Chapter 578 (2/2)

「I’ll go help them, but Urushi will stay behind, so don’t worry」

「Eh? But…」

The new students, who had not yet seen what Fran was capable of, looked at her like she was a child who won’t be able to do much to help them, but the upperclassmen seemed to agree.

「We’ll leave it to you!」

「Yeah, we’ll be counting on you!」

「Nn」

The ship’s mast had already been broken, and the tentacles of those Modoki were stuck to its deck. We’d better hurry.

『Let’s jump at once!』

「Okay!」

We then made a long jump and teleported directly above the ship.

『 People are floating on the lake. Are they the crew members?』

「They’re still alive」

『So, the Modoki is still attacking the ship, huh…?』

The Modoki continued its attack without paying attention to the crew members who had been thrown out into the lake. Doesn’t it have the habit of preying on humans? As I was wondering, we saw a man still on board being coiled and lifted by its tentacles.

『That guy is in danger!』

「Let’s help him!」

Fran used her aerial jump to dash towards the ship. Noticing the appearance of a new enemy, the Modoki tried to attack us with its tentacles but Fran managed to dodge them all and landed on the deck.

「Haaa!」

We rescued a man who was about to be dragged into the lake by slashing its tentacles.

The man who fell from a height of about five meters shouted in pain, but he wouldn’t be badly injured, as the tentacles that were gripping his body served as a cushion.

「Ugh…」

「Are you okay?」

「Y-yeah」

「Just wait there, I’ll be right back」

After leaving the man behind, Fran jumped out again because to save all of them, we had to do something about the Modoki.

『Fran, thunder-type magic is no good, it’ll include the crew members』

「Okay. Let’s shoot it down then!」

『Roger!』

With Fran’s intentions in mind, I instantly changed my shape. I transformed into a one-handed sword with a cone-shaped blade without a brim, suitable for throwing. It would be easier to understand if I said I transformed into the smaller version of the jousting spear.

「Haaaa!」

『Let’s go!』

I activated my telekinetic catapult as she threw me straight down, and I turned into a super-high-speed bullet that shot through the Modoki. Its hard shell would be just like plywood in the face of this attack.

Thanks to the fact that the power was concentrated at one point, there was no damage to the surrounding area. And the crew members floating in the lake did not seem to be suffering from the aftermath.

The Modoki that was pierced by me melted into a mushy mess. Oh, that reminded me, we wouldn’t be able to collect materials or magic stones from this thing.

「Let’s help everyone before other Modoki come」

『Yeah. Let’s bring them to the shore for the time being. That ship was already useless』

「Nn!」

However, it was just a normal-looking ship, why was it attacked by a Modoki? Was there a reason for its strange behavior? Or did they just randomly attack large moving objects?

I have no idea.