"Hehe, as expected of Lady Sophia."
"That Marine vice admiral was lucky to have lasted this long. They weren't even opponents on the same level..."
Seeing the dust settle, Sophia's pirates grinned darkly as they pointed and talked among themselves.
On the Marine side, however, panic spread through the ranks.
"Vice Admiral Molly!"
The adjutant looked up at the arcing figure and roared. Gritting his teeth, he drew his sword and prepared to lead his men in a breakout to rescue her.
But just then.
He suddenly noticed a dark figure hurtling in from afar at incredible speed. In the blink of an eye, it crossed several kilometers of sea, leaving behind a white frost-covered path in its wake.
Huh?
The adjutant froze, staring in astonishment.
If his eyes weren't deceiving him.
That looked like...
A bicycle?
Sizzle, sizzle...
Above her, fiery clouds spread wildly across the sky. Wind howled past her ears as Molly reached the apex of her flight and began falling toward the sea below.
She really hadn't been a match at all. She'd been defeated so easily.
She watched the sky grow farther and farther away as the sound of waves crashing below drew closer... This was truly embarrassing and miserable. In front of so many subordinates, she was about to plunge into the sea.
At least she'd separated from Kuzan. If he saw her like this, it would be even more humiliating...
She weakly closed her eyes. The next second, just as she was about to sink into the sea—
She felt as though something had caught her. She opened her eyes in confusion, only to find a familiar face, half-covered in frost, looking down at her.
Was it... an illusion?
Molly stared blankly at the face before her. To confirm her suspicion, she