Even more so, he couldn't use his miraculous regeneration magic to regenerate part of the rock wall back to its pre-refined state, creating a statue that looked like a statue of an evil god!

"Xiaomei, could you please not carve the statue of the evil god? It would be uninhabitable."

"? This is a cat? Isn't it cute?"

Snowbell showed a rare shudder on his face.

Oscar shot out the chain, and through refining, he restored the evil god statue to its original wall in the blink of an eye.

"Mei'er, I asked you to come with us. Although it's embarrassing to say this, could you please behave yourself?"

"It can't be helped. Mei'er's enemy is 'boredom'."

"But Mei'er, what can you do when you go back?"

"...Let me think about it. It's almost noon now. I'll help prepare lunch."

Oscar pushed up his glasses and asked:

"Mei'er, if there is meat here, how would you cook it?"

"I can roast over a fire."

What a generous answer.

“…What else?”

"I can boil it."

"Is there any other way?"

"...anything can be eaten as long as it's roasted or boiled."

There should be a limit to being bold.

Maybe soon she will say "It's okay to eat it raw" and then eat everything raw.

Anyone could tell from her answer that Sister Mei'er couldn't cook.

If she is cooking for others, she will try to make unique dishes like an amateur, turning the kitchen into a hellish scene that seems to summon an evil god.

Of course, eating that dish would bring the evil god's favor. If it weren't for regeneration magic, the members of the Melkine Pirates, especially Vice Captain Chris, would have been summoned long ago.

Incidentally, Mei'er is also a "girl who can't clean or tidy up."

Although she claimed to have everything in its proper place, the room still looked messy. Furthermore, asking her to do laundry had a high chance of ruining the clothes, and tailoring would turn them into strange costumes for cultists.

She appears to be a gentle and tolerant beautiful sister, but...

Inwardly, she is a sadistic, lawless person who takes things as they come. She is also a foolish older sister who has no ability to live independently and will immediately create exclusive items for the evil god.

In other words—

"You won't have anything to do even if you go back."

Oscar's implication was, "You only know how to tease Millardy and get in the way, so why don't you stay and be my bodyguard?" Mel puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction.

"I feel like Oscar-chan has started to look down on me lately."

Mel seemed quite dissatisfied with Oscar's words and actions.

"No matter what you do, if you're looked down upon, you're doomed."

"That sounds like something a lawless person would say."

Because she is a pirate, the Pirate Queen.

"In that case—"Wave Wall"."

Suddenly, the room was covered by a dome formed by water. Oscar and Snowbell were stunned and didn't know what was going on...

"A water barrier...it can block out sound."

After Mei'er said this with a smile on her face, Oscar suddenly felt terrified, and Snowbell exuded the aura of a beast eyeing its prey.

"Hey, Mei'er!"

"Just stay in your own world, okay, come on, okay♪"

Mei'er turned and left, a veil of water enveloping her.

Although Oscar hurriedly reached out to her for help, his hand was grabbed by a strong hand that seemed to be able to kill a hundred people.

"babble!"

Oscar couldn't help but let out a whine of shame.

"Darling, let's work together, shall we?"

What Snowbell meant must be that we work together to build the house.

Even if his eyes were bloodshot, his breathing was heavy, and he was licking his lips, there would definitely be no other meaning.

"Come on, come here, Darling!"

"Wait, that's the finished dormitory—"

After a beat—

Lightning flashes, shockwaves, flashes of light, and exploding flames erupted from the windows and doors of the half-built house, and then—

"How can I lose! Colleen! Ruth! Share your strength with my brother! Uoooooooooooooooooo!"

Like the cry of a brave warrior challenging for a final battle, it echoed through the rocky terrain.

That day──

The heretics' home, the [Maritime City of Antica], vanished beneath the sea, forcing the islanders to live on board their ships. Almost a month had passed since the day they decided to go their separate ways.

The number of Antika people who chose to live with the "Liberators" organization was approximately six hundred.

They were deeply attracted by the radiance of the sun-like girl, Meredith.

The highest fighting force of the Holy Light Church─the Knights of White Light.

The king of the sea who was sealed in ancient times──the mythical beast Leviathan.

Those who had witnessed the mythical battle when Meredi faced them head-on, and had recovered their hearts, once shattered by the blade of tragedy and despair.

and those inspired by homesickness.

Although their reasons were different, even so, those who once abandoned everything and fled to a remote island in the sea have indeed become "resistors" once again.

The place where these people arrived by boat was a barren land called the "Red Rust Rock Zone".

This rocky area had been frequently mentioned as a potential location for a new secret base during internal meetings of the Liberator.

Because it is a place that ordinary people cannot visit, or must take risks to visit.

The paths in the rocky land are complex and crisscrossed. As long as you dig a hole in the rock wall or rock mountain and build a home directly inside, it will become the best secret base with natural protective color.

