Chapter 57: Bait Goddess

"Hey!"

While Sato Hikaru's side was discussing in more detail each member's responsibilities, Aqua, who had started to get bored that she kicked the water around and swam backwards, suddenly shouted.

"You guys, don't just stand there and see, come in and play together."

"Lord Goddess, you are joking right? That lake is all poison, we cannot get down there."

After dismissing Aqua with a casual compliment, Sato Hikaru wanted to continue the topic.

Darkness, who was by the side, curiously asked: "I previously wanted to ask, why did you call Aqua a goddess?"

"Obviously because she is the water goddess."

"Huh???"X3

After hearing Sato Hikaru's answer, other than Chris, even Yunyun, who had been afraid of speaking with Sato Hikaru, showed a face full of surprise.

However, this shock only lasted less than three seconds before being broken by Megumin.

"I see."

Megumin, with a face full of pity, looked at Aqua within the lake, that was so bored that she would swallow and spit out the water, and said: "Was it the one where she thought that she was a goddess? The type where the person's mentality has a problem, right? How pitiful."

"So that's the case…so pitiful."

"Ms. Aqua…so pitiful."

Hearing the Megumin and the other two's 'so pitiful', although Sato Hikaru found it funny, he did not help Aqua explain.

After all, with Aqua's personality, even if he explained, no one would believe him.

So much that Chris, who was by the side, felt awkward.

She could not follow the others' action and look 'pitifully' at Aqua, she also could not stay silent, in the end, she could only stand there awkwardly and smile wryly.

"Okay, that's enough, don't pay attention to her anymore, let's continue the topic just now."

"Mr. Sato…"

Just when Sato Hikaru wanted to bring the topic back on track, Yunyun, who had not spoken anything since this morning, suddenly tugged at his clothes and interrupted his words.

When Sato Hikaru looked over, and saw Yunyun's pale expression, her body shaking slightly, but still raised her finger and pointed at the distance: "That, could that be it…"

"Hm? Ah, it has finally come out."

Looking towards the direction pointed by Yunyun, Sato Hikaru looked at the black figure that was quickly increasing in size as it quickly rose, his expression slightly excited.

"The multi-headed water snake had come out, everyone, get into your position!"

While speaking, Sato Hikaru quickly jumped towards a huge rock by the lake, and shouted towards Aqua, who was in the lake: "Aqua, quickly come out and have some beer and rest for a bit!"

"Ohh! Coming!"

As expected, the moment she heard there was beer to drink, there was no need to explain anything to Aqua. This guy immediately used all her limbs to quickly swim towards the lake's edge.

Unfortunately, compared to Aqua's swimming speed, the multi-headed water snake's rising speed was obviously faster.

"Eh? What's wrong, what's happening?"

Along with the snake's rising, the originally calm lake surface suddenly became turbulent.

Aqua's originally insufficient speed was once again slowed by twenty percent due to the disruption.

However, …

"Wuaaaa!"

When Aqua curiously looked behind, she just happened to see eight giant snake heads that were bigger than a house rose from below the water, her face pale by two levels.

"What the heck is this monster aaaahhhh!"

Indeed!

Up to now, Aqua actually never knew the purpose of the team coming to this place!

It's because when they were discussing the multi-headed water snake in the guild, they were also having dinner.

Although Aqua also had dinner together with the team in the guild, the moment she drank alcohol, she would immediately bring her beer mug towards other adventurers and toasted.

So, it could be said that from the very beginning, Aqua did not even hear these four words, "multi-headed water snake"!

As for today, Sato Hikaru also deliberately coaxed Aqua into the water and started purifying the lake before commencing the battle meeting.

As such, from beginning to the end, Aqua could be said to have missed all the opportunity to obtain this important news.

So, at the moment, Aqua, who was still in the water and without any prior preparation, suddenly stared against eight head, sixteen cold snake eyes!

"Wuaaa, nooo!"

Aqua actually still dared to stay dazedly in the water before reacting and started to wave around both her hands as if trying to fly, both feet kicked so fast that it was almost like a propeller.

Unfortunately, her efforts when compared to the snake's huge body, the distance that Aqua gained through swimming still could not be considered safe.

"Aaaa! Quickly help me, I'm about to be eaten!"

"There's nothing I can do about it, after all, if I do that, those 500,000 eris would be gone."

"Wuaaa! I don't want them anymore, quickly come and save me!"

Seeing Aqua, this miser, was so urgent that she did not even want the money anymore, Sato Hikaru no longer teased her, instead he pointed at Aqua and said: "Bundle up."

Shuaaa!

The sound of iron ropes sliding was heard, Aqua, who was still in the water, was suddenly tied up by the iron ropes, which were flying towards her, into a dumpling.

"Come up…here!!!"

Before Aqua, who could no longer move, drowned, the ropes binding her were suddenly pulled by a strong force, then Aqua was just like a fish which had taken the bait, under Sato Hikaru's shout, were pulled up to the shore.

"Wuaaa!! Rock! Rock!"

Aqua, who was flying in the air, did not even have the time to feel relieved for being rescued before starting to shout while crying: "I'm going to crash, I'm going to crash!"