Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

Chapter 168.2: Live in Tropical Country

To be honest, I got really ho*ny when I created that swimsuit, but as soon as Mei-chan wore the completed product with a delighted look on her face… Woops, let’s not talk about this matter anymore. If I had to say, it was to the point that I was forced to create a pareo on the spot to cover my spider thread trunk for me. I mean, it was a really convenient item since all you needed to do was wrap it around your hip to hide the inside.

「Yeah, maybe it’s about time for us to end this southern country life.」

There’s a lot of delicious food, a peaceful environment, and with the addition of the seemingly never-ending temptation, I might really give up on continuing the dungeon exploration if we stayed any longer.

That’s not good. I want to go back to Japan, even if we couldn’t, I refuse to be trapped in this sorry dungeon where you had no idea what was gonna happen next for life.

And most of all, considering how many of my classmates died… and those killed by me until we arrived at this stage…The people who I failed to protect and lost their lives as a result. Thus, there was no way I’m gonna stop in this kind of place, their dead souls would never forgive me for that.

「Anyhow, let’s do our best from tomorrow.」

Even if today was the last day of our vacation and there was only half a day left, I had no problem with it.

「Yosh, let’s go!」

Despite our reluctance, we departed from the beachside fairy plaza which gave us comfort until today.

Following the direction of the compass, we’d already walked along the coastline for a while now. We engaged in combat whenever we encountered any monster along the beach, still wearing a swimsuit.

Its defense power was non-existent, but it didn’t really matter since the school uniform we wore so far also offered zero point of defense. Naturally, I wore a shirt since I couldn’t calm my mind unless I wore something to cover my upper-half.

Mei-chan on the other hand was still in her glorious swimsuit form. Even now, her ever glorious, and tempting twin-everests were bouncing non-stop by my side. Uh, okay, calm down little me, don’t go into berserk mode…

「Ah, something came out, Kotaro-kun.」

Nice timing, monsters! Now I finally had something to distract me from the tempting massive, twin-object beside me.

「As expected, it’s Jiras huh.」

The figures that came out from the waves one after another were bipedal fishes. To be exact, it was a human-like monster with a fish head. I’ve fought them once before in the underground lake, but this one seemed to be their variant… I mean, their color seemed to be brighter than the one in the underground lake.

「Look, there’s an even bigger one. For some reason, it gave a govu-like feeling.」

「Yeah, it seems to be called 『Jajiras』.」

The almost unrealiable mail function suddenly sent an update notification this time. Both Mei-chan and I received the information about jiras-type monsters.

「I see, I’ve prepared for this but yeah, this is just disgusting.」

Amongst the crowd of jirases that appeared before us, one was a head taller than the others, and more muscular. It felt like the scenery of a single govu mixed amongst goma, really obvious.

And then, this jiras-version of govu, jajiras had far bigger fins than normal jiras, with acorn barnacle covering its body and limbs.

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I mean, it looked like the real version of urban legend which said that if your knees were grazed in the sea… someday it’s going to be filled with acorn barnacles. I mean, the scenery of so many spiral-shaped shells jam-packed together was enough to send a chill running down my spine.

And those acorn bernacles acted like some sort of armor for jajiras. Practically, it might be impossible to cut through the acorn barnacle with a blunt blade.

「Kotaro-kun. Giant acorn barnacle is actually a high-quality ingredients, it’s really delicious when you steam it with salt and sa――」

「That fella is inedible, give it up and just mow them down!」

Though I felt bad for her, I really had no choice but to stop Mei-chan’s gourmet adventure with this one. Hearing that, she charged straight into the crowds of Jiras with the might rivaling that of a dump truck, yet she looked rather disappointed for some reason.

Nevertheless, her figure when she was swinging around her huge halberd in her bikini was really FANTASTIC.

Now, the Jajiras whose body was covered in black shells were raising a warcry while raising the spear in its hand.

「GYOOOGYOOOGYOGYOO!」

「Fuh, done.」

The jiras’ army that charged recklessly at us was completely obliterated by Mei-chan whose raw t!ts kept trying to charm me. Even though there were traces of their blood splattered on her bikini, it could be washed clean immediately. Well that aside, Mei-chan was really a berserker. An extremely charming berserker.

