V4C6

Volume 4, Chapter 6: The Tanker

After the conversation had concluded, the subsequent banquet became lively when suddenly, the shrine maiden, Reina-san, entered.

"Oh no!"

"Huh? Reina-san, did you come?"

I asked in surprise.

"Yes, I asked her to come. She is the shrine maiden of Yamato's sacred tree, and she receives information from sacred trees everywhere. Moreover, Reina possesses a special skill that allows her to display any event on a screen if something happens."

The king informed me.

"That's not important right now! It has begun! A massive ship has arrived from the other world!"

Reina-san was greatly agitated.

"What?"

The king exclaimed in a strange voice.

"How on earth?"

The prime minister stood up and asked.

"It seems that there will gradually be rifts similar to cracks forming before the two worlds connect. The ship seems to have taken advantage of that, according to the sacred tree..."

"What did you say? Well, show us for now."

The king stood up and asked Reina-san.

"Understood. Skill: Remote Viewing."

Reina-san clasped her hands together and spoke the skill's name, and a screen about 120 inches in size appeared in the air.

There, a tanker could be seen.

"A tanker, huh?"

The prime minister muttered.

"A tanker?"

Kazanzakis-san looked puzzled.

"Ah, it's about the ship carrying resources over there."

"But it doesn't have sails."

Mr. Kazanzakis had an even more perplexed expression.

"Ah, it's powered by using fuel like gasoline and moves with that power."

"Is, is such a thing possible!"

Mr. Kazanzakis was astonished.

"It's quite close. It's just a few days away by sailing ship."

Apolito said.

"Hey, brother. Are you okay? It's a bit far for reconnaissance, isn't it?"

"No, it's not about that. Is that... iron, perhaps? Or some other metal? It can't be wood, right?"

"As expected, brother. That's incredible."

Being able to identify the material through reconnaissance was quite something.

"Can that thing float? We have people here who can assist with magic, but it's too huge."

"Well, it's surprising, isn't it?"

I answered.

Everyone started to buzz with excitement.

"Well, if it's a tanker, it's not armed, so we can settle things through negotiation."

The king cleared his throat.

"Wait, something big is coming from the depths of the sea. It's a Kraken."

Apolito informed everyone.

A Kraken, over a hundred meters long, attached itself to the tanker.

However, it seemed tough in terms of size.

"What's that? Does it intend to attack the people inside?"

The king watched with a puzzled look.

Well, since it's an octopus, it can attack the people inside the deck.

Just as I said that, it seemed like the top part of the tanker opened, and a Vulcan Phalanx emerged from there.

It was a combination of an M61 multi-barrel machine gun and a radar.

The Vulcan spewed fire, literally shredding the Kraken to pieces.

Its arms were on the tanker's deck, but it seemed like its head, which was originally above the sea, had been destroyed.

"Is this for real?"

"What's with that destructive power?"

Everyone started to stir.

"It's not a tanker. A tanker wouldn't have that kind of armament."

As I said that, the surroundings fell into silence.