Dimension Wave: Volume 4 (eBook)

Aneko Yusagi (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
250 Seiten
J-Novel Club (Verlag)
978-1-7183-7080-7 (ISBN)

Infos

With the development of the uninhabited Cal Mira island completed, Kizuna-a boy forced by his sisters to play using a girl avatar-arrives with his party at the newly opened land of Mikakage.
He immediately gets to work fishing at the port. But while fishing is fun, so is adventuring with his comrades, and he can't quite do both at the same time.
A timely message from Alto calls him back to Cal Mira for a newly added fishing quest with loads of benefits. Romina upgrades his fishing gear, and with the construction of an aquarium, the world of fishing only grows deeper.
For a boy who loves fishing, there are now far more things to do. As Kizuna struggles to find a way to balance fishing with adventuring, Alto comes to him with a new item that might just solve this problem.

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“Huh? H-Hey!”

All I could do was shout out in surprise.

I frantically reeled in, but the pulling force was on a whole nother level. There was absolutely no comparison to how it had been only moments before.

“Wha... Wha...”

The peanut gallery was just as stunned. Why was another fish—no, a monster—crashing the party and stealing my catch mid-fight?!

“A shark, lol!” one of the peanut gallery said.

“Crazy stuff! That’s the Fishing Master for ya! I didn’t know that could even ’appen!” another chimed in.

“See? That’s why you gotta keep your eyes on him!” L’Arc responded smugly.

“Ah, it’s L’Arc. Figures you were keeping an eye on the Fishing Master.”

Stronger and stronger, I was being dragged away by the insane pull.

Oh crap! I’m going to fall overboard!

“You doing all right, little lady?”

L’Arc grabbed my arm, pulling me back for support. That helped stabilize me a bit.

“Thanks. But I’m good.”

I hooked a foot on the railing to steady myself.

Meanwhile, the massive Blue Shark was thrashing wildly, pulling left and right, and making it very clear it had no intentions of being fished.

Does this even count as fishing anymore?

“L’Arc, I’d like to weaken it a bit. Can you attack from here?”

“Ah... My weapon’s a scythe. If I let off a skill, I might slice through the line. Flying slashes are too risky... Gimme a sec. I’ll target it with the ship’s ballista.”

L’Arc seemed keen on helping, but he was right. The scythe was known for its large AoE, and there was a good chance he’d snap the line by accident. That was especially true when he was targeting a foe that was thrashing around unpredictably underwater... It was better to get him on the ballista.

I could use more help, though.

“C’mon Pekkle!”

“Pen!”

I summoned Chris, the crowned King Pekkle, alongside a helmeted Pekkle and designated my target.

“Go! Weaken the shark!”

“On it, pen!”

Chris briskly dived into the sea, spinning rapidly before leaping out of the water to charge at the Blue Shark that had surfaced to attempt to sever the line. The spinning charge created a whirlpool, trapping the shark within.

What a flashy effect.

“Whooooaaa!”

“Wow... That’s some production value! Hey everyone, get a load of this!”

The gallery grew as more people gathered to see what was going on.

“What’s that? A Blue Shark?”

“The Fishing Master hooked a big one, but the shark went and snatched it, so now we’re in round two.”

“And the Pekkle’s backing her up, huh...”

“Awesome!”

Splash! The huge Blue Shark burst through the whirlpool, diving back into the sea before leaping out again.

Hrah! Just settle down, would you?!

Chris was hot in pursuit, slapping and smacking the shark.

Isn’t there anything I can... Oh, there! I kept up my side of the battle while inching closer to one of the ballistae Sheryl had set up. Then, with one hand... No, how am I supposed to operate it with one hand?!

“Okay, we’re good to go! Firing!”

L’Arc loaded a ballista bolt and fired it off at the Blue Shark. Then, I heard the sound of a meaty impact effect.

Nice! It’s starting to weaken.

“Keep at it!”

“So you can actually attack big catches like that? It’s not all about fishing?”

“Should I be trying to copy that?”

“I don’t see why not. I never thought the fish’d be big enough to need it.”

Those encouraging cheers had me feeling a bit conflicted.

“Whatever... Let’s finish this! Pole Fishing!”

Seeing the shark sufficiently weakened, I activated Pole Fishing one more time to drag it onto the deck.

The shark flopped around and thrashed violently, but it eventually gave in and went still.

“Pen!”

The two Pekkles tied a rope around its tail and hung it from a large hook at the stern. With its gaping maw hung open, the Blue Shark was left dangling like something out of that giant shark movie.

