After repairing the submarine, Billy waited for news of his spies on the coast. Soon he got some massages. Things had improved considerably since the number of times the soldiers and adventurers had to fight during that day had decreased. The number of worms showing up also decreased, so their hard work had paid off.
"Still, this is just the beginning…" Billy thought. "We need to decrease their numbers and find the location of the dungeons… after that, we will have the chance to help the other states."
When Billy was about to leave, he received some new messages. The spies that he sent to Meido castle had finally arrived, and they brought the news that the people there were also being attacked by Aquatic monsters. That was rare, so they were caught off guard, and some villages were destroyed. Fortunately, the number of casualties was low since the monsters were something like frozen turtles…
"Hmm… I think I read in a book that there once existed a dungeon that spawned such creatures, but it suddenly stopped working, and it wasn't underwater," Billy thought.
At this point in time, it was clear that the dungeon breaks weren't just a bunch of coincidences… They even spawned monsters that would have some upper hand in some territories, after all. It was also stupid to believe that the creatures just stayed inside the water until now… Billy didn't want to believe that the dungeons had appeared recently, but it was pretty clear that it was the case.
"Was this a natural phenomenon caused by the world, or is it a response to the reincarnated actions?" Billy thought. "It might also be something orchestrated by someone to keep me busy."
Icarus and Lucyna decided to return to their main job of looking for the necromancer instead of helping with the Aquatic monsters, and while they were learning a few things, they didn't find any signs of them.
"Regardless… I have to use my free time well," Billy thought. "In order not to let the kids worry, or Sarah and Natalie who stayed behind, I need to spend to some time with them before tomorrow."
There wasn't much Billy could do since it was night and soon everyone would be asleep, but it was better than nothing. When he found them, Billy confirmed that the others already explaining the situation.
"I don't really get it, but our goal still is to kill all the monsters, right?" Natalie asked.
"Pretty much," Billy replied.
"I hope that you all can find the dungeons soon and solve this problem as soon as possible," Sarah said. "It is quite unnerving to stay behind, and I have a feeling that all these coincidences are too suspicious."
"... Well, let's not worry endlessly about what we don't know," Billy said. "If something unexpected happens, we will deal with it, and that is all. In any case, let's rest as much as possible to make sure that we will be in tip-top condition and we won't pass the worries to the kids."
Billy's wives nodded, and while it was a bit later than usual, they had dinner. After that, they went to sleep. Despite his own words, Billy had a hard time falling asleep since he was the type who liked to prepare for all possible outcomes. Still, he put himself to sleep by using Mind Control.
The next morning, the group reunited as soon as the sun rose since they had to use sunlight as much as possible. After the run of the previous day, Billy also decided to get some extra fuel in order to at least find the dungeons as soon as possible.
"Today, we will exterminate as many monsters as possible, but our main goal will be to find the underwater dungeons near the coast," Billy declared.
"You think there is more than one?" Kate asked.
"Yes, considering the number of monsters and the spots they are attacking, I would say so," Billy replied.
It was also weird the fact that they spawned the exact same monster… and the same thing could be said about the other areas being attacked in the other states. However, Billy didn't have to share his worries like that. Instead of worrying about an unseen enemy, they would need to focus on the enemies that they could see.
After getting aboard again, everyone prepared to depart, and Billy didn't waste time when things were ready. He had the feeling that the enemy might be trying to make him waste time keeping his focus on something useless, so he just had to solve that problem as soon as possible, and he had an idea of how to do that and also make the enemy regret using dungeons to do that kind of work.
After two hours, the group was back in the ocean, and the number of worms was pretty much the same as yesterday when they arrived. Still, instead of focusing on them, Billy drove toward the direction they were coming from. While he attacked the ones ahead, his friends shot the ones chasing them.
"Is it really a good idea to leave so many of them behind?" Alexander asked. "All of them are chasing us, you know."
"If you kill all of them, then we won't have anything to worry about," Billy said.
"It seems that these creatures want to prevent us from finding the dungeons no matter what," Kate said while frowning. "This kind of behavior is odd… Monsters can't be this smart."
Kate and the others were already catching that the situation was way weirder than expected. Still, they didn't ask Billy's thoughts about it. His silence was enough for them to understand that he had considered all that and decided to keep quiet about it. Billy was like that, he always kept some of the troublesome stuff to himself, but the others realized that this was on a whole new scale… still, there was only one thing that they should do: keep fighting.
