After shaking off the pursuers.
Lynn followed the ocean currents toward the coordinates Azephala had given him. Although he had fooled Scarlet Shadow with Lure the Tiger from the Mountain and The Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell, he did not let his guard down in the slightest. Escaping their encirclement was only temporary. As long as he remained in the Western Sea, he was not out of danger.
And the sheer size of the Endless Sea truly exceeded his expectations.
He had traveled tens of thousands of kilometers toward those coordinates at almost his fastest speed, yet all he could see was an ocean stretching endlessly in every direction.
"We're here!"
At last.
After traveling for who knew how long, Lynn checked the coordinates and abruptly raised his head.
The Clown Doll and the Sin Lord emerged from system space right behind him and surveyed their surroundings. They were already far from that stretch of sea, and even the terrain was entirely different here. Strange rock formations dominated the area, and countless sea creatures could be seen everywhere.
They had arrived in an enormous region of underwater caverns.
The Clown Doll floated beside him, gazed around at the pitch-black ocean, then turned and asked:
"So what exactly did you come here for? Weren't we supposed to hurry and meet up with that Captain you were looking for?"
Lynn adjusted his Monocle and said:
"There's been a change of plans. Remember those schools of fish you noticed were being controlled by a will behind the scenes? A friend of mine was using them to send me a message. She used a method unique to Blue Star to tell me about her current situation."
The Clown Doll froze at his words.
Clearly.
Lynn had not told him about this before.
The Clown