The battle was soon over. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

It's so fast that even grinding wheat with a millstone is a little louder than that.

Tactics have been practiced countless times, and countless offensive and defensive alternations have been practiced, and under Leah's devilish training, everyone is required to instinctively complete such actions even if they don't have brains.

Although the training was hard, no one complained that they were tired. Everyone knows that nothing at the moment really doesn't even count as an appetizer.

The ultimate enemy is the evil god, who is beyond the norms. If it's hard to even enter the sea of blood, there's no need to walk the rest of the way.

"Go ahead. ”

Leah looked around at everyone, and then said indifferently. Countless merfolk were led by Merti and Naru, swinging their tails and heading towards the depths of the sea of blood.

Then, new difficulties arose.

It's not the terrifying giant sea beasts, nor the undercurrents, the whirlpools in the ocean.

The new enemy is darkness.

On Earth there is a mental illness called deep-sea phobia. There is no doubt that this psychological illness applies even in the continent of Evette.

When the crowd dives deeper and deeper to a place where the sun can no longer reach, darkness falls.

Human beings are creatures that yearn for light and fear darkness.

The darkness makes it impossible to see potential enemies with the eyes. Maybe there's a sea beast lurking around, maybe there's something terrible living in that creepy darkness?

The fear of the dark breeds the fear of the deep sea.

Although no one spoke, the sound of clenching shields and clenching weapons could be heard.

The pace of progress has slowed down to the same extent as walking.

"Do merfolk live in this dark environment?"

Leah sighed, if this continues, these people will be crushed by their own mental pressure.

"Oh, it's not, the mermaid kingdom has a non-usual-dazzling sun!"

Merti said energetically. It seems that even if there is light in the mermaid kingdom, the mermaids living in the sea are more or less accustomed to the darkness of the ocean, just like humans walking on land at night.

"That'...... There's light over there!"

I don't know who said that suddenly. Not far away, a blue glow shimmered. In the darkness of the sea, a blue glow suddenly appeared.

That is the most desired for these people in front of them, full of peace and warmth.

"Hey, don't leave the group!"

One of them broke away from the group, and Leah suddenly shouted. But it was too late, and as if tempted by the brilliance, the little mermaid quickly swam to the vicinity of the light.

"Everyone, there's light!"

The cute mermaid shouted with her tail wagging. Hearing her words, the crowd swam in that direction. And then......

Should it be said that being invisible is a kind of happiness?

At least the little mermaid wandering near the light source couldn't see the thing behind the light source because it was facing everyone.

"Oh, no......"

Rowan let out a moaning sound. Even if she was as steel, she couldn't help but lose her strength the moment she saw that thing.

"Damn! come back soon——!"

Alec shouted.

"Huh?"

Noticing that everyone's expressions were as if they had seen a ghost, the little mermaid felt a chill behind her, she shivered, turned around, and saw two huge eyes.

There is such an animal in the sea that people call it anglerfish. The fish has glowing tentacles in the middle of its nose bones, luring small phototactic fish to its side and swallow it in one gulp.

Now, the monster that has magnified it hundreds of times and scandalized it hundreds of times is quietly wandering behind the little mermaid. Eyes the size of floor-to-ceiling windows glared mercilessly at the prey in front of them, and the mouth that was the same width as her body and had countless rows of sharp teeth like sharp needles in it slowly opened, about to swallow her.

"Uh......h Woo ah......"

Frightened by this abominable monster, the little mermaid couldn't even fight back, and let out a weak scream.

Then, the huge sea beast pounced on its prey.

"Give me - get out of ——!"

If there's anything faster than that, it's azure space magic. In a short moment, Leah flickered between the mermaid and the sea beast, holding the dimensional blade of the elemental fusion, the blade from the size of the short sword to the gathering and spreading of the spatial element.

A flash of azure blue!

The big mouth that was supposed to swallow the prey never closed again. Because it has been split in two along with the body of its master.

The poor sea beast, thinking that he had been deceived by the light source, had caught a poor prey. Unexpectedly, he summoned one of the goddesses who ruled this world.

As a result, at the price, it paid with its own life.

"Fear of the darkness or fear of the deep ocean, nothing. ”

Leah used her sword to cut off the sea beast's luminous organs, and then said to the little mermaid:

"But you must not expose this fear, or you will die. ”

With that, she stuffed the round, pearl-like glowing body into the little mermaid's arms.

"Take it, it's the first thing you discovered. Now, go back to the team and offer us this precious light. ”

The girl smiled softly and said.

"Hmm!"

With a grateful expression, the little mermaid bit her lip and nodded, and she returned to the group with the warm glow. For a moment, a blue glow bloomed in the ranks, illuminating the pitch-black ocean and even dispelling the scarlet color.

The sea beast's luminous body is an organ with magic that fixes the color of the sea in a clear blue, like the sea in the sun. This brilliance carries the magic of seduction, which will make any creature feel comfortable and unconsciously want to get closer.

But right now, it's given the team the most precious thing - dispelling darkness and scarlet light.

"If only I had a few more of these fish. Why don't you sharpen your eyes, it's better to find one or two more? ”

Rowan stabbed the reckless little mermaid with his arm.

The effect of light is not only to soothe the spirit, but most importantly to restore the most precious source of information for human beings - sight. Even Rowan, who can use all kinds of weapons, will not be willing to fight in the dark.

"While mages can use illumination, if I had to say, this glow is better. ”

Leah, who also returned to the team, said with a smile.

She was going to use illumination when everyone couldn't bear the darkness of the deep sea, and she thought it was more reliable to use this sea beast - the light has its own magic to soothe the soul, it doesn't need to consume mana, and more importantly, it doesn't need to be used for two things.

Regardless of Lori and the others, not all mages can cast spells while maintaining illumination.

"Let's see if we can hunt some more of these monsters. ”

She said.