Isekai Nonbiri Sozai Saishu Seikatsu - Chapter 110

“Uwaaa! This is bad, really bad!”

The Kraken emerging from the hole swung its tentacles with even more ferocity than before.

By redistributing its regenerated eight tentacles, four each to me and Saffy, it seems to be employing a strategy to ensnare us effectively.

Dodging one or two tentacles is easy, but when it doubles to four, it becomes tough.

Despite our superior maneuverability thanks to water magic, the opponent has overwhelming pressure to compensate for it.

Just by swinging its massive mass from one side to another, escape routes are blocked.

A giant tentacle descends from the front.

Dodging it, it slams into the temple courtyard, raising a large cloud of dust.

In the worsened visibility, two tentacles swing horizontally.

Descending to evade, the fourth tentacle approaches like a sharp spear.

I avoid it by increasing the propulsion of water magic and swiftly accelerating, then counter with Air Cutter at the first tentacle that returned.

My magic successfully cuts through the tentacle halfway, but it quickly regenerates and resurrects.

“Freeze!”

I successfully freeze the second and third tentacles with ice magic, but they regenerate similarly by breaking themselves.

They quickly try to attack me, but Lumia drops a mine from directly above the Kraken.

The Kraken deflects the explosion with its two tentacles to protect itself.

“Thank you, Lumia!”

“No problem!”

Lumia replies shortly and immediately goes to support Saffy.

Saffy also casts lightning magic while skillfully evading, but the tentacles, even when charred, are pulled out and regenerated.

“This is getting nowhere.”

Saffy, who instinctively took some distance, sighed.

No matter how much we try to damage the tentacles by evading attacks, they regenerate. Even if we attack the main body, the tentacles shield it.

“How long do you think your magic will last?”

We’re able to function underwater thanks to the bracelets. But once the magic that fuels them runs out, that’s it.

“I can last for another three hours, but it’ll shorten if I use magic.”

“Considering the possibility of surfacing, I might not last even an hour.”

“In that case, we need to end this quickly.”

In the current situation, a prolonged battle with the Kraken is impossible. While I have abundant magic reserves, it’s not the same for the other two.

We not only need to consider the battle here but also the time it takes to return.

“Attacking the main body is obstructed by the tentacles. But even if we attack the tentacles, they regenerate quickly.”

“I’ve never heard of Krakens having regenerative abilities in past literature.”

“Yeah, me neither.”

Indeed, the main obstacle isn’t time but the abnormal regenerative ability of the Kraken.

If it weren’t for that, the three of us could have defeated it in one go.

But even these two inhabitants of this world don’t know about the Kraken’s regenerative ability.

Could that Kraken be a new species of monster?

It might be worth investigating a bit further.

While hoping for more information from the Kraken, which is on guard and twitching its tentacles, I activate my appraisal.

【Kraken: Status (Magic Active)】

A colossal creature mainly inhabiting the deep sea. Occasionally surfaces to swallow ships, greatly feared by sailors. Shows no mercy to those who approach its territory.

“Huh? Magic active status?”

Upon appraisal, deeper information than the basic details of the Kraken emerged.

“What’s wrong, Shuu-san?”

“When I appraised it, it showed that the Kraken is in a magic active state.”

“I see, so that’s why it’s regenerating abnormally!”

Ignoring Lumia and me, Saffy exclaimed as if satisfied.

“What does that mean?”

Although I could find out by appraising, I ask deliberately because Saffy will explain concisely.

“That Kraken has somehow gained abundant magic and is regenerating its cells.”

“So, the abnormal regeneration is because of magic?”

“Yes, exactly. If we cut off the supply of magic, the magic active state should cease, and it won’t be able to regenerate.”

In this world, creatures can enhance their physical abilities or change their nature by gaining magic.

It seems that the Kraken’s regeneration ability is also due to magic.

“But where on earth is the supply of magic coming from?”

“If that’s the case, leave it to me. I’ll investigate.”

Lumia looks uneasy, but this is my area of expertise.

With this much hint, I’m sure I can figure it out using detection and appraisal.

First, I’ll carefully observe the Kraken using the detection skill through magic stones.

In my field of vision, I can see a large magic stone on top of the Kraken’s head.

Magic stones are something every creature possesses. It doesn’t seem like there’s anything particularly unusual about it.

Next, I activate the appraisal, but the same series of text as before appears. However, what I want to know is the reason behind its magic active state.

Hoping for it, I concentrate my thoughts, and more information emerges.

【Kraken: Status (Magic Active)】

It has incorporated items into its body, and magic is supplied from there.

“…Items inside its body?”

While questioning the information obtained from the appraisal, I activate the investigation skill by searching for items.

As expected, there are reactions from both Saffy and Lumia, being alchemists, but there’s also a reaction from within the Kraken’s body.

“I see it! There are items embedded at the base of each of the Kraken’s tentacles! It seems to be absorbing magic from there!”

“Whether it swallowed items drifting in the sea or took them from sunken ships, I don’t know. But if those are cracked, the battle will be simple.”

“Let’s destroy the items at the base!”

