54 Episode 54: Black Tower, Tide Column and Light Tower (1/2)

A few days after he began training in flying magic, Mr. Byrne returned from the castle with Mr. Mailene.

Then we went back to the Goodluther and asked for an explanation of our future policy.

”The detailed meeting was concluded and a joint investigation was conducted between our country and Vertino.”

Yeah, you're on schedule so far.

”I'll explain from here.”

Mr. Mailene comes forward and spreads the map to the table.

”It was weeks before that demon was discovered in our country. At first, we were all surprised that a black island suddenly appeared on the route.”

Then point to a point on the map and draw a circle.

”Sure, that demon was huge, but isn't the island an exaggeration?

Gyro, you and the sailors, who have encountered Liliera's words as well as those of Megalo Whale, nod yummy.

But only Mr. Byrne and his deputy have a subtle look.

”We sent a ship to investigate the island, but it was sunk by a giant whale demon that suddenly appeared.”

”Hmm? Whale demons are about megalo whales, right? So what do you mean,” island ”?

We're all confused that we can no longer get the integrity of the conversation, but Mailene's explanation is correct.

”Yeah, we thought it was an island at first, too. And right after the whale demon destroyed the survey ship, the island rocked a lot.”

Continue explaining as Mr. Mailene taps the map with her fingers and tongues.

”And the black island rose, and I was amazed at what was going on when I saw a red color like a big crack flame at one end of it. The next moment, when the ship was destroyed after making an awesome noise, it was swallowed up by a red crack, and we found out. He said it was a creature.”

”Did you swallow the ship?

”What size is that?

Everyone leaks a similar voice in their mouths.

The megalo whale we've all seen was about three to four times longer than the Goodluther, 1.5 to twice the size.

But when it comes to swallowing, that mouth will catch the mast.

”Then we did a survey of the island, and from the shapes we could see from afar, we determined that we were the parents of the surrounding whales”

”Megalo Whale's... Parents?

Everyone on the spot is stunned and the words disappear.

Yes, the Megalo Whale is a big demon that grows to five kilometers in length.

I could say that the megalo whale juveniles that we have all encountered up to now are more rare.

”... that said, Mr. Rex said that before. I can't believe it was really that big.”

The only one in this who was listening to my explanation, Mr. Liliera, holds his head.

Yeah, there's quite a few things you can't actually feel without seeing them with your own eyes, even if you're listening to them.

Because those megalo whale juveniles would give people the impression of adult size from the looks of it.

Most importantly, Megalo Whale is a creature in the outer ocean, so there will be people in the hinterland who don't even know their names, and few people in seaside countries who don't even go out into the outer ocean.

”Fortunately, this parent whale cannot approach its giant and therefore shallow waters. Because of this, the threat to parents is low, but children are very troubled because they come after merchant ships and fishing boats.”

For the hunters and merchants who can't fight, what a smiling story about a nasty child.

”Can't you take down a child as a priority?

To Mr. Norb's words, Mr. Mailene shakes his neck sideways with a troubled face.

”That's what parents attack when they try to attack a child by spraying up a tide mixed with rocks. He doesn't have to aggressively attack me, but he's gonna fight back to protect the kids.”

It's a Megalo Whale bone rock attack.

It goes without saying that parent attacks are even more dangerous because even a child's Megalo Whale attack is a threat to an ordinary ship. Specifically, the size.

”Do children get in the way to attack their parents and parents attack them when they try to attack them? Stuck.”

”It's at sea, so you can't hide and approach it, and even if you try to attack it in the darkness of the night, you can still find it, and you can no longer exchange it.”

Mr. Mailene puts her hand between her eyebrows with a troubled face.

Um, I normally think it would be nice if the military made a full attack, but is there something wrong with that as well?

”If you keep doing this, you're not going to be looking into that tower.”

”Tower?”

And that's where Mr. Mailene said something strange.

What do you mean, a tower?

”Yeah, that island, there's a big tower standing on the back of Megalo Whale's parents. When we first saw it, we thought it was an island.”

”Tower on the back of a megalo whale?

You've never even heard of that?

”Mr. Rex, do Megalo Whale adults have such projections on their backs?

”No, I've never even heard of it.”

While returning Mr. Liliera's doubts, I have doubts about the existence of a strange tower.

”Is that really a tower? Not a part of your body?

”No, he said it was obviously an artifact”

Meilene answers Mina's question clearly.

”A tower grown on the back of a megalo whale... don't care”

”Could that tower have brought him here?

”Considering that's possible, we were also attempting to land...”

It's the end of the story. I was concerned about the existence of the tower, so I was thinking of landing instead of crusading it unilaterally.

”That's why. Gentlemen, can you think of any better way?

Mr. Byrne turns to us and asks questions.

I mean, why are you looking at me when you're saying it to everyone?

”Uh, can't we just get close by boat?

”And you said,” You want me to swim away?

”It's just too far to swim to your parents' demons. Besides, if a child finds you while you're swimming...”

No, it's not. It's up there.

”” Up?

Mr. Byrne and Mr. Mailene tilt their necks at each other.

”Yes, why don't you just magically fly away in the sky”

Yes, it's just a story where around wizards belonging to the military use flying magic from the sky to reach the parents of megalo whales and attack them from their backs.

Vertino is close to the king's capital, so that would be as easy as calling a wizard who can use flying magic from around the court demon guide.

They have a lot of pride anyway, but this time there are demons living in important waters of the country, so you'll need to give them that heavy hips.

Well, even if you're not a court magician, there will be some wizards who can use flying magic for wind attributes.

”Hey, wait a minute. I've never heard of flying magically.”

What are you talking about?

”I think there's a wizard in Zara who can fly, Holla.”

I rise in the sky in front of Mr. Mailene.

”Huh!? Lie!? Yeah!?”

”And so are they.”

And when I point to you, Gyro, everyone floats in the sky.

”And it's flying uhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!?”

And Mr. Mailene's screams echoed in the blue sky.

Could it be that Mr. Marlene and the rest of the Navy have never seen flying magic?

of seaside countries. That's navy too, so you're treating users of water magic preferentially or something?

Few of the wizards who serve the organization build factions between wizards of the same attribute.

The military members of the naval faction may not be close to the wizards of the Wind Class.

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”Oh, I'm surprised. A wizard can fly through the sky.”

Gyro, you're not wizards, though.

And from what Mr. Mailene said, it looks like he didn't know the very existence of flying magic.

I'm an organization person, so I wish we could at least exchange information about what magic each other can use.