"What on earth is going on..."
Elliot could not help muttering to himself.
Elliot looked around. There was a guard in the corridor; he should have seen everything that had just happened, too.
"You, what did you just see?"
The guard immediately stood at attention and saluted. "My lord, I saw you standing in the corridor, staring out the porthole!"
"How long was I looking?"
"A few minutes or so!"
Elliot fell silent for a moment. "What about you? Did you look outside? Did you see anything in the sea?"
The soldier's answer was much more hesitant this time, clearly uncertain. "I think I saw a beam of light sweep past? Sorry, my lord, I'm not sure. It might have been a light from another ship."
"Did you see any Dream Creatures?"
This time, the soldier answered firmly. "No, my lord!"
Elliot left with a grim expression.
Last time, he had assumed it was merely a fluke and had not investigated further.
Only now had he finally confirmed that there was definitely something wrong with these Dream Creatures!
There was no reason the soldier before him should have failed to see them. He had been standing close by, looking through the very same porthole.
And this time, Elliot had not even activated [Spirit Vision]. He, too, had observed them with his naked eyes.
Elliot sought out several more sentinels outside the cabins, but none of them had noticed that vast swarm of Dream Creatures either.
After a moment's hesitation, Elliot went straight to Sidney.
"You're saying you just saw a large swarm of Dream Creatures swimming past outside the cabin?"
Sidney looked utterly skeptical, scrutinizing Elliot from head to toe for any sign that he was joking.
It could not be helped. This really did look all too suspicious.
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