“I do not think the Savior can defeat this tsunami either. Even if it were an ordinary tsunami, she probably could not do it.” Renxin the Lion-man was deeply worried.
“It appeared from the northeast and has taken over the horizon. It looks like it could submerge the world. Miss Baia is also powerless against it.” Tabu also could not stop sighing.
A mood of despair filled the boat. Steia wanted to cheer everyone up, and for a moment, she was so anxious she was on the verge of tears.
“Ha, haha, hahahaha.”
However, after only a moment, when the first person let out a laugh, everyone except Steia began to laugh loudly. Looking at them now, they seemed like completely different people; it was impossible to imagine that every one of them had just been wearing a bitter expression.
Steia turned her small head left and right, letting out a sound of surprise. She was a bit confused, perhaps because she was a bit of a scatterbrain.
“I just suddenly remembered that I was just like this not too long ago,” Luo Shi sighed first after the laughter gradually died down.
“I have had enough. This is the first time I have felt such a sense of loathing toward a specific emotion.” Vassago stuck out his tongue and made a gagging gesture.
“I just wanted to play along with you guys. Having been saved by the Savior, I have no intention of accepting such a fate!” Renxin the Lion-man was full of fighting spirit. If his hands were still there, he would surely have unsheathed his sharp claws.
“This life belongs to Miss Baia. It is not that easy to lose, and it is not that easy to give up.” Tabu crossed his arms over his chest, speaking with pride.
Kukulo, who was steering, and Elder Ye, who was controlling the sail, also expressed that they had no intention of falling into despair again.
Steia looked at everyone’s smiling faces and understood. Everyone had formed a wonderful bond. Despair could no longer defeat them.
Because Sister Baia was the Savior; she had saved the world within their hearts. They had been reborn!
Go for it! Steia cheered herself on. It turned out that everyone did not need her to worry. In that case, let everyone figure out a way to overcome this difficulty together!
“Everyone! Let us discuss our strategy!” Steia erupted with a majestic aura that was different from her soft image. Everyone unconsciously looked toward her, making her the focus.
“A strategy? In my opinion, there is only one—escape. But under the influence of this weather, our boat cannot even maintain a single direction of travel. Besides, who has ever seen a ship faster than a tsunami?” Luo Shi shrugged helplessly. Not being in despair was one thing, but being powerless was another.
The boat they were on was nothing more than an ordinary lifeboat with only basic facilities. There were no extraordinary figures among the eight of them, no legendary heroes who could cleave the ocean. On the contrary, they were a collection of the disabled, the elderly, women, and a young girl. The tsunami was coming from the northeast, and it was only a matter of time before it caught up to them.
Faced with the power of nature, the human race was quite small indeed.
“No! The problem everyone needs to consider is not the tsunami!” Steia shook her head, rejecting Luo Shi’s statement because his words were irrelevant to the topic.
Luo Shi twitched the corner of his mouth. If we do not talk about the tsunami, what do we talk about! That is a matter of life and death! It is a total disaster, hey!
“Everyone, if there are no objections, we will next head to this uninhabited island.” Steia took out the simple sea chart provided by Baia and pointed to an island near the mainland, saying with a serious face, “This is our stop for stepping back onto the continent. Before that, we must find the correct direction in this storm!”
“This is the current problem! Does anyone have any thoughts?” Steia finished her speech while putting away the sea chart.
As Steia waited for an answer, everyone looked at each other with expressions of confusion. Before Luo Shi could speak, Renxin the Lion-man, who was carrying him, scrambled to say, “What you are talking about will have to wait until we escape the tsunami first, right?! Although I hope it is a joke, we are about to be smashed to pieces by the tsunami and buried at the bottom of the sea!”
The others chimed in agreement with Renxin. They felt that the current problem should be considered, yet Steia was thinking about a distant goal, which seemed somewhat unrealistic.
“No!” Steia shook her small head vigorously, showing an unwavering expression, “The tsunami and such do not matter! For now, you only need to consider plans for the future!”
“How so?” Tabu spoke up before Luo Shi, leaving Luo Shi looking frustrated.
“Because!” Steia slammed her hand down on the table everyone sat around, her face full of absolute conviction, “We are helpless against the tsunami! But! if it is Sister Baia! Surely, surely she can solve it!”
To make everyone believe her words, Steia had to put on a fierce expression to increase her intimidation, looking like a little kitten acting tough.
When she saw that her small hand had turned extremely red and swollen, she immediately let out a cute cry of pain, and her momentum vanished instantly.
“No, like I said, the Savior cannot handle the tsunami, right?” Luo Shi looked toward Vassago thoughtfully.
“Yeah, yeah. A tsunami of that scale can destroy any ship. The Savior cannot handle it, probably.” Vassago’s voice became a bit hesitant.
