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The refreshments served by Priscilla looked ordinary, but they were clearly made with sincerity.

It is said that it was made together with the few remaining maids, and it was an excellent taste that caught my weakness as I did not expect much, expecting that they would not give me expensive snacks.

After having a pleasant rest thanks to the kind and caring Priscilla, we left the mansion and visited the Adventurer’s Guild.

The adventurer’s guild that arrived after passing through the complex cityscape was, as expected, crowded with people, most of whom were wearing sunglasses or holding them in their hands.

The reason is simply because the request bulletin board was overflowing with requests to catch human face fish.

In addition, the fishy smell of the fish emanating from the sacks carried by the adventurers who had already completed the quest and returned made it difficult to tell whether this was an adventurer’s guild or a fish market.

I frowned and held my nose, and so did my loves.

I really feel fortunate that I have a lot of money.

As quickly as possible, I asked the receptionist to show me the map, updated the map window, and then hurried out of the Adventurer’s Guild to get some fresh air.

Normally, I would have tried to get information by asking the receptionist about various things, but the fishy smell was getting worse and worse, so I didn’t want to stay there even for a second.

Everyone looked worried as I leaned against the wall of the building and sighed, and Laura came closer to check on my condition.

“Rebecca, your complexion is not good.”

“Maybe it will be okay in just a little longer. Huh, I need to kill the giant face fish quickly and leave this city.”

“But is there any need to go out of your way to kill it? Even if you are an honorary knight, there is no law that requires you to cooperate with the work of the knights.”

“Because it was so unreasonable, I wanted to check whether it was the work of uninvited guests or maskers like Maxian. And… for some reason, I want to give those bastards a proper punch.”

“Ah, I think I know how that feels. There are few emotions that motivate people more than the desire for revenge.”

Laura said with a rather cruel smile.

Yes, you really want to kill Elkahim.

I killed or punished all my enemies who appeared so far, but I missed El Kahim.

A dangerous person with the ability to control high-level monsters roaming the world at will is not something to be afraid of.

But the next time we meet, I will definitely finish it and make Laura happy.

“That’s right. But if you are caught up in those negative emotions for too long, you become unhappy.”

“With Rebecca by my side, I have no time to be unhappy.”

“Thank goodness. Then, let’s go to Norman to collect more information and go hunting for mermaid fish.”

I led the group and moved back to where Norman’s command tent was located.

Perhaps because some time had passed, there were no longer any bodies floating on the river, but the number of bodies lying on the riverside had increased.

I overheard passing soldiers saying that the confirmed death toll was as many as 103.

A face fish so big that it could sink a boat carrying so many people? It’s not some kind of whale.

I passed the busy people and entered Norman’s tent.

Norman was still looking at the documents, but it seemed like it was the last one.

“It arrived sooner than I expected.”

“Priscilla seemed very worried. In particular, he was very sad about losing his home.”

“Don’t worry, our family’s debt is not something you should worry about. It’s fortunate that it can be done just by selling off the mansion and all other assets.”

“Excuse me, but how did the knight commander go missing?”

“I disappeared because I like talking. It’s just that he couldn’t pay his debt and ran away. No one would have guessed that a person who was once respected by many would become so corrupt.”

“I see. Sorry for asking unnecessary questions about your personal life.”

“No. Anyway, if you stay as a guest in our mansion, you will naturally find out about it. Protecting the people is more important now than such personal matters.”

Norman seems to be a person who is much more devoted to his work and controls his emotions better than I thought.

Even though I was forced to pay off the debt left behind by my father, who abandoned his family and ran away, which I could only afford by selling everything I owned, I could not read a single negative emotion.

“Have you gathered more information about the giant face fish?”

“Based on the testimony of eyewitnesses and survivors, it is estimated that its body is at least 10 meters long and that it can use charm magic on multiple people at once. However, other than that, the testimonies are unreliable, so information is very lacking.”

Hmm… 10 meters? It’s smaller than expected?

Usually, exaggerations are added in this type of testimony, but it is strange that the result is only about 10 meters.

“Can a 10 meter fish sink a ship?”

“That’s my biggest question, too. It would not be possible to destroy a large ship carrying more than 100 people with physical strength alone, and the mermaid’s charm magic is only at the level of attracting prey into the water, so it is impossible to make the sailors intentionally sink the ship.”

