Chapter 54 (2/2)

Sometimes it's hard to tell who his master is.

He seems loyal to me, but he also acts too freely to be with whomever he pleases.

Rosuke acts according to my orders.

After all, each familiar beast has its own personality.

”It's nice, and it's cold.”

I took off my boots and dipped my feet in the water.

The lake is blue and undulating.

Clarity is decent. You can't see the bottom, but the top layer is crystal clear and beautiful.

It seems to be a pretty deep place.

Now I just have to figure out how to catch something.

A fishing rod is good, but it's hard to throw it with a speargun.

Using a net is also another possibility...

I am prepared for all uses. So I could use any of them.

We should aim big here.

And the fishing method that best suits my level is spearfishing.

Hmm, on second thought, I think it's better to use SharkBoy.

Is it okay to dive here?

”SharkBoy”

”Glup!”

SharkBoy left the seal.

I don't really know if it's a male or a female, so I'm going by my intuition that it's a male.

If I am wrong, I will change the name.

I took off my clothes and put on my swimsuit.

Then I jumped into the lake with a harpoon.

”Glup glup.”

Sharkboy happily approaches and rubs his body against mine.

Once I stroke him, he swims back around and rubs against me wanting me to stroke him again.

The surface of SharkBoy's body is rough, probably due to his shark-like body.

Most creatures would scrape their skin if they were hit by something like this.

”Glup glup!”

“!?”

A fin appeared on the upper part of SharkBoy's body.

...Are you telling me to grab it?

When I grabbed it, SharkBoy started swimming.

This is very fast.

Much faster than swimming on my own.

I wonder if this is his top speed.

My thoughts must have been transmitted, because SharkBoy's speed increased dramatically.

Wait!

Slow down!

The speed slows down.

SharkBoy, you are dangerous.

If we were at sea, the speed he can achieve would be extraordinary.

I'll have him take me to the deepest part of the lake and see what it's like.

I held the harpoon in my left hand, any animal that appeared would die instantly.

...This place is very deep.

I think I've already dived about 3 meters, but now I can't see anything at all.

4 meters.

5 meters.

6 meters.

7 meters.

We reached the bottom which was covered by long aquatic plants.

As soon as I set my feet, the accumulated mud rose up like dust.

I can still keep holding my breath. I trained hard for this.

I think I may be down here longer than expected.

Fwish

A large fish passed in front of me.

It didn't even realize we were here, the [Great Thief] skill works even on fish.

I wonder if sharks are the same, so I quietly approach one from behind.

Fu!

I identified the fish's weak points with the [Dragon Knight] skill and threw the harpoon at it at high speed.

It was more than fifty centimeters long, I think that one fish like that for every throw is enough.

I would like to catch five more of these.

At that moment, a huge net coming from the lateral direction abducts SharkBoy and me along with the fish.

zaab

The net was lifted and I was face down.

”With this, the Lord will be pleased! Doing this was an amazing idea!”

”Kyu! Kyui!”

Frau was pulling the net together with Panda.

However, when Panda noticed that I was in the net, he left Frau and fled to land at high speed.

”Huh? Hey, why are you leaving all of a sudden?”

”Frau… We'll discuss this later.”

”HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!”

Frau shuddered with a pale face.