The Second Ten-Thousand-Bone Giant

"I'm going too!" Mickey Meow Witch sprang to her feet right after them.

"Move, everyone assemble! I'll summon the crew standing by on the island immediately. Everyone, rush to reinforce them!"

National Server Little Luban said at once. No one dared waste time. They hurried out of the Blacksmith Shop, raced through the city streets, and headed straight beyond the island's walls, preparing to reinforce the battlefield at sea.

But the moment they stepped through the city gate, the Sea Breeze suddenly turned violent. The waves churned wildly, dark massive swells piling atop one another as though something was about to burst from the sea.

"Wait..."

Dalieba abruptly stopped, staring at the strange disturbance ahead. Unease rose within him. "Why do I feel like something's wrong...?"

Before he could finish—

"BOOM—!!"

The entire nearshore sea exploded. Towering seawater surged skyward, white spray swept in all directions, and endless mist filled the air.

A massive white skeletal body, no less enormous than the one in the livestream, slowly broke free from the depths of the sea and rose upward!

Countless bony hands forming its body scraped and collided, producing piercing clacking sounds. Its towering form blocked half the sky, and its terrifying pressure instantly blanketed all of Hope Island!

Everyone stared in shock, frozen where they stood.

No one had expected a Ten-Thousand-Bone Giant to spawn on Hope Island, thousands of miles from the lighthouse!

"Fall back! Retreat to the walls immediately! Everyone, defend the line!"

Dalieba snapped out of his overwhelming shock and roared.

National Server Little Luban did not hesitate. As he ran back, his fingers rapidly swiped across the virtual screen, urgently flooding the Ally Channel with notifications.

The towering Ten-Thousand-Bone Giant lowered its head and looked down upon the entire island.

Within its enormous, sky-spanning field of