“Swim in a maid outfit? Seriously! This outfit is heavy, and I’ll sink!”
…So, I went back for a moment, changed into lighter clothes that wouldn’t get heavy when wet, and came back again.
And I dived once more!
…I hope there won’t be jellyfish or something coming out from the depths of the sea. I really don’t want this Unique Monster Festival…
“…Well, I’m going. If I drown, take care of things.”
“Yeah, we got it.”
“Good luck!”
I’m going, but for someone who’s not good at swimming, even a distance of around 100 meters is tough.
And this is the sea! There are waves!
“…Are you okay?”
“…Isn’t it a bit late for that?”
Shut up! Mind your own business, you audience!
I’m currently making slow progress with breaststroke.
It takes me less than five minutes to swim a 50-meter pool using breaststroke.
“…Surprisingly, Maito-san, you’re pretty fast on land.”
“Even she has things she’s not good at. Show some sympathy.”
Shut up, you audience!
After a few minutes of determined breaststroke, I finally managed to reach the Origin.
Phew, I can finally go back.
Or so I thought, but it seems I was too optimistic.
“Maito! Can’t you… avoid it?”
“Huh?”
I heard the sound of resignation in Suzumoto’s voice, and then the water… it swelled up.
And it swelled, pushing me up, and what I saw below was… a huge, enormous jellyfish.
I gave one of the jellyfish’s tentacles an uppercut from below and got blown away.
“Safe.”
Just when I thought I was falling, Suzumoto managed to catch me at the last moment.
“All right, Maito-san, do you have the Origin?”
After Hariu kicked the jellyfish in the head, it sank back into the sea.
“I have it.”
“In that case, let’s head back to Glida for now. We can leave that thing alone.”
Suzumoto kicked off the air and started to head back, but suddenly, a tentacle from the jellyfish extended towards us.
“Hariu! Pass!”
“What!?”
And at the last moment, Suzumoto threw me, and Hariu caught me.
Suzumoto immediately drew his sword and cut off the jellyfish’s tentacle.
“…Maito-san, are you okay?”
…No, my heart… my heart…
But seriously, what’s with the appearance rate of unique monsters today? It’s as if there’s a unique monster in every place where there’s a Origin…
…Or maybe, is that the case?
If so… what is the Demon Lord even doing?
Yeah, if that’s the case, then I understand the “I’m counting on you” from earlier.
“Maito! Can you ‘transfer’?”
Suzumoto came back, but the jellyfish was persistently chasing us.
“Yes, I can ‘transfer.'”
…
“…Maito, how many Origins do you have equipped right now?”
“Five!”
“That’s the cause!”
I see! What a brilliant deduction!
“Then let’s quickly ‘Share’ them to reduce the burden.”
“No, if the condition changes, it might not turn into ‘Ashes of the Abyss’ anymore. …we have no choice, wait for me, I’ll take care of it.”
Suzumoto kicked the air and went back again, heading towards the jellyfish.
“Glida, please take care of Maito-san!”
[Alright, understood.]
And I was thrown into the sea by Hariu, just barely above the water.
It wasn’t far to Glida… well, it was probably less than 50 meters…
By the time I climbed onto Glida, I was almost out of energy. Swimming really uses up your stamina, huh…
Despite the disadvantage of the sea as the battlefield, the two of them were surprisingly strong.
Especially Hariu, who could fight in the unstable environment of the sea despite his main ability being shadow manipulation. It made me wonder if the jellyfish wasn’t much of a challenge for them.
The jellyfish didn’t seem to be particularly tough or have high attack power, but its greatest and only real threat was its electric shocks.
This jellyfish has the pattern of an Electric Jellyfish. Hmm, if I were to capture it alive, Katori might use it as a power generator… No, maybe it’s better to turn Hagasaki-kun into a “Lightning” power station…
But well, considering that the two of them are specialized in evasion on the defensive side, it didn’t seem to be too much trouble for them… It was rather easily dealt with.
However, Hariu took a direct hit from the electric shock at the end, and he’s still paralyzed at the moment.
So, I’m currently on Glida. Hariu’s been surrounded by a bunch of maid dolls who are all fluffing and healing him.
His damage is about to be healed soon, but it seems that paralysis is considered a special status ailment because he’s still paralyzed.
