existence of flying magic.

I'm an organization person, so I wish we could at least exchange information about what magic each other can use.

At times like this, people like Meilene who can't use magic get annoyed.

This kind of futile factionalism is also why I don't like belonging to the country.

"So if you go from the sky, you can avoid Megalo Whale juveniles without any problems."

"Wow, I get it. I would now like to leave it to you to investigate the tower on the back of the Megalo Whale."

"Okay."

"Nice to meet you, boys!

"Whoa! I'll take care of it!

You respond well to Mr. Byrne's encouragement, Gyro.

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"Then I'm going to investigate the Megalo Whale"

"Regards!

We're ready to investigate. We flew off the Good Luther.

The ship sends us out just before it leaves the coast.

This is to earn your flight distance, Gyro, which you are not yet used to flying magic, and it was a critical distance to get the ship out and not be attacked by a megalo whale.

"Then I'm coming, people!

"" "" "Yes!

Everyone floats in the sky following me.

"Take as much altitude as you can because you risk being attacked by a tidal wave when found by a megalo whale juvenile fish!

"Okay!

Rising to some distance, I see a black shadow across the ocean.

A distorted teardrop-shaped one, it was moving slowly.

"That's the parent of the Megalo Whale."

"Is that the real Megalo Whale?

"The black dots around us are the kids we saw, right?

Mr. Norb compares the megalo whale to its juvenile fish in a cold sweat.

Then let's go.

And that was then.

A few of the megalo whale juveniles suddenly started blowing the tide.

"What's wrong with him?!?"

"Look, there's a ship over there"

When everyone saw the direction the Megalo Whale juvenile was headed to in Ms Megri's point, there was certainly a ship figure there.

"Is it the merchant's ship that flew out in defiance of the state's curb? Honestly, you deserve it."

And, Mr. Mina says it out cold.

"But that's just about the merchant of the employer, right?"

"Rex?"

Sure, I deserve the merchants who let the ship out, but the sailors who work are irrelevant.

"Just a moment, please"

"Huh? Maybe you're going to go help?

"Yeah, I'm just buying some time to get away. Everyone go first!

I jump between a merchant ship and a megalo whale juvenile while lowering altitude and unleash magic.

"Hydrogeezer!!"

The leading megalo whale juvenile fish sprays from directly below and flips its giant.

Megalo Whale juveniles raise their surprise ambitions, but they're not letting them get hurt because they just flipped over.

Depending on the results of this investigation, we may be able to drive the Megalo Whales back to the outer ocean without fighting them.

If that's going to happen, you don't have to kill me.

The head was turned upside down, and the movement stopped after the succession had eaten the foothold.

"Please return to port now!

When I approach the ship, I tell the sailor who was by my side to return.

"Shh, sorry! Thanks!"

The sailor rushed to the helmsman, and the ship arced and fled toward land.

That's it. That's it.

It was when I thought so.

The Megalo Whale juveniles started shouting.

"Is that it? Sure is the roar of a Megalo Whale child..."

Sure, it seemed like a sign to my parents asking for help.

The moment I remembered it, there was a tremendous roar on the ocean.

The atmosphere trembles and the sea level ripples wide.

"Yabba."

It was already late when I thought, far beyond, a large blue pillar rose in the direction of the Megalo Whale parent.

"Parent tide!

Yes, the Megalo Whale parent blew the tide in response to the child's call for help.

Once the tide reaches the top of the sky, it spreads and falls toward the surrounding area like a mushroom casa.

Spraying countless bone rocks that are big enough for both that and the house.

As it is, the Gyro, which is above us, and Mr. Byrne's Good Luther, will devour the convoy.

Worst case scenario, there could be damage to coastal towns.

"It doesn't taste good to have damage done to a wide range of civilians! We have to destroy it before it reaches its apex!

I unleashed the quickest and greatest magic before the tide erupted by the parents of the Megalo Whale reached its peak.

"Lightning Pillar!"

A circle of light arises before me.

The light circle, which extends approximately 50 m in diameter, continued to the other side of the sky, as if the tower of light were stretching towards the sky.

The Tower of Light stretches over the tide ejected by the parents of the Megalo Whale, and the tide hits from directly below it.

The tide of the Megalo Whale hit like it would pierce the Tower of Light, but instead of going beyond the Tower of Light, it stops intact.

But that didn't stop.

The pillar of light is an ultra-high mass of heat thunder.

The erupting tides and bone rocks of the Megalo Whale had evaporated with the ultra-high heat of the thunder tower.

I slowly descend the tower of light. [M]

Then the tide pillar goes low with it.

Where the Tower of Light has passed, the fog stands with Mowa Mowa.

It's evaporated tidal water vapor.

Slowly lowering the columns of light, the tidal columns of the Megalo Whale's parents become thinner little by little.

Looks like we're stopping it.

And when the tide pillar disappeared completely, I undone the magic and returned to everyone in the sky.

"I'm home. All the merchant ships are safe."

I speak to everyone who was ahead of me.

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But for some reason, they're all looking at this one silently.

Keep your eyes wide open for some reason.

"What's going on, guys?

"" "" "" Y... "" "

"Yes?"

"" "" "What the fuck is wrong with you now!?" ""

Oh, my God, it's just superior lightning strike magic.