Whoosh—
A violent gale swept past the billowing sails as the Red Haired Woman sped toward a corner of Blue Mountain Island, beneath the cliffs in Bayam's outskirts.
There was a gentle beach there, with a dense forest leading directly to the city.
All the sailors who had followed Helene had completed their tasks. They adjusted the ship's course, secured the rigging, then hid in the inner cabins, avoiding a direct look at the battlefield above the cliffs lest they go mad or die on the spot.
Helene watched as the unconscious Sailor Chief William was carried away by the sailors. She looked back, gritted her teeth, and followed the group, no longer remaining on deck.
With her Sequence 7 strength, she had no chance of taking part in the battle to come.
Angel had already returned the bottle containing Anne's blood to her trench coat's inner pocket. She raised her eyes to stare directly at the battlefield above. Sea King's lightning, Reinette's body covered in mysterious patterns, even the gigantic hand pressing down from the sky with countless arcs of electricity dancing over its surface, could no longer harm her from afar.
Starlike specks of golden light now glimmered within the brown eyes that belonged to Klein. This was the blessing of Anne Gustav.
"Messenger Miss has placed both heads on her neck. She's fighting that Rose School Demigod while also holding back that black giant hand. Sea King doesn't seem to have arrived yet. Maybe he's activating a Sealed Artifact, or maybe he isn't in Bayam and can only attack from afar..."
As Angel softly relayed the situation on the battlefield to Klein, who did not dare lift his head to look, she turned to glance at the ice ship closely pursuing them. The distance between the two