No Problem Now

Just as the two were talking, a strange cry came from above the cliff.

The sound was shrill and piercing, neither bird nor beast. It collided and echoed between the rock walls, creating unsettling layers of reverberation.

Kalifa immediately looked up. Her Observation Haki spread like ripples, and within its range, a large number of lifeforms were diving down at astonishing speed.

She gripped the specially made long whip coiled around her waist, ready to strike.

The beasts descended from the sky. Their bodies resembled lizards enlarged several times over, covered in blue-gray scales, their muscular limbs brimming with explosive power.

Yet atop their necks sat rooster-like heads. Their crimson combs trembled like flames, their beaks twisted into serrated maws, upper and lower beaks interlocking like animal traps. Their talons gleamed with a chilling light beneath the sparse sunlight.

The first monster slammed into the ground, its claws embedding themselves in rotten wood and sending splinters flying everywhere.

Then came the second, the third... dozens, hundreds. The bird-shaped beasts flapped their wings and landed on the surrounding shipwrecks, completely surrounding Dawn and Kalifa.

They stomped their claws restlessly, their beaks clacking together with sharp "click-clack" sounds. Their scarlet eyes remained fixed on the two below, as though they intended to utterly intimidate their prey.

Dawn stood where he was and glanced at Kalifa.

"Leave it to you. This is a good chance to get used to your new ability."

"Yes, sir!"

Kalifa stepped forward. With a flick of her right hand, the long whip slid from her waist like a venomous snake striking from its hole, carving an arc through the air as its tip cracked loudly.

The leading monster could no longer restrain its hunting instinct. It beat its wings fiercely and lunged like a cannonball! Its serrated beak