"Lugia!!?"
Hearing that name, Ash and the others were shocked. They, too, went to the side of the boat and peered into the sea, but even after looking for a long while, they found nothing either.
Looking back at Flula, Ash asked dubiously, "Was it really Lugia? Could you have heard wrong?"
"It had to be!" Flula said earnestly. "Lugia is the Sea God. According to the Prophecy, when the end of the world comes, it will definitely come to stop this turmoil! Besides, I really can't think of anyone else with such tremendous power in the sea!"
"That's true..."
Just then, the waterspout carried the sailboat several thousand meters at tremendous speed, reaching the coast near the southern side of Shamouti Island.
Under the Ice God's influence, this place had also become a white world of ice and snow. A journey that should have taken over ten minutes had actually been shortened to just three by the waterspout's power!
Upon reaching shore, the waterspout gave a "toss of its head," flinging the sailboat beside an altar atop the island's cliffs.
Bang!
Snow sprayed everywhere as the sailboat came down on the edge of the cliff, and everyone took another tumble. Xia You rubbed his aching lower back. Counting everything he had been through that day, he had no idea how many times he had fallen. After all that battering, he felt as though his bones were about to give out.
Yet just as they were rejoicing at finally being safe, the sailboat suddenly began tilting backward. Sensing that something was wrong, everyone scrambled to their feet and finally managed to jump off before it fell over the cliff.
Crash!!
Almost the very next second, the sailboat plummeted off the cliff. This time, having rendered "distinguished service" throughout the incident,