Splash—
After the torrential rain, the wind and waves had calmed.
Weak waves lapped against the crude wooden plank, leaving behind streaks of white foam.
On this flimsy wooden plank, Linsey and Wala Wala had just climbed to their feet, their expressions still filled with lingering fear.
"..."
In silence, the two exchanged a glance and looked behind them.
The dark clouds in the distant sky had yet to fully disperse. Beneath the gloomy heavens and above the low, dark sea, it seemed that the breath of something dangerous still lingered.
It was the shadow of death, creating an urgent illusion.
Even powerful Awakened would feel as though an invisible hand had tightly gripped their hearts after taking just one look!
"Special weather, heh... Fishing, hahahaha..."
Wala Wala's hand went limp. Laughing wildly, she lay back down on the wooden plank, her Poetry Lyre, which she had been tightly clutching, pinned beneath her.
"Linsey, was that thing summoned by one of your skills too?"
Linsey hurriedly shook his head.
"How could that be? My Fishing Skill only serves to assist and lure them in. What it summons is a fish king that would have appeared here anyway. I just never expected the fish king of the Sea of Wandering to be this terrifying..."
After hearing this, Wala Wala raised her right hand and covered her eyes.
"Even the Abyssal Evil Beasts from epic tales would probably be nothing more than sardines in a can before it, right?"
"Adventure. Unpredictable Fate. This is exactly what that means!"
Half an hour earlier.
Linsey and Wala Wala had gone through a desperate escape from death.
The cause had been very simple.
With radar guidance and automated sailing capabilities, reaching the place where the Abyss School hid its power was no longer a problem.