Chapter 343 Part 2
Well, before that, let’s land on the island and have a meal.
This island seems to be a small reef.
I deployed the Instant Portal, and recalled both Rig and Strand.
Then I summoned Bunraku and Modulus.
As usual, let’s have them cook and knit.
What about me?
I’ll try making various things using Snow Dragonstones (Lesser).
【Weapon: Club】Snow Dragon Mace Grade B- Rarity 7
AP+26 Destructive Power 5+ Weight 4+ Durability 550
Lower AGI chance [Large] Critical Rate increase [Small]
Ice Attribute
A mace made by molding a Snow Dragonstone (Lesser) into the shape of a Snow Beastman Bone.
When a critical hit occurs, a deep bass sound reverberates within the bone.
Not suitable for throwing.
Attack Power, Destructive Power, and added effects.
That’s quite an improvement!
Exactly as expected.
But my MP bar has already fallen under half again!
I’ll still continue to make prototypes, though.
There are other things I would like to try making.
【Weapon: Staff】 Snow Dragon Staff+ Grade B Rarity 7
AP+24 M・AP+0 Destructive Power 5+ Weight 2 Durability 500
Magical Item Lower AGI chance [Medium] Ice attribute
A staff made by processing Snow Dragonstone (Lesser).
A weapon that temporarily decreases an attacked enemy’s AGI.
[Custom]
Its handle is made with Hell’s Latch heartwood, which hardly contributes to magic activation.
Hmm.
The attack power and damage are good, but…
The versatility of the Petrified Wood Staff’s ability to disrupt both Attributes and Resistances is hard to give up as well.
This one seems difficult to use for many purposes.
After I finished eating, I used another Mana Potion.
Even then, my MP bar is barely half full.
Making prototypes is fine and all, but it does take a toll on me!
Snow Dragonstone (Lesser), huh.
It doesn’t seem like something that can be easily mass-produced.
Well then.
Let’s start the afternoon session.
I’m rebuilding my lineup.
What’s the goal?
To get a golden South Sea Pearl.
And a Grade B one, at that.
Professor Dowsing, if you please.
That’s right.
I’m aiming for a Grade B one.
That’s how it ought to be, but…
I actually managed to get a golden South Sea Pearl right away!
However, it was a Grade B+!
I mean, I’m still happy about it.
But the fact that these pearls’ quality isn’t consistent is a pain.
Heavy Armored Squid Lv.4
Demon Enemy Target Active
Battle Position: Underwater Dark Attribute Water Attribute
After going a little farther out into the sea, I encountered a squid.
It may be a squid, but…
It’s huge.
Well, in terms of image, it’s actually thick.
Its body is large, so its arms look short in comparison.
Its attacks are incredibly fast.
Apnea even shifted his body axis!
It was an attack using only two long tentacles.
They stretch and come at you like punches.
Was there any damage?
Yes.
Apnea took about 20% HP worth of damage from two attacks.
You…
You damn squids.
Shall I turn you into dried shellfish?
Shall I pickle you?
Or shall I turn you into fresh sashimi?
No, turning it into shiokara also sounds good.
I can then spread it over rice, too.
Umm…
What am I even talking about?
This squid-like monster…
Even though Strand has been biting it fiercely, it didn’t get poisoned.
Does it have Poison Resistance as well?
Also, some parts of its body are extremely hard.
Our attacks still hit it, so we started beating it up with brute force.
Then, when it found itself in a tight spot, it spat ink.
This was already something I had anticipated.
Outerreef had circled around its escape route and caught it, so it couldn’t escape.
We managed to finish it off.
But, you know…
Aren’t you going to drop any items?
Well, I’m fine with just ingredients.
Too bad.
Basically, I think squid is delicious.
It’s a real shame.
Sea Umbrella Lv.2
Demon Enemy Target Active
Battle Position: Underwater Water Attribute Lightning Attribute Poison
What’s up next?
A jellyfish monster.
Its shape is a little different from the average Nomura’s jellyfish, but it still looks like a typical jellyfish.
The size, however, was a completely different story.
Not even Nomura’s jellyfish can get this big.
Isn’t this one as big as a car?
《【Poison Resistance】 Level Up!》
We won.
That’s good.
But it was a very troublesome enemy.
Is it really a jellyfish?
This jellyfish is not only large but also moves quite fast.
Its movement seems like it’s just floating in the sea, but…
Iits attacks are something else.
Its arms attack with tremendous force.
Jellyfish aren’t supposed to be this fast, right?
But this one’s a monster, so I guess it makes sense.
Anyway, maybe it was fortunate for us that there was only one?
The reason we were able to finish it off despite taking damage was because, while the monster was fast, we were even faster.
If it wasn’t for Apnea, I probably wouldn’t have been able to pull it off like this.
And the worse part of it all is that it left no items behind.
Truly a terrible thing!
