Chapter 317
Legend Chapter 317
「You’re safe!」
After avoiding the sudden continuous water spear attacks, Rei and Set arrived back where the magic ships had gathered to resume rescuing people .
Hearing the call from the leader of the adventurers he had conversed with previously, Rei nodded in reply .
「Can I assume that the monster that attacked me just now was the one with the bounty?」
「Probably . 」
「……Probably?」
Since they were here, the adventurers must also have though of collecting the bounty . However, as he rode on Set, Rei just looked confused at the man’s vague response .
However, the adventurer simply just looked around with a troubled sigh .
The impatience in his expression had already gone . It had been quite problematic when the monster with the bounty had shown up, but fortunately, it had caused the rest of the sea monsters that had been targeting the civilians and sailors in the sea to disappear .
Of course, they would appear again before long, but by then, most of the rescue ships would have arrived here .
While they remained vigilant of the surroundings, the other adventurers in the neighbouring magic ships also showed relief on their faces .
Some had started to pull women, children and the elderly into their ships while others thrown into the sea started to grab onto the boats even if they couldn’t get on board .
As he watched his fellow adventurers pull several children out of the sea and into a boat, the man continued talking with Rei .
「Yes . So far, many ships have been sunk, but no one has ever seen the monster . Or maybe someone has, but they’re holding onto that information for themselves . 」
「……I heard that a mage managed to fight it off when it was about to sink a ship……was that a lie?」
「No, that did happen . That said, they didn’t directly attack the monster . They did the same as you, destroying the water spear and shooting magic into the sea . After that, the monster stopped attacking . 」
「That’s a problematic monster . 」
The man nodded silently at Rei’s words .
A monster that didn’t show itself but just attacked ships from a distance . Rei was able to avoid most of its attacks thanks to Set, but the attacks still had enough power to punch a hole through a ships hull, making it difficult for ordinary adventurers to deal with it .
(……It’s like a sniper . )
A deadly blow from an invisible location . That was what Rei thought of in his mind .
Rather, considering it could attack in quick succession, like the water spears that had been aimed at him just earlier, it was much more troublesome than a sniper .
「However, that problematic monster also helped us in this case . Because it showed up, the other monsters disappeared . 」
「The situation feels a bit like a self created performance because it was the one who cause this situation in the first place . ……You’re Rei, right? And the Griffon is Set . 」
「Yes, that’s right . 」
The man nodded at Rei’s acknowledgement .
「I heard from some people who participated in the last war . I……」
Just as the man was about to continue speaking .
「Heey! We’re ready! Start the rescue!」
The large ship that Rei and Set had been shuttling between several times previously had finally arrived at the scene and requested that rescue operations commence as soon as possible .
「Well, they’re here . We’ll introduce ourselves later . Right now, let’s rescue the people in the sea first . We’ll start to help as well, so we’d like you to assist if you don’t mind . It’s reassuring to have someone who can fly in this situation . 」
Saying that, the adventurer quickly pulled up a man from the sea before moving his magic ship towards the larger ships which had rope ladders leading to the deck .
The adventurers using the other magic ships also quickly moved to rescue people out of the sea and send them over ot the larger ships .
Seeing that and confirming from the sky that there were no monsters around, Rei and Set focused on rescuing the people floating further out as they carried them back to the ship deck .
That said, even though it was a short distance, it was still a struggle for Set to carry well built adult men .
Still, as expected of sailors, the ones in the sea told Rei to prioritise rescuing the women, children and elderly over themselves . Nodding in response, Rei pulled more people out of the sea and brought them over to the ship decks .
The whole rescue operation ended up taking about an hour . As expected, it took a while to rescue nearly 100 people, but in the end they finally succeeded in rescuing everyone .
Still, it hadn’t been possible to rescue everyone who had been thrown into the sea and quite a few civilians and sailors had fallen victim to monsters . Yet, there were still smiles on the faces of the rescued people .
Of course, the extent of the damage was obvious and the person or organisation that owned the ship would have suffered a great loss . But in the end, many of the civilians and sailors had still survived and that was why they smiled .
「Oh, young man! Thanks for taking care of all the trouble this time!」
The captain of the ship, who had become quite acquainted with Rei with the number of times he had carried people over, gave a loud shout towards Rei .
「No, if I could, I would have wanted to help everyone……」
「Don’t say something that unreasonable . It’s good that you managed to help the people you were able to help . And, the damage didn’t increase because you attracted its attention . Good work, good work . 」
It’s attention . It was quite clear to Rei who the captain was referring to .
「Was the one creating the water spears the monster with the bounty?」
「Yes . It manipulates the sea water like you saw before and stays inside the sea even when sinking ships . It’s not clear what kind of monster it looks like . It’s an intelligent monster . 」
As the captain spat out an annoyed sigh and directed a sharp glance towards the sea, a sailor came over to report that they were ready to return to port .
Hearing that, the captain gave the order to return to port .
Seeing that and judging that there shouldn’t be any further problems, Rei was about to get back onto Set when the captain called out to him again .
「Young man, young man, if you bring that Griffon into the port, you’ll alarm the people there . They probably saw that the monster flying in the sky was helping with the rescue operations, but……」
「If you say that, I can understand why . 」
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