"Within this area, supernatural phenomena under the Mother Goddess of Depravity's authority will undergo mutations, including your abilities," Cattleya explained.
As she spoke, Anderson seemed to have noticed something. Blazing white flames burst from his body, flashing forward, leaping over the rail, and landing on the claw gripping the ship's side.
The blazing white radiance swiftly engulfed the part clutching the Future, then spread downward.
Nina reacted quickly. Under First Mate Ottoloff's command, she and Frank led the sailors in rapidly adjusting the sails, moving away from the Monster trapped in place.
"Eh?" Alice landed on the deck in surprise. "We're not fighting it?"
She seemed rather regretful about that... Anderson glanced at the disappointed Alice, suddenly remembered his healed right foot, and smiled faintly as he asked her:
"Miss Fortune.
"Can you really control who gets hurt and who doesn't?"
Alice stopped walking and turned to him.
"I've decided!
"When we head back, I'm giving you double the Doom!"
Anderson habitually smiled, opened his mouth, then swallowed his words.
He suddenly understood why Alice had covered her own mouth with a hand—after all, sometimes what came out of one's mouth truly wasn't something one could control.
Having achieved the feat of making a Hunter shut up, Alice walked forward. Klein followed behind her and asked:
"Is Admiral of Hell Ludwig nearby?"
"Probably." Alice spread her hands. "Anyway, it looks like we might run into him at any time... Eh, then why didn't you just kill that Monster? Why did you run?"
"What would happen if we killed it?" Anderson asked doubtfully. "You seem to have been looking forward to it."
"We would've run into the legendary Black Tulip by wasting time~" Alice blinked her eyes. "And fifty-five thousand pounds."
"Can you beat him?" Klein was tempted for a moment.