NOVPUBWhile creating a vacuum wave at high speed, it also generated countless blades, in combination with direct slash.
If you blocked one, you would be on the level of an ordinary person. If you blocked two, you would not be half-bad. Three would be a big deal. This was the evaluation that Cleaver had used as a guide before his death.
“Uuh, haa, haa…!”
“…What?”
Among the various blades created within the vacuum, only one blade managed to become a direct hit from Cleaver’s perspective. Moreover, the direct hit missed his target’s vital point.
Litty whispered in a low voice, “You, I know someone stronger than you…. If you were… that person… we’d be dead already…”
Roma’s X-Piece waltz was one of the reasons for the extremely slight loss of accuracy in Cleaver’s skills.
Surviving such an attack was also an opportunity for Litty to grow, moreover so when it was a critical attack. And–
“Just in time…”
High Rank Water Magic – Cold Mother froze Cleaver’s shoulder and one hand.
Kuufa, healed by Mirai, was now on her feet.
High Rank Water Magic – Cold Mother, which showed great strength when unleashed inside the ship, was made more powerful by focusing on a smaller target.
Of course, successfully freezing Cleaver’s hand didn’t mean he was defeated, but it created a great opening for Litty.
Litty knew that. She gritted her teeth against the intense pain as she concentrated on a single point of her weapon to enchant it with the Saint Weapon.
At this point, Litty’s most powerful skills were Spiral Thrust and Explosion Slash, but this would not be enough, even for Litty, to finish her target. So what to do?
“Spiral Apache! Thrust!”
A combination of Apache Lance and Spiral Thrust landed on Cleaver’s body, an attack that would have killed him if he were still a human.
There was no mercy in Litty’s attacks, as she was determined not to let a single member of her party to die.
“Oh, it’s over, I… No, I’m…Captain…Cleaver…!”
Just before his head was pierced, Cleaver opened his mouth wide. As if in a rush, Cleaver inhaled something.
The undead on board were being “sucked” inside Cleaver.
Litty’s skill hit slightly late as Cleaver’s head dispersed like fog.
“I was so close!”
Litty gritted her teeth in frustration, blood pouring from the corner of her mouth. As expected, she fell on her knees and couldn’t even move her body.
“I conquered the world’s oceans…everyone recognized me…. One step closer to that monster…”
In front of Litty and the others, the fog formed a single mass. Countless arms sprouted from the mass of rotting flesh, each holding a sword.
It looked like a fat mass of limbs, but it had no head. Eyeballs were scattered in odd positions, and it was something that barely retained its human form.
“What the heck is going on…!” (Roma)
“I think he sucked the souls in this ship… He is basically absorbing the grudges like Baroque-san…” (Kuufa)
“For you to do this now… have you fallen so low that you will do anything now just to get a new vessel, Captain Cleaver?” (Litty)
“I think his regrets were one that made him do this…” (Mirai)
“If only I had that vessel, I could…” (Cleaver)
The rotting flesh wriggled sneakily and drew closer. Behind them was an endless sea, and Litty and the others were completely cut off from retreating.
“Life, many lives…. If only we had that… many, many lives…”
