Chapter 399 - 399: Peta of Dorite Village

From the site, not many Masters seemed to be actively searching the map I am on. Little info.

Maps with the royal capital, or a trade port, had a lot up.

Two plans from that.

"Search this map, find a Master-class monster, and hunt it."

"Right."

I nodded at Nanao's words.

I moved my eyes to Haruki.

"Um. Move to a map with the royal capital and hunt a Master-class monster based on info?"

"Right."

A question, and I let it pass.

"So. Which do you think is better?"

Lime next would be no use, so I looked at Mizurii.

"I think we gather info in Airst and Tubaite first. Both villages know Master's strength and are friendly."

I see.

Kotori is still thin on the situation.

So the closer is Akie.

"Master's base being on this map matters too. If that monster builds a big force somewhere on this map, the chance it hits this base is not zero."

"I see. Objections? None. We check this map. First, Mizurii's idea. Visit the two villages and gather info."

Transport, and we flew to Airst first. No info.

Then Tubaite. Info here.

"I have a brother in a village called Dorite. It faces a lake. Lately he was complaining the fish catch dropped hard."

Hmm. A small abnormality. A monster might be behind it.

I checked the map. Pretty far south.

We are not walking, so fine.

Transport, and we stood on the lake shore. I materialized them from cards, and the women were happy the lake was pretty.

Emotions put out by calculation. I was already having trouble believing that.

Joy and anger look as real as life. Talking with each personality showing, it only looked like another reality in here.

"The village is that way."

Haruki had been about to put a foot in the lake. She hurried back at my words.

A lake, but we can swim, right.

Once swimsuits are lined up, making them swim might be good.

"No encounters."

Akie said it quiet.

True.

Until now, if a Master-class monster was around, density went up and the encounter rate went stupid.

A miss this time, maybe.

Dorite sat on the lake shore past a small wood. Boats lined the bank. Nets drying, so fishing is the trade.

We reached the village, a villager spoke to us, we explained, and got guided to the chief's house.

"Well, welcome to Dorite. You are the ones who beat the slime boss in Airst, yes?"

Word of the Kobold King has not reached this village yet.

"I heard the fish stopped coming in."

"Oh. Yes. We do not know why. The catch dropped bit by bit, and yesterday we caught nothing. Life or death for this village."

"Any idea?"

"None. Could you talk to a fisherman named Peta?"

The chief was suggestive. I went to the fisherman called Peta as told.

A tanned, muscular man was mending a net.

"You Peta?"

"What. You all. Adventurers?"

"The chief said to ask you about why the fish stopped."

"Hmm."

Peta stopped his hands and turned.

"This might be me seeing wrong. Still want to hear it?"

"Yeah. Tell me."

Peta sat on a log beside him. He signaled us to sit too.

"The catch dropped hard, so I changed fishing grounds. Still barely any, so I took the boat farther than I usually go."

Peta pointed at a spot on the lake.

"You see an island there? It is supposed to have the lake god, so we do not fish there. That time I was the only one who took a boat that far."

A few islands, big and small, in the middle of the lake.

"I put the net in and only a few fish caught. Fog came up, so I was about to go back. That is when I saw it."

Saw what?

"A fish person."

What?

"A mermaid?"

"No. A mermaid is the one with a fish lower half, right. What I saw was a human shape covered in something like scales all over."

I glanced at Akie. What is Peta saying he saw.

"There is a cave on the island. I saw it go in. You will not believe me anyway. Fog was starting, so now I even think I might have seen wrong."

"Akie. Any opinion?"

"Yes. A Merman, a sea monster, is covered in scales all over, but it has no legs. I do not know a type with both arms and legs."

Hmm. An unknown monster, then? Akie's knowledge is mostly basics. She does not know every monster.

"Um. Could that be a monster called a Gillman?"

Mizurii cut in.

"Gillman?"

"Yes. I think my previous Master said something like that."

Serious. TANGE?

"Akie. Ask TANGE about Gillmen on clan chat."

"Yes, Master."

I turned back to Peta.

"How many did you see?"

"Three. I have not gone near since. Scared. The other fishermen never went near to begin with."

Akie raised a hand small.

Already?

"A reply right away. There seems to be a monster called a Gillman. Scales all over, or smooth, but a human-type aquatic monster with gills."

"That so. Peta. Thanks for the story. We believe you."

I shook Peta's hand and left.

"Hey. Aquatic monsters are in the water, right. How do we beat them?"

"Basically hit them once they come on land, I think."

"If they do not come out?"

"We cannot hit them."

What. Logout for now.

I went on the site and checked info.

There it was.

Gillman.

Gills, and lungs, so they act on water and land. Sometimes they hold a spear-like weapon.

A pretty rare case. Only two reports. With what I heard, still a third.

The second report was from a strong one in DD-Unit. Resting on a lake shore, he saw a human-shaped shadow moving in the lake. He hit the lake with a Magician's lightning and brought the shadow to shore.