He can’t move, so he asked for something to use as a pillow, and for now, I’m letting him use my lap. I know my belly would probably be more comfortable, but this will do for now.
“By the way, that was quite sudden.”
Suzumoto and Hariu probably encountered their first estimated unique monster in the jellyfish, right?
“Since a while ago, this is the third time I’ve encountered an estimated unique monster…”
Seriously, I’ve been taking an unusual amount of damage since a while ago.
I was attacked by a sea cucumber, the lava carving… not so much. But the ice dragon was a direct hit, and then Hagasaki-kun’s body temperature draining attack afterward was a complete direct hit!
And since I was swimming with my body still cold from the snowy area earlier, the exhaustion is… something else.
“By the way, it’s cold.”
“That’s because you’re wet. Dry yourself off quickly.”
Oh right, I’ve been soaked. Not good, not good. Wet clothes steal your body heat through evaporative cooling.
Hariu must be uncomfortable with a wet pillow. I need to dry it quickly.
…Huh? Even though I’m fluffing it with a duster, it’s not drying quickly?
…Hm?
“…Hey, Maito, how many Origins are you currently carrying?”
Let’s see, I have the default two, one from Katori, one from Kadomi-kun, and one from Hagasaki-kun and Kariya… So, six in total.
“Remove them.”
“Alright.”
As soon as I let go of the ones I was holding, the cold sensation lessened significantly. Ah, warm.
[Wait a minute! What’s this about? My strength is draining!]
Glida is complaining, but just wait until my clothes dry, okay?
“…Maito, if you’re carrying these Origins, can you still ‘Transfer’?”
That’s a good point.
“We’re about to have lunch, and you guys are going back, right? So if Suzumoto holds onto them, it shouldn’t be a problem.”
“…I guess you’re right.”
It’s just for a moment! Really, just a moment! Right?
So, for now, we returned to the 2F northeast.
Hariu left himself in Suzumoto’s care. He can’t sit on my lap the whole time; otherwise, I can’t cook lunch.
Now, for lunch… Oh, it seems that the maid dolls who were left behind cooked for us. How diligent!
I guess I’ll make a rice bowl dish.
…Yeah, I’ll go with a mystery meat (beef?) bowl.
To clarify, when I say “mystery meat,” it’s technically from the beef part of a chimera. So, probably beef. Probably.
I made a beef stir-fry while everyone else used ‘Transfer’ to collect their Origins.
During that process, President and Toriumi found an Origin in the desert area on the 2F east, which we also collected. Thankfully, there were no monsters there!
Oh, and during this whole process, I had Suzumoto hold onto two Origins. Despite having received some training with Origins, as soon as Suzumoto equipped two of them, he couldn’t stand up anymore.
Suzumoto commented, “You could move around with six of them equipped… What’s happening to you?”
Hahaha, I feel slightly superior.
Well, it’s probably because there are no modifiers affecting the outcome…
So, it’s time for a report during lunch.
“Um, I found one Origin and defeated a unique monster. I found another one, so after we finish eating, I’ll need Maito-san’s help again.”
Katori is quick at finding them… Well, he’s the Gundam guy, after all.
“I found one Origin, but there was no unique monster… The next one hasn’t been found yet.”
I didn’t encounter a unique monster when I had the Origin from Kadomi-kun. Hmm, I wonder what’s going on.
“I found one Origin. Also, Hagasaki-kun defeated an ice dragon.”
“A dragon!?”
Oh, Kadomi-kun reacted.
“It’s frozen, but if you’re interested, do you want to take a look? And if possible, try to control it?”
“…Maito.”
Kadomi-kun made a pleading expression, indicating that he wanted to go see the dragon, and if possible, to try and control it. So, the mission for the afternoon will be Kadomi-kun’s dragon, not Katori’s Origin. Yep.
“We fought against jellyfish in the sea and acquired one Origin. Hariu was paralyzed for a while, but he seems fine now.”
“Too bad, I really wanted you to try my medicine,” President said with a genuinely disappointed look after Suzumoto’s report.
It seems he wanted to test the status ailment recovery potion.
“Toriumi-kun and I found an Origin in the desert. We didn’t encounter any unique monsters.”
