Charles's mouth fell open, his expression quickly turning dejected.
Although Charles really wanted to argue with Penny, he had to admit she was right.
Don't put all your eggs in one basket; it's something everyone understands.
Catherine quickly comforted Charles.
"Mr. Weyland, with Mr. Black here, your daughter will be fine. Think about what happened on the Santiago!"
Charles finally calmed down and let out a long sigh. He forced down the unease in his heart and nodded.
"Alright, I'll listen to you."
Finnegan breathed a sigh of relief. He actually agreed with Penny, but he had no say on the speedboat.
"In that case, everyone pitch in! I can't get this boat started quickly by myself!"
A minute later, the speedboat pulled away from the ghost ship and slowly moved towards the distance.
Just as they managed to get some distance from the ghost ship, they saw a giant sea monster emerge from the water and start attacking the Antonia Graza.
"Damn it! It really is that thing! Everyone be careful!"
Because they weren't far away, the monstrous waves stirred up by the sea monster crashed towards the speedboat, nearly flipping it over.
Fortunately, Finnegan's driving skills were excellent, and he successfully kept the speedboat from capsizing in the huge waves.
The sea monster paid no attention to the speedboat; its target seemed to be only the Antonia Graza.
"It's terrifying!"
Seeing the sea monster attack again, Charles was still incredibly horrified. Tiny humans were like ants before the sea monster.
The five people inside the Antonia Graza felt a violent shaking, and everyone was caught off guard.
Because the ghost ship had always been very stable, to the point where you couldn't even feel like you were at sea, the sudden violent shaking left everyone confused.
"What's happening?"
Roy was just about to speak to Michael when this happened.
Then, Michael's expression changed, and he gave the answer.
"Oh no! I sense a Leviathan's blood relative nearby!"
Hearing this, Roy was stunned for a moment and immediately thought of the sea monster from before.
"Could it be that sea monster?"
Roy's expression was very grim. The fact that the sea monster could track them here pretty much confirmed his earlier suspicion.
That is, the sea monster was deliberately tracking him, likely the result of the spell cast by the female Pinhead.
The reason it didn't come directly for Roy before was probably because the food on the Santiago was so abundant that it temporarily forgot about Roy.
This meant that as long as Roy was at sea, this sea monster would keep chasing him.
"Roy, my time is limited. I need to go deal with that sea monster first. We can talk if there's a chance later!"
With that, Michael pulled out the Sword of Judgment and swung it a few times at the wall of the boiler room. Clean cuts appeared on the wall, creating a direct opening to the outside of the Antonia Graza.
Roy opened his mouth but ultimately chose not to stop Michael. Some things, once said, leave no room for retreat.
So, Roy picked up the Eye of the Dead and turned towards the treasury.
Inside the treasury, Serena and Trillian had already woken up. The few of them hadn't figured out exactly what happened and thought it was just the commotion from Roy fighting the Antonia Graza, until Roy ran back and told Heather.
"This cruise ship might sink soon! Joey, let's hurry to the engine room, find the parts, and get out of here!"
"What about all these jewels and gold?"
Trillian looked greedily at the jewels and gold in the treasury, seemingly reluctant to leave.
Roy was a bit speechless. This woman was really incredibly greedy. He had no choice but to walk over and give her a sharp smack on the butt.
"Idiot! This stuff is on this ship and won't run away! Even if the ship sinks, we can always come back and salvage it later! You won't miss out on your share!"
Hearing this, Joey's eyes lit up.
"I get some too?"
Roy nodded.
"Everyone will, but I'm taking the biggest share!"
Trillian and Joey naturally wouldn't refuse. If it weren't for Roy, they wouldn't have survived this long. Roy deserved the biggest share.
However, after Roy said that, Trillian and Joey's motivation suddenly increased. They walked through the constantly shaking cruise ship without any complaints, their steps surprisingly light.
In this situation, Joey quickly found usable parts, and then the five of them began to escape the ghost ship.
At this moment, Roy suddenly felt a sensation of being watched and immediately activated his Eye of Truth to scan the surroundings.
Not long after, Roy saw the girl in the white dress hiding in the corner, peeking out.
