Volume 3 - Chapter 18 – Interception! (1/2)

Just a reminder, as I’m going to be in training for most of the month, this is the only chapter guaranteed for July. If I have a chance, I will try to get out at least one other chapter, but again, there are no guarantees and even if I do it will not be on a set timetable. I will update the release date for the next chapter when I return from my training, until then, any releases will just be done and there will be no projected dates.

Falinmer

03-18　Interception!

「Flame Lance!」「Flame Lance!」「Flame Lance!」

Reiko continuously launches Flame Lances as a preliminary test.

When the first shot landed, a huge Death Sea Serpent broke the surface of the sea and lifted it’s sickle shaped neck.

「Flame Buster!」

The advanced flame magic paid off as it blew off the head of the death sea serpent.

「One down」

As the first one was defeated, three more appeared through the surface of the sea as though they didn’t even notice the first one.

「Flame Buster!」「Flame Buster!」「Flame Buster!」

Reiko hits them with three consecutive flame magics, furthermore, two of their heads are blown off while one enters a wave.

「Three more.」

One of them noticed it coming and avoided the Flame Buster by diving into the water, thus the third shot missed.

Jin had seen it.

「It went into the water. See if you can smoke it out.」

The considered tactics are put into effect.

「Sonar!」

It’s an engineering magic which checks for internal flaws of a target by sound waves, but when raising the strength, it’s possible to have an influence on a creature in the water.

Jin turned a full strength sound wave towards the sea.

It appeared that ten or more of the death sea serpents fled after that one from all over the sea. Fish both big and small fainted and floated to the surface.

「Now, Reiko!」

「Flame Buster!」「Flame Buster!」「Flame Buster!」「Flame Buster!」「Flame Buster!」

Five of the death sea serpents disappeared into the seaweed in the sea as the flame magic was given off continuously.

「8 dead」

But some of the death sea serpents were able to flea into the sea.

So Jin,

「I’ll smoke them out again, Reiko, try to attack with thunder attribute magic this time.」

「Okay, I understand」

「Good, here we go, Sonar!」

Because of the impact of another sonic wave, the Death Sea Serpents surfaced again.

「Thunder Rain!」

Reiko showered them with a top tier thunder magic.

The death sea serpents who were hit by it writhed in pain and showed their stomach as they fainted and floated to the surface.

「Ok, no holding back. Again!」

Jin casts Sonar at max power while Reiko showers the Death Sea Serpents with Thunder Rain as they float to the surface.

More Death Sea Serpents fainted and floated to the surface.

「That’s about half.」

「However, there’s a lot of them. Let’s fall back for a moment.」

Approaching Jin may be as dangerous as approaching Reiko. Reiko retreats quickly. (TL: Sorry for the clumsy line, it’s confusing and I’m still not sure if I understood it correctly. Here’s the raw for anyone who want’s a crack at it. 近づかれると礼子はともかく仁が危ない。礼子は急いで後退する。)

There were two of the death sea serpents which noticed that the small boat in front was the source of their danger.