President and Toriumi had been wandering around in the desert on Ketorami-san (the two-seater vehicle). The initial reaction upon meeting them was “Clean!” Even with ‘Heat and Cold Resistance,’ there were limits, and they were in quite a state due to sweat and sand.
“So, Kadomi-kun and I are in Nakama. That’s the end of the report!”
That’s right. Toriumi and President, as a pair, and then Kadomi-kun haven’t encountered any unique monsters.
Could it be that near every Origin, there’s a unique monster, and not encountering them simply means that the unique monster in that area has already been defeated?
If that’s the case, it would make sense.
In the lava area that Kadomi-kun explored, we’ve already defeated the incredibly tough Fire Dragon. In the desert area, we defeated Hunter’s mother. And there’s another area, the Extracurricular Learning Building…
Wait a minute!
The Extracurricular Learning Building is where Glida was, and according to Glida, she’s “the weakest among the brothers!” So, there might still be a lot of formidable Glass Spiders there…
With that in mind, Hariu energetically proposed to reorganize our teams.
For now, it seems we haven’t encountered very strong monsters. The Jellyfish was relatively easy, the Sea Cucumber was a one-hit kill in a way, and the Ice Dragon… well, we managed with Hagasaki-kun.
However, if someone as strong as that Fire Dragon appears in the future, I wonder how we’ll fare.
While everyone has become stronger, it’s still expected that we’ll have to engage in consecutive battles with unique monsters in the future. It might be a good idea to strengthen our fighting force.
But honestly, I think it’s fine to continue finding Origins and completely bypassing the unique monsters. In time attack situations, it’s a rule to bypass enemies whenever possible.
However, well, Carissa-chan will also take some time to prepare, and above all, we already have six Origins in hand. Including the one Katori just found, that’s seven.
So, for now, I think it’s okay to go ahead and produce Life and Spirit Potions with the Origins we already have, and we can look for other Origins later.
Moreover, everyone seems strangely competitive. In other words, they want to try soloing a unique monster if they find an easy one to defeat.
Katori, and ultimately, humanoid optical weapons are to blame for this!
“Swim in a maid outfit? Seriously! This outfit is heavy, and I’ll sink!”
…So, I went back for a moment, changed into lighter clothes that wouldn’t get heavy when wet, and came back again.
And I dived once more!
…I hope there won’t be jellyfish or something coming out from the depths of the sea. I really don’t want this Unique Monster Festival…
“…Well, I’m going. If I drown, take care of things.”
“Yeah, we got it.”
“Good luck!”
I’m going, but for someone who’s not good at swimming, even a distance of around 100 meters is tough.
And this is the sea! There are waves!
“…Are you okay?”
“…Isn’t it a bit late for that?”
Shut up! Mind your own business, you audience!
I’m currently making slow progress with breaststroke.
It takes me less than five minutes to swim a 50-meter pool using breaststroke.
“…Surprisingly, Maito-san, you’re pretty fast on land.”
“Even she has things she’s not good at. Show some sympathy.”
Shut up, you audience!
After a few minutes of determined breaststroke, I finally managed to reach the Origin.
Phew, I can finally go back.
Or so I thought, but it seems I was too optimistic.
“Maito! Can’t you… avoid it?”
“Huh?”
I heard the sound of resignation in Suzumoto’s voice, and then the water… it swelled up.
And it swelled, pushing me up, and what I saw below was… a huge, enormous jellyfish.
I gave one of the jellyfish’s tentacles an uppercut from below and got blown away.
“Safe.”
Just when I thought I was falling, Suzumoto managed to catch me at the last moment.
“All right, Maito-san, do you have the Origin?”
After Hariu kicked the jellyfish in the head, it sank back into the sea.
“I have it.”
“In that case, let’s head back to Glida for now. We can leave that thing alone.”
Suzumoto kicked off the air and started to head back, but suddenly, a tentacle from the jellyfish extended towards us.
“Hariu! Pass!”
“What!?”
And at the last moment, Suzumoto threw me, and Hariu caught me.
Suzumoto immediately drew his sword and cut off the jellyfish’s tentacle.
“…Maito-san, are you okay?”