A place with such good conditions will of course be listed as a candidate location.

However, this place is so desolate that only tenacious weeds can survive here. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a land of death.

Although the rocky area is basically located at the northwesternmost tip of the continent and the candidate location for the secret base is close to the coast, the residents of Antika who are good at fishing can make a living to some extent, but there is still a limit.

Therefore, this place had to meet the absolute requirement of being a secret base—a "self-sufficient environment." It was completely unsure how to begin to solve this problem.

That being said, other secret bases couldn't accommodate six hundred people at once. Expanding the base and turning it into a "non-secret base" would be putting the cart before the horse. While it's possible to disperse the residents to various secret bases upon arrival on the mainland, this would be difficult due to emotional reasons, as the residents of Andica had just lost their second home.

This gave Meredith a headache, so she continued to call upon Ao as usual when she encountered difficulties.

──Glasses! To prove that your glasses are not just for show! Give me some advice!

Although Meredith was hit by the glasses' beam and was blind and wandering aimlessly for a long time, the price she paid was finally worth it.

In fact, it would be better to say that they already knew the answer to the question.

That's right, it's the Melkine pirates who cultivate crops on their ship.

"Hmm, it seems to be going well."

The man who said this in a hoarse voice was an old man who looked to be over eighty years old, but seemed to be in good health.

He has abundant white hair and beard, and his whole body looks furry.

The old man's eagle-like eyes stared at the farmland of the secret base.

In the rocky valley that was originally filled with only rocks and weeds, a large area of ​​fertile-looking soil was laid out, with neatly arranged green seedlings on it.

"Grandpa Ban, how's it going? Is the training going well?"

The person talking to him was Mel, who had just abandoned Oscar...or should I say, betrayed Oscar.

"What? Did you abandon me?"

"No, I betrayed him!"

"..."

I don’t feel that I have done anything wrong, and even if I have, I will not hide it!

This is the style of the Pirate Queen, Merle Melkinne.

(Both Miss Meredith and Miss Mel were too eccentric.)

The old man, Grandpa Ben, sympathized with Oscar.

Grandpa Ban is a member of the "Liberators". He is an agricultural professional and is responsible for the reclamation, improvement and management of the farmland in the secret base.

"The soil on the seabed is pretty good, too."

"Right? As long as we take measures to counteract salt damage, the soil on the seabed can be used."

"You never stop learning, really."

That’s right, the farmland that suddenly appeared in the rocky area was all made of seabed soil shipped from the nearshore area.

Of course, salt damage is both a natural and mortal enemy to farmland. Soil damaged by salt cannot support crops.

However, Mei'er and others did it in their life on the ship.

Mei'er possesses extraordinary talents in the sea and water, and cleaning the seabed soil of harmful ingredients to crops is not impossible for her.

Of course, that is the result of years of testing and improvement, and a lot of hard work.

Now, that achievement is of great help in building a new base. Yes, it is of great help!

Sister Mei'er is definitely not a useless parasite who joined the "Liberators" as a companion, but has been useless so far!

Incidentally, the seabed soil was transported in one go using Oscar's artifact, the "Treasure House." After Mel improved the soil, it was completely taken over by Grandpa Ben. Now that Grandpa Ben could improve the soil on his own, Mel didn't have to do much except for the first time.

"In just one month, it looks like we'll have our third harvest. If it weren't for Grandpa Ban, it probably wouldn't have been possible. The vocation of 'Agriculturist' truly lives up to its name."

"Even if you praise me, I won't do anything good for you."

So what is she doing here...ah, because she's bored?

Grandpa Ban gave a noncommittal expression.

At this time, a noisy sound was heard.

"Miledi~ What's the matter? I can definitely help! Okay? Okay?"

"Xiao, Xiao Qi, let me tell you, I'm very grateful for your kindness."

Meredith looked unusually embarrassed. The bunny-eared girl pressed against Meredith from behind as they emerged from their secret base in the rocks.

"Oh my, this seems fun."

"...Don't overdo it."

Mei'er smiled broadly and immediately walked over. Even though Grandpa Ban gave her a wry smile and reminded her... she responded with a thumbs-up, apparently showing no intention of backing down.

"Come, Meredith, watch."

"Okay, okay."

"Little Qi" is the innkeeper's daughter, Qiara. She left Meredith as lively as a rabbit and hid behind the rocks.

In an instant, her breath became extremely thin. She moved among the rocks at an astonishing speed, but no footsteps were heard.

If it were an ordinary person, they probably wouldn't be able to keep up with Qiara's movements.

Although the Bunnymen lack the strength and physical abilities of the other Orcs, they are masters of stealth and escape. Consequently, their ability to manipulate auras is among the best of all races.

Although Chiara is a mixed-race child born to a rabbit-man mother and a human father, it does not seem to diminish the characteristics of the rabbit-man in the slightest.

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