Your Majesty? Accidentally swallowed a Grade 0 Sealed Artifact? No, no, huh?
Anderson's gaze drifted between Cattleya and a certain unknown adventurer, trying to get confirmation.
He didn't even have the mood to think about Ouroboros anymore.
But before anyone could respond to him, as Alice's laughter gradually subsided, the ground began to tremble.
A figure nearly three meters tall appeared at the edge of the island's primeval forest. Its entire body was grayish white, seemingly made of enormous boulders. Its face was pitted and uneven, with no obvious eyes, nose, mouth, or ears.
After staring at the unknown monster and thinking for two seconds, the uncultured Alice looked towards Admiral of Stars Cattleya.
Klein and Anderson didn't know the monster either, but neither of them cast questioning looks at Cattleya. Instead, they stared intently at the monster, looking utterly professional.
"Stone Giant..." Without waiting for Alice to ask, Cattleya quietly named the monster's species.
Cattleya turned around to face the Future, which had stopped alongside them. She half-raised her right hand and amplified her voice:
"Aim!"
Huh, they were actually solving it this way...? Alice blankly turned to look at the Future.
The pirates on watch immediately adjusted the direction of dozens of cannons along the port side, aiming every one of them at the heavily advancing Stone Giant.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Shells flew out one after another, landing around the Stone Giant. Dust scattered into the air, the ground shook even more violently, and amid the swirling flames, Alice saw that the Stone Giant remained completely unharmed.
The tall grayish-white figure strode through the smoke and dust. It didn't look seriously injured, aside from faint cracks appearing on its surface.
Alice looked at Cattleya in confusion.
Cattleya didn't seem surprised by the result. She explained calmly:
"This isn't