"Oh, my God!"

　A seemingly sailor screams when he sees Ray and Sett on the deck of the ship.
　But Ray forces Seto to land on deck as if that scream had nothing to do with it.

"Well, that's all right," Get off at any rate. And I'll ask them to explain it to explain it to me. I'll go back to the rescue again."
"Yes, yes. Thank you for your help. I wonder if they're all over again..."

　As he spoke, it was a woman in her twenties who descended from Seto's back, holding a baby in her hand.
　She may have been desperately protecting the baby even when it was dropped into the sea, or she is wet with seawater, but she does not seem to be particularly injured. The mother has a few injuries on her leg that seem to have been bitten off by a monster, but it's not a fatal injury because it's a bite a few centimeters long.

"Oh, hey! You guys... and that monster..."

　The sailors and adventurers who identified Sett come up to us. His hands were armed with swords, spears, and axes, but he did not seem to put out his hand, partly because he had saved his mother and children.
　However, the presence of Seto, who is looking at Ray as if to keep him in check, may have created an atmosphere of carelessness.
　Even if no one saw the existence of a glyphon firsthand, its figure has been passed down. That may be why there is more fear.

"I'm sorry, but I don't have time to talk to you, but you can think of me as a friend. I'm going to pick up those who have been thrown out into the sea, and get ready to accept them."

　Ray unilaterally tells it, signals Seto, and flies back into the sky in a few steps.

"Oh, hey! Give me a little more explanation!"
"Ask her the details!"

　With a call from behind him, Seto leaps out and heads to where he was.
　The sailors and adventurers were staring blankly at their backs, but eventually they began to prepare blankets, warm drinks, and medicine to treat their injuries.
　Quickly giving instructions to the sailors, the captain in charge of the ship calls out to the mother who is being brought in to inquire.

"Is the monster that the priest was carrying... Gryphon?"

　a captain who asks himself disbelievingly He was an elderly man in his fifties, and his expression was amusingly stunned. If the woman had not had the experience she has now and had seen the captain's face normally on board, she would probably have smiled. such a stunned expression
　However, even a woman is in danger of her life, and she can't afford to do so and shakes her head when questioned.

"Yes, he and I came to help him when he and I were thrown into the sea." There are still many others at sea, but they said they would help lightweight girls and children because of their physical strength."
"...I see. When it comes to an adventurer with a Gryphon... a crimson who made a name for himself in the last war? No, I don't care about it now. At any rate, we must give top priority to protecting the people he carries. Hey, bastard! Soon the adventurers with the Gryphon will bring them out into the sea. I don't think you'll get sick in this weather, but get blankets, cloths, or something warm to drink!"

　At the captain's command, the sailors immediately took action. The discipline would be superior to the regular army.

"Captain, I've left port in a hurry, and there's very little to drink, but what can I do?"
"Then tell the cooks to serve what they can serve first."
"Captain, I brought you a blanket!"
"Leave it there," I'll be with you soon."
"It's a monster, there's a monster coming over here!"
"Phew, if you're free, start intercepting me. This ship is so huge that it won't be much damaged, but it won't be interesting to see it damaged!"

　Following the captain's instructions, they prepare themselves for interception with weapons such as bows, harpoon, or short axes for throwing.
　Working so busily, the captain hears the flapping of the wings again.
　Looking over there, I saw an adventurer with two children of about ten years in his hands. There is no huge sickle I've been holding for some time now.
　The captain, unaware of the information that Ray had an item box, waved loudly to the Gryphon as he descended to the deck.

"Hey, this way! Come down here!"

　You must have heard the word. Ray signals to Seto and descends as if he were slipping through the sky.

"There are two children. I have a little more children, so please keep that in mind. Come on, get off.
"Wow, my dad! My dad!"
"Egg... sister..."

　Was the family attacked by a monster in front of you or sank with a ship? Anyway, the two children were crying in Ray's arms.
　The first mother to be rescued quickly approaches and receives two children from Ray.

"Come here, sir," Don't disturb me, because this brother helps everyone. -- please."

　I nod to the woman who bowed to me, and let Set fly again.
　a woman who bows her head while looking at her back It was the right move to pray rather than to ask. At least it looked so to the captain who was watching the situation.

"Oh, brother, this is always acceptable! Bring more and more of this ship, like a monster!"

　At the captain's call, he waved his hand backwards, and at the same time, Seto wagged his tail and returned to the spot where the magic item ship was located.

"I can still see the enemy because it's so transparent, but underwater is troublesome. That's enough to absorb the power of the attack."

　While on the move, he takes a spear out of the mistling and throws it at monsters swimming in the sea. But...

"Hush,"

　The spears, as Ray himself said, were greatly diminished by sea water, and were repelled by the huge shells he carried on his back instead of piercing the monster he was aiming for.

"It's troublesome to lose your aim because of the influence of contact with seawater,"

　While muttering bitterly, Seto flies straight to the target point, arriving in less than five minutes from the ship at the point where the magic item ships are gathering.

"Now, please have the parent and child over there!"

　Ray waves his hand to the sound of an adventurer who was about to be attacked by a shark-like monster when he saw Ray back to the sea.
　It must have been because I saw Seto coming down so many times and rescuing people thrown into the sea. a middle‐aged woman desperately grasping at the stretched hand A 10-year-old boy clung to his back.

