"Young Master Spandam... glug..."
The Adjutant thrashed through the water with one hand and tried to hold Spandam up with the other, keeping his head above the surface so he would not drown.
But the wind and waves grew fiercer. Huge swells crashed over them again and again. No matter how strong a swimmer the Adjutant was, he could not hold on. A towering wave struck, and both men went under.
The nearby Marines were helpless to save them.
The Warship had sunk. There had been plenty of life rings aboard, but the explosion had sent fragments tearing through every one of them. Not a single ring was intact; all their air had escaped. Strictly speaking, Ye Chen was responsible for that too!
From the start, Ye Chen had intended to sink the Warship.
Only by sinking it could he cause enough chaos for Kuro to rescue Olvia.
With everyone aboard in a panic, who would spare a thought for Olvia? And once the Warship sank, no one would suspect Ye Chen had rescued her. They would assume she had either drowned or been eaten by Shark.
So Spandam and the others had the misfortune of finding themselves in a desperate race against death.
"Save me! I can't swim..."
The moment the Adjutant's grip slipped, Spandam swallowed a bellyful of seawater and began flailing desperately. He thrashed with such vigor that he looked full of life, but he could not swim at all.
A huge wave separated him from the Adjutant. The nearest Marine hurriedly swam over. "Sir, don't move! I'll save you!"
The Marine was a decent swimmer, but he had overlooked one crucial fact.
Spandam could not swim, and he was flailing for his life. The moment he saw someone coming to save him, he lunged at the