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Day two of the event, I log in and suddenly it's Info. It looks like Aranea is leveling up again. Apparently the wire traps were active during the night.

As I'm checking it out, Ruin-san is upset about something.

'It sucks!　Those guys!

'I'm sorry!　Because we couldn't stop it.

We couldn't stop it either, and I'm sorry.

Would it be another production player? Why are you apologizing to Mr. Lewin?

You are not responsible for this. They are the ones who did this to me.

'You're completely f*cked... what are you going to do?　Lewin.

They don't listen to me when I tell them to give it to me. These people.

It's obvious we've got a problem.

'What's wrong?'

Oh, I didn't know you and Mel were here.

'We're in the middle of an event. So what's going on?

'The guys in yesterday's attack group took all the ingredients from the base area during the night, and they almost didn't drop them anymore.

Wow. Are you hungry for yesterday?

Wait, what? I feel like it's not much of a difference since I'm also accumulating a lot of tampons.

'It's going to be hard to explore if I'm still low on satiety... at this rate, the other players won't be able to go exploring.

Was that the point? No, I feel like I just wanted to harass you. Now, I'm hoarding foodstuffs, but what to do... then I look at the lake.

'...Ruin-san, do the people on the attack team have any fishing skills or something?

'What?　I shouldn't have those skills... oh.

Luin-san seems to have noticed it too. They could have wiped out all the food in the forest, but if it was from the lake, it was more likely to be untouched. Because they wouldn't have the fishing skills or equipment to do so.

”I'll give you some of the food I've been hoarding.

Is it okay?　That's what Tact-kun collected for the quest, right?

We'll make do with fishing and a few more ions.

So I summon Aeon, Chess, Seguro and Puyosuke. Puyosuke snaps at Chess. Apparently, he likes Chess.

It's just my imagination that Aeon is relieved.

'I see. I see. I'm pretty sure there are a couple of fishermen out there. Let's have a chat. It would be impossible for Tact alone to catch enough fish for all the players on this server.

You certainly can't do that. This kind of thing is the domain of full-time people.

'Leave the cooking to me.'

”Please summon little loco moco and others.

Oh, yeah. You're producing loco moco. And I'll give you some fish.

So we'll have some fun fishing. Aeon, Chess, Seguro, and Puyosuke collect fish in the lake. We're saving the black iron for the worst case scenario.

We gather the foodstuffs smoothly and share them with Ruin and his friends.

And as I'm thinking about logging out at lunch, Aeon appears in front of me.

''Ta, Tact-san!　There's something in the lake!

Calm down, Aeon. What's the what?

'Well. There was some writing on the stone!

Letters on stone? Is it a stone slab? I'm curious... something about it sounds like a hint of a strategy. But Aeon can't seem to decipher it. Maybe that's because he can't read.

Which means I'm going to have to go undercover. ...Anyway, let's eat lunch first.

I'll finish my lunch and log in. Now, let's get your swimming skills.

You have acquired swimming skills.

Spending skill points was 1 pt. My remaining skill points are now 21.

Well, I would have had to take it eventually. Then Ion is pleased.

'Now Tact-san can go underwater too!

Uh...maybe I've been lonely, I don't know. This is a reminder. But now that I've taken up swimming skills, I'll probably be in underwater combat too.

So, let's go read the mystery letters. It feels like swimming, but it's no different than normal.

I'm sure it won't be a problem with the robe on. It's a relief...I was prepared to become one of the loincloths.

Now we're diving with Aeon and the others!

The water was a beautiful sight. All kinds of fish swimming around. I haven't caught that many different kinds of fish! It was all about the magpies! Shit, I feel defeated...

But I can't go in there just to savor it. As you start to struggle to breathe, your life force starts to diminish. Seriously!

Once we're on the water.

'Are you okay?　Mr. Takut.

Oh... oh. I'm... fine... I'm just... struggling... with the pain, that's all.

When you get out on the water, your life force is diminishing. And when I look at Chess, his life force is diminishing, though not as much as mine. I hadn't noticed before, but Chess has been fighting like this for a long time.

'Chess, your hard work has worn off. You've been working so hard all this time.

Gow.

That said, it turned out to be impossible to keep this up. I thought I'd be able to recover as I dove and recovered, but as time went on, the pain grew more painful and my vitality diminished greatly.

Now...let's see what we can do.

Ion said the stone slab was at the bottom of the lake. It was quite deep to the bottom. It's a lake, so it's not surprising... or at all... all that nasty stuff. But Aeon had found it. We should think of something to do.

”Wha, how about I... well... how about we hold hands... with Tact-san... and dive?

It's just that... it's just Aeon. It's hard to tell with a reaction like that, right?

I ended up having Aeon haul it in. Shameful...

Now where is the tablet in question? As I searched for it, my eyes met with a being peeking out of a rock crevice. I try to identify it.

Jumbo moray eels?

?　?　?

Um... there are moray eels in a lake?

Anyway, this is a bad one! Pull back! I thought so, but Ion says.

'Mr Tact, over there!'

Huh? Where? I mean, Aeon, you can talk underwater. I've never heard of that before.

I looked in the direction where Aeon was pointing and there was definitely a stone tablet. What...

”They came from the sky.

I don't understand this one. Then Seguro makes a scene.

What is it?

When Aeon and I turned around, there was a 10 meter long moray eel heading our way.

No, it was too big! How the hell were you on that rocky outcrop? You can't!

And my life force begins to diminish. Oh no, oh no! Retreat, retreat!

I give the order to retreat with my synchronized skills, but the opponent is a moray eel. There is no way a normal human swimming in the water would be able to match them with speed.

Have they figured that out?

Chess takes the fight to Eels. He hits the body from the front, and Eels instantly wraps himself around Chess. However, Chess has Puyosuke in his corner. Puyosuke, on the other hand, sticks close to the urchin and does some damage.

Utsubo doesn't mind and tries to bite Chess, but Seguro wraps himself around Utsubo's mouth and prevents him from biting. Seguro then bites and poisons the moray eel.

Then Chess looks at me and nods.

I felt like he was telling me to let us deal with this guy.

'Okay...please. Chess, Puyosuke, Seguro.'

I'll take care of Mr. Tact. I'll make sure to bring you back to the water!

Gah!

Chess screamed, biting and clawing at the moray eels.

Me and Aeon didn't turn around anymore, just aimed at the water and withdrew.

'Huh... huh... I thought I was going to die...'

'I'm sorry...I got carried away with the stones...'

'You've gone out of your way for me, haven't you?　It was a pleasure.

Mr. Tact...

Aeon offers his head to me in a reserved manner. It's a petting appeal. Let's pet them.

'Seguro and Chess, I'll have to thank you and feed Puyosuke a treat too.

'Yes... if it wasn't for you guys, I probably wouldn't have made it...'