After hearing Qubige's answer, every intelligent being on the ship froze.
Even Lober and Swift Spirit, who had turned into wind and hidden beside the Gondola, were startled by the answer.
It was not that the answer itself was terrifying. There was nothing particularly remarkable about it. What shocked them was what the answer implied.
According to Qubige, Camus's true form looked exactly like him, only much larger.
—in other words, Camus's true form was also a flying pig.
That was worth pondering. Elemental creatures often had cases of "matching forms," and there were even matching forms among different elemental attributes, but no matter how closely their forms matched, they could not possibly look exactly alike.
"Are there really identical elemental creatures in this world?" Dangros muttered to himself.
"No." Angel and Lober's tail head shook at the same time.
Even humans, whose physical features were fundamentally similar, could not have two completely identical individuals. Much less elemental creatures, whose appearances varied as wildly as heaven and earth.
Yet Qubige had stated with absolute certainty that "aside from the difference in size, everything else was exactly the same," and that gave everyone some suspicions.
Dangros said, "Since identical elemental creatures do not exist, this is rather strange. Could it be a coincidence?"
Angel silently shook his head. It definitely was not a coincidence. Taking some of Wise Camus's actions into account, he already had a faint idea, but he did not voice it. Instead, he turned his gaze beyond the Gondola.
"Lober," Angel called softly.
As his voice fell, a Three-Headed Lion-Dog slowly revealed itself from the wind.
"My lord." Three overlapping buzzing voices emerged from its three heads at once.
Angel could tell that the voices from Lober's three heads carried different tones. Though the main head used an