Feeling an unknown energy suddenly emerge from nowhere as it coursed through my body, fueling me with strength, bringing me close to my peak strength; I suddenly awakened from the wet dream I was having and snapped my eyes open, only to see Freyja as she passionately kissed me on the lips.

'No wonder I was having a wet dream.' Mused Diddy as he grabbed Grand with his hand, lifting him back into the air while embracing Freyja just as he kicked the air behind him, using geppo to propel himself through the sky at a far faster speed than before.

Sensing Mini quickly being left in the dust behind me, I finally switched my focus to the more pressing matter, which was why Freyja was kissing me. Emitting a deep growl or annoyance, I bite down on her unnaturally long tongue, which was dancing about in my mouth, waking her out of her stupor while causing her to groan in pain.

"What did you do to me, Freyja?" Asked Diddy with a frown as he gave Freyja an annoyed look, wanting to smack her, but given their situation, he held back.

"I-It's o-one of m-my abilities; n-now, j-just know, t-this strength w-won't l-last forever, i-it's only temporary. D-Don't w-waste my g-good will, y-you b-better get u-us to s-safety." Said Freyja weakly while breathing heavily, having reverted to her human form, seemingly on the verge of passing out after using her remaining strength to empower Diddy with his lust.

"Don't tell me you're also about to faint? That's going to make things more difficult for me." Said Diddy as he speedily traversed through the sky, passing over rocky hills, though by the time he finished speaking, Freyja was already unconscious.

'Tch, great; another person I've got to deal with.' Thought Diddy with a groan as he handed Freyja to Grand while using the opportunity she had given him to get them to safety.

To say I was surprised Freyja didn't kill me would be an understatement; I'm very astonished she didn't use my moment of weakness to kill me. I could tell she still wanted me dead; I could see it in her eyes, but for whatever reason, she didn't kill me, which I'm not complaining about; it's just the instant I fainted, I had expected never to wake up, yet here I am, like I'd never fainted in the first place.

'Heh, maybe Freyja isn't as ruthless as I thought she was.' Mused Diddy with a slight smirk as he shook his head and focused on the task at hand.

"C-Captain! Captain, you there!? You're not dead, are you!?" Yelled Trenza as she noticed they were gaining altitude and were leaving Mini, who was now quite far in the distance.

"Tch, no, you fool; I'm not dead!" Replied Diddy with furrowed brows as he looked in front of him, scanning his surroundings, searching for any signs of the ocean.

"Haa, that… That's good." Muttered Trenza with a sigh of relief as she gazed at the unconscious Freyja in pure confusion.

'I'm surprised Freyja didn't kill, Captain; haa, whatever, as long as we live, I don't care what happened between them.' Thought Trenza as she shook her head before glancing behind her, only to see two small dots in the distance.

"Umm, Captain, I-I see two people behind instead of just one; y-you don't think that's-" Said Trenza with a gulp as she ignored the shrinking dot, her eyes entirely focusing on the dot that was slowly increasing in size, seemingly approaching their location.

"Lindbergh." Said Diddy with a hardened gaze, not even needing to turn around as his instincts were already warning him.

"Tch, how'd that bastard already catch up to us?" Muttered Diddy with a frown as he glanced behind him, his eyes only able to make out two blurry dots, but he could still discern which one was Lindbergh.

Thankfully, he was still a distance away, so I still had some time, but even at my fastest speed, he was still gaining ground. I don't know how long it would take him to reach us, but it won't be more than a few minutes, which was nerve-wracking since if, or I should say, when he catches up to us, I'm going to be forced to confront him in battle, which will immensely slow us down, allowing Mini to catch up eventually, and once that happens our fate is sealed.

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However, it seemed like my luck hadn't run out as I suddenly caught a whiff of the ocean, causing me to smirk, knowing our destination was close by, but still, we needed to hear from Sebas; without him, I didn't have confidence escaping, not when my strength was currently on a time limit.

'Urgh, if worse comes to worse, I'll dive into the ocean and just hope Lindbergh's jetpack isn't waterproof; it won't save us, but it'll at least buy us time until Sebas arrives.' Mused Diddy as he lightly shook his head and focused on flying through the sky while carrying a little over a ton.

