The abnormal current was far more violent than anyone had imagined.
The Striker had barely burst out of the thick fog when a massive waterfall rushing upward loomed before it.
The seawater seemed lifted by some invisible force, flowing upstream along towering cliffs. The roar shook the entire ship.
The bow felt as though some giant beast had bitten down on it and violently dragged it upward.
"What kind of hellhole is this?!"
Scar clung desperately to the lookout platform, his face pale.
"The sea is flowing into the sky!"
Deuce lay sprawled on the deck, clutching the chart with both hands, his voice nearly swallowed by the crashing waves.
"Forget whether it makes sense!"
"Survive first!"
Rock Flow gritted his teeth, veins bulging in his arms as he forcibly caught hold of the mainsail rope that was about to snap.
The thick rope carved bloody marks into his palms.
Mihal braced himself against the railing, forcing himself to calmly observe the current's direction.
His lenses were covered in droplets, yet he kept staring at the ever-shifting wave lines at the waterfall's edge.
"The current on the left is steadier!"
"Turn the bow that way!"
Wallace sprawled beside the cannon platform, half his body nearly flung off the deck as he roared, "We can't turn it!"
"The ship's going to get flipped over!"
Bangxi held a crate full of medicine in one arm while grabbing Kotatsu by the scruff with the other.
"The medicine can't fall!"
"Neither can the cat!"
Kotatsu's fur stood completely on end. All four paws clawed desperately at the planks, his tail rigid as an iron bar.
At the bow.
Ace stood amid the rain and spray, his black hair plastered to his forehead by seawater, but his eyes shone with a frightening brightness.
"Deuce!"
"I'm