…No, my heart… my heart…
But seriously, what’s with the appearance rate of unique monsters today? It’s as if there’s a unique monster in every place where there’s a Origin…
…Or maybe, is that the case?
If so… what is the Demon Lord even doing?
Yeah, if that’s the case, then I understand the “I’m counting on you” from earlier.
“Maito! Can you ‘transfer’?”
Suzumoto came back, but the jellyfish was persistently chasing us.
“Yes, I can ‘transfer.'”
…
“…Maito, how many Origins do you have equipped right now?”
“Five!”
“That’s the cause!”
I see! What a brilliant deduction!
“Then let’s quickly ‘Share’ them to reduce the burden.”
“No, if the condition changes, it might not turn into ‘Ashes of the Abyss’ anymore. …we have no choice, wait for me, I’ll take care of it.”
Suzumoto kicked the air and went back again, heading towards the jellyfish.
“Glida, please take care of Maito-san!”
[Alright, understood.]
And I was thrown into the sea by Hariu, just barely above the water.
It wasn’t far to Glida… well, it was probably less than 50 meters…
By the time I climbed onto Glida, I was almost out of energy. Swimming really uses up your stamina, huh…
Despite the disadvantage of the sea as the battlefield, the two of them were surprisingly strong.
Especially Hariu, who could fight in the unstable environment of the sea despite his main ability being shadow manipulation. It made me wonder if the jellyfish wasn’t much of a challenge for them.
The jellyfish didn’t seem to be particularly tough or have high attack power, but its greatest and only real threat was its electric shocks.
This jellyfish has the pattern of an Electric Jellyfish. Hmm, if I were to capture it alive, Katori might use it as a power generator… No, maybe it’s better to turn Hagasaki-kun into a “Lightning” power station…
But well, considering that the two of them are specialized in evasion on the defensive side, it didn’t seem to be too much trouble for them… It was rather easily dealt with.
However, Hariu took a direct hit from the electric shock at the end, and he’s still paralyzed at the moment.
So, I’m currently on Glida. Hariu’s been surrounded by a bunch of maid dolls who are all fluffing and healing him.
His damage is about to be healed soon, but it seems that paralysis is considered a special status ailment because he’s still paralyzed.
He can’t move, so he asked for something to use as a pillow, and for now, I’m letting him use my lap. I know my belly would probably be more comfortable, but this will do for now.
“By the way, that was quite sudden.”
Suzumoto and Hariu probably encountered their first estimated unique monster in the jellyfish, right?
“Since a while ago, this is the third time I’ve encountered an estimated unique monster…”
Seriously, I’ve been taking an unusual amount of damage since a while ago.
I was attacked by a sea cucumber, the lava carving… not so much. But the ice dragon was a direct hit, and then Hagasaki-kun’s body temperature draining attack afterward was a complete direct hit!
And since I was swimming with my body still cold from the snowy area earlier, the exhaustion is… something else.
“By the way, it’s cold.”
“That’s because you’re wet. Dry yourself off quickly.”
Oh right, I’ve been soaked. Not good, not good. Wet clothes steal your body heat through evaporative cooling.
Hariu must be uncomfortable with a wet pillow. I need to dry it quickly.
…Huh? Even though I’m fluffing it with a duster, it’s not drying quickly?
…Hm?
“…Hey, Maito, how many Origins are you currently carrying?”
Let’s see, I have the default two, one from Katori, one from Kadomi-kun, and one from Hagasaki-kun and Kariya… So, six in total.
“Remove them.”
“Alright.”
As soon as I let go of the ones I was holding, the cold sensation lessened significantly. Ah, warm.
[Wait a minute! What’s this about? My strength is draining!]
Glida is complaining, but just wait until my clothes dry, okay?
“…Maito, if you’re carrying these Origins, can you still ‘Transfer’?”
That’s a good point.
“We’re about to have lunch, and you guys are going back, right? So if Suzumoto holds onto them, it shouldn’t be a problem.”
“…I guess you’re right.”
It’s just for a moment! Really, just a moment! Right?
So, for now, we returned to the 2F northeast.
Hariu left himself in Suzumoto’s care. He can’t sit on my lap the whole time; otherwise, I can’t cook lunch.
Now, for lunch… Oh, it seems that the maid dolls who were left behind cooked for us. How diligent!
