「This is……」

「Gurururu~」

Rei and Set both gasped after seeing Grimm suddenly appear next to them.

Rei didn’t have the ability to sense magic power. But even so, the massive amount of magic power that Grimm had gave Rei an uncomfortable feeling as he stood beside them.

『First, let’s look for the Lemrace, which should be around here somewhere.』

Grimm murmured as he waved his arm, covered by a magnificent robe. Rei didn’t notice it, but as Grimm waved his arm, he released his magic power into the sea. If Rei could see the way Grimm’s magic power spread out in a ring around him, it would have reminded him of the sonar pulse of a submarine.

『Hmm, looks like this fellow here is the so called Lemrace. It seems to have noticed me and is trying to escape……but it’s a bit too late. ……Ah, caught it.』

Grimm captured the location of the Lemrace with his magic pulse as easily as if he were picking a stone off the ground.

Even after been attacked by the Lemrace many times……ever since Rei had arrived in Emoshion to be exact, he had been unable to find the Lemrace. This was the proof of the difference between Grimm and Rei purely in terms of magic.

『Oh, interesting. ……From its appearance, it looks like a Sea Serpent. Is it a rare species or a high ranking species? ……No, should I consider it a completely new species? It’s the first time I’ve seen something like this. Don’t run away.』

Rei listened closely to what Grimm was saying, hoping to get any information about the Lemrace.

(Sea Serpent? I understand now. I had imagined it to be a Kraken or something, but I was thinking in the wrong direction. Rather than swimming near the bottom of the sea, it was actually moving along the seabed.)

『Hmm, I see what you mean. It seems to have some interesting abilities. It’s understandable why you couldn’t find it easily.』

「Grimm?」

『This monster you called a Lemrace……no, let’s leave it at that for now. For a monster at this level, it shouldn’t be necessary to tell the successor of Zepairu-sama anything. For the sake of your own training, I won’t give you any more information. Rather……are you ready?』

Rei nodded with a slight frown at Grimm’s meaningful words. This was because Rei had realised he wouldn’t be able to get any more information out of Grimm, even if he kept listening.

At the same time, Set directed a sharp look towards the sea, ready to deal with anything that might happen.

Glancing towards the two of them with a smile, Grimm moved his right hand, which was fitted with various magic rings and bracelets, towards the sea’s surface.

『Well then, let’s get started.』

Saying that, Grimm muttered several short incantations as he focused his magic power.

It was only a single action, but the sea was torn asunder by it.

A spatial rift tore the sea apart for several kilometres.

Still, the fact that there was no sign of the sea water flowing into the spatial crack just went to show how high Grimm’s skill was in spatial magic.

『It’s no use trying to escape. It’s impossible for a creature like you to escape from my magic.』

Grimm laughed with a smile as he started to transfer the Lemrace. However, the Lemrace itself couldn’t be seen on the seabed from the sky.

Regardless, Grimm called out to Rei, who continued to stare into the sea without giving up.

『Rei, the sea floor has already been connected to the place you told me last night. The Lemrace is rampaging desperately, but it’s just a matter of time. You can head over there whenever you want.』

「Okay. Honestly, I wish you could have transferred me there with spatial magic as well.」

『But you were the one who didn’t want to do that, no? To make your cover story that you used a magic item to transfer the Lemrace more believable.』

「I know. ……So, I’ll be leaving then. I’ll leave it to you, Grimm.」

『Mm, leave it to me. You should fight alongside Set to your fullest.』

Nodding at Grimm’s words, Rei pulled the Death Scythe out of the Misty Ring as he stroked Set’s back.

「Well then, Set. The Lemrace that has been attacking us all this time is finally out. All that’s left is to kill it.」

「Gurururu~!」

Set gave a loud cry to show his fighting spirit.

Set was usually quite mild tempered, but it seemed that even he had his own thoughts about the matter after being one-sidedly attacked by the Lemrace for so long.

Flapping his wings vigorously, he flew towards the battlefield that they had agreed on with Miroir’s group in advance.

For a moment, many people in Emoshion wondered if something bad had happened, but when they looked out to sea, they couldn’t see anything special happening and just went back to their own work.

However, the guards, who had been bothered many times by the adventurers who had gathered in the city, were an exception. There were also the few mages who could sense magic power, of which many fell into a state of panic after sensing the amount of magic power used in Grimm’s spatial magic.

Rei’s magic power was already overwhelming, and now there was possibly another person with the same level of magic power, at least as far as the limit of what they were able to sense. When the upper echelons of the guards learned of this, they had a bitter expression but all breathed a sigh of relief after hearing that there was no direct damage to the city.

On the other hand, the adventurers took a different action than the city’s guards and residents.

Those who felt Rei and Grimm’s magic power walked out of the guild and their inns to see what was going on. Seeing that, the other adventurers followed after them.

As a result, though it was located a fair distance away from Emoshion, they still saw a monster fall from the sky. It was the massive body of the Lemrace, a monster well known for it’s bounty and the disaster it had brought to Emoshion.

They didn’t know it was the Lemrace, but weighing up the danger and the possible profit, many adventurers still rushed out of the city.

