"..."
Linsey's swimming slowed.
He keenly sensed some kind of danger and did not immediately reply in the Friend Channel.
Then Wala Wala took the initiative to move aside from in front of Linsey.
She instead swam alongside him.
Wala Wala: Are you going to wake her from her slumber first? It's fine, go quickly!
Wala Wala: For the past two years, I was asleep inside the painting. I couldn't speak or be touched—you making some new 'friends' is something I can completely understand.
Linsey knew full well that this was not the time to explain.
Otherwise, even if there had been nothing going on, it would end up becoming something.
Linsey: Put this one aside for now. Let's free Nia first. What matters most is at hand.
Wala Wala: It's not like I'm some petty person.
Wala Wala: Besides, there's no protection from the Law System on this mountain. If we don't rescue them in time, these people will probably meet their end even sooner than the ordinary people of the City of Law.
Linsey felt his arm being tightly gripped.
His view tilted, and he discovered that Wala Wala had firmly hugged his arm, then taken the initiative to swim with him toward Alvitte.
Even though she was acting sulky.
Wala Wala still understood what was important. She could not possibly stand by and watch people die.
The two quickly arrived inside the plaza.
With the bigger picture in mind, Linsey controlled their direction and descended first.
Wala Wala went elsewhere to carry over the Awakened who had not yet died, moving them toward the center of the plaza.
Linsey landed in front of Nia.
This special Awakened, one with a Human God, was standing in place at that moment.
Though she had been confused by the power