"Hey, you there, what are you doing?"
The others looked at Roy in surprise, because they didn't see anything. The girl in the white dress had deliberately made herself invisible.
"You still found me."
The girl in the white dress appeared sheepishly, nearly scaring the most timid Joey to death.
"Oh my god!"
"Calm down, Joey! It's just a little ghost. Why aren't you going to heaven?"
Roy had thought that all the ghosts on the ship had been taken by Rachel. Now it seemed that only the souls released by the Antonia Graza's destruction were taken by Rachel, and the other souls on the ship were still here.
The girl in the white dress looked at Roy, a little embarrassed.
"I wanted to come and say thank you before I left, thank you for freeing me from the Antonia Graza's control, even though you did... that to me."
That?
Serena, Trillian, and Joey all looked at Roy with strange expressions, as if he were a pervert, making Roy's face darken.
"Explain yourself! I only spanked your butt, I didn't do anything else!"
The girl in the white dress let out a light laugh, then her body slowly began to float upwards.
"Hehe, anyway, thank you! I wish you happiness and good health! Oh, my name is Katie Hargrove."
Who asked you?
Roy suspected that the girl in the white dress didn't ascend just to annoy him. Even though Roy had just explained, Serena, Trillian, and Joey still looked at him a little strangely.
"Why are you looking at me like that? I told you I didn't do anything like that!"
At this moment, Heather stepped forward and said something fair.
"You should believe Roy! Roy isn't that kind of person; he likes them... big!"
Joey looked at Heather's figure and then thought of Penny and Francesca, showing a look of sudden understanding.
"Oh, I see!"
"Let's not waste any more time, we don't have much!"
Saying this, Roy walked towards the deck with a darkened face.
As soon as the five of them stepped out of the cabin onto the deck, they felt the Antonia Graza begin to capsize.
Serena lost her footing and was thrown off.
Roy immediately transformed into his demon form, scooped up the others, and then went to grab Serena. He finally managed to save her just before she fell into the water.
Then, Roy carried the four of them and flew onto the speedboat, which sank significantly lower in the water.
"Oh, thank God! Serena, you're back safe!"
Charles hugged Serena joyfully.
Roy pouted. God is already missing; thanking God is less useful than thanking me.
"Finnegan, you drive the boat away from the battlefield first. I'm going to deal with that sea monster!"
Finnegan nodded, but Amy was a little worried.
"Roy, maybe we should just leave? That sea monster is just too big!"
"Running away isn't an option. I suspect that sea monster is targeting me. As long as we're at sea, we can't escape!"
"But..."
Serena also wanted to speak, but Roy had already waved his hand.
"A friend from heaven just came to find me. I'm not fighting alone. This is the best chance to get rid of the sea monster."
The others stopped trying to persuade him and watched Roy take off. The speedboat's waterline immediately rose significantly.
Yeah, Roy in his demon form was just too heavy.
At this moment, Michael's battle with the sea monster had entered a stalemate.
Michael had the advantage from above; with just one swing, he could easily cut off parts of the sea monster's body.
And the sea monster's tentacles found it difficult to harm Michael, who was flying in the sky. So, in terms of the situation, Michael had the upper hand.
But Michael was still fighting with a frown because the sea monster's regeneration ability was very strong. Even if parts of its body were cut off, they would quickly regenerate or grow new limbs.
Roy flew over to assist Michael at this time.
"Michael, how's it going?"
Seeing Roy in his demon form, Michael frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed.
"It's very troublesome! This thing is the legendary creature, the Kraken. Its body is huge, and its regeneration is incredibly strong. I can't kill it quickly!"
Kraken?
Roy knew about this. The Kraken was a sea monster from Norwegian folklore that roamed the seas off the coasts of Norway and Iceland, also known as the North Sea Giant or the Norwegian Sea Monster. Legends said it often attacked ships and fishermen at sea. He didn't expect this thing to actually exist.
"Michael, is there any way to deal with it?"
"The best way is to use fire and strong acid to destroy its regeneration ability, but it's in the sea right now. I can only wear it down, but my time is running out!"
That really is troublesome!
