"Second and Third Teams, prepare to provide support. We've run into trouble."
"Second Team is in position!"
"Third Team is in position! What kind of enemy is it?"
"No idea. They look like enormous masses of pollution, like sea urchins, and they're incredibly fast!"
Ash's entire body suddenly dropped as she pressed her back downward, dodging the black mass of pollution that howled overhead.
The Banshees were startled. That enormous black sea urchin had been dozens of meters away just moments ago, yet it had charged over in the blink of an eye. If Ash had not dodged so quickly, she would already have been pierced through by its spikes.
And that was only the first strike. There were several more sea urchins like it.
"Watch the left!"
The Banshees hurriedly surged forward. The next instant, the giant sea urchin shot past them, and the current it stirred up was like blades, slicing their skin until it stung.
"What is this thing? How is it so fast? That power is absurd!"
"There's one above us, move!"
The Banshees scattered with a boom as the sea urchin slammed into the spot where they had just been.
"Retreat! Don't let them tie us down! Drag Una with you!"
Una carried the box on her back and swam half a beat slower than everyone else. The other Banshees had helped her avoid the sea urchins' attacks just now.
The Banshees immediately gathered together and tried to escape, but after struggling for some time, they had only advanced a few hundred meters. These sea urchins were astonishingly fast, forcing them to dodge constantly.
Fortunately, these pollution monsters could not turn very quickly. They were only terrifyingly fast in a straight-line charge.
"This won't work. The Fishmen will surround us soon, and I can see