The Tanuki Swallowed by a Sea King

A day later.

The Calm Belt.

The surface of the sea was as calm as a vast blue mirror, reflecting the scorching sunlight from the sky.

In this forbidden sea, where even the wind was stingy to an extreme, a massive rocky platform flew rapidly right above the surface in defiance of common sense, cleaving through the tranquil seawater and dragging out a long wake.

"Whoa! It's so fast!"

Ulti stood at the edge of the platform, excitedly watching the sea race backward below them, her two-toned hair streaming behind her.

But soon, she pouted and complained,

"But the Calm Belt is way too huge, isn't it? We've been flying for more than a day. Why haven't we gotten out yet?"

Page One clung tightly to his sister's clothes, his little face somewhat pale. He felt sick from the high-speed flight, while the ocean beneath their feet, where gigantic Sea Kings might be lurking, filled him with instinctive fear.

Looking at his sister, who had adapted perfectly and was even a little excited, he couldn't help marveling inwardly at how unnaturally resilient her nerves were.

Floating nearby, Adams patiently explained,

"If the Calm Belt weren't large, it couldn't become a gathering place and paradise for Supergiant Sea Kings. This sea is far broader and deeper than it appears. Some of those enormous creatures can even exceed several thousand meters in length."

As he explained, he muttered inwardly,

As expected, taking people along is far too slow.

He had crossed the Calm Belt by himself in only half a day. Now, even after taking them along for a day, they still hadn't made it out. The reason was that the siblings couldn't withstand a higher speed yet.

Several thousand meters? Ulti and Page One instinctively swallowed, unable to imagine what kind