393 # 374 Magic Ship Quest and Ether Beast.txt (1/2)

I treat Noah to a meal and listen to what he has to say.

I'm not going to build the best magic ship around. My dream is to build the best mage ship in the world!　We already have the blueprints. It's just that the best ships need the best materials.

Well, you will. Now, what material is coming?

First, I need you to collect this thing called ether crystals.

Aether crystals?

I'm pretty sure it was in the Ix's weapon pool.

Yeah. Yes, I want to use it for the magic engine of the grimoire. A grimoire ship is powered entirely by the grimoire engine, so I have to use this material.

Like fuel.

Yeah, I see. You get a lot of this stuff around here?

'Yes!　They say you can get it from the Aetherbeast.

What's wrong with mining or buying?

'Haha!　That's not possible. The aether crystals that can be mined have been mined out long ago, and if they were available, many countries would buy them in a heartbeat.

How much material is that? No, that's not what I'm worried about.

'You can get it from the Aether Beast, right?

Yes.

'You want a lot of countries, don't you?　Then why don't you take down the Aether Beast?

''That's because the Aether Beast is so strong. The Wizard Orb has a history of challenging the Aether Beast many times because it wanted the Aether Crystals, but it's been wiped out each time.

It's crazy! That's it!

Do you have any information or anything?

'I don't know. Maybe the Adventurer's Guild or the library can give you some information?

Very true. Well, I'm going to go.

You sure you want to go?

'I'm here to get Noah to build me the best magic ship he can. I'll just do what I have to do.

'...Haha. Well, I'll be waiting in anticipation.

I looked up the Aether Beast in the Wizard Orb.

First of all, they were the target of an advanced quest defeat in the Adventurer's Guild. That would be true. Then, guild card holders of gold color or higher were not eligible to be defeated. When I asked about it, I was stunned by what I heard.

''If we let adventurers of gold color or higher compete with us, we won't have a country. That's why I'm banning them. You'll be fine and you can take the quest. What do you want to do?

Well, if we get into a battlefield where we're shooting forbidden spells, we're done. I decided not to take the quests. Because it seems that you have to give the ether crystal to clear it, so taking it would be a negative.

Furthermore, I looked in the library and found a lot of information.

Aether Beast: an aether crystal monster. They shine in seven different colors, so they are easy to spot. Their speed is amazing, but their defense is by far the greatest. No magic works at all, and it flips magic back at you. State disorders do not work either. It attacks, shooting countless rays of light from the ether crystals in its body.

Magic reflexes, state disorder invalidation, beams from all over the body, fast feet...what to do. This monster... what I'm worried about is whether or not the wave techniques and breaths will work. If they work, I think we'll win... but I think it's naive.

Anyway, we need to figure out what works and what doesn't. The place where the Aetherbeast appears is said to be on the way to a mine a short distance from here. Shall we go there?

Stock up on returns with delayed magic and you're ready to go. Lily and I ride to Stra and move on. Lily warns us that we'll arrive surprisingly quickly.

'Tact!　They're after me!

Seven-colored lasers flew from a distant rock pile as the stra was urgently evaded. Wait a minute... they're attacking me from that far away... I was told they'd be easy to spot, but if they're hiding behind a rocky mountain, you won't know. Then the seven colors of light start to move. Identify.

Aetherbeast?

?　?　?

Well, you can't see anything. That thing was a giant wolf-like monster of rainbow-colored crystal. Its size is black iron class.

As I observed, the ether beast stopped and its body glowed all over when I stopped. I let the stra swoop down. In the next moment, countless lasers shot out. I tried to use the tree as a shield, but it wasn't shielding me. I manage to reach the rocky mountain while Stra is hit.

It looks like they can't penetrate the rocky mountain. This area is like a forest dotted with boulders and large rocks. How to make use of this terrain will be the key to success.

”Lilly!

Lightwave!

Lily uses a light wave. Then the Aether Beast stops the laser and stands in front of it, taking it head on.

The moment the light wave hit it directly, it bounced back.

''Oh no!''

No wonder Lily was surprised. But it did work. I've found that when I reflect it, the movement and lasers stop.

