Elysion Online ~The Dragonewt and The Summoner~

Chapter 115: Sea Fishing and Embankment Battle

Now that we have more new friends, let's go leveling immediately. I can't resist the urge to go fishing in the sea! I'll also hunt hermit crabs if I can.

Once that's decided, I'm off on my horse, but there's another rock-paper-scissors tournament. Koihi didn't participate because she won last time. Depending on Lily's result, it would be hell waiting for Koihi. She prayed desperately.

"Please...please...please!"

The result was Ion and I, Lily and Koihi. There was no God. But Koihi tried to avoid it somehow.

"Lily-oneechan! I. I haven't controlled a horse yet, so I want to do it this time!"

Oh! You're good. But Lily gave an unexpected answer.

"Hmm~, but Koihi-chan can use magic, so you should attack from behind! Don't worry! I'm getting the hang of it!"

"A, Au..."

No way fair argument!?

We were all surprised when Liqueur came up to me. Darley looks depressed with his head down. Apparently something happened between the horses.

I had a feeling that Liqueur had missed the girls, but it seems that the previous horse travel had caused a change in Liqueur's opinion of Lily.

I wish Koihi and Darley good luck.

I don't have to tell you the result...or rather, it was even worse than last time. Lily pulled the reins too hard and Darley went wild, it was a mess. It was even worse than last time because she had trained today and didn't have to deal with any enemies.

"I didn't realize it was this bad..."

Ion was shocked. And there was no reply from Koihi. Is she okay?

"Darley, it's terrible..."

It's Lily who's terrible. For now, let's change the members and let Lily and the others rest. The members are Ion, Chess, Aranea, Hiyori and Puyosuke. It's going to be a pain if we can't use Lily and the others every time we move horses. I'll have to think about it.

I'm going to regain my mind and do some fishing as well as leveling up. Ion is able to do an underwater battle in case of emergency. Like Chess, who has a strong defensive side. Puyosuke is the support, Hiyori is the countermeasure against Shifukudo and Aranea is the key. Aranea's thread traps will take out all the harpoon fish!

Aranea sets up a double trap with hard and sticky thread, while I prepare to fish. I set the bait, krill and I'm ready to go. Aranea has also finished setting the trap. Now let's go fishing!

The tip of the fishing line enters the sea.

Dododododon!

Something comes flying out of the sea. Wait a minute. I've heard that it's dangerous and that it jumps out at you, but the speed is crazy. Isn't that gun-level? This.

This harpoon fish broke the hard thread trap, but lost momentum and was caught by the sticky thread. I got some hard threads for insurance in case of an emergency, but I'm glad I had insurance. You can't stop this with just sticky threads.

Let's just identify it.

Harpoon Fish Lv15

Normal Monster Subjugation Target Active

Identification complete. Now, let's kill it together. It took Puyosuke a while, but he managed to kill it. Then we leveled up. Unfortunately, it didn't reach the evolution stage. But the results of the dismantling were good.

Harpoon Fish Proboscis: Rarity 3 Material Item, Quality E+

An item made from the sharp edges of a harpoon fish's mouth. It is used for spear weapons.

Is that what this is? I'm not sure if this is a sign that I should get a spear skill and get a jousting spear. But I'll give priority to sacred magic.

I asked Aranea to set up the hard thread trap again. I will continue fishing. After a while, I got a hit! I try to catch it, but it's heavy! It's a big one!

An octopus! A flounder! I'm getting excited!

"Takuto-san! Keep up the good work!"

Ion is cheering me on! I'm on it!

The fish we caught was a stingray.

Oou...

A poisonous one. But this stingray. It was no ordinary stingray. When I caught it, it floated in the air.

I'll say it again. It floated in the air!

And then it attacked me! It was a monster! Identify it.

Stingray ?

Tame Monster Subjugation Target ?

This stingray floated in the sky, but it doesn't seem to be able to fly high. It's flying at a low altitude. Then it points its tail at me.

Something's coming!

Just as I thought that, the stingray's tail shot out. Oh no!

But I was unharmed. Puyosuke transformed and defended me from the stingray's tail. You're a good guy, Puyosuke!

And now I know the meaning of the impact absorption skill. The stingray's tail, which normally would have gone through, lost its momentum the moment it hit Puyosuke and settled inside his body. In other words, it must be a skill that absorbs the impact of any attack.

It must be really strong. This.

While I was impressed, the stingray was about to fire its second shot. It was Ion who was targeted.

"Ion! Avoid!"

"Ye, Yes!"

The stingray is not able to run fast enough on the embankment. In addition, the stingray calculated Ion's movements and shot its tail.

Chess stretches his body against an unabashed attack and protects Ion. Chess is too cool.

But then Chess falls to his knees.

""Chess!?""

When I looked at Chess's status, I saw that he had become paralyzed and poisoned. I clear the area and heal Chess...you alien-looking fish...how dare you!

"Ion! Underwater battle! I know it's dangerous, but can you do it?"

"I can do it! The sea is my domain!"

Good answer.

"Good. I'm going to knock that stingray into the sea and you're going to cut it up!"

"Understood"

"Chess, you also participate in the underwater battle. Puyosuke, escort Chess"

Chess, with Ion and Puyosuke, enters the sea.

The rest is up to them once I drop that thing. If Setia was here, she could have used her bow and magic. But since she's not here, it can't be helped. I'll drop it.

"Slow!"

First, I'm going to slow it down and take away its speed. That way, it can't escape the next spell. Then I chant the next spell and it turns tail again.

It's coming!

The tail fires. I feint my movements and dodge the stingray's tail. It was a close call, but I'll have to live up to my summoned beasts' efforts!

"Shock Bolt!"

The stingray is electrocuted and paralyzed. It hasn't fallen into the sea yet? Then we'll just have to chase it down!

"Rave Rot!"

Light gathers on the stingray and it explodes. Even the stingray fell into the sea with this. I'm worried, but I trust Ion and the others for the rest.

---------- Underwater ---------------

The stingray falls into the sea in a paralyzed state.

"As one would expect from Takuto-san"

Ion naturally praises Takuto.

"It's our job from here!"

Ion sliced up the stingray with a high-speed movement in the sea.

But as soon as the paralysis and slowdown are lifted, the stingray points its tail at Ion again and fires.

Chess guards it immediately. However, this time the tail did not reach Chess.

Puoyosuke had successfully stopped the tail.

Chess trusted Puyosuke and attacked the stingray.

The stingray was faster than Chess and it was unlikely that Chess would be able to catch it alone. However, there is Ion in the water that is faster than the stingray.

Ion slices and dices the stingray, stalling it and Chess finally catches it and bites it.

The stingray goes into a rage and tries to shoot its tail, but it can't because it has Puyosuke on its tail. Even if it is fired, it hits Puyosuke's body and ends in misfire.

"I was left in charge by Takuto-san. You did your best, but this is the end"

Ion's last attack killed the stingray and the battle was over.

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Author note:

This is the first time I've written a battle without Takuto, an underwater battle. I'll save the level up for next time.