However, the Insect Swarm that had just blotted out the sky and left the Sirens and shipgirls on the Atlantic with almost no ability to fight back could now only be compressed by that gravity into a sphere shorter than a person.
And this "sphere," which had absorbed every insect, was still continuously shrinking.
Even though an almost endless tide of insects was still pouring out from the shattered space in the distance, they were captured by the gravity the instant they arrived and merged into it.
Yet the Insect Swarm compressed together by gravity continued shrinking at a visible rate until it finally vanished completely.
"That... solved it?"
Elizabeth, whose figure was at destroyer level like Nagato's and completely unsuited to a battleship, yet who held the same lofty status within the fleet as Nagato, blinked with a somewhat dazed expression as she looked at the sky clearing again after the Insect Swarm disappeared and murmured.
Not long ago, Elizabeth had still been struggling to survive beneath the assault of the endless insect tide.
Now, seeing Gwen wipe out the Insect Swarm so effortlessly, even Elizabeth, with a mind befitting her status, could not help but feel shaken.
"Or else?
"You saw it with your own eyes. What are you still doubting?"
Beside Elizabeth, Valiant, who belonged to the Elizabeth class alongside Elizabeth and Warspite, was as valiant as ever and showed no politeness whatsoever when speaking to Queen Elizabeth.
"Hey!"
Although she had long grown accustomed to Valiant's lack of courtesy over the years and sometimes even took pleasure in it, being snapped at so suddenly at a time like this still left Elizabeth somewhat disgruntled.
"Did I say anything wrong?"
Facing Elizabeth's almost devouring gaze, Valiant showed no fear at all and met her eyes without flinching.