Alfred opened the door and ushered Kallen and Muli quickly back into the cabin.
"Captain, next time you're the one who shouldn't say things like that. You were far too accurate."
"It was just a coincidence."
Kallen certainly didn't want to... no, nobody would want to admit they were a jinx.
Only Alfred smiled.
Then the smile immediately vanished from Afu's face, because they were about to take a hit.
This was a surprise attack from the air, launched at an exquisitely chosen moment: the fleet had just finished its passage, and the flying devices and Demon Beasts overhead had yet to spread out to provide aerial cover.
The deck-mounted Magic Crystal Cannon batteries could fire upward, but needed time to charge. The Spell Art cannons of other calibers and the ordinary guns were of little use against such enormous chunks of meteorite.
Thus, the fleet could only take this entire meteor barrage passively.
A burning meteor landed between Kallen's frigate and the flagship, exploding violently upon contact with the water. Both vessels had outer defensive shields. Although the blast rocked their hulls violently, neither suffered any actual damage. Such a diffuse explosion could hardly achieve concentrated penetration.
Back inside the cabin, Kallen immediately examined the sand table. Only two supply ships with weaker defenses had reported some damage and marked it on the display. The other warships were essentially "unscathed."
Through the porthole ahead, however, Kallen still saw a great patch of crimson spreading across the sea.
Puer jumped onto Kallen's shoulder and said, "Sea Beasts were injured or killed. They'd just detached themselves from the warships and hadn't had time to dive."
Soon, the sand table began marking the Sea Beast casualties. Nearly twenty had been injured, with six rendered incapable of fighting.
Though it had achieved some