"What?!"
Sidney started in alarm and rushed to the porthole to look down.
The enormous monster below, whose body had originally been flat, was now covered in raised protrusions. All manner of limbs had formed from its flesh, some claws, others enormous mouths, attacking the Judgment Angel in a frenzy!
At the sight of the claws swinging up from below, Sidney inwardly cried out in alarm and hurried to rush toward the nearby helm to change course!
But before the claws reached them, the currents they stirred up had already surged against the ship. As though the Judgment Angel had been tossed into a washing machine, Sidney was flung away and slammed hard into the ceiling!
"Holly! Michel!"
Sidney shouted urgently.
Those claws were who knew how many times larger than the Judgment Angel. If they landed a solid hit, crushing it would be little harder than squashing a fly!
The two hurried toward the helm, even using their supernatural powers, but they were still a step too late. The claw swung down at tremendous speed and was already crashing toward them!
Yet just as it was about to strike, the Judgment Angel's helm turned on its own. The engine instantly increased its output, and the ship traced an arc past the side of the claw, dodging it by the narrowest of margins!
Sidney: "!!??"
He froze for a moment. Only when he heard the cheerful blast of the whistle did he realize that the Judgment Angel had dodged on its own!
The ship had come alive. Only now did Sidney truly understand what that meant.
His eyes lit up. "Judgment Angel, well done! Keep it up!!"
The pressure relief valve let out a long, piercing blast, like a whistle answering his cheers!
Michel and Holly exchanged looks.
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