"Drip, drip..."
Like the sound of a wet rag slapping against the ground, it came from every direction. Not once or twice, nor with the feeling of being surrounded—it was as though the same sound was coming from every direction around them.
Sno secretly contacted Lily and confirmed that the ritual to pray for a bestowal could be activated at any time. Only then did he observe the others' conditions. The concern on Sera and Light's faces was not a problem, but Jack, Barbosa, and even Nomila—who looked as though the negative effects of his Sealed Artifact could kill him at any moment—all appeared utterly unconcerned.
As if they could not hear that sound at all, they merely remained wary of the others, preventing anyone from launching a sudden attack the instant they let down their guard.
"Hehe... Hear that? This ship is feeding! Once it finishes eating those corpses, you'll be next!" Barbosa, the former Desire Apostle, had clearly sensed Sera and Light's emotions and spoke at once.
"Achoo!" Light fortunately sneezed. With his brain rattling, he failed to hear what Barbosa had said clearly, but Sera, a mere Sequence Seven, had begun to be affected after only a few words.
Noticing Sera's body beginning to tremble, Sno snapped his fingers. With that crisp sound, Sera's eyes suddenly turned blank. Many problems that had plagued her seemed to unravel in an instant. Pale white smoke rose from above her head, and at that moment, she seemed to forget all fear.
Firm White Same Different amplified rational thought while weakening stress responses to the outside world. In this state, Sera's Reader Pathway instincts would be magnified to their limit. Unless Barbosa directly used a Demon's mental detonation, Sera would no longer be swayed by his words.
However, the Abyss Pathway