"Lord Thunder God... I believe in you."
Gölz looked up at the thunderous tachi descending with world-ending power. Fear was absent from her heart, replaced only by the total trust and peace of a devout believer facing divine salvation.
Purple lightning swept across her body, as if cleansing all the filth in the world.
The heavy dark clouds in the sky suddenly dissipated, and sunlight fell on the sea surface once again, as if the world-destroying scene from just now was merely a dream.
Everything had changed, yet everything seemed the same.
Charlotte Linlin deactivated her Heavenly Fox Form and returned to her normal appearance. She slumped to the ground, her face pale, as the [musou isshin] in her hand transformed into purple light particles and vanished into her palm.
"Using this move... is still too much of a strain." She panted softly, feeling an unprecedented weakness.
"Divine power truly isn't that easy to use... and this was just a strike with restricted power, only cutting the will."
A vision of the future couldn't help but surface in her mind:
"I wonder, when I pass all the trials and completely master the full power of [musou isshin], how this strike will compare to the legendary Ancient Weapons of this world..."
At this moment, she found it difficult even to lift her arm. It wasn't physical injury, but extreme exhaustion on the level of her will.
She clearly felt that, for at least a few days, she wouldn't be able to use a shred of Haki. If the situation weren't so unique, she would have wanted to fall asleep right then and there.
"But... it's finally a success." A gratified smile played on Charlotte Linlin's pale lips.
In the final moment before deactivating her fox-girl form, her unique spiritual vision clearly saw the will named Carmelo being utterly shattered and annihilated by the pure divine power of lightning.
Gölz's soul returned to its original form, her face reverting to that of a pure young girl, no longer possessing any trace of the eerie or absurd.
Furthermore, because Carmelo's will was "shattered" rather than "extracted," Gölz would become the new Soul-Soul Fruit user, even inheriting Carmelo's "experience" in using it—
—though for Gölz, this might not be a gift worth celebrating.
"Hiss~ it hurts so much~"
At this time, the Female Giant lying in front of Charlotte Linlin groaned.
She touched her long blonde hair, which had turned into an afro, her eyes welling with tears and the tip of her nose turning red. Her mature and plump body was acting like a complete little girl's grievance, looking both strange and somewhat comical.
"Wait! I... I can control my body!" Gölz suddenly realized, her huge eyes bursting with unbelievable ecstasy.
"It's just... my whole body feels soft and weak~" She tried to sit up, but every movement was permeated with a deep sense of powerlessness.
"Right! Lord Thunder God!"
Gölz hurriedly looked around and immediately saw the weakened Charlotte Linlin behind her.
Although the person before her was not in the divine form with nine sacred fox tails, she was absolutely certain that this was the Lord Thunder God who had saved her!
From this moment on, her only faith was no longer the ethereal Sun God Nika from Elbaf's legends, but the Lord Thunder God before her who had saved her from the endless abyss!
"Lord Thunder God! What's wrong? It's all my fault! It's all because you saved me that you became like this! Waaah~!"
Seeing Charlotte Linlin's weakened state, Gölz's huge face was filled with self-reproach. Tears poured down like a broken dam, and she began to wail loudly.
She firmly believed that Lord Thunder God had exhausted her power to save her, to the point of being unable to maintain her divine form.
"Alright, stop crying."
Charlotte Linlin sighed helplessly, her voice sounding quite weak.
"I'm just exhausted. With you crying like that, it's like I'm about to die."
She silently complained: 'They really say women are made of water. At this rate of crying, it won't be long before this reef is submerged by the sea.'
"Really? Lord Thunder God! I'm so glad you're okay!"
Gölz immediately stopped crying, sobbing hard as she forced herself to hold back the tears like she was following a supreme command. This was Lord Thunder God's order; she had to do it!
"Yeah, I'm fine." Charlotte Linlin pointed toward Beehive Island in the distance.
"Take me back to my territory on the island. Also, my name is Charlotte Linlin. Just call me Linlin. There's no need to call me Lord Thunder God."
"Yes! Lord Thunder God!"
Gölz responded loudly, seemingly completely ignoring the latter request.
Although her body still felt weak, this was the time Lord Thunder God needed her!
She suddenly stood up from the seawater, her huge body creating a large splash. Strangely, after standing up, the sense of weakness lessened quite a bit.
She quickly approached Charlotte Linlin. Just like how she used to pick up her favorite giant doll in Elbaf, she naturally reached out her hands and cradled Charlotte Linlin—who was only half her height—crosswise against the startling softness of her chest.
"Eh! You!..." Charlotte Linlin was caught off guard, instantly enveloped in warmth and softness, her cheeks turning slightly red.
"What's wrong, Lord Thunder God?" Gölz lowered her head, her huge eyes filled with pure confusion, not feeling there was anything wrong with her posture at all.
"...Forget it, it's nothing." Charlotte Linlin gave up struggling and pointed in a direction helplessly. "Go that way."
"Yes! Lord Thunder God!"
Charlotte Linlin felt the simple and massive "brainwaves" coming from Gölz behind her and sighed silently.
She had originally thought it would be a princess carry, but it turned out to be this posture of holding a beloved doll. Was she being treated as a doll?!
But thinking that inside this mature Female Giant was the soul of a young girl, she came to terms with it.
It definitely wasn't because being held like this was actually quite comfortable and made her want to sleep... Territory of the Heavenly Punishment Pirates, Lookout Tower.
"first mate! That Female Giant is coming!" the female warrior in charge of the lookout reported loudly.
Gloriosa, who had been waiting anxiously, immediately asked, "What about Linlin?"
"Let me see... Captain Linlin! She's being held in the Female Giant's arms! Ahhh! Dammit! I'm so jealous! I want to hold Captain Linlin like that too!"
Seeing the scene in the distance through the telescope, the female warrior let out a cry of envy and jealousy.
"What?! That woman! How dare she hold my Linlin!"
Hearing this, Gloriosa snatched the telescope. Sure enough, she saw Charlotte Linlin being held to Gölz's chest in an extremely intimate posture. Her expression instantly darkened.
"Dammit! She's actually holding Linlin in that kind of posture! No respect for Linlin at all!"
Gloriosa stomped her feet in anger, an invisible flame seemingly igniting around her.
In the next second, she leaped directly from the high lookout tower, charging straight toward Gölz at an incredible speed, leaving a massive trail of exhaust behind her.
"Eh! beautiful big sister! Wait for us!" Seeing this, The trio hurriedly shouted and ran after her.
The female warrior watched the first mate's instantly vanishing figure, dumbfounded. "The first mate's speed... since when did it become so fast?"
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