"Whirlpool?"
Linsey naturally had no reason to doubt Wala Wala's warning.
But he genuinely could not hear anything at all.
"..."
After a second of thought, Linsey opened his pack and drank a bottle of Hawk Eye Potion. Even when his field of vision extended to an extreme distance, he still saw no changes on the sea. He then activated his Map Skill and pushed its scouting range to the limit, yet found no whirlpool of the sort she described.
"Wala Wala, what's the exact distance you sensed?"
"Accurately... around forty-five kilometers?" After answering, Wala Wala looked at Linsey with confusion. She knew her scouting abilities were somewhat stronger, but Player Skills were no joke either. "Linsey, you really can't sense it?"
Linsey shook his head solemnly.
"My senses aren't getting any feedback, and my skills can't detect it either."
"Huh? Let me try again." Wala Wala was utterly baffled.
She was in no hurry to prove herself, nor was she eager to refute Linsey. Instead, she closed her eyes, activated her Artist traits, and listened intently to the sounds carried by the sea wind.
Waves, currents, a whirlpool.
Unless something had gone wrong with her abilities as an Artist, the wind whistling by her ears was indeed telling her that a whirlpool was drawing near!
"Linsey, let me borrow the Module Seed for [RPG]."
Linsey created a Module Seed. After Wala Wala took it, she skillfully opened the panel and activated the skill.
Beep—
A few seconds later, a message came through the Friend List.
Linsey opened the list and saw that Wala Wala had sent him a blue image. It showed exactly what the Map Skill displayed.
Forty kilometers away from them, a stretch of turbulent current occupied the seascape, plainly visible in the image.
Normally, a flat