Ortolan grabbed Caesar by the shoulder and said, "Come back to the Marines with me. The benefits are great, it's a public-sector job, and the employment situation on the seas is terrible these days. This is a very good place to be..."
Before Ortolan could finish, Charlotte Linlin swung her Emperor Sword and roared, "It was one thing for you, you unfilial brat, to betray your mother! Now you want to take away the subordinates who've pledged themselves to me too?"
Facing Charlotte Linlin, Ortolan did not dare let his guard down. He immediately released Caesar, gripped his warhammer with both hands, and met Charlotte Linlin's slash head-on.
The slash carried raging flames. With a boom, it struck Ortolan's warhammer. The force was still absurdly powerful, so much so that Ortolan began to wonder whether his natural strength had somehow failed to reach its full potential.
After knocking Ortolan back with one blow, Charlotte Linlin shielded Caesar behind her and asked, "You're the one who knows that human gigantification technology, right?"
"Yes, yes, yes!" Caesar hurriedly answered. "But that technology isn't mature yet..."
But Charlotte Linlin had no time to listen to his nonsense. Ortolan raised a hand and blasted over a cannon of lightning. Charlotte Linlin threw a flaming punch, shattering the lightning power, while raising her sword overhead!
Sure enough, Ortolan's figure flickered into view above Charlotte Linlin, and he swung his hammer down from above!
With a bang, the powerful shockwave directly sent Caesar flying out from behind Charlotte Linlin.
At the same time, Ortolan turned into lightning again and rushed behind Caesar, reaching out to grab him. But Charlotte Linlin reacted just as quickly, roaring, "Soul Incantation!!!"
An eerie, ghostly green radiance erupted from Charlotte Linlin's body. The instant it washed over Ortolan, his thoughts briefly