Tako Nyudo Lv.2
Yokai Enemy Target Active
Battle Position: Underwater, Seafloor Dark Attribute Water Attribute
Well…
It was to be expected.
If there’s going to be a squid, there’s gotta be an octopus around here as well, right?
Although this one seems to be a Yokai.
And this one’s also huge.
How is it compared to the Heavy Armored Squid from earlier?
I think it’s a little larger than that one.
It’s my first time seeing one of these octopi.
What’s going to happen?
This is bad.
This one, like the squid, spits ink.
In the real world, squids and octopuses spit ink when trying to escape rather than to defend themselves.
But here, they can also use that as a means of attack.
That’s troublesome too, but…
The Heavy Armored Squid’s tentacle attacks were a pain to deal with.
And what about the Tako Nyudo?
Physical attacks are very ineffective.
It feels like I’m attacking a sponge?
Even thrusting attacks feel off.
Are they even working?
The monster’s HP is decreasing, but…
The pace is so frustratingly slow.
Halfway through the battle, Strand got grabbed by one of the octopus’ arms, which wrapped around him tightly.
Though he managed to escape from its grasp with the help of Apnea and Nias.
Still, to think that that alone reduced Strand’s HP bar by about 40% is scary!
And it’s not just Strand.
Rig is also taking damage.
Could it be that this is no ordinary physical attack?
Ah, that’s right.
Let’s try avoiding getting Nias too close to that tentacled monster, okay?
Things could get dangerously weird really fast.
Oh boy.
We managed to defeat it somehow.
But it was a truly unpleasant experience.
I wouldn’t say it was strong, but rather he was too troublesome.
Its troublesomeness is different from that of Heavy Armored Squids.
Personally, I find the octopus to be the most unpleasant enemy to fight out of those two.
But when it comes to this, things change.
This Yokai left an item behind!
And what was it? A Black-lipped Pearl Oyster.
After opening it up, I found a South Sea Black Pearl inside.
Its quality was Grade B.
Now this looks delicious, doesn’t it?
Definitely.
Definitely delicious.
Octopus is nice too, right?
Stewed octopus is good, but so is sashimi.
Even the classic takoyaki is good.
I like its texture too.
But that’s not what I mean with this being delicious!
Now then, the plan is set.
I’ll continue Dowsing, but let’s focus on fishing too.
Time to hunt some octopi!
But, you see…
Tako Nyudos are Yokai.
So it’s hard to get a hold of them using Call Monsters.
I often lose track of them mid-hunt.
But still, I’ll keep pursuing them.
Pursuing them isn’t that difficult for me, since I’m riding on Apnea.
《Summoned Monster『Outerreef』 Level Up!》
《Please add 1 point to a desired stat.》
Naturally, I continue to use Dowsing.
I got one white South Sea Pearl, quality Grade C+.
I also got two South Sea Black Pearls, one of them Grace C+ and the other one Grade C.
Things are coming together nicely.
This is very exciting.
Outerreef’s SPI increased automatically upon leveling up.
I’ll choose AGI as his second stat increase.
Outerreef Black Dolphin Lv3 → Lv4 (↑1)
DEX 14
AGI 34 (↑1)
INT 16
STR 10
VIT 16
SPI 12 (↑1)
Skills
Bite Evade Underwater Mobility Jump Semi-Aquatic Night Vision
Cursed Noise Vibration Detection Pursue Water Attribute
Octopus hunting is also going well.
I got two South Sea Black Pearls, one of them Grade B+ and the other one Grade C+.
I also got one golden South Sea Pearl, quality Grade B.
Yes, I got these ones from opening Black-lipped Pearl Oysters dropped by the octopi.
This is already a win for me.
But still…
The time is 5:30 PM.
It’s almost dinner time.
I need to find an island to land on.
That one over there feels nice.
What’s so good about it?
You can see the sun setting towards the horizon.
Indeed, this scenery is beautiful.
Setting up my own base in a place like this wouldn’t be bad at all.
Whoa, I almost got carried away for a second.
I’d better deploy an Instant Portal.
After recalling Rig and Strand, I summon Bunraku and Modulus.
I want to do a few things myself too.
At any rate…
Having dinner while watching the sunset on the sandy beach ?
It’s lovely.
Truly wonderful.
