At the crucial moment, right as we entered the wave, I manifested a clone of myself, leaving it behind the wave.
And, adhering to my orders, the clone had leaped onto the piece of the rock that had broken off from my surfboard and paddled back toward our teammates.
My clone couldn't speak or do anything to explain Sage's disappearance, but it didn't seem to matter.
Ren, Jade, and even Kim simply followed my clone in the opposite direction, despite no words being exchanged.
As for Sage, it didn't matter if she were an enemy or an ally at this point.
I could easily discard her if she tried anything.
Stretching her hand backward and pointing at my clone in the distance, Sage chuckled and said.
"That's a nice trick you have."
Returning a smile, I nodded my head and looked forward.
"Well, I have a better one for you."
There, resting on the shore of the beach that was less than ten seconds away from us, a massive beast lay.