By the way, I used the corpse of the strongest amongst them, Jajiras to create 『Corpse Doll』, and recycled the rest.

Nowadays, thanks to my constant use of Rem, The Dark Knight, Arachne, and the 3rd, in addition to summoning skeletons troopers, I could barely create Rem the 4th. If we’re going all out, it would be extremely difficult to maximize each other’s potential.

That’s why when we included this jajiras, this guy couldn’t be counted as war potential. But then, I still had to turn this fella into 『Corpse Doll』 since there was nothing wrong with having too much war potential.

「Well then, I’m looking forward to working with you.」

「GYOGYO!」

The black jajira went into the sea while raising a strange cry.

Ooh, as expected of fishman, she could swim very well. Her figure got away in the blink of eyes, and vanished between the waves.

「Why did you send her away, Kotaro-kun?」

Mei-chan came to ask me after she’d washed off the blood splatter on her swimsuit. Yup, her figure wrapped in the wet swimsuit was even more charming than before.

「I want to try looking inside the sea.」

At the very least, this place was a dungeon. To be exact, a giant pool made to resemble a coastal area, complete with the sea, flora, and fauna.

I mean, we received blessings of the sea in the form of marine products until just recently, but since we met jiras after we decided to leave, there must be monsters living in the sea. Maybe, we could find something that was different from the monster in the sea.

Problem was, I had no idea what was the form of that “something”, it could be an extremely dangerous magic trap or a sunken ship filled with treasure.

「Just curious since we couldn’t survey the area inside of the sea.」

「Uhm, if feels like a normal sea for me though.」

Well, it was something akin to sea diving after having enough of the life in the southern, coastal country. And let’s pick some delicacies such as sea-urchins or shellfish if I find them.

「That area near fairy plaza was surprisingly peaceful and yet jiras come out once we entered this area, so there might be a jiras nest at the bottom of the sea of this area.」

「I see, we might be wiped out if we’re fighting in the sea.」

「No, let’s not speak about being wiped out.」

I mean, let’s stop talking under the assumption that we’re gonna be wiped out. Mei-chan’s train of thought became rather strange after her transformation into a berserker.

「Anyway, let’s entrust the matter of investigating the sea to Rem, and while we look for campside around this area――」

That moment, a water column rose on the sea surface far from our position with “ZAPAN!”. A single glance was enough to affirm that it was caused by a huge creature.

「Wha-Wha-What the hell is that? It’s like a whale, or shark.」

It was clearly the appearance of a huge, aquatic monster. But we’re on a sandy beach, far away from where that creature appeared, that’s why Mei-chan spoke with such carefree voice as if she was in the middle of a tour to see migrating whales.

Sure enough, it wasn’t dangerous for us. But, BUUUUUUUUUUT, its sheer size that rivaled that of thunder T-Rex or salamander along with its overwhelming presence was enough to send a chill running down my spine.

「I’d imagined it would be a giant shark or great octopus king, but I never expected for a mosasaurs to appear.」

I only saw it for a moment, but the creature with huge fins on a whale-like body and the crocodile-like head was most similar to the prehistoric dinosaur that I know, mosasaurs.

It was a carnivore, oceanic reptile that lived in the latter cretaceous period. To put it simply, it was an oceanic dinosaur.

In addition, Jajiras Rem was eaten by that fella. I mean, my connection with Jajiras Rem suddenly interrupted right when that oceanic dinosaur appeared.

「Well, this sea turned out to be far more dangerous than our expectation.」

「What shall we do if that fella turns out to be the boss of this area?」

Uwaa, please stop flagging us, Mei-chan. I was rather familiar with the underwater stage in the game. But then, it was an impossible feat for normal huma— ah wait, Tendou-kun did jump into the underground lake to fight the crocodile-like boss.

「At that time, I’d be praying desperately to be gifted with a skill that will allow me to fight underwater.」

It might be impossible for me, but I want to give one chance to Mei-chan.

「U~h, maybe we should train our underwater combat skills from now on. I mean, we’re in our swimsuit too.」

「Let’s not force ourselves to do the impossible.」

For the time being, we’d only raised our vigilance towards the monster that landed from the sea. We’re safe from that dangerous-looking giant monster in the sea as long as we’re still on land.