Incidentally…
Outerreef is playing by jumping from the sea surface, but I wish he’d do it in moderation…
Protagonist Keith
Race Human Male Racial Lv35
Job Arc Summoner Lv2
Bonus Points Remaining: 23
Set Skills
Sword Lv15 Two-handed Sword Lv7 Two-handed Spear Lv15 Joust Lv16
Club Lv14 Dagger Lv16 Rapier Lv14 Rope Arts Lv14 Javelin Lv14
Pole Weapon Lv13
Staff Lv26 Punch Lv23 Kick Lv23 Joint Lock Lv23 Throw Lv23
Evade Lv23 Block Lv23
Summon Magic Lv35 Spacetime Magic Lv23 Seal Magic Lv17
Light Magic Lv22 Wind Magic Lv22 Earth Magic Lv22 Water Magic Lv22
Fire Magic Lv22 Dark Magic Lv22 Ice Magic Lv21 Lightning Magic Lv21
Tree Magic Lv21 Dust Magic Lv21 Lava Magic Lv22 (↑1) Steam Magic Lv21
Heroic Summoning Lv2
Alchemy Lv18 Pharmacy Lv11 Glassmaking Lv9 Woodworking Lv13
Synergy Lv24 Appraise Lv24 Identify Lv25 Discern Lv8 Cold Resistance Lv15
Grab Lv22 Horsemanship Lv23 Precise Manipulation Lv25 (↑1) Ropework Lv12
Jump Lv16 Acrobatics Lv16 Heat Resistance Lv15 Climb Lv13 Balance Lv16
Dual Wield Lv21 Disassembly Lv21 Swim Lv12 Dive Lv12 Throw Object Lv15
Dash Lv16 Endurance Run Lv16 Hide Lv7 Conceal Lv7
Physical Reinforcement Lv23 Mental Reinforcement Lv23 Speedcasting Lv24
Magic Effect Amplification Lv23 Magic Range Expansion Lv23
Petrification Resistance Lv9 Sleep Resistance Lv8 Paralysis Resistance Lv11
Confusion Resistance Lv9 Darkness Resistance Lv8 Unconscious Resistance Lv12
Charm Resistance Lv6 Poison Resistance Lv11 (↑1) Silence Resistance Lv7
Instant Death Resistance Lv7
Equipment
Tokkosho x2 Vajra Trident x2 Jeweled Sword x2 Indra’s Secret Sword x3
Quartz Illuminated Sword x2 Akasagarbha Spear x2 Spirit Tree Staff x1
Staff of Torture x2 Petrified Wood Staff+ x2 Snow Dragon’s Staff+ x1 (New!)
Tonfa of Torture x2
Petrified Wood Tonfa+ x3 Capture Rod of Torture x1 Needlefish Spear+ x1
White Elephant Long Spear+ x1 White Elephant Javelin x2 Lion Sage’s Lance+ x1
Snow Wyvern’s Lance+ x1 Snow Dragon’s Mace x1 (New!)
Lion Sage’s Foil+ x2
Snow Wyvern’s Estoc+ x1 Snow Wyvern’s Pike+ x1
Lion Sage’s Kukri+ x2 Lesser Sword Dragon’s Short Sword+ x2
Needlefish Javelin x1
Guardian Treasure Hammer x1 Xiuyaojing Bow x1 Indra’s Halberd x1
Enraged Pickaxe+ x2 Silver Necklace+ x1
Snow Leopard Push Dagger x1 Gale Tiger Push Dagger x1
Killer Scorpion Push Dagger x1 Snow Leopard Bagh Nakh x2
Plains Lion Bagh Nakh x1 Bull and Horse Leather Armor+ Sets
Einheral’s Armguards x2 Heavenly Zebra’s Misanga x1
Bracelet of Torture+ x2 Anklet of Torture+ x2 Prison Guard’s Black Rope x1
Battle Horse Belt + Rucksack Item Box x2
Summoned Monsters
Rig Yellow Pudding Lv9→Lv10 (↑1)
DEX 21 (↑1)
AGI 15 (↑1)
INT 8
STR 8
VIT 15
SPI 8
Skills
Dissolve Shapeshift Viscosity Surface Tension Shift Nullify Physical
Thunder Attribute Fire Attribute Water Resistance
Nias Merrow Lv10 → Lv11 (↑1)
DEX 21
AGI 22 (↑1)
INT 27 (↑1)
STR 10
VIT 10
SPI 21
Skills
Two-handed Spear Evade Aquatic Shapeshift Night Vision Cursed Song
Magic Melody Light Attribute Water Attribute
Strand Mizuchi Lv6 → Lv7 (↑1)
DEX 10
AGI 21 (↑1)
INT 10
STR 21 (↑1)
VIT 28
SPI 10
Skills
Bite Wrap Evade Aquatic Heat Detection Conceal
Deadly Poison Water Attribute Poison Resistance (New!)
Apnea Beluga Lv3 → Lv4 (↑1)
DEX 14
AGI 28 (↑1)
INT 16
STR 15 (↑1)
VIT 18
SPI 10
Skills
Bite Evade Underwater Mobility Semi-Aquatic Night Vision Cursed Noise
Vibration Detection Pursue Wind Attribute Water Attribute
Outerreef Black Dolphin Lv3 → Lv4 (↑1)
DEX 14
AGI 34 (↑1)
INT 16
STR 10
VIT 16
SPI 12 (↑1)
Skills
Bite Evade Underwater Mobility Jump Semi-Aquatic Night Vision
Cursed Noise Vibration Detection Pursue Water Attribute
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