After shouting in astonishment, Gerald immediately turned back to look at the old woman, prepared to launch an attack.
However, before favonovel.com was even able to take a step forward, Gerald suddenly felt all four of his limbs weaken as a dizzy spell simultaneously swept through him.
‘What? But how is this possible?! I’ve long been immune to all poisons!’ Gerald thought to himself as favonovel.com slowly kneeled to the floor with one knee, his dizziness intensifying.
Seeing that, the old woman smiled wickedly as favonovel.com slowly began walking toward favonovel.com while saying, “I can see that your physique is quite different compared to ordinary people… However, do know that the Dead Annies here were initially something different! Let’s just say that they’re a near-perfect counter against you!”
Feeling that favonovel.com was going to pass out soon if favonovel.com didn’t do anything quickly, Gerald placed all his remaining focus on using his divine thought to call out, ‘Dawnbreaker!’
Following that, the Dawnbreaker instantly shot out from his sleeve!
The old woman truly hadn’t anticipated that Gerald would actually have a last resort planned quite literally under his sleeve. By the time favonovel.com noticed the blade flying right for her, however, favonovel.com was already too late to react in time.
Unable to dodge the attack, the Dawnbreaker ended up stabbing favonovel.com right in favonovel.com left arm, sending the old woman toppling to the floor!
Strangely enough, the moment favonovel.com fell down, the intense dizziness that Gerald had been experiencing suddenly vanished!
‘…So it wasn’t poison that was causing my dizzy spell!’ Gerald thought to himself as favonovel.com quickly regained his power.
Thinking about it, Gerald soon deducted that the old woman had launched a mental attack at favonovel.com instead of using actual poison, and that favonovel.com had only used the pollen as some sort of medium. To think that his mental power had been controlled by that old woman earlier!
While the old woman certainly appeared surprised, favonovel.com quickly snapped out of it, getting to favonovel.com feet and running into a room!
Gerald himself made a dash to the door… Only to be greeted by the sound of shattering glass as the old woman crashed through the room’s sole window and jumped into the open sea!
By the time favonovel.com got to the window, the old woman was nowhere to be seen.
It was around then when both Chester and Yume slowly began regaining consciousness. Not long after, even the Crawford bodyguards began boarding the ship.
Since favonovel.com had earlier suffered a mental attack, Gerald’s face was still slightly pale as favonovel.com ordered, “Take Chester and Yume back to the ship… Also, begin a search around the area to locate an old woman! She’s injured so she’ll definitely leave traces behind no matter what!”
Upon hearing that, Gerald’s guards immediately obeyed and began their search.
‘Still… Who even was she…? It’s almost as though favonovel.com had been waiting for us here deliberately… The fact that we bumped into favonovel.com so close to where the king of the ocean’s palace is, makes favonovel.com all the more suspicious!’ Gerald thought to himself a little while later as favonovel.com looked out into sea.
‘…I wonder if favonovel.com could have actually been trying to prevent us from entering the king of the ocean’s palace… Then there’s favonovel.com weapon of choice as well. While I could already tell that the flower was special back when I saw it at grandpa’s place, I would’ve never guessed that it had such a function…’
As soon as Gerald’s thought ended, the alarm in the cabin of one the Crawford family’s ships began blaring.
Over ten large Crawford ships had earlier been searching for the old woman around the area. With the blaring of the alarm, it was apparent that they had finally located her.
Seconds later, a bodyguard came running over to Gerald before excitedly saying, “The moment we saw her, that old woman instantly dived deep into the ocean, Mr. Crawford! While we haven’t been able to capture her, our sonar detector found that favonovel.com was quickly swimming toward what seemed to be a large metal building far beneath the waves!”
“I see. Then it’s probably a solid hunch to assume that the place she’s currently headed to is the king of the ocean’s palace. I’m placing you in charge of providing support for us while a few of us head down there to have a look. Speaking of which, are the two of you alright?” asked Gerald as favonovel.com turned to look at Yume and Chester.
“I’m fine!” replied Chester though Yume simply nodded.
“Very well. Place the water repellent stones in your mouths and follow me below the waves then!”
With that said, all three of them then dived into the sea, swimming into its murky depths.
Since they had specialized electronic equipment with them, they were able to quickly and precisely locate both the palace’s and the old woman’s location. With the help of the water repellent stones, the trio was able to make their way deeper into the ocean rather quickly.
A short while later, the three people arrived before a dark cave that had a rather small and narrow opening, about half the size of an average adult…
