Made in Abyss Chapter 063

The Curse Fleet is the sixty-third chapter of the Made in Abyss manga series.

Synopsis
The chapter opens with Riko's group travelling further into the 6th layer and Reg having one of the Artifacts they recovered from Cravali's corpse now attached to his cut-off arm. Nanachi notes that it is the Gentle Knock, an Artifact one can control with the mind.

After a short exchange between the group of how Reg's arm in Riko's possession can also be used remotely, Nanachi notices that the force field has calmed down greatly in the area they are approaching due to the lack of small creatures ahead. As such, they speculate somebody might have set up a trap ahead which excites Riko from the possiblity of someone besides them being out there that deep.

As the group tries to trigger a potential trap by throwing stones in its possible general placement, Nanachi arrives at the conclusion that it would be easier for Reg to just check it out as his ridiculess toughness and stamina most likely would keep him safe. As Reg tries to set off a trap, it is triggered and causes the release of a gas that smells like boar excrement and is used for tracking by marking the target; Ibeho scent.

A short exchange follows leading Faputa to notice of two pressences stacked on top of each other approaching. Shortly after, Nishagora and Tepasté emerge from a section. In a brief moment of all characters taking note of each other, Nishagora notices Riko's whistle and gets enraged by assuming Riko's group must be underlings of the "Shrine Maiden."

Tepasté tries to disarm the situation by noting she has no idea who these children are but by Riko stating she is Lyza's daughter Nishagora becomes angry again as she knows Lyza's daughter was stillborn. Only with further explanation, and mention of the Curse-Warding Box she calms down, begins to note names of people she is reminded of by Riko's ciricumstances, before seemingly becoming lost in thought.

After becoming active again, she decides to take Riko's group to her boss if they want to follow her and Tepasté. Upon the reveal her boss is a White Whistle Delver, Riko immidiately wants to tag along and the rest of the group follows. Before they start following Nishagora, Nanachi thinks of what possibly led to the reaction Nishagora had after seeing Riko's white whistle. After some thinking, involving how all revealed White Whistles apart from Riko are relatively known in shape to an extent, only Riko's whistle has an origin of taking its form that Nanachi assumes only Riko's group, and possibly Bondrewd by peering into Nanachi's vision, knows about.

As such, she theorizes they are possibly looking for a white whistle of a never seen before shape with even its name being unknown. As the group travels, Riko and Co. theorize about the Shrine Maiden as it is something mentioned in Orth's fairy tales and in Hariyomari's song. During their further travel, Nishagora also asks them if they believe in souls to which Nanachi states she wants to believe in the existence of souls. Faputa however flat out confirms the existence of souls and states even layered creatures like Nishagora and Tepasté have them.

Soon after, the group arrives at the outpost of Hail Hex in the 6th layer. As they enter it, they are greeted by a member of Hail Hex who welcomes them. Inside the outpost, Nanachi marvels at the amount of equipment and shortly afterwards they are addressed by the boss of Hail Hex who is cooking food in a big pot. As the conversation progresses this boss tells them that the goal of Hail Hex is to reach the deepest depths of the Abyss and asks what Riko's goal is.

As Riko counts in her mind the many goals she and her group still has she says there's quite a lot. After hearing that, the boss of Hail Hex introduces the Curse Fleet Delver Troupe, Hail Hex, and afterwards herself as Captain of it, Srajo. She praises Riko and shows recognition as White Whistle. However, she also notes that they will have to but Riko through her paces first.

Character Appearances

 * Faputa
 * Meinya
 * Nanachi
 * Nishagora
 * Riko
 * Srajo
 * Tepasté
 * Unknown Member of Hail Hex

Bestiary Indexing

 * Unknown Creatures

Trivia

 * Ibeho scent is essentially a scent that smells like Boar excrement and is used in marking.
 * When Faputa sensed Nishagora and Tepasté coming after the trap was activated, Faputa interprets their huge size and the way Tepaste is riding on top to be that they are "stacked/layered" on top of each other, as though sensing it as one "layered" entity and keeps using that phrasing to refer to both of them when they talk about souls and says "Even you layered creatures have them...."