I guess I’ll make a rice bowl dish.
…Yeah, I’ll go with a mystery meat (beef?) bowl.
To clarify, when I say “mystery meat,” it’s technically from the beef part of a chimera. So, probably beef. Probably.
I made a beef stir-fry while everyone else used ‘Transfer’ to collect their Origins.
During that process, President and Toriumi found an Origin in the desert area on the 2F east, which we also collected. Thankfully, there were no monsters there!
Oh, and during this whole process, I had Suzumoto hold onto two Origins. Despite having received some training with Origins, as soon as Suzumoto equipped two of them, he couldn’t stand up anymore.
Suzumoto commented, “You could move around with six of them equipped… What’s happening to you?”
Hahaha, I feel slightly superior.
Well, it’s probably because there are no modifiers affecting the outcome…
So, it’s time for a report during lunch.
“Um, I found one Origin and defeated a unique monster. I found another one, so after we finish eating, I’ll need Maito-san’s help again.”
Katori is quick at finding them… Well, he’s the Gundam guy, after all.
“I found one Origin, but there was no unique monster… The next one hasn’t been found yet.”
I didn’t encounter a unique monster when I had the Origin from Kadomi-kun. Hmm, I wonder what’s going on.
“I found one Origin. Also, Hagasaki-kun defeated an ice dragon.”
“A dragon!?”
Oh, Kadomi-kun reacted.
“It’s frozen, but if you’re interested, do you want to take a look? And if possible, try to control it?”
“…Maito.”
Kadomi-kun made a pleading expression, indicating that he wanted to go see the dragon, and if possible, to try and control it. So, the mission for the afternoon will be Kadomi-kun’s dragon, not Katori’s Origin. Yep.
“We fought against jellyfish in the sea and acquired one Origin. Hariu was paralyzed for a while, but he seems fine now.”
“Too bad, I really wanted you to try my medicine,” President said with a genuinely disappointed look after Suzumoto’s report.
It seems he wanted to test the status ailment recovery potion.
“Toriumi-kun and I found an Origin in the desert. We didn’t encounter any unique monsters.”
President and Toriumi had been wandering around in the desert on Ketorami-san (the two-seater vehicle). The initial reaction upon meeting them was “Clean!” Even with ‘Heat and Cold Resistance,’ there were limits, and they were in quite a state due to sweat and sand.
“So, Kadomi-kun and I are in Nakama. That’s the end of the report!”
That’s right. Toriumi and President, as a pair, and then Kadomi-kun haven’t encountered any unique monsters.
Could it be that near every Origin, there’s a unique monster, and not encountering them simply means that the unique monster in that area has already been defeated?
If that’s the case, it would make sense.
In the lava area that Kadomi-kun explored, we’ve already defeated the incredibly tough Fire Dragon. In the desert area, we defeated Hunter’s mother. And there’s another area, the Extracurricular Learning Building…
Wait a minute!
The Extracurricular Learning Building is where Glida was, and according to Glida, she’s “the weakest among the brothers!” So, there might still be a lot of formidable Glass Spiders there…
With that in mind, Hariu energetically proposed to reorganize our teams.
For now, it seems we haven’t encountered very strong monsters. The Jellyfish was relatively easy, the Sea Cucumber was a one-hit kill in a way, and the Ice Dragon… well, we managed with Hagasaki-kun.
However, if someone as strong as that Fire Dragon appears in the future, I wonder how we’ll fare.
While everyone has become stronger, it’s still expected that we’ll have to engage in consecutive battles with unique monsters in the future. It might be a good idea to strengthen our fighting force.
But honestly, I think it’s fine to continue finding Origins and completely bypassing the unique monsters. In time attack situations, it’s a rule to bypass enemies whenever possible.
However, well, Carissa-chan will also take some time to prepare, and above all, we already have six Origins in hand. Including the one Katori just found, that’s seven.
So, for now, I think it’s okay to go ahead and produce Life and Spirit Potions with the Origins we already have, and we can look for other Origins later.
Moreover, everyone seems strangely competitive. In other words, they want to try soloing a unique monster if they find an easy one to defeat.
Katori, and ultimately, humanoid optical weapons are to blame for this!