"Look, if you go wild, you'll drop it, so stay still."
"Yes!"

　While Seto is wary of the surroundings, and other adventurers are wary of monsters approaching Ray and Seto, Seto flaps his wings while confirming that the drowning woman grips Ray's extended hand.
　Put it straight behind the set and move again towards the larger ship.

(Well, if you could use Seto's pressure, there would be no problem with monsters of small articles... because it's spread too much.)

　Ray glinting backward.In this situation, where multiple magic items are thrown into ships and into the sea, if Seto uses coercion, his friends will be involved. No, considering that most of the people thrown into the sea are ordinary people, the damage on our side will be greater.
　Seto's coercion can only be set roughly in terms of directivity. In this case, for example, if you let it go to sea level, it will cause damage other than monsters.

"Thank you, thank you,"

　A woman riding on Seto's back and continuing to thank Ray.
　It's no wonder that he's had a narrow escape from death.
　But after all, Ray and Sett can only help one or two people at a time. And while carrying them this way, unlucky people are being dragged alive into the sea to feed monsters in the sea.
　Adventurers with magic-item ships are also desperately in check, but the numbers are too different to be anything but burnt rocks.
　It's also a woman's expression of gratitude because she knows it.

(The rescue ship is approaching, too.) But how much can you still help me?)

　The approaching ship has reduced Set's flight distance itself. However, it was as slow as a turtle for Ray, who knew Sett's speed, which was fast enough to describe as a galloping in the sky.

(Originally, the purpose of this help was to impress people in the city of Emocion, but I don't feel good watching innocent passengers feed monsters. Somehow...)

　I'm desperately thinking of countermeasures, but I can't think of anything special.
　While I was working my brains out like that, the distance from the ship shrank and I got back to the deck of the ship that carried the children.







"Two of you!"

　With Ray's voice comes a sailor with a blanket.
　At the same time, the woman descends to deck, crumbling from Seto's back.
　Ray talks to the captain, looking sideways at the scene.

"Can't you speed up the ship more? If things go on like this, there's a limit to helping. Quite a few of them will be preyed on by monsters in the sea."
"I know! But this is the limit of the ship's speed." I'm sorry, but do your best a little more."
"... I understand,"

　I knew it. It's a rescue ship out of the harbor, so it's heading for relief at full speed. But Ray couldn't come up with a way out of the current situation that he had no choice but to say so.
　It must be the same for the captain. He responds violently to Ray's words, but distorts his expression slightly but frustratedly.

"Anyhow, go and rescue me a little. We're on our way with all our might. ...please."
"Oh,"

　Seth nods to the captain's words and flies up into the sky, flapping her wings.
　I was flying to where the passengers were again thrown into the sea, moving the dwindling ship into view... then.

"Roll-rolling.

　Suddenly, the set screams high and tilts sharply.
　Ray, too, reacts quickly to the movement and puts his strength into his straddling legs to keep them from being swayed off his body.
　What happened? It was only when Sett's slanted body finally returned to level. Something had penetrated where Seto had been until just a moment ago.

"Tactile? ... No, no. Sea water!?"

　sea water directed straight like a rapidly growing bamboo It shouldn't be a natural phenomenon to be in such a state. It was certain that it was done intentionally by some means. And that's not enough.

"Gurgling!"

　A set that chirps high again and rapidly changes its position in the air, flapping its wings. Then, as I said earlier, the tentacles made of seawater pierced the space in which Seto lived until a moment ago.

"Oh, magic!"

　Ray looks into the sea to find something that seems to have used magic, but before he knew it, he realized that all the monsters that had existed in the sea had disappeared.

(All those monsters are gone.) You couldn't have knocked everything down, did you run away? ... did you run away? Why? Of course, they were stronger than us... in other words)

"He's the one who won the prize money! Set, avoid it for a while!"
"Grunt!"

　Sea water tentacles that aim at him one after another from under the sea... No, it's a sea water spear that Seto, who has already avoided.
　Ray looks into the sea while letting Seto concentrate on avoiding it, but he can't find a monster anywhere he believes to be a target.

"Well, do you know where it is from the bottom of the sea?"

　No matter how transparent the sea is, it doesn't mean you can see the bottom of the sea. Ray thought that as long as there was no monster in sight, there was no monster in sight...that is, he was carrying out attacks while hiding under the sea.

`You can attack me unilaterally from a long distance, or you're too disadvantaged!'

　Along with the words, the spear of the sea water that appeared ahead bends wide in the air and extends its tip to Seto... exactly to Ray.
　Knock his tongue in displeasure, shake his death-size from the throwing spear, and cut the seawater spear apart.
　The moment the spear of the seawater was cut off, it returned to normal seawater and spilled to the surface of the sea.
　It is impossible to go to the rescue while being attacked by an invisible enemy, so they move away from the sea area where the attack occurred while changing the course of the set, and search for the enemy while avoiding the attack for about 5 minutes, but in the end they are unable to find the enemy and the attack of the sea spear disappears suddenly.
　Yes, as if I'm tired of playing.
　Frowning at the unilateral attack, he returned to where the magic item ship was staying to resume rescue.