“The Savior can defeat a Gold-class magic beast, but that tsunami, for example, is at least equivalent to a Diamond-class beast tide. She cannot solve it, can she?” Renxin the Lion-man was already using a questioning tone.
“I believe Miss Baia will definitely be able to save us. She will definitely end that tsunami!” Tabu summarized, reaching a conclusion that agreed with Steia’s viewpoint.
After Tabu finished speaking, Luo Shi and Renxin looked at each other and raised their hands in agreement.
“The Savior’s possibilities exceed my imagination. I cannot arbitrarily guess her limits.” This was Luo Shi’s statement.
“If there is anyone at this moment who can break through that desperate situation, I can only think of the Savior!” Renxin the Lion-man revealed a mouthful of pearly white fangs and said very happily, “She really is the greatest person I have ever met!”
After Luo Shi and Renxin also agreed with Steia’s decision, the others soon expressed their opinions. In the end, everyone agreed to make finding the right sailing direction the main goal!
They unanimously placed their trust in Baia. They believed that Baia would absolutely not perish in the tsunami, and they also believed that she would definitely be able to break through this desperate situation!
They had witnessed the miracle created by Baia—a mere mortal defeating a Gold-class magic beast. This was something they had never even thought of, but Baia had done it! She had defeated the Ogre and saved them!
They were willing to believe in Baia’s confidence and courage! Because she was their one and only Savior, because she had awakened their despairing souls and taught them the most important thing.
No matter what, one must not be defeated! Fight on with everything you have!
After Baia deliberately stayed on the transport ship just to provide cover for the escaping people, the tearful Steia relayed the words she had left behind to the others, and everyone else also felt Baia’s expectations for them.
Baia hoped that the warriors who escaped could surpass themselves, and the warriors looked up to her with incomparable reverence, determined not to fail her expectations!
To the warriors, Baia was already a kind of faith—an undefeated and great faith!
She would surely be able to create a miracle once again! She was just that kind of person!
***
“10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.” Baia counted on the fingers of her left prosthetic hand. As the numbers approached zero, the expression on her face became more excited and frenzied.
As she called out zero, Baia happened to fold down her thumb. At the same time, a sphere of light about the size of an ordinary house was emitting a brilliant radiance in her field of vision.
The radiance of the light sphere grew stronger and stronger and began to emit unstable waves of light. Baia knew that the magic cannon had entered its firing state and was about to unleash a magic bullet of terrifying power.
“Well, well, this is magnificent! Quick! Quick! Shout along with me!” Baia excitedly urged Kurong, who was crouching in a corner watching the rain, and tapped his back with her right hand that was missing its wrist.
“Shout? Shout what?” Kurong turned his head and asked in confusion. At a time like this, should not watching the magic bullet fire be the real priority?
“Shout the name of a special move, of course! I am super excited! I have wanted to do this for a long time!”
“Special move?!” Kurong could not keep up with Baia’s logic for a moment. Sorry, please forgive him for being unable to understand what was going on in the mind of the girl beside him.
At the moment when the light sphere’s brilliance was at its most dazzling, Baia did not care about persuading Kurong to act with her and rushed out alone, quickly disappearing into the torrential rain.
Kurong watched, dumbfounded. Was it really worth getting drenched by the rain again just to shout some special move?!
Kurong felt it would be better if he did not get involved with Baia. It would be best if Baia never came back after going out this time, and the two of them never met again.
“Galaxy—!”
A few seconds later, a voice transmitted through transmission magic echoed in his mind. Kurong sighed helplessly. That excited and frenzied girl’s voice was something he probably would not be able to forget for a long time.
“Heaven and Earth Shatter!”
As soon as the words fell, the magic bullet fired directly! The roar of the light bullet’s explosion merged with the thunder and the sound of the rain! It resounded through the sky! The beam of light drew a dazzling arc of light and punched a huge hole through the tsunami without any obstruction!
Seeing this scene, the expression on Kurong’s face became more and more grim. Only now did he realize that he had underestimated this slave, Baia.
“The target was the tsunami?! Ah, I see… Hey, hey, what can a single magic bullet do against a tsunami of that scale!”
“One shot is enough.”
Kurong remembered that at the time, he could not understand the practice of aiming the magic cannon at the tsunami, and even felt that Baia’s approach was foolish.
One shot is enough. At this moment, Kurong also had to agree with Baia’s viewpoint.
Because under Baia’s direction, the magic cannon he had operated and fired was a siege-class main cannon.
“Why does that fellow know so much…” Kurong grumbled in a low voice. He suddenly had the urge to see Baia again.
However, he waited and waited, but even after the rain stopped, he saw no sign of Baia.
It took Kurong a long time to accept the fact that Baia had taken the opportunity to shout a special move to escape. What a cunning person she was!