As mentioned before, it's hard for angels and demons to stay active in the human world for long periods; they need a physical vessel.
So, angels and demons would choose to find a suitable human host to possess.
"So, if we just destroy its self-healing ability, we can kill it?"
Michael nodded.
"Then leave it to me!"
Roy quickly entered his Blood Rage state. Wounds slowly appeared on the surface of his skin, and blood began to evaporate from his body.
Then, Roy dove into the Kraken's mouth.
"Roy!"
Michael didn't expect Roy to do that and didn't have time to stop him.
Clenching his teeth, Michael raised the Sword of Judgment high, preparing a powerful attack.
"Sword of Heaven—"
The blade of the Sword of Judgment erupted with dazzling light. At that moment, the sun began to rise, and illuminated by the morning light, the Sword of Judgment became incredibly brilliant, visible even to the people on the speedboat several nautical miles away.
This beam of light grew larger and longer, shooting straight into the sky, as if extending into the universe.
"—!"
Michael brought the sword in his hand down heavily, striking the Kraken.
The Kraken let out a piercing scream, its entire body instantly splitting in two. Furthermore, the cruise ship behind it and the sea were completely cleaved apart, stretching out as far as the eye could see, as if the entire ocean had been split.
But just as Michael said, the Kraken's regeneration ability was very strong. Even with the power of holy light, it couldn't completely destroy its body.
Because the Kraken's body was just too massive, completely destroying it with holy light would consume a terrifying amount of energy.
Even as one of the Four Archangels, Michael couldn't immediately channel that much holy light energy.
The severed parts of the Kraken's body had already begun to slowly regenerate. This was even under the restraint of the holy light; without the holy light, it would regenerate even faster.
At this point, Michael saw Roy, holding the Executioner's Blade, covered in blood, with six black tentacles behind him, slashing wildly inside the Kraken's body.
The Kraken's stomach acid was very corrosive, but Roy possessed the super healing ability of Lady Deathpool, combined with his own strong physique, allowing him to fight while enduring the Kraken's stomach acid.
And the Dark Tendrils' powerful devouring ability on flesh and blood could effectively wound the Kraken.
After all, no matter how fast the Kraken's health regenerated, if Roy directly cut its maximum health, that regeneration speed would be useless.
The Kraken realized what Roy was trying to do, and immediately grew a large number of small tentacles inside to try and stop Roy, but the Executioner's Blade, boosted by hellish power, burned with dark red flames. The power of these flames was very strong, burning the small tentacles trying to entangle Roy into ashes.
Michael understood Roy's strategy and began to cooperate with Roy's fighting style, splitting the Kraken's body as much as possible.
Blood Rage continuously reduced Roy's health, Super Regeneration restored Roy's health, and Dark Tendrils could absorb the Kraken's flesh and blood to supplement the life energy needed for Super Regeneration to restore health. This entered a positive cycle.
Unless the Kraken could break this cycle, it would eventually be worn down and killed by Roy.
At this moment, the Kraken's massive body became a disadvantage; it simply couldn't catch the agile demon-form Roy.
And so, under Roy's consumption, the Kraken's body visibly began to shrink.
In half an hour, it had shrunk by about a quarter.
At this rate, the Kraken would be completely consumed by Roy in at most two hours.
At this moment, the Kraken began to feel fear. Its biological instinct made it not want to carry out the female Pinhead's command anymore and it began to swim towards the deep sea.
The unprepared Roy was dragged down with the Kraken.
Michael was about to rescue Roy when she heard hymns from above, and at the same time, a beam of holy light landed on her head.
It was time for Michael to return to heaven. If she didn't go back immediately, very troublesome things would happen, and it would also violate heaven's regulations.
Michael gritted her teeth, raised the Sword of Judgment again, activated the Sword of Heaven. Using the holy light from the opening of the Gate of Heaven, she quickly completed the charge and then swung it down.
This time, the Sword of Heaven was much less powerful than before, but it still reached the depths of the ocean, cutting the Kraken open again.
"Roy, I can only help you this much. I hope you'll be alright!"
Michael glanced at the split surface of the sea, then was forced to fly into the Gate of Heaven.
One more angel