BXBX NOVEL Chapter 170
Translator: Tseirp
As the boat drifted away from the coast, I jumped into the boat and stretched my hand towards Carol who was following behind .
Carol grabbed my hand and climbed onto the boat .
“Our feet are soaked now . ”
“Yeah ― it’s a good thing we brought 2 pairs of shoes . ”
I bought hiking shoes at Gomaki village so I had changed into those when I was running on the coast .
Since it would have been a problem if I got a wound from running along the coast . There were considerably sized rocks around after all . I would be able to treat any injuries using healing magic but it would have been troublesome if I got some strange infection from the wound .
Naturally, there weren’t any doctors or hospitals on the deserted island so getting a bacterial infection might be life-threatening .
When I went barefoot by taking off my shoes, Carol also followed me and took off her shoes and we poured the water in our shoes off the boat .
Carol’s small feet were revealed .
“Now then, I guess I’ll start rowing . ”
“Ichino-sama, should I row too?”
“No, it’s the guy’s role to row on a rowing boat after all . ”
I held the oar securely and rowed .
“I guess the last time I rowed a boat was about 5 years ago ― immediately after I graduated from middle school . ”
Miri was still an elementary school student at that time . During summer break on a day our parents were away for work, we went to a park together and rowed a boat .
Until today, I still clearly recall Miri saying “Hey Onii, Miri is no longer a child so I won’t be happy with something like this . ” even though she was still an elementary school student .
At that time, that small pond felt extremely wide . We reached the opposite shore of the pond a minute before we would have had to pay additional by missing the appointed time . It would have been seriously dangerous if a strange gust didn’t blow us towards the boat landing area . And I remember Miri looking quite exhausted perhaps because she was seasick from the sudden gust . She was as exhausted as I am when I reach magical power exhaustion .
Never in my wildest dreams would I imagine that I would now be sailing out into the ocean with a rowing boat .
Thankfully the waves were calm so the ship didn’t sway much . To the extent that I felt that I was shaken more when I rode on a horse carriage .
I thought to myself that once this was all over, it might be fun to have a relaxed journey by sailing on the sailboat and passing time by doing something like fishing .
Thanks to my status increase, rowing the boat didn’t tire me at all and my speed was much faster compared to when I last rowed a boat in Japan .
I wonder how far should I row the boat until? By now, the island was but a faint shadow .
“Well then, shall we wait here? ― ”
The biggest problem was where the monster would appear from .
She mentioned that it would appear around the island but I didn’t ask her for the exact location . It would be troublesome if it appeared at the opposite side from us but I took a gamble .
However, Carol discovered that inside the uninhabited labyrinth, the monsters spawned more frequently at the southeast so I sailed the boat to the northeast .
If you’re wondering why not to the southeast, it’s because I would not have the leeway to intercept the monster if the monster appears directly below the boat, I would be too busy avoiding it .
“Carol, in your opinion, what kind of nasty monsters live in the ocean?”
“Let me see, a famous legendary monster would be the Sea Serpent . ”
“A huge snake huh ― ”
“Sightings of other monsters include the Spirit monsters Lorelei that sink ships with their songs, single-horned whales the size of islands, or the Big Black Shark that’s feared for consuming ships is also famous … but the Demon Lord should be able to defeat those . ”
“I don’t feel like I would be able to defeat a single-horned whale the size of an island though . ”
“Don’t worry, their weakness is Thunder so Ichino-sama will be able to defeat it easily with Boost Thunder . ”
… Carol’s belief in me is way too high . I seriously don’t believe I can defeat a monster the size of an island .
“In addition, there are many other mythological monsters of the sea . ”
“Really?”
“Yes . A huge octopus called a Kraken, also ― ”
It happened when Carol was about to say something .
The waves surged ― and the ship was swept about as if we were being sucked into the sea .
“This presence ― tch, this is out of my expectations . ”
My monster Presence Detection skill captured it instead of my Enemy Detection skill and I looked towards it .
A shark flew up from below the ocean surface like a flying fish .
“Ichino-sama, is this the monster?”
“No! Slash!”
It was a slight expenditure of MP but it was better than using magic .
The shark aiming for the boat was shot down by the Slash attack released from my knife hand pose .
That’s right, the shark died from just that ― there’s no way that kind of small fry would be something the Demon Lord fail to defeat .
In addition ―
“More of them incoming . ”
Not only the shark, numerous monsters were surfacing on the ocean surface . They were the monsters that were not detected by my Enemy Detection skill even though the bottom of the ocean isn’t that far away .
This was most likely due to the revival of the monster Sheena No . 3 talked about .
The monsters inside the ocean were escaping to the ocean surface ― and the agitated monsters attacked the enemies they were unaccustomed to ― in other words, us .
“Give me a break, just escape and leave us be! Slash!”
I cut down the monster that came to assault our boat this time, a large octopus (not a Kraken) . The octopus ink polluted the ocean but when that washed away, a shark appeared next .
My MP would be depleted even before the actual monster appears if this continued on .
That being said, if I allowed the monsters to approach until I can reach them with a sword, a small boat like this would sink in the blink of the eye .
We were in a bigger pinch than I had imagined .