Perhaps because they’ve figured out the mechanism behind the regeneration ability, Saffy and Lumia approach the Kraken with bright expressions.

The Kraken thrusts several tentacles like spears, but they only pierce holes in the courtyard of the temple.

That large circular hole. It bears a striking resemblance to the hole in Barbaroi’s ship.

Maybe that Kraken is the culprit who sank Barbaroi’s ship. It might have picked up the items leaked from there… No, we’re in the middle of a battle now.

It’s not the time for such pondering.

I follow Saffy and Lumia.

The Kraken, with goat-like pupils squared horizontally, turns its four tentacles towards us.

They don’t move with the swiftness of arrows. It’s a deliberate movement, using its mass to block the path and effectively capture me.

While it may seem advantageous for the Kraken to entangle me, it also means victory for them without necessarily piercing or thrusting through me.

While the Kraken’s rational thinking is impressive, if its tentacles are slow in their movements, countering them should be easy.

“Air Cutter.”

I cut through the two approaching tentacles halfway.

While the two severed tentacles begin to regenerate from the midpoint, I move closer to the base of the Kraken’s legs.

Naturally, the Kraken tries to keep me away by swinging its two tentacles, but they are diverted by Lumia’s mines.

The remaining four tentacles are focused on Saffy.

I aim for the item silhouette visible at the base of the tentacle and activate Ice Pillar.

The quickly launched ice pillars, without decaying even in the seawater, shoot through the base of the tentacle, hitting the item.

“Rwaargh!”

A heavy, oppressive voice emanates from the Kraken.

The regeneration of the severed tentacles stops. The tentacles are maintained in a partially injured state without returning to their original length.

“We did it! The tentacles aren’t regenerating!”

“Now we’re talking!”

If the tentacles aren’t regenerating, then victory is ours.

I aim for the tentacles of partial length and once again release Air Cutter, severing them from the base.

A blue liquid, resembling the Kraken’s blood, spurts out into the sea.

Now there are only six tentacles remaining. With no regeneration ability and a reduced number, we’ve managed to diminish its formidable arsenal.

The Kraken gazes with its massive pupils and extends all six tentacles.

With giant tentacles covering us from all directions, there’s nowhere to run.

However, having the tentacles grouped together is quite helpful for us.

It would be difficult to cut through wriggling tentacles individually, but if they come as a group, it’s easy.

I infuse abundant magic and generate a massive blade of wind. When I release it towards the covering tentacles, all six are severed.

Without immediately regenerating the six tentacles, the Kraken swings the severed ones at me.

I’m surprised by the Kraken’s unexpected action as I approach to destroy the item at the base.

Anticipating a physical strain, I evade with maximum output water magic.

However, Lumia, with the Adamantite shield, intervenes.

The tentacles strike the shield, and a powerful barrier created from the hard magic stone deploys.

The Kraken is flipped over by the strength of the defense.

With the Kraken’s base exposed, I shoot down each item with Ice Pillar.

With this, the regeneration of the tentacles is impossible.

“Hey, don’t leave me out! It’s lonely, you know!”

The only one who hadn’t been attacked, Saffy, had been charging an unprecedented amount of magic and lightning. She aimed at the exposed Kraken and unleashed a massive lightning bolt.

With the immense heat, the Kraken was instantly charred and sank exhausted into the courtyard of the underwater temple.

“With this, the Kraken has been defeated!”

“That was an amazing spell!”

“Thank you. Ideally, I’d like to indulge in sentimentality a bit more, but my magic is at its limit.”

As Lumia and I rush over, Saffy says with a slightly fatigued expression.

Her magic must be depleted from the successive casting of large spells.

At this rate, maintaining the items will become difficult, if not impossible.

“Well then, let’s pull out immediately.”

“No, wait. At least, we should take the Kraken’s magic stone!”

Even though she should know they don’t have time, Saffy is prioritizing the magic stone.

“Master? You won’t need it if you sink into the sea, right?”

With a powerful smile, Lumia says to Saffy like that.

With the Sea Guardian’s bracelet, I shouldn’t have felt the coldness of the seawater, but for some reason, I felt my body temperature drop.

“A-Alright. Let’s turn back,”

Seeing that Lumia was genuinely angry, Saffy reluctantly nodded.

However, leaving the Kraken’s magic stone and remains like this is worrying.

Moreover, if we leave the Kraken as it is, it might attract or give birth to mutated creatures.

“I’ll retrieve the Kraken,”

“Shuu-san?”

Lumia gave me a look as if she were dealing with a clueless, misbehaving child.

It’s understandable to be misunderstood when saying something like that while being warned.

“It’s okay. It’ll have it in an instant.”

Lumia and Saffy are trustworthy people. If it’s them, I don’t think there will be any problem even if I tell them about the magic bag.

I approached the Kraken’s remains and inserted the tip of its tentacle into the magic bag.

Then, as if sucked in, the Kraken’s body entered the magic bag.

“Is that a magic bag?”

“Yes, I’m sorry for keeping it secret. With this, the Kraken has been retrieved.”

“If you had something like that, you should have told us sooner.”

Lumia spoke in an embarrassed tone without reproaching me for keeping my secret.