That was a Gillman. One opponent, luckily, and easy.

Water conducts electricity well. The attack method makes sense. Our freezer Haruki put points in freeze magic, so she can barely use lightning.

Fuck her hard from now and earn allocate points?

That kind of sex feels like a quota. I hate it.

Lewd stuff wants romance. Or brutal lust.

Login.

Not base, so I have to turn the cards into the women. A hassle.

HP and MP do not recover. We were not fighting, so fine.

"How was it, Master?"

"Yeah. Gillmen exist. Two other reports up."

"We go beat them?"

"If lightning can pull them from the water, it is our field. Haruki only knows the basic lightning, Bolt, right?"

Haruki's face went dark.

"S-sorry, Master. That is right. Sorry I am a Magician who cannot use it."

"No. I did not allocate the points. Not something you apologize for."

Haruki blinked. Do not use the same thinking as during sex.

I want her to switch a little better. That innocence is also a good point of Haruki. This one. I will fuck her later.

Fly to the island for now. If we do not enter the water, fine.

I returned the women to cards and used Transport.

The map alone did not show it, but the island had a beach. I brought the women back and looked around. An old shrine. The lake god, probably.

The beach was inside, past the island cave. A neat feel, like a private beach.

Nn. Lewd feelings welled up.

"Gather."

"Yes, Master."

Everyone is already here. Still a gather.

"From now, we rest a bit at a beach resort."

"Eh?"

The women looked lost.

"For now, this is my harem beach. You swim and play here to please my eyes."

"H-hah."

Even I think this is an unreasonable order. I cannot beat desire. I was not trying to beat it from the start.

A harem beach is a man's dream. I can make it real now. If not now, when. I can probably do it anytime.

"The problem is the only swimsuit costume is the school swimsuit. You get that, Akie."

"Eh? Ah, hah, yes."

Akie's answer was dull. Not understanding my passion. She still has a ways. I will fuck her later.

"There was a costume-limited pack, right."

"Yes. A paid pack."

"From now, I will pull that paid costume pack over and over for you."

"Th-thank you?"

"Thank you."

Lost, and they still thanked me.

"U-um, Master."

"What, Akie."

"If that is it, there is a summer-limited costume pack campaign."

"What."

Bad. I almost thanked god.

"Why did you not say that sooner."

"Eh? Was I supposed to say it. Sorry."

"No. It made this moment, so it is fine."

"Pull now?"

"Of course."

Bad. The excitement will not stop. I might get hard.

The paid summer-limited costume pack does not guarantee a summer-limited costume. The rate goes up.

Ops, good at business.

Three hundred yen a pull. Ten pulls, two thousand five hundred, discounted.

"Ten."

"Yes. Please."

I pressed it. A button confirmed the charge. I pressed yes.

Ten cards spun and appeared with light particles.

Come on.

Common School Uniform (Male). Ops, die.

Common Doctor (Male). Male stuff is trash.

Common Commando. A combat uniform for either, maybe. I will not use it.

Common Recruit Suit (Female). Plain.

Common Casual (Green) (Male). Ops, die.

Uncommon Shrine Maiden. I will use this sometime.

Uncommon Bikini Briefs (Male). Ops, die.

Uncommon One-Piece Swimsuit (Yellow). There. Ops, nice.

Uncommon One-Piece Swimsuit (Blue). Oh. A color variant. Fine on its own.

R Bikini (Black). Did it. This is lewd.

"Ah. Looks like a bonus hit."

As Akie said, one more card spun and appeared. Hey. The light is different.

I cannot not expect.

RR High-Leg Bikini (White).

God, thank you.

The women pulled back a little at how I swung. I do not care.

Swimsuits lined up. The bonus was nasty. Satisfied.

"Gather."

"We are gathered, Master."

I know. The feeling.

"From now you play rock-paper-scissors and decide who wears which. Uncommon School Swimsuit (Navy), Uncommon One-Piece Swimsuit (Yellow), Uncommon One-Piece Swimsuit (Blue), R Bikini (Black), RR High-Leg Bikini (White)."

"Rock-paper-scissors?"

"You can talk it out. A resort beach, so I want a playful feel."

"Is that how it is."

"That is how it is."

Just play and change already.

"Um. I am excluded, right, Master."

Lime asked.

"Yeah. That was the plan."

Lime is naked normally. She looked a little lonely at my answer. A swimsuit on a slime body. Might be lewd the other way.

"No. Lime joins too. Last place is naked."

"Hah."

What, Akie. That flat look. Do not aim that at Master. I will fuck her later.

The women played rock-paper-scissors, reluctant.

I thought they were not into it. They ended up noisy and excited.

I watched in a good mood. The sun is a bit strong. No shade.

I remembered and opened the item shop you can buy with G. Scrolled, and there it was.

Beach Parasol.

Leisure Sheet.

I bought them with G and set them up. Mm. Comfortable.