“However, if we assume that the giant facefish is something that goes beyond common sense, then nothing would make sense at all.”

“You are right. We can’t rule out the possibility that the abnormally large size isn’t everything. From now on, we are planning to launch the knights’ ship and scout the river. Would you like to join us?”

“I’m very seasick, so I’ll take a horse and look around the riverside.”

“In that case, there is nothing we can do. Be careful.”

Norman gave me a look of trust, then stood up with his staff and headed to the boat prepared in advance on the river.

Because it was a ship carrying knights wearing heavy magic armor, it was large enough to be compared to the large merchant ships passing by and seemed much stronger than them.

“Guys, let’s go too. Be sure to wear sunglasses from now until the end of work.”

I rode with my loves, following the direction in which the knights’ ships were moving.

Then, using the map window and the beast tracking skill, I found the giant face fish.

However, there were no signs of danger in the river other than a few large fish.

Just as our disappointment was about to increase, large fish began to swim away in the opposite direction to the direction we were moving.

The reason they started running away was probably because the huge red dot on the map window was approaching.

“Today’s hero is coming. Everyone pulls out their weapons and Erica takes the horses to a safe place.”

“Yes, Rebecca. Be careful.”

“Don’t worry, Erica. Because I have this.”

As soon as I got off the horse, I took out the heavy magic armor from my cheat bag and put it on.

I felt a sense of stability that was incomparable to when I wore lightweight magic armor, and my confidence soared.

I’ll make you pay for causing trouble to so many people over nothing more than a fish.

I signaled to the knights watching us on the ship that the enemy was coming, and the people on the ship moved in unison and prepared for battle.

“Iris, try looking over there with your magical eyes.”

“Yes, Rebecca.”

Iris followed my orders and observed the direction of the river’s flow with her magical eyes, and immediately reported to me in a loud voice.

“The waves are coming in. Oh, it’s not a wave, it’s a human face fish! It’s also very big…”

“How big is it?”

“I’m not sure about the length, but the body is about 1/5 of the width of the river.”

“What?”

In my surprise, I took out a telescope that was inferior to the Magic Eye and saw the giant face fish for myself.

The size of its human-like head was the size of two carriages, and its body length seemed to be three times that much, let alone 10 meters.

As the giant mermaid came close enough to be seen with the naked eye, gunshots began to be heard from the knights’ ship.

Since the ship is not equipped with a magic cannon, I don’t think I can kill that monster at once.

“I’ll shoot you in the eye.”

“Please do me a favor.”

Iris aimed her magic sniper rifle at the head of a disgusting giant mermaid with about half of its head sticking out of the water, and pulled the trigger.

Of course, I thought the fish’s eyes would explode and be covered in blood, but I was wrong.

“I don’t think the attack worked?”

“It’s a magic shield. There is a familiar mask on the face.”

“The people behind it are maskers… Crazy bastards, why did you make something like that again?”

I was furious as I watched the giant facefish rushing towards me, ignoring all the attacks coming at me from the front.

What is the purpose of being so anxious to unleash monsters wherever you go?

After I hit that guy, I’m going to get angry again.

“Erica! Bring the horses!”

At my shout, Erica rode Dracus and quickly came running, leading the rest of the horses.

Laura and Iris got on the horses, and I raised the power of my magic armor and instantly ran at a speed similar to that of the horses.

It was impossible to run for a long time in this state, but catching the giant face fish that was attacking the knights’ ship was not a problem.

However, in that short period of time, the giant mermaid destroyed one of the knights’ ships, and many of the knights’ troops fell into the water.

And countless face fish rushed towards them, and if most of the people who fell into the water were not wearing magic armor, there would have been a huge number of casualties already.

“This should be enough. Start shooting!”

I aimed the magic rifle at the back of the giant face fish and pulled the trigger, and Laura and Iris followed my command.

Erica still only had a magic pistol, so it wasn’t helpful in long-distance combat, but she calmed down the horses Laura and Iris were riding so they wouldn’t run away in surprise from the gunfire.

Thanks to this, we fired our magic rifles with peace of mind, and in an instant, the giant human-faced fish was covered in blood.

