Morel opened his mouth wide, and a great cloud of smoke swept out, blocking a mass of sea beasts.
"Open fire!"
The crew immediately pulled their triggers.
Gunfire rang out in a continuous barrage. Bullets struck the creatures, splashing bodily fluids of every color.
A disc-shaped sea beast was hit and fell from the air, landing on the deck with its body still twitching.
Its tentacles thrashed across the deck, scoring white streaks into it.
Another was hit in the wing, somersaulted several times through the air, and fell into the lake.
The other sea beasts promptly tore it apart and devoured it.
There were too many. For every one that fell, ten more took its place.
The crew's firepower simply couldn't hold them back.
Several snake-like sea beasts crawled over the side of the ship, coiling around the railing. They opened their mouths, exposing two rows of tiny teeth, and lunged at the nearest crewman.
The crewman retreated two steps, raised his rifle, and smashed its stock into a snake's head.
The snake's head was crushed flat, but its body kept writhing, its tail winding around his ankle.
Another snake lunged from the side, opening its mouth to bite his neck.
Whoosh-
Ponzu's dragonfly swooped down, the edge of its wing slicing through the middle of the snake's body.
The snake was cut in two and fell onto the deck, both halves still moving.
"Thanks," the crewman said, panting.
He privately rejoiced that he had obtained a Demon Core and considerably strengthened his body. Otherwise, the sea snake would have killed him with its first strike.
Ponzu nodded without speaking.
Her five Chameleon Cats had transformed into dragonflies and circled above her head alongside another dragonfly.
The Giant Mayfly on her back spread its wings, spanning three and a