Making Magic: The Sweet Life of a Witch Who Knows an Infinite MP Loophole Volume 5 [Parts 1 to 2] by Aloha Zachou

Author:Aloha Zachou
Language: eng
Format: epub

Chapter 4: Subjugating the Marine Monster

Teto and I spent leisurely days in the port town, clearing the guild’s unpopular quests and supplying them with medicinal herbs and potions. However, at some point, the guild’s staff started to look like they really wanted us to take on some more difficult quests. About three months had passed when, one early summer day, Dogle came to us, looking a lot meeker than usual.

“Chise, Teto... We need your help with a certain quest,” he said.

“That’s new. Usually, you ask us if we can ‘take care’ of the quests, not that you ‘need our help,’” I noted. “What is it?”

Normally, I’d just flat-out refuse any quests he wanted to throw at us, but, judging by his expression, it seemed that things were pretty serious.

“A kraken has appeared in our waters.”

“A kraken? You mean one of these giant squid monsters?” I asked.

Krakens were B+-rank monsters—giant cephalopods who snared hapless landlubbers in their tentacles and dragged them into the ocean. Their immense strength allowed them to effortlessly crush mid-sized boats and hinder the navigation of even the largest ships.

“Yeah. Until it’s gone, the merchant ships and fishermen can’t leave port.”

“That’s not good!” Teto piped up. “But why did a kraken appear here all of a sudden?”

Strong monsters loved places with abundant mana. Once a monster found a hospitable place, they would make it their territory, and it was very rare for them to ever leave. I could think of two possible explanations: either it had just recently evolved into a kraken, or there was an excess of mana in the water that made it spawn here.

“There’s not really any way for us to know what’s going on in the depths, so I have no idea,” Dogle said. “The only thing we know is that it decided to make these waters its territory.”

“Fine, we’ll help,” I said. “Although I have a little question. Since that monster’s attacking merchant ships, shouldn’t it be the feudal lord’s job to deal with it rather than the adventurers’ guild?”

Dogle’s expression turned glum. “He’s the one who asked us to deal with the kraken. While he does have warships to fend off pirates and sea monsters, you need magicians to deal with krakens. And, well, the lord deemed that his magicians were too useless—ahem, that they didn’t have the necessary tools to deal with that monster.”

“Did you just call them useless or are my ears deceiving me?” I asked, glaring at him.

He tried to backpedal, but I clearly heard it. Not having any other choice, he told me what he meant by “useless”. The current feudal lord had a contract with one of the magic schools, but it seemed that their mages weren’t skilled enough to deal with a monster of this rank.

“Well, basically the lord’s been pals with that specific magic school for a long time; he keeps hiring them, even if their mages aren’t great.”

“I’m not too surprised. Since they don’t have any competition, they probably don’t put as much effort into their teaching,” I said.

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