But even though it had numerous holes all over its body, it hardly died.

As expected, like the maskers, it seems that the artificial magic core must be destroyed to ensure death.

The problem is how to destroy an artificial magic core of that size.

I think we could somehow solve the problem if we had a magic cannon, but the problem is that we don’t have one right now.

The good news is that the giant face fish’s behavior is becoming increasingly sluggish, as if it cannot be completely free from the negative effects of excessive bleeding.

The exhausted guy hurriedly turned around without even being able to destroy the other boat.

Then, smaller fish, that is, large fish with a body length of about 10 meters, as eyewitnesses testified, jumped on the boat and covered the captain’s refuge.

I thought the giant mermaid would run away like this, but that wasn’t the case.

It stopped moving in front of me, opened its mouth, and rushed towards me.

“Everyone run away!”

I evacuated everyone else first.

Laura, Iris, and Erica completely obeyed my orders and dodged backwards.

I’m glad you didn’t insist on fighting with me.

Soon my vision went completely dark, and I was dragged further and further into a strange place filled with hot, humid air and pressure coming from all directions.

“Fuck, it looks like it’s all in the fish’s stomach. If it weren’t for the magic armor, I wouldn’t have been able to move.”

I used the power of my magic armor to push away the flesh that was weighing me down and then fired the gun.

Then he grabbed the hole with both hands and tore it apart.

Thanks to this, I was able to move more easily, and after turning on the magic pistol light to secure visibility, I loaded ice bullets and fired them in all directions.

The giant facefish’s throat was frozen solid, and I poured magic bullets into its vulnerable spot.

Then the body of the giant face fish shook like crazy and spit out me as if it was throwing me away.

No matter how close one is to immortality, one cannot endure pain.

“Ugh! Fuck, fuck! Spit it out gently!”

I rolled roughly on the ground, cursing, and barely managed to keep my balance and stand up.

My situation was truly ridiculous.

It was a mixture of mucus, blood, flesh, gastric juice, and mud, giving off a foul odor.

no! My new magic armor is ruined!

I will kill you, I will definitely kill that damn bastard!

I put my head on the land and rushed towards the giant facefish, which was in pain.

Then, hanging from its slimy neck, magic bullets were randomly fired into its head.

I fired 6 shots, reloaded, fired 6 shots and reloaded several times… The giant mermaid’s movements became even slower.

“Okay, then it’s time for disbandment!”

I took out a greatsword from my cheat bag.

As for this great sword, I bought it half as a joke at the magic weapon shop of the Karlslan couple that I stopped by before leaving for the trip.

It is a useless weapon because it is so heavy and large that it is difficult for ordinary people to even lift it, but for me wearing magic armor, it can be a great means of conversation.

I placed the large magic shield on the ground, grabbed the great sword with both hands, and plunged it into the giant mermaid’s slippery stomach.

Then, holding on to the hilt of the sword, he rushed forward and quickly cut open the guy’s stomach.

Internal organs that I didn’t even know what they were and appendages that were presumed to be human inside were poured out along with a huge amount of blood.

However, the giant face fish still did not die and the artificial fish core was not visible.

Ah, yes. You can use the weak point targeting skill.

I put the great sword next to the shield and took out the magic rifle again.

And when I activated the skill and aimed at the split stomach of the giant wolffish, my body moved unconsciously and before I knew it, I was aiming at a place I wasn’t aiming at.

I felt uncomfortable, as if someone else had briefly taken control of my body.

But right now, killing this monster is much more important than that.

I pulled the trigger toward the automatic aiming point, but there was no significant change.

So, I repeatedly used the weak point targeting skill and shot the automatically aimed point with the gun. After repeating this about eight times, a change occurred in the body of the giant human-faced fish.

Its large body suddenly collapsed, emitting a stench that made your nose rot, and a naked beastman stumbled out of the black powder.

The young man looked into space with a blank expression, muttered to himself, and fell down again.

When I used the analysis skill, I found out that his name was Ludwig, and his race was the Cheetah tribe… Huh? Is this kid really?

I think we should take this person to Erica to see if it’s her brother she knows and then decide on a policy.

First, I quickly took Ludwig and left the scene before the knights approached.