A towering wave a hundred meters high crashed down in an instant, swallowing the Eclipse whole.
An ordinary ship would have been smashed apart in such circumstances, reduced to a pile of splintered wood by the colossal wave.
But once the wave had passed, the Eclipse burst out of it unharmed, leaping high into the air before crashing back onto the sea.
Duke gripped the bedpost with one hand and Vivian with the other, keeping her from being flung away.
The room had already filled with seawater, and the bed was soaked through.
Duke finally understood why the blanket had been so damp and moldy from the start.
The two Great Knights had both been tossed around until they were utterly disoriented, let alone everyone else.
Some of those with weaker Constitutions had already been knocked unconscious, sprawled in the seawater that had flooded in.
A few unlucky ones lay unconscious on the floor with blood streaming from their foreheads. It was impossible to tell whether they were still alive.
After being battered by that giant wave, several sailors on deck had disappeared as well, leaving no trace behind.
The captain was still at the helm, loudly singing an unknown song that sounded like some ancient fisherman's ballad.
The next moment, the entire ship suddenly rose into the air as a massive wave surged beneath it, carrying the vessel atop its crest.
As the wave raced forward, the ship sped along with it. The sea below looked incredibly distant, and the captain could even see several small islands on the horizon.
A moment later, the giant wave fell, and the ship slammed back onto the sea.
That impact added more than a dozen people to the ranks of the unconscious. Even Duke lost his grip on the bedpost and crashed