Furthermore, the recovered Stra used flame bombs and corrosive breaths, but none of them were played. I guess skill moves are no good either. Also, it seems that the reflected attacks can only be returned in a straight line.

I summon Ix, Noah, and Black Iron. Furthermore, I brought back Stra and summoned Grey.

Black Iron activates compulsion, and the Aether Beast hits Black Iron with a series of lasers, but Black Iron transforms his arms into a shield and endures. He was able to do that. But even so, his life force is diminishing rapidly. But the fact that I'm able to endure it is the best achievement of the war. I'm sure you'll be able to find out more about it when you and Lily recover.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make the most of it,” he said. Doesn't the guidance work? Next, he asked Noah to bind the shadows, but Noah shook his head.

''...It's too bright and impossible.''

I see. Then they tried the evil eye, but it doesn't work. I'm going to put Noah back in and I'm going to call Farida.

”Can you do something about that laser?

It's impossible. It's too far away. And I don't think the magic jamming is a type of state defect, so I don't think it will work.

No... but I got an idea when I got Farida out.

”Runeskill!

They bounced me back, locking me away. It's no good. But a technique that casts a spell directly on me will return the entire magic circle, right? Then I'll turn to Farida and summon Sephora.

”Summon the Shadow!　Go!　It's us!

But the moment they left the black iron, Sephone's bats were pierced by lasers. Moreover, the curse seal was ineffective and the bats were not revived.

''I'm sorry, but I can't help you.

The spell-annihilation seal is also disabled until night immortality... that's messed up.

'Tact... what are we going to do?

Lily asks with concern as she recovers her black iron.

'I'll be fine. We've defeated every enemy we've ever had, haven't we?　Take care of the black iron. Lilly.

'Yes!　I'll take care of it, Tact!

I've never seen an enemy that can't do damage, though. The other thing I haven't tried is... I'm going to change my sephone and summon Rian.

'Rian, try using the spell.

Yes!

Well, what do you think? I see the Aether Beast is doing a small amount of damage, but it's inflicting a small amount of damage. Does the spell work! And there doesn't seem to be any regeneration.

But I need to know something else... next time I'll change Rian and summon Mir.

Meir, take care of the pit. Keep your face off the ground, okay?　It's going to get you.

Yes!

I'll be recovering from the black iron too. So, what happens now?

Then the Aether Beast's attack stops.

'No!　He got away.

You sensed the pitfall... which is why you don't like it.

When I looked at it, the Aetherbeast had jumped up. As the Aetherbeast maintained its stance, countless lasers shot at it from above.

''Everyone take cover!

While we were being protected by Iwama and Black Iron, Ix's Aetherbeast's lasers hit the Aetherbeast with the reflector when he played it backwards, hitting it and damaging it. Furthermore, when Gray, protected by Ix, used his hair needle, it also did damage.

Physical techniques are effective? And that reflex attack of Ix's... is it just that he can't reflect his own attacks?

The Aether Beast screams to interrupt my thoughts, and when I open my mouth, the light gathers. Breath is still useful, isn't it? But the lasers have stopped, and it's taking a while to build up. Opportunity.

'Black iron!　Give them back what they've done to you!

Black Iron's arm spins and unleashes a rocket punch as electricity runs through it. Black Iron's rocket punch hits the ether beast, which is unable to evade the attack during the accumulation of the breath.

That's a lot of damage, but it wasn't possible to do it with a single shot. Quickly, Lily jumps out of the way, but before she can get close to the Aetherbeast, she is hit by a laser and comes back.

I aim for the moment the Aether Beast is about to land on the ground.

'Sinkhole!'

The sudden subsidence of the ground causes the Aether Beast to take damage. Is this kind of magic effective after all? You can't play it unless it's magic or magic square that hits you, right?

When the Aether Beast immediately jumps out, its eyes turn bright red, and when lightning runs from its body, the damage is fully recovered. So this is the same ability as Ice Wyvern!

Then he suddenly blasted out an oversized seven-colored Breath. He could use the breaths with almost no accumulation! Just in time!