We headed straight for the river after finishing breakfast.
Since the river is nearby, we can maintain the barrier protecting our base.
“By the way, the size of the barrier and the distance I can maintain it have increased a bit.”
As we stepped outside, the Dream World said.
“Oh. So you’re keeping this base’s grounds safe, so your ability is always in use.”
The ability can grow depending on the owner’s mindset, and it can also accumulate experience points the more it’s used.
“That’s right. Even when I was alone, I maintained it at its maximum size, so I think it will continue to grow.”
It feels like she’s responding to my questions more naturally than before, perhaps because of my mindset.
“So, can I protect Yukiha’s place with the barrier too?”
The Dream World replied, “Not yet,” to Shoubu’s question.
The phantoms that noticed us approached as we prepared to leave.
Masiro, the Fenrir, came to me as a familiar, and Mikuron, the black dragon, came to me as well.
「I think I can start summoning my third fluffy creature soon, but I’m kind of worried.」
Miko’s ‘Fluffy Summoning Ability’ has two major advantages.
One is that she can summon and control fantasy creatures and even original life forms as long as she can imagine them.
The other is that she can gather materials from the creatures she summons, as long as it’s not meat.
She can get not only wool but also sheep’s milk and lanolin from sheep, and recently she even summoned cashmere goats.
Limited to fluffy creatures, she can obtain animal fibers and other materials freely.
Combining this with my crafting ability, we can produce a large number of outfits on this desert island.
This ability covers ‘clothing’ for movement, combat, and daily life, making it a very useful skill.
「I want to learn a new magic too.」
「…You’re right. I need to work hard too.」
Thousand Heal’s ‘Healing Magic’ and Profound Law’s ‘Elemental Magic’ are both developing as expected.
It’s impressive that she hasn’t lost her ambition despite that.
They split into groups of five and get into Mashiro and Mikuron. We ask them to head towards the river.
“Abilities are supposed to grow, but what will happen with mine…” Shiomi’s face looks worried.
When it comes to the growth of the ability to detect lies, it’s indeed difficult to imagine.
By the way, the others didn’t change how they interacted with Shiomi even after they knew about her ability.
Even though she could detect lies, it was only to the extent that she could see through jokes and pranks, and there was no real harm in that.
“Perhaps the number of targets will increase, and she’ll be able to grasp them all simultaneously?” The maid, Roa, proposes a hypothesis.
“That makes sense. That would be amazing. But it would be tough for Shiomi to deal with so many people’s lies. I hope she gets an on/off switch or some kind of adjustment function first.”
“Haha, yeah. I think it’ll still be useful on this island, and it’ll be even more useful on Earth, where there are more people to interact with. I’ll support you, Kousuke-kun, so that no one can fool you when we return to Japan.”
Shiomi smiles and says, “Oh, okay, take care.”
Her smile made my heart skip a beat.
“If the number of targets increases, will Roa-chan and I also be able to handle more people? Like, everyone’s makeup is done all at once! Everyone’s desires are known all at once!” “That would be wonderful.”
Roan smiles at the thought.
Indeed, if their abilities could adapt to a large number of people at once, it would be more efficient.
“If I were to do it… would I be able to transform into more creatures?”
“Or maybe that thing? Hmm, Kousuke, what was it, the one where different animals merge?” ”…A chimera?”
“That’s right! Won’t Mhya be able to transform into a mixed form of various animals?” “Ah, I see… that might be it.”
”…By the way, what about the teacher?”
“Hmm. She’ll be able to attack with laser beams that can vaporize mountains.”
Thousand Heal’s obsession with battle manga is due to my influence.
“I wouldn’t do something like that… but, she might become that strong… it would be too much for her.”
“Whether or not a situation where a mountain gets vaporized will come up is another matter. For now, the battle team will start with exterminating Arvanc once we get to the river.”
Since we reorganized the party before breakfast, the special bonus for having Teacher join us is back.
It seems that the points we get from defeating monsters will be doubled.
I think it’s unfair that the original numbers are kept secret, but that’s how it is, so there’s nothing to be done about it.
In addition to that, the daily survival bonus has doubled.
Instead of just adding a day to your lifespan for every day you survive, it now adds two days.
If you think about it over the course of a year, while everyone else gains a year, we gain two years.
Thinking about that, we arrive at the river.
Unlike last time, the Arvancs aren’t attacking us all at once… something seems off.
Sure enough, a group of giant beavers emerges from the river, but they seem weak.
There are still more of them in the river, but they’re ignoring us and making a lot of noise… and then we realize.
“So that’s it! They must be eating the fish that were added to the river!”
“Oh no, what do we do? If they keep eating like this, won’t the fish disappear?”
“On this island, the fish should be reconfigured every time. But if they keep eating them all, we’ll never be able to fish again.”
“We need to take them down before the fish disappear…”
“It’s scary to think that we might end up killing the fish in the river when we defeat the Arvancs.”
My words got a response from Shouko, Chiyu, Shi-on, and Shinpo.
I knew it would turn into a fight, but I had planned to wipe them out as they attacked us all at once.
I didn’t expect some of them to ignore us completely. But we have no choice but to adapt.
“Let’s split into the ground team and the air team. The ground team will defend with the barrier of the dream world and take down the monsters. Shinpo, you’ll be in charge of firepower. The air team will handle the river. Genju, transform into the Black Dragon. Professor Lumina, can you ride on Genju and target only Arvanc? I’ll ride on Micron and drop rocks on the monsters.”
My teammates immediately nodded to my instructions. The dream world focused on maintaining the barrier.
Non-combatants Shouko, Shi-on, Chiyu, Roa, and Zoubu also took up spears and pierced the enemies from within the barrier.
Mashiro left the barrier and trampled on the Arvancs on the ground. Shinpo’s magic scattered the enemies.
Professor Lumina, riding on the Black Dragon Genju, shot down the enemies one after another with her beam, while I dropped rocks on the heads of the Arvancs.
Before long, the swarm of Arvancs was wiped out from the area…but…
“Ugh…could that red one be…” Shouko said with a pale face.
After the battle, the water surface was stained with red, and fish carcasses and pieces of flesh floated on it.
“We might encounter another group if we move, so let’s wait for the current to carry us away for now.”
Some of the fish that fled due to the battle or Arvanc might return eventually.
If they don’t, we may have to give up and move to a different location.
Thinking about it this way, maybe it would have been easier to add sea fish after all…
Considering that many of the transferers haven’t discovered the sea yet, I can understand why river fish were chosen.
“Let’s think about it the other way. If it’s this difficult to get, it might be worth a lot as a trading material.”
“That’s a very positive way of thinking, Koji-kun. …C, could I take a short break, sir?”
The teacher seemed to be squeamish about blood and looked away from the water’s surface.
“Can you expand the dream world and the barrier a bit? I’ll take out some chairs from my ‘Inventory,’ and we can enjoy a bit of a camping feel… try not to look at the river side, though.”
So, we decided to wait a bit.
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