As I continued flying west, the scent of the ocean increased in potency, along with fertile land appearing in mass, leaving behind the rocky and barren environment from before. However, Lindbergh was also getting closer; he hadn't reached us yet, but I was now able to see him, and thanks to Trenza's immaculate eyesight, she had discerned he was also holding a gun. It's not something I'd like to hear, as that means he didn't need to get as close, but at least I knew about it before he got within firing distance; otherwise, that might've caught me off guard.

"There's the ocean, finally." Muttered Diddy with a slight smile when he saw that familiar bright blue sea brushing up against the coast, though that wasn't all as he suddenly felt a presence appear within his mind.

'Captain? Can you hear me?' Questioned Sebas with a soft voice within Diddy's mind, having learned from last time.

'Y-Yeah, I can hear you; we've just arrived at the ocean. So where the hell are you!?' Exclaimed Diddy with an even larger smile full of joy, which quickly morphed into anger as he practically yelled at Sebas.

'Hoho, I apologize, Captain; I would've arrived much earlier, but I had some unsavory guests I was forced to deal with during my travels. Though I will warn you, Captain, the ship had sustained some damages, nothing that requires immediate repairs, but if they aren't dealt with eventually, they will affect the ship's performance.' Replied Sebas with a light chuckle, though you could sense the exhaustion within his voice despite them merely speaking through their mind, which slightly eased Diddy's anger since it seemed like they weren't the only ones having a hard time.

'Ugh, fine, whatever, I can deal with repairs later; what I want to know is, where are you right now?' Asked Diddy as he left Centaurea, now flying above the nearly endless sea with nothing in sight but the occasional fish emerging above the water.

'If you went directly west, head slightly south; that's where I should be, though be careful when trying to land; the ship is moving quite fast.' Said Sebas, causing Diddy to shift slightly towards the south immediately while ignoring his advice.

As I headed southwest, for a solid two minutes, I spotted nothing, and while doing so, I sensed Lindbergh continuing to get closer, prompting me to increase my speed, but I was already going as fast as I could.

"Captain! I think Lindbergh is about to start shooting!" Yelled Trenza within Grand's embrace as she lifted her head and eyed Lindbergh, who was now aiming at them with his gun.

"Tsk, I know; everyone, hold on tight!" Yelled Diddy with a frown, his words causing Grand to tighten his hug around everyone, and just as he finished speaking, Lindbergh started firing small bullet-like projectiles of liquid nitrogen toward them.

Firmly grasping Grand's waist while lifting him above me, I did several aerial maneuvers, evading all of Lindbergh's attacks; however, because of that, It slowed down my speed, allowing him to get even closer, which made it slightly more challenging to dodge the next volley of attacks—creating a never-ending chain that ended up with him getting closer much faster than before. There wasn't anything I could do; maybe if I weren't carrying four extra people, I'd be able to retaliate, but that wasn't the case.

'D-Damn, that's cold!' Thought Diddy as a projectile landed on his broken leg, instantly freezing most of his broken shin, though funnily enough, it ended up helping him.

"Captain! I see our ship! T-Towards the left!" Yelled Trenza, her immaculate eyes once again coming in a time of need as Diddy followed her words and looked left, only to see a small ship speedily bouncing atop the waves in the distance.

'I know Sebas warned me, but I didn't expect he'd be going this fast; he turned that thing into a jetski!' Mused Diddy in slight shock as he shifted his direction and headed toward the approaching ship while evading numerous projectiles.

Despite wanting to just collapse on the ship, with Lindbergh flying right behind us, that wasn't a possibility; in fact, even getting close to the boat was dangerous; if he damaged the ship, our only current means of escape, we'd be screwed. So once I got close enough, I took into account the ship's speed before suddenly coming to a complete stop in the air as I hurled Grand, along with the three he was tightly hugging toward the ship, although it wasn't a perfect shot, Sebas should be able to catch them.

'Now then, all I need to do is buy them a little time to get far enough way before I regroup with them.' Thought Diddy as he turned around, displaying a feral grin while unholstering Naga-sa before lunging right toward Lindbergh, who, unlike usual, didn't do the same.