Rough waves began to crash over the shoreline.
[Urus—!!!]
And from within the surging sea, a familiar presence and an unfamiliar voice rang out.
I cut through the incoming wave and called forth Urus, who dwelled within [Marmiard Wars].
"Hey! Get out here!"
[Ah, why are you sleeping, spirit... Ariel?]
[So you were there, Urus!!!]
As soon as Urus appeared, the waves that had been indiscriminately sweeping across the shore changed direction and surged straight toward Urus.
"Do something!"
[Ah... damn...]
Urus, who had been taking the form of a tiny flame, became a giant fireball big enough to make me think of the sun and spread its flames outward.
And then a burning pain began to spread through my left arm.
"The rain... stopped?"
[Why are you suddenly acting like that?]
[You ask that like you don't know!?]
[I'm asking because I don't know. If I knew, do you think I'd be doing this?]
The clash between the two spirits created a disaster.
Where Urus stood, there was sun-hot flame.
Where the spirit called Ariel was, there were violent waves.
The two spirits, having changed forms and begun to fight, started trading blows as if they were mortal enemies.
"How am I supposed to stop that...?"
Ariel, controlling the sea in the shape of a whale, and Urus, burning everything in the shape of a monster.
The other adventurers stared blankly as they watched the massive battle unfold.
[You chased after a human blacksmith and then hid yourself for hundreds of years! Is that the sort of thing a great spirit should do!?]
[What I do is my own business! What I did wasn't wrong!]
[Ugh...]
The fight between the two spirits, which looked like it would go on forever, was briefly interrupted when all eyes turned to the [Marmiard Wars] I threw.
"Hey, explain your relationship."
[This one is the great water spirit Ariel.]
[Nice to meet you.]
Ariel, having changed into the form of a small fish, was acting extremely polite now, unlike a moment ago.
"Why did you attack Urus?"
[I was angry that Urus disappeared without saying a word.]
[What does it have to do with you whether I disappear or make a contract? Didn't you hate me?]
[I-I don't hate you!?]
[Then why did you dump water on me every time we met!!!]
Well... I guess that's understandable...
I didn't want to get tangled up with the two spirits, who looked ready to start bickering again, so I stepped back for a moment.
"Did you find out anything?"
"It looks like all the recent incidents were caused by that spirit."
I relayed the situation to Loki and Riveria, who had fainted.
"That's true?! A spirit!?"
Was the fact that it was a spirit the shocking part...
"It seems Urus sensed that it had appeared again and got furious, which is why the sea turned into such a mess."
"Then Lord Urus... were the two spirits not injured?"
"If those two were going to get hurt, you'd have to bring in something on the level of the Three Great Quests."
About two hours later,
the sounds of fighting faded, and the pain disappeared.
When I went to the place where the two had been, I found Urus alone and silent.
[I had too many things happen, I'm really tired...]
"What happened...?"
[The sea will go back to how it was...]
"I'm asking what happened."
[Ahh...]
"Good grief..."
I sighed and put the exhausted Urus back into [Marmiard Wars].
"Somehow, all that's left is a bad feeling..."
The next day, Loki reported to Njord that she had solved the cause.
Since the sea had in fact returned to normal, Njord expressed his thanks and lent them the beach for a few more days.
"Bellf."
"Yeah, let's go."
With Urus now drained and listless, this was the chance to go into the sea.