Right before the 9th wave
Far in front of the first defense line, Mary, Shanks, and Mika were preparing themselves for intercepting as many titan-class monsters from the 9th wave as they could.
While Shanks's and Mika's preparations were rather peaceful when it came to Mary...
*CRUNCH*
"MEND...!"
*CRUNCH*
"...urgh...!"
...even listening to her made the other two flinch, needless to say, looking at her while her body was ripping itself apart from the insane stat boost.
"...sorry for the disgusting performance. Though, I must say, it wasn't as painful as usual... I guess that being human(+) is actually doing something useful."
The brown-haired girl smiled, wiping the faint trail of blood from the corner of her mouth.
"Right? I also feel slightly different! My body doesn't fight back against my strength anymore!"