Many adventurers had already given up on killing the Lemrace and had long since left Emoshion. In turn, this caused many other adventurers to give up as well and leave. However, it also sparked the greed of others who didn’t want to give up on the bounty as well as those who had run out of money after arriving at Emoshion and had no means to travel to other cities. Furthermore, the fact that Rei, who had recently earned a large sum of money by attracting the attention of the Lemrace for various ship owners and captains, was flying towards the massive monster, was likely a major factor in the adventurers’ decision. In other words, if they followed Rei, money would likely be waiting for them at their destination.

In the past, the problem was that those who didn’t have a ship wouldn’t have been able to follow Rei out to sea even if they wanted to. However, this time, Rei was heading inland, so the his destination wasn’t a problem. Because of that, a large number of adventurers left Emoshion and followed straight in the direction that Set had flown towards.

Adventurer parties which had a carriage rode in a carriage. Those who had horses rode their horses. The people who didn’t quickly negotiated with the city’s residents. Those who couldn’t ran on their own feet.

Each of them, whether for greed or honour headed towards the direction Set had been flying in. That is to say, to the place where the massive monster had appeared.

 

 

After passing through Emoshion, Rei flew towards his destination on Set, knowing that many of the adventurers in the city would following after him towards the location of the decisive battle.

However, his expression grew serious when he saw the monster at the end of his line of sight.

Considering that the 30m long Lemrace was visible from the ground in Emoshion as it fell to the ground, there was no way that Rei, who was flying in the sky, would miss it.

The reason why Rei looked at the Lemrace like that was because he could see it start to thrash around.

In other words, it was proof that people were starting to fight it, and the only people who could be fighting it right now were Egret, Miroir and Hendeka.

「Set, hurry up. I didn’t think that such a large monster would show up.」

「Gurururu~!」

Set responded to Rei’s shout with a loud cry as he flapped his wings faster.

Thanks to that, their speed increased as they approached the giant body of the Lemrace.

With a deep breath, Rei grasped the Death Scythe as he started to focus his magic power. He started to cast his magic as he prepared to deal a strong blow on his arrival.

『Fire, your power is my power. With my magic power, burn the enemy at my command. You are a fire that spreads fire. With my magic power, grow in power.』

As Rei cast his magic, 10 fireballs appeared around the Death Scythe. All of them were created with Rei’s overwhelming magic power and even had some ability to track their target. It was a magic suitable for dealing with the Lemrace, which was over 30m in length.

As soon as he got within range, he would throw all the fireballs against the massive monster. That had been Rei’s intention as he cast the spell……

「SHAAAAAAAAAA-!」

As if sensing danger approaching, the Lemrace turned to look at Rei and Set. As if it knew they were coming near.

(……No, it could detect me while it was at the bottom of the sea. Of course it would have been able to sense me from this distance.)

Thinking to himself, Rei lightly tapped Set’s body with his feet.

I’ll leave the evasion to you.

The Lemrace appeared to be wary of the approaching Rei and Set. It looked only at them as it seemed to ignore all other attacks against it. Observing the monster as the distance between them shrank rapidly, Rei prepared to activate his magic at any time.

(Even though there’s some purple liquid around it, it’s appearance is clearly visible. If such a huge monster was moving along the seabed, I should have at least seen part of it if not its whole body……)

As he thought of that, the Lemrace soon came within distance of his magic……swinging the Death Scythe, Rei activated his magic.

『10 fireballs.』

With those words, the 10 fireballs flew towards the Lemrace as if they each had their own will.

Each of the fireballs was created with Rei’s magic power and a D rank monster would have disappeared into one without any bones remaining. Shen, instinctively sensing their catastrophic power, took some distances from the Lemrace. However……

「SHAAAAA-!」

Seeing the 10 fireballs fly towards it, the Lemrace opened its mouth wide and bared its fangs as it have a shrill cry.

In that moment.

「Set-!」

「Guru~!」

Rei, reflexively sensing danger, gave a sharp shout as Set forcibly swung his wings around to move his body diagonally to the right.

At almost the same time, a large jet of water was spat out from the Lemrace’s mouth. It was like a fire breath, but with water instead of fire.

However, it seemed to be purely water or seawater, so even considering the weight of the water, it wouldn’t have been a fatal blow if it had hit Rei and Set. Yes, if it had hit Rei or Set.

However, the water breath wasn’t targeted at Rei and Set. To be exact, Rei and Set were the only people within it’s range, but it wasn’t aimed at them. The Lemrace’s target was the 10 fireballs that were flying towards it.

The Lemrace move its head sideways as it sprayed out water to meet the fireballs flying towards it.

Fire and water. What would happen if the two collided? Normally, water would end up putting the fire out. However, this time, power of the water and fire were equally matched as they collided in mid air. Eventually, the fireball was doused by the water and disappeared.

The Lemrace continued to target the fireballs Rei was controlling as it shook its head side to side, eventually putting out all 10 fireballs.

However, the fireballs that Rei had created didn’t disappear just like that. The collision been the fireballs and the water ended up creating a large amount of water vapour that covered the surrounding area.

Seeing that, Rei clicked his tongue as he gave a loud shout.

「Egret, Miroir, get away from the Lemrace! Set!」

Those words were enough for Set to understand what Rei wanted to do. With a big flap of his wings, Set appeared above the Lemrace.

「Set, support me from the air.」

「Guru~!」

After their brief exchange, Rei jumped from Set’s back and dived towards the Lemrace, obscured by the water vapour.

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