Thunderbolt exploded, and the sky seemed to turn black.
The sea, whose hidden currents had been churning moments before, suddenly grew much calmer.
Christa floated in the air, electricity flashing in her eyes as she scanned the sea.
Finally, she locked onto a single spot.
"Found you, little rat!"
The vast barrage of Thunderbolt had finally forced the little rat causing trouble below to reveal a trace of his presence.
With a thought, Christa gathered an immense mass of Thunderbolt around herself, almost liquid in form.
Then the Thunderbolt condensed into a sphere and slowly descended onto the sea.
The next instant, the sphere exploded.
Violent Thunderbolt shot in every direction.
They possessed both the energy of Thunderbolt and the speed and penetrating power of arrows.
Before long, the sea fell still.
A trace of red surfaced on the water.
"Tch, did he still get away?"
Christa's expression darkened.
Her opponent's ability to conceal himself was simply too powerful.
Even she could not detect him.
Unless he came out of his own accord, she had no way to attack him.
She landed on the deck, unwilling to accept it.
Just then, her expression changed sharply.
The sea had grown furious.
"Follow my orders! Grab whatever you can and secure yourselves!"
The soldiers froze. Although they did not understand why, they instinctively obeyed.
At that very moment, the sea suddenly swelled into a bulge.
The battleship happened to be right at its center.
A second later, the bulge erupted, sending up a column of water that launched the entire battleship into the air.
The battleship shook violently.
Without Christa's warning, more than half the soldiers would have been thrown overboard.
At this height, with that unknown enemy beneath the water, falling into the sea meant certain death.
Driven by the water,