The moment they entered the bubble, the hatch quickly shut.
The dozen or so Sea Kings glowing red had already charged close, their enormous fangs and claws only a step away from the fragile coating.
"Boss, there's no time!"
Ryan shouted as he stared at the gaping maw right outside the window.
Lorne ignored him and simply stood quietly at the porthole, watching the hideous beasts outside.
"Risk your lives?"
"On my ship, it's not your turn to throw your lives away."
Lorne spoke calmly, his eyes narrowing slightly.
He neither left the cabin nor used any physical techniques. He simply released the full force of the will within him.
A surge of Conqueror's Haki erupted from his body.
His control over this Haki was extraordinarily precise, causing no physical damage to the surrounding hull or coating.
Like an invisible ripple, it passed precisely through the coating and instantly enveloped the entire stretch of sea outside.
The wild aura of a king swept through the seawater.
The dozen or so Sea Kings charging madly forward suddenly froze in place the instant they touched that aura.
The red light in their eyes vanished in an instant, replaced by boundless terror.
In Lorne's perception, terrified screams once again rang out deep within the beasts' minds.
"Wh-what is this power?"
"My body won't move!"
The giant sea serpent screamed frantically in its mind.
"My soul is being torn apart!"
The monstrous fish with the huge horn let out a despairing wail in its mind.
"Run!"
"We'll die!"
"We really will die!"
The largest Sea King roared frantically in its mind.
"Monster!"
"He's the real monster!"
"Why does such a terrifying human exist?"
Another Sea King, overcome by extreme terror, cried out desperately for help in its mind.
"Get away!"
The last Sea King