The World Tangled Up with a Certain Little Girl?

The sea was exceptionally calm after the storm. From a distance, it looked like a deep blue-green jewel. Against the blue sky and white clouds, the blazing sun and sea breeze made Annie's wooden sailboat, crossing the vast ocean, look as if it were sailing through a dream.

Of course,

if there hadn't been a creature chasing them across the sea behind them, churning the water for hundreds of yards around it into a foaming, boiling mass, then the view really would have been quite beautiful.

"Hey! Uncle Lars!"

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"That huge sea monster is right behind our ship, and it's getting closer! Think of something or fight back! Are you really just going to keep running?!"

Σ(っ°Д°;)っ?

Ever since they first spotted the enormous sea monster approaching in the distance, they'd gotten all their hunting gear ready on deck: the ballistae, the massive bolts with sturdy ropes tied to their ends, the sharp harpoons meant to be thrown by hand, all sorts of Hextech fishing spears of every size, the large cleavers with sharp barbs and blood grooves, the serrated blades used to saw off the horns and teeth of certain giant beasts, the nets full of specially prepared meats, and the huge hooked bait.

Aside from a few frail sailors left below deck to keep watch and check on the ship, the rest of the sea hunters had crowded onto the deck of the medium-sized sailboat. Armed with an assortment of fearsome hunting gear, they stood at their posts or packed along the rails, stern, and bow, filling every available spot from which they could attack. Annie could no longer enjoy the open, comfortable feeling she'd had earlier.

But none of that really mattered...

Annie just wanted to know why, after they'd spotted the giant beast targeting their