“She did it!” one of the onlookers cheered.

“The Fishing Master wins!” another chimed in.

“What a good showing!”

“That’s the Fishing Master for you! The little girl who pulled in the white whale!”

I could hear some sparse applause, but...this wasn’t the kind of showdown that should have happened within a safe zone. Rather... Why was I even able to fish up a Blue Shark?

And who are you calling a little girl?! At least call me a crossplayer!

“You did it, little lady. A big catch right off the bat!”

“Yeah... I didn’t expect to catch something like this.”

“It was fun to watch. You reckon this will lead into a quest chain?”

“I’m not so sure about that. Are you gonna look for it?”

“Well, I doubt I can trigger or progress it without you... I’ll have to poke around and see.”

“I guess so... If you find any NPCs that seem to fit the bill, just tell me.”

“You got it.”

It was at that point in the conversation that I removed the hook... Oh, at some point, Fever Lure reverted to a regular fishing hook.

I checked my stat screen and saw the cooldown time... Looks like I’ll need a whole day to get it back.

The lure that the skill summoned triggered a feeding frenzy, and it also had an unlisted effect of enhancing my fishing gear for a while... That seemed to be the gist of it. At the very least, I wasn’t using gear meant for shark fishing, so it had to have been boosting me in some way.

Anyway...a catch is a catch. Let’s get a rubbing.

I mimed having my hands around a camera and captured a screenshot.

“Aight! Peace!”

“Pen!”

L’Arc and the Pekkles all puffed out their chests proudly, striking poses.

Victory poses, huh...

“It’s huge...”

“Yeah, that’s one hell of a catch.”

Now that I was getting a better look at it, it was definitely a lot bigger than any Blue Shark I’d seen before. And by Blue Shark, I meant the monster Blue Shark, not the one that actually existed.

I thought it might be some other type of monster, but its name was still Blue Shark.

Blue Shark [Sinner of Thieves]

It’s got a weird epithet!

Sinner of Thieves... Was that because it tried to steal my catch?

The Blue Shark was a bit over five meters long. If it had gotten to eight meters, it would’ve rivaled that monster from the famous shark movie. I wasn’t sure if I was supposed to feel disappointed about that or not.

“You reckon that shark woulda attacked me if I went surfing in the port?”

“The inspiration’s there.”

L’Arc was clearly thinking the same thing I was.

“But I guess I’d just have to ram a gas tank into its mouth and fire away, problem solved!”

He inserted himself into the main character role as if it were the most obvious thing in the world... Granted, he had been the one firing off ballista bolts at it not too long ago.

Still... Why did I catch this thing at the port? If it’d been offshore, I’d get it. But this is supposed to be a safe zone.

The folks too stingy to pay for an inn who had instead stayed on their boats were pointing over at us. Well, it was more like they were gawking at the Blue Shark.

“Therese! Therese! You won’t believe what I just saw!”

L’Arc promptly opened up a chat with Therese. Maybe I should report it to my party members as well?

I brought up the menu and designated Shouko, Yamikage, Sheryl, and Tsumugi.

Brrring... There was a rather outdated dial tone before the chat connected.

Wait...Yamikage’s not picking up.

“Ah, Kizuna. It’s quite late. Did something happen?”

“I just felt like talking. What about Yamikage?”

“She’s already asleep.”

I see. She does tuck in early.

“This Mikakage place has tons of quests, bro! There’s monster hunts, herb delivery, and a lot more too. Therese is pretty excited.”

“The quest offerings seem to change daily, so it is not the same requests over and over. Also, the monsters are quite tough. It will take some time to reach the deeper areas.”

“And using a Return Transcript boots us out of the country. Traveling’s a real pain.”

“Uh-huh...”

“They won’t even sell you weapons or tools without a high enough visa rank. The other players are complaining about how inconvenient it is.”

Hmm... The unique system here feels more like a shackle than anything else.

“For starters, we’ll go as far as we can and check the shops. Maybe...

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 10.7.2025
• Reihe/Serie: Dimension Wave
• Illustrationen: Aneko Yusagi
• Übersetzer: Aneko Yusagi
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Fantasy / Science Fiction ► Fantasy
• Schlagworte: Fishing • gender-bend • laid back • Light Novel • Shield Hero (AU) • Siblings • Slice of Life
• ISBN-10: 1-7183-7080-6 / 1718370806
• ISBN-13: 978-1-7183-7080-7 / 9781718370807